All JPMorgan Chase articles
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PremiumChapter 4: Investigations into misconduct: What banks can do
Both JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank retained their respective Jeffrey Epstein relationships for too long. Yet, there is a case to be made for why exiting a high-risk relationship too soon can become an inverse form of recklessness.
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PremiumChapter 3: Egregious failures: Customer due diligence and transaction monitoring
Why did JPMorgan Chase retain Jeffrey Epstein for more than a dozen years? How did the relationship persist despite glaring red flags? The “why” is straightforward; the “how” is more complicated.
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PremiumChapter 2: KYC shortfalls: JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank’s onboarding of Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein’s designation as a high-risk client should have subjected him to enhanced due diligence that never appeared to occur, most notably at Deutsche Bank. Instead, Epstein was allowed to continue his misconduct despite numerous red flags.
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PremiumChapter 1: Compliance v. complicity: The ‘underbelly’ of bank culture
Why were decisions made the way they were at the banks that serviced Jeffrey Epstein? Evidence points to a cultural tension: a tug-of-war between the allure of profit and the drag of compliance, with the former having all the pulling power.
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PremiumCase study: ‘The Banks Behind the Epstein Enterprise’
This Compliance Week case study offers a deep dive into the anti-money laundering compliance failures—and alleged complicity—of JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, the two banks that enabled the Jeffrey Epstein enterprise to flourish for decades.
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News BriefJPMorgan fined $348M by OCC, Fed over trade surveillance lapses
JPMorgan Chase will pay $348.2 million in fines to settle allegations laid by two federal banking regulators that it failed to adequately monitor trading and order activity.
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News BriefJPMorgan bracing for $350M in penalties over trade surveillance
JPMorgan Chase disclosed in a regulatory filing it expects to be penalized approximately $350 million by two unnamed U.S. regulators over lapses in its trading surveillance activities.
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PremiumTable: SEC, CFTC off-channel communications penalties
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have combined to levy about $2.8 billion in penalties (so far) against firms and their affiliates in response to recordkeeping failures regarding employee use of off-channel communications for business purposes.
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News BriefJPMorgan to pay record $18M for violating SEC whistleblower rule
A subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase will pay an $18 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly violating the agency’s whistleblower protection rule in hundreds of settlement agreements with clients and customers.
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News BriefGoldman, JPMorgan, Bank of America caught in CFTC swap reporting sweep
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America agreed to pay penalties totaling $53 million across settlements with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission addressing alleged swap reporting failures among their respective affiliates.
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News BriefJPMorgan to pay $75M in latest Epstein-related settlement
JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $75 million as part of a settlement with the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands regarding the bank’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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News BriefEx-JPMorgan precious metals traders sentenced in spoofing case
Two former precious metals traders at JPMorgan Chase were sentenced after being convicted a year ago for fraud, attempted price manipulation, and spoofing.
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PremiumInvestor lawsuit targets Bank of America over off-channel comms fines
Stockholder lawsuits have emerged as the latest aftershock from the regulatory crackdown against banks and financial services firms for allowing off-channel business communications by their employees.
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News BriefJPMorgan unit fined $4M over record retention violations
JPMorgan Securities agreed to pay $4 million to settle charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding record retention violations related to the deletion of approximately 47 million electronic communications.
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News BriefJPMorgan to pay $290M to settle Jeffrey Epstein class action
JPMorgan Chase announced it reached an agreement in principle to settle claims made in a class-action lawsuit regarding the bank’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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News BriefFINRA fines JPMorgan unit $750K over inaccurate, duplicative orders
JPMorgan Securities agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that its inadequate financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures allowed erroneous orders to be placed with exchanges or alternative trading systems.
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News BriefDeutsche Bank to pay $75M to settle Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking suit
Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by sexual assault victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
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PremiumJPMorgan whistleblower candidly shares experiences at CW2023
If compliance officers are good at their jobs, they can expect to eventually catch their employers breaking the law, whistleblower Edward Siedle told attendees during a fireside chat at Compliance Week’s 2023 National Conference.
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News BriefFirst Republic Bank closed, sold to JPMorgan Chase by FDIC
San Francisco-based First Republic Bank was closed by state and federal banking regulators over the weekend, then sold to JPMorgan Chase Bank. The failure is the second largest in U.S. banking history.
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OpinionAlleged fraudster cited privacy in duping JPMorgan into $175M merger
Charlie Javice and her startup Frank allegedly convinced the country’s largest bank to pay $175 million for what largely amounted to a list of fake college students. The apparent due diligence failures by JPMorgan Chase offer a cautionary tale to compliance professionals.