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• JPMorgan Receives License To Underwrite Bond in China Market

  JPMorgan Chase received license to underwrite bond in Chinese corporate market. This enable the bank to issue corporate bond in China emerging market.

• Florida man arrested for bribery in case linked to JPMorgan hacking

  A Florida man was arrested for participating in a bribery scheme aimed at supporting an illegal bitcoin exchange operated by his son and owned by an Israeli behind a series of hacking attacks on organizations such as JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• 5-year sentence given to ex-JPMorgan broker for stealing $20 million used in game gambling

  A US District Judge handed down a 5-year sentence to a former JPMorgan broker for strealing $20 million which he used in game gambling. The former broker admitted of having an addiction which opted him to commit the crime.

• JPMorgan's "London Whale" speaks up, says debacle was not his fault

  Former JPMorgan trader breaks his silence for the first time in years. He said that he is not responsible for the "London Whale" debacle.

• JPMorgan pays Insurer Ambac $2.5bn to settle legal disputes

  Lehman Brothers and Ambac finally get justice as JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay them a total of almost $2.5 billion.

• FBI has lead in probe of 1.2 billion stolen Web credentials: documents

  A hacker who once advertised having access to user account information for websites like Facebook (FB.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) has been linked through a Russian email address to the theft of a record 1.2 billion Internet credentials, the FBI said in court documents.

• UBS to pay $545 million over forex scandal, rivals await fate

  UBS (UBSG.VX) will pay $545 million to U.S. authorities to end an investigation into alleged manipulation of currency rates, a settlement that will help the Swiss bank to move on after a series of trading scandals.

• Bank parents or main units seen pleading guilty over FX: sources

  The parent companies or main banking units of as many as five major banks, rather than their smaller subsidiaries, are expected to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges over manipulation of foreign exchange rates, people familiar with the matter said.

• JPMorgan probed over role in French tax evasion case

  U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) has been placed under formal investigation in France as part of a probe into alleged tax evasion by senior managers at investment firm Wendel (MWDP.PA), a court official said on Wednesday.

• JPMorgan says currency probe settlement talks in 'advanced stages'

  JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) said on Tuesday it is in "advanced stages" of settlement talks with the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Reserve over previously disclosed investigations into its foreign exchange trading.

• JPMorgan Chase on track to pay $4 billion to homeowners as part of settlement

  JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) is on track to meet its mandate to provide billions of dollars in consumer relief to struggling homeowners as part of a settlement it reached over bad residential mortgage-backed securities it sold before the financial crisis, an independent monitor said on Thursday.

• Upset by Warren, U.S. banks debate halting some campaign donations

  Big Wall Street banks are so upset with Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren's call for them to be broken up that some have discussed withholding campaign donations to Senate Democrats in symbolic protest, sources familiar with the discussions said.

• JPMorgan under scrutiny over hiring of Chinese minister's son: WSJ

  JPMorgan Chase & Co is under federal scrutiny over hiring the son of China's current commerce minister, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing internal emails.

• JPMorgan to pay $99.5 million to resolve currency rigging lawsuit

  JPMorgan Chase & Co, the largest U.S. bank, agreed to pay $99.5 million to settle its portion of an antitrust lawsuit in which investors accuse 12 major banks of rigging prices in the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market.

• SEC fines 13 firms over sale of Puerto Rico junk bonds

  Units of 13 major Wall Street firms, including JPMorgan and UBS, improperly sold bonds from Puerto Rico's landmark March junk deal to retail investors who may not have understood the debt's riskiness, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.

• EU fines JPMorgan, UBS, Credit Suisse for taking part in cartels

  JPMorgan (JPM.N), UBS (UBSN.VX) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) were fined a total of 94 million euros ($120 million) by the European Commission for taking part in cartels in the financial sector.

• Mass Mutual sues JP Morgan over 'smart' retirement trademark

  Unable to reach a compromise with JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) over the use of the term "smart" in relation to its lucrative retirement savings products, major life insurance provider MassMutual is taking the banking company to court.

• Sightseeing firm Big Bus Tours hires JPMorgan for sale - sources

  One of the world's largest operators of open-top sightseeing tours, Big Bus Tours, has hired JPMorgan to find a buyer in a deal that could value the travel firm at close to 500 million pounds ($810 million), sources familiar with the situation said.