Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript April 16, 2024 Operator: Good day everyone and welcome to the Bank of America earnings announcement. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later you will have the opportunity to ask questions during the question and answer session. You may register to […]
(Reuters) -U.S. banking giants continued to shed employees in the first quarter, with Citigroup seeing the biggest drop. Headcount at Citi declined by 2,000 employees after the third-largest U.S. lender completed a sweeping reorganization aimed at improving profits and reducing management layers. Headcount at Bank of America, Wells Fargo and PNC Financial declined by about 2,000 jobs combined in the three months ended March 31 compared with the previous quarter.
Bank of America adjusted earnings topped expectations in the first quarter, but one part of the company’s financial results worsened: the big paper losses on a key portion of its enormous bond portfolio. Bank of America shares, however, were down 2.3% to $35.03 in early trading Tuesday. The bank said that its unrealized losses on a $587 billion portfolio of bonds that are classified as held to maturity for accounting purposes widened by $11 billion to $109 billion on March 31 from $98 billion at year-end 2023.