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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/06/bank-america-pays-florida-couple-in-mistaken-foreclosure-case/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.57.148 ( talk) 03:39, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
VOTE: AGAINST: All this talk, and nothing about the proposed Wikipedia merger of this article and NationsBank? I would vote against the merge, because before the companies combined, each was a separate entity with its own history. The timelines, up to the point of the merge, are parallel and distinct. That history may include competition and conflict with its eventual corporate siblings, which would make the structure of a combined article tricky.
But if complaining about BofA's corporate practices is more important, then by all means, don't mind me, go right ahead. :) -- Robertb-dc 18:38, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: AGAINST: Given the large size and Bank of America (as an org, not article) and the likihood that it will be expanded many times in the future, necessitating the creation of related pages, etc. I'm therefore gonna be against the idea of merging NationsBank, which has its own history nad BofA. Mbisanz 03:44, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: AGAINST: If George H. W. Bush dies, do you merge his article in with George W. Bush? Why if a company dies do we merge that article into the buyer. NationsBank was a entity that was born and ceased to exist at certain days. It had a "life" of it's own, and should say so. The Hudson's Bay Company or the East India Company may no longer exist, but their articles should not be merged into the article of England. The voting has had more than the standard time limit ask for in Wikipedia regulations. I am removing the MERGE tag. Thanks. WikiDon 06:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: FOR: Responding to the above, NationsBank bought BankAmerica, not the other way around, therefore the history of the current Bank of America is that of NationsBank. It was structured as a merger and chose to do business under Gianni's Federal Charter 13044, but the fact remains that NationsBank was the buyer. The beginning of the article is contradictory as well. It starts off by saying that Bank of America was known as NationsBank before the merger, and then suddenly dismisses that and lists BankAmerica's history instead. If we are going to have the companies history listed, then it needs to be accurate. If it causes any confusion having both, then remove BankAmerica's history to it's own page. The fact remains that the article as written is at the very least inaccurate and will need to be corrected. The solution is simple. As NationsBank was the buyer, add its history to the article... or remove BankAmerica's to a separate page. For a site such as wikipedia, accuracy MUST be preserved. Wintercoast 00:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: FOR: I agree with Wintercoast. WikiDon, your examples are inappropriate; George W. Bush will never take over George H.W. Bush in a merger (or vice versa), Hudson's Bay Company still exists (though it doesn't govern much of Canada as it once did), and even if you assume the historical HBC is gone its successor is Canada, not England. (Historical HBC didn't give up control until the British Parliament added its territory to the then-Dominion of Canada in 1870.) Mbisanz, this article is NOT likely to expand that much as the 10% deposit cap restrains BofA's ability to make further acquisitions; if it expands greatly it'll be due to BofA criticism, not further mergers. (IMHO, big companies tend to draw an inordinate share of criticism; many other banks have the same faults as BofA, but you don't hear as much about them because they're not as big.)
Robertb-dc, your approach has led to all kinds of mini-articles on NationsBank predecessors (such as Commercial National Bank and American Commercial Bank) that have no apparent connection to NationsBank or BofA besides their inclusion in the "Bank of America legacy banks" category. (Edit: Link style edited to avoid adding this page to the category. -- RBBrittain 12:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)) Though BofA predecessors with distinct histories (such as Barnett Bank and Citizens & Southern National Bank, ironically on the other side of the merger that turned North Carolina National Bank into NationsBank) should keep their separate articles, those that are only placekeepers (such as CNB and ACB) should become redirects to this article after NationsBank is merged here.
Though modern BofA has a polyglot history, its two most important predecessors are NationsBank (the taproot) followed by Giannini's BofA (not just for the name and history, but because Giannini was a pioneer of consumer banking). Those two histories belong here, along with certain elements of the Bank of Massachusetts- BankBoston- FleetBoston Financial history (since BofA now claims a founding date of 1784 from Bank of Massachusetts via Fleet), though the Fleet-related articles should remain separate. -- RBBrittain 12:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Removing Merge Tag and Strong Vote Against Merge - I removed the merge tag which has been on this article since April 2007 (and has not been on the Nationsbank article since September 2007). Wikipedia has a precedent on writing articles on component corporations that have merged into other entities with railroads and airlines and even phone companies being notable examples. A similar example to this is Chemical Bank whose management did the big mergers with it changing its name to Chase to facilitate take overs. I'm getting ready to write a Boatsmen Bank article which has its own colorful history which probably would have been nuked if it were incorporated in the current big parent. Americasroof ( talk) 16:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I have a problem with this company, known as NationsBank until 1998, having the original Bank of America's history presented as it's own. It makes as much sense as saying that their history is that of Fleet, or MBNA, or any other bank they've acquired over the years. That said, I'm fine with leaving the story of the original BofA in this article, as long as it's made clear that the modern BofA's history is that of NationsBank. I've redone the intro to say just that. Rasi2290 17:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
