JPMorgan News

Insurance Agent Juror Says Giant $8 Billion Award Was Message to JPMorgan

Irelsie Alvarez said she and fellow jurors wanted to send JPMorgan Chase & Co. a message with their startling $8 billion verdict in a Dallas probate case — an award that’s destined to be reduced to no more than $90 …

3 Giants – Berkshire, Amazon, JPMorgan- to Form Joint Employee Health Venture

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are partnering to create an independent healthcare company for their U.S. employees that will be focused on improving employee satisfaction and reducing costs. The new venture will be “free from profit-making incentives …

JPMorgan Warns of Market Disruption If Clearing Houses Cut-Off by Brexit

Financial markets face Brexit day upheaval if clearing houses in Britain are abruptly cut off from continental customers, a senior JPMorgan bank official said on Wednesday. Sally Dewar, international head of regulatory affairs at the U.S. bank, said that without …

Goldman, JPMorgan CEOs Pursued Private Rescue for AIG

The heads of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. told federal regulators days ahead of the 2008 government bailout of American International Group Inc. that they were putting together a private rescue of the insurance giant, a …

U.S. Approves JPMorgan Release of Funds to Sanctioned Russian Insurer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is unfreezing a money transfer from a Russian embassy in Central Asia to an insurer linked to U.S.-sanctioned bank after getting a go-ahead from regulators. “Following consultation with our regulators, we are processing this transaction,” JPMorgan …

JPMorgan Guilty Admission Marks Shift in SEC Policy

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in settling claims with JPMorgan Chase & Co. over its handling of a $6.2 billion trading loss, landed its biggest victory yet in fulfilling a pledge to force wrongdoers to admit guilt. As part …

Rep. Frank Defends JPMorgan Against Lawsuit Over Bear Stearns

Democratic Congressman Barney Frank defended the nation’s largest bank on Monday, saying in a statement that the government was wrong to go after JPMorgan Chase & Co. for the alleged misdeeds of Bear Stearns. Frank, the co-author of the 2010 …

Banks Say Settlements Aren’t Slowing Financial Crisis Liability Suits

As U.S. authorities seek to make Wall Street pay for its role in triggering the financial crisis more than four years ago, banks are starting to fight back, frustrated that they are being asked to pay more than once for …

London Stung by U.S. Attack on Bank Regulation Record

Calling London a haven of regulatory loopholes that spawns financial trading disasters could make it harder to align new transatlantic rules, figures in London’s financial and legal circles said on Wednesday. Responding to attacks in Congress on London’s regulatory record, …

Bond Insurer Ambac Sues JPMorgan Over Mortgage Losses

Ambac Financial Group Inc., the bond insurer that last month won court approval to emerge from bankruptcy, has sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. to recover losses on securities it insured that were made by a unit of the former Bear …