diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.test.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.test.tsx
index b053b8e..64eb5cc 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.test.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,30 @@ function makeBounty(overrides: Partial<Bounty> = {}): Bounty {
   };
 }
 
+describe("PipelineBoard — card accessible name (#694)", () => {
+  it("announces the org/repo/issue reference as part of the link's accessible name", () => {
+    const bounty = makeBounty({
+      org: "SmartDropLabs",
+      repo: "smartdrop-backend",
+      issueNumber: 42,
+      title: "Fix retry backoff jitter",
+      reward: 500,
+      asset: "USDC",
+      status: "open",
+    });
+    render(<PipelineBoard bounties={[bounty]} />);
+
+    const link = screen.getByRole("link", {
+      name: /SmartDropLabs\/smartdrop-backend #42/,
+    });
+    // The accessible name is computed from visible content (no aria-label
+    // override), so the title and reward are present too, not just the repo
+    // reference.
+    expect(link).toHaveAccessibleName(/Fix retry backoff jitter/);
+    expect(link).toHaveAccessibleName(/500/);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("PipelineBoard — merged column (#88)", () => {
   it("renders a bounty with status 'merged' in a visible pipeline column", () => {
     const merged = makeBounty({ id: "merged-1", title: "Merged, awaiting payout", status: "merged" });
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.tsx
index 331b44b..7157b2b 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/maintainer/PipelineBoard.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ function PipelineColumn({
             key={b.id}
             href={`/issues/${b.id}`}
             title={b.title}
-            aria-label={`${b.title}, ${formatCurrency(b.reward, b.asset)}`}
             className="block rounded-xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-3 shadow-sm transition-colors hover:border-indigo-300 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-indigo-500 dark:border-slate-800 dark:bg-slate-900 dark:hover:border-indigo-700"
           >
             <p className="truncate text-xs text-slate-400 dark:text-slate-500">