Kristin Broughton

Long before she set out to reshape CIT Group, Ellen Alemany accepted her first job as a bank CEO — on the eve of the mortgage meltdown. A big lesson that has stuck with her since then is the importance of communicating clearly and constantly with employees.

Hannah Grove has made it her mission to "eradicate jargon" at State Street, in an effort to make the company more acceible to its customers and easier for the public to trust.

Barb Godin is one of two women on the 15-member operating committee at Regions Financial.

For Sandie O'Connor, the importance of sponsoring talented young women in banking is personal.

Diane Schumaker-Krieg knows firsthand that fear can lead to innovation — and, for her, the beginning of a career in research.

The Dallas company has extinguished talk of a potential sale after aggressively cutting costs over the past year. But concerns about its future — including its ability to find new sources of revenue — remain.

The Cincinnati company has agreed to acquire Epic Insurance Solutions in Louisville, Ky., as it continues to build out its fee-based lines of business.

The New York bank has prided itself on its ability to grow organically, but CEO Joseph DePaolo hinted Wednesday that M&A could be in its future.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon predicted Tuesday that the market for bitcoin is on the verge of crashing, saying it was even worse than the infamous Dutch Tulip bubble.

Tim Sloan told investors Tuesday that Wells Fargo could uncover more examples of financial harm to its customers as part of its ongoing review of its sales practices.