JPMorgan Chase & Co. will make a significant expansion into the Washington market, including Maryland, adding branches and hiring hundreds of new employees, the bank announced Thursday.

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The hackers who raided the data banks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. used computers now linked to possible attacks on at least 13 more financial companies, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

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WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a record $13 billion settlement with federal and state authorities, resolving claims over the bank’s sales of low-quality, high-risk mortgage-backed securities that collapsed in value during the U.S. housing crisis. The agreement ...

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WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $13 billion in a landmark settlement after it acknowledged that it misled investors about the quality of risky mortgage-backed securities ahead of the 2008 financial crisis. The settlement announcement Tuesday ...

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WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay $920 million and has admitted that it failed to oversee trading that led to a $6 billion loss and renewed worries about serious risk-taking by major banks. U.S. and U.K. regulators said ...

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WASHINGTON — Profits at U.S. banks jumped almost 37 percent for the October-December period, reaching the highest level for a fourth quarter in six years as banks continued to step up lending. The figures are fresh evidence of the industry’s ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency’s solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. bank earnings rose in the first three months of the year to the highest level in nearly five years and the number of troubled banks fell for the fourth straight quarter. The mostly positive first-quarter earnings released ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America will sell most of its remaining shares in China Construction Bank as it raises cash and shores up its capital base. The latest sell-off in the Chinese bank, announced Monday, is expected to generate ...

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Wells Fargo & Co. said Tuesday it has agreed to pay at least $37 million in a lawsuit which alleges several banks rigged bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. Banks help municipalities ...

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