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Bank of America traces its origins to the 17th of October 1904 when Amadeo Giannini opened a small storefront in San Francisco called Bank of Italy. The institution adopted the name Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association on the 3rd of November 1930 after merging with Bank of America Los Angeles.
On the 14th of September 2008, Bank of America announced plans to acquire Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in an all-stock deal worth approximately $50 billion. This merger made the combined entity the largest financial services company in the world and closed on the 1st of January 2009.
Bank of America received $20 billion and a guarantee of $118 billion in potential losses through the Troubled Asset Relief Program on the 16th of January 2009. The bank repaid the entire $45 billion received from TARP in December 2009 using excess liquidity and common equivalent securities.
As of 2021, Bank of America became the 9th largest bank by deposits in Ohio after entering Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati. The bank had previously expanded organically into cities like Denver Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Indianapolis starting in 2015.
BankAmerica faced huge losses in 1986 and 1987 because of investments in Third World countries following its acquisition of Seafirst Corporation based in Seattle. CEO Sam Armacost was fired during this period while A.W. Clausen took over leadership and the stock price fell to $8 before rebounding.