25From Donald Trump to Gunjan Kedia, Jerome Powell to Jamie Dimon, here are the politicians, bankers, regulators, tech execs, lobbyists and lawyers who will impact the industry this year (plus Taylor Swift).

Find out who lands where in the rankings for banking, watch and finance, and see the categories for our standouts, a special recognition meant to spotlight roles with heightened visibility and the exemplary female leaders who are rethinking the way forward at a critical time.

Here’s a non-alarmist guide to what banks are facing as prophecies of commercial real estate losses mount.

The number of small banks has plummeted since the financial crisis. Experts say that community banks may be down, but they are not out.

In recent years, the wealth gulf between white and Black families has only grown. But there is hope that advances in fintech, such as wider adoption of AI, can help.

A California woman spent more than a decade obtaining reparations for Nazi plundering of her family’s belongings. The money disappeared when identity thieves targeted her, highlighting shortcomings in bank-fraud protections.

Citigroup has long been criticized as overly complex and underperforming. Will CEO Jane Fraser succeed where her predecessors failed in pushing through a corporate transformation?

Last spring, Western Alliance CEO Ken Vecchione stared down every banker’s worst fear: the threat of a deposit run. Here’s an in-depth look at the company’s playbook.

Banks need to reckon with the explosive rise of legal online wagering and the addicts left in its wake