Nash, the head of tech, media and telecom coverage, has no intention of ending her four-decade career anytime soon.

Katherine Weislogel's career began by being in the right place at the right time.

Incumbents face the challenge of updating their infrastructure for digital payments, while newcomers are pushing to compete by using artificial intelligence, cloud hosting and other technologies.

Beth Johnson, a self-described math geek, is driving the bank's ESG strategy and training its employees to keep pace with industry trends.

A digital-payment trend that began during the COVID pandemic is being bolstered by features such as rewards and state ID storage.

Finding board directors who understand the pace of change is a tall order. But banks of all sizes can find innovation-minded board directors by mining other industries and investing in annual training.

Dmuchowski worked three jobs to pay for her college education. She tells young colleagues that regardless of their backgrounds, if they work hard, they will succeed.

Ambitious women who feel trapped in their roles sometimes find themselves competing against others with the same goals. An effective way to advance may require stepping off the most obvious path, according to executives sharing their personal experiences at American Banker's Payments Forum.

Technology executives at financial institutions must strike a balance between jumping on new technologies while justifying their business case for the bank.

The chair and CEO of the M&T division considers herself a "builder-fixer" and has sought out new challenges and opportunities throughout her more than 30-year career.