Financial writer discusses JPMorgan Chase's strong results, Federal Reserve policies, and how they impact future banking stock performance.

Senate Banking Committee member Elizabeth Warren is concerned the Federal Reserve may be “turning a blind eye” to alleged misconduct by America’s largest bank.

Shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) are up a fantastic 55% over the past year, strongly outperforming the S&P 500 index's 26% gain. The banking giant has successfully leveraged a resilient economic backdrop into a record year for profitability.

The Federal Reserve chair said banks are well situated to handle risks related to crypto customers, but added that regulatory scrutiny of banks' direct engagement with the assets will be greater than for simple custody arrangements.

As interest rates rose, banks charged more for credit cards and loans, but held rates paid on savings accounts.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would press the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates “immediately,” rekindling a fight over the historically independent U.S. central bank.

Citing concerns about going outside its statutory mandate, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors voted to leave the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System.

Shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE ... an impressive set of operating and financial results. Even with the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates last year, pressuring the bank's net interest income ...

JPMorgan Chase named Curtis Reed on Tuesday as chief of the largest U.S. lender's government banking and healthcare, higher education and not-for-profit banking businesses.

Sheer size doesn't guarantee future growth, though. Indeed, the bigger the organization gets, the more difficult it can be to find new ways to tack on even more size. For any company to be the basis for a life-changing investment, it must be able to firmly outpace the mere rising tide of inflation and population growth.

In particular, continued slow loan growth is becoming a drag on regional banks, which have less exposure to the booming Wall Street trading and investment-banking business that is

In a week when AI chipmaker Nvidia suffered the biggest one-day loss of value on record and the Federal Reserve said it was in no hurry to cut rates again, a few gauges underscore markets' vulnerability to big swings.