News Topic: Women in Banking

Getting more women into managerial posts matters to TD Bank, and a robust mentoring program is making a big difference. ... Read full article

Edward Doherty is set to succeed Janice Houghton when she retires in November. ... Read full article

Shelley Siefert will also become the bank's president in May. ... Read full article

Julie Demarigny will be in charge of mobile and online strategies at the San Francisco bank. ... Read full article

Carey Halio, who becomes CEO of Goldman Sachs Bank USA next month, wants to sustain its drive for consumer deposits and add products that make it more of a primary bank for customers. ... Read full article

Halio has served as chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs Bank USA for the past four years, and she previously worked in the company’s credit risk division ... Read full article

The $506 million-asset GFA Federal Credit Union says it will begin accepting clients in the recreational marijuana business, making it the first Massachusetts financial institution to do so. ... Read full article

Mary Daly succeeds John Williams, who left the bank earlier this year to run the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ... Read full article

Maria Tedesco's duties will include oversight of commercial, business and consumer banking at Union Bank & Trust. ... Read full article

Minal Hasan, a lawyer turned prominent fintech venture capitalist, has strong views on founder dramas, cryptocurrency, and why banks need to step up their technology game. ... Read full article

The USAmeriBank deal was supposed to give Valley National Bancorp a bigger presence in Florida, but it did more than that — it provided a model for banking businesswomen that Valley can copy in its New York and New Jersey markets. ... Read full article

Judy Long, president of First Citizens National Bank in Dyersburg, Tenn., launched the Smart Women financial literacy program after seeing female customers struggle with managing their finances. ... Read full article

Ismat Aziz is the Minneapolis bank's new chief human resources officer, the same position she held for the telecommunications company. ... Read full article

After years of scant progress on diversity measures, Citigroup has created hard targets for raising the percentages of women and African Americans in management positions by 2021, according to an internal memo from Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat. ... Read full article

The employee who made sexual harassment allegations against the agency’s director also claims Watt withheld her pay increase after she refused his advances. ... Read full article

Top U.S. housing regulator Mel Watt is privately reassuring people close to him that he will keep his post as authorities investigate an employee's claims of sexual harassment. Now, his accuser is heightening the pressure — speaking out publicly for ... Read full article

Since John Turner took over as CEO in July, Regions has announced several executive appointments, including promoting Kate Danella to oversee strategic planning. ... Read full article

CEO Nandita Bakhshi explains how the bank is investing in renewable energy, female entrepreneurs and underserved consumers. ... Read full article