Women in Banking

Citi’s record promotions for women still just 29% of total

12/21/20

Citigroup promoted 70 women in its latest class of managing directors, the most ever but still less than a third of the total.

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Ally’s latest play for (very new) customers

12/16/20

The digital-only bank is running a new promotion in which it will set up and fund, with $250, an online savings account for any baby born on New Year’s Eve.

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BNP Paribas USA appoints Claudine Gallagher as new HR head

12/09/20

The promotion is the second this year for Gallagher, who will remain in her current role as chief conduct and control officer until a replacement is found.

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Regions Financial's Chief Operating Officer John Owen to retire

12/09/20

The bank will divvy up Owen's responsibilities among three other executives, including Kate Danella, who will become chief strategy and client experience officer.

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Citi's Jane Fraser talks about the priorities she'll set as CEO

11/30/20

As she prepares to take over in February, Fraser says she is planning to invest in some of the bank's largest businesses, including its sprawling custody network and its burgeoning wealth management effort.

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To weed out data bias, hire more Black analysts

11/20/20

The algorithms banks use to assess the financial well-being of minorities would be more effective if Black analysts crunched the numbers, says Troynica Green, a data analyst at Regions Bank.

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Capital One promotes Lia Dean to head of retail banking

11/10/20

Dean, who joined Capital One in 2014, succeeds Kleber Santos, who left the bank earlier this month to lead diversity initiatives at Wells Fargo.

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Citi details risk system triage

11/10/20

“We’re going to be looking at … what caused us to not be able to close some of these gaps in the past,” Citigroup's new Chief Administrative Officer Karen Peetz says of the effort to fix shortcomings in internal controls that have plagued the company for years.

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JPMorgan relaxes mortgage curbs with U.S. housing prices on rise

11/09/20

JPMorgan Chase is going on the “offensive” in mortgages as home prices rise across the country, said Marianne Lake, the bank’s chief executive for consumer lending.

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How employers can support workers thrust into caregiving roles

11/09/20

Many employees, particularly women, are likely to become unexpected caregivers at some point. Companies should do more to ease their burden, says a top retirement and wealth specialist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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