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Estimates for 2020 are for a combined profit drop of $10 billion as global interest rates remain stubbornly low and geopolitical tensions stay high.

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JPMorgan Chase is boosting the annual fee for customers to $550 from $450 as it adds new perks with partners such as DoorDash and Lyft.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is boosting the annual fee for some customers by $100 as it adds new perks.

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Net interest margin pressure, modest loan growth and limited operating leverage could weigh on bank stocks in 2020, UBS analysts said.

JPMorgan Chase plans to block fintechs from screen scraping — obtaining usernames and passwords of customers, logging in as them, and copying and pasting their account information into a database.

The bank is leaning on its direct API relationships with the major data aggregators rather than letting third parties ask customers for usernames and passwords to access account information.

Low rates and spotty loan demand mean banks are having to “dig deeper” to improve efficiency and maintain profit margins.

The bank could pay about $2 billion to close the 1MDB case in the U.S.; in letters lawmakers ask Dimon about policies to combat racism.

The fresh optimism is starting to outweigh some of the worries hanging over the sector heading into the new year.

The bank is the first U.S. one approved for a majority-owned securities unit in China; the FSB said banks must get serious about replacing the benchmark.

The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. found issues with the firms' ability to compile data on how they would be unwound during a period of financial stress.

But some industry watchers are tempering expectations, saying that the language is too vague to know for sure if China is serious about introducing more foreign competition.

The regulatory action from the Federal Reserve was one of two U.S. Bank received for its dealings with a payday lender who was later convicted of fraud.

TD Bank claimed the top spot in J.D. Power’s national bank satisfaction survey, but Wells Fargo showed the greatest year-over-year improvement.

The bank joins rivals in predicting a better than expected Q4; JPM exec says AI could help create products for savings.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s blockchain-based information network for payments is drawing the greatest interest in Japan, a country long blamed for weak measures against money laundering.