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The White House keeps insisting it has not made a final choice for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but there is a growing expectation that Elizabeth Warren will soon get the nod.

In repaying Tarp on the eve of his retirement, Henry Meyer 3rd has bought his handpicked successor time to prove whether KeyCorp can be a consolidator and market share winner.

Although Selia Bair and the ABA have often been at loggerheads over regulatory reform, the distance between them was never more apparent than during her last address to the group.

A U.K. initiative puts a spotlight on the dearth of female directors and gets corporate executives to commit to hard targets for improvement.

The sudden departure last week of Deborah McWhinney from her role as head of Citigroup's personal banking and wealth management unit raises many questions.

Deborah McWhinney, the head of Citigroup's flagging personal banking and wealth management group, is leaving her post after a tumultuous two-year run in which she attempted to makeover the nation's third-largest bank following the spin-off of its Smith Barney brokerage unit in 2009.

Diane Casey-Landry, the senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of the American Bankers Association, has announced she will leave the trade group on March 31.

Citizens Financial Group Inc. has hired Nancy Shanik as chief risk officer, gaining an executive with a restructuring background and broad experience in middle-market lending businesses.

Peyton Patterson, the CEO of NewAlliance Bancshares, announced she will leave the company after it is acquired by First Niagara Financial early next year.

The potential for banking to have a powerful impact on the lives of many was a theme echoed throughout the evening among more than 600 people gathered to honor women.

More than 550 people gathered at The Pierre to honor 2010's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance.

Let's raise the bar and start judging companies by how many women they have in the P&L pipeline.

Workplace policies fail to acknowledge that men share the responsibility of raising children and caring for elderly parents. Companies that address this new reality will attract the best talent.

Doing more with less, networking and leadership programs find creative ways to thrive.

Former U.S. Banker executive editor Karen Krebsbach, who helped develop the magazine's annual issue featuring The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking, died at Calvary Hospital in New York in July. She was 52.

Citigroups's Women & Co. is selling a better future for women through a blend of financial literacy and social outreach.

We call on all leaders within the banking community to energize the relationships your organizations have with women business owners. Help us to elevate our business opportunities.

Yasmin Bates-Brown planted the seeds for Harris Bank's thriving community-development lending program.