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2006 Annual Report

 

Global Consumer and Small Business Banking

2006
(Dollars in millions) Total Deposits Card
Services (1)
Mortgage Home
Equity
ALM/Other
Net interest income (2)
$
21,100
$
9,767
$
8,805
$
599
$
1,406
$
523
Noninterest income  
Card income 13,504 1,911 11,593
Service charges 5,343 5,343
Mortgage banking income 877 793 84
All other income 867 1,087 44 (264)
Total noninterest income 20,591 7,254 12,680 837 84 (264)
Total revenue (2) 41,691 17,021 21,485 1,436 1,490 259
Provision for credit losses 5,172 165 4,727 17 47 216
Gains (losses) on sales of debt securities (1) (1)
Noninterest expense 18,830 9,053 7,827 972 641 337
Income before income taxes (2) 17,688 7,803 8,931 447 802 (295)
Income tax expense (benefit) 6,517 2,875 3,291 165 295 (109)
Net income
$
11,171
$
4,928
$
5,640
$
282
$
507
$
(186)
   
Shareholder value added
$
5,738
$
3,610
$
1,908
$
75
$
343
$
(198)
Net interest yield (2) 6.42
%
2.94
%
8.93
%
1.77
%
2.47
%
n/m
Return on average equity 17.70 32.53 12.67 14.95 33.96 n/m
Efficiency ratio (2) 45.17 53.19 36.43 67.71 43.01 n/m
Period end—total assets (3)
$
382,392
$
342,443
$
143,179
$
37,282
$
63,742
n/m
2005
(Dollars in millions) Total Deposits Card
Services (1)
Mortgage Home Equity ALM/Other
Net interest income (2)
$
16,898
$
8,537
$
5,009
$
745
$
1,291
$
1,316
Noninterest income  
Card income 5,084 1,560 3,524
Service charges 4,996 4,996
Mortgage banking income 1,012 935 77
All other income 333 57 21 255
Total noninterest income 11,425 6,556 3,581 956 77 255
Total revenue (2) 28,323 15,093 8,590 1,701 1,368 1,571
Provision for credit losses 4,243 98 3,999 21 38 87
Gains (losses) on sales of debt securities (2) (2)
Noninterest expense 13,124 8,079 2,968 1,059 646 372
Income before income taxes (2) 10,954 6,916 1,623 621 684 1,110
Income tax expense 3,933 2,484 582 223 246 398
Net income
$
7,021
$
4,432
$
1,041
$
398
$
438
$
712
   
Shareholder value added
$
4,318
$
3,118
$
21
$
212
$
315
$
652
Net interest yield (2) 5.65
%
2.77
%
8.90
%
1.99
%
2.71
%
n/m
Return on average equity 23.73 29.56 9.28 23.12 39.20 n/m
Efficiency ratio (2) 46.34 53.52 34.55 62.26 47.24 n/m
Period end—total assets (3)
$
331,259
$
321,030
$
66,338
$
42,183
$
51,401
n/m
Footnote (1) Card Services presented on a held view
Footnote (2) Fully taxable-equivalent basis
Footnote (3) Total Assets include asset allocations to match liabilities (i.e., deposits).
n/m = not meaningful

Balance Sheet
December 31
Average Balance
(Dollars in millions) 2006 2005 2006 2005
Total loans and leases
$
206,040
$
151,657
$
192,072
$
144,027
Total earning assets (1) 319,552 302,619 328,528 298,904
Total assets (1) 382,392 331,259 390,257 326,243
Total deposits 327,236 306,101 330,072 306,098
Allocated equity 60,373 36,861 63,121 29,581
Footnote (1) Total earning assets and Total Assets include asset allocations to match liabilities (i.e., deposits).

