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Financial products ranked on real cost after fees, transparency of terms and service quality during disputes. Introductory rates are shown separately from the rate you end up paying.
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Top 49 Banks & Financial Institutions
Financial strength and service breadth — mechanics, not market calls
Rank 01
JPMorgan Chase
Global systemically important bank · Founded 1799
JPMorgan Chase traces its lineage to The Manhattan Company, and the modern institution formed by the 2000 merger of J.P. Morgan and Chase is now the largest bank in the United States by assets, spanning retail, investment banking and asset management under one roof.
96.4/100 Top 49 scoreRank 02
Bank of America
Global systemically important bank · Founded 1904
Founded as the Bank of Italy to serve immigrant communities other banks would not, Bank of America has grown into one of the largest retail branch networks in the country while maintaining a substantial wealth-management and investment-banking arm through Merrill.
96.3/100 Top 49 scoreRank 03
Wells Fargo
Global systemically important bank · Founded 1852
Wells Fargo built its identity on the Old West stagecoach and a genuinely deep branch and mortgage-lending network, though a 2016 sales-practices scandal did lasting damage to customer trust that the bank has spent years rebuilding under regulatory oversight.
93.4/100 Top 49 score
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