Diversity and equality

The response exceeded expectations, with more than 1,600 Citi customers requesting a name-change on their cards within the first few weeks of the program.

A contentious presidential contest and social justice protests have forced employers to consider whether these types of topics should be discussed in the workplace.

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.

Vendors such as eFinancialCareers, Paradox and pymetrics work with banks to assess job applicants based on their skills and not other factors. But the technology has its limits.

Banks must address the societal issues that resonate deeply with their customers and communities, says Regions Financial chief John Turner.

While many companies and organizations try, diversity and inclusion efforts within the financial services have generally failed. What needs to be done in order to succeed? Join us for a panel discussion featuring guests from the Access Denied: Systemic Racism in Financial Services podcast.

Women suing Goldman Sachs Group for gender discrimination are going after any internal documents with words like “babe,” “bimbo” or worse that they say would show bias by executives who administered the bank’s promotion and evaluation policies.

Kleber Santos will be responsible for building a more inclusive workforce and designing products that meet the needs of a broader, more diverse range of customers.

Earlier this year, the Southern California credit union was criticized for its directors not representing the demographics of the communities it serves.

Bankers can either fight the president’s recent order banning diversity training in federal contracts or face reputational risk by complying with it.

American Express has announced it will spend $1 billion to promote racial, ethnic and gender equity internally and externally via a recently established corporate diversity office.

A comment by the megabank's CEO could be a teachable moment as financial institutions of all sizes attempt to diversify their ranks.

The announcement marks one of the credit union community's largest funding efforts toward diversity and inclusion initiatives.

They're making some headway in building workforces that better reflect the communities they serve, but progress has been slow. Here's why.

The Pasadena, Calif., bank is partnering with and investing $2.5 million in Gig Wage to offer services like debit cards and money management to gig workers, many of whom are among the tens of millions of unbanked and underbanked Americans.

Bank of America made three more investments in minority-focused lenders, bringing its total to 10 in the past two months.

In the first episode of the five-part Arizent documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

Traditional lenders must embrace fintech underwriting tools that would help women- and monitory-owned businesses get loans they are too often denied.

In the first episode of the five-part documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

This five-part series is a comprehensive effort to explain the racial discrimination Black Americans face in our financial system.