The Most Powerful Women in Banking
A ninth-grader challenges Bank of America's CEO; the San Francisco Fed has a lot of interest in fintech; FinCEN's Jennifer Shasky Calvery is leaving, possibly for a banking job; Wells Fargo's Secil Watson talks up a new biometrics option; and Sallie Krawcheck appreciates Carla Harris' career advice. Plus, Kelly Ripa and the 49ers.
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The 30% Club's Brenda Trenowden talks about the need for more female role models in banking; Barbara Byrne and Sallie Krawcheck talk about successful women "rubbing people the wrong way"; and backers and advisers of the new movie Equity talk about being pregnant on Wall Street. Also Digital Asset Holdings staffs up with RBS and JPMorgan executives.
August 4
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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
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