Women in Banking

Female CEOs still elusive, but not so with general counsels

02/01/18

Banking is one of the last industries in which all the biggest companies are still run by men. That's not changing anytime soon — thanks, JPMorgan Chase. Kate Quinn plans U.S. Bank's SuperBowl debut and JPM's Marvelle Sullivan Berchtold launches an exciting venture.

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Wells Fargo joins Citi, B of A in disclosing adjusted gender pay gap

02/01/18

Now three of the largest U.S. banks say their female employees make more than 99 cents for every dollar earned by their male peers.

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Temenos names new North American head

01/31/18

The European core systems vendor has been making inroads into the U.S. market in recent years.

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Wells Fargo hires former N.Y. Fed official as liaison to regulators

01/30/18

Wells has tapped Sarah Dahlgren for a newly created position overseeing regulatory relations as the megabank tries try to remove the cloud of its phony-accounts scandal.

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JPMorgan's executive shuffle: Is a woman CEO out of the picture?

01/29/18

Speculation has existed for awhile that JPMorgan Chase could be the first of the megabanks to name a woman chief executive, but the elevation of executives Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith to co-presidents and co-COOs seemed to put them in the lead to succeed Jamie Dimon.

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Sexual harassment widely experienced, but rarely reported in mortgage lending

01/29/18

More than 70% of women mortgage professionals have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, but these incidents go drastically underreported, according to a recent Mortgage Bankers Association survey.

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KeyCorp names finance exec as new chief diversity officer

01/26/18

Kim Manigault, who previously was chief financial officer for the company’s technology and operations organization, will be responsible for ensuring that Key continues to make diversity and inclusion a priority in hiring.

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Breakthrough: More women running banks’ legal departments

01/26/18

Most general counsels are men, but in 2017 women filled more than half of the top legal positions that opened up at large financial firms. The trend is likely to continue as the population of women lawyers swells and banks continue to diversify their senior ranks.

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B of A's brush with sexual harassment shows need for more openness

01/26/18

Bank of America employees force harassment charges against Omeed Malik out in the open, raising questions about how departures like his are handled. Plus, Jessica Chastain sets an example, and Larry Nassar's group of enablers needs to be made into one.

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B of A's brush with sexual harassment raises questions

01/26/18

Bank of America's got a lot going on, with the Omeed Malik drama and its gender pay gap announcement in the same week. Plus, Jessica Chastain sets an example, and Larry Nassar's enablers need to be made into one.

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