All Posts Tagged With: "bank of america"
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Okayed Second Mortgages for Adjustment
Earlier this month, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) was the first major lender who offered modification to home equity loans to customers who needed help. Bank of America was the first lender in the program created by the Obama administrations initiative to assist home owners who needed help with second mortgages. Following Bank of America, [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Extends Aid for Service Members
Military members that are currently on active duty or entering such duty have received some good news on the financial front. Military members who have mortgages with Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) will have provisions of the 2003 Service Members Civil Relief Act extended in their favor. The provisions mean they can not be foreclosed [...]
Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) Sued By Share Holders
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) could once again be heading to court. This time the banks CEO along with board directors and other executives are under fire for negligent practices. They are being sued by shareholders who are crying foul. Shareholders believe that they were misled and that the bank kept viable information about mortgage [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Dividend Meeting Left Out Feds
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) put together a party of investors and financial analysts this month with the intention of talking up better times again. However, the Federal Reserve was not part of the party plans. The executives of Bank of America were discussing an increase in dividends with the announcement that a ‘new era’ [...]
Customer Defaults Decline Again for Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)
Customer payments for Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) credit cards have become more steady throughout the month of February. The bank said credit card debt write-offs were down from the month previous. The 2011 reports for February are the lowest numbers the bank has seen since the same month of 2009. Generally, credit card companies [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Leaks Suggest Fraud and More
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is getting ready for the fallout after WikiLeaks claimed to have access to an executive’s hard drive. But just when the bank thought they had heard the worst, an independent source has claimed they have emails from Balboa Insurance, a division of the bank that was sold to Australia’s QBE [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Citigroup (NYSE: C) Penalties Likely to End “No Money Down” Programs
As banks face penalties for abuse mortgage practices and sketchy foreclosure practices, lenders begin looking for larger down payments for borrowers looking to buy houses. Penalties faced by the nations largest banks, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup are expected to run into billions of dollars as a result of the banks automatically signing [...]
Fines Likely For Bank of America and Wells Fargo (NYSE: BAC, NYSE: WFC)
In recent years, millions of homeowners have struggled to maintain their mortgage payments and avoid foreclosure. Combined, the economic and housing crisis has resulted in many of these homeowners either losing their home or facing years of financial strain. What made matters worse for many was the inability or unwillingness of lenders to try to [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Introduces New Checking Fees
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has introduced its new monthly fees for customers that maintain checking accounts with the banking institution. The fees ranging from $5-$25 each month for service will be introduced in different regions throughout this year. Beginning later in 2011, the checking account fees on customer accounts will be introduced in Massachusetts, [...]
Wells Fargo, (NYSE: WFC) Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) and Others Expecting Fines On Foreclosures
Two of the largest mortgage holder in the country both Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) are expecting that they will be faced with fines or some type of enforcement action as a result of investigations into their procedures pertaining to foreclosures. Both Bank Of America and Wells [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Announces Military Homeowner Help
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) made its announcement today that they will begin helping members of the military that are having difficulties meeting their mortgage obligations. The bank has created a new program specifically designed to meet the needs of struggling active duty soldiers. The program, as described, will be set up to allow the [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) CEO to Receive Big Time Bonus Money
Chief Executive Officer for Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)Brian Moynihan will be the recipient of a $9.05 million bonus after his first year leading the largest lender in the US. The bonus amount totals more than Bank of America has given to its investment banking head. The bonus for Moynihan was give as restricted stock [...]
Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) Planning To Appeal Nevada Judge’s Order Halting 8,900 Foreclosures In The State
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is fighting another battle, this time with the courts in the state of Nevada. A preliminary injunction was issued last week by a Nye County District Court Judge Robert Lane. The injunction blocks the bank from proceeding on any non-judicial type foreclosures in Nevada. This brought to a halt 8,900 [...]
Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) Countrywide Facing More Legal Action
When Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) bought Countrywide Mortgage in 2008, they likely expected some legal action but three years later lawsuits are still coming. This week three new suits were filed by the states of Michigan, Oregon, and California and each include investors that opted to not join in the $624 million class action [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Encourages ‘Women’ Investments
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is advising investors to include female-oriented investments in their long-term portfolio plans. This encouragement comes as statistics show women are recovering faster after the recession than men. Women are also becoming bigger spenders and the fastest growing demographic group is now women in their 30’s. Currently the unemployment rate for [...]
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is the Most Valuable US Bank
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is not the biggest bank in the US but of late it has become the most valuable. Its stock market value makes it the largest US valued bank. The purchase of the Wachovia Corporation as part of its assets acquisitions during the credit crisis helped put the bank in such a [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Claims Ex-employees Copied Confidential Information
Bank of America claims in a lawsuit that four of their ex-employees copied confidential databases of Bank of America’s “trade secrets” and then executed a coordinated attack on their wealth management unit that is using the stolen data. According to the files in the lawsuit that Bank of America filed at the New York Supreme [...]
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Foreclosure Paperwork Also Flawed
After insisting their foreclosure paper work was in order, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)has been caught out after discovering mistakes in its documents. This is not the first company to acknowledge foreclosure paperwork mistakes, Bank of America admitted to numerous foreclosure paperwork mistakes last week. Like other lenders, Wells Fargo failed to set systems in place [...]
Citigroup’s (NYSE: C) Stocks Drop In Wake Of Projected Financial Declines
In recent days, Citigroup Inc’s (NYSE: C) stock has dropped to $4.18, a 3 cent decline that has many speculating about the future condition of the financial sector. Certain observers have questions about whether there is any hope for measurable recovery. This is especially important given that there are signs that bank revenue is set [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Owns Up to Foreclosure Document Errors
Bank of America this week is finally admitting that they have made mistakes. This comes after the company began to look at foreclosure documents that were filed in 23 different states. Of the first hundred or so documents examined in the 102,000 documents they must look at, Bank of America found somewhere between 10 and [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Cuts Out Free Checking Offers
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) announced this week it is making some big changes to its basic checking account services. The bank will discontinue offering totally free checking accounts to its new customers. Now the bank will impose stipulations on basic checking accounts including minimum balance requirements and out-of-branch-only banking. The move by Bank of [...]
Bank Of America Begins Issuing Grant Money for Micro Loans
Bank of America has announced that they have started providing grants to non –profit organizations. These organizations in turn take the money to help fund loans under the federal microloan program. To date, Bank of America says that they have issued 40 grants totaling $3.7 million. Bank of America has just begun giving out the [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Drops Mortgage Brokers
The fallout from indiscriminate lending is causing banks to be more conservative regarding mortgage lending policies. Research has shown that in house loans performed better than broker loans. This has led to the downsizing of wholesale operations in many banks. The Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) joins JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup, who have reviewed [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) at the top of the list for poor HAMP performance
According to data released recently by the government, Bank of America is standing out amongst the largest mortgage servicers for their unusually poor performance under the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). Eight of the largest mortgage servicers have offered an alternative mortgage modification to 44.5 percent of the homeowners that had canceled HAMP [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Reevaluating Loan Modification for Hispanic Customers
A former employee of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has spoken out about concerns the bank did not properly assist Spanish-speaking customers during mortgage loan modification procedures. The employee speaking out now works for a real estate agent. Part of her responsibilities relates to short sales for homeowners who have loans through Bank of America. [...]
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Head Above the Rest for Home Modifications
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)has announced their participation in mortgage modifications since January 2008 has provided modifications to more than 680,000 homeowners, putting it in the lead over other lenders. This data includes the 79,859 modifications that were part of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) under the US government. The bank is said to [...]
Is Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Ready to Fire 400?
Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) is said to be firing up to 400 employees around the world. Specifically, the bank is said to be firing from the pool of employees in the banking and markets division due to declining revenue from trading and advising banking clients. A company source, who spoke on the condition [...]



