Most Powerful Women in Banking 2022

CEO Jamie Dimon has called the AI initiative, which includes a vast hiring campaign, "critical to our company's future success."

Priscilla Sims Brown's values and experiences over a long and storied career were a perfect fit with Amalgamated Bank, where she became CEO in 2021.

Women board members affiliated with Wells Fargo, S&P Global and Moelis shared advice for getting onto boards successfully at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking conference.

Titi Cole of Citi, Ellen Patterson of Wells Fargo and Ernie Johannson of BMO swapped tales and tips on being mentors and mentoring others, at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking conference.

At our Most Powerful Women In Banking conference, the athlete, entrepreneur and pay equity advocate Venus Williams discussed how to create a more diverse and equitable workforce, as well as how a confident mindset is the key to winning in sports, business and life.

Kristy Fercho, who's run the bank's home lending division since August 2020, will report directly to CEO Charlie Scharf and sit on the operating committee. Last year, she became the first Black person to chair the Mortgage Bankers Association, and she took the top spot in American Banker's Most Powerful Women to Watch this year.

In this month's roundup of American Banker's favorite stories: JPMorgan Chase moves third parties away from screen scraping, Wells Fargo launches its new virtual assistant, bank CEOs predict a return to office within the next three years and more.

Speakers at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking gala acknowledged that many women have made it to high positions, but the number of female CEOs is still tiny.

Kristin Lemkau, CEO of J.P. Morgan Wealth Management, discussed the launch of the company's Personal Advisors hybrid advisory channel and the challenges of managing and recruiting talent at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking conference.

During a panel discussion at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking conference, three executives spoke about how mentors helped shape their own careers, and how they continue to provide a pipeline for future generations of senior leaders.

Michelle Seitz tells attendees at American Banker's Women in Banking NEXT awards to take advantage of the networking and mentoring available to them that she didn't have access to at the start of her own career.

Once afraid to use her voice, the Barnard College freshman and Young Women's Scholarship Award winner proves that leaders come in many forms.

The Young Women's Leadership Award winner and aspiring architect organizes others to advocate for the environment and human rights.

Becoming a director can be an important stepping stone for a banker's career. Here's how to get invited — and convince your company to let you accept a board offer.

Women focused on environmental, social and governance issues are seeing career opportunities open as sustainable finance initiatives become more critical to a bank's success.

When Citizens Financial Group wanted to streamline its home equity line of credit, the bank turned to its expert in customer experience and analytics, Beth Johnson.

On July 15, Zions Bancorp. cut the ribbon on a 400,000-square-feet technology center in Midvale, Utah. The center lets the Salt Lake City-based bank's 2,290 tech employees, from cybersecurity experts to application engineers, work from one space instead of 12 buildings scattered across Utah.

Jill Castilla is growing her main bank – and its remote affiliate. Citizens Bank of Edmond's asset size grew 13% year-over-year in 2021 to $370 million. The suburban Oklahoma City-based bank racked up 850 loans totaling $130 million last year.

Only six years ago, KeyBank was nowhere to be found in a ranking of the top 25 banks for lending to developers of affordable housing. Last year, under the leadership of Angela Mago, the bank finished in the No. 2 spot, sandwiched between Citi at No. 1 and JP Morgan Chase at No. 3, according to Affordable Housing Finance.