J.P. Morgan & Co. merged with Chase Manhattan in 2000 to form JPMorgan Chase.
The transaction was completed in December 2000, creating one of the largest banking combinations in the United States at the time. The combined company took the name JPMorgan Chase, bringing together Chase Manhattan’s commercial-banking network and J.P. Morgan’s investment-banking heritage.
The merger followed an earlier chain of consolidation. Chase Manhattan had merged with Chemical Bank in 1996, although the better-known Chase name was retained. The new Chase Manhattan then acquired J.P. Morgan & Co., with the resulting company adopting the modern JPMorgan Chase identity.
The date is often confused with later expansion. JPMorgan Chase acquired Bank One in 2004, while its 2008 purchases of Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual occurred during the financial crisis. None of those later deals is the merger that created the JPMorgan Chase name.