JPMorganChase

(NYSE: JPM · $334.30 ▲ 0.4%) JPMorganChase is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City, where its history traces back to 1799. It operates in more than 100 markets, serving millions of customers along with corporate, institutional and government clients through asset and investment management, business advice and banking services. Its business runs under two brands, J.P. Morgan and Chase, which serve clients ranging from consumers and small businesses to large organisations in the U.S. and around the world. This combination of retail banking and wholesale finance under one roof is typical of the largest universal banks, which pair a stable deposit base with fee-generating advisory and markets activity.

The firm is organised into several business areas. Consumer & Community Banking serves 80 million individuals, families and businesses with banking, saving and investing products. Commercial & Investment Banking provides strategic advice, capital raising, risk management, liquidity, payment solutions and asset safeguarding in markets worldwide, while Asset & Wealth Management offers solutions across asset classes for individuals, advisors and institutions. Technology also features prominently, with a workforce of over 60,000 technologists, reflecting how payments, digital banking and trading increasingly depend on in-house software at banks of this scale.

JPMorganChase describes its work as guided by a set of four business principles and frames community investment, local collaborations and policy advocacy as part of how it supports economic growth. The company states that it is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to characteristics such as race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Statements of this kind are standard among large U.S. employers and reflect the protections set out in federal equal employment law.