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Bank of America Corporation , based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The List of United States cities by population in the United States....
, is the largest financial services
Financial services

Financial services refer to Service provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money....
 company in the world, largest bank by assets, second largest commercial bank
Bank

A bank is a financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money. It is an institution for receiving, keeping, and lending money....
 by deposits, and (previously) third largest by market capitalization
Market capitalization

Market capitalization/capitalisation is a measurement of corporate or economic wealth equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Also, Bank of America is the number one underwriter of global high yield debt, the third largest underwriter of global equity and the ninth largest adviser on global mergers and acquisitions.

Bank of America serves clients in more than 150 countries and has a relationship with 99 percent of the U.S.






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Bank of America Corporation , based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The List of United States cities by population in the United States....
, is the largest financial services
Financial services

Financial services refer to Service provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money....
 company in the world, largest bank by assets, second largest commercial bank
Bank

A bank is a financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money. It is an institution for receiving, keeping, and lending money....
 by deposits, and (previously) third largest by market capitalization
Market capitalization

Market capitalization/capitalisation is a measurement of corporate or economic wealth equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Also, Bank of America is the number one underwriter of global high yield debt, the third largest underwriter of global equity and the ninth largest adviser on global mergers and acquisitions.

Bank of America serves clients in more than 150 countries and has a relationship with 99 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 83 percent of the Fortune Global 500. The company is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Dow Jones Industrial Average

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of several stock market index, created by nineteenth-century The Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow....
 and a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a :Category:Government-owned companies in the United States created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933....
 (FDIC).

The Bank, once considered one of the winners and healthiest survivors of the 2007 credit crisis, plunged in market value after its purchase of Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. is a global financial services firm which was acquired by Bank of America. This article describes both the historical Merrill Lynch and its ongoing operations as a subsidiary of the bank....
.

Corporate history


Bank of Italy
The Bank of Italy
Bank of Italy (USA)

The Bank of Italy was founded in San Francisco, California, USA, in 1904 by Amadeo Giannini. It grew by a branch banking strategy to become the Bank of America, the world's largest commercial bank with 493 branches in California and assets of $5 billion in 1945....
  was founded in San Francisco by Amadeo Giannini
Amadeo Giannini

Amadeo Pietro Giannini , born in San Jose, California, was Italian American and founder of Bank of America....
 in 1904, based on catering to immigrants. Armadeo was raised by the Fava/Stanghellini family when his father was shot while trying to collect on a $10.00 debt. When the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, California and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 A.M....
 struck, Giannini was able to get all of the deposits out of the bank building and away from the fires.

In 1922, Giannini established Bank of America and Italy in Italy by buying Banca dell'Italia Meridionale, itself only established in 1918.

In the late 1920s, Giannini approached Orra E. Monnette
Orra E. Monnette

Orra Eugene Monnette was an attorney, author and banker. Monnette was also the Founder of the Bank of America, L.A., but his contribution to the organization is often overlooked in its corporate history....
, President and founder of Bank of America, Los Angeles
Bank of America, Los Angeles

The Bank of America, Los Angeles was established in 1923 by Orra E. Monnette, emerging from a series of mergers between Los Angeles based banks between 1909 and 1923....
, about a merger between the two entities. The Los Angeles based bank had exhibited strong growth throughout the 1920s, due in part to its success in developing an advanced branch banking system
Branch (banking)

A branch, banking center or financial center is a retail location where a bank, credit union or other financial institution offers a wide array of Real life and automated services to its customers....
. The merger was completed in early 1929 and took the name Bank of America. The combined company was headed by Giannini with Monnette serving as co-Chair.

Growth in California
Giannini sought to build a national bank, expanding into most of the western states as well as into the insurance industry, under the aegis of his holding company, Transamerica Corporation
Transamerica Corporation

Transamerica Corporation is a holding company for various life insurance companies and investment firms doing business primarily in the United States....
. The passage of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956

The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 is a United States Act of Congress that regulates the actions of bank holding companies.The original law , specified that the Federal Reserve Board of Governors must approve the establishment of a bank holding company, and prohibited bank holding companies headquartered in one state from acquiring a ban...
, prohibited banks from owning non-banking subsidiaries
Non-bank subsidiary

Non-bank subsidiaries, are company s owned by bank holding companies which offer non-bank products and services, such as insurance and investment advice, and do not offer FDIC insured banking products, such as checking account and savings account accounts....
 such as insurance companies. Bank of America and Transamerica were separated, with the latter company continuing in the insurance business. However, federal banking regulators prohibited Bank of America's interstate banking activity, and Bank of America's domestic banks outside California were forced into a separate company that eventually became First Interstate Bancorp
First Interstate Bancorp

First Interstate Bancorp was a bank holding company based in the United States that was taken over in 1996 by Wells Fargo. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it was the nation's eighth largest banking company....
, which was acquired by Wells Fargo and Company in 1996. It was not until the 1980s with a change in federal banking legislation and regulation that Bank of America was again able to expand its domestic consumer banking activity outside California.

