The reductions will affect less than 1% of Citi's global workforce, and with recent hiring the overall headcount probably won’t decline, the company said.

The new order is the strongest move yet by a U.S. bank to require employees to return to the workplace.

A trio of small credit unions designated as minority depository institutions have been matched with larger institutions to improve outreach to low-income and underserved consumers.

Sandra Sagehorn-Elliott will take over as the president and CEO of the Tucson, Ariz.-based institution next month, having served as chief operating officer of two different credit unions.

The final version of the amended rule, like the original proposal, makes fair-lending claims tougher to prove. But it does soften language that otherwise might have allowed mortgage companies to use algorithms to prove nondiscrimination.

In congressional testimony, the director of the credit union regulator's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion outlined steps the agency is taking to increase diversity at the agency.

Bank of America announced how it plans to spend a third of its $1 billion commitment to address racial and economic inequities and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in communities of color.

Even though financial institutions have "slightly" stepped up assessments of diversity practices, "we are not satisfied with the level of responsiveness,” a senior Federal Reserve official said in congressional testimony.

Laughter in the workplace helps boost employee morale, something critically needed in 2020.

The travel industry was hit extremely hard by the coronavirus pandemic. WEX, a payments processing and financial technology solutions organization with offerings for corporate travelers, felt the shockwave first hand.