One solution to some of this might be to have the part of this article that refers to the "old" Bank of America placed in an article titled "Bank of America NT&SA." This article can be the Bank of America "after" the merger, and start with a history section that specifies the merger and points to two separate articles, one for BofA, NT&SA and another for NationsBank for any prior history. Those articles should end with pointers here for a continuation of the companies after the merger. The same technique would apply to all of the other Banks that Nations/BofA has gobbled up as part of its history: SeaFirst, Barnett, Fleet, CountryWide, Merrill Lynch, etc. Each of these entities deserves their own record, and yet links need to exist to show proper flow. This kind of treatment would help a lot of readers to understand what has and is evolving in terms of corporate evolution and history. 98.234.94.177 ( talk) 07:11, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Joe Van Steen Berkeley, CA
The Bank of America that exists today is not the California-based BankAmerica that the history section talks about. The Bank of America of today is the same bank as NationsBank, not BankAmerica, and the history section should reflect that. NationsBank bought BankAmerica—just like it bought Fleet, MBNA, etc.—then changed its name. I propose placing the BankAmerica history in its own article, then changing the history section of this article to reflect the history of NationsBank, the bank that is today known as Bank of America. In its current form, this article misleads the reader. -- JHP 06:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Are consumer checking and/or savings accounts FDIC-insured or not? The BoA website does not say that it is NOT FDIC insured. Can we add this information to the article? Do you have any credible source that I can use? -- KushalClick me! write to me 15:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes, they are insured. At the bottom of their web pages is the statement "Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC.". 66.24.34.51 ( talk) 15:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I believe the "not FDIC insured" notice is for the BancofAmerica/Merryl Lynch securities services. —Preceding
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User "138.23.89.187" clearly has a beef against BofA - just reverted a load of silly edits. Strongly suggest someone blocks him before he does it again. Psidogretro ( talk) 22:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
-- Uatemyfish ( talk) 04:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Because of the edit war involving the ABN AMRO article, I am proposing a WikiProject for Bank of America and related articles including Bank of America legacy banks and financial institutions which sold operations to Bank of America including ABN AMRO. This way, all editors who closely monitor Bank of America and related articles can nip edit wars in the bud. What do you think?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Steelbeard1 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
I got the WikiProject started at Wikipedia:WikiProject Bank of America. Steelbeard1 ( talk) 04:00, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Is there any information to put out on Military BofA? Dchagwood ( talk) 16:47, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
There was another New York based Bank of America, founded in 1812, later acquired by Transamerica in 1930. After Transamerica relinquished it, it was merged into National City, which later became Citibank. [1] A short disambiguation section would make things less confusing. Zipzipzip ( talk) 05:15, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Someone is probably intentially not including the TARP bailout information to make the article look good and positive, that is POV. 97.118.115.198 ( talk) 23:26, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Acording to company's official data, link found on BoA page, (page two), the revenue is $73,9 billion, net income $4 billion, and total assets: $1.8 trillion. So, the data in the article seems very bugged. In 2007 the net income is indeed $14 billion, but the revenue is also half of the number in the article: $68,5 billion. Am I missing anyting? Ark25 ( talk) 03:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
What's to be done with the controversy section? It had grown out of proportion to the article and was separated into it's own article which has now been deleted as a soapbox. The current subsection is disorganized and doesn't read well. I'm not sure that it's necessarily encyclopedic to begin with, and perhaps should be deleted. After all, most articles about corporations do not include controversy sections. If we do choose to include a controversy section it should be kept simple and not grow to the size of the independent article. What does everyone think? Stile4aly ( talk) 20:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
There used to be a section about their "biggest check first" and other scams they pull, but shills for the bank have deleted it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.100.233 ( talk) 05:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Their actions have been outrageous enough to spur Congress into action. If the House, the Senate, and the President all think your practices are controversial, they obviously are. Redacting the controversies makes this an advertisement. Don't Be Evil ( talk) 14:58, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
If by "biggest check first" (above) the focus is on the practice of clearing one's rent/mortgage check before a group of other checks (e.g. utility and other bills), attacking B of A is, as of this comment/date, pointless, since other banks are now doing the same. Trink24 ( talk) 08:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I am very concerned with this section. It's entirely uncited, apparently unsourced and sounds a lot like original research to me. Unless coverage of the stated controversies can be found, I say it's out. Vicenarian ( T · C) 01:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
The individual foreclosures need to be expanded. These were significant events and each event needs to be expanded upon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grimblorski ( talk • contribs) 08:21, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
I wish to create an unbiased wikipage for BA Continuum Solutions Pvt. Ltd., which is a non-subsidiary branch of Bank of America and link it to the article of Bank of America. So what should I do for it? NiluKush ( talk) 05:17, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I heard about the way BofA started lending money to "the working man" & farmers which had never been done before & it "changed history." Up until that time very few people could get loans because they assumed "the working man" wouldn't repay a loan. Could someone provide info on that in this article? Stars4change ( talk) 05:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
It makes no sense to change crap around!!! Leave it as it is, we do not need to split up the Merrill Lynch section...
