▁chap ters . ▁Other ▁groups ▁include ▁PR IS M ▁for ▁L GB T ▁employees , ▁I MP ACT , ▁which ▁serves ▁mult icult ural ▁employees ▁and ▁HE ART ▁for ▁employees ▁with ▁dis abilities . ▁The ▁bank ▁has ▁services ▁for ▁returning ▁military , ▁including ▁a ▁tool ▁to ▁help ▁veter ans ▁align ▁military ▁skills ▁and ▁training ▁with ▁jobs ▁at ▁the ▁company . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁it ▁was ▁recognized ▁for ▁its ▁divers ity ▁practices ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Business ▁In clusion ▁Cons ort ium , ▁which ▁named ▁it ▁Fin an cial ▁Services ▁D iversity ▁Corporation ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁company ▁began ▁an ▁innov ation ▁program ▁for ▁employees ▁to ▁suggest ▁ideas ▁for ▁large - scale ▁projects ▁and ▁company ▁improvement . ▁Ide as ▁from ▁the ▁initial ▁pilot ▁program ▁generated ▁approximately ▁$ 1 6 5 ▁million ▁in ▁pre tax ▁profit . ▁The ▁program ▁results ▁in ▁an ▁annual ▁contest ▁called ▁" ACE " ▁in ▁which ▁teams ▁pitch ▁their ▁ideas . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁and ▁legal ▁issues ▁ ▁Foreign ▁currency ▁exchange ▁issues ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Justice ▁Department ▁and ▁New ▁York ' s ▁att orney ▁general ▁file d ▁civil ▁law su its ▁against ▁the ▁Bank ▁of ▁New ▁York , ▁alleg ing ▁foreign ▁currency ▁fra ud . ▁The ▁su its ▁hold ▁that ▁the ▁bank ▁dece ived ▁p ension - fund ▁clients ▁by ▁manip ulating ▁the ▁prices ▁assigned ▁to ▁them ▁for ▁foreign ▁currency ▁transactions . ▁Al leg edly ,