Bank of America (BofA) was established in 1904. Since then, through the ups and downs of financial growth and crises, it has grown to become one of the “big four” banks in the United States (the others are JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo). Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bank of America has operations in more than 35 countries around the world.
Bank of America offers a full range of financial products and services. Its personal depository banking products include checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, Certificates of Deposit (CDs), and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Its checking accounts, both interest bearing and non-interest bearing, feature online banking, mobile banking, debit cards, and available overdraft protection. BofA’s savings accounts can be used as overdraft protection for BofA checking accounts. Furthermore, the bank provides Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which can be used to pay for qualified medical expenses.
Bank of America’s money market accounts offer higher interest rates to customers as a relationship banking reward. At the time of this writing, enrollment in the relationship banking program requires both a BofA personal checking account and a certain 3-month average combined balance in BofA banking accounts and/or Merrill Lynch or Merrill Edge investment accounts.
As for CDs, the terms range from 28 days to 10 years, with higher interest rates for longer terms. For the standard CDs, BofA does not allow any additional deposits until the CD matures, and there is an early withdrawal penalty. However, the bank also offers a short-term CD with no early withdrawal penalty, for customers looking to keep their funds relatively liquid.
BofA provides both Traditional and Roth IRA products, available as IRA money market accounts or IRA CDs , as well as brokerage IRAs through Merrill Edge. The bank also offers a variable rate CD IRA, to which deposits can be made at any time, and a short-term CD IRA with no early withdrawal penalty.
For business customers, BofA offers business checking accounts, business savings accounts (including business HSAs), business CDs, business IRA options (provided through Merrill Edge), and relationship banking benefits to higher-balance business customers. The bank’s business checking accounts vary by account balance and transaction volume, and they offer access to BofA’s business savings accounts, which are money market accounts with varied interest rates, depending on the account balance. Finally, as for business CDs, BofA offers terms from 7 days to 10 years, including a short-term business CD without an early withdrawal penalty.
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Love This Bank
I love this bank , I can pay my Bill's on my phone , and the customer service is superb. I have always received nothing but the best customer service , they are so helpful and the phone app is great, I have been banking with them for 20 years now , I love bank of america !
Bank That Has Many Fees
Until this year I've banked with Bank of America for many years. I once used this bank after inheriting $50,000. This is when I was first made aware of the many fees associated with using BOA. The inheritance was from a relative's death and I was too preoccupied to pay attention to my bank statement. I knew I had enough money in my checking/savings account to cover my expenses. However, one day I looked at the statement and was shocked that I was being charged a transfer fee from my savings to checking account. The bank offered a small token credit for the money they had deducted. Recently I closed an account because Bank of America started charging a $15 fee just to have an account. It outraged me to think of all the people faithfully deposited their hard-earned money into this giant money-making institution and being charged for the privilege. I was also charged if I went into the bank to speak to a teller instead of using the ATM service. Excuse me for asking a human about my money.
Unreliable
For many years I had an account with BoA without any problems. On a visit about a CD the clerk "upgraded" my account. I thought he was talking about the CD, because I that was the only reason I was there. Months went by, then I was charged a fee because my checking account balance had dropped below $5000. Previously my balance only needed to exceed $2500. I immediately began to transfer CDs to other financial institutions as they matured. When I told them I was closing my account, they got all concerned. Assuring me that they would somehow make it up to me without offering any specifics.
After my father died I became PoA on my mother's account at BoA. The bank was supposed to have also set me up as beneficiary, and assured me they had done so before we left their office. After my mother died, I went in to close her account. I was told I wasn't listed as beneficiary. Thankfully, my mom had a will, but I had been lied to. While the people at the counters were always friendly, they are not always knowledgeable. That's management's fault.
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Data as of Q1 2022
Learn why bank health mattersHealth Grade Components
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| FDIC Certificate # | 3510 |
| Year Established | 1904 |
| Employees | 134978 |
| Primary Regulator | OCC |
| Profit Margin | |
|---|---|
| Return on Assets - YTD | 0.93% |
| Return on Equity - YTD | 10.01% |
| Annual Interest Income | $11.78B |
| Assets and Liabilities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Assets | Q1 2022vs Q1 2021 | $2,513.6B$2,316.8B |
| Loans | Q1 2022vs Q1 2021 | $981B$883.4B |
| Deposits | Q1 2022vs Q1 2021 | $2,150.3B$1,959.9B |
| Equity Capital | Q1 2022vs Q1 2021 | $229.4B$220.4B |
| Loan Loss Allowance | Q1 2022vs Q1 2021 | $12.07B$16.15B |
| Unbacked Noncurrent Loans | Q1 2022vs Q1 2021 | $5.50B$6.27B |
| Real Estate Owned | Q1 2022vs Q1 2021 | $328.0MM$371.0MM |
