{"id":458172,"date":"2018-01-25T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T02:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/25\/jp-morgan-chase-to-establish-branch-in-ghana\/"},"modified":"2018-01-25T02:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T02:00:34","slug":"jp-morgan-chase-to-establish-branch-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/25\/jp-morgan-chase-to-establish-branch-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"JP Morgan Chase to establish branch in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday, 25 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citibusinessnews.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/61846478.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jamie Dimon\" title=\"Jamie Dimon\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>CEO of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co, Jamie Dimon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1516845634_776_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">One of the biggest financial services company in the world, JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co has announced its intention to establish a branch in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which declared 96.7 billion dollars in revenue in 2016 is targeting multinational companies operating in Ghana\u2019s oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Bloomberg TV at the sidelines of the of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the Chief Executive of JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co, Jamie Dimon disclosed that the company will soon establish branches in Ghana and Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to expand our services. We will go there, serve the country. We will serve the U.S multinational going in, the universities,[and] the power plants.  You\u2019ll see us open in some countries we are not in, in Africa, you\u2019ll be hearing about some of that stuff,\u201d he said, adding that the company will establish branches in Ghana and Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dimon explained that JP Morgan is planning to expand its branches and operations worldwide with an investment portfolio of 20 billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The company had earlier announced that it will spend the said amount over five years.<\/p>\n<p>It added that it will raise hourly pay for a portion of its workforce, add jobs and open 400 branches in new U.S. locations.<\/p>\n<p>The move, the bank explains is due to tax breaks, reduced regulation and an improved business climate in the U.S that have made it possible to make the changes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 63 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 25 January 2018 Source: citibusinessnews.com 2018-01-25 CEO of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co, Jamie Dimon One of the biggest financial services company in the world, JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co has announced its intention to establish a branch in Ghana. 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