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Bank of America Heads Into Q3 Earnings Carrying a $1.2 Billion Treasury Penalty

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Bank of America faced fresh federal penalties just before its third-quarter earnings report, with the Treasury assessing more than $1.21 billion on Tuesday. The bank said the charge would lower third-quarter net income by about 17 cents per share. Separate coverage also said the OCC and FinCEN together imposed $1.2 billion after Bank of America admitted failures in its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance program tied to more than $5 billion in suspicious activity.

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury imposed more than $1.21 billion in anti-money-laundering and sanctions penalties on Bank of America.
Bank of America Heads Into Q3 Earnings Carrying a $1.2 Billion Treasury Penalty
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The bank said the charge will reduce third-quarter net income by about 17 cents per share.
Bank of America Heads Into Q3 Earnings Carrying a $1.2 Billion Treasury Penalty
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FinCEN said Bank of America faced penalties for failing to adequately address or report major national security risks, including money-laundering networks.
Bank of America hit with $1.21B penalty over AML failures
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Bank of America was fined a total of $1.2 billion by the OCC and FinCEN after admitting failures in its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance program tied to more than $5 billion in suspicious activity.
Bank of America hit with $1.2B fine after missing ‘Chinese money laundering’

What it means

Bank of America’s customers and shareholders are the most immediate audience for this news, because the bank said the charge will reduce third-quarter net income by about 17 cents per share. The penalty also lands just before its earnings report, so the next update will show the charge in the period’s results. This is the concrete change visible tomorrow morning for anyone watching the bank’s financial reporting.

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What US 10-year Treasury has done before

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5 days ago US 10-year Treasury: 4.95 (+0.04) rise Nov 2026
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9 days ago US 10-year Treasury: 4.94 (-0.04) fall Oct 2026

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