Banking Services1
Manage your cash flows, maintain liquidity, and earn competitive yields on your everyday cash holdings — And get rewarded for it.
Taking control of your spending and savings now can open up more possible paths to achieving your goals later. Checking, Savings from Bank of America® and Cash Management solutions from Merrill can help.
We are committed to helping you achieve your goals — both short-term and long-term. To help, Bank of America offers banking solutions that support a variety of everyday cash flow needs and savings goals — all that work seamlessly with your Merrill investing accounts.
Bank of America® Advantage Relationship Banking® for Wealth Management2
Bank of America checking solutions are available through your Merrill Private Wealth Advisor. This account type offers:
- The higher your balance the more you could potentially earn
- No monthly maintenance fee if monthly minimum balance is met or you are a Bank of America Preferred Rewards® member3 using one of the four or more checking monthly maintenance fee waivers available as a member
- Discounts and waivers on select banking services
- Tiered rates, based on balances
- Fraud protection through text and email alerts
- FDIC coverage up to applicable limits
- Chip card technology embedded for extra protection for debit cards when used at terminals or ATMs that are chip-enabled
- Convenient access from almost anywhere with Bank of America Mobile & Online Banking4
Bank of America also offers a range of other checking account options that you may want to consider.
Wealth Management Money Market Savings5
Bank of America savings solutions are available through your Merrill Private Wealth Advisor. This account type offers:
- No monthly maintenance fee if minimum daily balance requirement is met or you are a Bank of America Preferred Rewards member or if you own a Bank of America Relationship Banking® for Wealth Management account or a Bank of America Advantage Relationship Banking® account
- The higher your balance, the more you could potentially earn
- FDIC coverage up to applicable limits
- Real-time funds transfer between your Wealth Management Money Market Savings account and eligible, linked Merrill investment accounts online, using Bank of America Mobile or Online Banking, MyMerrill.com, the MyMerrill Mobile App or a Bank of America ATM
- Ability to deposit funds using the mobile check deposit6 feature on the Bank of America mobile app and use the account as Balance Connect®7 for overdraft protection source for eligible linked accounts
- Easy access to savings via ATMs, financial centers and Bank of America Mobile & Online Banking
- Even more rewarding. Through BofA Rewards™ program3, you can receive additional benefits including:
- Up to four eligible checking and four savings accounts with no monthly maintenance fee
- Platinum Honors and Diamond Honors tier members enjoy unlimited no-fee ATM transactions at non-Bank of America ATMs throughout the U.S.8
- Up to 75% Rewards Bonus on purchases with eligible Bank of America credit cards9
Bank of America also offers a range of Certificates of Deposit for clients seeking a predictable return for a term and principal protection. CDs auto renew and are available with terms ranging from 7 days to 10 years. Early withdrawal penalties may apply.
Merrill Cash Management Account® (CMA®)10
The convenience of cash management and investment services in one account from Merrill to manage everyday financial needs and support long-term investment goals. This account offers:
- Access to a broad range of investment products and services and other FDIC-insured products.
- Convenience of being able to manage everyday cash and investments — all in a single account
Benefits and rewards built around you
BofA Rewards™ program3 benefits are designed to help you save, spend, and borrow with Bank of America, and invest with Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank. There is no fee to join or participate. You just need an active, eligible Bank of America checking account and to maintain qualifying combined balances in your eligible Bank of America deposit accounts, Merrill investment accounts, and/or Bank of America Private Bank accounts.
Connect with a Merrill Private Wealth Advisor.
1 Banking products are provided by Bank of America, N.A., and affiliated banks, Members FDIC, and wholly owned subsidiaries of BofA Corp.
2 Checking account name is Bank of America Advantage Relationship Banking® for Wealth Management. Available to clients with total assets of $250,000+ (assets defined as deposits at Bank of America, N.A., and/or investment accounts at Merrill).
3 BofA Rewards™ Eligibility. Customers can enroll and maintain their membership in BofA Rewards™ if they have an open, qualifying Bank of America® checking account. BofA Rewards tiers are based on each customer’s combined average balance in qualifying deposit and investment accounts. The minimum balance for each tier is: Member, no minimum balance; Preferred Plus, $30,000; Preferred Honors, $100,000; and Premier, $1,000,000. When you enroll, you'll be placed in the appropriate tier for your combined average balance and then moved to the highest tier you're eligible for based on one of the following:
- For the 30 calendar days following your first enrollment, the combined end-of-day collected balance of your qualifying accounts (“Daily Balance”), provided that your Daily Balance remains above the required amount for a minimum of three business days; or
- Subsequently, the combined average balance of your qualifying accounts calculated on the third business day of each month.
Eligible customers will be moved to the higher tier within 3 business days. New tier benefits may take up to 30 days to become effective. For full terms, including qualifying accounts and the method of calculation of average balances, refer to your Personal Schedule of Fees.
