The Most Powerful Women in Banking
Innovative. Influential. Impactful. The 25 female leaders in this ranking are skillfully navigating industry disruption and — in many ways — driving it as well.
September 23
The Women to Watch
There are 10 new faces among the Women to Watch this year, but a familiar one is at the top of the list —Wells Fargo's Mary Mack. Check out who else earned a spot in the ranking.
September 23
The Most Powerful Women in Finance
Stephanie Cohen of Goldman Sachs and Gunjan Kedia of U.S. Bancorp are making their debut among the Most Powerful Women in Finance this year. Check out the full list to see all of the women and where they rank.
September 23
BankThink A picture of the disruption to come
Get ready to meet some of the rising stars who the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance believe are poised to disrupt the industry.
September 23
What JPMorgan Chase does to develop female tech leaders
Can improv classes help women in tech advance to senior leadership? It's one tactic to attract and retain top female technologists at the nation's largest bank.
By Penny Crosman
September 23
TD Bank is outpacing its peers in promoting women. Here's how.
Getting more women into managerial posts matters to TD Bank, and a robust mentoring program is making a big difference.
By Andy Peters
September 23
Female commercial banking leaders kept leaving. So BMO decided to act.
What if you have workplace flexibility policies and women, afraid to be seen as less committed than male peers, don't use them? Take a lesson from BMO Financial.
By Laura Alix
September 23
Revamping deposit products at Zions required convincing employees first
Zions is streamlining its 500 deposit products as part of a massive core conversion, and its female executives are leading the effort.
By Laura Alix
September 23
Touting work-life balance isn’t just lip service at this community bank
A challenging diagnosis for her son prompted a senior executive to make changes at work, and Old National Bank's reaction offers a lesson for those serious about retaining female leaders.
By Jackie Stewart
September 23
Lifetime Achievement: UBS’ Rosemary Berkery
The former banking lawyer, who went on to run major business lines at Merrill Lynch and UBS, will be honored Thursday at American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking gala.
By Kevin Wack
October 4
Lifetime achievement: Barclays’ Barbara Byrne
For her trailblazing career on Wall Street, Byrne will be honored on Thursday at American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking gala in New York.
By Kristin Broughton
October 3
BofA's Anne Finucane is ready for her next challenge
Finucane has tackled some sizable problems at Bank of America in recent years, so it makes perfect sense she's been tasked to manage one of the thornie*st issues facing big banks today: leading BofA's European operations in the wake of Brexit.
By Kristin Broughton
October 3
Anne Walker: Thriving at BofA by simplifying the complicated
The 22-year Bank of America vet loves digging into the company's financials and finding ways to simplify cumbersome processes. “The work is demanding. It can be deeply analytical in that you have to take the complex and make it simple.”
By Kristin Broughton
October 3
For MUFG's Ranjana Clark, cultural transformation comes from clarity
In the newly created role of chief transformation officer, Ranjana Clark is in charge of ensuring MUFG stays ahead of tech disruption. She said that entails nothing less than a kind of cultural revolution.
By Penny Crosman
October 2
Enid Jean-Claude: Change begins with a conversation
The banking industry needs to work on getting more minority women into positions of power, and that starts with having conversations not only about gender but also race, MUFG's Jean-Claude said. "You don't see women of color reaching the highest levels."
Meera Clark: Disruption and diversity investing are all in the family
It should come as no surprise that Meera Clark would gravitate to ventures like Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Innovation Lab, which pairs venture capital with founders from diverse backgrounds. After all, her mother, Ranjana Clark, is a disruptive trailblazer of her own at MUFG.
By Jackie Stewart
October 2
Stephanie Cohen is turbocharging the idea pipeline at Goldman Sachs
When Stephanie Cohen earned the chief strategy officer’s job at Goldman Sachs in January, she was told she had a blank sheet of paper. Cohen responded by, among other things, launching an internal incubator for new business ideas.
By Kristin Broughton
October 1
Samantha Spilkin: Rare background, fresh perspective at Goldman Sachs
Spilkin's education in math and programming, uncommon in investment banking, has allowed her to bring a disruptive approach to problem-solving at Goldman Sachs.
By Jackie Stewart
October 1
How HSBC's Diane Reyes is staying a step ahead of fintechs
Facial recognition technology and a person-to-person payments app are just two innovations that have sprung from a workplace that fosters creative thinking and welcomes ideas from across the organization.
By Alan Kline
September 30
Julia Britton: Embracing new roles at HSBC with C-suite in mind
Britton has an important job now, supporting the CIO for one of HSBC's most important regions, but she hopes to someday be a regional chief operating officer, or perhaps even a CEO.
By Jackie Stewart
September 30
'People are overwhelmed by choice': Schwab's Marie Chandoha
The head of Charles Schwab Investment Management is disrupting the asset-management industry by introducing more straightforward ETFs, mutual funds and other investment products.
By Jackie Stewart
September 27
Jessica Seidlitz: A champion for diversity at Charles Schwab
Working closely with her boss, Marie Chandoha, Seidlitz is on a mission to recruit and retain more female asset managers.
By Jackie Stewart
September 27
Citizens Bank mines big data to drive loan, deposit growth
At Beth Johnson's insistence, the bank built an analytics platform that can anticipate customers' needs. It's an investment that is paying off in big ways.
By Kristin Broughton
September 26
Christina Hamlin: Shaping marketing strategy at Citizens Bank
Hamlin caught the attention of the bank's senior leaders when she oversaw the successful launch of a checking product. Now she sits at the center of every major marketing initiative.
By Kristin Broughton
September 26
From hackathons to sprints: KeyCorp's plan to digitize everything
Chief Information Officer Amy Brady is revamping payments, commercial and consumer banking by not settling for the status quo.
By Brian Browdie
September 25
Jasmine Hosein: Bringing a legal eye to tech, data security at KeyCorp
Her primary job is advising senior executives on compliance, technology and data security matters, but Hosein is also making a mark as a champion for up-and-coming female leaders.
By Jackie Stewart
September 25
Demographic shifts prompt U.S. Bancorp to rethink wealth management
The mass retirement of baby boomers and the growing affluence of women are the biggest disruptive forces in the industry, says Gunjan Kedia. Here's how she's dealing with them.
By Alan Kline
September 24
Diana Moy: Driving tech transformation at U.S. Bancorp
In five years, Moy has built from scratch a thriving business unit that is focused solely on developing easy-to-use, customer-facing technology for U.S. Bancorp's wealth management clients.
By Alan Kline
September 24
BankThink Diversity and inclusion is a men’s issue, too
A recently retired Zions executive reflects on her career in banking and the importance of male mentors.
September 26
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