The Most Powerful Women in Banking

The Rankings

Women's Programs

American Banker

As faster payments proliferate, is there a business case for banks?
American Banker

Ignoring women costs the financial industry $700 billion a year
American Banker

U.S. Bancorp recruits Capital One exec to be its AI chief
American Banker

Citigroup makes Fraser president, likely successor to Corbat
American Banker

City National bolsters its East Coast presence
American Banker

Her work here is done: CEO leaving Bank Leumi after transforming it
American Banker

BankThink It’s a ‘lonely walk’ to the top at FDIC for a woman of color
American Banker

Women in Banking The cost of being crass and a broken rung on the career ladder
American Banker

Female CFOs brought in $1.8 trillion more than male peers
American Banker

BankThink It takes every kind of people to make a good diversity effort

Leaders

Why investing in women matters

Gender issues

Bank executives seek allies in fight for gender equality

Speakers at the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gala stressed the need to use their power to help the next generation of women as well as enlist others in seeking gender parity.

By Laura Alix

October 4

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Cathy Bessant, chief operations and technology officer, Bank of America

Growth strategies

Santander pivots to Americas as growth in Europe stalls

Ana Botin, the Spanish banking giant's chairman, is counting on Santander's new digital platform to help drive expansion in the U.S. and Latin America.

November 20
Faster payments

As faster payments proliferate, is there a business case for banks?

If the deployment of faster payments came with a guarantee to boost a financial institution's bottom line, more banks and businesses would likely invest in bringing their legacy systems into a new age.

By David Heun

November 20
Gender issues

Ignoring women costs the financial industry $700 billion a year

The male-dominated finance industry is missing out on more than $700 billion a year in revenue by failing to listen to or tailor products for women, according to the management consultancy Oliver Wyman.

November 11
Artificial intelligence

U.S. Bancorp recruits Capital One exec to be its AI chief

Tanushree Luke played a key role in Capital One's use of a conversational artificial intelligence technology known as Eno, and she previously worked for the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

By Will Hernandez

November 6
Succession planning

Citigroup makes Fraser president, likely successor to Corbat

Citigroup promoted Jane Fraser to president, its second-highest post, making her a likely candidate to succeed CEO Michael Corbat and someday become the first woman to run one of the largest U.S. banks.

October 24

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