The Latest from Women in Banking

American Banker's gala celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Banking reminds today’s leaders of their impact on tomorrow.

Simone Lagomarsino has helped turn around a lot of banks, but she'd never seen one in such bad shape. Yet in a phenomenally short amount of time, Lagomarsino has righted the ship at Heritage Oaks Bancorp.

The U.S. could be at a competitive disadvantage by being less proactive in the area of gender diversity on boards. We’ll need to engage CEOs everywhere to achieve meaningful progress.

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Ellen Alemany outlined how bankers can restore customer confidence in the rapidly evolving industry.

KeyCorp Chairman and CEO Beth Mooney's advice for career success.

KeyCorp's Beth Mooney on what her CEO role symbolizes.

Lifetime Achievement honoree Ellen Alemany notes how the industry has evolved since the start of her career. Alemany, the recently retired head of RBS Citizens Financial Group, accepted the award at an American Banker gala celebrating the industry’s most powerful women.

The Fed's Janet Yellen and optimism about the future were hot topics at American Banker's Women in Banking awards dinner on Thursday.

Bertha Garza, who has used her role at IBC Bank in Brownsville, Texas, to help spread financial literacy, was given American Banker's Community Impact Award, presented for the first time at our annual gala celebrating the industry's most powerful women.

Accepting her award as American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Finance, Mary Callahan Erdoes of JPMorgan Chase delights her audience with a humorous anecdote, and unapologetic pride, about working in the industry today.