The Most Powerful Women in Banking

This is a big year for Joyce Chang. At J.P. Morgan's corporate and investment bank, she's gone from overseeing about 280 employees as global head of fixed income research to supervising about 950 employees as the global head of research.

Julie Caperton, Wells Fargo's securitization chief, has taken on a lot of new responsibilities.

When Diane Schumaker-Krieg speaks about advancing women in the business world — as she frequently does — she often mentions her 10 practical career tips. No. 5 on the list is "be confident."

A Yale music major who trained at Julliard, Elinor Hoover once dreamed she would "set the world on fire with my piano playing." Instead, she's rocking boardrooms.

In an uneven year for JPMorgan Chase, Liz Myers shined. Her global equity capital markets unit completed 469 deals in 2013 and generated $1.5 billion in fees — an increase of 46% over 2012.