A new report found that funding and employment in the financial technology sector in Massachusetts improved from 2020 to 2022. However, there is still room for improvement in diversity and inclusion, collaboration between industry stakeholders and partnership with regulators.
Lisa Murray got her start in banking answering calls in Shawmut Bank’s customer service center. Three decades later, she’s the new Massachusetts market president for Citizens Bank.
A year and a half after protests against racial injustice rocked America, banks’ efforts to respond with concrete action are starting to flower with collaborations between numerous lenders launching in recent months.
At a moment when so much is unclear, one thing is not: We need all hands on deck for what will be a difficult several months for our regional economy. The sooner we make our businesses diverse and inclusive, the nimbler and better prepared they will be – for the recession and for writing the economy’s next chapter.
With this interminable year almost behind us and vaccines promising an end to the COVID-19 pandemic by fall 2021, many are eager to get back to their pre-2020 normal. In at least one key respect, however, that would be a mistake.
In response to pressure from both consumers and employees, as well as the simple fact that inequality hurts profitability, companies are making commitments to help create a more fair, equitable union.
A former top executive at Berkshire Bank who left in the wake of former CEO Richard Marotta’s sudden departure this summer has landed at MIT’s Sloane School of Management.
On the same day as Malia Lazu’s departure, Berkshire Bank took steps to fill some of the roles previously held by its leading voice on diversity and inclusion.
Less than a month after Berkshire Bank’s CEO stepped down, Malia Lazu has left as well. The bank’s executive vice president and chief experience and culture officer, Lazu will leave Berkshire Bank effective today “to expand her work building more diverse, inclusive and prosperous companies and communities,”
Mentorship matters more than ever in the midst of a pandemic., something Carlos Febres-Mazzei knows well. The new chairman of ULI Boston/New England is overseeing a number of equity and inclusion strategies trying to put this knowledge into action.
America faces a question in the aftermath of sustained protests over the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer: Where do we, as a society, go from here? How can banking and real estate help?
When Webster Five wanted to expand its customer base into the Worcester area’s growing immigrant communities, president and CEO Donald Doyle decided the bank needed a more holistic approach to diversity and inclusion.
As a senior leader managing my own department, I know firsthand the importance of taking on a mentee and lifting our employees up. To change the landscape of leaders we need to step up and guide employees to achieve their best potential.
In an attempt to diversify its ranks, Coldwell Banker announced Tuesday that it was eliminating initial franchise fees charged to agents setting up a new brokerage.
Developer Millennium Partners and local building trades have reached agreement on a project labor agreement designed to encourage minority participation at the $1.35-billion Winthrop Center skyscraper set to begin vertical construction in Boston’s Financial District.
