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Strong policies against sexual harassment appear to be a factor in shielding banks from the public shamings that have occurred in other industries, but even they know they can’t get too complacent. Some are ditching old training sessions and trying new things like coaching witnesses on how to report demeaning behavior.
February 12 -
After facing a landmark sexual harassment lawsuit in the mid-1990s, the banking industry has improved its codes of conduct and training on sexual harassment issues, CIT Chief Executive Ellen Alemany said during a panel discussion Wednesday morning.
February 7 -
The results included a $222 million goodwill impairment charge and other one-time items.
January 30 -
The New York company named two new members to its executive committee as it splits oversight of business capital and consumer banking into separate jobs.
January 24 -
The payments resolve a number of cases that date back to 2011 and were among the largest coordinated U.S. enforcement efforts in the years following the crisis.
January 12 -
This year has been very good to regional banks, bitcoin investors and several bank CEOs who pulled off big deals or successfully refined business models.
December 19 -
Net income at the Livingston, N.J., company climbed 67% due to a variety of one-time items tied to its ongoing restructuring.
October 24 -
The sale of the struggling Financial Freedom unit to an undisclosed buyer would continue CIT's strategy of shedding noncore business lines.
October 6 -
American Banker's No. 3 Most Powerful Woman in Banking is embracing a major challenge in molding a commercial finance company with a spotty history into a profitable, middle-market bank.
September 26 -
Long before she set out to reshape CIT Group, Ellen Alemany accepted her first job as a bank CEO — on the eve of the mortgage meltdown. A big lesson that has stuck with her since then is the importance of communicating clearly and constantly with employees.
September 25