BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 1, 2026.
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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 1, 2026
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Allowance for Credit Losses
The allowance for credit losses decreased $71 million from December 31, 2025 to $14.3 billion at March 31, 2026, which included a $96 million reserve decrease and $25 million reserve increase related to the consumer and commercial portfolios, respectively. Table 35 presents an allocation of the allowance for credit losses by product type at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
| Table 35 | Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses by Product Type | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount · Percent ofTotal · Percent ofLoans andLeasesOutstanding (1) · Amount · Percent ofTotal · Percent ofLoans andLeasesOutstanding (1) | ||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) · March 31, 2026 · December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| Allowance for loan and lease losses | ||||||||||
| Residential mortgage | $303 | 2.30% | 0.13% | $294 | 2.23% | 0.12% | ||||
| Home equity | 114 | 0.87 | 0.43 | 122 | 0.92 | 0.46 | ||||
| Credit card | 7,095 | 53.96 | 6.90 | 7,197 | 54.51 | 6.79 | ||||
| Direct/Indirect consumer | 705 | 5.36 | 0.62 | 713 | 5.40 | 0.63 | ||||
| Other consumer | 54 | 0.41 | n/m | 54 | 0.41 | n/m | ||||
| Total consumer | 8,271 | 62.90 | 1.72 | 8,380 | 63.47 | 1.73 | ||||
| U.S. commercial (2) | 3,051 | 23.21 | 0.64 | 2,967 | 22.47 | 0.65 | ||||
| Non-U.S. commercial | 837 | 6.37 | 0.52 | 801 | 6.07 | 0.52 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 939 | 7.14 | 1.35 | 1,007 | 7.63 | 1.46 | ||||
| Commercial lease financing | 50 | 0.38 | 0.32 | 48 | 0.36 | 0.29 | ||||
| Total commercial | 4,877 | 37.10 | 0.68 | 4,823 | 36.53 | 0.69 | ||||
| Allowance for loan and lease losses | 13,148 | 100.00% | 1.09 | 13,203 | 100.00% | 1.12 | ||||
| Reserve for unfunded lending commitments | 1,161 | 1,177 | ||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | $14,309 | $14,380 | ||||||||
(1)Ratios are calculated as allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of loans and leases outstanding excluding loans accounted for under the fair value option.
(2)Includes allowance for loan and lease losses for U.S. small business commercial loans of $1.4 billion at both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
Table 36 presents a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses, including certain loan and allowance ratios for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. For more information on the Corporation’s credit loss accounting policies and activity related to the allowance for credit losses, see Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Principlesto the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Corporation’s 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Note 5 – Outstanding Loans and Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
| Table 36 · Allowance for Credit Losses | ||
|---|---|---|
| (Dollars in millions) | 2026 | 2025 |
| Allowance for loan and lease losses, January 1 | $13,203 | $13,240 |
| Loans and leases charged off | ||
| Residential mortgage | (9) | (3) |
| Home equity | (7) | (3) |
| Credit card | (1,144) | (1,178) |
| Direct/Indirect consumer | (105) | (105) |
| Other consumer | (67) | (66) |
| Total consumer charge-offs | (1,332) | (1,355) |
| U.S. commercial (1) | (296) | (244) |
| Non-U.S. commercial | (7) | (8) |
| Commercial real estate | (89) | (126) |
| Commercial lease financing | (13) | — |
| Total commercial charge-offs | (405) | (378) |
| Total loans and leases charged off | (1,737) | (1,733) |
| Recoveries of loans and leases previously charged off | ||
| Residential mortgage | 4 | 3 |
| Home equity | 14 | 15 |
| Credit card | 220 | 177 |
| Direct/Indirect consumer | 31 | 35 |
| Other consumer | 4 | 6 |
| Total consumer recoveries | 273 | 236 |
| U.S. commercial (2) | 21 | 41 |
| Non-U.S. commercial | — | 1 |
| Commercial real estate | 33 | 3 |
| Commercial lease financing | 1 | — |
| Total commercial recoveries | 55 | 45 |
| Total recoveries of loans and leases previously charged off | 328 | 281 |
| Net charge-offs | (1,409) | (1,452) |
| Provision for loan and lease losses | 1,353 | 1,466 |
| Other | 1 | 2 |
| Allowance for loan and lease losses, March 31 | 13,148 | 13,256 |
| Reserve for unfunded lending commitments, January 1 | 1,177 | 1,096 |
| Provision for unfunded lending commitments | (16) | 14 |
| Reserve for unfunded lending commitments, March 31 | 1,161 | 1,110 |
| Allowance for credit losses, March 31 | $14,309 | $14,366 |
| Loan and allowance ratios (3): | ||
| Loans and leases outstanding at March 31 | $1,201,278 | $1,105,239 |
| Allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total loans and leases outstanding at March 31 | 1.09% | 1.20% |
| Consumer allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total consumer loans and leases outstanding at March 31 | 1.72 | 1.83 |
| Commercial allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total commercial loans and leases outstanding at March 31 | 0.68 | 0.74 |
| Average loans and leases outstanding | $1,185,925 | $1,088,296 |
| Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans and leases outstanding | 0.48% | 0.54% |
| Allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total nonperforming loans and leases at March 31 | 225 | 218 |
| Ratio of the allowance for loan and lease losses at March 31 to annualized net charge-offs | 2.30 | 2.25 |
| Amounts included in allowance for loan and lease losses for loans and leases that are excluded from nonperforming loans and leases at March 31 (4) | $8,397 | $8,663 |
| Allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total nonperforming loans and leases, excluding the allowance for loan and lease losses for loans and leases that are excluded from nonperforming loans and leases at March 31 (4) | 81% | 76% |
(1)Includes U.S. small business commercial charge-offs of $155 million and $147 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
(2)Includes U.S. small business commercial recoveries of $12 million and $14 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
(3)Ratios are calculated as allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of loans and leases outstanding excluding loans accounted for under the fair value option.
(4)Primarily includes amounts related to credit card and unsecured consumer lending portfolios in Consumer Banking.
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