The 1994 regulatory loophole that led to Jamie Dimon's First Republic coup A decades-old law sought to limit lenders' power—with one big exception. Fortune · May 2, 2023
First Republic Bank seized, sold in fire sale to JPMorgan In the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, officials seize First Republic Bank, selling its deposits and most of its assets. It’s the third midsize bank to fail in two months. Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2023
First Republic Bank Fails As Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Warns The Consequences To Come The failed bank was taken over by the FDIC and taken over by JPMorgan Chase A Month After Received A $30 billion deposit Zenger · May 1, 2023
Stocks Mixed on Corporate Earnings and Economic Optimism What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.03%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.10%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.03%. U.S. stock indexes are now mixed, with the S&P... Barchart · May 1, 2023
JPMorgan clears the First Republic wreckage—and notches a $92 billion coup for investors who love the deal Overnight, the nation's biggest bank added significant heft and stabilized the shaky outlook for regional banks. Fortune · May 1, 2023
The banking crisis is over, according to Jamie Dimon: “The banking system is very stable” Dimon says that First Republic was the last of the troubled banks to fall. Fortune · May 1, 2023
Markets Today: Stock Indexes Modestly Higher as JPMorgan Acquires First Republic Morning Markets The S&P 500 Index ( $SPX ) ( SPY ) today is up +0.23%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ( $DOWI ) ( DIA ) is up +0.31%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ( $IUXX ) ( QQQ ) is up +0.06%. U.S. stock indexes this morning are... Barchart · May 1, 2023
First Republic Bank collapses, seized "Ultimately taxpayers will be on the hook," Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned Salon · May 1, 2023
Regulators Seize First Republic Bank and Sell It to JPMorgan Chase Plus: Twitter complies with a greater portion of government censorship requests, a judge allows an antitrust suit against Google to go forward, and more... Reason · May 1, 2023
Microsoft chief scientific officer Eric Horvitz says few aspects of humanity will be replaced by A.I. “I put a lot of my time and attention into this, because I think it really threatens to erode democracies,” says Horovitz. Fortune · May 1, 2023
Stock Index Futures Muted as Investors Await Fed Meeting, JPMorgan Takes Over First Republic June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.04%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are up +0.05% this morning as market participants digested JPMorgan’s takeover of First Republic’s assets while looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s upcoming interest rate decision as well as Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report. Barchart · May 1, 2023
JPMorgan Chase to acquire First Republic Bank The bank's been on shaky ground since the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Axios · May 1, 2023
First Republic Bank seized by US regulators and sold to JP Morgan Chase Drastic intervention to contain third US bank failure in two months The Independent UK · May 1, 2023
US authorities 'auction' First Republic Bank to JPMorgan after second biggest bank failure in history US regional bank First Republic had a little more than $301 billion worth of assets and around 7,000 employees. ABC News · May 1, 2023
Axios · Apr 29, 2023 JPM eyes First Republic as FDIC prepares takeover The regional bank has lost 97% of its value since March.
Fortune · Apr 28, 2023 JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says insistent remote workers can go ‘elsewhere’ The bank’s pro-office memo was instantly ripped apart by workers calling it “tone deaf” and “divisive.”
Fortune · Apr 28, 2023 JPMorgan created a Fed-whispering A.I. model to help investors stay on top of the market Think ChatGPT, but for the weird things Jerome Powell says every couple months. It’s “a large language model tuned to central bank speak.”
Fortune · Apr 27, 2023 Charlie Javice is apparently low on funds “Ms. Javice faces numerous impending deadlines for which she is incurring substantial expense,” said Michael Barlow, an attorney with law firm Abrams & Bayliss, in a recent letter to the judge.
Reuters · Apr 26, 2023 Exclusive-US allowed JPMorgan payment route for Russian grain export The United States gave JPMorgan permission to process payments for agricultural exports via the Russian Agricultural Bank, but the arrangement was no substitute for reconnecting the bank to the SWIFT system, two Russian sources told Reuters.
Fortune · Apr 25, 2023 Frank founder Charlie Javice put her money in Signature Bank after JPMorgan Chase fraud allegations Javice rushed to pull her funds out of Signature Bank after it was taken over by the FDIC in March.
Fortune · Apr 25, 2023 JPMorgan Chase’s fintech buying spree JPMorgan Chase has bought or invested in more than 80 companies in two years.
Fortune · Apr 25, 2023 Two years ago JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned about the threat from fintechs Competition from fintechs and big tech spurred JPMorgan Chase to go on a buying binge, and take advantage when prices were depressed.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to be deposed in Epstein suit JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon must undergo up to two days of questioning by lawyers handling lawsuits over whether the bank can be held liable in financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of teenage girls and women
The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023 Profits at big US banks show few signs of industry distress The nation’s largest banks appear to be weathering the current turmoil in their industry just fine
Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2023 JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo reap gains from rates roiling small banks JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. are reeling in windfalls from higher interest rates that upended smaller lenders last month.