The Latest from Women in Banking

Nikkee Rhody, chief of strategy at Central Payments, and Shannon Huether, vice president of project management and implementations, explain how the company tailored every aspect of its hiring practice to make sure it reaches the talented women that other fintechs overlook.

Citigroup is seeing countries around the world roll into recessionary environments, with the U.S. economy on track to follow them in the second half of next year, Chief Executive Jane Fraser said.

Since her 20s, Wechter has served as a sounding board to Chairmen Richard Parsons and Mike O'Neill and CEOs Michael Corbat and now Jane Fraser. Wechter, 41, eventually took over the human resources department, where she has set in motion changes reshaping life at the bank for its 238,000 employees.

Silicon Valley Bank named Erin Platts head of its private banking and wealth management arm, which caters to the financial needs of technology and venture capital executives.

Banks are developing technology to identify potential mass shooters, according to a CEO backing the push to get credit card companies to track gun purchases more closely.

Thomas Montag, once the second-most powerful executive at Bank of America, is returning to Wall Street with the launch of a carbon-credit venture backed by TPG Inc.

Savarese was drawn to a career in the financial services industry after witnessing firsthand how economic stability can improve the lives of others. She then spent 17 successful years running the Massachusetts mutual.

Even though there has been some progress over the last eight years, men continue to hold many more board seats and jobs on executive teams than women, according to a recent report from DBRS Morningstar.

Goldman Sachs Group paid out well over $12 million to a veteran executive who complained internally about a toxic workplace for women in the highest echelons of Wall Street's most prestigious firm.

At our Most Powerful Women In Banking conference, the athlete, entrepreneur and pay equity advocate Venus Williams discussed how to create a more diverse and equitable workforce, as well as how a confident mindset is the key to winning in sports, business and life.