Joseph Smith, who was appointed by the bank and governments to monitor a settlement over mortgage securities, said he determined that the largest U.S. bank had so far earned $6.3 million in so-called "credits" from either cutting borrowers' principal or agreeing to defer some payments on 100 loans in a test pool.

The bank receives extra credit for certain types of help and less for others, so the total is not a dollar-for-dollar accounting of the assistance provided.

In an interview, Smith said he didn't yet have enough information to assess whether the bank is on track to fulfill its obligations, which it has until 2017 to accomplish, but he expected to put a more comprehensive report out later this year.

JPMorgan agreed last November to pay $9 billion in cash and $4 billion in the form of loan modifications and other help to consumers to resolve federal and state claims that it misrepresented risky mortgage securities that it sold in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis.

While Smith said Chase had informed him it had provided more than the confirmed $6 million in help to struggling borrowers, he said the bank chose to first test whether it was accurately calculating its credit on the sample loan pool.

Chase is JPMorgan's brand for consumer loans.

"This really was a dry run," Smith said.

Chase spokesman Jason Lobo said in a statement the bank had been "working closely" with Smith's team on the limited sample of loans in order to be prepared for a full reporting cycle that begins in August.

The report comes one week after Citigroup entered into a similar $7 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and several states over shoddy mortgage securities the No. 3 U.S. bank sold before the crisis. Under that deal, Citigroup similarly agreed to provide around $2.5 billion in help to struggling homeowners and low-income tenants.

Bank of America has also held talks to resolve federal and state probes into securities packaged by the bank and its units, though the Justice Department has threatened to sue as settlement talks have stalled.

Any settlement with Bank of America is expected to include similar provisions for help to borrowers.

(Reporting by Aruna Viswanatha; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

By Aruna Viswanatha

Stocks treated in this article : JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp