2024 Most Powerful Women to Watch

While many banks and financial service companies play out on the global stage, the industry itself can be smaller than it seems. Many of the honorees on this year's list worked at the same companies during their careers. Here is a look at those connections.

The community bank CEO and Most Powerful Women to Watch honoree sits for an exit interview on what bankers face as her term running the American Bankers Association ends.

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.

Our annual list of the most powerful women to watch in banking and finance.

Thurlow has been the CEO at Reading for 18 years, and will finish her stint as chair of the American Bankers Association in October.

Oliver left KeyBank in 2017 to be president and CEO at the regional Cape Cod bank, known as "The Coop."

Moore-Wright is the chief teammate officer at the $520 billion-asset Truist.

Popular promoted Castellví to chief security officer in 2018; she had been general auditor. She reports to CEO Ignacio Alvarez and leads a team of more than 350 employees.

Cai-Lee, CEO of $596 million-asset Piermont, founded the bank in 2019.