The strategy of Global Consumer and Small Business Banking is to attract, retain and deepen customer relationships. We achieve this strategy through our ability to offer a wide range of products and services through a franchise that stretches coast to coast through 30 states and the District of Columbia. With the recent merger with MBNA, we also provide credit card products to customers in Canada, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom. In the U.S., we serve more than 55 million consumer and small business relationships utilizing our network of 5,747 banking centers, 17,079 domestic branded ATMs, and telephone and Internet channels. Within Global Consumer and Small Business Banking, there are four primary businesses: Deposits, Card Services, Mortgage and Home Equity. In addition, ALM/Other includes the results of ALM activities and other consumer-related businesses (e.g., insurance).

Net Income increased $4.2 billion, or 59 percent, to $11.2 billion and Net Interest Income increased $4.2 billion, or 25 percent in 2006 compared to 2005. These increases were primarily due to the MBNA merger and organic growth which increased Average Loans and Leases.

Noninterest Income increased $9.2 billion, or 80 percent, mainly due to increases of $8.4 billion in Card Income, $534 million in all other income and $347 million in Service Charges. Card Income was higher mainly due to increases in excess servicing income, cash advance fees, interchange income and late fees due primarily to the impact of the MBNA merger. All other income increased primarily as a result of the MBNA merger. Service Charges increased due to new account growth and increased usage.

The Provision for Credit Losses increased $929 million, or 22 percent, to $5.2 billion in 2006 compared to 2005 primarily resulting from a $728 million increase in Card Services mainly driven by the MBNA merger. For further discussion of this increase in the Provision for Credit Losses related to Card Services, see the Card Services discussion.

Noninterest Expense increased $5.7 billion, or 43 percent, in 2006 compared to 2005. The primary driver of the increase was the MBNA merger, which increased most expense items including Personnel, Marketing and Amortization of Intangibles. Amortization of Intangibles expense was higher due to increases in purchased credit card relationships, affinity relationships, core deposit intangibles and other intangibles, including trademarks related to the MBNA merger.

Deposits

Deposits provides a comprehensive range of products to consumers and small businesses. Our products include traditional savings accounts, money market savings accounts, CDs and IRAs, and regular and interest-checking accounts. Debit card results are also included in Deposits.

Deposit products provide a relatively stable source of funding and liquidity. We earn net interest spread revenues from investing this liquidity in earning assets through client facing lending activity and our ALM activities. The revenue is attributed to the deposit products using our funds transfer pricing process which takes into account the interest rates and maturity characteristics of the deposits. Deposits also generate various account fees such as non-sufficient fund fees, overdraft charges and account service fees while debit cards generate interchange fees. Interchange fees are volume based and paid by merchants to have the debit transactions processed.

We added approximately 2.4 million net new retail checking accounts and 1.2 million net new retail savings accounts during 2006. These additions resulted from continued improvement in sales and service results in the Banking Center Channel, the introduction of products such as Keep the Change™ as well as eCommerce accessibility and customer referrals.

The Corporation migrates qualifying affluent customers, and their related deposit balances and associated Net Interest Income from the Global Consumer and Small Business Banking segment to Global Wealth and Investment Management.

Net Income increased $496 million, or 11 percent, in 2006 compared to 2005. The increase in Net Income was driven by an increase in Total Revenue of $1.9 billion, or 13 percent compared to 2005. Driving this growth was an increase of $1.2 billion, or 14 percent, in Net Interest Income resulting from higher average deposit levels and an increase in deposit spreads. Average deposits increased $24.0 billion, or eight percent, compared to 2005, primarily due to the MBNA merger. Deposit spreads increased 17 bps to 3.00 percent, compared to 2005 as we effectively managed pricing in a rising interest rate environment. The increase in deposits was partially offset by the migration of deposit balances to Global Wealth and Investment Management. Noninterest Income increased $698 million, or 11 percent, driven by higher debit card interchange income and higher Service Charges. The increase in debit card interchange income was primarily due to a higher number of active debit cards, increased usage, and continued improvements in penetration and activation rates. Service Charges were higher due to increased non-sufficient funds fees and overdraft charges, account service charges and ATM fees resulting from new account growth and increased usage.