These technologies also allowed credit card
Credit card

A credit card is part of a system of payments named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. It is a card entitling its holder to buy goods and services based on the holders promise to pay for these goods and services....
s to be linked directly to individual bank accounts. In 1958, the bank introduced the BankAmericard, which changed its name to VISA
VISA (credit card)

Visa Inc. , commonly referred to as VISA , is a multinational corporation based in San Francisco, California, United States. The company operates the world's largest retail electronic payment network, managing payments among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities....
 in 1975. A consortium of other California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 banks came up with Master Charge (now MasterCard
MasterCard

MasterCard Worldwide is a multinational corporation based in Purchase, New York, New York, United States. Throughout the world, its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the banks of purchasers that use its "MasterCard" brand Debit card and credit cards to make purchases....
) in order to compete with BankAmericard.

Expansion outside of California
Bank of America Corporate Center
Following the passage of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1967, BankAmerica Corporation was established for the purpose of owning Bank of America and its subsidiaries.

BankAmerica expanded outside California in 1983 with its acquisition of Seafirst Corporation of Seattle, Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
, and its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Seattle-First National Bank. Seafirst was at risk of seizure by the federal government after becoming insolvent due to a series of bad loans to the oil
Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
 industry. BankAmerica continued to operate its new subsidiary as Seafirst rather than Bank of America until the 1998 merger with NationsBank.

BankAmerica was dealt huge losses in 1986 and 1987 by the placement of a series of bad loans in the Third World
Third World

Third World is a categorical label used to describe states that are considered to be developed in terms of their economy or level of industrialization, globalization, standard of living, health, education or other criteria for 'advancements'....
, particularly in Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
. The company fired its CEO
Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking Corporate title or Administration in charge of total management of a corporation, company, non-profit organization, or government agency, reporting to the board of directors....
, Sam Armacost. Though Armacost blamed the problems on his predecessor, A.W. (Tom) Clausen
Alden W. Clausen

Alden Winship Clausen is a former President of the World Bank.He was born in Hamilton, Illinois to a family of German ancestry and graduated from Carthage College in 1944 with a Bachelor of Arts, again in 1970 with a Doctor of Laws, from the University of Minnesota in 1949 with a Bachelor of Laws and from Harvard University?s Advanced Mana...
, Clausen was appointed to replace Armacost. The losses resulted in a huge decline of BankAmerica stock, making it vulnerable to a hostile takeover
Takeover

In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company by another . In the UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the mergers and acquisitions of a private company....
. First Interstate Bancorp of Los Angeles (which had originated from banks once owned by BankAmerica), launched such a bid in the fall of 1986, although BankAmerica rebuffed it, mostly by selling operations. It sold its FinanceAmerica subsidiary to Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
 and the brokerage firm Charles Schwab and Co. back to Mr. Schwab
Charles R. Schwab

Charles Robert Schwab, Jr. is the founder and chief executive officer of the Charles Schwab Corporation.On the 2008 Forbes 400 list, Schwab is listed as the 55th richest person in the United States with a fortune of approximately United States dollar6.2 billion....
. It also sold Bank of America and Italy to Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is an international Universal bank with a broad private clients franchise, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
. By the time of the 1987 stock market crash
Black Monday (1987)

In financial markets, Black Monday refers to Monday, October 19, 1987, when stock markets around the world Stock market crash, shedding a huge value in a very short time....
, BankAmerica's share price had fallen to $8, but by 1992 it had rebounded mightily to become one of the biggest gainers of that half-decade.

BankAmerica's next big acquisition came in 1992. The company acquired its California rival, Security Pacific Corporation and its subsidiary Security Pacific National Bank
Security Pacific Bank

Security Pacific National Bank was a large United States bank headquartered in Los Angeles, California, California. In 1992 Bank of America acquired SPNB....
 in California and other banks in Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
, Idaho
Idaho

The State of Idaho is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and Capital is Boise, Idaho....
, Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
 and Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
 (which Security Pacific had acquired in a series of acquisitions in the late 1980s). This was, at the time, the largest bank acquisition in history. Federal regulators, however, forced the sale of Security Pacific's Washington subsidiary, Rainier Bank, as the combination of Seafirst and Rainier would have given BankAmerica too large a share of the market in that state. The Rainier Bank branches were divided and sold off to West One Bancorp (now U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp

U.S. Bancorp is a financial services holding company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota. It is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the sixth-largest bank in the United States as of June 30, 2008....
) and KeyBank. Later that year, BankAmerica expanded into Nevada by acquiring Valley Bank of Nevada.

In 1994, BankAmerica acquired the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago, which had become federally owned as part of the same oil industry debacle emanating from Oklahoma City's Penn Square Bank, that had brought down numerous financial institutions including Seafirst. At the time, no bank had the resources to bail out Continental, so the federal government operated the bank for nearly a decade. Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
 at that time regulated branch banking extremely heavily, so Bank of America Illinois was a single-unit bank until the 21st century. BankAmerica moved its national lending department to Chicago in an effort to establish a financial beachhead in the region.

These mergers helped BankAmerica Corporation to once again become the largest U.S. bank holding company in terms of deposits, but the company fell to second place in 1997 behind fast-growing NationsBank Corporation, and to third in 1998 behind North Carolina's First Union Corp. In 1998, BankAmerica was purchased by North Carolina-based NationsBank, and changed the headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The List of United States cities by population in the United States....
.

