Diversity and equality

The company intentionally submitted inaccurate borrower information overstating the number of white applicants, the consumer bureau alleges in a consent order.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is attempting to sort out allegations of sexual harassment against the state's banking commissioner and counterclaims of a political setup.

Stress tests, capital buffers and liquidity levels are best ways to make financial system safe; HSBC plans to layoff “several hundred” from investment bank.

The payout resolves a 2017 complaint filed by a male employee who alleged the bank’s parental leave policy was biased against dads.

Ronald Rubin was asked by the state’s chief financial officer to resign after a review of an inspector general’s report detailed allegations of sexual harassment. Instead, Rubin is countering with accusations against the CFO.

The agency's spring rulemaking agenda includes the process for collecting small-business data as well as underwriting rules for GSE-backed loans. But what's missing from the list may be just as important.

Calls for getting more women into leadership positions, and strategies for achieving that, dominated the LEAD conference in New York.

Most women who reach the executive level in the payments industry didn’t get there alone. Finding the right mentor, developing a voice and taking positive lessons from negative experiences often are keys to success.

Teresa Tanner, one of American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking, is stepping down as the bank’s chief administrative officer to focus on larger societal issues, such as helping women advance in the workplace and creating economic opportunities for minorities and people with disabilities.

Eric Blankenstein, the CFPB's policy director for supervision, enforcement and fair lending, has been criticized for using a racial slur in blog posts 15 years ago and claiming the majority of hate crimes were hoaxes.

We must challenge ourselves with transparency by neutralizing gender-specific language in company job advertisements to reach a more diverse pool of candidates and drive responses, writes Nicole Baxby, an account director at Featurespace.

State officials are looking into a sexual harassment complaint filed against Ronald Rubin, Florida's recently appointed top banking regulator.

Maurice Smith, a former CUNA board chair with more than 35 years in the credit union movement, will receive the award during the African-American Credit Union Coalition's annual conference this summer.

The application deadline for the popular free program is Friday, April 26.

In a strategy that other CUs could follow, Concord Federal Credit Union is working with a local nonprofit to provide better access to financial products in central Brooklyn.

JPMorgan Chase promoted 117 employees to managing director in its corporate and investment bank, with women representing a little more than a quarter of the total (a record percentage), a person briefed on the changes said.

Credit unions are helping students pay for college with scholarships in addition to getting involved in their communities in other ways.

In the MeToo era, financial firms the world over are struggling to handle complaints of sexual harassment. A case in point: HSBC.

A discussion on how to modernize policies to combat housing discrimination quickly turned into a sharp critique of the social media giant's advertising practices.

American Banker won 11 journalism awards during the past week, including its first Grand Neal, the highest of the honors announced at this year's Jesse H. Neal business journalism awards.