Total Noninterest Expense increased $974 million, or 12 percent, in 2006 compared to 2005, primarily driven by costs associated with increased account volume.

Card Services

Card Services, which excludes the results of debit cards (included in Deposits), provides a broad offering of products, including U.S. Consumer and Business Card, Unsecured Lending, Merchant Services and International Card Businesses. As a result of the MBNA merger, we offer a variety of co-branded and affinity credit card products and have become the leading issuer of credit cards through endorsed marketing. Prior to the merger with MBNA, Card Services included U.S. Consumer Card, U.S. Business Card, and Merchant Services.

We present our Card Services business on both a held and managed basis (a non-GAAP measure). The performance of the managed portfolio is important to understanding Card Services' results as it demonstrates the results of the entire portfolio serviced by the business, as the receivables that have been securitized are subject to the same underwriting standards and ongoing monitoring as the held loans. For assets that have been securitized, interest income, fee revenue and recoveries in excess of interest paid to the investors, gross credit losses and other trust expenses related to the securitized receivables are all reclassified into excess servicing income, which is a component of Card Income. Managed noninterest income includes the impact of gains recognized on securitized loan principal receivables in accordance with SFAS No. 140 "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities — a replacement of FASB Statement No. 125" (SFAS 140). Managed credit impact represents the held Provision for Credit Losses combined with credit losses associated with the securitized loan portfolio. The following tables reconcile the Card Services portfolio and certain credit card data on a held basis to managed basis to reflect the impact of securitizations.

Card Services Data (1)
(Dollars in millions) 2006 2005
Income Statement Data
Held net interest income
$
8,805
$
5,009
Securitizations impact 7,584 503
Managed net interest income
$
16,389
$
5,512
Held total noninterest income
$
12,680
$
3,581
Securitizations impact (4,221) (69)
Managed total noninterest income
$
8,459
$
3,512
Held total revenue
$
21,485
$
8,590
Securitizations impact 3,363 434
Managed total revenue
$
24,848
$
9,024
Held provision for credit losses
$
4,727
$
3,999
Securitizations impact (2) 3,363 434
Managed credit impact
$
8,090
$
4,433
Balance Sheet Data
Average held Card Services outstandings
$
95,256
$
56,072
Securitizations impact 96,238 5,051
Average managed Card Services outstandings
$
191,494
$
61,123
Ending held Card Services outstandings
$
101,532
$
61,397
Securitizations impact 101,865 2,237
Ending managed Card Services outstandings
$
203,397
$
63,634
Credit Quality Statistics (3)
Held net charge-offs
$
3,871
$
3,759
Securitizations impact (2) 3,363 434
Managed Card Services net losses
$
7,234
$
4,193
Held net charge-offs 4.06
%
6.70
%
Securitizations impact (2) (0.28) 0.16
Managed Card Services net losses 3.78
%
6.86
%

Credit Card Data (4)
(Dollars in millions) 2006 2005
Balance Sheet Data
Average held credit card outstandings
$
72,979
$
53,997
Securitizations impact 90,430 5,051
Average managed credit card outstandings
$
163,409
$
59,048
Ending held credit card outstandings
$
72,194
$
58,548
Securitizations impact 98,295 2,237
Ending managed credit card outstandings
$
170,489
$
60,785
Credit Quality Statistics (3)
Held net charge-offs
$
3,319
$
3,652
Securitizations impact (2) 3,056 434
Managed credit card net losses
$
6,375
$
4,086
Held net charge-offs 4.55
%
6.76
%
Securitizations impact (2) (0.65) 0.16
Managed credit card net losses 3.90
%
6.92
%
Footnote (1) Beginning with the first quarter of 2006, Card Services includes U.S. Consumer and Business Card, Unsecured Lending, Merchant Services and International Card Businesses. Prior to January 1, 2006, Card Services included U.S. Consumer Card, U.S. Business Card, and Merchant Services.
Footnote (2) Represents credit losses associated with the securitized loan portfolio.
Footnote (3) Pursuant to American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Statement of Position No. 03-3 "Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer" (SOP 03-3) the Corporation decreased held net charge-offs for Card Services and credit card $288 million or 30 bps and $152 million or 21 bps in 2006. Managed net losses for Card Services and credit card decreased $288 million or 15 bps and $152 million or 9 bps. For more information, refer to the discussion of SOP 03-3 in the Consumer Portfolio Credit Risk Management section.
Footnote (4) Includes U.S. Consumer Card and Foreign Credit Card. Does not include Business Card.

