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The company will record a $300 million charge to cover the elimination of three data centers and book $125 million in broader severance costs.

Cathy Bessant, Chief Operations and Technology Officer at Bank of America.

Cathy Bessant, Bank of America's chief operations and technology officer and American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Banking for 2018, keeps pushing herself, while testing the limits of what the industry can do.

Offices, apartment buildings and retail locations in Los Angeles face a tangle of difficulties as the smoke clears from January's wildfires. High on the list is inadequate insurance, a common problem in California.

Elizabeth Warren

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee said growing uncertainty and risks in the financial system mean the central bank should increase the countercyclical capital buffer for the nation's largest lenders.

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A recent fraud case shines a spotlight on the many communication disconnects caused by disjointed software systems common at larger banks. Here's what happened to one American Banker editor. 

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Significant regulatory, legislative and business developments could shape the industry this year, putting pressure on banks to respond.