The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Give Lindsay Lawrence a big job to do and she just might find a way to make it even bigger.

As chief operational risk officer, Carrie Lichter played a key role in bringing to life Fifth Third's high-tech war room, also known as the cyber fusion center.

Erika Marquez discovered an anomaly that was causing Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. to treat some loans as though they required significantly more regulatory capital than they actually did.

Shelley Seifert had been the bank's chief operating officer.

April Frazer describes herself, forthrightly, as a very driven person. Which may explain how she became global head of banks at Wells Fargo before her 37th birthday.