Kristin Broughton

Diane Schumaker-Krieg has traveled the globe urging stressed Wells Fargo colleagues to carve out time for art, exercise and other rejuvenating activities. She says happiness correlates to career success.

Demand for commercial loans has been weak for much of the past year and among the big questions bank executives will face this earnings season is when they can expect the pace to finally pick up.

The sale of the struggling Financial Freedom unit to an undisclosed buyer would continue CIT's strategy of shedding noncore business lines.

Executives from across the industry celebrated gender diversity Thursday evening at American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance dinner in New York.

Verba's two-decade career at one of the East Coast's fastest-growing banks began with an old-fashioned letter to a local bank when she was in her late 40s and an epiphany about work-life balance.

The Federal Reserve's nationwide preparedness plan for cash emergencies is being put to a unique test in Puerto Rico. Stocks are being replenished with daily flights, but the lack of power to ATMs and branches is contributing to reports of cash shortages.

Let others debate the meaning of the Fearless Girl statue. To State Street's Hannah Grove, its message to the banking industry was simple: create a more welcoming workplace for all.

Tim Welsh has spent his first two months on the job thinking about how to make U.S. Bank as central to consumers’ lives as Amazon, develop new personal financial management services, and expand into new cities.

The island's largest bank has reopened a portion of its branch network while rushing cash to ATMs and consoling clients and employees in the first week of recovery from Hurricane Maria. But it and other banks are likely months away from normal operations.

American Banker's No. 3 Most Powerful Woman in Banking is embracing a major challenge in molding a commercial finance company with a spotty history into a profitable, middle-market bank.

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.