James: This country's the land of opportunity, there's just a group of people in this country who have not been afforded the opportunity yet.  

Maverick: Advancing Black Pathways has been started by JPMorgan Chase. We put together a council to really focus on three areas of concern for black people in this country.  

Soledad: Wealth,education and careers are actually intertwined. They have to be considered simultaneously. If you can solve the problem, and it is a problem, about the lack of black wealth, you can move the needle on a lot of issuesin not just the black community, but in America as a whole.  

Richelieu: Part of those pillars is the Advisory Board, right, of people that come from different walks of life and that have figured out ways to break through in each of those ways, now getting together to collectively think through how to bring this breakthrough. 

Mellody: The numbers are very, very clear. For every $100 that a white American has in wealth, African-Americans have five dollars. So there are these wealth gaps that exist that ultimately lead to less economic prosperity for the black community.  

Kevin: As a person that came up with nothing, um, and there was a bunch of people just like me that didn't ask, didn't know, didn't care. I got to a point in my life where I was around people who gave information that I never knew existed. So Advancing Black Pathways is giving people understanding.  

Richelieu: We now have a well-resourced organization that is intentional, that is building pillars underneath that intention so that these intentions can be executed.  

Soledad: Calling it Black Pathways, we're very clear. This is about black people and we're going to advance the multiple pathways in which they can be successful and actually grow wealth for black people.  

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A girl boss is someone who is redefining success for herself. 

Anonymous: I'm no longer afraid of taking it all over. [Inaudible] I'm coming for you, I'm not afraid!  

Sam Saperstein: We are committed to this, we are committed to the success of supporting more women-owned businesses. 

Keosha Burns: For the last many decades, women have really been coming up in the business world.  

Kendra Scott: I knew what I was good at, but more importantly, I knew what what I wasn't good at.  

Aniyia Williams: The most important thing is to learn everything you can about money.  

Winnie Sun: I love the idea of actual stocking away some of the money into a roth IRA.  

Kelli Keough: It's not just investing as a goal, it's what's your goal, what are you saving for, what are you personally investing for?  

Genia Wilbourn: Being genuine, I think staying grounded  

Jenny Galluzzo: Women enter the workforce at nearly 50% participation, yet at Fortune 500 companies, 5% of women are CEOs.  

Renae Bluitt: This is the best way that I could have ever invested in myself.  

Jocelyn Wong: What does it mean to know my value?  

Jessica O. Matthews: We are who we are because of this, because we have so many different perspectives in the room, at the table, when it counts.  

Christina Dello Buono, Anchor:  

This week: It’s Women’s History Month. A look at how Women on the Move is fueling female ambition and advancing financial equality all over the world. 

Sam Saperstein, Head of Women on the Move:  

And we think that is so important just to help women in general have a cushion and be more financially stable. 

TV Advertisement Narrator: 

When her needs are financial, her reaction is Chemical. 

Christina Dello Buono, Anchor: 

Targeting women for banking. We’ll show you a JPMorgan Chase predecessor’s ad for the “New York Woman.” 

Plus, he climbed the highest peak in South America all while promoting disability inclusion. 

Welcome to JPMorgan Chase News. I’m Christina Dello Buono reporting from New York. 

We are celebrating women — their drive and accomplishments — this Women’s History Month and every month with JPMorgan Chase’s Women on the Move program. It’s a global initiative expanding women-run businesses, advancing financial equality and empowering women’s career growth. Last year Women on the Move set a goal to extend $10 billion in credit to women-owned small businesses by the end of 2021.  

Sam Saperstein, Head of Women on the Move: 

This really represents the ability to help tens of thousands of women all over the country really help grow and launch their businesses in every industry. So we're so excited when women come to us. We can talk to them about their dreams and ambitions around their businesses and actually help them to get there. 

Christina Dello Buono, Anchor: 

Already they’ve provided over $3.7 billion. 

New this year, a new talent development program for associates and vice presidents is launching internally to focus on growth, communication and negotiations. Senior level women will serve as mentors. 

Sam Saperstein, Head of Women on the Move: 

That VP level is so critical to us. It represents a very big part of our pipeline for senior level roles, and it also is the place where we start to see more women leave the firm. Not necessarily to stay home, but to go to other jobs. And so we really want to make sure we can keep more of these VP-level women so that they can keep going further in their careers. 

TV Advertisement Narrator:  

The New York Woman. When her needs are financial, her reaction is Chemical. Chemical New York. The bank that works hardest for you. 

Christina Dello Buono, Anchor: 

As of 1965, women in the New York area were earning more than $5 billion per year and running 75 percent of their families’ total income. That’s according to former Chemical Bank Chairman and President William Renchard. Chemical Bank is a JPMorgan Chase predecessor. And historically banks focused on men. 

So Chemical debuted its “New York Woman” campaign, including a TV ad featuring glamorous women and original jazz, newspaper and radio spots, and a spot in Vogue magazine — a first for the bank.  

TV Advertisement Narrator:  

The bank for the New York Woman, whoever she is. 

Christina Dello Buono, Anchor:  

This campaign won awards and won the business of women.  

He scaled Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina. Yes, for sport, but each climb Akash Negi tackles in the Seven Summits Challenge — a climb of the tallest peaks on every continent — is to help raise autism awareness.  

We first introduced you to the JPMorgan Chase cybersecurity data engineer after he climbed Denali. When he reached the summit, he pulled out a Chase flag in honor of disability inclusion.  

Negi has seen family friends impacted by autism and Negi currently serves on the board of the family’s autism awareness nonprofit.  

This time for Aconcagua, he came packed with a custom JPMorgan Chase flag that represented our Office of Disability Inclusion.  

Akash Negi, Cybersecurity Data Engineer:  

Last time it was just a logo. So it didn’t show what I was carrying the flag for, right? Was I carrying the flag just for Chase’s name, or ODI’s name or autism awareness? So last time people asked me that question; they said, “Why are you carrying this big company’s flag?” 

But this time nobody asked me that question because they could clearly see that this was for autism awareness and this is the company’s commitment and their way of saying that we support this. 

Christina Dello Buono, Anchor: 

Negi did the entire climb in a total of 12 days. He said he was one of two climbers in his group to reach the summit, along with a guide, and called it a feeling of pride opening his new, custom flag when he reached the top.  

That wraps up this week’s JPMorgan Chase News. I’m Christina Dello Buono. We’ll see you next week!