BMO recently won a diversity award for reaching its goal of having women in 40% of senior management jobs, and CEO Bill Downe argues equal treatment of employees will carry over to fair treatment of customers and create long-term profits for shareholders.

New hires, promotions, board elections and more credit union officials in the news.

B of A's Cathy Bessant and Michelle Moore have a few suggestions for women who want to advance and RBC's Janice Fukakusa sets a new pay benchmark for female executives. Plus, Bank of the West's Nandita Bakhshi and Citi's Yolande Piazza.

So-called performance-share units are pushing aside stock options as the preferred long-term incentive pay for bank executives. Many investors and regulators fear that options can encourage reckless conduct and have other shortcomings, though options still have supporters.

CU is rewarding members for activity in savings, loans and active products.

Banks like TD and U.S. Bancorp are suddenly taking public shots from current and former employees critical of their sales practices, a sign that the industry has not put behind it the questions raised months ago by the phony-accounts scandal at Wells.

Bay Street's highest-paid female banker set a new benchmark for women executives in the banking industry — though their ranks among the top wage earners remain thin.

Pennsylvania league honors CEO with award and other credit union professionals in the news.

Financial advisers accused of misconduct are treated very differently depending on their gender, with women far more likely to get fired. Plus, what happens when a guy switches email signatures with his female coworker?

The auditing giant has faced heavy criticism for failing to uncover wrongdoing at Wells. But the San Francisco megabank said Wednesday that it wants to maintain a relationship that goes back decades.

A new study finds that, when it comes to truly celebrating women, Wall Street still has a long way to go.

A quartet of credit union professionals are one step closer to the top job following promotions to C-level decision-makers.

A database that identifies wrongdoers could prevent banks from making bad hiring decisions, but can it ensure that former employees' rights are adequately protected?

Oregon State CU promotes a pair of branch managers, WESTconsin hires SVP of retail operations and more CU officials in the news.

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State Street makes a statement with a statue of a girl staring down the Wall Street bull; Bank of America's Andrea Smith and Cathy Bessant share lessons learned early in their careers.

JPMorgan Chase is shaking up the way it evaluates employees, introducing a mobile tool that lets workers across the sprawling organization send or receive instant critiques of their colleagues.

State Street Global Advisors has placed a statue, titled "The Fearless Girl," across from the iconic bull statue in lower Manhattan to draw attention to gender diversity on boards.

Johnson Bank in Racine, Wis., has hired the head of JPMorgan Chase’s Wisconsin-Minnesota market as its president.

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.