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A financial literacy and aid program from a coalition of mayors will distribute 10 monthly payments of $350 to 125 youths via the Mastercard-branded Crescent City Card.
November 12 -
The Minneapolis company is planning a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from its operations and the activities it finances, matching a commitment made by many of the nation’s largest financial institutions.
November 10 -
The Pennsylvania community bank lacked the resources to go all-in on developing a diversity, equity and inclusion policy, so it turned to grad students at Georgetown University for help.
November 9 -
Directors can urge executives to move more quickly in gauging their institutions’ vulnerability to extreme weather events, said acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu. He offered a list of five questions every board member should ask senior leaders about their progress.
November 8 -
Bank of New York Mellon will sever ties with the billionaire Gautam Adani’s contentious Carmichael thermal coal mine in Australia, the latest global financial institution to distance itself from the project.
November 8 -
The establishment of a climate risk division at the New York State Department of Financial Services is the latest in a series of moves by state and federal banking agencies aimed at requiring regulated companies to reckon with the impacts of global warming.
November 3 -
The establishment of the Office of Minority and Community Development Banking comes less than two months after the agency created an investment fund to match private investors with minority-owned banks and community development financial institutions.
November 2 -
Scott Anderson, president and CEO of Zions Bank, was recently elected chair of the American Bankers Association. In an interview, he encouraged Washington to scrutinize tech giants’ moves into financial services but expressed concern about some potential implications of financial agencies’ spotlight on climate change.
October 31 -
The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s report on climate risk in the financial sector is a backdoor attempt to implement the Green New Deal, a Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee writes.
October 29 -
Goldman Sachs Group, in an effort to win more deposits and build out its transaction banking segment, is offering companies slightly higher interest on their accounts if they meet environmental or other socially responsible goals.
October 26