The Latest from Women in Banking

Linda Verba, head of TD Bank's retail operations, has been creating groundbreaking customer-service and employee-reward strategies for more than a decade.

Avid Modjtabai took an indirect path to leading Wells Fargo's technology and operations. "I'm not sure there are many CIOs that came from HR," she says.

Every job certainly has its moments. For Melissa Moore those moments have been positive ones of late.

Lynn Pike, president of Capital One Bank, decided early on to become a banker.

When Colleen Johnston was promoted to CFO at TD Financial five years ago, her focus was less on numbers and more on strategic decisions that drive the numbers.

When Shelaghmichael Brown gets involved in a project, she makes progress fast.

After practicing law for nearly two decades, Bancorp Rhode Island's Merrill Sherman sort of stumbled into banking.

Working with numbers is a pleasure for Diane D'Erasmo, but people skills have been just as instrumental in helping her build HSBC's commercial banking businesses.

Rick Waugh, Scotiabank's president and chief executive, says he is impressed with Alberta Cefis' ability to build a profitable business.

Carver Bancorp's Deborah Wright likes to go out for lunch, because, she says, it's the best way to keep in touch with people.