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The Motley Fool
July 17, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Will Barclays Boost Bankers' Bid? A competing offer for banking giant ABN AMRO is sweetened, but not raised. Whichever bid ultimately wins out, the deal will be the largest banking merger ever, surpassing even the $57 billion deal that created Bank of America.   |
U.S. Banker
February 2004
Michael Sisk |
Bank of America Goes Under the Microscope Thanks to a raft of letters from community groups and an appeal from Massachusetts legislators, the Federal Reserve Board extended public comment on the proposed Bank of America and FleetBoston Financial merger to include two public hearings. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Barclays and ABN Amro Seal the Deal The combined Barclays and ABN Amro will be among one of the 10 largest banks in the world, one of the largest credit card issuers, and the largest institutional asset manager in the world. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: ABN and Barclays Get Tripped Up A Dutch court blocks the sale of ABN's U.S. banking business to Bank of America. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
ABN's Complicated Love Life A British financial services group and a Dutch bank end up in a bizarre love triangle, and delivering strong results as well. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
ABN Shareholders Will Decide Megamerger ABN's management is pushing for the Barclays deal but may just be looking out for its best interests. Fortunately, the shareholders will get a chance to vote and decide this issue for themselves. |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
(Investment) Bank Of America? Bank of America aims to build its way up to the top tier of investment banks. It won't be easy. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
Gene G. Marcial |
A Bank To Bank On Bank of America is a good defensive stock that has lagged the rally. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Bank of America Is Outbanked Bank of America managed to post a nice net income increase during its second quarter, but only half as much as some of its competitors. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003
Dean Foust |
BofA Heads Back To Main Street True, the consumer market has been the salvation of many a bank in recent years, but BofA's new drive to sell financial-services products to consumers could fizzle. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 11, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
IT Integration and the Bank of America/Countrywide Merger The merger of Bank of America and Countrywide will bring together two companies with very large IT organizations. In the beginning they will probably run the core systems of both companies simultaneously. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
David LaGesse |
Still Thinking Big A dismal 2009 slowed PrivateBank s growth, but it didn t temper CEO Larry Richman s ambition to transform the bank into Chicago s premier middle-market lender. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Gene G. Marcial |
Who's Courting BofA? With banking mergers and acquisitions heating up, some big U.S. and European banks are eyeing Bank of America as a possible partner. |
Fast Company
November 2009
Jeff Bailey |
Can Chicago's PrivateBancorp Hire Its Way Into the Top Tier? Can Chicago's PrivateBancorp hire its way into the top tier? |
Bank Technology News
December 2003
John Adams |
BofA's Fleet Of Headaches Bank of America bit off a mouthful when it bought FleetBoston, and the digestion promises to be long, fraught with all the trials and tribulations emerge in the wake of such consumption. |
BusinessWeek
December 9, 2009
Keoun & Mildenberg |
TARP: Last Bank Out Is a Rotten Egg Citi, the only major bank left with "exceptional" federal aid, is racing to arrange payback terms. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Michael Sisk |
Recession or Not, BofA Deal Recommits to Consumer Just weeks after BofA agreed to purchase Countrywide Financial for a price that deeply discounted the value of its mortgage holdings, the Federal Reserve stepped up its aggressive rate cutting, taking some pressure off adjustable-rate mortgages and spurring a refinancing mini boom. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Dean Foust |
BofA's Happy Surprise Consumer chief McGee's sweeping makeover of Fleet's branches is a success |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 30, 2003
Steven Marlin |
Careful What You Wish For: Technology Is Key to BofA/Fleet Deal Bank of America and FleetBoston must decide how best to assimilate their systems. |
Bank Technology News
June 2004
John Adams |
The General of BofA's Army Ken Lewis was named president, chairman and CEO of BofA in 2001 following the turf war that accompanied the NationsBank-BofA deal. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 30, 2003
Katherine Burger |
Damning with Faint Praise The winner of last month's "Now you tell me!" award was Charles Prince, Citigroup's recently named CEO, who stated in a presentation about the institution's global corporate and investment bank, "The era of the transformational merger is over." |
U.S. Banker
November 2008
Anthony Malakian |
BofA Makes Dash in the World Of Premium Cards Bank of America's acquisition of top-tier brokerage Merrill Lynch gives the Charlotte NC-based behemoth "a special edge" in the high-net-worth card industry segment where it once lagged. |
Bank Technology News
May 2006
Glen Fest |
Sales Marketing Automation: Here's A Concept: Burn The Brochure Forget the print shop. LaSalle Bank uses an automated collateral tool to deliver about $3 million in cost-savings and enhanced cross-selling to its sales teams. |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Rob Garver |
Nothing to Bank On Bank executives will undoubtedly spend much of the next year assessing the likelihood and impact of new rules, while at the same time trying to keep earnings growth on its upward trend. |
Bank Technology News
May 2003
Mark Bruno |
The Anatomy of an Anomaly How a traditional institution like Bank Of America is making huge waves in the internet banking business. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Comes Back for Seconds After biting off more than it could chew with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America is heading back to the bailout line for a second helping. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
The Two Faces of Bank Mergers Despite all the talk about the "seamlessness" of the mergers being planned in the nation's fast-consolidating banking industry, CFOs of bank customers aren't all that convinced. And their concerns are both financial and personal: Will the merger of their bank hurt their access to capital, they ask? And how will their relationship with bank officers change? |
U.S. Banker
July 2004
Michael Dumiak |
SubdivIsions Over the past decade part of the ticket to building the country's massive financial empires has been a public promise to pour money into developing communities. Add up the numbers up and it's a staggering amount of money. |
