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BofA: Regulation, Licence Numbers & Tier Breakdown

Complete primary licence audit for BofA (Bank of America), including regulatory certificate numbers, tier classifications, contracting legal entities, and our 3-step official registry verification playbook.

Coverage: Banks and deposit-taking institutions

BofA Regulatory Licence & Certificate Registry

Each certificate number links to our cryptographic verification dossier (/verify/license/[num]).

Supervising AuthorityTierCertificate NumberSupervisory StatusContracting Legal EntityEffective Date
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed)
unknownNot suppliedRegulatedBank of America—
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC)
unknownNot suppliedRegulatedBank of America, National Association—
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC)
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC)
unknownNot suppliedRegulatedAmerican National Bank—

Supervisory Tier Distribution & Prudential Breakdown

Categorisation of recorded authorisations by statutory capital, segregation, and compensation rigor.

TIER-1 ONSHORE

0

Major statutory regimes (FCA, ASIC, MAS, SEC/NFA, BaFin, FINMA, JFSA, SFC) with strict daily trust reconciliation and statutory compensation.

TIER-2 SUPERVISORY

0

Recognised regional regulators (CySEC, FMA, FSCA, DFSA) enforcing MiFID II or equivalent prudential reporting and negative balance protection.

OFFSHORE / TIER-3

0

International business company (IBC) or offshore registrations with flexible leverage schedules and no statutory investor compensation fund.

RESTRICTED / ALERT

0

Filings marked exceeded scope, revoked, unauthorised, or suspected clone in the imported supervisory dataset.

3-Step Official Register Verification Playbook

How to independently verify BofA's supervisory standing before wiring funds.

STEP 01 • LICENCE STRING

Cross-Check Certificate Number

Take each licence number listed for BofA and query it directly on the issuing authority's official public register (and via our /verify/license/ oracle) to confirm active standing.

STEP 02 • ENTITY CONTRACT

Audit Onboarding Subsidiary

Multi-entity brokerages often market a Tier-1 licence on their homepage while onboarding international clients under an offshore entity. Confirm your client agreement names Bank of America.

STEP 03 • DOMAIN BINDING

Verify Approved Website Host

Confirm that the website domain you use to log in (about.bankofamerica.com) matches the approved domain recorded on the regulator's register entry.

BofA — Regulation & Licences Architecture Exhibit

Deterministic vector diagram generated from supervisory filings and 6D telemetry.

BofA — Regulation & Licences Architecture (FinLexicon Wiki)
Exhibit: BofA regulation & licences verification workflow and quantitative KPI strip.

BofA Regulation & Licences: Frequently Asked Questions

Four intent-specific due diligence questions answered from primary dataset records.

Which financial regulators authorise and supervise BofA?

BofA (Bank of America) holds 3 recorded supervisory filing(s) in our dataset across Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC). Of these, 3 carry an active "Regulated" status and 0 are classified under Tier-1 statutory supervisors.

What are BofA's official regulatory licence numbers?

Recorded certificate numbers for BofA include: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed) #Not supplied (Regulated); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC) #Not supplied (Regulated); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC) #Not supplied (Regulated). Click any certificate number in the table above to open its SHA-256 verification dossier.

Does BofA hold Tier-1 onshore regulatory authorisation?

No active Tier-1 regulated filing is recorded for BofA in our current snapshot (3 total filings across Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC)).

How do I verify BofA's contracting legal entity before funding an account?

Follow our 3-step verification protocol: (1) locate the exact corporate name in your client agreement and compare it against "Bank of America"; (2) click the certificate number link in our licence table to verify the registration string; and (3) confirm on the regulator's own domain that about.bankofamerica.com is the authorised web portal.

Structured against supervisory register snapshots and public regulatory filings. Verify your contracting legal entity and current authorisation status directly on the issuing regulator’s official register before transacting.

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