2007 Annual Report

Global Corporate and Investment Banking

Global Corporate & Investment Banking (GCIB) provides comprehensive financial solutions to clients ranging from companies with $2.5 million in revenues to large multinational corporations, governments, financial sponsors, institutional investors and hedge funds. Services include bank deposit and credit products; risk management, cash management and payment services; equity and debt capital raising; and advisory services based on industry expertise and deep knowledge of client strategies and needs. Investors benefit from highly rated debt and equity research, leading-edge sales and trading platforms, and risk-management expertise across asset classes.

GCIB serves clients around the world, providing integrated delivery of our key range of financial products and services through client managers and product partners who understand each client's needs.

Clients include 99 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500, 83 percent of the Fortune Global 500 and one in three midsize U.S. companies. In 2007, Bank of America was the sixth-largest underwriter of U.S. debt, equity and equity-related securities. It is the No. 1 treasury services provider in the United States and a leading provider globally. GCIB businesses also include the leading bank-owned asset-based lender and the No. 1 provider of financial services to commercial real estate businesses.

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