Bank of America Ramps Up Job Cuts

Bank of America Corp. is accelerating a broad cost-cutting plan and has set a target of shedding 16,000 jobs by year’s end—cuts that would see the company relinquish its title as U.S. banking’s largest employer.

The reductions for the final six months of the year, outlined in a document given to top management, are part of a larger effort to retool Bank of America into a leaner and more focused enterprise. The plan is designed to make the company take less risk, generate more revenue out of existing customers and use an investment banking operation inherited from Merrill Lynch & Co. to become a major deal maker around the world.

On Main Street, the refocused company will have fewer branches and a smaller mortgage operation, the document shows.

The proposed year-end total of 260,000 would be the lowest count since 2008 and likely give Bank of America a smaller workforce than J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. or Wells Fargo & Co. The final year-end number could still fluctuate depending on business volumes, said a person familiar with the plans. Bank of America is the second-biggest bank by assets after being surpassed by J.P. Morgan last year.

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