Banks

• JPMorgan Chase tops estimates as trading revenue exceeds expectations - JPMorgan will give investors a view into how consumers and corporations fared toward the end of last year and issue guidance on how 2026 may develop.
• Trump's credit card rate cap plan has unclear path, 'devastating' risks, bank insiders say - A 10% rate cap would make large swaths of the credit card industry unprofitable, especially tied to customers with less-than-ideal credit, banks say.
• JPMorgan forms special advisory group to share some of bank's 'secret sauce' with clients - They're calling the initiative the "Special Advisory Services," which launches Monday, with Liz Myers, who also serves as global chair of investment banking, at the helm.
• Here are 5 key events that drove the stock market last week - Stocks finished higher Friday, lifted by the volatile artificial intelligence trade, leading the market to the upside for the week.
• Wall Street banked on a flurry of deals under Trump in 2025. It wasn't that simple - Dealmakers expected a flood of M&A to take place in 2025 following the election of President Trump. The number of transactions didn't live up to the hype.
• Startup backed by Altman, JPMorgan announces capital lending partnership with Amazon - Slope, an AI lending platform backed by JPMorgan Chase, told CNBC exclusively that it is launching a partnership with Amazon's independent sellers.
• PayPal applies to form bank that can offer small business loans and savings accounts - PayPal has applications pending with the state of Utah and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to establish PayPal Bank.
• $208 million wiped out: Yieldstreet investors rack up more losses as firm rebrands to Willow Wealth - Yieldstreet is attempting to move past a troubled track record by rebranding to Willow Wealth while customers reel from a still-unfolding collapse of its funds.