Retail & Commercial

Dorothy Savarese, who is nearing her 14^th year as CEO of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, has recently overseen a growth spurt of sorts at the institution, breaking ground on a new headquarters and expanding locations.

Patty Kellerhals has had her share of mentors and role models over the course of her 41-year banking career, but few have influenced Commerce Bank’s head of retail banking more than her own mother.

American Banker announced its 16th annual ranking of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance.

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

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.

After being involved in more than 70 syndicated finance transactions involving noninvestment grade companies, KeyBanc Capital Markets has graduated to lead bookrunner status, under Amy Carlson.

Besides transforming her own bank, Stewart has left her mark more broadly on the industry through advocacy.

Over the past year, Centric Financial CEO Patricia Husic has made several big hires and added a 25,000-square-foot corporate office for the bank.

Amazon's voice assistant will soon be in cars and even microwaves, but banks have not yet proven to customers they can serve them with conversational tech.

"Normal system upgrade" knocks out SunTrust's online- and mobile-banking ops; "just a matter of time" before Amazon, Google enter mortgages; Wells Fargo looking for Tim Sloan's replacement?; and more from this week's most-read stories.