“My guess is the big Chinese banks will be in 100 countries by then. They will have very sophisticated operations, and they may very well have bought banks around the world in countries that allow it. I mean, I don't think the American government would allow them to buy JPMorgan. But they will be able to buy a sizable big bank in the U.S. at some point. Whether they do or not, or if it's allowed or not, I don't know.”
![“Their [American banks] big issue will be if they want to deal with the biggest companies, which are doing a lot of business overseas. How they do that is a big question. It's almost impossible to build a global investment bank from scratch. If they want to do that, they probably will have to do an…” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf7/jamie-dimon-1320_acquisition_their-american-banks-big-issue-will-be-i_3039429.jpg)
![“If the numbers are right, ICBC [Industrial & Commercial Bank of China], which already earns nearly twice as much as JPMorgan. They'll probably be going a lot faster over time, and one day they can be a lot bigger than us.” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/43d/jamie-dimon-1320_bigger_if-the-numbers-are-right-icbc-industrial_2432657.jpg)
![“I think if we had another set of policies for - not the crisis years, but after that, that we might be growing faster. But we didn't. And some of that was Republicans' [fault], by the way.” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c6a/jamie-dimon-1320_crisis_i-think-if-we-had-another-set-of-policie_34817.jpg)
![“Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that time period, was completely steadfast. We bought Bear Stearns because we thought we were helping the situation. We didn't cut and run.” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/04a/jamie-dimon-1320_assets_not-every-company-went-bankrupt-not-ever_128310.jpg)