I am removing the Forced from the title of the Acquisition of Merrill Lynch section. While it is widely speculated that BofA was pressured or "forced" to buy ML, it has never been established as a fact, and therefore the use of forced is not correct and implies a certain POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.128.214.194 ( talk) 20:46, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
"An offer he couldn't refuse" by William D. Cohan, Atlantic Magazine, Sept. 2009, is more than merely "widely speculated" and, depending on how one reads the article, the word FORCED may be appropriate - later on, when more details surface, if not now. As for making a separate article about the Merrill Lynch acquisition, time will tell if this is just another part of the long history of the entity known as Bank of America. For now, my vote is Leave It Alone, a separate article is not needed, since otherwise there would be 2 places to make edits (the B-of-A article's summary and the stand-alone article). Trink24 ( talk) 08:42, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Your history states that Mr. Giannini was able to get his money out of his vault when the earthquake hit. I grew up with BofA in the 1950s & what I was told was that Mr. Giannini was a pioneer in "branch banking". Where other banks at the time of the quake had only one offices, he already had branches throughout the Bay Area serving the Italian community. His bank, like the other banks when the quake hit, could not immediately reach the money in the vault, but he sent riders to his other branches & had cash couriered into the city. He set a table up on the street corner outside his crumbled bank & began lending to people to rebuild, whereas other banks had to wait days to get into their vaults. It earned him the gratitude & loyalty of many San Franciscans. I was also told that he renamed the Bank of Italy to Bank of America as a result of Mussolini's rise to power in Italy. ----Bob Fraas, Vista CA
I am a former BofA employee (1970-2005) and generally remember the same history cited by Bob Fraas. I believe there is a book titled "Biography of a Bank" which details this and other stories. It is also my impression that Giannini changed the name of the bank from Bank of Italy, its original name, to Bank of America as a result of buying another small California bank which had that name. He wanted the name in his efforts to compete with the major banks in New York. His desire was to extend his brand and form of branch banking for the little guy across the country. That I believe was his motivation. Bank of America continued to own and use the Bank of Italy name in Italy in the 1970s until that entity was forced to be sold to raise cash during som of the troubles of the 1980s (or so I thought). There are a number of other areas where there is a rich history of the "old" Bank of America that are not part of this article. Introduction of TimePlan Loans for little people, development and marketing of the BankAmericard which evolved into today's VISA, sponsorship and co-development of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) on checks which is recognized in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute, etc. These types of things are the reason this article should NOT be merged with the NationsBank article, but the history of the former BofA, NT&SA should stand on its own. 98.234.94.177 ( talk) 06:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Joe Van Steen, Berkeley, CA
At 7:00pm (Feb 24th) I added the following criticism section to Bank of America:
"In 2010, Bank of America was criticized in a viral youtube video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGC1mCS4OVo) for raising interest rates to customers up to a 30% APR for no reason. Another video by a former employee of Bank of America criticized its fee and recovery practices ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5E0WNO7e_Q), detailing the banks efforts to keep low-income customers from repaying fees or from leaving the bank. The former employee, Jackie Ramos, was recently featured on the Dailyshow with Jon Stewart (Feb 23, 2010)."
It has adequate referencing to original sources, and no superfluous information. If Wikipedia's policy of public knowledge holds, where is this section? If it was placed on a "Bank of America Controversy page" then where is this article? A search in Wikipedia revealed no such page. If a 'criticism' section does not appear in the BoA article, there should be a link at the top of BoA article to a BoA controversy page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 05:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
These two videos have a combined viewer count of over 750,000. I would hardly call this a marginal controversy. To your earlier claims, note that most major companies have criticism in their Wikipedia pages: McDonalds, Walmart, etc. The Bank of America page has not one single critical comment. Your view that 'criticism' sections are discouraged is flatly wrong. Generally, the word "reception" is preferred, but Wikipedia has guidelines for criticsm ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criticism). To quote Wikipedia's guidelines:
"These sections must not be used to hide or marginalize negative views by separating them from the relevant sections of the article. They also must not imply that the criticism section is in any way less important or less truthful than the rest of the article."
The events that Jackie Ramos and Ann Minch went through were actual events, not "farce", and widespread enough to appear in the public media. This places their stories in the category valid criticism. On March 1st, I changed the criticism section as follows to be more factually based, with dates, removal of opinion, and multiple references to news articles:
"In Feb 2008, Bank of America began doubling interest rates to as high as 28% without reason. While BoA has the right to increase its rates, it has come under criticism for raising rates on customers in good standing, and for declined to say why it has done so. [1]
In Oct 2009, Ann Minch posted a youtube video (500,000+ views) describing how Bank of America increased her rate to 30% despite her regular payments, and despite being in good standing. She demanded that BoA lower her rate, and was subsequently contacted by management who lowered her rate to 12%. Her story has appeared in CNN Money, ABC News and the Huffington post. [2] [3] [4]
In Nov 2009, employee Jackie Ramos was fired from BoA for attempting to help customers. In a widespread youtube video (250,000+ views), she describes Bank of America's practices which led to her being fired, including waiving fees for desparate families. Her story has appeared in major news networks [5], and on the Dailyshow. [6]"
As of March 1st, 2010, Fat&Happy has again deleted this section for Bank of America, and there is still no separate controversy page for BoA.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 17:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Amory, i didn't notice the heading was changed to "Consumer credit controversies", and to Fat&Happy for current edits.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 17:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
To Amory, your recent edits are worse than what was there. Both less informative, with important details removed. Wikipedia does not need the story of Jackie Ramos to be neutral, most news is noteworthy because it is not neutral, it must only refer to the sources and say that "it is noteworthy" and why. You have removed it altogether. By the way, the Huffington Post has 1.4 million viewers, 60 paid editors, financial backing, and a physical location. Read the entire BofA article. Would you claim that the Bank of America site itself is neutral?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 06:15, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Why is there no info at all about Bondi v. BoFA? See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3724540.stm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.52.176.20 ( talk) 22:23, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Why is there no history for BofA for this important era which includes the Great Depression and the Second World War? I cannot even turn up such information on Google though the entity has undergone such transformations I may need to be searching under a different name I am not familiar with. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.72.158.58 ( talk) 16:22, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
The same I made twice was reverted by the same wikipedian, each time using s different rationale for the reversion. I believe my third edit should stay put? Ottawahitech ( talk) 23:47, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Would it not be suitable to start the article with something hidden in the article? "Bank of America, N.A is a nationally chartered bank, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury"
Bank of America does not follow state banking regulations, such as some of the overdraft protection components that states have adopted. State department of banking offices that regulate smaller banks are responsible to answer and field questions regarding banks but not nationally chartered ones like BOA.
