The current Chase Bank was created through a variety of historical mergers. Chase Banks most successful acquisitions was in the 1930s when it acquired the Equitable Trust Company. John D Rockefeller, of the influential Rockefeller Family was one of the most influential stockholders in the trust company and his influence helped make the Chase bank the largest bank in the United States in 1955 when the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company merged.
The Chase Credit Card is really a Visa card offered by the Chase Bank.
One of the features found on the Chase Credit Card home page is a section for their financial resources. Chase offers a variety of sources ranging from educational planning tool, mortgage tools, and advice and planning. The educational tool is information about all sorts of educational loans; loans for medical students, loans for private students, loans for parents of students, and information about the Stafford loans. The mortgage section offers a mortgage calendar and a home equity calculator. The mortgage calculator answers questions like; what type of home is in your budget, and wether you should take a short term or long term...