<p>JP Morgan wants to stop traders committing incriminating messages to print. However, it also wants to scrap a forum often hijacked by staff for bragging games of one-upmanship.</p><p>According to insiders, the bank has been mired in red tape, trying to demonstrate to regulators that some of the messages posted by its staff are bragging without any real foundation.</p><p>Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan's chief executive, has already warned staff to be "vigilant" about the information they post online, telling them: "Don't exaggerate, don't ruminate, don't bulls**t."</p><p>JP Morgan is not the only bank heading in this direction. Deutsche Bank has already stopped certain groups of traders from online chatting and Citigroup, Barclays, UBS and the Royal Bank of Scotland are reported to be considering bans of their own.</p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10519394/JP-Morgan-to-ban-staff-from-instant-messaging-services.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2013/Dec/16/jp-morgan-to-ban-staff-from-instant-messaging.html">JP Morgan to ban staff from instant messaging</a> (Bobsguide (press release))</p><p><a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3493907/jp-morgan-plans-instant-messaging-ban-for-traders/">JPMorgan plans instant messaging ban for traders</a> (ComputerworldUK)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dArFoOqUZxYkKmMwA6Iw926UnbHgM&ned=us">3 additional articles.</a></p>