The NCUA increasedits minority hiring in 2015 to 35% of new hires overall, up from31% in 2014, the regulator said Thursday.

Minority new hires in the senior staff category equaled 25% for2015, with 50% of those being women. Additionally, minoritiesrepresented 13.2% of all senior staff. They also represented 14.7%of all managers and 75% of all new manager staff hires in 2015.

“Greater diversity among our new hires, particularly at thesenior staff level, is good news, but we know our job isn'tfinished,” NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz said. “We recognize that[the] NCUA still needs to do more. Beginning this year, the agencywill launch several initiatives to promote greater diversity andinclusion. These efforts are part of our strategic goals, and wewill be promoting them within both the agency and the credit unionsystem.”