The nonprofit First Step Alliance is working to launch Diverge Federal Credit Union, which plans to offer loans to cover the costs of gender affirmation surgery for individuals and adoption for same-sex couples.

The products MSU Federal Credit Union in Michigan is developing for transgender and nonbinary members also appeal to international and indigenous people, who often go by names that don't match their birth certificates.

Bank of Montreal hired Piyush Agrawal from Citigroup as chief risk officer to succeed Patrick Cronin, who’s stepping down later this year.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Bank of America Vice Chairman Paul Donofrio were among the high-level executives who last year received multimillion-dollar retention payments. The awards — sometimes known as “golden handcuffs” — were driven by the most competitive job market in recent history.

Canada’s banks expanded their workforces last quarter at the fastest pace in almost four years, braving a historically tight labor market to bolster their sales staffs and technology operations.

The chief executives of KeyCorp, Comerica, Cullen/Frost, First Republic and Bank of America all received pay bumps of between 31% and 64% in 2021. Here's a look at the industry's top-10 finishers.

Staff at major banks and some of the world’s biggest technology giants are increasingly leaving for fintech startups, new analysis shows. 

Citigroup plans to hire more than 4,000 tech staff to help move its institutional clients online in the wake of the pandemic.

CEO Bill Demchak said Thursday that the banking industry has become a "political football," and that lawmakers lack the "backbone" to make broader decisions on climate change and various social issues.

There is a gaping hole in the financial system in North Minneapolis, where people are preyed upon by payday lenders and fringe bankers, according to Debra Hurston, executive director of the Association for Black Economic Power. Hurston is creating a credit union for this community to help break residents out of a cycle of exploitation and debt. But the issue is far bigger than one city, and the opportunity is one that any bank or credit union can seize.

Goldman Sachs Group and its former female employees who sued the company in one of Wall Street’s biggest gender discrimination lawsuits are sparring over whether names of two senior executives mentioned in internal complaints should be exposed.

The chief executive of Klarna Bank has polarized opinion on social media after posting a contact list of former employees recently dismissed by the Swedish company as part of a drive to curb costs.

The 50 companies that made American Banker’s annual list are being recognized for establishing strong workplace cultures, offering robust benefits packages and giving employees the room to do their jobs well.

Companies on the Best Places to Work in Fintech list offer sabbaticals or generous vacation time, which helps attract young talent and lets veteran employees re-energize.

Breaking barriers to education unites the team at Mpower Financing, an international student loan company with employees from more than a dozen countries that is ranked No. 1 on this year's Best Places to Work in Fintech.

Through the development of data-driven DEI benchmarks and increased dialogue with both multicultural staffers and customers, these executives are helping to cultivate more representative talent.

PayPal Holdings began laying off staffers who worked in risk management and operations this week as the firm seeks to shore up profits after growth in spending on its platform stagnated in recent quarters.

Wells Fargo, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase were among the large banks that last year experienced net losses of high-level bankers in their corporate and commercial units, according to a new report. Bankers are leaving largely for jobs at private equity and debt funds, according to the authors.

The payments startup Bolt Financial is cutting staff, its CEO said in a message to employees on Wednesday. 

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