Merger of NationsBank and BankAmerica

In 1997, BankAmerica lent D. E. Shaw & Co., a large hedge fund, $1.4bn so that the hedge fund would run various businesses for the bank. However, D.E. Shaw suffered significant loss after the 1998 Russia bond default. BankAmerica was acquired by NationsBank later that year in October.

The purchase of BankAmerica Corp. by the NationsBank Corporation was the largest bank acquisition in history at that time. While the deal was technically a purchase of BankAmerica Corporation by NationsBank, the deal was structured as merger with NationsBank renamed to Bank of America Corporation, and Bank of America NT&SA, changing its name to Bank of America, N.A. as the remaining legal bank entity. The bank still operates under Federal Charter 13044 which was granted to Giannini's Bank of Italy on March 1, 1927. However, SEC filings before 1998 are listed under NationsBank, not BankAmerica.

Following the US$64.8 billion acquisition of BankAmerica by NationsBank, the resulting Bank of America had combined assets of US$570 billion, as well as 4,800 branches in 22 states
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
. Despite the mammoth size of the two companies, federal regulators insisted only upon the divestiture of 13 branches in New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
, in towns that would be left with only a single bank following the combination. This is because branch divestitures are only required if the combined company will have a larger than 25 percent FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a :Category:Government-owned companies in the United States created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933....
 deposit market share
Deposit market share

The deposit market share is a way of measuring the size and performance of a bank....
 in a particular state or 10 percent deposit market share overall.

History since 2001

In 2001, Bank of America CEO and chairman Hugh McColl
Hugh McColl

Hugh L. McColl Jr. is an American banker who was a driving force behind the Mergers and acquisitions that characterizes the commercial banking industry today....
 stepped down and named Ken Lewis
Ken Lewis (executive)

Kenneth D. Lewis is the current Chairman, CEO, and President of Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States, positions he has held since the retirement of Hugh McColl in 2001....
 as his successor. Lewis's greater focus on financial discipline and efficiency contrasted greatly with the expansionary mergers and acquisition strategy of his predecessor.

Acquisition of FleetBoston Financial
In 2004, Bank of America announced it would purchase Boston-based bank FleetBoston Financial
FleetBoston Financial

FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts?based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; all of its banks and branches were given the Bank of America logo....
 for $47 billion in cash and stock. By merging with Bank of America, all of its banks and branches were given the Bank of America logo. At the time of merger, FleetBoston was the seventh largest bank in United States with $197 billion in assets, over 20 million customers and revenue of $12 billion.

Purchase of MBNA
On 30 June 2005, Bank of America announced it would purchase credit card
Credit card

A credit card is part of a system of payments named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. It is a card entitling its holder to buy goods and services based on the holders promise to pay for these goods and services....
 giant MBNA
MBNA

MBNA Corporation was a bank holding company and parent company of wholly owned subsidiary MBNA America Bank, N.A., headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, prior to being acquired by Bank of America in 2005....
 for $35 billion in cash and stock. The Federal Reserve Board gave final approval to the merger on 15 December 2005, and the merger closed on 1 January 2006. The acquisition of MBNA provided Bank of America a leading credit card issuer at home and abroad. The combined Bank of America Card Services organization, including the former MBNA—had more than 40 million U.S. accounts and nearly $140 billion in outstanding balances.

Divestiture of operations in Brazil, Chile and Uruguay
In May 2006, Bank of America and Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú

Banco Ita? is a publicly quoted bank with headquarters in S?o Paulo, Brazil. Ita? is currently merging with Unibanco of Brazil to form Ita? Unibanco Holding S.A, which will be the largest financial conglomerate in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the 20 largest in the world....
 (Investimentos Itaú S.A.) entered into an acquisition agreement through which Itaú agreed to acquire BankBoston's operations in Brazil and was granted an exclusive right to purchase Bank of America's operations in Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 and Uruguay
Uruguay

Uruguay is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area....
. A deal was signed in August 2006 under which Itaú agreed to purchase Bank of America's operations in Chile and Uruguay. Prior to the transaction, BankBoston's Brazilian operations included asset management, private banking, a credit card portfolio, and small, middle-market, and large corporate segments. It had 66 branches and 203,000 clients in Brazil. BankBoston in Chile had 44 branches and 58,000 clients and in Uruguay it had 15 branches. In addition, there was a credit card company, OCA, in Uruguay, which had 23 branches. BankBoston N.A. in Uruguay, together with OCA, jointly served 372,000 clients. While the BankBoston name and trademarks were not part of the transaction, as part of the sale agreement, they cannot be used by Bank of America in Brazil, Chile or Uruguay following the transactions. Hence, the BankBoston name has disappeared from Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The Itaú stock received by Bank of America in the transactions has allowed Bank of America's stake in Itaú to reach 11.51%. Banco Boston do Brazil had been founded in 1947.

Purchase of US Trust
On 20 November 2006, Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company for $3.3 billion, from the Charles Schwab Corporation. US Trust had about $100 billion of Assets Under Management
Assets under management

Assets Under Management is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management, investment management, wealth management, and private banking businesses to gauge how much money they are managing....
 and over 150 years of experience. The deal closed 1 July 2007.

