These seven institutions have found innovative ways to engage employees and help staffers through the pandemic.

Karl Yoneshige has been with the Honolulu-based institution since 1988, including two decades as CEO.

The annual ranking, a collaboration between Credit Union Journal and the Best Companies Group, involves surveying employees and reviewing each institution's workplace policies.

The coronavirus has created unprecedented challenges for employers but these credit unions rose to the occasion.

The future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Fed’s supervisory regime for the biggest financial institutions, reform of the Community Reinvestment Act and a host of other industry-related issues are on the ballot this November.

The Baltimore institution said it would close on Nov. 3 with the intention that employees use the paid time off to participate in the democratic process.

Jason Gelinas, an employee at Citigroup, has been placed on paid leave pending an internal investigation after he was identified as the operator of the most prominent website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to three people familiar with the matter.

More than 160 institutions will use the money to help members weather the coronavirus by offering new products and providing help with loan payments.

Led by HSBC, European banks account for the largest share of the announced reductions, according to a Bloomberg analysis.

JPMorgan Chase's CEO says he fears productivity is slipping and that workers, particularly younger ones, are feeling alienated.

The reductions will affect less than 1% of Citi's global workforce, and with recent hiring the overall headcount probably won’t decline, the company said.

The new order is the strongest move yet by a U.S. bank to require employees to return to the workplace.

A trio of small credit unions designated as minority depository institutions have been matched with larger institutions to improve outreach to low-income and underserved consumers.

Sandra Sagehorn-Elliott will take over as the president and CEO of the Tucson, Ariz.-based institution next month, having served as chief operating officer of two different credit unions.

The final version of the amended rule, like the original proposal, makes fair-lending claims tougher to prove. But it does soften language that otherwise might have allowed mortgage companies to use algorithms to prove nondiscrimination.

In congressional testimony, the director of the credit union regulator's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion outlined steps the agency is taking to increase diversity at the agency.

Bank of America announced how it plans to spend a third of its $1 billion commitment to address racial and economic inequities and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in communities of color.

Even though financial institutions have "slightly" stepped up assessments of diversity practices, "we are not satisfied with the level of responsiveness,” a senior Federal Reserve official said in congressional testimony.

Laughter in the workplace helps boost employee morale, something critically needed in 2020.

The travel industry was hit extremely hard by the coronavirus pandemic. WEX, a payments processing and financial technology solutions organization with offerings for corporate travelers, felt the shockwave first hand.