HSBC plans to double Black staff in senior positions by 2025
It does not mention what proportion of the bank’s current senior team are Black.
Diversity
What the Fintech? Episode 10 | Diversity & inclusion: AI bias
Theodora Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures provides her take on artificial intelligence.
Carta faces gender discrimination lawsuit
Paying her less than her male peers and subjecting her to other forms of gender discrimination.
Lloyds commits to increase Black staff in senior roles
It employs 40 Black members of staff across its more than 7,000 strong senior exec team.
Study finds discrimination against Black small business loan applicants
Of the groups studied, Black women received worse treatment in 59% of cases.
RBC commits CAD 150 million to diversity push
It aims to increase the proportion of non-white executive hires to 30% from 20%.
Storytelling for introverts
For the extroverts of all hues, ethnicities, sexualities, identities and faiths, check on your introverted friends.
UK regulator probes Visa’s acquisition of Plaid
The UK’s CMA is looking into potential anti-competitive implications.
Singapore develops “fairness metrics” for AI adoption in finance
The metrics will inform credit risk scoring and customer marketing.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 now open for entries!
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
SoftBank unveils $100m fund for founders of colour
SoftBank’s COO says the fund will help create “a new generation of founders”.
What kind of workplace ally are you?
Allyship means valuing people with different experiences from your own.
Streamlining remittance, empowering migrant workers & driving inclusion worldwide
The ability to send money home is critical, but not always easy for migrant workers.
PayTech Awards winners: where are they now? Melissa McKendry, ACI – Woman in PayTech
ACI’s Melissa McKendry promotes fintech and payments as a career path for girls with the Coding for Girls initiative.
Ask the expert: how can I create a positive culture for my fintech?
Exploring ways to identify, secure, retain and develop the right talent for your business.
Women-only neobank Elas to launch in Brazil
Elas was officially founded in January this year.
Fintech can’t tackle financial services without tackling its diversity problem
Not only was the gender homogeneity disheartening, it’s also a serious problem.
Remaking traditions to reinvent industries
Innovation and the need for diversity.
Celebrating Finovate’s #WomeninFinTech
For fintech to be for everyone, it needs to be from everyone.
The witches are coming
Our togetherness is our greatest legacy to a world that can and should do better for the next generation of humans.
Taking chances: An interview with Chuka Ikele, legal counsel at CrossLend
Drawing connections between the correlation of law and finance.
“Pale, male and stale” tag still dogs financial services industry
Three steps to break the cycle and achieve genuine diversity and inclusion.
Community spirit: Reminiscing on the halcyon days of the bank branch
“I had to find out how to best serve people and customers at a community level.”
There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach in the ongoing fight for greater diversity
We should never lose sight of the ‘why’ that lies behind the lack of diversity in British businesses.
Goldman won’t take companies public without at least one “diverse” board member
GS itself has four women on its board of directors, out of 11 total members.
Fintech’s diversity performance last year and predictions for 2020
A digital approach to inclusion training can help fintechs with smaller budgets.
Three ways fintech can address the gender pay gap
Define inclusion and diversity as two very different things.
Accenture onboards 50% more female founders in 2020 fintech lab cohort
Accenture wants to narrow the gender gap in fintech.
Data Balance Podcast: building personal brand in the data industry
Insight into how women in the data industry can – and should – build their personal brand.
CBI’s CEO on gender diversity in banking and how it’s changing
She is optimistic about the last eight years she’s spent as a CEO.
The F word
Gender doesn’t make anyone a better hire. Women are there despite and in spite of it. And that matters.
Being black in the financial services industry
“Bank accounts were just not something you could attain with black skin”.
For women in fintech, sponsorship is key
Sponsors go beyond that and take direct interest in seeing that their protégé achieves career advancement.
True diversity or tokenism
It is not only time for us to say: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. It is now time for us to hold ourselves accountable.
How women can lead the diversity movement in the fintech/payments industry
Estimates put the percentage of women working in computing-related occupations at a measly 26%. Time to change that!
Why I don’t talk about gender
Diversity of all kinds is good for business. It is also good for the soul.
The AI industry can no longer be held back by its gender gap
If the lack of diversity in AI continues to go unaddressed the consequences could be irrevocable.
Rise up women – you can do it, you really can!
Be bolder, take risks, network, and challenge unconscious bias!
International Women’s Day: a great time to reflect on progress, but there’s still a long way to go
A look at initiatives that help a better work/life balance – and assist women to get to the most senior roles.
Three ways to support women in tech
Make room for women, invite them in and give them the tools they need to transform your organisation and industry.
