Women in Banking

Listen, speak, act: One CEO's playbook for inclusive cultures

11/06/20

Banks must address the societal issues that resonate deeply with their customers and communities, says Regions Financial chief John Turner.

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JPMorgan’s Erdoes lauds ‘more thinking time’ for at-home staff

11/05/20

“The asset management industry in particular has found it is quite productive to work from home,” says Mary Erdoes, who runs asset and wealth management at JPMorgan Chase.

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Spencer Savings in N.J. taps insider as next president

11/02/20

Jane Allerman-Rey, the mutual's chief operating officer, will take on the new role in January.

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To end lending bias, banks need to use the right tech

10/26/20

Traditional lenders must embrace fintech underwriting tools that would help women- and monitory-owned businesses get loans they are too often denied.

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Houston de novo effort secures conditional regulatory approval

10/20/20

Agility Bank, one of two women-led groups seeking charters, is looking to open next spring.

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Synchrony says all U.S. employees can work from home permanently

10/20/20

The new policy will allow the company to close some work sites and reduce the size of others. It’s part of a broader effort to cut expenses to help offset revenue declines brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Laurentian becomes first major Canadian bank to name female CEO

10/20/20

The hiring of Rania Llewellyn comes a little more than a month after Jane Fraser was named Citigroup's chief executive, which will make her the first female head of a big Wall Street bank.

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Banks that want equality must walk the talk

10/16/20

To help stop a cycle of systemic racism, bankers need to focus on advancing Black employees to leadership positions and create long-term relationships with Black-owned businesses.

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First Citizens to buy CIT for $2.2 billion

10/16/20

The combined company would be the nation's 19th-largest bank with roughly $110 billion of assets.

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Young workers, clients press banks to take stand on social issues

10/09/20

Even more so than activist investors, customers and a new generation of employees are driving banks to back environmental, social and governance reforms, executives said during a Women in Banking roundtable hosted by American Banker.

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