Jamie Dimon

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News about Jamie Dimon, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Jul. 2, 2014

    Corporate leaders have wrestled with how — or whether — to go public about health problems. How much to disclose, and when, involves delicate corporate and personal decisions for which there are few hard rules. MORE

  2. Jul. 1, 2014

    In an email to the bank’s employees and shareholders, Mr. Dimon said that doctors discovered the cancer at an early stage. MORE

  3. Feb. 9, 2014

    A top Chinese regulator directly asked Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, for a “favor” to hire a young job applicant, a confidential email shows. The applicant, a family friend of the regulator, now works at JPMorgan. MORE

  4. Feb. 1, 2014

    James B Stewart Common Sense column on decision by JPMorgan Chase's board to award chief executive Jamie Dimon compensation of $20 million, or 74 percent raise, for year in which bank narrowly escaped criminal guilty plea and paid more than $20 billion in regulatory fines and penalties; says in world of Wall Street executive compensation, pay raise recommended for Dimon is not only defensible, but laudable. MORE

  5. Jan. 23, 2014

    In a series of contentious meetings, JPMorgan Chase’s board voted to give Jamie Dimon a new pay package after his pay was cut in half last year, to $11.5 million. MORE

  6. Oct. 20, 2013

    A tentative $13 billion settlement between JPMorgan and the Justice Department was a result of extensive personal outreach from Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, to the Justice Department. MORE

  7. Oct. 20, 2013

    Mounting legal problems have so far left Jamie Dimon unscathed at the helm of JPMorgan Chase. MORE

  8. Sep. 26, 2013

    Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, met with the attorney general to discuss a deal that would involve a fine of more than $7 billion, plus $4 billion in relief for struggling homeowners. MORE

  9. Sep. 21, 2013

    Joe Nocera Op-Ed column recounts how JPMorgan Chase went from best-managed bank with an admirable chief executive in Jamie Dimon to becoming a pinata for government regulators, racking up total of $1.3 billion in fines in one day; contends reason is bank was never as well-managed as it appeared and now regulators are finally getting serious. MORE

  10. May. 26, 2013

    Jeff Sommers Strategies column observes that JPMorgan Chase shareholders approved dual role of Jamie Dimon as chief executive officer and chairman, while Apple's chief Timothy D Cook received praise from senators at a hearing on firm's strategies to avoid taxes. MORE

  11. May. 22, 2013

    JPMorgan Chase is redoubling its efforts to move beyond a big trading loss following a resounding shareholder endorsement to keep Jamie Dimon as both chairman and chief of the bank. MORE

  12. May. 21, 2013

    A JPMorgan Chase shareholder resolution to split the chairman and chief executive roles became a referendum on Jamie Dimon himself. It was a test he easily passed. MORE

  13. May. 19, 2013

    If shareholders separate the jobs of chairman and chief executive — positions that Jamie Dimon has held since 2008 — it would signal a shift in the balance of power in corporate America. MORE

  14. May. 14, 2013

    As he wrestles with the fallout of a bungled trade, Jamie Dimon, the chief of JPMorgan Chase, has sought advice from a banker familiar with tumult: Lloyd C. Blankfein. MORE

  15. May. 13, 2013

    It may not be popular to say, but the incontrovertible fact remains that JPMorgan Chase has remained one of the best-performing banks on Wall Street under Jamie Dimon. MORE

  16. May. 9, 2013

    Op-Ed article by Prof Jeffrey A Sonnenfeld criticizes those who want to separate jobs of chairman and chief executive officer at banks, and attack Jamie Dimon for holding both positions at JPMorgan Chase; contends there is no evidence to suggest that anything would be gained by separating roles, which can even add to confusion over responsibilities and voice. MORE

  17. Apr. 29, 2013

    The turnover at the highest levels of the bank continues just weeks before a shareholder vote decides whether to split the roles of chairman and chief executive. MORE

  18. Apr. 5, 2013

    Board members are making an unusual effort to persuade investors that JPMorgan Chase’s chief, Jamie Dimon, should keep his chairman title amid fallout from a trading loss. MORE

  19. Feb. 27, 2013

    JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon vows to change how the bank deals with Internet-based payday lenders that automatically withdraw payments from borrowers' checking accounts. MORE

  20. Jun. 14, 2012

    Editorial criticizes members of the Senate Banking Committee for their soft-ball treatment of JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon during a hearing on the bank's massive trading loss; notes that Dimon appeared anything but contrite during the proceedings; contends that until lawmakers commit to tougher regulations on proprietary trading, the financial system will continue to be vulnerable to the hubris and recklessness of big banking. MORE

  21. May. 17, 2012

    Editorial scores Jamie Dimon and his co-executives at JPMorgan Chase for continuing to push for weakened form of the Volcker Rule, which is meant to bar banks from making risky trades with their own capital; argues bank's $2 billion loss leaves no doubt that regulators must shore up the Volcker Rule so that it strictly limits such hedging. MORE

  22. May. 16, 2012

    Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column submits JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon has gone from being the great defender against tougher bank regulations to being the shining example of why still tougher regulations may be needed, in light of bank's $2 billion trading blunder. MORE

  23. May. 13, 2012

    Gretchen Morgenson Fair Game column contends the $2 billion trading loss disclosed by JPMorgan Chase shows how the tables have turned on the bank and its chief executive Jamie Dimon, an industry point man against tighter regulation; points out the loss comes just a month after a private dinner party at which he assailed Paul Volcker and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard W Fisher, who have pushed for policies that would make banks like JPMorgan smaller and less risky. MORE

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Highlights From the Archives

Jamie Dimon: America’s Least-Hated Banker

Jamie Dimon: America’s Least-Hated Banker

By ROGER LOWENSTEIN

During the financial crisis, the C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase outshone his rivals. But where exactly does that leave him now?

