Bank of America

417 results about this entity

Period: 13 Jul 2004 - 24 Oct 2024

Bank of America awarded patent for corporate card technology

Bank of America has been granted a patent for a new application that will enable clients to manage the available funds on corporate purchasing cards in real time.

Bank of America partners MIT for banking research lab

Bank of America is investing up to $25 million over five years in a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to create a banking research and development laboratory.

New futures exchange named ELX

The new electronic futures exchange being set up by a group of banks and trading firms to take on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will be named ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange.

Manchester City football fans trial contactless Paypass technology

Manchester City football supporters are taking part in a contactless payments pilot that will see their standard season tickets replaced with MasterCard's reloadable pre-paid PayPass cards.

HSBC, Bank of America and Washington Mutual hit most by ID theft - US study

US customers of HSBC, Bank of America and Washington Mutual have been found to suffer the highest rates of identity theft, according to research from the University of California at Berkeley.

Phishers targeting phishers

In a new twist, would-be fraudsters are being scammed by a gang offering free do-it-yourself phishing kits on the Internet, says e-security outfit Netcraft.

HSBC tops climate change strategy survey

British banking group HSBC has come out top in a study that examines how global banks are tackling the risks and challenges posed by global warming and climate change.

RiskMetrics prices shares at $17-$19 for IPO

New York financial analytics outfit RiskMetrics Group says it will sell a total of 14 million shares at an estimated price of $17-$19 apiece in its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO).

Financial firms to launch futures trading venture

News that a consortium of banks and trading firms are teaming up to establish an all-electronic futures trading exchange sent shares in CME Group tumbling over the holiday season.

Bank of America clocks up 500,000 m-banking customers

Bank of America says it has signed 500,000 customers to its mobile banking system in the six months since the service was launched.

MBNA Canada Bank launches 'carbon offset' credit card

Bank of America's card unit MBNA has become the latest financial institution to jump on the 'green' bandwagon with the roll out of a 'carbon-offsetting' credit card, called Eco-Logique, to its customers in Canada.

US m-banking numbers to soar - TowerGroup

The number of US customers using mobile banking services will accelerate over the next five years, rising from 1.1 million in 2007 to more than 40 million by 2012, according to forecasts from TowerGroup.