Diversity news and trends

‘Touch Plus Tech’ Boosts Emerging Market Female-Owned Business Success
Technology // March 30, 2023

According to the World Economic Forum 2022 Global Gender Gap report, gender parity is not recovering, and it will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap. While this is a bleak outlook for women, Payal Dalal, senior vice president of social impact,...

Is Diversity Equity and Inclusion Making FinTechs Stronger?
Financial Inclusion // November 15, 2022

In what began as a recognition of workplace imbalances and inequities, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts are now evolving into a way of strengthening companies with a broad chorus of voices that add measurable value to the business. In a conversation with PYMNTS, Ari Montgomery,...

Basware, Dun & Bradstreet Work On Supplier Diversity Identification
B2B Payments // May 05, 2021

Basware has made it easier for customers to identify minority-owned businesses in its supplier management solution, according to a press release from Wednesday (May 5). Customers will have access to diversity data provided by Dun & Bradstreet’s Diversity Database. “By having access to our diversity...

Grab CEO: Diversification, Liquidity Will Drive Business Survival
Ridesharing // April 16, 2020

The chief executive officer for Singapore’s ride-hailing unicorn Grab said business is off, but the platform’s diversified services and liquidity will help drive it through the pandemic storm. “We are fortunate to have ample liquidity to tide us through, whether it’s a 12-month recession or...

Interviews & Exclusives
‘Touch Plus Tech’ Boosts Emerging Market Female-Owned Business Success

March 30, 2023
According to the World Economic Forum 2022 Global Gender Gap report, gender parity is not recovering, and it will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap. While this is a bleak outlook for women, Payal Dalal, senior vice president of social impact, international markets, at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, told […]

Is Diversity Equity and Inclusion Making FinTechs Stronger?

November 15, 2022
In what began as a recognition of workplace imbalances and inequities, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts are now evolving into a way of strengthening companies with a broad chorus...

How One Nevada Credit Union Secures Its Self-Service Innovations

February 26, 2020
Credit unions are performing well as the new decade dawns, with a recent study finding that CUs increased their loan originations by 29% from Q4 2018 to Q4 2019. Though...

When Social Networks Become ‘Diversity-Aware’ Research Platforms

January 03, 2020
Bigger, better, faster — those are often the guiding principles for innovation, disruption and change in the digital and mobile worlds. What about smarter, and more diverse? Those traits could...

Quick Reads
Grab CEO: Diversification, Liquidity Will Drive Business Survival

April 16, 2020
The chief executive officer for Singapore’s ride-hailing unicorn Grab said business is off, but the platform’s diversified services and liquidity will help drive it through the pandemic storm. “We are fortunate to have ample liquidity to tide us through, whether it’s a 12-month recession or 36-month recession,” Grab CEO Anthony Tan told CNBC in a […]

New LGBTQ+ Tech Community Includes BoA, HP, PayPal

June 05, 2019
The world’s biggest community of LGBTQ+ tech professionals, Out in Tech, has formed a membership program to improve opportunities for LGBTQ+ individuals called Qorporate, according to a press release. Founding...

Increased Diversity Present Among SMB Investment Teams

November 17, 2016
A recent research study revealed that the investment teams of small business investment companies (SBICs) show greater gender diversity compared to the broader private equity investment community. The study was...

Pinterest Hires Diversity Chief

January 07, 2016
Pinterest has made a pivotal step forward towards its goal of employing more women and minorities. Today, the aspirational image-collecting website announced Candice Morgan as its first diversity chief. The...