The Latest from Women in Banking

Word that Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren won't be teaching her contract law class fueled rumors she will be nominated as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

As the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency take over supervision of thrifts and their holding companies, savings and loans have grown increasingly scared about a possible crackdown on their business.

After less than a year, Denise Wypiszenski has stepped down from her job as chief operating officer at Robert W. Baird's private wealth management group.

In its first-annual ranking of “The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking,” U.S. Banker pays tribute to the executives whose contributions to their institutions and their communities are most profound. With varying management styles and ways of generating increased shareholder value, brand equity and bottom-line performance, these 25 women personify power, business savvy and creative intelligence.

Many women are unhappy with the service they get from wealth managers — and in some cases their attitude, a global study by Boston Consulting Group found.

The setting was festive and the fashions elegant, but when Heidi Miller took the stage to accept her award as Most Powerful Woman in Banking, pride turned to near defiance ...

Many of the women being honored in this issue say female CEOs would have had more diverse management teams that would have reined in the institution long before losses began piling up like leaves in the woods on a windy fall day.