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.

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

September 22
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    Royal Bank of Canada has ranked among the best-performing banking companies in North America over the last couple of years and ex-CEO Gord Nixon says that Janice Fukakusa, its chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, deserves much of the credit for its recent success.

    September 22
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    Andrea Smith joined Bank of America in 1988 and was named global head of human resources four years ago, reporting directly to CEO Brian Moynihan.

    September 22
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    The focus in corporate banking is more emphatically on the word "global" since Anne Clarke Wolff became head of the unit in 2011.

    September 22
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    Talk to Jane Haskin about the responsibilities that go into being CEO of First Bethany Bank & Trust and you get a microcosm of the business of banking: one part account officer, one part technology advocate, one part head of operations.

    September 22
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    After FirstMerit bought Citizens Republic Bancorp last year, adding branches in Michigan and Wisconsin and nearly doubling the bank's headcount to over 5,000, Sandy Pierce helped lead an effort to hold sit-down meetings with employees across the entire region.

    September 22

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