From personal experience the office of the comptroller is either very slow at fielding complaints/questions or doesn't bother with them at all. It appears to me this would be more valuable in the article than to be tucked away. Woods01 ( talk) 04:16, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
See previous discussion: Talk:Bank_of_America#Introduction Ottawahitech ( talk) 17:21, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
In regards to the above if this is to be the article of the Bank of America "holding company" then it's going to warrant it's own article and separate the (bank) from the holding company. Or perhaps breaking the article up into sections. Bank of America (Holdings) Banc of America (Investments) etc.... You cannot have it both ways with on the one hand saying it's for the holding company and on the other it's for the "banking". The raw numbers reflect the banking aspects of Bank of America. Woods01 ( talk) 21:53, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Bank of America was sold to NationsBank well before the DE Shaw issues. Bank of America had only the year before proposed merging with NationsBank and they had agreed on redomiciling the headquarter in Washington. At the time of the merger, NationsBank was the acquirer and assumed all senior roles in the company, save President, was significantly more more profitable, had a more diverse revenue stream (other than foreign, for which BoA had lost money for 5 straight years with a disjointed strategy) and was slightly larger by assets. As was typically the case throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the acquirer often times adopted the name of the acquired to curry favor with the target board and also because the target company was typically an older, sleepier firm whose name was just more known (First Union bought Wachovia, Chemical bought Chase took Chase then took JPMorgan, Norwest bought Wells Fargo, etc.)
The Russion bond crisis happened after the merger was announced yet NationsBank pushed for the completion of the merger. Shortly after the merger, within 60 days, losses in the BoA legacy portfolio, particularly the DE Shaw investment which should have been realized prior to the merger and losses in BoA's European banking operation where over $300MM of Russian bonds were purchased just prior to default, led to the immediate ouster of David Coulter from BoA. No senior legacy BoA people remained within 60 days of the "merger"
The real BoA story should be the story of NCNB, not a bank that lost its way and became irrelevant to an upstart run by Hugh McColl. Make this page about NCNB and make a side bar about how it got its name, and that would be more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.128.76.167 ( talk) 23:28, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the BOI information section, as that bank is covered in the Bank of Italy (USA) and does not need to be rehashed in this article.
I have also removed the coprotae Folklore that lead to the illusion that the formation of the Bank of America was a feat accomplished by Giannini alone, which is a piece of marketing folklore dreamt up by his biographers and by the bank's marketing men. The truth is, Giannini met with Bank of America, Los Angeles' President Orra E. Monnette, and the two found it advantagous to merge their corporate equals into what would be called The Bank of America. Prior to 1928 when the merger talk began, Monnette buil his self named Bank of America, Los Angeles up just as Giannini did, however Monnette's bank had the advantage of advanced branching systems that BoI never had until they acquired the Liberty Bank. Giannini needed Monnette's inventions in branch banking and that was the forward thrust of the merger. While Giannini remained the head of post merger BoA, Monnette was content to attend board meetings and continue heading up the Los Angeles Public Library system of which he was Board Chair. The story of the Italian immigrant working his way up is the story of America. But so is the story of a boy from Ohio who shrewdly parlayed his father's gold and silver strikes into banking, invented the modern bank model, and then spun that business model off to serve the largest public library system in the wetsern US. But neither man's story is sole and accurate story of what two banks merged, what the equal sides brought to the table, and what happened after they joined forces. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjkoblentz ( talk • contribs) 20:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/story/2011-11-07/bank-of-america-overdraft-settlement/51113170/1 Ottawahitech ( talk) 20:17, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
On March 14, 2011, one or more members of the decentralized collective Anonymous began releasing emails it said were obtained from Bank of America. According to the group (along with recent federal investigations by State Attorneys General, [7] the New York Department of Finance, [8] and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) [9] the emails document "corruption and fraud" relating to the issue of "large scale and repeated" force placed insurance abuse accelerating home foreclosures and automobile repossessions nationwide. [10] The source, identified publicly as Brian Penny, [11] is a former LPI Specialist from Balboa Insurance, a firm which used to be owned by the bank, but was sold to Australian Reinsurance Company QBE, who subsequently branded the company QBE First in 2011 [12] in order for the bank to obtain the funds necessary to pay back their Federal loans. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
I would like to understand what why this article revision, which provides verifiable, cited, and thoroughly researched article continues being removed when it is cited thoroughly. Thank you kindly, Versability ( talk) 05:40, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate your opinion, but the same information appears on an existing article about Anonymous
It was also connected through all various news sources, as well as within this blog:
http://thoughtforyourpenny.blogspot.com/2012/02/boy-who-cried-force-placed-insurance_29.html
Versability ( talk) 12:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
So then why don't "you" as a "nonpartial" editor who "doesn't work for the bank" remove it from the Anonymous article as well? Otherwise, I'll ask "you" to please keep the sarcasm and allegations of synthesize to "yourself" and I will be happy to Versability ( talk) 06:51, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
On the WikiMiniAtlas, right between Liushi Shan and Guozha Lake, there is a "Bank of America" marking. Can someone explain why it is there or preferably remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.8.81.92 ( talk) 21:11, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
can I cash a check that is from bank of America if I don't have acct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.60.79.206 ( talk) 23:16, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
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This makes no sense: "In 1918, the Bank opened a Delegation in New York in order to follow American political, economic and financial affairs more closely; together with the London Delegation, this was the first permanent overseas office opened by the Bank, at a time when the foundations were being laid..." If international office was meant, that's contradicted by in order to follow American political, economic and financial affairs more closely. -- 47.32.20.133 ( talk) 13:35, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/06/bank-america-pays-florida-couple-in-mistaken-foreclosure-case/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.57.148 ( talk) 03:39, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
VOTE: AGAINST: All this talk, and nothing about the proposed Wikipedia merger of this article and NationsBank? I would vote against the merge, because before the companies combined, each was a separate entity with its own history. The timelines, up to the point of the merge, are parallel and distinct. That history may include competition and conflict with its eventual corporate siblings, which would make the structure of a combined article tricky.
