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Studies show that companies with more women in leadership roles increase their “innovation intensity,” yet women still hold only 20% of the board seats and eight CEO jobs in financial services.

Fearing regulatory fines, banks have retreated from selling identity protection in recent years. Institutions will get back in the market if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weakened.

Justice Department may pull back on discriminatory lending cases against banks; Barclays may have appetite for risk.

Just as Intuit has to find a way to meld consumer and business technology for accounting in the 1990s, financial institutions have the same challenge, and opportunity, today with small business payments technology.

The two leading contenders vying for the cryptocurrency crown both have serious backing, but the technology is still developing and the endgame is still a ways away.

Wells Fargo named Allen Parker, former head of the Cravath law firm, as its new top lawyer; the Federal Reserve may bring charges against JPMorgan trader who lost $6.2 billion.

Consumers are worried about paying bills on time and want the convenience of real-time payments, making e-bills an important option for financial institutions.

President Trump’s order on “core principles” for financial regulation is succinct and instructive, but interpreting it is difficult when comparing it to more informal statements from Trump and his aides.

Bankers hope that new tax policy will respect the role of tax-assisted community development programs in encouraging business investment in distressed areas.

The German bank announces another corporate remake plus $8.5 billion in capital raising; China's banking system is now world's largest, although that's not necessarily a good thing.