ABA Expands DEI Team
ABA today announced that it has hired Jasmine Cooper as its new vice president of internal diversity, equity and inclusion.
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ABA Salutes Women Bank Execs Atop ‘Most Powerful,’ ‘Women to Watch’ Lists
The American Bankers Association today congratulated the women named to American Banker Magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in Banking,” “Women to Watch in Banking” and “Most Powerful Women in Finance” lists for 2020.
CEO Q&A: Healing ‘Pain Points’ for Family Businesses
A conversation with Wendy Cai-Lee of de novo Piermont Bank on the unique needs of multigenerational family firms.
ABA Data Bank: Millennials and Younger Now Comprise More than Half of U.S. Population
Younger generations are also more diverse than their predecessors, with the share of white Americans falling below 50 percent in the post-Gen Z generation.
Nichols Calls on Bankers to Address Racial Inequities
Speaking at the ABA Risk and Compliance Virtual Conference this morning, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols praised the industry’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and emphasized that bankers must respond with equal passion and determination to address longstanding racial inequities.
ABA, Business Groups Urge Senate to Pass Board, Exec Diversity Bill
ABA joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other financial and business trade groups in urging the Senate Banking Committee to advance the Improving Corporate Governance through Diversity Act.
ABA Data Bank: Minority-Owned Small Businesses See Larger COVID-19 Effects
While the coronavirus pandemic has harmed small businesses across the board, minority small business owners report disproportionately large effects, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey.
Podcast: Healing ‘Pain Points’ for Multigenerational Family Businesses
Wendy Cai-Lee leads one of the latest crop of U.S. de novo banks: Piermont Bank, opened to address “pain points” faced by middle-market businesses.
Podcast: Minority Banks and Financial Inclusion
First Independence Bank was founded 50 years ago to help rebuild Detroit’s economy in the wake of damaging urban violence. Today, in a new era of economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic, and protests and unrest in response to incidents of racial injustice, minority depository institutions continue to have a unique role in serving distressed communities.
Marketers Can Have a Big Influence on Bank Diversity
My hope for the financial industry is that we all intentionally make space for everybody. Especially when they’re a little different.