Banks

JPMorgan Chase beefs up mobile app with bond trading as bank targets $1 trillion in assets
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the JPMorgan China Summit in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Once a laggard in the online investing game, JPMorgan Chase now believes it is a leader. The […]
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Klarna CEO wants to turn the platform into a ‘super app’ with AI
Key Points Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski wants to make the platform more of an all-encompassing financial “super app” that’s personalized and can offer non-financial services. “With AI, you can abstract and adopt the experience much more to the specific user you’re dealing with,” Siemiatkowski told CNBC in an interview this week. On Wednesday, Klarna is […]
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JPMorgan moves further into crypto with stablecoin-like token JPMD
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks to the Economic Club of New York in Manhattan, New York City, on April 23, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters JPMorgan Chase is taking a step further into the cryptocurrency space with its own stablecoin-like token, called JPMD. The U.S. banking giant told CNBC […]
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JPMorgan Chase unveils new Sapphire Reserve card perks and $795 annual fee
Key Points JPMorgan Chase is betting that a long list of new perks will keep affluent Americans hooked on its Sapphire Reserve card, despite a hefty bump in its annual fee. The bank on Tuesday unveiled an update to its premium credit card, which will now carry a $795 annual fee. The bank is touting […]
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Luxury credit card rivalry heats up as Amex, JPMorgan tease updates to their premier cards
Anna Barclay | Getty Images The long-running rivalry between the country’s top premium credit cards is about to heat up again. JPMorgan Chase announced last week that a refresh of its Sapphire Reserve — the travel and dining rewards card that went viral when it arrived in 2016 — was imminent. In response, American Express […]
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Fed’s inspector general is reviewing Trump administration’s moves to dismantle CFPB
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Federal Reserve’s inspector general is reviewing the Trump administration’s attempts to lay off nearly all Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees and cancel the agency’s […]
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UniCredit CEO says Commerzbank currently too expensive for takeover offer
Andrea Orcel, chief executive officer of Unicredit, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel on Wednesday told CNBC that the share price of potential takeover target Commerzbank is currently too prohibitively expensive for a merger deal. UniCredit has built a surprise stake in Commerzbank […]
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Walmart is using its own fintech firm to provide credit cards after dumping Capital One
Key Points Walmart’s majority-owned fintech startup OnePay said Monday that it was launching a pair of new credit cards for customers of the world’s biggest retailer. To do so, OnePay is partnering with Synchrony, a major behind-the-scenes player in retail cards, which will issue the cards and handle underwriting decisions starting in the fall, the companies […]
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Swiss government proposes tough new capital rules in major blow to UBS
Key Points The Swiss government proposed strict new capital rules that would require banking giant UBS to hold an additional $26 billion in core capital. The measures would also mean that UBS will need to fully capitalize its foreign units and carry out fewer share buybacks. The Swiss National Bank said it supported the measures […]
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