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Despite a challenging year, Harris Financial was one of the top 4 banking teams, with impressive numbers in deposit balances and increased revenues. As icing on the cake, 34% of their executive board is made up of women.

HSBC Bank's team, led by Irene Dorner, Diane D'Erasmo, and Mary Duke, is making great headway into international markets and the bank itself has been improving upon its commitment to put women into more leadership roles.

Wells' is investing more into underserved communities, and innovating in the area of community lending, in line with their tradition of service work in that area. Although the number of female corporate officers they count among their ranks is thin, a new diversity policy to identify and groom high-potential candidates has been implemented.

Open discrimination is rare now, but unconscious gender bias remains. Some banks are figuring out how to make the most of all the available talent.

Kelly Mathieson is a top problem-solver for JPMorgan Chase. From the Egyptian crisis to tri-party repo reform, she tackles the big issues.

Research shows that profitable customer relationships begin with strong ties to women.

Executive women reflect on the important choices that set them on a trajectory to the top.

This month, we salute women who are moving on and leaving a legacy of leadership.

Teams of women-led business units, statistics on the promotion of women into leadership roles, and innovative diversity programs to help clear the paths to power for all employees, regardless of gender, race or sexual orientation. We've selected four teams that show how women are making headway in the industry.

All around the Federal Reserve System, women are excelling. Does the Fed know something about women's career development that the private sector doesn't?

These women — some newcomers, and some familiar faces in new roles — are on the rise and well positioned to shape the industry for years to come.

Whether they work in insurance, on Wall Street, or at credit card companies, these women are all making a mark on the industry.

Jane Thompson, the president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s financial services unit, plans to retire at the end of June, she told American Banker on Friday.

Arianna Huffington will be the keynote speaker at the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking awards dinner hosted by American Banker on Oct. 6, 2011, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.

Analysts said personally attacking the de facto head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a smart political strategy for the GOP — but also, strangely, helps the Democrats.

The atmosphere at a House hearing reflected how polarizing a figure Elizabeth Warren has become, being portrayed either as a symbol of overreaching government or a defender of the consumer.

Capital One Financial Corp. President Lynn Carter is stepping down at the end of the year, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday.

Citigroup veteran Lisa Caputo is leaving the firm to join The Travelers Cos. as an executive vice president for marketing and communications.

"It has been a privilege and honor to serve as the head of this great agency during one of the most tumultuous times in the history of our nation's financial system," Bair wrote in a resignation letter to President Obama.