Acquisition of ABN AMRO North America and LaSalle Bank
On September 14, 2007, Bank of America won approval from the Federal Reserve to acquire ABN AMRO N.A. and LaSalle Bank Corporation from Netherlands's ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO

ABN AMRO is a Dutch bank, currently owned by RFS Holdings B.V., a consortium of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the Government of the Netherlands, and Banco Santander....
 for $21 billion. With this combination Bank of America
Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation , based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the largest financial services company in the world, largest bank by assets, second largest commercial bank by deposits, and third largest by market capitalization in the United States....
 will have 1.7 trillion in assets. A Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 court blocked the sale until it was later approved in July. The acquisition was completed on October 1, 2007.

The deal increased Bank of America's presence in Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, and Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
 by 411 branches, 17,000 commercial bank clients, 1.4 million retail customers and 1,500 ATMs. Bank of America has become the largest bank in the Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
 market with 197 offices and 14% of the deposit share, passing up JPMorgan Chase.

LaSalle Bank
LaSalle Bank

LaSalle Bank Corporation was the holding company for LaSalle Bank N.A. and LaSalle Bank Midwest N.A. With $116 billion in assets, it was headquartered at 135 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois....
 and LaSalle Bank Midwest branches adopted the Bank of America name on 5 May 2008.

Acquisition of Countrywide Financial
On August 23, 2007 the company announced a $2 billion repurchase agreement
Repurchase agreement

A Repurchase agreement allows a borrower to use a security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed rate of interest. In a repo, the borrower agrees to immediately sell a security to a lender and also agrees to buy the same security from the lender at a fixed price at some later date....
 for Countrywide Financial
Countrywide Financial

Countrywide Financial Corporation is a diversified financial marketing and service holding company engaged primarily in residential mortgage banking and related businesses....
. This purchase of preferred stock
Preferred stock

Preferred stock, also called preferred shares or preference shares, is typically a 'higher ranking' stock than voting shares, and its terms are negotiated between the corporation and the investor....
 was arranged to provide a return on investment of 7.25% per annum and provided the option to purchase common stock
Common stock

Common stock is a form of corporation equity ownership represented in the Security . It is a stock whose dividends are based on market fluctuations....
 at a price of $18 per share.

Following that initial investment, on January 11, 2008, Bank of America announced that they would buy Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion. This acquisition, which closed on July 1, 2008, gave the bank a substantial market share of the mortgage business, and access to Countrywide's expertise, technology, and employees for servicing mortgages. The acquisition was seen as preventing the potential of bankruptcy
Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay its creditors. Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against a debtor in an effort to recoup a portion of what they are owed or initiate a restructuring....
 for Countrywide. Countrywide denied that it was close to bankruptcy. Countrywide provides mortgage servicing for nine million mortgages valued at $1.4 trillion USD
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
 as of December 31, 2007. However, Countrywide is under FBI investigation due to possible fraud in home loans and mortages, therefore Bank of America states that by 2009 they will be "officially" affiliated to Countrywide.

On July 1, 2008, Bank of America Corporation completed its purchase of Countrywide Financial Corporation, which makes the corporation the nation's leading mortgage originator and servicer controlling between 20 to 25 percent of the home loan market. The deal was structured to merge Countrywide with the Red Oak Merger Corporation, which Bank of America created as an independent subsidiary. It has been speculated that the deal was structured this way to prevent a potential bankruptcy stemming from large losses in Countrywide hurting the parent organization by keeping Countrywide bankruptcy remote
Bankruptcy remote

A company within a Business group is said to be bankruptcy remote when the insolvency of that company does not affect any other company in the group, particularly any holding company or subsidiary of the bankruptcy remote vehicle....
.

Acquisition of Merrill Lynch
On September 15, 2008, Bank of America announced its intentions to purchase Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. is a global financial services firm which was acquired by Bank of America. This article describes both the historical Merrill Lynch and its ongoing operations as a subsidiary of the bank....
 in an all-stock deal worth approximately $ 50 billion, about 86% of the Bank of America stock price at close. This acquisition will make Bank of America the largest financial services
Financial services

Financial services refer to Service provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money....
 company in the world. Temasek Holdings
Temasek Holdings

Temasek Holdings is an investment company that is owned by the government of Singapore. With a international staff of more than 300 people, it manages a portfolio of about S$185 billion, or more than US$127 billion, focused primarily in Asia....
, the largest shareholder of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. is a global financial services firm which was acquired by Bank of America. This article describes both the historical Merrill Lynch and its ongoing operations as a subsidiary of the bank....
, will become one of the largest shareholders of Bank of America.

Shareholders of both companies approved the acquisition on December 5, 2008, and the deal closed January 1, 2009.

The Bank, in its January 16, 2009 earnings release, revealed massive losses at Merrill Lynch in the fourth quarter, which necessitated an emergency government bailout of the Bank to keep it solvent. Merrill recorded an operating loss of $21.5 billion in the quarter, mainly in its sales and trading operations, led by Tom Montag. The Bank also disclosed it tried to abandon the deal in December after the extent of Merrill's trading losses surfaced, but was compelled to complete the merger by the U.S. government. The Bank's stock price sank to $7.18, its lowest level in 17 years, after announcing earnings and the Merrill mishap. The market capitalization of Bank of America, including Merrill Lynch, was then $45 billion, less than the $50 billion it offered for Merrill just four months earlier, and down $108 billion from the merger announcement.

