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JPMorgan's blockchain effort could lead to solutions that overcome industry skepticism and regulatory concerns and perhaps attract more mainstream retail interest.

Barclays, Bank of America, TD Bank and other banks have filed multiple blockchain patents over the years, but have yet to publicly announce their plans for the technology.

JPMorgan is prototyping its own digital currency to be used for cross-border payments and, later, other purposes. Will banks find this a palatable alternative to today's most well-known options?

JPM Coin is not meant for consumer payments, but rather is a specific technology for a specific use case that the bank controls. Its value comes not from JPM Coin's appeal, but from JPMorgan's titanic wholesale payments business.

JPMorgan Chase successfully tested a cryptocurrency it plans to use in trials for clients of its wholesale-payments business. Dubbed JPM Coin, it's based on blockchain technology, the bank said Thursday in a presentation on its website.

Arjuna Capital is filing shareholder proposals with 11 financial and tech companies to uncover median gender pay gaps, which it said would determine if more women are concentrated in lower-paying jobs.

The biggest merger in years is reviving the idea that the industry is headed for a barbell-like shakeout, with very large banks on one end, community banks on the other and very few in between.

Pentagon Federal Credit Union, JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, Citigroup and a handful of others have pumped more than 100 million contactless credit and debit cards altogether into the U.S. market recently, but it’s a drop in the bucket in the world’s largest card market.

The online small-business lender reported record loan originations in the fourth quarter, but its CEO is warning that loan growth could slow in 2019.

The company on Monday also announced an initiative to boost economic opportunities for African-Americans that will focus on job training, career-leadership pathways and wealth building.

JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, Citigroup, Pentagon Federal Credit Union and a handful of others have pumped more than 100 million contactless credit and debit cards altogether into the U.S. market recently, but it’s a drop in the bucket in the world’s largest card market.

There is a fundamental irony in the “blockchain, not crypto” position espoused by traditional financiers and business professionals. They encourage those entering the space to widen their view of these new protocols beyond their speculative monetary values in favor of real-world use cases of the technology, writes Sky Guo, CEO of Crypherium.

The three large banks banks are joining a number of institutions in agreeing to eliminate fees for Californians who receive benefits via electronic transfer cards. Chase and BofA will also waiving the fees nationwide.

Major U.S. banks shaved about $21 billion from their tax bills last year — almost double the IRS’s annual budget — as the industry benefited more than many others from the Republican tax overhaul.

The bank said it will hold back bonuses to its former CEO and others as it probes the 1MDB scandal; the House is looking into the bank’s loans to Trump's firm.

The combination of their convenient branch networks and strong digital offerings makes large, national banks tough to beat in dispensing financial guidance, consumers say.

The new leadership of the House Financial Services Committee appears intent on subjecting Wall Street to a harsher spotlight, but banks shouldn’t be too sure the new minority has their backs, either.

Billionaire CEO Jamie Dimon is OK with tax hikes on the rich, as long as the revenue goes where he thinks it'll do the most good.

The New York company will also match donations made by its employees to Feeding America and United Way Worldwide.

The leaders of the biggest U.S. banks are likely to be summoned to face questions from the Financial Services Committee, an early sign that the financial industry will endure tougher scrutiny under a Democratic-controlled House.