The Most Powerful Women in Banking

From the TNS Choice Award for direct banking to Money Magazine ranking it as the best online bank for a second straight year, the accolades for Ally Bank continue to pile up. Barbara Yastine rightfully claims some credit.

Sandie O'Connor role managing JPMorgan Chase's relationships with regulators has taken on new significance, given the company's involvement in dustups on assorted regulatory fronts, but the drama hasn't prevented O'Connor from addressing more workaday concerns.

In her role overseeing marketing, communications, public policy and corporate social responsibility for Bank of America, Anne Finucane leads a massive effort to redefine the company's tarnished image.

Patricia Callahan works on many fronts to shape how Wells Fargo is viewed both by the public and by its own employees. That's a function of her daily duties, but it took on heightened importance for her last year as Wells rolled out new ads focused squarely on reputation.

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.