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How Citi will shrink its pay gap, and beware those freshman renegades

01/18/19

Citi is the first to share its unadjusted pay gap and lays out its goals for improvement. Bankers will be getting to know the progressive freshmen females who are storming D.C. a lot better. Plus, lots of fintech people moves and Gillette's take on toxic masculinity.

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The princess and the paycheck, Blythe Masters' exit and #MeToo paranoia

12/20/18

An accusation of sexual discrimination plays out in court for BNP Paribas; Jeffries’ top execs chastise Wall Street men over #MeToo paranoia; blockchain startup loses Blythe Masters; and RBS might make history with a female CEO-CFO duo.

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Wall Street's bad reaction to #MeToo, Kraninger in at the CFPB, BofA women making moves

12/06/18

Men on Wall Street are taking a cue from Vice President Mike Pence by refusing to dine one-on-one with women; Coinbase is offering fertility benefits; and Bank of America executive Katy Knox gets a promotion.

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Mary Meeker's audacious goal, Wells Fargo's gender drama and Goldman's new partners

11/14/18

Wells Fargo explains to the "girls" that there really is no gender bias, but that guy is retiring, OK? Rana Yared is one of Goldman Sachs' 18 new female partners. And Mary Meeker sets a huge target for the venture capital firm she'll create to invest in tech startups.

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A new female CEO at a top 50 bank and an unexpected exit at BofA

10/31/18

One of the country’s 50 largest banks hires a female CEO, making JPMorgan Chase’s Kelly Coffey only the third woman in that exclusive club. Bank of America’s Michelle Moore exits the workforce. And sexual harassment prompts a walkout at Google.

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Portrait of a Goldman Sachs executive as a political wife

10/23/18

Goldman Sachs’ Heidi Cruz takes some flak for comments she made in an interview about her other job — as the wife of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Goldman's Dina Powell turns down a chance to be the next Nikki Haley. And a lawsuit against the American Bankers Association calls it a “boy’s club.”

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Pipeline pressure and other highlights from the 2018 Most Powerful Women gala

10/15/18

Women in the pipeline get some attention from a room full of top banking industry executives celebrating the Most Powerful Women rankings. California is the first to impose a quota requiring companies to increase the number of women on boards, and the Fortune 500’s newest female CEO starts today.

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Who's new in the Most Powerful Women ranking for 2018

10/01/18

Wondering who is new to the rankings of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance? Here's an overview of the changes, along with a recap of the top team winners. Plus, #MeToo plays out on Capitol Hill, as Mel Watt and Brett Kavanaugh get congressional hearings, and Murphy Brown returns.

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Men behaving badly edition (UBS, Goldman Sachs, FHFA and more)

08/01/18

Catch up on a deluge of sexual harassment disclosures from banks and regulators. Brace yourself — it gets ugly, with rape and strangulation among the lowlights. Then marvel at how one fintech CEO who fell early in the #MeToo era engineered a fast comeback. Plus valuable insight on anger.

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An ally at Goldman Sachs and a payoff at BofA

07/20/18

Goldman’s next CEO pushes for more women in senior roles. Fifth Third’s program to retain new moms is working. And there’s good news and bad news at Bank of America, as it bulks up on female summer interns but pays out millions to an exec fired over sexual harassment claims.

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