Banking

JPMorgan Chase just announced that it’ll open 90 new branches by the end of the year.

What is the bank reacting to?

BB&T Corp. is buying its competitor, SunTrust Banks, in an all-stock deal. The merger of the two southeastern U.S. regional banks is the biggest in the consumer-banking sector since the financial crisis. To some extent, the merger’s the product of the grow-or-die environment for consumer banks — that only by joining forces can the banks compete […]

Experian says consumers who let the firm monitor their checking accounts could get easier access to credit.

Bigger, stronger banks … and threats.

Three big banks posted their quarterly results Friday. And they were good. When you hear that profits at a bank like JPMorgan Chase were up almost 25 percent, you have to wonder: Why? Well, one reason is banks are making a lot more from you and me. Click the audio player above to hear the […]

Cybersecurity is now the top worry of Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase.

In the latest installment of My Economy, a dispatch from a far-flung group of Scottish islands.

We break down how a fine is distributed.

There was a time when most banks were small. They liked it that way. Today, just six banks manage more than half the assets in the entire U.S. banking industry.