Federal bailout

Bank of America received US $20 billion in federal bailout from the US government through the TARP
Tarp

Tarp may mean:* tarpaulin, a large sheet of strong, flexible, water resistant or waterproof material.* Tarp, Germany, a place in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany....
 program on 16 January 2009 and also got guarantee of US $118 billion in potential losses at the company. This was in addition to the $25 billion given to them in the Fall of 2008 through TARP
Tarp

Tarp may mean:* tarpaulin, a large sheet of strong, flexible, water resistant or waterproof material.* Tarp, Germany, a place in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany....
. The additional payment was part of a deal with the US government to preserve Bank of America's merger with the troubled investment firm Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. is a global financial services firm which was acquired by Bank of America. This article describes both the historical Merrill Lynch and its ongoing operations as a subsidiary of the bank....
.

Bank of America divisions

Bank Highlander
Bankofamericaporterranch
Bank of America generates 90% of its revenues in its domestic market and continues to buy businesses in the US. The core of Bank of America's strategy is to be the number one bank in its domestic market. It has achieved this through key acquisitions.

Consumer

Global Consumer and Small Business Banking (GC&SBB) is the largest division in the company, and deals primarily with consumer banking and credit card issuance. The acquisition of FleetBoston and MBNA significantly expanded its size and range of services, resulting in about 51% of the company's total revenue in 2005. It competes directly with the retail banking
Retail banking

Retail banking refers to banking in which banking institutions execute transactions directly with consumers, rather than corporations or other banks....
 divisions of Citigroup
Citigroup

Citigroup Inc., doing business as Citi, is a major United States financial services company based in New York City. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group on April 7, 1998....
 and JPMorgan Chase. The GC&SBB organization includes over 6,100 retail branches and over 18,700 ATMs across the United States.

Bank of America is a member of the Global ATM Alliance
Global ATM Alliance

The Global ATM Alliance is a joint venture of several major international banks that allows customers of the banks to use their Automated teller machine card or debit card at another bank within the Global ATM Alliance with no fees when travelling internationally....
, a joint venture of several major international banks that allows customers of the banks to use their ATM
Automated teller machine

An automated teller machine is a computerized telecommunications device that provides the customers of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public space without the need for a human clerk or bank teller....
 card or check card
Check card

The term check card can refer to:- An identification card issued by a retailer allowing the holder to tender payment by cheque. Such cards were commonly issued in the United States by supermarkets and other retailers before the widespread use of debit cards....
 at another bank within the Global ATM Alliance with no fees when traveling internationally. Other participating banks are Barclays (United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
), BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is one of the main banks in Europe. It was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris and Paribas....
 (France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
), China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank

The China Construction Bank is one of the 'Big four banks' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the 4th largest in the world by market capitalization....
 (China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
), Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is an international Universal bank with a broad private clients franchise, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
 (Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
), Santander Serfin (Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
), Scotiabank
Scotiabank

The Bank of Nova Scotia is the second Big Five in Canada by deposits and third largest by market capitalization. The bank was founded in 1832 in City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and its primary corporate offices are located in Toronto, Ontario....
 (Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
) and Westpac
Westpac

Westpac , is a multinational Financial services company and the largest bank in Australia . The bank is one of the Australian 'big four' banks, joining National Australia Bank, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, and the Commonwealth Bank....
 (Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
). This feature is restricted to withdrawals using a debit card, though credit card withdrawals are still subject to cash advance fees and foreign currency conversion fees. Additionally, some foreign ATMs use Smart Card
Smart card

A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card , is in any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits which can process data....
 technology and may not accept non-Smart Cards.

Bank of America, N.A is a nationally chartered bank, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury.

Corporate

Global Corporate and Investment Banking (GCIB), also known as Banc of America Securities LLC, provides mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions

The phrase mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different corporation that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity....
 advisory, underwriting
Underwriting

Underwriting refers to the process that a large financial service provider uses to assess the eligibility of a customer to receive their products ....
, capital markets, as well as sales & trading in fixed income and equities markets. Its strongest groups include Leveraged Finance, Syndicated Loans, and mortgage-backed securities
Mortgage-backed security

A mortgage-backed security is an asset-backed security whose cash flows are backed by the principal and interest payments of a set of mortgage loans....
. It also has one of the largest research teams on Wall Street
Wall Street

Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It runs east from Broadway to South Street on the East River, through the historical center of the Financial District, Manhattan....
. Banc of America Securities LLC is based in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, with major offices also located in Charlotte, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, San Francisco, Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
, Frankfurt
Frankfurt

is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and Mumbai
Mumbai

Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
. Ken Lewis, the ambitious chief executive who masterminded the bank's expansion into exotic new businesses including GCIB, bluntly ruled out any further acquisitions in its investment banking division. "I've had all of the fun I can stand in investment banking at the moment," he told analysts.

Investment management

Global Wealth and Investment Management manages assets of institutions and individuals. It is among the 10 largest U.S. wealth managers (ranked by private banking assets under management in accounts of $1 million or more as of June 30, 2005). In July 2006, Chairman Ken Lewis
Ken Lewis (executive)

Kenneth D. Lewis is the current Chairman, CEO, and President of Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States, positions he has held since the retirement of Hugh McColl in 2001....
 announced that GWIM's total assets under management exceeded $500 billion. GWIM has five primary lines of business: Premier Banking & Investments (including Bank of America Investment Services, Inc.), The Private Bank, Family Wealth Advisors, Columbia Management Group
Columbia Management Group

Columbia Management Group is Bank of America Corporation's primary investment management division. It administers the Columbia Funds family of mutual funds, some of which were previously known by the NationsFunds brand....
, and Banc of America Specialist.

