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Finucane has tackled some sizable problems at Bank of America in recent years, so it makes perfect sense she's been tasked to manage one of the thorniest issues facing big banks today: leading BofA's European operations in the wake of Brexit.

Whitney Austin is still recovering after being shot 12 times by the man who killed three people in the Cincinnati bank’s headquarters branch last month. The digital product manager has a new cause, has formed a foundation and is rethinking working life as she prepares to return to the bank.

For her trailblazing career on Wall Street, Byrne will be honored on Thursday at American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking gala in New York.

Gift card, reward points and payment information will continue to be exposed and available to whoever wants to purchase it. But it’s up to companies to implement security barriers that devalue this information, writes Don Duncan, security engineer for NuData Security.

Cryptocurrency platforms need to take precautions as the number of security incidents seems to be increasing, writes Gaurav Banga, founder and CEO of Balbix.

In the newly created role of chief transformation officer, Ranjana Clark is in charge of ensuring MUFG stays ahead of tech disruption. She said that entails nothing less than a kind of cultural revolution.

The banking industry needs to work on getting more minority women into positions of power, and that starts with having conversations not only about gender but also race, MUFG's Jean-Claude said. "You don't see women of color reaching the highest levels."

It should come as no surprise that Meera Clark would gravitate to ventures like Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Innovation Lab, which pairs venture capital with founders from diverse backgrounds. After all, her mother, Ranjana Clark, is a disruptive trailblazer of her own at MUFG.

Payments will melt into the wider commerce experience and create new incremental value for consumers, according to Brendan Miller, a principal analyst at Forrester.

How do you get someone like Bank of America's Anne Finucane as a mentor? Be impressive enough to get her attention and tough enough to take her constructive criticism.

Early-morning meetings and other managerial decisions can disproportionately impact working mothers unless bank executives take notice.

The House Financial Services Committee is examining sexual harassment charges against FHFA director Watt. American Banker reporter Hannah Lang offers her take.

For merchants to reap the full benefits of the modern mobile payments ecosystem, their payments strategy can go beyond accepting a contactless tap-and-go card and encourage use of smartphone payments at the point of sale, writes Jason Oxman, CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association.

When Stephanie Cohen earned the chief strategy officer’s job at Goldman Sachs in January, she was told she had a blank sheet of paper. Cohen responded by, among other things, launching an internal incubator for new business ideas.

Spilkin's education in math and programming, uncommon in investment banking, has allowed her to bring a disruptive approach to problem-solving at Goldman Sachs.

Stevens will step down this month as head of the Western region, which had been cited for widespread customer-integrity violations. However, she had been credited with raising concerns about aggressive sales practices.

Wondering who is new to the rankings of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance? Here's an overview of the changes, along with a recap of the top team winners. Plus, #MeToo plays out on Capitol Hill, as Mel Watt and Brett Kavanaugh get congressional hearings, and Murphy Brown returns.

Collaboration is a critical part of how we prevent cyberattacks from turning into breaches that put consumer payment card data at risk, writes Lance Johnson, executive director of PCI SSC.

The data strategy at Citizens Bank takes "know your customer" to another level, as Chief Marketing Officer Beth Johnson explains.