HoldCo Asset Management wrote in a letter to the Boston company's chairman that it also wants the board to consider share repurchases to improve shareholder value.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles have moved from nice-to-have to business critical. Hear how Citi is facilitating and driving change.

Aside from the cash infusions, the San Francisco-based bank will assign dedicated teams to provide the lenders with financial, technology and product expertise.

A race for talent is heating up as Wells Fargo winds down the roughly $40 billion international segment of its wealth management business, with several firms competing to scoop up advisers and their lucrative client lists.

Anger is building in the senior ranks at Bank of America after the company waived an unpopular new bonus policy for top traders and dealmakers while keeping the plan in place for other employees.

Free financial education programs and easier access to safe small-dollar loans are among the ways banks could help put low-income minority households on a path to prosperity.

Startups such as Majority, Sable and Simba were created by newcomers to the U.S. who learned firsthand which services, including global remittances and financial education, their audience values most.

The North Carolina-based credit union is one of a handful in the industry to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion at the management level.

After the agency pulled back on fair-lending enforcement in the Trump administration, interim Director Dave Uejio has made clear his intent to use the “disparate impact” standard to launch more anti-discrimination probes.

Scott Ford is the new president of the 1,400-employeee wealth management unit that caters to affluent clientele of the Minneapolis company.

A voluntary effort to include more members of underrepresented groups in the C-suite and on corporate boards would help banks avoid government mandates.

Bank of New York Mellon, State Street and Northern Trust have even more reason to slash costs than commercial banks because their options to boost revenue are more limited. Problem is, they also have fewer cost-cutting options.

Laws like the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act require banks to report detailed demographics of borrowers to ensure fair lending practices. If banks are serious about promoting diversity, then they should commit to revealing similar details about their own employees.

The pandemic has decimated small businesses, and minority-owned firms have been hurt the most. How can banks and regulators jump-start the small-business economy?

Recognize high-achieving women in the pipeline and celebrate diversity across the industry. Nominate a female executive who is age 40 or under for Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next.

Allowing employees to work from home until the holiday will give Amex the chance to monitor the speed with which vaccines are distributed, CEO Stephen Squeri said in a memo to workers.

Dave Uejio, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, promised to protect veterans from predatory loans and to crack down on companies that improperly garnish stimulus checks or mistreat struggling borrowers.

Broadway Financial had hit a plateau and was in search of a successor to its longtime CEO Wayne-Kent Bradshaw. After the Los Angeles company rejected two buyout offers, Bradshaw reconnected with an old friend at CFBanc in Washington.

The Indiana-based credit union increased its starting pay for the second time in two years as part of a push to boost compensation that began in 2017.

Ellison-Taylor, an expert in technology and finance and former chair of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, is the second Black woman and fourth person of color on the Minneapolis bank's board.