Special Program Root Tag

Katy Knox began her career in 1986 at Fleet Bank in Boston. Unsurprisingly, she is a proud Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan. With more than 35 years of experience in financial services, including commercial banking, corporate strategy, global treasury management and consumer banking, Knox has watched the industry change.

As a child, Lynn Martin nurtured her love of technology and coding on a Commodore 64 in her parents' home in Smithtown, New York. But it was not until her first job in coding that she felt the pull of Wall Street.

Adena Friedman started at Nasdaq in 1993 as an MBA intern. Outside of a three-year stint as the chief financial officer at Carlyle Group, Friedman has spent nearly 20 years at Nasdaq.

When Abigail Johnson, the chair and CEO of Fidelity Investments, was recently asked to advise those in the early stages of their career, she emphasized the core values that she and her firm have embraced for decades. "Don't doubt yourself. Keep at it. Stay looking ahead. Stay committed and stay true to yourself," she said.

When Thasunda Brown Duckett took the reins at TIAA in May 2021, she continued her run as one of the financial industry's most powerful and well-known African American women.

The team at JPMorgan Chase's asset and wealth management division crunched the numbers on diversity at the end of 2021 and found that portfolio managers who are women and/or people of color manage 60% of the unit's assets.

Priscilla Sims Brown, president and CEO of Amalgamated Bank, makes her debut this year on the list for driving higher net income at her company while also taking a stand on social issues. Read on to see the rest of 2022's honorees.

As part of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance program, we have selected five "Top Teams" for 2022. BMO Harris is one of the team honorees.

As part of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance program, we have selected five "Top Teams" for 2022. First Horizon Bank is one of the team honorees.

As part of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance program, we have selected five "Top Teams" for 2022. U.S. Bank is one of the team honorees.

Titi Cole, CEO of Legacy Franchises at Citigroup, joins the Most Powerful Women in Banking list this year after taking on a wide range of responsibilities for the New York bank. Check out the full list to see all of the women and where they rank.

Adena Friedman of Nasdaq and Lynn Martin of NYSE Group make their debut on this year's list. Check out the full list to see all of the women and where they rank.

Helga Houston's corporate risk team played a critical role in Huntington completing its acquisition of Twin Cities-based TCF Financial.

Stephanie Novosel, head of commercial banking at PNC Bank, faced one particularly significant challenge last year — helping with the acquisition of BBVA's American banking business.

As head of new product development at U.S. Bank, Vanessa Angeles leads a team that creates cash management solutions for corporate and commercial clients.

At the end of 2020, when Melissa Stevens began running both digital and marketing for Fifth Third Bank, fewer than 10% of new customer checking accounts came through the digital channel. Now the bank is on track to end 2022 with more than 25% of sales originating online or on mobile. 

Tara Latini, country head of wealth and personal banking for HSBC USA, has been a key decision-maker as the bank has shifted away from the mass-market retail business in the U.S., focusing instead on "globally connected affluent and high-net-worth clients."

Olga Hoff's proudest accomplishment in the past year? She created a small-business diversity banking program at Zions.

How can empathy and understanding translate into banking? In about 600 ways, according to M&T Bank's Aarthi Murali. 

When Priscilla Sims Brown took over as head of Amalgamated Bank, she made her goals clear. The company would increase profits and market share. Accomplishing those aims would, in turn, expand the bank's voice on social issues.