Diversity and equality
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Agility Bank, formed to serve local businesses operated by women, plans to launch in late May.
May 19 -
Goldman Sachs Group is losing its most powerful Black women, according to new data the firm released in a report on its website.
May 18 -
Precious Quire-McCloud will oversee the implementation and growth of the institution’s initiatives for diversity, equity and inclusion.
May 13 -
The founders of the Credit Union Women's Leadership Alliance are establishing workshops for networking and training with the hope of helping female leaders grow their organizations.
May 9 -
The pending budget reconciliation legislation should retain measures meant to support minority homebuyers.
May 9 -
Erin Komorowski, a seven-year company veteran, will spearhead efforts to respond to climate change and increase diversity.
May 6 -
The technology giant is partnering with a fintech firm to deploy $25 million of deposits at minority-owned banks, community development financial institutions and other mission-focused lenders. It’s part of a broader effort by the iPhone maker to combat systemic racism.
May 6 -
With abortion rights in the U.S. in danger, employers are taking measures to extend support and access to healthcare.
May 3 -
A JPMorgan Chase financial advisor filed a federal workplace complaint accusing the bank of harboring a culture of “unchecked greed, avarice and misogyny” and undermining her by excluding her from client meetings and taking away her resources.
April 29 -
Banks need to advocate for the advancement of women-owned small businesses. Our economic diversity depends on it.
April 29 -
Women are making hardly any progress in landing top jobs in the global finance industry, despite a steady drumbeat of pledges to diversify, according to a new report.
April 28 -
The National Credit Union Administration took steps to increase hires of women, minorities and people with disabilities in 2021, making its staff more representative of the general population.
April 25 -
Lenders don't oppose CFPB data collection for small-business loans but favor changes that would minimize unintended consequences for borrowers, a Consumer Bankers Association official writes.
April 22 -
The bank asked to move the discrimination case from a Black magistrate to a supervising White district judge, which attorneys for plaintiffs said was an attempt to ‘redline the federal court.’
April 21 -
To ensure authenticity, Community First Credit Union had its AI-powered voice system learn by communicating with Spanish-speaking employees who could teach it local terms and mannerisms.
April 14 -
Banks have supported initiatives aimed at closing the racial equality gap but the industry risks undermining this by fighting new rules to gather demographic data on small-business lending.
April 13 -
Hundreds of women who’ve worked for Goldman Sachs Group were given a choice: remain in one of Wall Street’s biggest gender discrimination lawsuits, or leave for the more secretive system of arbitration.
April 12 -
The municipality and the bank have been at odds over similar issues in the past, and no agency currently has deposit accounts with the lender.
April 8 -
Bank of America saw its busiest year on record for sustainable finance deals as demand for environmental, social and governance investments accelerates.
April 4 -
In conversation with Patti Cook, CEO of Finance of America Companies



















