JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a financial services firm and banking institution headquartered in New York City. Under the Chase brand, the company offers credit card services, retail banking, and commercial banking. Under the J. P. Morgan brand, the company offers treasury services, private banking, private wealth management, asset management, and investment banking. Over 12,000 companies have been absorbed over the years into what is now JPMorgan Chase & Co., the oldest being The Bank of The Manhattan Company, which was founded by Aaron Burr, among others, in 1799. The merger that resulted in the company’s current form took place in 2000, when J. P. Morgan & Co.…