Diversity and equality

JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with financial advisers who say they were treated poorly because they're black.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule Friday to clarify changes made to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act that were mandated by President Trump's regulatory relief law.

Wells Fargo said it thoroughly investigates all complaints of impropriety, after a report said the company is failing to treat some of its female employees fairly.

Women managers in the Well Fargo’s wealth management division say they are being passed up for promotions; TD Bank's U.S. retail division saw profit jump 27% in fiscal Q3.

The USAmeriBank deal was supposed to give Valley National Bancorp a bigger presence in Florida, but it did more than that — it provided a model for banking businesswomen that Valley can copy in its New York and New Jersey markets.

Randal Quarles was considered for Financial Stability Board chair spot; the outgoing student loan ombudsman says the agency puts lenders before consumers.

The CFPB nominee wins approval from the Senate Banking Committee by a 13-12 vote; the country is looking to borrow $11 billion after Aramco IPO is delayed.

BNY Mellon, JPMorgan and Bank of America are recruiting interns from Year Up, many of whom lack college degrees but are trained in high-demand fields such as cybersecurity and anti-money-laundering.

A founding member of the African-American Credit Union Coalition and winner of that group's 2018 Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement award, Montgomery reflects on her credit union journey and her hopes for the future.

After years of scant progress on diversity measures, Citigroup has created hard targets for raising the percentages of women and African Americans in management positions by 2021, according to an internal memo from Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat.

The employee who made sexual harassment allegations against the agency’s director also claims Watt withheld her pay increase after she refused his advances.

Top U.S. housing regulator Mel Watt is privately reassuring people close to him that he will keep his post as authorities investigate an employee's claims of sexual harassment. Now, his accuser is heightening the pressure — speaking out publicly for the first time.

The bank said it has received subpoenas related to low-income housing tax credits; write-offs of bad credit card debt creep up.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., released a survey of lending practices that he said point to practices such as forced arbitration clauses and extracting a customer’s credit score to determine creditworthiness.

Big changes to Hoosire Hills board of directors, two new executives move to the C Suite at VyStar and more new hires, promotions and appointments.

When there are leadership roles for women in the payments industry, the individual, the entire company, its workforce and the industry thrive, writes Lisl Dutterer, executive director at Wnet.

Why 'CEO' stands for chief experience officer at one credit union, new branch managers selected at another, and more CU pros and volunteers in the news.

The Trump administration has argued that the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, issued in 2015, was too prescriptive.

JPMorgan Chase, SunTrust and PNC are pressuring outside counsel to get more women and minority lawyers to represent them in court even at the risk of alienating the big, traditional law firms that they have done business with for years.

Clara Green will head the Diversity and Inclusion Center of Expertise at the Alabama bank.