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 in the U.S. 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 highlighted a range of innovative companies.

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

J.P. Morgan Payments presents Acquired LIVE

On September 10, 6,000³ listeners experienced the world of podcasts and payments coming together for Acquired LIVE from Chase Center.

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Meta, spent over an hour on stage with hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, sharing how he started Facebook from his dorm room and grew it into Meta, the global and iconic company it is today. He also discussed some of the challenges the company faced along the way, such as having to quickly pivot from a desktop to a mobile experience as smartphone usage grew. Mark also shared his thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality.  

Check out the full live episode, including conversations with Mark and special guests Daniel Ek, CEO and founder of Spotify, and Emily Chang, host of Bloomberg’s The Circuit, plus surprise cameos from JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and musical performances by Mike Taylor.

Throughout Chase Center, attendees were able to experience several of our innovative solutions firsthand, including Tap to Pay on iPhone, biometric payments and mobile POS card readers:

• 1,330 transactions completed using Tap to Pay on iPhone and Chase Card Reader in under 2 hours
• 80% of sales made by hawkers using Tap to Pay on iPhone
• 312 transactions processed in 90 minutes with a 100% success rate, 40 of which used pay-by-face biometrics and 272 used cards⁴

“The Acquired mantra is every company has a story. For us, it’s every company has a story, and every story is powered by payments,” said Dustin Sedgwick, Chief Marketing Officer of J.P. Morgan Payments.⁵ “We want to continue to partner with Acquired to find those amazing stories, to weave in our products, educate the listener base about what we can help them do and continue to grow with them as partners and collaborators.”

“My definition of a great partnership is one where you can achieve something together that neither of you are capable of doing on your own,” said Ben Gilbert, co-host of Acquired. “Anytime we’re telling the story of somebody building their business, payments is a centerpiece of that. And that’s the J.P. Morgan Payments story."

Following Acquired LIVE, we hosted an encore meet-up where over 120 guests participated in a fireside chat with Ben and David⁶, as well as thought leaders from JPMorganChase, Twilio and MACH Alliance. The encore event also offered attendees the opportunity to learn more about innovative J.P. Morgan Payments solutions covered on the Acquired podcast, including our Payments Developer Portal.

Check out jpmorgan.com/acquired for more behind the scenes from Acquired LIVE, and stay tuned for more Payments stories featured on Acquired’s Fall 2024 season.

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