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

Liberty Capital Bancshares in Texas agreed to acquire in-state peer Southwestern Bancorp; BNY announced it will buy managed-account software company Archer; Louisiana is supporting crypto but pushing back on CBDCs; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

BNY has acquired managed-account software company Archer; Old National Bancorp has removed the "interim" tag from Chief Financial Officer John Moran; Royal Bank of Canada has done the same for Chief Financial Officer Katherine Gibson; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The top five banks in this list closed a net total of 148 branches in this time period — and 492 branches in the past 12 months.

City National Bank plans a new branch in California that fulfills one of its settlement obligations with the DOJ; Fiserv and PayPal expand their tech collaboration; Banc of California's Monica Sparks steps down; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The average salary for these top compensated bank executives is more than $21 million.

The top five have more than $1.3 trillion in mortgage backed securities as of March 31.

The top five have more than $2.6 trillion in combined securities as of March 31, 2024.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York paid its departing director of diversity and inclusion $561,600 after an external review found "oversight issues" that led to a shake-up of the bank's human resources department; CDFI Friendly America launches an online mapping system to spotlight growth opportunities nationwide; global law firm A&O Shearman expands its U.S. debt finance team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Regions Bank hires next corporate banking group leader from within; Detroit CU names its first-ever woman CEO; United Community raises its quarterly dividend; and more in this week's banking news roundup.