1955: When Chase Was Too Small to Bail

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 6, 2011 at 10:55 AM

American Banker has a fun flashback that helps show how out of whack our financial system has gotten in the... More

American Banker Delves into Debt-Collecting Woes at Chase

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 13, 2012 at 03:26 PM

It looks more and more like the foreclosure scandal is a symptom of a larger problem. American Banker's Jeff Horwitz... More

NYT Eyes a Conflict of Interest at JPMorgan

The bank made a couple billion dollars as its clients lost their shirts

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 11, 2011 at 01:58 PM

The New York Times looks at a lawsuit over conflicts of interest at JPMorgan and how the bank covered its... More

NYT Reports Bear Stearns Wasn’t Alone on Putbacks

Plus, Wall Street saw fraud signs, demanded money back, then kept buying loans

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 10, 2011 at 02:50 PM

The New York Times has a very good look today at what the Ambac lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase could mean... More

Audit Notes: 1966 Wages, Fracking’s Chickens and Eggs, Whistleblowers

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 16, 2012 at 02:35 AM

David Cay Johnston looks at the latest income-distribution data from Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty, and notes that in this... More

Audit Notes: Dimon the Persecuted, Mitt’s Taxes, Minimum Wage

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 25, 2012 at 02:32 AM

Yesterday we heard press favorite Jamie Dimon sputtering about how swipe-fee regulations, which capped how much big banks could gouge... More

Audit Notes: It’s Wall Street’s Deficit, Dimon Steps In It, Red-Faced Mortgage Bankers

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2011 at 07:45 PM

Simon Johnson looks at the "Ruinous Fiscal Impact of Big Banks" over at The New York Times's Economix blog: First,... More

Audit Notes: JPMorgan’s Denuded County, Recession Watch, Reporting Rumors

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 12, 2011 at 04:14 PM

Bloomberg News revisits JPMorgan Chase's screwing of Jefferson County, Alabama, as the county debates whether to file for bankruptcy because... More

Audit Notes: Kim Dotcom and SOPA, Private Equity, Swipe Fees

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 23, 2012 at 07:58 PM

The Kim Dotcom story is fascinating, and not just because the FBI had to get dozens of cops in New... More

Audit Notes: Sky News Hacking, JPMorgan Fined, False Balance

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 6, 2012 at 01:59 AM

Murdoch's hacking scandal continues to metastasize, spreading to Sky News now, which admitted when asked by The Guardian that it... More

Bloomberg on How a European AIG Would Hit the U.S.

Big U.S. banks are upping their exposure to Europe by selling credit-default swaps

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 2, 2011 at 06:57 PM

Bloomberg News has an important report on how sovereign defaults in Europe could infect the U.S. banking system via ye... More

Bloomberg Scrutinizes JPMorgan Chase

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 13, 2012 at 06:58 PM

Bloomberg News has an important story today showing how press favorite Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase has ramped up risk in... More

Cataloging the Banks’ Crimes and Misdeeds

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 27, 2011 at 06:28 PM

This excellent Daily Beast piece by Gary Rivlin catalogs the major crimes of the four biggest U.S. banks plus Goldman... More

Daley Latest in a Long Line of Business-Friendly Obama Picks

A “conciliatory” move in an administration that’s seen plenty of them

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 7, 2011 at 11:43 AM

The press is calling President Obama's appointment of JPMorgan Chase's William Daley as his new chief of staff a conciliatory... More

Fraud Without Fraudsters; Fraud Without “Fraud”

The SEC’s settlement with JPMorgan Chase on a Magnetar deal

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 23, 2011 at 02:02 PM

How is it possible to file a civil fraud lawsuit against a bank without filing them against a banker? That's... More