2024 Most Powerful Women in Banking

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The president of U.S. Bancorp reflected on the progress women have made, and the work left to do, at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking gala.

The Young Women's Leadership Award grants four $5,000 college scholarships to New York City high school seniors who are first-generation college students.

The American Banker award ceremony, which celebrated 15 women honorees 40 years or younger nominated for having C-suite potential by an executive at their institutions, took place at The Glasshouse in New York City.

Female chief executives are a rare thing in the banking industry, but the women honored in this year's suite of awards are hoping to change that trend.

Many of this year's honorees took a chance on their future careers by asking questions, jumping into unknown markets and believing in their ability to get the job done.

Industry leaders in this year's ranking shared insight on how they would advise their younger selves on building a path to the top and the skills today's rising professionals need.

American Banker's annual recognition of the most powerful women in banking includes two CIOs and the newly created position of chief data and analytics officer at a megabank.

Honorees from this year's ranking provide insight into what tools and expertise future generations of professionals need to advance.

The varied perspectives that people of different generations bring to the issues facing a growing business can be a deep and rich source of support for entrepreneurs.

Dmuchowski, CFO at First Horizon, got her start in the industry more than 20 years ago at Deutsche Bank.

Our annual list of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking honorees.

Our annual list of the 25 most powerful women in finance.

The Citi CEO has been focused on revamping the $2.4 trillion-asset megabank and is making progress on streamlining management layers and making investments in risk management.

In January, Lake became full CEO of the consumer and community banking division. She is focused on growing the bank's customer base while keeping them digitally engaged and deepening their experiences with additional products and services.

The former co-CEO of the consumer and community banking division, Piepszak was named co-CEO of the newly formed commercial and investment bank in January.

In early May, Kedia was promoted to president of U.S. Bancorp. She was previously vice chair, wealth, corporate, commercial and institutional banking at U.S. Bank.

As president of retail banking, O'Neill said she is focused on putting clients on a path to financial health, delivering "a great experience" and transforming the business while applying technology in support of those objectives.