December 5, 2010 magazineNews
After Crisis, Show of Power From JPMorgan

After Crisis, Show of Power From JPMorgan

By ERIC DASH

For all Jamie Dimon’s gloomy talk, the future for JPMorgan Chase is looking bright after the credit crisis.

July 15, 2010 businessNews
In Washington, One Bank Chief Still Holds Sway

In Washington, One Bank Chief Still Holds Sway

By JACKIE CALMES and LOUISE STORY

With the financial crisis, Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase, has become more politically engaged and in the process, the most credible voice of a discredited industry.

July 19, 2009 businessNews

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Banks Did It Apple's Way in Payments by Mobile

By NATHANIEL POPPER

The eagerness of banks and card companies to work with Apple on its mobile payment system suggests Apple’s clout and the concern financial players have for their future.

September 11, 2014, Thursday

MetLife's Low Profile May Work to Its Advantage

By ROB COX

It’s understandable if MetLife objects to being labeled a systemically important financial institution, an action that’s likely later this week. But public disputes with regulators are never advisable, Rob Cox writes for Reuters Breakingviews.

July 29, 2014, Tuesday

Banks Cash In on Inversion Deals Intended to Elude Taxes

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN

Wall Street banks are estimated to have collected, or will soon collect, nearly $1 billion in fees over the last three years advising and persuading American companies to move the address of their headquarters abroad.

July 28, 2014, Monday

JPMorgan's Second-Quarter Numbers a Hopeful Sign for Economic Growth

By PETER EAVIS and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG

JPMorgan Chase’s results exceeded analyst expectations even as the bank grappled with lackluster revenue from trading and a slowdown in mortgage lending.

July 15, 2014, Tuesday

Dimon's Cancer and the Fine Line in Revealing Illness of a C.E.O.

By JULIE CRESWELL and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG

Corporate leaders have wrestled with how — or whether — to go public about health problems. How much to disclose, and when, involves delicate corporate and personal decisions for which there are few hard rules.

July 2, 2014, Wednesday

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Has Throat Cancer That He Calls 'Curable'

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG

In an email to the bank’s employees and shareholders, Mr. Dimon said that doctors discovered the cancer at an early stage.

July 1, 2014, Tuesday
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Wall Street Washes Traders' Mouths With Soap

By WILLIAM ALDEN

A string of recent regulatory crackdowns has opened a window into the locker room culture of finance. Some banks are now taking steps to clean up that culture.

May 16, 2014, Friday

A Dinner Among Survivors of the Financial Crisis

By WILLIAM ALDEN

At a charity event on Wednesday, the chief of Goldman Sachs was overheard recounting a dinner with Jamie Dimon and Peter Sands, where they traded stories from the dark days of 2008.

May 1, 2014, Thursday

Bank of America Not Alone in Reporting Anemic Results

By ANTONY CURRIE

Bank of America’s $276 million loss provides some valuable perspective on the difficulties in running a big bank these days, Antony Currie of Reuters Breakingviews writes.

April 16, 2014, Wednesday

As Trading Hurts JPMorgan, Auto Loans Aid Wells Fargo

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and MICHAEL CORKERY

The diverging fortunes of JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo in the first quarter underscore their shifting strategies.

April 11, 2014, Friday
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U.S. markets climb slow but steady video
U.S. markets climb slow but steady

Summary: Private sector job creation leads U.S. markets to new records; JPM down on Jamie Dimon health announcement; GoPro takes its first tumble; FTC sues T-Mobile; Goldman a "boys" club? Lily Jamali reports.

Who'll succeed Jamie? video
Who'll succeed Jamie?

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he has been diagnosed with curable throat cancer, but that hasn't stopped Wall Street from guessing who might eventually replace him. Fred Katayama reports.

JPMorgan's profit plunges 19 pct video
JPMorgan's profit plunges 19 pct

A slump in fixed income trading and slowdown in mortgage loans slammed JPMorgan Chase's income. But CEO Jamie Dimon voiced optimism. Fred Katayama reports.

Who Will Replace Jamie Dimon? video
Who Will Replace Jamie Dimon?

The departure of Michael Cavanaugh, a heir apparent at JPMorgan Chase, has set off a new round of speculation about who could ultimately succeed Jamie Dimon.

JPMorgan Chief on China Inquiry video
JPMorgan Chief on China Inquiry

In the interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC, Jamie Dimon played down the significance of hiring well-connected applicants.

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