Women in Banking

BofA pays U.K. female staff 28.7% less than male employees

03/27/18

Bank of America pays female staff in Britain 28.7% less on average than male employees, according to a report released Tuesday.

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Citi pays male staffers in U.K. 44% more than females

03/27/18

Morgan Stanley also reported a wide disparity in gender pay, reflecting the greater proportion of men in top executive posts.

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Fed faces pro-diversity uproar on report of Williams' N.Y. nod

03/26/18

The Federal Reserve is facing a backlash over its lack of diversity in key positions after it emerged this weekend that John Williams, the current president of the San Francisco regional branch, is a front-runner to succeed William Dudley as head of the powerful New York Fed.

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Amazon's good luck, blockchain dangers and French dissing

03/23/18

Luckily for Amazon, the OCC is no longer “the angry dad on the porch with a shotgun," trying to keep tech companies from hooking up with banks. JPMorgan Chase’s Amber Baldet can pack a room for a lesson on blockchains. And it is the end of catcalls in France.

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Rosemary Berkery, a member of UBS’ ‘Merrill mafia,’ to retire

03/21/18

Berkery, the chairman of UBS Bank USA, will be succeeded by Michael Blum. Berkery, a Merrill Lynch alum, was part of the turnaround team at UBS' wealth management unit, and during her tenure, the lending book at its bank more than doubled in size.

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‘Strong, quiet passion’: What to expect from ICBA’s new chief

03/21/18

Rebeca Romero Rainey, while known as compassionate banker and less of a firebrand than her predecessor at the trade group, will take firm stands for small banks on reg relief, innovation and fair play, say those who know her.

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N.Y. Fed narrows Dudley successor search to 'handful' of people

03/16/18

Directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said they had narrowed their search for the bank's next president to a "handful of final candidates," without naming any of those still in the running or the timetable for announcing their selection.

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Goldman pays female U.K. staff 56% less than male colleagues

03/16/18

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. pays women in the U.K. an average of 56% less than male colleagues, another stark example of the entrenched gender imbalances in the richest corners of the global economy.

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Capital One's bot likes 'The Bachelor,' and bankers shrug off Amazonophobia

03/15/18

Eno likes reality TV, says Capital One's head of artificial intelligence. Who's afraid of big, bad Amazon? Not Nandita Bakhshi. Goldman Sachs won’t be breaking any glass ceilings. Plus, a study on sexual harassment in banking.

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HSBC pays U.K. women 59% less than men, widest bank gap so far

03/15/18

The gap, already more than three times the national average, will widen to 60% this year, the company said in a report Thursday.

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