Jamie Dimon just put the banking world on notice. Speaking at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City on May 27, the JPMorgan Chase CEO said the bank is eyeing a potential acquisition in the range of $10 billion to $20 billion over the next couple of years.
A deal at that scale would be the largest under Dimon’s leadership, which stretches back to 2005.
What Dimon actually said
The key quote from the conference was characteristically blunt.
“There might be, in the next couple years, a chance to put $10 [billion] or $20 billion to work buying something.”
