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JPMorgan earnings fall 19%

New York - JPMorgan Chase Friday reported lower earnings due to a drop in its mortgage business as the US banking giant seeks to turn the corner after costly legal settlements.

JPMorgan, one of the first major companies to release first-quarter results, said net income was $5.3bn, down 19% from a year ago.

Key factors behind the decline included a big drop in mortgage banking income, lower earnings from corporate and investment banking and a rise in provisions in case of credit losses.

JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon said the results were "good" given the industry-wide headwinds in trading and mortgages.

"We have growing confidence in the economy - consumers, corporations and middle market companies are in increasingly good financial shape and housing has turned the corner in most markets - and we are doing our part to support the recovery," Dimon said.

The results follow a 2013 marred by huge legal settlements over JPMorgan's mortgage practices prior to the 2008 crisis, a major trading scandal in the bank's London office and other controversies.

Dimon called the conditions of 2013 "painful and nerve-wracking" in a letter to shareholders this week. However, bank officials are hopeful 2014 will see fewer large legal settlements with regulators and private parties.

Net income in mortgage banking was $114m, down $559m from last year. Profits in corporate and investment banking were $2.0bn, down from $2.6bn in the 2013 quarter.

The company's provision for credit losses was $850m, up $233m from last year.

The earnings translated into $1.28 per share, below the $1.40 expected by Wall Street. Revenues came in at $23.86bn, below the $24.53bn projected by analysts.

Shares of JPMorgan fell 2.7% to $55.87 in pre-market trading.

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