The Latest from Women in Banking

American Banker and the High School for Leadership and Public Service in Manhattan needs volunteers to help choose this year's winners for the Young Women's Leadership Award.

Joyce Chang is promoted to global head of fixed-income research at J.P. Morgan; Kelly Warter is hired to oversee Umpqua Bank's homebuilder finance group; Ann Murtlow is joining the board of First Internet Bancorp.

There's a new fast track for women executives seeking board positions.

The nation's largest custody bank said Friday that it has named Karen Peetz president amid a series of executive appointments that take effect Jan. 1.

Anne Doss has been put in charge of the personal and small-business insurance division at Wells Fargo, which has built up its insurance operation through acquisitions.

Wall Street's stars firm-hop a lot. Why are women so much more successful at it?

HSBC USA CEO Irene Dorner stole the show at the gala celebrating the 10th annual ranking of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance.

Cathleen Nash lays out Citizens Republic's reasons for selling itself to FirstMerit, and says she expects many more banks to face the same tough choice.

Why are there so few women at the top ranks of large banks? One factor: they lose hope. That needs to change, editor-at-large Barbara Rehm says.

Romney may have worded it awkwardly, but he has never expressed a more pro-female sentiment than when he talked about those "binders full of women." Oftentimes, you need to deliver the resumes of female candidates directly to the decision makers in order to promote gender equity.