Barbara Desoer to Retire at End of February

B of A Overhauls Retail Bank, Reshuffles Execs

Among the moves: B of A veterans Susan Faulkner and Laurie Readhead received increased roles, and Katy Know was named head of retail bankong and distribution.

• B of A Memo the Restructuring

Banker, Activist Elouise Cobell Dies

Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe who founded the first Native-American-owned bank and later was the lead plaintiff in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government, died Sunday at 65 of complications from cancer.

CFPB's Warren Once Again Proves Herself a Viral Hit

L.A. team produces hilarious parody of Warren's populist candidacy, and the portrayal of the creator of the CFPB may help the Massachusetts Senate candidate.

HSBC Names Dorner North America Chief

HSBC said Niall Booker, group managing director and CEO of its North America operations, is leaving after three decades with the bank to be replaced by Irene Dorner.
• HSBC's Dorner Looks Past Cuts, Plans West Coast Push

Bankers Cautiously Celebrate Women in the Shadow of Protests

The mood among bankers gathered in New York on Thursday evening to honor American Banker's 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking was decidedly much more subdued, even humbler, than it has been in years past.

Former Sears' Exec Ehrlich Joins JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired former Sears Financial Services executive Susan Ehrlich as its senior vice president of next generation payments.

The Prophet Motive

From the Wall Street Journal: Meredith Whitney is the most controversial financial analyst in America, a woman who beats the big boys by making more aggressive predictions than they do. But has her crystal ball finally cracked?

25MPWIB

Hail to the Chiefs

Karen Peetz, vice chairman of BNY Mellon, has been awarded the No. 1 spot this year on American Banker Magazine's list of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking. KeyCorp CEO Beth Mooney topped the Women to Watch list, and Abigail Johnson of Fidelity maintained her spot atop the Finance list.

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The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking

Karen Peetz is an unqualified success, and she makes it look so effortless.

The 25 Women to Watch

Beth Mooney's 92-year-old father, and an entire industry, have waited a long time for a woman to run a top 20 U.S. bank.

The 25 Most Powerful Women In Finance

Abigail Johnson is widely considered Fidelity's CEO-in-waiting.

The Top Teams

Four teams that show how women are making headway in the industry.

• Harris Financial
• Wells Fargo
• HSBC
• Zions Bancorp.

Editor's Note

Learning, Finally, to Drop the Mop

How many times in a career had I sacrificed my own interests for the sake of the team?

Editor's Note

Is Banking Fair to Women?

Open discrimination is rare now, but unconscious bias remains. Some banks are figuring out how to make the most of all the available talent.

The Professional Rescuer

Selling healthy banks to save a failing sister institution seemed crazy. Mary Lynn Lenz made it work.

Progress in the Public Sector

A Well-Fed Pipeline

All around the Federal Reserve System, women are excelling. Does the Fed know something about women's career development that the private sector doesn't?

Progress in the Public Sector

Insight from Women in the C-Suite on Getting Ahead

Executive women reflect on the important choices that set them on a trajectory to the top.

Organized at Any Hour

From the Egyptian crisis to tri-party repo reform, a problem solver for JPMorgan Chase tackles the issues.