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European banks need to look beyond their home countries for mergers in order to tap the region's full economic power and become more competitive, JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said.

The nation's largest bank plans to open 90 new branches in new cities this year while continuing its expansion in the Philadelphia, Boston and Washington markets.

The upstart lenders have been chipping away at credit cards’ consumer-lending dominance by offering fixed-rate loans with predictable repayment plans. Now the card giants are fighting back.

SIFMA approval could bring new competitors and housing finance reform; number of applications rose but amount borrowed still lags other firms.

Its move into new states will allow the nation’s largest bank to pursue the loan and deposit business of more state and local governments.

Banks once again are finding themselves in the political crosshairs over customers they finance, but this time it’s community activists, not the government, leading the charge.

The biggest U.S. bank says it will break off its relationship with the private-prison industry after deciding it's too risky.

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JPMorgan Chase is considering setting up a private bank in China as new regulations give foreign firms a better chance to compete with local players in the world's second-biggest pool of wealthy people.