Managed Basis

Managed Card Services Net Interest Income increased $10.9 billion to $16.4 billion in 2006 compared to 2005. This increase was driven by the addition of MBNA and organic growth which contributed to an increase in total average managed outstandings.

Managed Card Services Noninterest Income increased $4.9 billion to $8.5 billion in 2006 compared to 2005, largely resulting from the MBNA merger and organic growth including increases in interchange income, cash advance fees and late fees.

Managed Card Services net losses increased $3.0 billion to $7.2 billion or 3.78 percent of average Managed Card Services outstandings in 2006 compared to $4.2 billion, or 6.86 percent in 2005, primarily driven by the addition of the MBNA portfolio and portfolio seasoning, partially offset by lower bankruptcy-related losses. The 308 bps decrease in the net loss ratio for Managed Card Services was driven by lower net losses resulting from bankruptcy reform and the beneficial impact of the higher credit quality of the MBNA portfolio compared to the legacy Bank of America portfolio. We expect managed net losses to trend towards more normalized levels in 2007.

Managed Card Services total average outstandings increased $130.4 billion to $191.5 billion in 2006 compared to 2005. This increase was driven by the addition of MBNA and organic growth.

Held Basis

Net Income increased $4.6 billion to $5.6 billion in 2006 compared to 2005 due to revenue growth, partially offset by increases in Noninterest Expense and Provision for Credit Losses.

Held Total Revenue increased $12.9 billion to $21.5 billion in 2006 compared to 2005 primarily due to the addition of MBNA and organic growth. The MBNA merger increased excess servicing income, cash advance fees, late fees, interchange income and all other income. Excess servicing income benefited from lower net losses on the securitized loan portfolio resulting from bankruptcy reform.

Held Provision for Credit Losses increased $728 million to $4.7 billion. This increase was primarily driven by the addition of the MBNA portfolio and seasoning of the business card portfolio, partially offset by reduced credit-related costs on the domestic consumer credit card portfolio. On the domestic consumer credit card portfolio lower bankruptcy charge-offs resulting from bankruptcy reform and the absence of the $210 million provision recorded in 2005 to establish reserves for changes in credit card minimum payment requirements were partially offset by portfolio seasoning.

Card Services held net charge-offs were $3.9 billion, $112 million higher than 2005, driven by the addition of the MBNA portfolio partially offset by lower bankruptcy-related credit card net charge-offs. Credit card held net charge-offs were $3.3 billion, or 4.55 percent of total average held credit card loans, compared to $3.7 billion, or 6.76 percent, for 2005. This decrease was primarily driven by lower bankruptcy-related charge-offs as 2005 included accelerated charge-offs resulting from bankruptcy reform. The decrease was partially offset by the addition of the MBNA portfolio, new advances on accounts for which previous loan balances were sold to the securitization trusts and portfolio seasoning.

Held total Noninterest Expense increased $4.9 billion to $7.8 billion compared to the same period in 2005 primarily driven by the MBNA merger which increased most expense items including Personnel, Marketing, and Amortization of Intangibles.

In connection with MasterCard's initial public offering on May 24, 2006, the Corporation's previous investment in MasterCard was exchanged for new restricted shares. The Corporation recognized a net pre-tax gain of approximately $36 million in all other income relating to the shares that were required to be redeemed by MasterCard for cash and no gain was recorded associated with the unredeemed shares. For shares acquired as part of the MBNA merger, a purchase accounting adjustment of $71 million was recorded as a reduction of Goodwill to record the fair value of both the redeemed and unredeemed MasterCard shares. At December 31, 2006, the Corporation had approximately 3.5 million restricted shares of MasterCard that are accounted for at cost.

