Bank of America, one of the world's largest financial institutions is headquartered in the nation’s second-largest financial center, Charlotte. The bank serves individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company maintains approximately 58 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,900 retail banking offices. The company serves clients in more than 150 countries and its stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Bank of America is part of North Carolina’s well-established financial services sector. The sector employs more than 150,000 workers in North Carolina at over 6,700 firms and with total assets of more than $2.5 billion on deposit with bank holding companies.