HSBC Holdings has suspended executive Stuart Kirk days after he criticized the finance industry for worrying too much about climate change, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Congressional Black Caucus is requesting a meeting with President Biden to press the case that canceling student-loan debt is a racial equality issue.

Agility Bank, which opens its doors Monday, says it is the first minority depository institution to be women-owned and women-led by design. It plans to serve small-business owners in a digital-first manner.

Nearly half of all small-business owners — and higher percentages of minority entrepreneurs — said in a new survey that they aren’t sure they could come up with the funds to cover an emergency $5,000 business expense. But the results also suggest that the Paycheck Protection Program may have led to more trust in the Small Business Administration.

Agility Bank, formed to serve local businesses operated by women, plans to launch in late May.

Mastercard said it would help pay for workers to travel to access abortions if pregnancy terminations aren’t available in their home state.

Goldman Sachs Group is losing its most powerful Black women, according to new data the firm released in a report on its website. 

Segpay's employees returned to their Florida desks nearly two years ago. Oregon-based Umpqua Bank has permanently adopted a hybrid approach. Both strategies are succeeding, executives at the companies say.

The U.S. is forcing Wall Street banks to embark on a systematic search through more than 100 personal mobile phones carried by top traders and dealmakers in the largest-ever probe into clandestine messaging on platforms such as WhatsApp.

Only about 31% of the bank’s shareholders voted Tuesday in favor of a nonbinding “say on pay” resolution. The harsh verdict followed a one-time award of $52.6 million in stock options to keep Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon on the job for five more years.