One of the greatest opportunities for J.P. Morgan Payments is to advance our presence with the global technology and product communities and demonstrate how payments can be instrumental in driving business growth and seamless user experiences in today’s dynamic market.

J.P. Morgan is traditionally known as a leading financial institution, but there is now growing awareness of our ability to innovate and operate like a fintech, and the role we are playing as a positive disruptor helping lead the charge toward the future of payments. By blending leading product innovation with the trust, security and foundation of our institutional backbone, we are uniquely positioned as a “Fintech with Foundation.”

Payments, the transfer of money in exchange for a product or service, are the lifeblood of any business. Biometrics, digital assets, our Developer Portal and enterprise-grade blockchain efforts are just a few of the technological advancements we are making that are changing the payments landscape at scale.  

But for the increasingly important payments audience of technologists, developers and digital-native businesses, traditional advertising methods and traditional finance industry events and media platforms simply don’t reach them.

Enter our unique partnership with leading technology and business podcast Acquired.¹

J.P. Morgan Payments became the presenting partner of Acquired’s Season 14 in January 2024 and has successfully transformed and elevated its perception among Acquired's highly engaged audience of C-suite and product leaders across the tech, VC and finance industries.²

Acquired tells the stories and strategies of great companies and has been ranked the #1 Technology podcast series on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The show reaches nearly 1 million listeners per month, and episodes are better described as "conversational audiobooks" rather than a podcast. The Wall Street Journal writes, "By turning case studies into cinematic spectacles, they have built the business world’s favorite podcast."

By working with Acquired and leveraging its leading platform, we have been able to showcase how payments is powering growth across key industries and for some of the world's most iconic and successful businesses. From healthcare and retail to technology and luxury fashion, listeners can discover how our end-to-end payment solutions are driving innovation and business success. This created an opportunity for J.P. Morgan Payments to align a range of our innovative offerings with relevant topics and companies covered throughout Season 14 of Acquired. In addition, many episodes already cover J.P. Morgan Payments clients and partners, so there's natural synergy for us to share the role we have played in a company’s success story.

In Season 14, with J.P. Morgan Payments as presenting partner, the episodes highlighting the following companies have aired to date:

• Novo Nordisk
• Hermès
• Renaissance Technologies
• Microsoft

And in September, we are taking this partnership to the next level.

J.P. Morgan Payments presents Acquired LIVE

On Sept. 10, 2024, J.P. Morgan Payments will present Acquired LIVE from San Francisco’s Chase Center. Attendees – which will include the entire J.P. Morgan Payments Management Team – will join hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal in the Chase Center arena for a night to remember with special guests, including an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta. Mark, who needs no introduction, will share how Meta is playing a significant role in defining the next decade of computing with AI.

Throughout Chase Center, attendees will also be able to experience our innovative solutions firsthand, including Tap to Pay on iPhone for custom event merchandise.

Acquired listeners from around the world will descend on San Francisco and be able to experience this unique event by purchasing tickets at acquired.fm/sf.   

“Every company has a story – and every story is powered by payments. Through our partnership with Acquired, we have the opportunity to tell incredible stories about how our innovative payment solutions help organizations around the world better meet the needs of their stakeholders and customers,” said Dustin Sedgwick, Chief Marketing Officer of J.P. Morgan Payments. “From the trust and safety solutions we provide to the U.S. Department of Treasury, to the Partner Network we’ve built with players like Oracle, Accenture and Visa, we are reaching listeners across the finance and technology industries with insights on how we can propel their businesses forward.”

“Acquired listeners are smart and curious people. They tune in to hear the stories and strategies of how the world's greatest companies were built,” said Ben Gilbert, co-host of Acquired. “J.P. Morgan Payments is clearly a leader for enterprise-grade payments, and that made them a natural fit for the partnership. We've known the team there for a long time and they're fantastic. And through our partnership, I've come to realize just how many companies across industries rely on J.P. Morgan Payments as they build, grow and evolve their own innovative businesses."

To learn more about the partnership, check out jpmorgan.com/acquired.

Future capabilities of biometrics are under development; features and timelines are subject to change at the Bank’s sole discretion.