• JPMorgan Chase reduce about 500 positions this week, largely amongst know-how and operations teams, in keeping with folks with information of the transfer.
• The cuts have been unfold throughout the New York-based agency’s predominant divisions, stated the folks, who declined to be recognized talking about personnel issues.
• The dismissals come whilst JPMorgan seeks to fill about 13,000 open positions, stated one of many folks.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.

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JPMorgan Chase reduce about 500 positions this week, largely amongst know-how and operations teams, in keeping with folks with information of the transfer.

The cuts have been unfold throughout the New York-based agency’s predominant divisions of retail and industrial banking, asset and wealth administration and its company and funding financial institution, stated the folks, who declined to be recognized talking about personnel issues.

Like many monetary companies, JPMorgan periodically trims workers in the course of the yr, even because it hires 1000’s extra staff to fill roles. The financial institution has about 13,000 open positions, stated one of many folks.

Beneath CEO Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan has been in progress mode as of late, most lately by buying failed regional financial institution First Republic in a government-brokered deal. This week, JPMorgan supplied positions to about 85% of First Republic’s roughly 7,000 staff.

JPMorgan had 296,877 workers as of March 31, 8% larger than a yr earlier.

The financial institution declined to remark about its personnel selections.