The Latest from Women in Banking

Elizabeth Buse, Carla Harris, Kathleen Murphy, Dominique Senequier, and Susan Ehrlich are ranked 16-20 on the 2011 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance list.

Zions' had many women in key roles which led to a rise in business deposits as well as lowered charge-offs and expanded assets under management in its wealth advisory services, among other notable achievements.

Martina Hund-Mejean, Andrea Moss, Sandie O'Connor, Suni Harford, and Kelly Williams round out the 2011 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance list.

Despite a challenging year, Harris Financial was one of the top 4 banking teams, with impressive numbers in deposit balances and increased revenues. As icing on the cake, 34% of their executive board is made up of women.

HSBC Bank's team, led by Irene Dorner, Diane D'Erasmo, and Mary Duke, is making great headway into international markets and the bank itself has been improving upon its commitment to put women into more leadership roles.

Wells' is investing more into underserved communities, and innovating in the area of community lending, in line with their tradition of service work in that area. Although the number of female corporate officers they count among their ranks is thin, a new diversity policy to identify and groom high-potential candidates has been implemented.

Open discrimination is rare now, but unconscious gender bias remains. Some banks are figuring out how to make the most of all the available talent.

Kelly Mathieson is a top problem-solver for JPMorgan Chase. From the Egyptian crisis to tri-party repo reform, she tackles the big issues.

Research shows that profitable customer relationships begin with strong ties to women.

Executive women reflect on the important choices that set them on a trajectory to the top.