JPMorgan Chase scrubbed its bylaws of gender designations as pressure grows from both society and investors on global businesses to show they are diversifying and becoming more inclusive.

The two banks are pushing back against shareholder requests for sweeping audits of how they handle racial equity as the industry faces mounting public scrutiny of its historic role in economic disparities.

Michael Moeser, senior analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Nikki Darden, head of global marketing integration at Citigroup; and Cheryl Guerin, executive vice president of North America marketing and communications at Mastercard, about the True Name feature on their cards.

Hood Qaim-Maqami, divisional CIO at the Bank of New York Mellon, has ideas about how technology can be used to make people feel connected.

The new group is made up of leaders from institutions with assets of $300 million or less and aims to help foster collaboration, mentorship opportunities and more.

Longtime leader John Young plans to retire at the end of 2021, and the credit union has hired Humanidei to find a replacement.

With a steady stream of Senate hearings held on the racial wealth gap and inequities in the financial system, the new chairman has set a consumer-focused agenda that leans further left than even past Democratic chairs.

Women now account for half of Citigroup's 16-person board, the most of the 20 largest global banks, after Michael Corbat stepped down as CEO and was replaced by Jane Fraser.

The Cleveland company is more than doubling an earlier commitment in order to support racial equity and environmental sustainability.

There’s a theory in corporate America that women in positions of power don’t help other women. Citigroup Chief Executive Jane Fraser doesn’t buy it.

Juan Fernandez Ceballos will take the helm at the state league following Paul Stull’s retirement this summer.

Cheese, a new challenger bank aimed at Asian Americans and immigrants to the U.S., has established a fund to support groups that serve communities affected by racist attacks and economic hardship during the pandemic.

Goldman Sachs Group said it will commit $10 billion in investment capital over the coming decade to help address the disproportionate biases that Black women have faced for generations.

The Dallas company has given Summer Faussette, an external affairs executive, the additional role of national African American business development manager, with a special focus on networking with nonprofit organizations.

The number of credit unions having serious conversations about diversifying their boards is on the rise, according to a new study from CUES, but those efforts are more likely to succeed if targets, education and other factors are in place.

New brands are emerging to improve banking services to targeted consumer segments, and Daylight is one intent on winning over the LGBTQ market. What are mainstream banks getting wrong that leaves an opening for niche brands like Daylight?

The St. Louis-based institution is the latest in the industry to create an executive-level position focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Six startups that seek to cater to Black and Hispanic consumers outside the financial mainstream are attracting heavy interest from investors. However, the new banks will vie with megabanks eyeing those same customers and with established minority-owned institutions suddenly brimming with new capital.

As the pandemic continues to weigh on us all, BlueVine shares how it is putting employees first.

The operation will employ 1,000 people in a predominantly Black community. The move is part of the city's push to create job opportunities beyond the downtown area.