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When many of Synchrony's employees in Puerto Rico where unable to work after Hurricane Maria struck the island last year, CEO Margaret Keane made sure that their paychecks kept coming.

Thasunda Duckett, the CEO of Chase Consumer Banking, is leading the charge as JPMorgan Chase expands its retail bank.

Even with more than 30 years of experience in banking, Julie Monaco still finds value in the advice a mentor passed on to her as a young, rising executive.

Gunjan Kedia left a big job at State Street for an opportunity to have more direct impact on the lives of individual investors.

As chief risk officer, Helga Houston is responsible for Huntington Bancshares' annual capital plan, as well as maintaining solid credit quality. And her work speaks for itself.

It’s a testament to Duck’s leadership skills that BB&T was able to revamp much of its tech infrastructure in the span of a year. It’s even more impressive that the bank hit its tech targets while its CIO was fighting the battle of her life.

As Monique Herena sees it, financial firms and investors are bypassing huge opportunities by failing to invest in industries that could increase economic opportunity for women across the globe.

Karen Larrimer, the head of PNC's retail banking unit, she has a number of big challenges on her plate including leading the charge on the launch of the company’s digital-only bank to consumers nationwide.

In her nearly six years as chief financial officer, Marianne Lake has emerged as the public voice of JPMorgan Chase, fielding questions from investors and reporters in a rapid-fire style that makes her sound unflappable. Nowhere was that more on display than earlier this year.

Under Liz Myers, J.P. Morgan's capital markets group was the No. 1 underwriter for IPOs in the U.S. and Latin America last year. Now she has her sights set on China.

Three years into her role as chief information officer, Jennifer Smith is leading the largest employee group at Zions Bancorp. and is overseeing a core banking conversion that is one of the largest of its kind in the nation.

Hiring more female investment advisers is a top priority of Fidelity's CEO.

Smith’s willingness to take risks — and tough roles — has been a defining trait of her more than three-decade tenure at Bank of America.

Strong leadership requires not only having the best data available — it also involves “connecting the dots,” according to Barbara Desoer, CEO of Citibank.

Hannah Grove has made it her goal to make State Street's leaders better at storytelling, launching a two-day event that features TED-style talks with execs as well as influential names in fintech.

Innovative. Influential. Impactful. The 25 female leaders in this ranking are skillfully navigating industry disruption and — in many ways — driving it as well.

Under Chang, J.P. Morgan's top-rated research team produces more than 140,000 reports, models, updates and alerts annually.

A string of natural disasters in Mexico and the Carribean offered a rare test of leadership for Jane Fraser, Citigroup's top executive in the region, but she faced it head-on.

A promotion to CFO in March, which made Dukes the first woman to hold that job in the company's 127-year history, was in large part a recognition of a job exceptionally well done in her previous role as head of commercial and business banking.

The combination of algorithms and artificial intelligence has reached the forefront of investment strategy, but Diane Schumaker-Krieg isn’t ready to take human beings out of the equation.