Tag: JP Morgan

• Friday, February 15th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  JP Morgan breaks ground and creates a crypto-currency, JPM Coin

  

  US investment bank JP Morgan has created a crypto-currency to help settle payments between clients in its wholesale payments business. JPM Coin is the first digital currency to be backed by a major US bank.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 10:58 UTC

  Brexit: First quarter of 2018, “point of no return” for financial services industry

  

  The clock is ticking for the financial services industry, with banks said to be months away from being forced to act on Brexit contingency plans that could see thousands of jobs leave the UK. The first quarter of 2018 has been dubbed the “point of no return” for banks, insurers and asset managers as the industry calls on the UK to clinch a transition period that would extend market access to the EU beyond March 2019.