Bank of America has told its global markets employees that they're required to be in the office almost every day as the Wall Street firm seeks to restore some of the culture that prevailed before the pandemic.

Traditional banks are focusing on wealth management services in the next wave of digitization as retail banking returns weaken amid a proliferation of online consumer platforms.

The bank is adding forecasting to its Intelligent Receivables product, which uses artificial intelligence to match business customers' incoming cash to open invoices.

Bank of America outlined a series of next steps for the thousands of employees returning to its offices globally, as it seeks to cement its post-pandemic approach to work.

The settlement with an insurer over Countrywide's mortgage-backed securities closes another chapter on what quickly proved to be an ill-advised acquisition for Bank of America. A trial on the case had kicked off last month.

The megabank made its first-ever disclosures about financed emissions in a report aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. "The complexity of this process only served to highlight the critical need for consistent, verified public reporting of emissions and other climate-related data," the bank stated.

After 40 years on the job, Catherine "Cathy" Pombier Bessant is well ensconced among the sparse but growing ranks of senior stateswomen in finance. Bank of America's global technology and operations executive for 12 years and its vice chair of global strategy since September 2021, Bessant has topped American Banker's list of the Most Powerful Women in Banking three years in a row, from 2017 to 2019, and was inducted into AB's Hall of Fame in 2020.

As part of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance program, we have selected five "Top Teams" for 2022. Bank of America is one of the team honorees.

For Elif Zapparoli, the pandemic-era shift from in-person to remote work is similar to the trend she has seen in the financial services industry over the last 20 years.

Candace Browning, long a leading voice in investment research, added a notable area to the stable of sectors her team covers: digital assets. A research report, Digital Assets Primer: Only the First Inning, formally launched the bank's digital asset research practice last October.

Katy Knox began her career in 1986 at Fleet Bank in Boston. Unsurprisingly, she is a proud Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan. With more than 35 years of experience in financial services, including commercial banking, corporate strategy, global treasury management and consumer banking, Knox has watched the industry change.

As part of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance program, we have selected five Top Teams for 2022.

Since it began using virtual reality to instruct employees one year ago, BofA has expanded its use of the technology for challenges that require split-second decisions.

Bank of America is starting a paid sabbatical program to reward its long-term employees, starting with four weeks off for those who have spent 15 years with the company.

Bank of America says August was its best month ever for Small Business Administration lending and that it's optimistic a new program supporting women and minority commercial real estate borrowers could boost production even more.

Bank of America is facing off in court with the bond insurer Ambac Financial Group in a $2.7 billion case that's one of its last legal hangovers from the subprime crisis.

The bank received 341 technology patents in the first half of the year and says it has more patents than any other financial services company. However, executives have acknowledged that they aren't all usable.

The plans will be based on feedback the company got from staff surveys on the topic, Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said Tuesday.

After a decade of multibillion-dollar tech investments by banks, efficiency ratios have begun to improve and headcounts drop, some industry watchers say. Skeptics counter that other reasons are at play and that it's all hard to measure.

Education in financial literacy instills both know-how and confidence, knowledge most teens lack when transitioning into adulthood.