The Most Powerful Women in Banking

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Honorees gathered at Tiffany's Landmark building in New York City, where American Banker interviewed them about the industry's trajectory and leadership lessons they've learned in their careers.

Patti Husic, absent from our ranking last year, returns after making a series of bold moves at the $311 million-asset bank she runs in Harrisburg, Pa., and at the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, which she began chairing in July.

September 18
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    Next to industry giants, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank is about as tiny as it sounds. Dorothy Savarese, its president and CEO, is likewise petite. But such surface details belie the influence she is bringing to bear not only in her community, but across her home state of Massachusetts and in the nation's capital.

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    Royal Bank of Canada initiated some major strategic moves in the past year, and Janice Fukakusa has been instrumental in bringing them to fruition.

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    Deborah McWhinney is a guiding force in Citigroup's stated intention of becoming the world's leading digital bank.

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    Like others in the banking industry, KeyCorp had to scramble to make up for revenue lost to regulatory changes, and much of this maneuvering fell to Maria Coyne.

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    LeeAnne Linderman has long been in charge of Zions First National Bank's network of 128 branches in Utah and Idaho. Now she also has oversight of 172 ATMs, online and mobile banking, and whatever other emerging technology might come along.

    September 18

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