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.
Goldman Sachs' latest class of partners includes 19 women, which is as high as that number has ever been; a Trump adviser says Janet Yellen isn't going anywhere, for now; and what the election taught us about the depth of the gender divide. Also, Thasunda Duckett, Margaret Keane and Christine Lagarde.
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Wells Fargo's innovation group has appointed Peggy Mangot for the newly created position of senior vice president of its design and delivery leadership team.
January 4 -
Online lenders could be opening doors for female entrepreneurs; the San Francisco Fed's Mary Daly talks about closing the gender gap in the research department; Barclays' UK diversity chief shares mentor-mentee relationship tips; Centric's Patti Husic creates a millennial advisory board. Carver Bancorp's former CEO is joining Citi's board and we take a look at Mary Jo White's possible successor. Plus, a look back at the year for Mary Mack, Carrie Tolstedt, Kathie Andrade and Nandita Bakhshi.
December 29
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The Minneapolis company's addition of Karen Wimbish, a former Wells Fargo executive, to oversee wealth management products is one of several moves by U.S. Bancorp as it builds up its investment-advisory services.
December 28 -
A startup aims to highlight the social impact that banks have to allow easier vetting by prospective customers; community banks like Jill Castilla's are getting income from being tech vendors; and Amex is making its parental leave policies better next year, in a move that just might be an emerging trend. Plus, Wonder Woman loses her U.N. job because of the way she dresses.
December 15
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Pacific Premier Bancorp in Irvine, Calif., has agreed to buy Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles, Calif.
December 13
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