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Heidi Miller, the former president of JPMorgan Chase's international businesses, says that megabanks have to do a better job of defending themselves — and acknowledges that some banks run the risk of becoming too big.

The payments services chief talks about the purpose of the Women Leaders in Action network, and the group's work with schools in Africa.

Get ready. Our lists of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking, the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance and the 25 Women to Watch are nearly here.

Scotiabank's Alberta G. Cefis discusses how women hold the key to advancing their own careers and delivering a fresh leadership approach to the financial services industry.

Women Leaders in Action, a leadership development group within U.S. Bancorp's payment services business, shares photos from Kenya, where the group is helping to support students at two schools.

Another perspective gets injected into the debate over work-life balance.

The number of women serving as bank directors has hardly changed in the past decade and this year's annual meetings are doing little to move the needle.

Why is Beth Mooney the only female CEO of a top 50 bank in the U.S.? And what is your institution doing to help remedy the gender inequality in financial services?

Sallie Krawcheck has had no trouble staying busy since leaving Bank of America. She recently joined the advisory board of Gold Bullion International and is on her way to growing a vast Twitter following.

BNC Financial Group of New Canaan, Conn., has hired former NewAlliance Bancshares Chief Executive Peyton R. Patterson as its new CEO.

Consumer banking executive Laurie Readhead to take #2 technology spot, reporting to Catherine Bessant.

For all the progress women have made in establishing themselves as business leaders, the Financial Women's Association has found a surprising lack of momentum in a key area of corporate America: the boardroom.

Eileen Bagnoli made the right move when she chose teller job at Pioneer over a teaching post 40 years ago.

Georgia bank has poached Susan Koski from BNY Mellon.

Independent Bank Corp. (INDB) in Rockland, Mass,, has named Donna L. Abelli chairman of the company and its commercial banking unit, Rockland Trust Co.

Toronto-Dominion plans in the coming years to find Ed Clark's successor from within. Colleen Johnston, its chief financial officer, seems to have a strong shot but downplayed speculation in an interview.

The Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform bill included a provision creating Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion in all 20 federal agencies that regulate our financial system.

Federal Reserve Banks around the country last week took a moment to point out progress made by women in the field of economics and earlier works by female economists to commentate the 101st anniversary of International Women's Day.

JPMorgan Chase appointed Sandie O'Connor, head of prime services at the investment bank, as the company's new treasurer.

Joins small club of female bank CIOs that includes Catherine Bessant at Bank of America and Anne Weatherston at ANZ Bank.