JPMorgan set to stamp name on Boston skyline

Corporate expansion: A man walks by JPMorgan headquarters in New York City. The firm has a sizeable commercial banking operation and a fast-growing retail network that’s now up to 89 branches in Massachusetts. — Reuters

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to move its Boston offices to the new South Station Tower – and join the rarefied ranks of companies that have stamped their names on the city’s skyline.

In a sign of its growing clout in Massachusetts, the New York-based bank formally applied last week to install its name atop one of Boston’s tallest skyscrapers.