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The diversity of Regions Financial Corp.’s board of directors has landed the company national recognition.

2020 Women on Boards, a nonprofit grassroots campaign committed to increasing the percentage of women who serve on boards, has named Regions a Winning “W” Company for 2017 for having 20 percent or more of its board seats held by women.

Regions’ board is currently 36 percent diverse based on gender, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

“We at 2020 Women on Boards congratulate Regions…

The gender pay gap has played big in the news this week, and the financial sector is one of the worst industries as far as equal pay and representation go.

According to the most recently available data from the Department of Labor, women in the industry make 52.5 percent of what men do, and they make up just 26.2 percent of the workforce.

Renee Milyiori works as a financial advisor at UBS Financial Services in Dublin.

“We’d go to these lunch meetings and there would be three women in 120 people,…

Wells Fargo & Co. is working to put its scandal woes behind it, as it reported higher-than-expected earnings this morning for the first quarter. Those earnings numbers, however, are subject to change after more regulatory review.

When it comes to finding new recruits, Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. CEO Terry Turner has a plan.

The Nashville-based bank chief said once Pinnacle brings on a new banker, executives ask one question: “Who did you enjoy working with?” From there, it's off to the races.

In an interview with the Nashville Business Journal, Turner said once a new hire targets who Pinnacle should recruit next, the bank's executives and recruitment managers start making calls. Ultimately, the goal is for the new…

Spanish renewables company Acciona SA plans to build a $200 million wind farm in the Rio Grande Valley.

The Palmas Altas Wind Farm is slated for a rural area near Los Fresnos in Cameron County. The farm will have 46 wind turbines with a capacity of 145 megawatts, which will generate 524 gigawatt-hours of clean energy per year — enough electricity to power 43,000 homes.

The electricity produced will be sold on the South Texas wholesale market operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas,…

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