JPMorgan Chase was formed in 2000 by the merger of J.P. Morgan and Chase Manhattan Bank.
The merger combined J.P. Morgan, with deep roots in investment banking and corporate finance, with Chase Manhattan, a major commercial bank. The resulting company was initially called J.P. Morgan Chase and later became JPMorgan Chase.
The firm’s history reaches further back through numerous predecessor institutions. Chase Manhattan itself was created through earlier mergers, while J.P. Morgan’s lineage includes the banking house associated with financier J. Pierpont Morgan.
The 2000 transaction is distinct from JPMorgan Chase’s 2004 merger with Bank One and its 2008 acquisition of Bear Stearns. Those later deals further expanded the company’s consumer banking, investment banking, and securities operations.