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JP Morgan to expand its online bank Chase to Germany

Monday 24 July 2023 13:15 CET | News

US-based financial services firm JP Morgan has announced its plan to expand its online bank Chase to Germany and other countries from the European Union.

The initiative aims to provide customers and clients in Germany and the EU with Chase’s suite of products and services while keeping the focus on meeting the needs, preferences, and demands of the market and remaining compliant with the requirements of the local industry. 

An official date for the expansion has not been released yet. 

US-based financial services firm JP Morgan has announced its plan to expand its online bank Chase to Germany and other countries from the European Union.

 

JP Morgan’s strategy of development

American multinational financial solutions company JP Morgan had multiple partnerships, expansions, and product launches in the last couple of months, covering several geographic regions around the world. 

In June 2023, JP Morgan introduced a new euro-dominated payment method for corporate customers by using its JPM Coin to bring blockchain closer to the overall traditional banking. The JPM Coin was launched in 2019 and it was originally aimed to move dollars. 

The system was updated however in order to support other currencies, such as euro transactions. Its primary function was designed to allow wholesale payment users to transfer dollars or euros to and from their multiple JP Morgan accounts around the globe in a secure and efficient manner, as well as to make payments and transactions to other clients of the bank. The customers were set to benefit from the new capabilities of blockchain instead of conventional payment rails. 

Earlier in the same month, the financial institution announced its expansion to Israel and its decision to enter the local commercial banking sector for high-tech commercial banking, companies, and firms. This represented a part of the bank’s Innovation Economy banking division, which was focused on catering to the development of enterprises, firms, as well as the overall venture capital community. The feature added to the already existing competition in the account management, financial products, and services sectors for high-tech companies.

Throughout this expansion, JP Morgan was set to prioritise mainly late-stage high-tech firms by providing them with tools and solutions such as capital rising support, liquidity products, as well as payment management. The bank also offered strategic advice to venture capital funds and to their portfolio companies. 

JP Morgan Chase’s UK retail banking unit partnered with the Current Account Switch Service (CASS) in order to improve the banking experience of clients. The firms discussed the importance of switching the current account providers in a more effective, seamless, and secure way so that users and customers would be enabled to make better financial decisions and enhance their overall financial well-being and balance. 


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Keywords: expansion, mobile banking, online banking, banking, digital banking, financial services, financial institutions
Categories: Banking & Fintech
Companies: Chase, JP Morgan
Countries: Europe, Germany
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