But if complaining about BofA's corporate practices is more important, then by all means, don't mind me, go right ahead. :) -- Robertb-dc 18:38, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: AGAINST: Given the large size and Bank of America (as an org, not article) and the likihood that it will be expanded many times in the future, necessitating the creation of related pages, etc. I'm therefore gonna be against the idea of merging NationsBank, which has its own history nad BofA. Mbisanz 03:44, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: AGAINST: If George H. W. Bush dies, do you merge his article in with George W. Bush? Why if a company dies do we merge that article into the buyer. NationsBank was a entity that was born and ceased to exist at certain days. It had a "life" of it's own, and should say so. The Hudson's Bay Company or the East India Company may no longer exist, but their articles should not be merged into the article of England. The voting has had more than the standard time limit ask for in Wikipedia regulations. I am removing the MERGE tag. Thanks. WikiDon 06:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: FOR: Responding to the above, NationsBank bought BankAmerica, not the other way around, therefore the history of the current Bank of America is that of NationsBank. It was structured as a merger and chose to do business under Gianni's Federal Charter 13044, but the fact remains that NationsBank was the buyer. The beginning of the article is contradictory as well. It starts off by saying that Bank of America was known as NationsBank before the merger, and then suddenly dismisses that and lists BankAmerica's history instead. If we are going to have the companies history listed, then it needs to be accurate. If it causes any confusion having both, then remove BankAmerica's history to it's own page. The fact remains that the article as written is at the very least inaccurate and will need to be corrected. The solution is simple. As NationsBank was the buyer, add its history to the article... or remove BankAmerica's to a separate page. For a site such as wikipedia, accuracy MUST be preserved. Wintercoast 00:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
VOTE: FOR: I agree with Wintercoast. WikiDon, your examples are inappropriate; George W. Bush will never take over George H.W. Bush in a merger (or vice versa), Hudson's Bay Company still exists (though it doesn't govern much of Canada as it once did), and even if you assume the historical HBC is gone its successor is Canada, not England. (Historical HBC didn't give up control until the British Parliament added its territory to the then-Dominion of Canada in 1870.) Mbisanz, this article is NOT likely to expand that much as the 10% deposit cap restrains BofA's ability to make further acquisitions; if it expands greatly it'll be due to BofA criticism, not further mergers. (IMHO, big companies tend to draw an inordinate share of criticism; many other banks have the same faults as BofA, but you don't hear as much about them because they're not as big.)
Robertb-dc, your approach has led to all kinds of mini-articles on NationsBank predecessors (such as Commercial National Bank and American Commercial Bank) that have no apparent connection to NationsBank or BofA besides their inclusion in the "Bank of America legacy banks" category. (Edit: Link style edited to avoid adding this page to the category. -- RBBrittain 12:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)) Though BofA predecessors with distinct histories (such as Barnett Bank and Citizens & Southern National Bank, ironically on the other side of the merger that turned North Carolina National Bank into NationsBank) should keep their separate articles, those that are only placekeepers (such as CNB and ACB) should become redirects to this article after NationsBank is merged here.
Though modern BofA has a polyglot history, its two most important predecessors are NationsBank (the taproot) followed by Giannini's BofA (not just for the name and history, but because Giannini was a pioneer of consumer banking). Those two histories belong here, along with certain elements of the Bank of Massachusetts- BankBoston- FleetBoston Financial history (since BofA now claims a founding date of 1784 from Bank of Massachusetts via Fleet), though the Fleet-related articles should remain separate. -- RBBrittain 12:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Removing Merge Tag and Strong Vote Against Merge - I removed the merge tag which has been on this article since April 2007 (and has not been on the Nationsbank article since September 2007). Wikipedia has a precedent on writing articles on component corporations that have merged into other entities with railroads and airlines and even phone companies being notable examples. A similar example to this is Chemical Bank whose management did the big mergers with it changing its name to Chase to facilitate take overs. I'm getting ready to write a Boatsmen Bank article which has its own colorful history which probably would have been nuked if it were incorporated in the current big parent. Americasroof ( talk) 16:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I have a problem with this company, known as NationsBank until 1998, having the original Bank of America's history presented as it's own. It makes as much sense as saying that their history is that of Fleet, or MBNA, or any other bank they've acquired over the years. That said, I'm fine with leaving the story of the original BofA in this article, as long as it's made clear that the modern BofA's history is that of NationsBank. I've redone the intro to say just that. Rasi2290 17:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
One solution to some of this might be to have the part of this article that refers to the "old" Bank of America placed in an article titled "Bank of America NT&SA." This article can be the Bank of America "after" the merger, and start with a history section that specifies the merger and points to two separate articles, one for BofA, NT&SA and another for NationsBank for any prior history. Those articles should end with pointers here for a continuation of the companies after the merger. The same technique would apply to all of the other Banks that Nations/BofA has gobbled up as part of its history: SeaFirst, Barnett, Fleet, CountryWide, Merrill Lynch, etc. Each of these entities deserves their own record, and yet links need to exist to show proper flow. This kind of treatment would help a lot of readers to understand what has and is evolving in terms of corporate evolution and history. 98.234.94.177 ( talk) 07:11, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Joe Van Steen Berkeley, CA
