The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Summit State Bank in Santa Rosa, Calif., has hired a rival’s chief credit officer.

Goldman Sachs' latest class of partners includes 19 women, which is as high as that number has ever been; a Trump adviser says Janet Yellen isn't going anywhere, for now; and what the election taught us about the depth of the gender divide. Also, Thasunda Duckett, Margaret Keane and Christine Lagarde.

Stessa Cohen warns that if we aren't careful, we could bring old gender biases into world of bank bots; Amy Nauiokas argues bank innovation should be applied more broadly, not just in technology; Marva Smalls recalls how she broke out of her comfort zone; and Esther George of the Kansas City Fed talks about staying true to her convictions. Also, how unbalanced journalism puts more scrutiny on female leaders than on their male counterparts and the silver lining in this presidential election.

The U.S. is the only industrialized nation without mandated paid parental leave, but innovative leave policies are an opportunity to attract and retain employees in a highly competitive industry.

Square 1 Bank, a unit of PacWest Bancorp, has hired two financial services veterans to expand its banking services for venture capital and private-equity firms and named a new leader of that practice.