The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Fresh off helping lead TIAA's $2.5 billion purchase of Jacksonville, Fla.-based EverBank, Kathie Andrade took on another ambitious project this year.

Climbing the ladder at a large company can be daunting. At Bank of America, promising women and minority candidates are given personalized attention early on to give their careers a boost.

The millennial advisory board at Centric Financial is far from being symbolic. CEO Patricia Husic, who aims to be on the leading edge of engaging with millennials, is making decisions based on its recommendations.

In a world where information overload can leave investors paralyzed, Candace Browning's focus is turning mind-numbing reams of data into actionable intelligence.

Politics has been on just about everyone's mind, but it is also a minefield topic that many people in business were just as happy to avoid. Not Paula Polito and her team at UBS.