Bank of America

This following report is about the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). The Commonwealth Bank is a public business founded in 1911. This company is owned by the Australian government. The Commonwealth Bank operates within the tertiary business sector.

U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management (formerly known as U.S. Trust Corporation) was founded in 1853 and is currently one of the nation’s oldest and largest investment and wealth management firms. Prior to becoming a subsidiary of Bank of America, N.A., U.S. Trust was acquired by Charles Schwab, and Co. Before and after the acquisition by Charles Schwab, and Co, U.S. Trust expanded its operations into many new local markets making it one of the largest fiduciary standard investment management firms to have offices in a significant number of local markets. The expansion into these markets was precipitated by the realization that many markets with substantial wealth were being underserved. From Wichita, Kansas, where clients had generational farms and oil and gas wealth, to Phoenix, Arizona, where clients were moving for retirement, U.S. Trust had dedicated offices in many regions in order to have a presence in underserved markets in the wealth management industry.

Ally Bank is the subsidiary of Ally Financial Inc., which is a different type of bank, unlike traditional banks, All Bank does not have a lot of branches and ATMs, and it just has only two offices. Ally Financial Inc. was mainly used for General Motor vehicle purchases as a independent department of General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC). In 2009, GMAC renamed Ally Bank, Ally Financial offer financial services for insurance and purchases for automotive department, while Ally bank provide the highest-level service to customers at the lowest cost. So this cooperation make the Ally bank become the best one in their industry.

Bank of America purchased Security Pacific Corporation, and with that purchase Bank of America became the first bank to offer coast to coast operations. In the early 21st century bank of America was operating more than 5000 bank branches in the U.S. and conducting investment banking in multiple countries around the world. In 2004, Bank of America expanded its credit card business when they obtained National Processing, which is a transaction processing firm. To receive a high position in the wealth management business, Bank of America gained U.S Trust Corporation, a firm that manages investments in for high net worth clients.

The industry that I have chosen to analyze for this paper in the banking industry. The companies which I have selected to analyze are Bank of America & Southeastern Bank. Bank of America will represent as the example for the company who has acquired and merged with other banks, and Fresno Southeastern Bank will act as the example for the bank who has never merged with a larger bank in any form or has been acquired. Both these banks offer similar products to their customers, for checking and savings accounts to home and car loans. They both offer investment products as well. Bank of America has a lot more products on a larger scale due to the size of their company, and the mergers they have made over their history. They operate worldwide

The Bank of America Corp dominates the market in the United States and also uses different strategies to gain a competitive advantage over it

The earliest known predecessor known to JPMorgan Chase is in 1799 when it was chartered in New York City. In 1784 Alexander Hamilton created the first National Bank. Then in 1799 Hamilton’s rival Aaron Burr a U.S senator and future vice president founded the Bank of Manhattan Co. Over the years starting in 1991 many big companies started to merge together creating giant corporations. In 1991 Manufacturers Hanover Corp. merged with Chemical Banking Corp. From then until 2000 many other companies were to merge and in 2000 J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated merged with The Chase Manhattan Corp combining four of the largest and oldest money center banking institutions in New York City.

Wells Fargo is committed to strengthening our company and our communities by proactively seeking minority, women, and disabled – owned suppliers.

Bank of America Corporation (BOFA), comprised of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, is a multinational company that provides financial services to “people, companies, and institutional investors.” (Bank of America's Strategy of Responsible Growth, 2017) In the U.S. BOFA serves all three customer groups, and outside the U.S. BOFA “serves larger companies and institutional investors. This business model simplifies our operations and reduces our risk profile.” (Bank of America's Strategy of Responsible Growth, 2017) Within the three pillar strategy points, BOFA seeks to aid people, companies, and institutions with their financial needs to obtain the largest customer exposure. Personal banking and wealth-management services assist the individual

The number of NASCAR’s fans is over 75 million and NASCAR ranked NO.1 in corporate involvement and per-event attendance, and NO.2 in television viewership, which mean that Bank of America is going to have enormous customer accumulation.

Bank of America (BOA) is a multinational banking and financial services corporation, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The History of BOA starts in 1904 when Amadeo Pietro Giannini opened the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. In 1930 it merged with Bank of America of California, and that is when it gained its name. In 1968 this Corporation was organized in Delaware as a holding company for Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association and other financial subsidiaries. In1983 BOA merged with the biggest Washington state bank “Seafirst Corporation”, which was the largest United States interstate bank. BOA purchased their biggest competitor in California, (the Security Pacific Corporation) in 1991. On 1998 Nations Bank acquired

          Before the arrival and leadership of Stuart Adam (“Adam”), Bank Julius Baer, North America (“BJB-NA” or the “Company”), the largest independently-owned European private bank in the United States, faced financial difficulties. By mid-2001, a worldwide market downturn caused a significant decline in Julius Baer Group’s (“JB” or the “Parent”) performance. In 2001, JB’s stock price was down by over 40% while the Parent experienced a 39% decline in net profits, 9% increase in operating expenses and an increase of 14% in employee headcount. BJB-NA, the “crown jewel” of JB, was barely profitable but no one inside the Company knew its true financial

Human resources is considered key within the business, job roles consisting of recruiting employees so that the business can function and operative payments and other employee procedures. Therefor without these imperative duties businesses would have difficulties creating a respectable operational environment for the employees. In addition human resources is key for businesses to acquire results so that the company is always moving forward within different markets “human resources is accountable for a number of key results areas and management competencies” (John H. McConnell, 2011)

BANK OF AMERICA: The third biggest company in the world and one of the “Big Four banks” in the United States, is a bank holding company and a financial holding company. An institution serving individual consumers, small and middle markets, corporations and Governments with a range of banking, investing and asset management and other products and services.

Bank of America’s mantra recently is “growing responsibly”. Yes, Bank of America wants to continue growing, but not, for example, at the rate that the Countrywide acquisition cost the company. They have paid too