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After filling various roles at the Columbus, Georgia-based bank for almost 20 years, Liz Wolverton was tapped to lead the consumer bank in December 2021.

Last year, HSBC USA made the decision to exit its U.S. mass market retail banking business. Kavita Mahtani, CFO of the Americas for HSBC, played a crucial role in the process.

It was a strong first full year for Kristy Fercho, who was named head of Wells Fargo home lending in July 2020, landing her the top spot on the Most Powerful Woman to Watch list.

Michal Katz, head of investment and corporate banking at Mizuho Americas, helped orchestrate two of the largest acquisitions of early 2022.

JPMorgan's global mergers and acquisitions practice hammered out 637 deals in 2021, and the nearly 250 M&A professionals that Anu Aiyengar supervises racked up $4.1 billion in fees last year.

Looking back on her 44 years in finance, Christina Mohr, vice chair of global M&A at Citi, is pleased by the ways the industry has changed for women investment bankers.

The bank regulators have promised new guidelines for large regional bank resolution plans. Some say the move is overdue, but others say it doesn't go far enough.

Investment banks were ordered to pay $1.8 billion in fines last week for employees' unmonitored communications on messaging apps like WhatsApp. Experts say other banks could also be subject to such fines if they're not careful.

The Biden administration is methodically laying out a regulatory framework for crypto markets, but until that is in place it's allowing those markets to reap what they have sown.

Daniel D. Robb of Jonesburg State Bank takes over as chairman of the American Bankers Association, which elected officers and board members for 2022-23 at its annual convention.