Mortgage

Mortgage generates revenue by providing an extensive line of mortgage products and services to customers nationwide. Mortgage products are available to our customers through a retail network of personal bankers located in 5,747 banking centers, sales account executives in nearly 200 locations and through a sales force offering our customers direct telephone and online access to our products. Additionally, we serve our customers through a partnership with more than 6,500 mortgage brokers in all 50 states. The mortgage product offerings for home purchase and refinancing needs include fixed and adjustable rate loans. To manage this portfolio, these products are either sold into the secondary mortgage market to investors, while retaining the Bank of America customer relationships, or are held on our balance sheet for ALM purposes.

The mortgage business includes the origination, fulfillment, sale and servicing of first mortgage loan products. Servicing activities primarily include collecting cash for principal, interest and escrow payments from borrowers, and accounting for and remitting principal and interest payments to investors and escrow payments to third parties. Servicing income includes ancillary income derived in connection with these activities such as late fees.

Mortgage production within Global Consumer and Small Business Banking was $76.7 billion in 2006 compared to $74.7 billion in 2005.

Net Income for Mortgage declined $116 million, or 29 percent, due to a decrease in Total Revenue of $265 million to $1.4 billion, partially offset by an $87 million decrease in Noninterest Expense. The decline in Total Revenue was due to a decrease of $146 million in Net Interest Income and a decrease of $142 million in Mortgage Banking Income. The reduction in Net Interest Income was primarily driven by the impact of spread compression. The decline in Mortgage Banking Income was primarily due to margin compression which negatively impacted the pricing of loans. This was partially offset by the favorable performance of the Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs) net of the derivatives used to economically hedge changes in the fair values of the MSRs. Mortgage was not impacted by the Corporation's decision to retain a larger share of mortgage production on the Corporation's Balance Sheet, as Mortgage was compensated for the decision on a management accounting basis with a corresponding offset in All Other.

The Mortgage servicing portfolio includes loans serviced for others and originated and retained residential mortgages. The servicing portfolio at December 31, 2006 was $333.0 billion, $36.2 billion higher than December 31, 2005, primarily driven by production and lower prepayment rates. Included in this amount was $229.9 billion of loans serviced for others.

At December 31, 2006, the consumer MSR balance was $2.9 billion, an increase of $211 million, or eight percent, from December 31, 2005. This value represented 125 bps of the related unpaid principal balance, a 3 bps increase from December 31, 2005. For additional information, see Note 8 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Home Equity

Home Equity generates revenue by providing an extensive line of home equity products and services to customers nationwide. Home Equity products include lines of credit and home equity loans and are also available to our customers through our retail network and our partnership with mortgage brokers.

Net Income for Home Equity increased $69 million, or 16 percent, in 2006 compared to 2005. Driving this increase in Net Income was Net Interest Income, which increased $115 million to $1.4 billion in 2006 compared to 2005, primarily attributable to account growth and larger line sizes resulting from enhanced product offerings and the expanding home equity market.

The Home Equity servicing portfolio at December 31, 2006 was $86.5 billion, $14.9 billion higher than December 31, 2005, driven primarily by increased production. Home Equity production within Global Consumer and Small Business Banking increased $9.5 billion to $65.4 billion in 2006 compared to 2005.

ALM/Other

ALM/Other is comprised primarily of the allocation of a portion of the Corporation's Net Interest Income from ALM activities, the residual of the funds transfer pricing allocation process associated with recording Card Services securitizations and the results of other consumer-related businesses (e.g., insurance).

Net Income decreased $898 million for 2006 compared to 2005. The decrease was primarily a result of a lower contribution from ALM activities and the impact of the residual of the funds transfer pricing allocation process associated with Card Services securitizations.