JP Morgan Chase & Co. announced recently that it plans to hire 1,200 mortgage loan officers by the end of 2010 as it goes after new home mortgages and helps customers refinance their existing home loans.
The new loan officers will be in branches across 23 states, including California, Florida and Texas and major cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C.
Last Monday, Chase announced its intention to increase small business lending by as much as $4 billion next year and hire over 300 small business bankers to help administer these loans.
Chase is the sixth-largest bank in the Central Florida market, following its acquisition of Washington Mutual. As of end June, the bank had $1.88 billion in deposits.
