JPMorgan agrees to tentative $13 billion settlement with U.S. over bad mortgages

``JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank, has reached a tentative agreement with the Justice Department to pay a record $13 billion to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold faulty mortgage securities that contributed to the financial crisis, a person familiar with the talks said Saturday... It would also leave JPMorgan and its executives still at risk of criminal prosecution, a humbling concession.''