The Latest from Women in Banking

Karen Larrimer is making sure all PNC employees — even those in the back office — understand how their jobs connect to the customer.

Patti Husic — who runs a community bank where 75% of the executive team is female — has emerged as a leading advocate in her home state of Pennsylvania of getting more women into banking's executive ranks.

Andrea Smith handled so many disparate assignments as global head of human resources at Bank of America that CEO Brian Moynihan finally had to create an entirely new job title for her: chief administrative officer.

The No. 2 executive at RBC is leading its integration of Los Angeles-based City National Bank.

Anne Clarke Wolff, Bank of America's head of global corporate banking since 2011, has broadened the company's reach with multinational clients in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Karen Parkhill is creating a culture of continuous improvement at Comerica.

When Sandy Pierce broke into banking in the early 1980s, her street smarts gave her a decided advantage over other young loan officers. She just didn't know it at the time.

Ranjana Clark's aggressive — but safe — pursuit of deposits has allowed MUFG Union Bank to beef up its commercial lending.

Despite years of diversity initiatives, senior management teams remain overwhelmingly male. Now a growing number of women are coming around to the idea that real change starts in the boardroom.

Our top woman in finance for the third straight year, Mary Callahan Erdoes, is overseeing record growth at JPMorgan Chase's asset-management arm.