Additional Eligibility. Employees and retirees of Bank of America may be eligible for BofA Rewards membership on customized terms. For details, please call Employee Financial Services or refer to the Bank of America intranet site. Bank of America Private Bank clients qualify to enroll in the Premier tier regardless of balances. Employees of companies participating in the Bank of America Employee Banking and Investing Program may be eligible for BofA Rewards on customized terms. Refer to CEBI Program for details.
*Monthly maintenance fees on checking and savings accounts for members in the Preferred Plus, Preferred Honors or Premier Tiers.
4 Mobile Banking. Mobile Banking requires that you download the Mobile Banking app and is only available for select mobile devices. Messages and data rates may apply.
5 Wealth Management Money Market Savings is a variable rate account. The rates may change after the account is opened. Fees may reduce earnings. For information on current interest rates, contact your Merrill advisor.
6 Mobile check deposits are subject to verification and not available for immediate withdrawal. Other restrictions apply. In the Mobile Banking app menu, select Menu> Help> Browse More Topics> Mobile Check Deposit for details and other terms and conditions. Messages and data rates may apply.
7 Balance Connect® for overdraft protection allows you to link your eligible checking account with up to 5 eligible Bank of America accounts for overdraft protection. This optional service can help you cover your payments and purchases and help avoid overdrafts and overdraft fees by automatically transferring available funds from your linked backup account(s) when needed. If your linked backup account does not have enough available funds to cover the necessary amount, we may decline to make the transfer. Transfers from a linked (1) brokerage account with Merrill Lynch that is enrolled in margin lending, (2) Loan Management Account (LMA®), (3) credit card, or (4) HELOC are subject to interest charges. Please see your account agreement(s) for additional details. Balance Connect® is not available with SafeBalance Banking® as a covered or linked backup account. Balance Connect® is available on Advantage Savings as a linked backup account, but not eligible to be enrolled as a covered account.
8 Important Information: On or about May 26, 2026, our Bank of America Preferred Rewards program will become BofA Rewards™. All customers with an open, qualifying personal checking account will be eligible for enrollment in BofA Rewards. BofA Rewards will feature the following tiers based on your three-month combined average daily balance in qualifying deposit and investment assets: Member tier, less than $30,000; Preferred Plus tier, $30,000 to $100,000; Preferred Honors tier, $100,000 to $1,000,000; and Premier tier, $1,000,000 or more. If you are enrolled in the Preferred Rewards program on the transition date, your enrollment will be automatically changed to the new BofA Rewards program: current Gold and Platinum tier members will be changed to the Preferred Plus tier; current Platinum Honors members will be changed to the Preferred Honors tier; current Diamond Honors members will be changed to the Premier tier. Your current benefits will change following conversion to BofA Rewards. For BofA Rewards eligibility requirements and a summary of new benefits, please refer to: http://www.bankofamerica.com/BofARewards Until Preferred Rewards becomes BofA Rewards, customers can only satisfy the balance requirement for Preferred Rewards enrollment through a sufficient three-month combined average daily balance in qualifying deposit and investment accounts. Customers who do not fulfill this requirement will be eligible to enroll in the Member tier of BofA Rewards upon program launch.
9 Preferred Rewards Credit Card Bonus. Certain credit cards are eligible to receive a Bank of America Preferred Rewards® and/or BofA Rewards bonus. Prior to the transition date enrolled Preferred Rewards members with eligible Bank of America® credit cards can receive a Preferred Rewards bonus of 25% for the Gold tier, 50% for the Platinum tier, or 75% for the Platinum Honors or Diamond Honors tier on each purchase. On or about the transition date, enrolled BofA Rewards members with eligible Bank of America® credit cards can receive a BofA Rewards bonus of 10% for the Member tier, 25% for Preferred Plus tier, 50% for the Preferred Honors Tier, or 75% for the Premium Premier tier. If your card receives the 10% customer bonus, the Preferred Rewards and/or BofA Rewards bonus will replace the 10% customer bonus. The Preferred Rewards and/or BofA Rewards bonus for eligible cash rewards credit cards will be applied after all base and bonus cash rewards have been calculated on a purchase. The Preferred Rewards and/or BofA Rewards bonus also does not apply to the bonus earn for certain programs and is not applied to any account opening bonus or non-standard rewards that are part of a special offer, unless we indicate otherwise. This information can be found in the Program Rules associated with those credit cards. Other terms and conditions apply. Please refer to your card’s Program Rules for details about how you will receive the Preferred Rewards and/or BofA Rewards Bonus. Program Rules are mailed upon account opening and are accessible through the rewards redemption site via Online Banking or by calling the number on the back of your card. Refer to bankofamerica.com/preferred-rewards or bankofamerica.com/BofARewards for a complete list of ineligible cards.
10 The CMA account is a securities account with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. The account provides access to services and products offered by licensed banks, including checking and FDIC-insured deposits that are held at the banks. Securities, mutual funds and other non-deposit investment products available through the account are not FDIC-insured, not guaranteed by a bank and may lose value.
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