The Most Powerful Women in Banking
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.
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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In the evolving payments landscape, no bank is an island. So Diane Reyes is making deeper engagement with critical business partners a primary focus as head of HSBC Payments and Cash Management.
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Strategic collaboration is one of Leslie Godridge's strong suits. An example of this is a meeting she convened last year that was the most in-depth planning session of its kind since the formation of the National Corporate and Institutional Banking unit in 2007, and the results of it continue to play out.
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Columbia Banking System's acquisition of the $2.4 billion-asset West Coast Bancorp is the latest of several deals Melanie Dressel has orchestrated over the past few years to fuel growth, as her community bank steadily progresses toward its goal of being more of a regional player in the Northwest.
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She's only been CEO of Chase Card Services since last summer, but Eileen Serra started writing the playbook for the job years ago.
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BB&T has gotten a good return on its investment in Donna Goodrich, who began her career in the bank's leadership development program in 1985.
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