The Bank of America that exists today is not the California-based BankAmerica that the history section talks about. The Bank of America of today is the same bank as NationsBank, not BankAmerica, and the history section should reflect that. NationsBank bought BankAmerica—just like it bought Fleet, MBNA, etc.—then changed its name. I propose placing the BankAmerica history in its own article, then changing the history section of this article to reflect the history of NationsBank, the bank that is today known as Bank of America. In its current form, this article misleads the reader. -- JHP 06:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Are consumer checking and/or savings accounts FDIC-insured or not? The BoA website does not say that it is NOT FDIC insured. Can we add this information to the article? Do you have any credible source that I can use? -- KushalClick me! write to me 15:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes, they are insured. At the bottom of their web pages is the statement "Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC.". 66.24.34.51 ( talk) 15:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I believe the "not FDIC insured" notice is for the BancofAmerica/Merryl Lynch securities services. —Preceding
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User "138.23.89.187" clearly has a beef against BofA - just reverted a load of silly edits. Strongly suggest someone blocks him before he does it again. Psidogretro ( talk) 22:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
-- Uatemyfish ( talk) 04:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Because of the edit war involving the ABN AMRO article, I am proposing a WikiProject for Bank of America and related articles including Bank of America legacy banks and financial institutions which sold operations to Bank of America including ABN AMRO. This way, all editors who closely monitor Bank of America and related articles can nip edit wars in the bud. What do you think?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Steelbeard1 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
I got the WikiProject started at Wikipedia:WikiProject Bank of America. Steelbeard1 ( talk) 04:00, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Is there any information to put out on Military BofA? Dchagwood ( talk) 16:47, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
There was another New York based Bank of America, founded in 1812, later acquired by Transamerica in 1930. After Transamerica relinquished it, it was merged into National City, which later became Citibank. [1] A short disambiguation section would make things less confusing. Zipzipzip ( talk) 05:15, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Someone is probably intentially not including the TARP bailout information to make the article look good and positive, that is POV. 97.118.115.198 ( talk) 23:26, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Acording to company's official data, link found on BoA page, (page two), the revenue is $73,9 billion, net income $4 billion, and total assets: $1.8 trillion. So, the data in the article seems very bugged. In 2007 the net income is indeed $14 billion, but the revenue is also half of the number in the article: $68,5 billion. Am I missing anyting? Ark25 ( talk) 03:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
What's to be done with the controversy section? It had grown out of proportion to the article and was separated into it's own article which has now been deleted as a soapbox. The current subsection is disorganized and doesn't read well. I'm not sure that it's necessarily encyclopedic to begin with, and perhaps should be deleted. After all, most articles about corporations do not include controversy sections. If we do choose to include a controversy section it should be kept simple and not grow to the size of the independent article. What does everyone think? Stile4aly ( talk) 20:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
There used to be a section about their "biggest check first" and other scams they pull, but shills for the bank have deleted it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.100.233 ( talk) 05:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Their actions have been outrageous enough to spur Congress into action. If the House, the Senate, and the President all think your practices are controversial, they obviously are. Redacting the controversies makes this an advertisement. Don't Be Evil ( talk) 14:58, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
If by "biggest check first" (above) the focus is on the practice of clearing one's rent/mortgage check before a group of other checks (e.g. utility and other bills), attacking B of A is, as of this comment/date, pointless, since other banks are now doing the same. Trink24 ( talk) 08:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I am very concerned with this section. It's entirely uncited, apparently unsourced and sounds a lot like original research to me. Unless coverage of the stated controversies can be found, I say it's out. Vicenarian ( T · C) 01:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
The individual foreclosures need to be expanded. These were significant events and each event needs to be expanded upon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grimblorski ( talk • contribs) 08:21, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
I wish to create an unbiased wikipage for BA Continuum Solutions Pvt. Ltd., which is a non-subsidiary branch of Bank of America and link it to the article of Bank of America. So what should I do for it? NiluKush ( talk) 05:17, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I heard about the way BofA started lending money to "the working man" & farmers which had never been done before & it "changed history." Up until that time very few people could get loans because they assumed "the working man" wouldn't repay a loan. Could someone provide info on that in this article? Stars4change ( talk) 05:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
It makes no sense to change crap around!!! Leave it as it is, we do not need to split up the Merrill Lynch section...
