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For the building, see Chase Manhattan Bank Building.
Chase is the consumer and commercial banking division of JPMorgan Chase.[2] The bank was known as Chase Manhattan Bank until it merged with JPMorgan in 2000.[1] Chase Manhattan Bank was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955.[3] The bank is headquartered in Chicago.
[edit] History .jpg)   [edit] The Manhattan CompanyMain article: Bank of the Manhattan Company Chase traces its history back to the founding of The Manhattan Company by Aaron Burr on September 1, 1799 in a house at 40 Wall Street:[1]
In addition to being fierce political and personal rivals, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton competed in business, with Burr's Bank of the Manhattan Company competing against Hamilton's Bank of New York. In 1804 their rivalry erupted into a duel, leading to the death of Alexander Hamilton. The dueling pistols are owned by the successor company of Chase Manhattan. They are currently on display on the executive conference floor of the JP Morgan Chase building at 277 Park Avenue in New York. [edit] Chase National BankChase National Bank was formed in 1877 by John Thompson.[1] It was named for former United States Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase,[3] although Chase did not have a connection with the bank.[1] The Chase National Bank acquired a number of smaller banks through its Chase Securities Corporation throughout the 1920s. For instance, in 1926 it acquired Mechanics and Metals National Bank. Its most significant acquisition though was the Equitable Trust Company of New York in 1930, the largest stockholder of which was John D. Rockefeller Jr.[5] This made it the largest bank in America and indeed the world. Chase was primarily a wholesale bank, dealing with other prominent financial institutions and major corporate clients such as General Electric (which had, through its RCA affiliate, leased prominent space and become a crucial first tenant of Rockefeller Center, rescuing that major project in 1930). The bank also is closely associated with and has financed the oil industry, having longstanding connections with its board directors to the successor companies of Standard Oil, especially Exxon Mobil which are also Rockefeller holdings. [edit] Merger as Chase Manhattan BankIn 1955 Chase National Bank and The Manhattan Company merged to create Chase Manhattan Bank.[1] As Chase was a much larger bank, it was first intended that Chase acquire the "Bank of Manhattan", as it was nicknamed, but it transpired that Burr's original charter for the Manhattan Company had not only included the clause allowing it to start a bank with surplus funds, but another requiring unanimous consent of shareholders for the bank to be taken over. The deal was therefore structured as an acquisition by the Bank of the Manhattan Company of Chase National, with John J. McCloy becoming chairman of the merged entity. This avoided the requirement of unanimous consent by shareholders. Under McCloy's successor, George Champion, the antiquated 1799 state charter was relinquished for a modern one. In 1969, under the leadership of David Rockefeller, the bank became part of a bank holding company, the Chase Manhattan Corporation.[3] [edit] Merger with Chemical, J.P. Morgan In July 1996 The Chase Manhattan Bank was purchased by Chemical Bank of New York, which had acquired Manufacturers Hanover Corporation several years earlier. The name Chase Manhattan Corporation was retained, as the name was better known globally, although the state charter remained that of Chemical Bank. In December 2000, the combined Chase Manhattan completed the acquisition of J.P. Morgan & Co., one of the largest banking mergers to date. The combined company was renamed JPMorgan Chase & Co. In 2004 the bank also acquired Bank One, making Chase the largest credit card issuer in the US and JPMorgan Chase also acquired Bear Stearns & Co. and Washington Mutual in 2008. After closing around 400 branches of the combined company (less than 10% of the branches), Chase will have around 5,410 branches in 23 states as of the closing date of the acquisition.[6][7] According to data from SNL Financial (data as of June 30, 2008), this places Chase third behind Wells Fargo and Bank of America in terms of total U.S. retail bank branches. [edit] Acquisition historyThe following is an illustration of the company's major mergers and acquisitions and historical predecessors (this is not a comprehensive list):
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