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Female chief executives are a rare thing in the banking industry, but the women honored in this year's suite of awards are hoping to change that trend.

The top five banks on this list have combined deposits of nearly $7.5 trillion.

Many of this year's honorees took a chance on their future careers by asking questions, jumping into unknown markets and believing in their ability to get the job done.

Deutsche Bank hired UBS' Aly Alibhai to head North American mergers and acquisitions; National Bankshares promoted Lara Ramsey to president; Apple Pay users in the U.S. and U.K. now have a pay later option through Klarna; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Industry leaders in this year's ranking shared insight on how they would advise their younger selves on building a path to the top and the skills today's rising professionals need.

Visa and Mastercard face pressure to lower payment charges globally, while the London-based fintech receives more fraud reports than the country's largest banks.

The top five banks and thrifts had combined assets of more than $13 trillion as of June 30, 2024.

American Banker's annual recognition of the most powerful women in banking includes two CIOs and the newly created position of chief data and analytics officer at a megabank.

Honorees from this year's ranking provide insight into what tools and expertise future generations of professionals need to advance.

Canaccord Genuity Group hires Nadine Ahn, who was fired from Royal Bank of Canada in April; Citigroup establishes a new banking executive team to oversee its commercial and investment banking work under Vis Raghavan; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Now that earnings season has kicked off, investors will be paying close attention for signs of loan growth and deposit pricing relief, though analysts don't expect improvements to materialize right away.

In an exclusive poll, 44% of American Banker readers backed former President Donald Trump's bid for the presidency but thought that current Vice President Kamala Harris had a better shot at winning.

The legendary investor has been reducing his 13-year-old stake in BofA. It's the most recent instance of Buffett profiting from a big bet on a troubled financial institution.

The money transfer service and the U.K.'s Post Office were on the verge of an extension. Then the hack came. This and updates from Worldpay, Mastercard and JCB in our global payments roundup.

The top five credit unions have combined real estate loans and lines of credit of more than $217 million as of June 30.

Challenger bank Revolut calls for Meta's scam info program to reimburse victims; Sunwest Bank taps Umpqua's Mike McKean to lead treasury and payments; Fifth Third launches a new line of business; and more in this weeks banking news roundup.

The top five credit unions on this list have more than $36 billion in unsecured card loans and lines of credit.

The U.S. card brands plan to acquire European firms for security and subscription payments, while Bank of America seeks new markets for its virtual B2B business and JPMorgan Chase's blockchain unit gains ground.

The top five credit unions have combined first mortgage loans and lines of credit of more than $104 billion as of June 30.

Our annual list of the top five teams in banking.