Gender issues

Digital Asset Holdings eyes blockchain for 'smart contracts'; readying for a marathon is like competing for a big client.

The bank is having trouble finding an outsider and acting chief Allen Parker has impressed the board; the former Chicago mayor will join Centerview Partners.

Stress tests, capital buffers and liquidity levels are best ways to make financial system safe; HSBC plans to layoff “several hundred” from investment bank.

Most women who reach the executive level in the payments industry didn’t get there alone. Finding the right mentor, developing a voice and taking positive lessons from negative experiences often are keys to success.

We must challenge ourselves with transparency by neutralizing gender-specific language in company job advertisements to reach a more diverse pool of candidates and drive responses, writes Nicole Baxby, an account director at Featurespace.

Citigroup earned the lone "A" on an investment firm's scorecard that measures companies' commitments to closing the pay gap between men and women. Goldman Sachs was one of four banks to receive an "F."

Swedbank fires its CEO as New York State DFS probes alleged money laundering; the underperforming unit will be overseen by CEO Jes Staley.

Artificial intelligence lets banks predict employee misconduct; banks will get more flexibility on how they count rate swaps.

Shift toward computerized, quantitative trading helps women advance; big bank stocks are on a pace for their worst week since December.

The bank is tying manager pay to inclusive hiring; Cboe Global Markets to stop trading bitcoin futures.