Settlements with four US and British regulators, made public on Thursday, resolve the biggest civil probes of the bank's USD 6.2 billion of derivatives trading losses last year.
A settlement would mark a key step in JPMorgan's efforts to resolve its regulatory and legal troubles.
There is a new twist in the London Whale trading scandal that cost JPMorgan Chase USD 6.2 billion in trading losses last year. Some of the firm's own traders bet against the very derivatives positions placed by its chief investment office, said three people familiar with the matter.