Roxbury-based BlueHub Capital’s Karen Kelleher is seeing no let-up in demand for the lender’s services as an intermediary piecing together financing packages for real estate projects in low-income communities.
Firms where employees battle against each other for rank, bonuses and promotions are common in law and finance. But while, on its face, they are gender-neutral, they actually worsen gender inequality.
Roxann Cooke, one of the most prominent Black women in the Massachusetts banking industry, is leaving Boston. But she’s staying with JPMorgan Chase.
For 30 years, Anne Tangen had served wealth management clients at Fidelity and running a State Street Bank business unit that generated $90 million per year, until she found herself drawn to community banking.
One of the state’s largest mutual banks announced its CEO succession plan Wednesday morning.
The Washington Trust Co. is known as the oldest community bank in the United States, but no woman has ever held the title of president and COO of the bank until Mary Noons steps into the role this week.
If you were a married woman before the mid-1970s, it was tough to impossible get a fair loan or even a credit card without your husband co-signing. And if you were single – forget it.
The banking industry is experiencing an awakening that corporate governance, whether in the executive suite or board of directors level, must be reflective and inclusive of the communities we serve.
Gloucester-native Marianne Smith was a college student when she first worked at Cape Ann Savings Bank as a teller. Thirty years and jobs at several other institutions later, she became its first female president, ever.
Many U.S. companies have rushed to appoint Black members to their boards of directors since racial justice protests swept the country last year.
Benefits for child and elder care, scheduling flexibilities and a knocking down of stigmas around taking advantage of those flexibilities could help employers encourage women to stay in or return to the workforce after more than a year of COVID-19 disruptions, panelists said Wednesday during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce event.
Jane Bowman had spent most of her career in the media industry before joining Weymouth-based South Shore Bank a month ago to lead the lender’s new brand, “sharing success.” and brings an outsider perspective to the problems of bank marketing.
Three million women have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic. Vice President Kamala Harris has called it a national emergency – and it is – but what are the causes and what can corporate leaders do about it?
Diane Mahoney began her banking career as a part-time teller at Bank of Boston, has spent most of her career in human resources. Now, she’s the first female CEO of Leominster Credit Union.
Citigroup announced that Jane Fraser would succeed Michael Corbat as the bank’s next chief executive, making Fraser the first woman to ever lead a Wall Street bank.
Anne Tangen became BankFive’s first woman president April 6 and will become CEO in June, in the teeth of the coronavirus pandemic.
As Avidia Bank’s CFO, Margaret Sullivan has a key role to play in helping manage risk, and in the process helping Avidia emerge as one of the most forward-thinking community banks in Massachusetts.
Women comprise about 47 percent of the U.S. workforce, yet they make up barely a quarter of all senior executives at large U.S. public companies. Here’s how to fix that.
With women filling only one-third of area tech jobs, they face an uphill battle to advance professionally. At a recent forum, successful female fintech leaders said mentorship, partnerships with universities and boosting the visibility of current women leaders can help.
Industry groups around the country marked Equal Pay Day on Tuesday to call attention to the gap between women’s earnings and men’s earnings, particularly in the banking and real estate fields.