Bank of America has recently spent $675 million building its US investment banking business and is looking to become one of the top five investment banks worldwide. "Bank of America already has excellent relationships with the corporate and financial institutions world. Its clients include 98% of the Fortune 500 companies in the US and 79% of the Global Fortune 500. These relationships, as well as a balance sheet that most banks would kill for, are the foundations for a lofty ambition."

Bank of America is currently constructing a massive new headquarters
Bank of America Tower, New York City

The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is a skyscraper under construction in the Midtown Manhattan district of New York City, in the United States....
 for its New York City operations. The skyscaper will be located on 42nd Street
42nd Street (Manhattan)

42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square....
 and Avenue of the Americas
Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)

Sixth Avenue is a major avenue in New York City's borough of Manhattan. Although the Avenue's official name was changed to Avenue of the Americas in 1945 by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia New Yorkers remained faithful to the old name....
, at Bryant Park
Bryant Park

Bryant Park is a 9.603 acre privately-managed public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is bounded by Fifth Avenue , Sixth Avenue , 40th Street and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan....
, and will feature state of the art
State of the art

The state of the art is the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time. It also applies to the level of development reached at any particular time usually as a result of modern methods....
, environmentally-friendly technology throughout its 1.2 million square feet (111,484 m²) of office space. The building will be the headquarters for the company's investment banking division, and will also host most of Bank of America's New York-based staff.

International operations

In 2005, Bank of America acquired a 9% stake in China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank

The China Construction Bank is one of the 'Big four banks' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the 4th largest in the world by market capitalization....
, China's second largest bank, for $3 billion. It represented the company's largest foray into China's growing banking sector. Bank of America currently has offices in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
, and Guangzhou
Guangzhou

'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China....
 and is looking to greatly expand its Chinese business as a result of this deal.

Bank of America has invested in India as an emerging market. Currently, Bank of America maintains branches in Mumbai
Mumbai

Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
, Chennai
Chennai

Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
, Calcutta, New Delhi
New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi ....
 and Bangalore
Bangalore

Bangalore , officially Bengaluru , is the capital of the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's List of most populous cities in India and List of most populous metropolitan areas in India....
. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006 Bank of America reported an 80% increase in net profit.

Bank of America operated under the name BankBoston in many other Latin American countries, including Brazil. In 2006, Bank of America sold all BankBoston's operations to Brazilian bank Banco Itaú, in exchange for Itaú shares. The BankBoston name and trademarks were not part of the transaction and, as part of the sale agreement, cannot be used by Bank of America. (That meant the extinction of the BankBoston brand.)

Bank of America's Global Corporate and Investment Banking spans the Globe with divisions in United States, Europe and Asia. The U.S. headquarters are located in New York, European headquarters are based in London and Asia's headquarters are split between Singapore & Hong Kong.

Board of Directors

  • William Barnet III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Barnet Company
  • Frank P. Bramble Sr, Former Executive Officer, MBNA Corporation
  • John T. Collins, Chief Executive Officer, The Collins Group
  • Gary L. Countryman, Chairman Emeritus, Liberty Mutual Group
  • Tommy Franks
    Tommy Franks

    General Tommy Ray Franks, United States Army, Order of the British Empire, is a retired General in the United States Army. His last Army post was as the Commander of the United States U.S....
    , Retired General, United States Army
    United States Army

    The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
  • Charles K. Gifford
    Charles K. Gifford

    Charles K. Gifford is Chairman Emeritus of Bank of America, joining the company as CEO of BankBoston. He is also a corporate director of CBS Corporation....
    , Former Chairman, Bank of America Corporation
  • Kenneth D. Lewis
    Ken Lewis (executive)

    Kenneth D. Lewis is the current Chairman, CEO, and President of Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States, positions he has held since the retirement of Hugh McColl in 2001....
    , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America Corporation
  • Monica C. Lozano, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of La Opinion
    La Opinión

    La Opini?n is a Spanish language daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the six counties of Southern California....
  • Walter E. Massey, President Emeritus, Morehouse College
    Morehouse College

    Morehouse College is a Private university, Men's colleges in the United States, Historically Black colleges and universities college located in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia ....
  • Thomas J. May, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, NSTAR
    NSTAR

    NSTAR is a utility company that provides retail electricity and natural gas to customers in eastern and central Massachusetts, including the Boston urban area....
  • Patricia E. Mitchell, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Paley Center for Media
  • Thomas M. Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer, CVS Caremark Corporation
  • O. Temple Sloan, Jr., Chairman, General Parts International
  • Meredith R. Spangler, Trustee and Board Member
  • Robert L. Tillman, Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Lowe's
    Lowe's

    Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a United States-based chain of retail home improvement and major appliance stores. Founded in 1946 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the chain now serves over 14+ million customers a week in its 1,616 stores in every state and Canada....
  • Jackie M. Ward, Retired Chairman/CEO, Computer Generation