I am removing the Forced from the title of the Acquisition of Merrill Lynch section. While it is widely speculated that BofA was pressured or "forced" to buy ML, it has never been established as a fact, and therefore the use of forced is not correct and implies a certain POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.128.214.194 ( talk) 20:46, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
"An offer he couldn't refuse" by William D. Cohan, Atlantic Magazine, Sept. 2009, is more than merely "widely speculated" and, depending on how one reads the article, the word FORCED may be appropriate - later on, when more details surface, if not now. As for making a separate article about the Merrill Lynch acquisition, time will tell if this is just another part of the long history of the entity known as Bank of America. For now, my vote is Leave It Alone, a separate article is not needed, since otherwise there would be 2 places to make edits (the B-of-A article's summary and the stand-alone article). Trink24 ( talk) 08:42, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Your history states that Mr. Giannini was able to get his money out of his vault when the earthquake hit. I grew up with BofA in the 1950s & what I was told was that Mr. Giannini was a pioneer in "branch banking". Where other banks at the time of the quake had only one offices, he already had branches throughout the Bay Area serving the Italian community. His bank, like the other banks when the quake hit, could not immediately reach the money in the vault, but he sent riders to his other branches & had cash couriered into the city. He set a table up on the street corner outside his crumbled bank & began lending to people to rebuild, whereas other banks had to wait days to get into their vaults. It earned him the gratitude & loyalty of many San Franciscans. I was also told that he renamed the Bank of Italy to Bank of America as a result of Mussolini's rise to power in Italy. ----Bob Fraas, Vista CA
I am a former BofA employee (1970-2005) and generally remember the same history cited by Bob Fraas. I believe there is a book titled "Biography of a Bank" which details this and other stories. It is also my impression that Giannini changed the name of the bank from Bank of Italy, its original name, to Bank of America as a result of buying another small California bank which had that name. He wanted the name in his efforts to compete with the major banks in New York. His desire was to extend his brand and form of branch banking for the little guy across the country. That I believe was his motivation. Bank of America continued to own and use the Bank of Italy name in Italy in the 1970s until that entity was forced to be sold to raise cash during som of the troubles of the 1980s (or so I thought). There are a number of other areas where there is a rich history of the "old" Bank of America that are not part of this article. Introduction of TimePlan Loans for little people, development and marketing of the BankAmericard which evolved into today's VISA, sponsorship and co-development of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) on checks which is recognized in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute, etc. These types of things are the reason this article should NOT be merged with the NationsBank article, but the history of the former BofA, NT&SA should stand on its own. 98.234.94.177 ( talk) 06:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Joe Van Steen, Berkeley, CA
At 7:00pm (Feb 24th) I added the following criticism section to Bank of America:
"In 2010, Bank of America was criticized in a viral youtube video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGC1mCS4OVo) for raising interest rates to customers up to a 30% APR for no reason. Another video by a former employee of Bank of America criticized its fee and recovery practices ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5E0WNO7e_Q), detailing the banks efforts to keep low-income customers from repaying fees or from leaving the bank. The former employee, Jackie Ramos, was recently featured on the Dailyshow with Jon Stewart (Feb 23, 2010)."
It has adequate referencing to original sources, and no superfluous information. If Wikipedia's policy of public knowledge holds, where is this section? If it was placed on a "Bank of America Controversy page" then where is this article? A search in Wikipedia revealed no such page. If a 'criticism' section does not appear in the BoA article, there should be a link at the top of BoA article to a BoA controversy page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 05:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
These two videos have a combined viewer count of over 750,000. I would hardly call this a marginal controversy. To your earlier claims, note that most major companies have criticism in their Wikipedia pages: McDonalds, Walmart, etc. The Bank of America page has not one single critical comment. Your view that 'criticism' sections are discouraged is flatly wrong. Generally, the word "reception" is preferred, but Wikipedia has guidelines for criticsm ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criticism). To quote Wikipedia's guidelines:
"These sections must not be used to hide or marginalize negative views by separating them from the relevant sections of the article. They also must not imply that the criticism section is in any way less important or less truthful than the rest of the article."
The events that Jackie Ramos and Ann Minch went through were actual events, not "farce", and widespread enough to appear in the public media. This places their stories in the category valid criticism. On March 1st, I changed the criticism section as follows to be more factually based, with dates, removal of opinion, and multiple references to news articles:
"In Feb 2008, Bank of America began doubling interest rates to as high as 28% without reason. While BoA has the right to increase its rates, it has come under criticism for raising rates on customers in good standing, and for declined to say why it has done so. [1]
In Oct 2009, Ann Minch posted a youtube video (500,000+ views) describing how Bank of America increased her rate to 30% despite her regular payments, and despite being in good standing. She demanded that BoA lower her rate, and was subsequently contacted by management who lowered her rate to 12%. Her story has appeared in CNN Money, ABC News and the Huffington post. [2] [3] [4]
In Nov 2009, employee Jackie Ramos was fired from BoA for attempting to help customers. In a widespread youtube video (250,000+ views), she describes Bank of America's practices which led to her being fired, including waiving fees for desparate families. Her story has appeared in major news networks [5], and on the Dailyshow. [6]"
As of March 1st, 2010, Fat&Happy has again deleted this section for Bank of America, and there is still no separate controversy page for BoA.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 17:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Amory, i didn't notice the heading was changed to "Consumer credit controversies", and to Fat&Happy for current edits.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 17:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
To Amory, your recent edits are worse than what was there. Both less informative, with important details removed. Wikipedia does not need the story of Jackie Ramos to be neutral, most news is noteworthy because it is not neutral, it must only refer to the sources and say that "it is noteworthy" and why. You have removed it altogether. By the way, the Huffington Post has 1.4 million viewers, 60 paid editors, financial backing, and a physical location. Read the entire BofA article. Would you claim that the Bank of America site itself is neutral?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.191.92.99 ( talk) 06:15, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Why is there no info at all about Bondi v. BoFA? See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3724540.stm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.52.176.20 ( talk) 22:23, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Why is there no history for BofA for this important era which includes the Great Depression and the Second World War? I cannot even turn up such information on Google though the entity has undergone such transformations I may need to be searching under a different name I am not familiar with. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.72.158.58 ( talk) 16:22, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
The same I made twice was reverted by the same wikipedian, each time using s different rationale for the reversion. I believe my third edit should stay put? Ottawahitech ( talk) 23:47, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Would it not be suitable to start the article with something hidden in the article? "Bank of America, N.A is a nationally chartered bank, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury"
Bank of America does not follow state banking regulations, such as some of the overdraft protection components that states have adopted. State department of banking offices that regulate smaller banks are responsible to answer and field questions regarding banks but not nationally chartered ones like BOA.
