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Within the first 24 months of appointing female CFOs, companies saw, on average, a 6% increase in profits and an 8% better stock return, compared to performance under male predecessors.

Employee programs need to embrace a wide range of groups including women, minorities and the LGBTQ community.

Issuers often offer several types of cards, but cling to older methods of communicating with users, contends BelWo's Doug Cox.

Digital services are gaining momentum, and traditional plastic cards are adding innovation to keep up after years of lagging, says FIME's Stéphanie El Rhomri.

Detecting virtual bad actors means paying more careful attention to the digital interactions and touch points within your business, and how users interact with you through apps, websites or customer service centers, writes Accertify's Andrew Mortland.

MFA stops broad attacks, but more targeted hacks can still get through, says KnowBe4's Roger Grimes.

Companies are turning off prospective customers and employees with misguided approaches.

Banks need to ditch their "wait and see" approach to making real-time payments available to their customers says Vinay Prabhakar, Volante’s vice president of product marketing.

The California Democrat is less recognizable nationally than other progressives elected to the House in 2018. But she may be "the most feared freshman" on the Financial Services Committee.

Install payments and other financing options can offset the cost of health care, says InstaMed's Chris Seib.

Government action and product advancements are giving consumers choice, but misperceptions remain, says the Innovative Payments Association's Brian Tate.

The head of the firm's real estate investment arm pushed back at the idea that buildings with coworking companies as lead tenants are risky bets for lenders.

The series of print, digital and billboard ads uses children of Citigroup employees to draw attention to the bank's own efforts to promote women to senior roles.

The financial industry should take notes from regulators that have diverse leadership.

The Federal Reserve’s FedNow instant payments system will dramatically speed up payment processing, essentially allowing people and businesses to receive money in their accounts within seconds of a transaction, says the Retail Industry Leaders Association's Austen Jensen.

All personnel will qualify for up to six weeks of paid leave following the birth, adoption, or foster-care placement of a child in their home, the agency said.

Bank executives at the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gala stressed the importance of male allies in combating gender inequities.

Any entity questioning Libra runs up against the longstanding legal precedent set by private label gift and GPR, and myriad other prepaid account offerings, says payments consultant and researcher Richard Crone.

Libra poses risks not only to global financial systems, but also to existing companies’ broader payments business, Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii said in letter on Tuesday to Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Stripe Inc.

Companies like Stripe provide a needed source of capital, but should expand lending beyond their existing base, says Become's Eden Amirav.