Major Shareholders

Individuals Shares held
Kenneth D Lewis 1,780,531
John A Thain 679,946
Bruce L Hammonds 504,429
Keith T Banks 336,371
Charles K Gifford 334,176


Institutions Shares held % held
Barclays Global Investors 192,077,414 3.83
State Street Corp 187,394,299 3.73
FMR 152,596,052 3.04
Vanguard Group 142,204,635 2.83
Capital World Investors 114,829,550 2.29
Wellington Management Comp 102,053,133 2.03
AXA 89,824,923 1.79
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 65,284,687 1.30
Morgan Stanley 58,081,288 1.16
JP Morgan Chase & Co 54,816,605 1.09


  • data from Yahoo! Finance as of January 1, 2009


Social responsibility

In addition to its new eco-friendly office tower in Manhattan, Bank of America has pledged to spend billions on commercial lending and investment banking for projects that it considers "green." The corporation, which already supplied all of its employees with cash incentives to buy hybrid vehicles, is also helping its customers be eco-friendly by rolling out a new credit card program in 2007 that would donate money to helping the environment, as well as providing mortgage loan breaks for customers whose homes qualified as energy efficient.

Bank of America has also donated money to help health centers in Massachusetts and made donations to help homeless shelters in Miami.

In 2004 the bank pledged $750 billion over a ten-year period for community development lending and investment. The company had delivered more than $230 billion against a ten-year commitment of $350 billion made in 1998 to provide affordable mortgage, build affordable housing, support small business and create jobs in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Diversity and inclusion

Bank of America was named for the 19th year as one of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" in 2007 by Working Mother magazine. In 2006 Bank of America was one of the first companies inducted into Working Mother magazine's Hall of Fame.

In 2007, DiversityInc ranked Bank of America as the number one company for diversity in this prestigious list and placed as a top employer for executive women, Hispanics, Asian Americans and for GLBT executives, as well as number one for recruitment and retention, and number six for supplier diversity.

IT Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) recognized Bank of America as the "2007 Organization of the Year." This award is presented annually for leadership in the areas of developing and embracing a diverse workforce.

National Black MBA Association awarded Bank of America the "2006 Company of the Year" for recruiting, retaining and providing advancement opportunities for blacks in the workplace. It also recognized Bank of America's Managing Director, Deputy Head of Global Investment Banking Lewis Warren, Jr. as one of the "75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street."

Bank of America was named the number one company for Hispanics by Hispanics Business Magazine in 2006. LATINA Style Magazine continues to rank Bank of America in their Top 15 for its "50 Best Companies for Latinas" which measures companies based on recruitment, retention and advancement opportunities for Latinas.

Human Rights Campaign 2006 Corporate Equality Index gave Bank of America a 100% rating for its support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender associates.

Controversies

Bank of America has been involved in a number of controversial issues. Many of its corporate policies, such as overdraft fees (particularly because of their excessive price), telemarketing, credit card application policy, and early account closures, have been criticized. In addition, the acquisitive strategy pursued by Ken Lewis came into question after Merrill Lynch posted a record operating loss of $21.5 billion in Q4 2008, requiring the federal government to bail out Bank of America.

Bank of America has been the subject of criticism for the disconnect between its green statement and its financing of coal mining which contributes to greenhouse gas production. On December 4, 2008, Bank of America announced that it would discontinue financing coal mining achieved by mountaintop removal
Mountaintop removal

Mountaintop removal mining , often referred to as mountaintop mining/valley fills , is a form of surface mining that involves extreme topographic change to the Summit or summit ridge of a mountain....
.

Despite recently receiving $45 billion (USD) in tax payer funded TARP
Troubled Assets Relief Program

The Troubled Asset Relief Program is a program of the United States government to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen its financial sector....
 bailout funds, Bank of America spent $10 million dollars sponsoring a five day event containing of interactive entertainment attractions for football fans attending Super Bowl XLIII
Super Bowl XLIII

Super Bowl XLIII was an American football game which featured the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference champion Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League champion for the 2008 NFL season....
. The bank defended the spending for the event, which was blanketed with Bank of America logos and marketing materials, as being part of its growth strategy.

On Feb. 17, 2009 Bank of America Corporation made its first dividend payment to the U.S. government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The payment, totaling $402 million, reflects Bank of America's ongoing commitment to paying back U.S. taxpayers. Total cash dividend payments to the government in 2009 will reach approximately $2.8 billion. Bank of America also committed to assisting as many as 630,000 customers to help them stay in their homes, representing more than $100 billion in mortgage financing. In 2008, the company modified approximately 230,000 home loans - representing more than $44 billion in mortgage financing. Bank of America also modified nearly 700,000 credit card loans for borrowers experiencing financial hardship in 2008.

