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.

Had she not received some good advice early in her career, Catherine Smith might not be the head of ING U.S. Retirement Services.

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    Ellen Costello took a winding path to the top-through corporate banking, Treasury, securitization, credit investment management and merchant banking.

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    Ellen Alemany, Chairman and CEO, Citizens Financial Group and RBS Americas, is grateful for one particularly tough boss.

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    When Jane Fraser took over at Citi Private Bank, its high-net-worth clients were reeling. But she refused to create comfort by returning to the familiarity of the status quo.

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    Linda Verba, head of TD Bank's retail operations, has been creating groundbreaking customer-service and employee-reward strategies for more than a decade.

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    Avid Modjtabai took an indirect path to leading Wells Fargo's technology and operations. "I'm not sure there are many CIOs that came from HR," she says.

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