The Most Powerful Women in Banking

As electronic payments continue their steady ascent, the job Diana Reyes does for HSBC has become enormous.

Women looking to balance their high-powered careers with a family life can take inspiration from Marianne Lake. "You can have it all," the U.K. native said in a recent interview. "But you just might not be able to have all of it at the same time."

B of A's Anne Clarke Wolff says attrition continues to thwart efforts to improve gender equality in the banking industry's top ranks.

PNC's Charlotte McLaughlin is frustrated by the lack of gender equality in the senior ranks across corporate America.

Although she oversees one of the world's largest corporate technology teams, Cathy Bessant is not the kind of fervent cheerleader for digital breakthroughs that one encounters in Silicon Valley. That said, Bessant, who is American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Banking for 2017, is a big believer in the power of technology.