Finance

When HSBC announced 16 appointments amid changes to top management in April, Bouazza, who previously co-led the bank's Latin American business, was the lone woman selected.

Under McLaughlin, PNC's capital markets arm is pivoting away from handling transactional banking products to providing more advisory services, and the results has been double-digit revenue growth.

Thurlow recognized that if she wanted to get serious about reaching the unbanked in her community, she needed to meet people where they were. That meant providing financial products they actually need and giving them access in their native language.

Thasunda Duckett, CEO of Chase Consumer Banking, has been a key architect of JPMorgan Chase's massive planned branch expansion.

A classically trained pianist who co-heads investment banking for consumer products at Citigroup, Hoover sees a parallel between the focus she and her team bring to their business and achievement at the highest levels of classical music.

Under the leadership of Barbara Mariniello, Barclays now ranks among the largest underwriters for corporate bonds in the Americas.

By turning to investors outside traditional banking, private-equity firms are finding it easier than ever to get loans to finance their buyouts of corporations that are nowhere close to being profitable.

Despite concerns over how regulatory requirements affect short-term funding markets, the central bank is not considering a reduction in the liquidity coverage ratio, Jerome Powell said.

As the industry considers a movement-wide focus on diversity and inclusion, some at the annual Inclusiv conference say there are opportunities for credit unions to better serve immigrants and have more diverse staffs.

Hispanics will make up more than half of new homeowners by 2030, and credit unions need to actively market to this demographic, according to a panel discussion at Inclusiv's annual conference.