From personal experience the office of the comptroller is either very slow at fielding complaints/questions or doesn't bother with them at all. It appears to me this would be more valuable in the article than to be tucked away. Woods01 ( talk) 04:16, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
See previous discussion: Talk:Bank_of_America#Introduction Ottawahitech ( talk) 17:21, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
In regards to the above if this is to be the article of the Bank of America "holding company" then it's going to warrant it's own article and separate the (bank) from the holding company. Or perhaps breaking the article up into sections. Bank of America (Holdings) Banc of America (Investments) etc.... You cannot have it both ways with on the one hand saying it's for the holding company and on the other it's for the "banking". The raw numbers reflect the banking aspects of Bank of America. Woods01 ( talk) 21:53, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Bank of America was sold to NationsBank well before the DE Shaw issues. Bank of America had only the year before proposed merging with NationsBank and they had agreed on redomiciling the headquarter in Washington. At the time of the merger, NationsBank was the acquirer and assumed all senior roles in the company, save President, was significantly more more profitable, had a more diverse revenue stream (other than foreign, for which BoA had lost money for 5 straight years with a disjointed strategy) and was slightly larger by assets. As was typically the case throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the acquirer often times adopted the name of the acquired to curry favor with the target board and also because the target company was typically an older, sleepier firm whose name was just more known (First Union bought Wachovia, Chemical bought Chase took Chase then took JPMorgan, Norwest bought Wells Fargo, etc.)
The Russion bond crisis happened after the merger was announced yet NationsBank pushed for the completion of the merger. Shortly after the merger, within 60 days, losses in the BoA legacy portfolio, particularly the DE Shaw investment which should have been realized prior to the merger and losses in BoA's European banking operation where over $300MM of Russian bonds were purchased just prior to default, led to the immediate ouster of David Coulter from BoA. No senior legacy BoA people remained within 60 days of the "merger"
The real BoA story should be the story of NCNB, not a bank that lost its way and became irrelevant to an upstart run by Hugh McColl. Make this page about NCNB and make a side bar about how it got its name, and that would be more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.128.76.167 ( talk) 23:28, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the BOI information section, as that bank is covered in the Bank of Italy (USA) and does not need to be rehashed in this article.
I have also removed the coprotae Folklore that lead to the illusion that the formation of the Bank of America was a feat accomplished by Giannini alone, which is a piece of marketing folklore dreamt up by his biographers and by the bank's marketing men. The truth is, Giannini met with Bank of America, Los Angeles' President Orra E. Monnette, and the two found it advantagous to merge their corporate equals into what would be called The Bank of America. Prior to 1928 when the merger talk began, Monnette buil his self named Bank of America, Los Angeles up just as Giannini did, however Monnette's bank had the advantage of advanced branching systems that BoI never had until they acquired the Liberty Bank. Giannini needed Monnette's inventions in branch banking and that was the forward thrust of the merger. While Giannini remained the head of post merger BoA, Monnette was content to attend board meetings and continue heading up the Los Angeles Public Library system of which he was Board Chair. The story of the Italian immigrant working his way up is the story of America. But so is the story of a boy from Ohio who shrewdly parlayed his father's gold and silver strikes into banking, invented the modern bank model, and then spun that business model off to serve the largest public library system in the wetsern US. But neither man's story is sole and accurate story of what two banks merged, what the equal sides brought to the table, and what happened after they joined forces. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjkoblentz ( talk • contribs) 20:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/story/2011-11-07/bank-of-america-overdraft-settlement/51113170/1 Ottawahitech ( talk) 20:17, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
On March 14, 2011, one or more members of the decentralized collective Anonymous began releasing emails it said were obtained from Bank of America. According to the group (along with recent federal investigations by State Attorneys General, [7] the New York Department of Finance, [8] and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) [9] the emails document "corruption and fraud" relating to the issue of "large scale and repeated" force placed insurance abuse accelerating home foreclosures and automobile repossessions nationwide. [10] The source, identified publicly as Brian Penny, [11] is a former LPI Specialist from Balboa Insurance, a firm which used to be owned by the bank, but was sold to Australian Reinsurance Company QBE, who subsequently branded the company QBE First in 2011 [12] in order for the bank to obtain the funds necessary to pay back their Federal loans. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
I would like to understand what why this article revision, which provides verifiable, cited, and thoroughly researched article continues being removed when it is cited thoroughly. Thank you kindly, Versability ( talk) 05:40, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate your opinion, but the same information appears on an existing article about Anonymous
It was also connected through all various news sources, as well as within this blog:
http://thoughtforyourpenny.blogspot.com/2012/02/boy-who-cried-force-placed-insurance_29.html
Versability ( talk) 12:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
So then why don't "you" as a "nonpartial" editor who "doesn't work for the bank" remove it from the Anonymous article as well? Otherwise, I'll ask "you" to please keep the sarcasm and allegations of synthesize to "yourself" and I will be happy to Versability ( talk) 06:51, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
On the WikiMiniAtlas, right between Liushi Shan and Guozha Lake, there is a "Bank of America" marking. Can someone explain why it is there or preferably remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.8.81.92 ( talk) 21:11, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
can I cash a check that is from bank of America if I don't have acct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.60.79.206 ( talk) 23:16, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
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I removed some material that was solely sourced to the Rainforest Action Network because I do not consider this to be a reliable source. 45.33.57.32 ( talk) 08:38, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
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This makes no sense: "In 1918, the Bank opened a Delegation in New York in order to follow American political, economic and financial affairs more closely; together with the London Delegation, this was the first permanent overseas office opened by the Bank, at a time when the foundations were being laid..." If international office was meant, that's contradicted by in order to follow American political, economic and financial affairs more closely. -- 47.32.20.133 ( talk) 13:35, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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