InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate JPMorgan lowers benchmark interest rate following Fed rate cut By financialnews_rlv83x - July 31, 2019 0 203 The largest U.S. bank by assets, JPMorgan Chase & Co , lowered its prime rate, a benchmark for a wide range of consumer and commercial loans, for the first time in more than a decade on Wednesday, following a rate cut from the Federal Reserve.