Investment Banking

Biggest US banks get even bigger after flood of deposits

JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup benefitted as companies and consumers put $1tn into banks in the first quarter

Call it a reverse run on the bank.

Companies and consumers flooded US banks with a record $1tn of deposits in the first quarter, when markets went haywire and America went dark to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

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