Diversity and equality

What started as a single senior official at the CFPB voicing concerns about blog posts written 14 years ago by Eric Blankenstein, a top agency political appointee, is rapidly becoming a rising chorus of discontent.

The head of the agency’s fair-lending office cast doubt on a proposed reorganization of her office and raised concerns about blog posts written years ago by the political appointee overseeing the project.

Perseverance and commitment are two requirements to get more minority bankers into senior leadership positions.

Watt hearing suggests IG lessened her oversight; those who invest in a publicly traded bitcoin mining company can expect volatility.

Working closely with her boss, Marie Chandoha, Seidlitz is on a mission to recruit and retain more female asset managers.

In a surreal echo of the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt and an employee he is accused of harassing, Simone Grimes, testified before a House panel about the allegations.

JPMorgan Chase's chief says it will likely take time for women to make up 10% to 15% of CEOs at S&P 500 companies.

The Committee for Economic Development will honor KeyCorp's Beth Mooney and CIT's Ellen Alemany for fostering diversity at their companies.

A recently retired Zions executive reflects on her career in banking and the importance of male mentors.

As the House Financial Services Committee prepares to hold a hearing Thursday on oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the exact focus of the hearing remains somewhat in flux.

Getting more women into managerial posts matters to TD Bank, and a robust mentoring program is making a big difference.

As companies grappled this year with the fallout from the #MeToo movement, Stacey Friedman led an initiative at JPMorgan Chase to make sure employees feel comfortable calling out misbehavior when they see it.

Get ready to meet some of the rising stars who the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance believe are poised to disrupt the industry.

Notre Dame Federal Credit Union is the latest to join the Hispanic outreach program for CUs, which now serves more than 85 institutions nationwide.

The Iowa-based credit union is one of seven groups competing for a $15,000 economic development award from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with financial advisers who say they were treated poorly because they're black.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule Friday to clarify changes made to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act that were mandated by President Trump's regulatory relief law.

Wells Fargo said it thoroughly investigates all complaints of impropriety, after a report said the company is failing to treat some of its female employees fairly.

Women managers in the Well Fargo’s wealth management division say they are being passed up for promotions; TD Bank's U.S. retail division saw profit jump 27% in fiscal Q3.

The USAmeriBank deal was supposed to give Valley National Bancorp a bigger presence in Florida, but it did more than that — it provided a model for banking businesswomen that Valley can copy in its New York and New Jersey markets.