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.