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Digital Asset Holdings has hired a former RBS executive to be its chief financial officer. The hire was one of several new recruits the New York blockchain startup announced Tuesday.
August 2 -
The week Hillary Clinton made history for women by winning her party's presidential nomination, and newspapers everywhere featured her husband Bill in their front-page photos. (Go figure.) Fed governor Lael Brainard is being touted as a possible Clinton cabinet member. Sallie Krawcheck and Jenny Knott talk Wall Street then and now, and so does Barbara Byrne, whose stories you may find mirrored in the upcoming movie "Equity." U.S. Bancorp has family therapists for the ultra-rich. Plus, Claire Calmejane, Mary Callahan Erdoes and Beth Mooney.
July 28 -
The movie "Equity" about women on Wall Street (backed by Barbara Byrne and other industry women) is coming soon. The internet reacts to the 'Bro Talk' op-ed about Wall Street's objectification of women. The CFSI is pushing for a more holistic financial health metric. Jill Castilla is big on Pokemon Go and tweeting about it to lure people into the branch. Also, Sheryl Sandberg is rethinking parts of her "Lean In" philosophy.
July 21 -
Citizens Financial Group in Providence, R.I., has named Mary Ellen Baker head of business services.
July 18 -
A former Wall Street trader contends that "bro talk" is keeping women down, and it often comes from bosses; B of A says there is no "bro's club" at the company; Mary Mack is succeeding a retiring Carrie Tolstedt at Wells Fargo; and Barclays' Barbara Byrne tries a new recruiting tactic. Also, with Theresa May as U.K. prime minister, could we soon see mostly women running the western world?
July 14 -
JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and other big financial institutions are offering paid internships to members of the sandwich generation who left banking to care for children and elderly parents. Here's why the banks are interested.
July 13 -
Mary Mack will step down as head of Wells Fargo Advisors in order to take on a bigger role in overseeing the company's Community Banking unit. Mack is replacing Carrie Tolstedt, who is retiring after 27 years at the San Francisco-based company.
July 12 -
Female CEOs are uncommon, so how rare do you think female CEO-CFO teams are? At publicly traded banks, there are only 13, and that is still way better than a few other industries. InVenture founder Shivani Siroya talks about her past in banking and the future of her fintech startup. An Australian bank is going to test gender blind recruitment practices. Also, rewriting Silicon Valley's history and the Spice Girls' girl power legacy.
July 7 -
HCSB Financial in Loris, S.C., has recruited its third executive since completing a key recapitalization.
July 6 -
Heather Cox says Citi cherry-picks the best of fintech apps for its own services; FemTech leaders ponder what Brexit means for fintech; and SEC chair Mary Jo White takes on board diversity. Plus, Synovus' Liz Dukes Wolverton and Synchrony's Carol Juel.
June 30