Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. is opening its first retail branches in the Philadelphia area as part of a broader plan to bolster the consumer bank by expanding into more than a dozen new markets over five years. The largest US bank by assets is planning to open about 50 branches and hire 300 people in Philadelphia, Delaware and Southern ...

Bloomberg The White House’s latest pick for the Federal Reserve Board was deliberately chosen for her financial stability expertise and knowledge of the Fed system to round out a board of monetary policy experts and Wall-Street savvy lawyers. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Nellie Liang, a Ph.D. economist who ran the Fed’s financial stability unit until her retirement last ...

Bloomberg Morgan Stanley’s highest ranking women are flying to New York this week from around the world to solve a gnawing problem: There aren’t enough of them. The bank, looking to support the advancement of women to its top echelons, is hosting a summit in Manhattan on Wednesday and on Thursday for about 350 who are already managing directors at ...