JPMorgan Chase

Loans grew 6% at JPMorgan Chase, but the bank is "not going to be stupid" and assume that will last forever, its CEO says. Here are some precautionary steps it's taking.

The Financial Solutions Lab, a joint initiative, has announced the winners of its annual competition to identify solutions to consumer financial challenges, this year focusing on startups dedicated to improving financial health in the workplace.

The bank missed expectations although profit rose 67%; with the California Democrat leading the House Financial Services Committee, deregulation could slow.

The bank, which plans to host an investor day next month, didn’t provide any annual targets for 2019. The company said it expects net interest income to be little changed in the first quarter.

Walter V. Shipley, the former chairman and chief executive who led the friendly merger of Chemical Banking with Chase Manhattan to create the biggest U.S. bank and predecessor of what is now JPMorgan Chase, has died. He was 83.

Saul Van Beurden will have oversight of both technology and information security and will report to CEO Tim Sloan.

There had been a cascade in recent days of downgrades and other negative forecasts in connection with big banks, but some analysts on Wednesday picked up the industry's argument that fundamentals are stronger than the markets are giving banks credit for.

CEOs on the hot seat. Banks fighting to stay independent. Comfortable players ripe for disruption from Amazon and others. It is shaping up as a riveting year.

Automating the loan application process is a potentially game-changing development that could put more car shoppers in control of which bank or credit union finances their purchase.

Two trends — competition from challenger banks and the emergence of real-time payments — threaten to eat away at the fees banks collect on overdrafts and bounced checks.