The Most Powerful Women in Banking

As managing partner at Edward Jones, Pennington's in charge of 8 million clients, more than 19,500 financial advisors and $2.1 trillion assets under management.

Barker joined BNY in 2022 as global head of treasury services. In the first quarter of 2024, she started overseeing depositary receipts, a line of business that helps clients get listed on a stock exchange outside of their home country.

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. 

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.

Guild has seen the "complexity of attacks against the sector and our customers" rapidly increase for the more than three decades that she herself has been working at the intersection of banking and technology.