The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Visa has nabbed an executive from the media company Time Inc. to be its chief marketing and communications officer.

International events like the Davos economic forum should remind business leaders of the importance of being stewards and of having workforce diversity.

Payne, who was promoted from director of corporate risk services, began her new role Jan. 1. She succeeded Dave Kling, who retired, the $18 billion-asset bank said.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank in New York has named Dale Fredston, a former general counsel at Sterling Bancorp in Montebello, N.Y., to its board of directors.

American National Bankshares in Danville, Va., has named Cathy Liles its chief accounting officer.