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Bank of America

The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan. The bank was founded by the merger of NationsBank and Bank of America in 1998. It is the second-largest banking institution in the United States and the second-largest bank in the world by market capitalization, both after JPMorgan Chase. Bank of America is one of the Big Four banking institutions of the United States.[3] It serves approximately 10.73% of all American bank deposits, in direct competition with JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo. Its primary financial services revolve around commercial banking, wealth management, and investment banking.

This article is about a commercial bank unaffiliated with any government. For the central bank of the United States, see Federal Reserve System.

Company type

1998 (via the merger of BankAmerica & NationsBank)

c. 3,800 retail financial centers, c. 15,000 ATMs (2023)

Worldwide

Increase US$98.6 billion (2023)

Decrease US$28.3 billion (2023)

Decrease US$26.5 billion (2023)

Increase US$1.62 trillion (2023)

Increase US$3.18 trillion (2023)

Increase US$292 billion (2023)

c. 213,000 (2023)

Through mergers, the oldest branch of the Bank of America franchise can be traced to 1784, when Massachusetts Bank was chartered, the first federally chartered joint-stock owned bank in the United States. Another branch of its history stretches back to the U.S.-based Bank of Italy, founded by Amadeo Pietro Giannini in 1904, which provided various banking options to Italian immigrants who faced service discrimination.[4] Originally headquartered in San Francisco, California, Giannini acquired Banca d'America e d'Italia (Bank of America and Italy) in 1922. The passage of landmark federal banking legislation facilitated a rapid growth in the 1950s, quickly establishing a prominent market share. After suffering a significant loss after the 1998 Russian bond default, BankAmerica, as it was then known, was acquired by the Charlotte-based NationsBank for US$62 billion. Following what was then the largest bank acquisition in history, the Bank of America Corporation was founded. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, it built upon its commercial banking business by establishing Merrill Lynch for wealth management and Bank of America Merrill Lynch for investment banking in 2008 and 2009, respectively (since renamed BofA Securities).[5]


Both Bank of America and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management retain large market shares in their respective offerings. The investment bank is considered within the "Bulge Bracket" as the third largest investment bank in the world, as of 2018.[6] Its wealth management side manages US$1.081 trillion in assets under management (AUM) as the second largest wealth manager in the world, after UBS.[7] In commercial banking, Bank of America operates—but does not necessarily maintain—retail branches in all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia and more than 40 other countries.[8] Its commercial banking footprint encapsulates 46 million consumer and small business relationships at 4,600 banking centers and 16,000 automated teller machines (ATMs).


The bank's large market share, business activities, and economic impact has led to numerous lawsuits and investigations regarding both mortgages and financial disclosures dating back to the 2008 financial crisis. Its corporate practices of servicing the middle class and wider banking community have yielded a substantial market share since the early 20th century. As of August 2018, Bank of America has a $313.5 billion market capitalization, making it the 13th largest company in the world. As the sixth largest American public company, it garnered $102.98 billion in sales as of June 2018.[9] Bank of America was ranked No. 25 on the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest US corporations by total revenue.[10] Likewise, Bank of America was also ranked No. 6 on the 2023 Global 2000 rankings done by Forbes.[11] Bank of America was named the "World's Best Bank" by the Euromoney Institutional Investor in its 2018 Awards for Excellence.[12][13]

in Phoenix, Arizona

Bank of America Tower

in Beverly Hills, California

9454 Wilshire Boulevard

in Los Angeles, California

Bank of America Center

in San Francisco

Transamerica Pyramid

formerly the Bank of America Center and world headquarters, in San Francisco, California

555 California Street

also known as United Healthcare Center, in Hartford, Connecticut (the tallest building in Connecticut)

City Place I

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Bank of America Plaza

in Jacksonville, Florida

Bank of America Tower

(Brickell) and Bank of America Museum Tower (Downtown Miami) in Miami, Florida

Bank of America Financial Center

in Orlando, Florida

Bank of America Center

in St. Petersburg, Florida

Bank of America Tower

in Tampa, Florida

Bank of America Plaza

in Atlanta, Georgia

Bank of America Plaza

formerly the LaSalle Bank Building in Chicago, Illinois

Bank of America Building

often called the Bank of America building due to signage rights, in Portland, Maine

One City Center

in Baltimore, Maryland

Bank of America Building

in St Louis, Missouri

Bank of America Plaza

in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bank of America Tower

in New York City

Bank of America Tower

in Charlotte, North Carolina (the corporate headquarters)

Bank of America Corporate Center

in Charlotte, North Carolina

Bank of America Plaza

in Charlotte, North Carolina

Bank of America Tower

in Charlotte, North Carolina

Hearst Tower

in Dallas, Texas

Bank of America Plaza

in Midland, Texas

Bank of America Tower

in San Antonio, Texas

Bank of America Plaza

in Seattle, Washington

Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza

in Seattle, Washington

Columbia Center

in Hong Kong

Bank of America Tower

List of members

ATM Industry Association (ATMIA)

BAML Capital Partners

Bank of America (Asia)

Big Four banks

Calibuso, et al. v. Bank of America Corp., et al.

List of bank mergers in the United States

List of largest banks in the United States

Cohen, Lauren (2016). . Los Angeles, CA: Smith-Westfield Press.

Bank of America Interview Tips

Bonadio, Felice A. (1994). A.P. Giannini: Banker of America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.  978-0-520-08249-6.

ISBN

Hector, Gary (1988). . Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-35392-2.

Breaking the Bank: The Decline of BankAmerica

James, Marquie; James, Bessie (1954). Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America N.T.&S.A. New York: Harper and Brothers.

Johnston, Moira (1990). . New York: Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 9780899199559.

Roller Coaster: The Bank of America and the Future of American Banking

(1972). The Money Lords: The Great Finance Capitalists, 1925–1950. New York: Weybright and Talley.

Josephson, Matthew

Lampert, Hope (1986). . New York: Atheneum. ISBN 9780689117473.

Behind Closed Doors: Wheeling and Dealing in the Banking World

Light, Larry (October 1, 2007). "Money for the Masses". Forbes.

Monnette, Orra Eugene. Personal Papers Collection. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Public Library.

Nash, Gerald G. (1992). A.P. Giannini and the Bank of America. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

(1999). McColl: The Man with America's Money. Atlanta: Longstreet Press.

Yockey, Ross

Ahmed, Azam; Demirjian, Karoun (February 15, 2007). "Credit offered to illegal residents". Chicago Tribune.

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