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Based on the most helpful WSO content, here’s a breakdown of dinner stipends across various banks:

  1. Evercore: $100 per week for groceries, food, or delivery (while WFH).
  2. Lazard: Seamless 4 days per week, $35 per meal.
  3. Centerview: Seamless every day, $35 per meal, twice per day on weekends.
  4. PJT Partners: $35 for dinner on weekdays, $20 lunch + $35 dinner on weekends.
  5. Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP): Seamless every day, $30 after 8 PM.
  6. Houlihan Lokey: Seamless every day, $25 per meal.
  7. Bank of America (BAML): Seamless every day, $35 for dinner, an additional $20 after 10 PM.
  8. JPMorgan (JPM): Seamless every day, $25 after 7 PM, another $25 after 12 AM.
  9. Morgan Stanley (MS): Seamless every day, $35 after 7 PM.
  10. UBS: Seamless every day, $25 after 8 PM; weekends include $20 for breakfast or lunch, $25 for dinner.
  11. BMO: Seamless every day, $35 on weekdays, $75 on weekends.

Banks Without Stipends While WFH: - Goldman Sachs (GS) - Citi - Barclays - Credit Suisse (CS) - Deutsche Bank (DB) - RBC

This list highlights the variation in meal stipends and how banks approach supporting their employees, especially during WFH scenarios. Let me know if you need further details!

Sources: Meal Stipend Benchmarking, WSO 2021 Investment Banking Work-Conditions Survey (Part 2/2), Did Jefferies raise dinner stipend to $40?, https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/investment-banking/is-there-an-appreciable-difference-in-culture-between-investment-banking?customgpt=1, My bank pays everyone different

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