JPMorgan Chase has to be one of the most old and most influential financial conglomerates on the planet. It is the largest public company in the world (according to the Forbes magazine).

The financial institution, stationed in New York, is a leader in commercial and investment banking services. Assets of trillion put JPMorgan Chase in first place among the largest U.S. banks - ahead of Citigroup and Bank of America. The hedge fund managed by JPMorgan Chase has to be the second largest fund of its kind in the United States with assets of $ 28.8 billion. Formed by the merger of JP Morgan & Co. and Chase Manhattan Corporation, Chase Bank locations serve millions of customers.

Salmon P. Chase is the famous American politician and lawyer. In his honor "Chase National Bank" was named, founded in 1877 to 1930 this bank became the largest one in the world, and in 1955 after the merging of two of the biggest U.S. banks Bank of Manhattan and Chase National Bank in the early 1970s was the third largest asset bank in the country.

Another company, sharing with JP Morgan Chase as part of their name, was Drexel, Morgan & Co, founded in 1871 in New York by banker Anthony Drexel, and J. Pierpont Morgan.

In 2000, Chase Manhattan bought JP Morgan and thereby not only gained a valuable asset to its brand, but also eliminated a strong competitor. Name of company acquired cumbersome, but apparently none of its owners could not tear away from the heart. Logos were also merged: octagon, symbolizing the Chase now has to take place before the name of the company, although in recent years is the opposite, the organizational part of the company has separate logos.

In May 2010 the U.S. Federal Commission for Securities in the investigation of trading in mortgage bonds issued civil actions in the bank.

The American Banking Corporation with its Chase Bank locations announced a record in its history, a net profit of billion, according to a press release from the bank.

Getting as much profit the bank failed in spite of the strengthening of financial regulation in the U.S. and the weakening of the investment division.

At the same time, as reported by Bloomberg, the fourth quarter figures were not so successful. In the last three months of 2011 declined profit compared to the same period of 2010 from .1 billion to 3.7 billion.

According to CEO Jamie Dimon Bank, the growth of lending by JP Morgan in recent months shows that the U.S. economy is gradually recovering from the crisis.

The former directors of the Bank Lehman Brothers, which went bankrupt in September 2008, filed a complaint against JPMorgan Chase in May 2010. The administrators of Lehman Brothers said that the leaders of JP Morgan, including the director James Dimon, obtained information through contacts with the Central Bank and U.S. Treasury to use to their advantage during the serious difficulties among the Chase Bank locations.

The bank was accused of complicity in the fraud of Bernard Madoff in February 2011. Bank, which was also the bank of Bernard Madoff and his organization for over 12 twenty years, discovered cheating long before the scam. The liquidator claimed the sum of billion to the Bank to compensate victims.

In April 2007 in Chase Bank locations it could be bought financial products linked to loans in real estate, without informing investors of the role played by the bottom "Magnetar Capital," a fund belonging to the Bank whose role was to focus specifically on these products decline to customers. Ten months later, the products had lost virtually all their value, causing a cumulative loss total of U.S. 6 million. Today the financial institution, stationed in New York, is still a leader in investment and commercial banking services.

The company in a form we know it, is relatively recent. Organizational formation of JP Morgan Chase was completed in 2004 with a large number of transactions, linking capital of several companies which have already earned credibility and reputation in the financial market around the world. Companies that also found JP Morgan Chase & Co include, Chase Manhattan, J.P. Morgan, Chemical Banking Corp, National Bank of Detroit, First Chicago Banking Corp, Bank One and Manufacturers Hanover. Headquarters of the company are ocated in Chicago and New York.

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