The Latest from Women in Banking

Caryl Athanasiu is studying up to be a corporate director through a new program that hopes to move the needle on women's advancement in the boardroom.

To Janice Fukakusa, diversity is about more than platitudes. It's about solutions—and a willingness to examine the metrics.

When she started in banking, Cece Stewart had little interest in finding a women's network—not that there were many to join. But her priorities at work no longer include blending in with the men.

KeyCorp chairman and CEO Beth Mooney says the new regulatory, reputational and cost pressures on banks aren't going away anytime soon.

Whether newcomers to the power scene or bank industry veterans taking on a new challenge, these women bear keeping an eye on.

Successful. Influential. Innovative. These women are driving results at their institutions, and paving the way for the female talent behind them.

From capital markets to card networks, businesses in the finance sector are benefitting from these women's efforts.

Swiss investment bank UBS, the world's largest manager of assets for the wealthy, has spent the past three years carefully expanding onto U.S. retail banks' traditional turf, introducing new credit cards and mortgages for its wealthy customers. In a recent interview, Rosemary Berkery, vice chairman of UBS Wealth Management Americas and head of its U.S. bank, shared what she's learned about U.S. retail banking and how it complements banks' wealth-management goals.

Holly Schreiber will step down Wednesday as chief financial officer of 1st Financial Services in Hendersonville, N.C. She will remain as a consultant while its sale to First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) is being completed.

Marie Blake now oversees the $13.1 billion-asset company's regulatory compliance department, it said Tuesday.