JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase is funding a two-year initiative in which Commonwealth, a nonprofit, will study the impact of artificial intelligence and other technologies on the financially vulnerable.

The promise, made by the chief executive officers of 27 companies including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America, is part of a new initiative called the New York Jobs CEO Council.

Deferrals on residential mortgages and home-equity loans have been a common theme at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We do not yet know when we’ll return to a more traditional operating model,” a company spokesperson said.

The global card issuer will provide its tokenization technology for JPMorgan Chase's virtual card program in early 2021.

Bill Clerico created WePay during the last financial crisis, and sees a similar opportunity now. The coronavirus pandemic is affecting different markets in vastly different ways, and easing the flow of capital is just one way to provide help.

TD Bank has hired Jyotsana “Jo” Jagadish to head commercial operating products and payment innovation, where she will oversee TD’s expanding fintech partnerships.

The Federal Reserve, U.S. Mint and financial industry representatives are strongly considering a public call for Americans to deposit their spare change, among other fixes, to get coins circulating again. Meanwhile, banks of all sizes are getting creative at the local level.

The national conversation around systemic racism has compelled large banks to withdraw support from the “disparate impact” proposal. But community banks maintain that the proposed reforms would reduce frivolous claims.

The New York bank has also joined a steering committee helping to develop a global accounting standard that financial institutions can use to measure their impact on global warming.