Financial Services

Financial planning sector gets a diversity makeover with new scholarship programme

A Colorado-based higher education institution is offering $500,000 in scholarships to candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to become certified financial planners

Compliance sector marred by lip service on diversity

Diversity implementations in the financial services sector are shallow and ineffectual, suggests a new ICA report on the compliance sector

FinTech and Financial Services urged to donate tech to support children from low-income backgrounds

Project highlights the growing demand to diversify the industry by inspiring kids from different backgrounds to look at FinTech

Women report significantly lower levels of financial wellbeing than men

Men generally feel happier with their finances and future financial plans than women. New research highlights the difference between men’s and women’s financial wellbeing

Role models can make financial services more welcoming

Diversity organisation on a recruitment spree to build a global network.

Striving for gender equality at HSBC

Stephanie Ip, Head of Wholesale Credit Risk, HSBC UK reflects on the progress needed