april 14 reuters  jpmorgan chase  cos jpmn profit climbed in the first quarter as higher interest rates boosted its consumer business in a period that saw two of the biggest banking failures in us history the banks profit increased 52 to 1262 billion or 410 per share in the three months ended mar 31 jpmorgans solid performance follows the highprofile shutdowns of three us lenders last month in the worst banking turmoil since the global financial crisis of 2008 regulators took control of silicon valley bank svb and signature bank as depositors yanked their funds marking the second and third largest collapses in us history jpmorgan set aside provisions of 23 billion up 56 from last year revenue at the lenders consumer and community banking unit rose 80 to 52 billion its wall street investment banking business was weighed down by tepid markets for mergers acquisitions and stock sales reporting by niket nishant in bengaluru and nupur anand in new york editing by lananh nguyen