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Despite some notable gains in 2011, for senior women bankers it was a year of two steps forward and one step back.

Banks are between a rock and a hard place these days in figuring out how to recoup the cost of doing business without sparking a public outcry.

Participants in a recent American Banker roundtable debated whether banks should keep adding deposits to build customer relationships down the road.

For Bank of America, its recent decision to sell credit card assets says a lot about its need to focus. For other bankers, it says a lot about the opportunity to become buyers.

Our roundtable panelists discuss the best ways that banks can deploy capital in 2012.