The Most Powerful Women in Banking

B of A's Anne Clarke Wolff says attrition continues to thwart efforts to improve gender equality in the banking industry's top ranks.

PNC's Charlotte McLaughlin is frustrated by the lack of gender equality in the senior ranks across corporate America.

Although she oversees one of the world's largest corporate technology teams, Cathy Bessant is not the kind of fervent cheerleader for digital breakthroughs that one encounters in Silicon Valley. That said, Bessant, who is American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Banking for 2017, is a big believer in the power of technology.

Tracey Brophy Warson runs the largest segment of one of the world’s largest private banking operations, overseeing offices across the continent that manage $191 billion in assets.

Joyce Chang of JPMorgan Chase says the combination of artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning will fundamentally transform the kind of information investors use to make decisions.