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We view Bank of America’s strategy as a testament to the efficacy of a scaled, integrated model. Pursuing a core strategy of responsible growth, the company aims to grow in a way that looks good, leveraging its size and international presence to build a system that helps almost every customer, everywhere. While peers, particularly in Europe, have narrowed their service scope, Bank of America maintains formidable scale, allowing it to demonstrate a commitment to digital leadership and to reap the economic benefits of fractionalizing this expenditure across its retail, wealth, and institutional footprints. A prime example is Erica, its AI virtual assistant, which spans business lines and facilitated 200 million interactions in the second quarter of 2026, deeply embedding the bank into the operations of its 50 million active digital users.

Bank of America reported robust second-quarter 2026 earnings results on July 14, sending shares up a low-single-digit percentage on the back of net revenue growth and earnings per share growth of 15% and 34%, respectively, from a year ago.

We view Bank of America’s strategy as a testament to the efficacy of a scaled, integrated model. Pursuing a core strategy of responsible growth, the company aims to grow in a way that looks good, leveraging its size and international presence to build a system that helps almost every customer, everywhere. While peers, particularly in Europe, have narrowed their service scope, Bank of America maintains formidable scale, allowing it to demonstrate a commitment to digital leadership and to reap the economic benefits of fractionalizing this expenditure across its retail, wealth, and institutional footprints. A prime example is Erica, its AI virtual assistant, which spans business lines and facilitated 200 million interactions in the second quarter of 2026, deeply embedding the bank into the operations of its 50 million active digital users.

The Federal Reserve released its annual stress test results on June 24. With stronger results than last year, albeit in a less severe scenario, shares of the 32 tested banks generally traded upward, though the movement was muted.

Bank of America reported strong first-quarter 2026 results on April 15, sending shares upward by a low-single-digit percentage on the back of 7% year-over-year revenue growth and 290 basis points of positive operating leverage.

We view Bank of America’s strategy as a testament to the efficacy of a scaled, integrated model. Pursuing a core strategy of responsible growth, the company aims to grow in a way that looks good, leveraging its size and international presence to build a system that helps almost every customer, everywhere. While peers, particularly in Europe, have narrowed their service scope, Bank of America maintains formidable scale, allowing it to demonstrate a commitment to digital leadership and to reap the economic benefits of fractionalizing this expenditure across its retail, wealth, and institutional footprints. A prime example is Erica, its AI virtual assistant, which spans business lines and facilitated 171 million interactions in the first quarter of 2026, deeply embedding the bank into the operations of its 50 million active digital users.

We're transferring coverage of Bank of America, a global financial services firm that operates primarily in North America, to a new analyst.

We view Bank of America’s strategy as a testament to the efficacy of a scaled, integrated model. Pursuing a core strategy of "responsible growth," the firm seeks to leverage its global reach and scale to create a synergistic ecosystem that services most client types and geographies. While peers, particularly in Europe, have narrowed their scope of services, Bank of America maintains formidable scale, allowing it to demonstrate a commitment to digital leadership and reap the economic benefits of fractionalizing this expenditure across its retail, wealth, and institutional footprints. A prime example is Erica, its AI virtual assistant, which spans business lines and facilitated 169 million interactions in the fourth quarter of 2025, deeply embedding the bank into the operations of its 49 million active digital users.

The Federal Reserve released its long-awaited proposals for a few key regulatory measures, including its proposal for the adoption of global Basel III endgame (BSE) standards and revisions to the surplus capital that global systemically important banks, or G-SIBs, must carry.

Shares of US banks traded down by low-to-mid single digits on Feb. 23, mostly due to macro concerns stemming from tariff uncertainty, possible credit losses from an increase in the unemployment rate driven by artificial intelligence disruption, and private credit-related exposure.

Bank of America reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings, with shares falling nearly 5% in Jan. 14 trading despite modest sales and earnings outperformance relative to FactSet consensus estimates.

After years of issues following the financial crisis of 2008, Bank of America has emerged as one of the preeminent US banking franchises. The bank has one of the best retail branch networks and overall retail franchises in the United States, is a Tier 1 investment bank, a top four US credit card issuer, a top three US acquirer, has a solid commercial banking franchise, and owns the Merrill Lynch franchise, which has turned into one of the strongest US brokerage and advisory firms.

After years of issues following the financial crisis of 2008, Bank of America has emerged as one of the preeminent US banking franchises. The bank has one of the best retail branch networks and overall retail franchises in the United States, is a Tier 1 investment bank, a top four US credit card issuer, a top three US acquirer, has a solid commercial banking franchise, and owns the Merrill Lynch franchise, which has turned into one of the strongest US brokerage and advisory firms.

After years of issues following the financial crisis of 2008, Bank of America has emerged as one of the preeminent US banking franchises. The bank has one of the best retail branch networks and overall retail franchises in the United States, is a Tier 1 investment bank, is a top four US credit card issuer, is a top three US acquirer, has a solid commercial banking franchise, and owns the Merrill Lynch franchise, which has turned into one of the leading US brokerage and advisor firms.

The Federal Reserve released a new proposal for the bank stress-test framework and 2026 stress-test scenarios on Oct. 24.

Bank of America reported an excellent set of numbers in the third quarter with earnings of $1.06 per share, equating to a return on tangible equity of 15.4%, powered by net interest margin expansion, solid fee income growth, and positive operating leverage dynamics playing out.

After years of issues following the financial crisis of 2008, Bank of America has emerged as one of the preeminent US banking franchises. The bank has one of the best retail branch networks and overall retail franchises in the United States, is a Tier 1 investment bank, is a top four US credit card issuer, is a top three US acquirer, has a solid commercial banking franchise, and owns the Merrill Lynch franchise, which has turned into one of the leading US brokerage and advisor firms.

Bank of America reported solid numbers in the second quarter with earnings of $0.89 per share, equating to a return on tangible equity of 13.4%, powered by loan growth and higher net interest income. NII is expected to continue inching upward in the coming quarters, supporting profit growth.

The Federal Reserve released its annual stress test results on Friday, June 27. With significantly stronger results compared with a year ago, the shares of the 22 tested institutions traded slightly higher in after hours trading.

The Federal Reserve, with the support of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance, released draft changes to the enhanced supplemental leverage ratio today. The Morningstar US Banks Index rose by 0.6% on the news, while the broader market was flat.