Recognizing the Leaders Defining the Future of Financial Services

The Most Powerful Women in Banking

American Banker reviewed a number of criteria in selecting the honorees for this list, including the size and scope of the candidate's job, the innovation she brings to her role, and her influence within and outside her institution. The goal is to recognize the outstanding contributions women make to the banking industry.

The Most Powerful Women in Finance

The 25 leaders ranked as The Most Powerful Women in Finance are at the forefront of a technological transformation, are adapting to change, driving results and exploring new opportunities that sit at the intersection of business and innovation.

The Most Powerful Women in Banking’s Women to Watch

The honorees ranked on this year’s The Most Powerful Women in Banking’s Women to Watch have dealt with it all. Nonetheless, they rose to the occasion, innovating with AI, expanding their banks’ offerings through increased small business lending and adding new niches, while deftly managing liquidity and interest-rate risk.

The Most Powerful Women in Banking's Top Teams

Each year, American Banker chooses five teams that embody the spirit of collaboration and illustrate how teamwork can have a substantial impact on a bank's top and bottom lines. Banks are evaluated on a number of factors, including having a majority of women in a project, department, division, line of business or functional area and the performance of the women-led unit. This list is presented in alphabetical order.

The Most Powerful Women in Banking's Lifetime Achievement Award

Public sector banking doesn't have a line on Citi's income statement. But Julie Monaco's global influence is threaded throughout the bank's work with government finance ministries, central banks and other sovereign entities.