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    • The Most Powerful Women in Banking: No. 6, Stacey Friedman, JPMorgan Chase

    JPMorgan Chase General Counsel Stacey Friedman doesn't like to sit around without something to do. 

    "The thing that makes me most nervous is an empty to-do list," she said. 

    That wasn't much of a problem for Friedman this year. As executive vice president and general counsel at JPMorgan, she was plenty busy. 

    JPMorgan played a central role in the effort to keep the regional banking industry afloat after depositors rushed to withdraw funds from Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, causing both banks to collapse. 

    Regulators worried that the collapses might spur a massive outflow of deposits at other mid-sized banks. And, in March, JPMorgan led a coalition of 11 banks that kicked in $30 billion in deposits to First Republic, another regional bank that was teetering on the edge. 

    The move was meant to be a show of faith in the stability of the financial system, and to help kee