Gender issues

Citi's Suni Harford joins UBS; the female entrepreneur penalty

05/18/17

Suni Harford is off to UBS, Nina Fanlo is leaving SoFi, and Shaza Andersen is selling the bank she founded. Also, you should hear how venture capitalists talk about female entrepreneurs.

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Yellen on spurring economic growth; Fidelity’s fintech philosophy

05/11/17

Janet Yellen says our economic growth depends on closing the gender wage gap. Fidelity talks about fostering innovation and Wells Fargo improves its mobile app. Plus, a soccer story.

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How Wells’ CMO is repairing the bank’s reputation; Maria Vullo talks tough

05/04/17

Wells Fargo’s chief marketing officer Jamie Moldafsky shared how social media is helping the bank recover from its account-opening crisis; Maria Vullo explains her tough stance on bank crime, despite maintaining a lower profile than her predecessor.

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Tackling income volatility; New CMO at Citi

04/28/17

JPMorgan Chase’s Colleen Briggs and Fiona Greig are among those working on ways to help a growing segment of consumers with wildly fluctuating incomes. Plus, the women of Wells Fargo’s board and a big promotion at Citi.

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One less female CEO-CFO duo; Supreme manteruppting

04/21/17

Carol Hayles’ departure from CIT leaves us with one less female CEO-CFO team in banking; even Supreme Court justices get manterrupted; a Google doodle celebrates a microlender; and Sen. Elizabeth Warren strikes a pose.

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Soros' first female CIO; 'bro' bias in lending

04/13/17

A profile of Dawn Fitzpatrick following her big move from UBS to Soros; a weakness to watch out for in loans made by men to men; and the preponderance of female credit union CEOs.

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Chicago bank, ex-CEO tussle over job performance in discrimination case

04/13/17

Yman Vien says she lost her job at American Metro Bancorp because of her gender. The bank says the move was tied to poor decisions that led to a regulatory order in 2009.

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Square’s loans go mostly to women; women senior bank leaders still scarce

04/06/17

Though statistically women have trouble getting small business loans, Square's granting more than half its loans to women; latest numbers show only one in four bank senior execs are female.

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Be like BMO, not like the big banks, on gender diversity

03/31/17

Get Bank of Montreal's best tips for real results on gender diversity, then try not to get disheartened by other big banks. Plus: Amy Brady, Mary Navarro and Donna Demaio.

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Speaking 'male' and earning 'male' (aka 'goals')

03/23/17

B of A's Cathy Bessant and Michelle Moore have a few suggestions for women who want to advance and RBC's Janice Fukakusa sets a new pay benchmark for female executives. Plus, Bank of the West's Nandita Bakhshi and Citi's Yolande Piazza.

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