Jamie Dimon on JPMorgan Acquisition of First Republic Bank

JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to acquire First Republic Bank in a government-led deal for the failed lender, putting to rest one of the biggest troubled banks remaining after turmoil engulfed the industry in March.

The transaction, announced in the early morning hours Monday after First Republic was seized by regulators, makes the biggest US bank even larger while minimizing the damage to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s guarantee fund. JPMorgan agreed to the takeover after private rescue efforts failed to fill a hole in the troubled lender’s balance sheet and customers yanked their deposits.

First Republic was the second-biggest bank failure in US history, and the fourth regional lender to collapse since early March.

“This is getting near the end of it, and hopefully this helps stabilize everything,” JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said on a call with journalists Monday. Regional banks that reported first-quarter results in recent weeks “actually had some pretty good results,” the CEO said. “The American banking system is extraordinarily sound.”

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Hahaha. Things are just great. Orrrr not.

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Let's see him give up all his private property for green energy FIRST !! Actually his bank has a lot of money He can pay for the green energy afterall it's just a money machine for the people ....