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Bank of America

Banking & financial services · United States

Bank of America is one of the largest U.S. banks: it serves about 69 million consumer and small-business clients, manages wealth for individuals, and lends to and trades with companies and governments worldwide.

Q3 2026 results · 14 Oct 2026

More than half of its $30.0B revenue was interest income.

$30.0BRevenue+3% vs Q3 2025
$16.4Bnet interest earned, up 8%
$6.9Bprofit, after a $1.2B regulatory charge
$266Bspent on its cards, up 8%
From Bank of America Q3 2026 earnings release (8-K, Exhibit 99.1) ↗
What makes it different

Its wealth arm holds more than a bank’s worth of client money.

$4.75TWealth client balancesFY2025

Merrill and the Private Bank earn fees on trillions of client balances beside lending and deposit-taking.

How big it is

How big is Bank of America?

$113.1BRevenueFY2025
$3.41TTotal assets2025
213,000Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025

Consumers and Wall Street each bring about a quarter.

  • Consumer Banking37%$43.7B
  • Global Wealth & Investment Management21%$24.9B
  • Global Banking21%$24.1B
  • Global Markets21%$24.1B
How the business works

Gather deposits. Lend. Manage wealth.

  1. 1Deposits from households
  2. 2Loans and cards
  3. 3Merrill client wealth

The same clients bring deposits, borrowing and investments, so one relationship feeds several revenue lines.

Who owns it
  • The Vanguard Group9.1%
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc. / Warren E. Buffett7.9%
  • BlackRock, Inc.6.9%

CEO: Brian T. Moynihan

Who it competes with
Key moments
  1. 1784The Massachusetts Bank is founded
  2. 1904Bank of Italy opens in San Francisco
  3. 1930Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America
  4. 1958BankAmericard is introduced
  5. 1969First ATM launched
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Bank of America's own reports.

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What Bank of America tracks25 metrics
Active mobile banking users
Retail financial centers
Active digital banking users
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
United States
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia
The full timeline18 moments
1955
1994
2025
Bank of America vs JPMorgan Chaseside by side
Revenue
Profit
People
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