Chase's roots trace back to the 18th century when it was founded under the name of the Bank of the Manhattan Company. Today it serves as the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase. The brand services one of out six Americans through its 5,600 branches, seven million home loans and 64 million credit cards. It ranked as the No. 1 Small Business Association lender three straight years. [...] more
Staples may be the latest retailer affected by a data breach, according to recent reports. If it’s true, the company is just one more link in a chain of information thefts that has hit consumers of Target, Home Depot, Jimmy John’s, JP Morgan Chase, Michaels, and Kmart, among others. In fact, up to 6 in 10 Americans may be affected by all the read »
Kate Ashford, Contributor
Apple Pay is here. That means the approximately 10 million owners of the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus can now to use their phone as a wallet…some places.
However, there are a few things that aren’t obvious, and it seemed wise to call them out. In fact, they’re downright obscure. Thanks to my pioneering partner Nikki Baird who read »
Paula Rosenblum, Contributor
Two of our nation’s top attorneys, Helen Chaitman and Lance Gotthoffer, just released Chapter 3 of their riveting and free book, JPMadoff – The Unholy Alliance Between America’s Biggest Bank and America’s Biggest Crook. All Americans concerned about financial fraud and the role of our regulators and politicians in sustaining read »
Laurence Kotlikoff, Contributor
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interesting call contract, from the June 2015 expiration for JPM.
The put contract our YieldBoost algorithm read »
StockOptionsChannel.com, Contributor
Friday’s market snap-back was triggered by strong hints from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England that interest rates will not be raised until there is evidence of a stronger global economy, a very doubtful expectation today, tomorrow and the days after that. Going forward then will depend on what comes down in this read »
Robert Lenzner, Contributor
As the most forward-thinking research arm of the Pentagon, it’s the job of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to take creations worthy of a comic book or Bond film and make them a reality. The agency already has a few truly revolutionary inventions under its belt, including the Internet, GPS, and unmanned aerial vehicles. read »
William Pentland, Contributor
Lockheed Martin, the aerospace and defense conglomerate based in Bethesda, Md., is claiming to have made a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion, which could lead to development of reactors small enough to fit on the back of a truck within a decade.
In the simplest terms, nuclear fission breaks a single atom into two whereas nuclear read »
William Pentland, Contributor
JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s biggest bank, returned to third quarter profitability, but did not earn as much as Wall Street believed it would in the third quarter of 2014.
JPMorgan Chase reported third-quarter net income of $5.6 billion, or $1.36 per share, a big improvement from the same period last year, when the bank’s hefty read »
Nathan Vardi, Forbes Staff
The major U.S. stock market indexes took a dive Monday, marking a three day downward trend for stocks driven by unease over Federal Reserve monetary tightening and a tumultuous global economy.
The S&P 500 closed at 1,875, down 1.7% for the day and putting the index below its 200 day average for the first time since 2012. The decline read »
Carl O'Donnell, Forbes Staff
Here’s a roundup of the latest data breach news:
Dairy Queen – On Thursday, Dairy Queen confirmed that nearly 400 Dairy Queen locations (and one Orange Julius location) were compromised by Backoff malware in August. When news of a potential breach first broke in August, Dairy Queen denied the the breach initially but then read »
Kate Vinton, Forbes Staff
