…Another interesting fact throws light on who controls the purse strings. In 2010, the number of accounts operated by females in all commercial banks was 153.18 crores compared to 487.37 crore accounts operated by males…article

Catherine Livingstone can still remember her first board appointment — as a director of the federal government’s Export Finance and Insurance Corporation — when she was chief executive of bionic ear company Cochlear…article

We, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met to assess progress on the fulfillment  of the mandates given to us by our Leaders, to promote robust growth and job creation and to address ongoing economic and financial challenges. Communiqué

Main points of G20 draft communiqué

When the European Parliament turned Yves Mersch
down for a top central banking post, it wasn’t because he lacked the expertise or experience; they rejected him because he is a man…article

Islamic banking has empowered women in a number of countries;
especially in Malaysia, where at least two Islamic banks have female CEOs…article

…Women are typically the ‘alpha’ partner in a relationship and are the ones who instigate financial decisions and carry out the research, the study found…article

Thirty percent of South African women are willing to spend more than six months’ salary on their wedding, and 10 percent of women have a secret bank account their partner is unaware of. This was revealed in the first annual Women’s Money Matters Survey 2012, conducted by Visa, in which 2 000 women from all income groups participated…article

In his opening statement to MPs in the Bundestag, which was released by the ECB, Mr Draghi again outlined the rationale for the outright monetary transactions scheme or OMT.

As President of the European Central Bank (ECB), it is a privilege for me to come to the heart of German democracy to present our policy responses to the challenges facing the euro area economy…Speech

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy vowed to push for more women in top EU finance jobs while urging lawmakers to endorse the appointment of Yves Mersch to the European Central Bank’s Executive Board…article

Listed companies will be required to unveil the number of women and men they employ to tackle gender inequality in the workplace, the Department for Business announced on Thursday..article