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The combined company would be the nation's 19th-largest bank with roughly $110 billion of assets.

In an exit interview with American Banker, the former KeyCorp CEO reflected on a trailblazing career, shared her thoughts on leadership and described what it’s like to retire in the middle of a pandemic.

Funneling fees from emergency loans to feed the hungry. Supporting psychological counseling for health care heroes and financial advice for the poor. Backing retrofits of customer operations to produce protective gear for front-line medical personnel. Bankers and financial educators have tossed out the traditional playbook to help clients and communities in crisis.

Despite the weaker-than-expected results, interim CEO Thomas Gibbons pledged to continue spending heavily on tech upgrades aimed at cutting costs, improving efficiency and developing innovative products.

Can Charlie Scharf fix what ails Wells Fargo? How will Kelly King and Bill Rogers manage the integration of the biggest bank merger since the early 2000s? And will New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy be able to beat back opposition from the banking industry and make good on his promise to create a state-owned bank? Here are 11 leaders to keep an eye on in 2020.

Population shifts and the explosion of e-commerce will upend commercial real estate lending while heightened demand for clean energy, not to mention pressure from investors, will diminish banks’ enthusiasm for fossil-fuel financing.

Once struggling to remain relevant, the Providence, R.I., bank is now an industry standout. Inside the story of its resurgence.

The Dallas company also warned of a decline in net interest income this quarter due to the anticipated impact of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts on loan yields.

Linderman helped build Zions Bank into a retail force and shaped the multistate retail strategy of its parent company, but she will best be remembered for opening countless doors for women and minorities.

Since joining U.S. Bancorp in 2007, Leslie Godridge has been largely responsible for building its corporate bank from a regional operation to a nationwide powerhouse.

The Women to Watch

"You can get a lot done if you don't care who gets the credit," Stevens is fond of saying. Judging by the pace of innovation at the $169 billion-asset Fifth Third, that team-first message is clearly resonating.

Marla Willner has returned to TD Bank to be its head of corporate and specialty banking, and she has a plan for building the unit she leads into a national powerhouse.

Ellen Patterson, the general counsel at TD Bank Group, has spearheaded a program across the Toronto company's footprint that aims to reinforce the idea that men need to be a big part of any organization's diversity and inclusion efforts.

As head of strategic planning, Danella works with department heads to identify strategic priorities across all business lines and communicating those priorities, and management's vision for the company, to investors and employees.

The success of Erminia "Ernie" Johannson's United Way campaign is a testament to her skills as a leader and motivator and goes a long way toward explaining why BMO Financial CEO Darryl White keeps giving her bigger and more important jobs.

Tepid loan demand, falling interest rates and heightened competition from nonbank lenders are just some of the headwinds facing commercial lenders these days, but Ardalan believes MUFG can expand its credit appetite without compromising safety and soundness.

First Republic Bank has been understandably mum about who might replace founder and Chief Executive James Herbert when he retires in two years, but Hafize Gaye Erkan, its 39-year-old president, is considered a leading candidate.

Seitz is using her influence as CEO of one of the world's leading money managers to call attention to the $70 trillion retirement gap that she said could grow to $400 billion by 2050 if her industry doesn't address it.

Paulette Mullings Bradnock is on a mission to bring more diversity to BNY Mellon's workforce, and she is leading by example.