Bank of America corporate buildings

  • Bank of America Tower
    Bank of America Tower (Phoenix)

    The Bank of America Tower is a highrise in downtown Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona. The tower is the centerpiece of the Collier Center, a multi-use office and entertainment complex....
     in Phoenix, AZ
  • Bank of America Center in Los Angeles, CA
  • 555 California Street, formerly the Bank of America Center, in San Francisco, CA
  • Bank of America Tower
    Bank of America Tower (Jacksonville)

    The Bank of America Tower is a skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, Florida. It was built as the headquarters of Barnett Bank and originally named Barnett Tower, but the name was changed in 1997 when Barnett was acquired by NationsBank, which soon merged with Bank of America....
     in Jacksonville, FL
  • Bank of America Tower
    Bank of America Tower (Miami)

    The Bank of America Tower at International Place is a 47-story, landmark office tower in Miami, Florida.Built for CenTrust Savings & Loan in 1987, the 47-story building ranks in the top ten tallest skyscrapers in Miami and in Florida at a height of 625 feet and is known for its elaborate night-time illuminations and its dramatic three gl...
     in Miami, FL
  • Bank of America Building in Orlando, FL
  • Bank of America Tower
    Bank of America Tower (Saint Petersburg)

    The Bank of America Tower is a 28-story skyscraper located at 200 Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. It was designed by Jung Brannen Associates and was completed in 1990....
     in St. Petersburg, FL
  • Bank of America Tower
    Bank of America Tower (Tampa)

    The Bank of America Tower is a 42-story skyscraper located in Downtown Tampa and was completed in 1986. At 176 m tall, it surpassed One Tampa City Center as the tallest building in Tampa, until completion of 100 North Tampa in 1992....
     in Tampa, FL
  • Bank of America Plaza
    Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)

    The Bank of America Plaza is a skyscraper located in Midtown Atlanta. Standing 1,023 ft , it ranks as the 30th tallest building in the world. It is also the tallest building in North America outside of Chicago and New York City, Georgia's tallest building, and the tallest building in any U.S....
     in Atlanta, GA (the tallest U.S. building outside of NYC and Chicago)
  • Bank of America Building, formerly the LaSalle Bank Building in Chicago, IL
  • Bank of America Building
    Bank of America Building (Baltimore)

    The Bank of America Building, located at the corner of Baltimore Street-Fayette Street and St. Paul Street-Calvert Streets in the Downtown Baltimore area of Baltimore, Maryland, at 505 feet was the tallest building in the state when built in 1924....
     in Baltimore, MD
  • Bank of America Plaza
    Bank of America Plaza (St. Louis)

    The Bank of America Plaza is an award-winning skyscraper located in downtown St. Louis. Formerly Boatmen's Bancshares of St. Louis and First National Bank, the tower is 384 ft tall and has 31 floors....
     in St Louis, MO
  • Bank of America Corporate Center
    Bank of America Corporate Center

    The Bank of America Corporate Center is an 871 ft skyscraper in Charlotte center city Charlotte, North Carolina, North Carolina. When completed in 1992, it became and still is the tallest building in North Carolina as well as the tallest building between Philadelphia and Atlanta; it is 60 floor high....
     in Charlotte, NC (The corporate headquarters)
  • Bank of America Plaza
    Bank of America Plaza (Charlotte)

    The Bank of America Plaza is a , 40-story skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina, North Carolina. It is the 4th tallest in the city. It contains of rentable area of which of retail space, and the rest office space....
     in Charlotte, NC
  • Bank of America Tower in Albuquerque, NM
  • Bank of America Tower in New York City, NY (under construction)
  • Bank of America Building
    Bank of America Tower (Providence)

    The Bank of America Building is the List of tallest buildings in Providence in the city of Providence, Rhode Island and the state of Rhode Island, and the 28th tallest in New England....
     in Providence, RI
  • Bank of America Plaza
    Bank of America Plaza (Dallas)

    The Bank of America Plaza, located at 901 Main Street District, Dallas, Texas in downtown Dallas Dallas, Texas, Texas is a 72-story Modern architecture-styled skyscraper....
     in Dallas, TX
  • Bank of America Center in Houston, TX
  • Bank of America Building in Bellevue, WA
  • Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza
    Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza

    Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza is a 543ft tall skyscraper in Seattle, Washington.It was constructed from 1979 to 1981 and has 42 floors. It is the 9th tallest building in Seattle and as designed by 3D/International....
     in Seattle, WA
  • Columbia Center
    Columbia Center

    The Columbia Center is the tallest skyscraper in the Downtown, Seattle, Washington Seattle skyline, as well as the tallest building in the State of Washington, and the Pacific Northwest region of North America....
     in Seattle, WA
  • One City Center
    One City Center

    One City Center is an Office Building located in the Portland Financial District of Portland, Maine. It is considered an icon of the Maine financial market....
    , often called the Bank of America building due to signage rights, in Portland, ME
  • 200 Front Street West, often called the Bank of America tower in Toronto, ON
  • Bank of America Tower
    Bank of America Tower, Hong Kong

    Bank of America Tower in Hong Kong is one of the tallest structures in Hong Kong. It is the only building with pure white color differentiating between many other building across....
     in Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....


See also

  • Bank of America Canada
    Bank of America Canada

    Bank of America Canada was a wholly owned US bank subsidiary, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It was a Schedule II bank under the Bank Act to accept deposits, which may be eligible for deposit insurance provided by the Canada Deposit and Insurance Corporation....
  • Bank of America (Asia)
    Bank of America (Asia)

    The China Construction Bank Corporation Limited is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong....
  • List of bank mergers in United States
    List of bank mergers in United States

    This is a partial list of many of the major bank mergers since 1930 in the United States...


Further reading


External links

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