The Latest from Women in Banking

Mary Callahan Erdoes of JPMorgan Chase outlines the secret to motivating employees that she learned from businessman Jack Ma.

Geena Davis told a group of female bankers on Thursday that women are rarely seen in anything but supporting roles.

American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gathered Wednesday to celebrate honorees and to mix and mingle over cocktails at Milk Studios, with a panoramic view over Manhattan.

The financial crisis gave Mary Navarro an unprecedented opportunity to change banking for the better — and she delivered.

Cynthia Blankenship, an executive at Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas, has been a regular in Washington for years fighting for regulatory changes. She is encouraging other bankers to do likewise.

Verba's two-decade career at one of the East Coast's fastest-growing banks began with an old-fashioned letter to a local bank when she was in her late 40s and an epiphany about work-life balance.

How Ellen Alemany is reinforcing a set of core behaviors — like "straight talk" — to create the kind of culture she wants at CIT Group. She also discusses loan demand and the sentiment of middle-market businesses.

Kate Quinn has raised U.S. Bancorp's profile by emphasizing culture above all else.

Researchers in Sweden found that venture capitalists often use unflattering language to describe female entrepreneurs. That could explain why women’s applications for funding were rejected more frequently than men’s.

Let others debate the meaning of the Fearless Girl statue. To State Street's Hannah Grove, its message to the banking industry was simple: create a more welcoming workplace for all.