Eighteen months after launching Second Chance in Chicago, JPMorgan is bringing the recruitment effort to Columbus, Ohio.

The lender will expand certain mortgage products, like its HomeRun program, which requires lower down payments and removes mortgage-insurance requirements for lower-income borrowers.

Queensborough National Bank and Trust in Georgia is one of several banks aiming to recruit tech-savvy interns through a network of universities and fintech companies.

“You all will not let me breathe” is just one example in the CFPB’s complaint database where a consumer likened alleged mistreatment by a financial institution to social injustice. An artificial intelligence firm uses technology to help companies flag such language.

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A report to Congress from the National Credit Union Administration says the regulator has made "steady strides" toward greater diversity in its workforce and operations, but that progress is "just the beginning."

Investment banker Robert Jackey has left Citigroup to join SVB Financial Group, according to people familiar with the matter, as the parent of Silicon Valley Bank bulks up its health care advisory unit.

The agency has suggested it could go beyond enforcing fair-lending laws to urge financial institutions to help narrow the wealth gap. But those very same laws pose obstacles to achieving that goal.

Valley National wanted to become more customer friendly, while Washington Federal needed more commercial clients. The leaders of those companies recently discussed the tough decisions they made to bring about much-needed change.

After Wells Fargo became the first of the largest U.S. banks to do away with mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment complaints last year, Goldman Sachs Group is being urged to take steps in the same direction.

Companies that can pay people quickly and flexibly will have an advantage, says Payslip's Fidelma McGuirk.

The Oklahoma regional bank said Steven Bradshaw plans to retire in March 2022.

Citigroup hired Ken Blanco, the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, as chief compliance officer of its newly created financial crimes unit.

The Texas fintech embraces a progressive culture and has taken steps during the pandemic to maintain a spirited vibe even as employees work remotely.

Brees, who recently retired as the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, is a customer of the Louisiana banking company.

Half of Facet Wealth’s employees haven’t met face-to-face. Here is how the fintech is working to strengthen community.

Activist investors are pressuring big banks to further curtail lending to the fossil-fuel industry, undergo so-called racial-equity audits and disclose more about their lobbying practices and financing of nuclear weapons manufacturers.

Virtual training and orientation, including any licensing needed, will begin in July for the bank’s campus hires, with the aim of having new employees at offices in October, Bank of America said.

The credit union has made a four-year commitment to support the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and Greenwood Rising, a local history center.