Cathy Bessant, the winner of American Banker's most powerful woman in banking, talks about the "nobility" of banking and how the business helps to change people's lives.
American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gathered Wednesday to celebrate honorees and to mix and mingle over cocktails at Milk Studios, with a panoramic view over Manhattan.
Cynthia Blankenship, an executive at Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas, has been a regular in Washington for years fighting for regulatory changes. She is encouraging other bankers to do likewise.
Verba's two-decade career at one of the East Coast's fastest-growing banks began with an old-fashioned letter to a local bank when she was in her late 40s and an epiphany about work-life balance.
Researchers in Sweden found that venture capitalists often use unflattering language to describe women entrepreneurs. That could explain why women’s applications for funding were rejected more frequently than men’s.
Let others debate the meaning of the Fearless Girl statue. To State Street's Hannah Grove, its message to the banking industry was simple: reduce complexity for the average customer and create a more welcoming workplace for all.
