Ex-Chase chief to lead state banking agency
Denny Bassett’s appointment to the department that regulates state banks comes just a few months after his retirement as Indiana chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Denny Bassett’s appointment to the department that regulates state banks comes just a few months after his retirement as Indiana chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Local banking veteran and community leader Albert J. Smith Jr. is eight years older than his predecessor, who retired in January.
Dennis Bassett, who retires at the end of this month, will tell you things might not have gone well for JPMorgan Chase & Co. if it had imported a New Yorker to run its Indiana operations when it bought Chicago-based Bank One in 2004.