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Company announcement/wealth

JP Morgan Asset Management buys 55ip

J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 55ip, a financial technology company with proprietary capabilities empowering financial advisors to deliver tax-smart investment strategies at scale.

03 December 2020

News/payments

EBAday 2020: Banks’ plumbing still needs work before ISO 20022 migration

Diving into the ‘Unlocking customer value through ISO 20022’ session on day three of EBAday 2020, Guy Moons, head of enterprise payments solution, FIS, believes that the migration toward ISO is as revolutionary to the economy as going from a black and white television to a smart TV.

26 November 2020

News/payments

EBAday 2020: Batch processing gives way to the instant payments revolution

At EBAday 2019 in Stockholm, Deutsche Bank’s Koral Araskin highlighted that if instant payments is the new normal, banks will heavily depend on cash buffers to cover all payment flows - even those which come outside of normal working hours. "Is this really meaningfully achievable?" he pondered last year. The events of 2020 and the impact of Covid-19 have truly shown that it must be achievable.

24 November 2020

Finextra TV/payments

Mapping the Future of Payments in Europe

Sara Castelhano, EMEA Head of Payments Product and Solutions, J.P. Morgan, speaks about where Europe is on its journey towards unlocking digital, J.P. Morgan’s digital strategy in Europe, how this ties into their broader strategy, and how they are drive greater collaboration across banks, fintechs, and other stakeholders.

23 November 2020

Company announcement/markets

JP Morgan becomes first validation agent in Global LEI System

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today announces that J.P. Morgan has become the first Validation Agent in the Global LEI System.

19 November 2020

News/payments

Sibos 2020: Rethinking compliance for friction-free payments

A handful of topical areas were canvassed in the ‘Friction or fiction: compliance in a real-time world’ panel session on day one of Sibos 2020’s virtual event. While there has been significant innovation in domestic and global payments, financial institutions still play a critical role in the global payment process.

06 October 2020

News/crime

FinCen leaks throw doubt on banks' AML efforts

A remarkable leak detailing 17 years' worth of confidential transaction reporting has cast doubt on banks' anti-money laundering (AML) efforts by suggesting that leading banks continued to transfer money even when they knew it could be connected to fraud.

21 September 2020

News/wholesale

JP Morgan and Blackrock tap Saphyre AI tech to automate account opening

JP Morgan’s Securities Services and BlackRock have turned to fintech Saphyre to digitise their account opening workflows.

15 September 2020

Company announcement/markets

AccessFintech and JP Morgan team on real-time payment statuses for buy-side

AccessFintech, which delivers collaboration, transparency and control to the financial services industry, announces today that it has extended its partnership with J.P. Morgan to include real-time transparency to payment statuses and workflow for dividend, income and cash wire movements.

03 September 2020

News/wholesale

ConsenSys acquires Quorum blockchain from JP Morgan

ConsenSys has acquired Quorum, the enterprise-variant of the Ethereum blockchain developed by JP Morgan, in a deal that also sees the bank make a strategic investment in the software house.

25 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

JP Morgan taps Marqeta for virtual card programme

Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, announced today that J.P. Morgan will leverage Marqeta’s unique card tokenization capabilities for its virtual card program.

28 July 2020

News/startups

JP Morgan invests in Brazil's FitBank

JP Morgan has acquired a minority stake in Brazilian fintech startup FitBank, according to local reports. Details of the investment were not disclosed.

16 July 2020