JPMorgan Chase

The renewal of the e-commerce giant's cobranded card cements an alliance between two giants of their industries — just as both companies are pushing ahead with products such as buy now/pay later loans that put pressure on traditional credit cards.

JPMorgan Chase agreed to buy Global Shares, a provider of cloud-based software for managing employee share plans, as the biggest U.S. bank scoops up firms to fend off competition.

Recognizing that many of the region's consumers are choosing startups, companies like Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Santander and Scotiabank are taking stakes in nascent payment providers.

Shares fell sharply Friday after the company said spending increased 14% in the fourth quarter and will climb by another 8% in 2022. But CEO Jamie Dimon said the investments in marketing, technology and talent are necessary to ward off threats from traditional banks and upstart fintechs.

The company's fourth-quarter trading revenue declined notably more than analysts had expected, while its business and consumer lending each dropped 1% year over year.

The largest U.S. banks have made progress in detailing the risks posed by climate change, but it's clear the industry will have to do more. As federal regulators prepare to impose new obligations, banks are pushing back against calls for more aggressive measures such as capital requirements and increased risk weighting for fossil-fuel lending.

The nation's largest bank has chosen Thought Machines' technology for its U.S. consumer bank.

Climate activists broke windows at JPMorgan Chase offices in central London Wednesday as part of two weeks of protests against organizations that support fossil fuels. 

JPMorgan Chase executed a novel trade-finance transaction tied to the CME Group’s forward rates for the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, marking an advancement in the use of the Libor replacement.

The bank, which helped launch the real-time network for peer-to-peer payments, is trying to duplicate that success by helping corporate clients process certain transactions instantly with wholesale partners and, in some cases, retail customers.