WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. J.P. Morgan & Co. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.P._Morgan_&_Co.

    J.P. Morgan & Co. is an American financial institution specialized in investment banking, asset management and private banking founded by financier J. P. Morgan in 1871. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company is now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase , one of the largest banking institutions in the world.

  3. J. P. Morgan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan

    J. P. Morgan. John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) [1] was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co., he was a driving personal force behind the ...

  4. JPMorgan Chase - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational finance company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United States and the world's largest bank by market capitalization as of 2023. [4] [5] As the largest of Big Four banks, the firm is considered systemically important by the Financial ...

  5. List of bank mergers in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bank_mergers_in...

    Berks County Trust Company. Wyomissing Valley Bank, Temple State Bank, Mount Penn Trust Company, Reamstown Exchange Bank, Schuylkill Trust Company. Berks County Trust Company (1964 as American Bank and Trust Co or American Bankcorp) Wells Fargo. 1964. National Bank of Commerce. Texas National Bank.

  6. Morgan family - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_family

    The Morgan family is an American family and banking dynasty, which became prominent in the U.S. and throughout the world in the late 19th century and early 20th century.. Members of the family amassed an immense fortune over the generations, primarily through the work of Junius Spencer (J.S.) Morgan (1813-1890) and John Pierpont (J. P.) Morgan Sr. (1837–19

  7. History of investment banking in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_investment...

    t. e. Philadelphia financier Jay Cooke established the first modern American investment bank during the Civil War era. However, private banks had been providing investment banking functions since the beginning of the 19th century and many of these evolved into investment banks in the post-bellum era. [1]

  8. History of banking in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_banking_in_the...

    In order to comply with the new regulation, most large banks split into separate entities. For example, JP Morgan split into three entities: JP Morgan continued to operate as a commercial bank, Morgan Stanley was formed to operate as an investment bank, and Morgan Grenfell operated as a British merchant bank. Banking Act of 1935

  9. Rothschild & Co - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_&_Co

    Rothschild & Co SCA. Rothschild & Co is a multinational private and merchant bank, headquartered in Paris, France and London, England. It is the flagship of the Rothschild banking group controlled by the British and French branches of the Rothschild family . The banking business of the firm covers the areas of investment banking, restructuring ...