BAML builds up; all eyes on UBS; changing dynamics prove alluring.

JPMorgan’s $100 million settlement of a currency manipulation lawsuit has sparked a flood of interest from potential new claimants, and marks a new victory in their fight for compensation, according to a leading lawyer involved in negotiations.

Revenues on the rise; More lending and discretionary mandates.

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What does it take to succeed in the increasingly competitive world of transaction services? Internal collaboration, global footprint, adaptability, connectivity and mobile technology all make up part of the equation. But every bank, and every client, is different

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The head of global transaction services at Bank of America Merrill Lynch is to take on a senior global equities role for the firm in a rare example of a transaction banker breaking into the senior ranks of an investment banks' markets business.

Including the winners of Best global bank, Best global investment bank, and Banker of the year.

Universal banks have been trying harder than ever to make investment, corporate and transaction bankers work as one team to capture more business and deliver a better all-round service to their clients.

Christian Meissner, head of global corporate and investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, accepts the award.

UBS was named Best global bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch won the Best global investment bank prize at Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence Dinner in London.

An energized, collaborative and solutions-driven approach targeting truly global companies is proving a winning formula.

From laughing stock to global contender, the US firm has come a long way in a short time.

A battle-tested management team has held on through the turbulent years following Bank of America’s rescue of Merrill Lynch. Under Tom Montag, the firm quietly rebuilt an M&A capability that is thriving as that business roars back, supported by the bank’s strength in providing finance. As other banks shrink, BofA Merrill still harbours ambitions at home and abroad to be all things to most people.

For the first time since the merger of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch in 2008, the firm is starting to make serious inroads into the Euromoney FX survey. This year it jumps from 10th to seventh place in the overall rankings, with a market share of 4.38%. But this is not a short-term improvement; over the past three years BofA Merrill’s market share has increased by 1.43 percentage points, and its volumes by almost 90%. And its ambitions are far from sated.

Offshore secret bank accounts are out and onshore wealth management is in as the world’s private banks are forced to adapt to higher costs and lower revenues. But will it lead to a homogeneous industry?

The US bank earnings season kicked off this week with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan’s treasury services businesses delivering solid revenues to their corporate and investment banking divisions.

Although the implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) presents the biggest and most pressing challenge to the European transaction banking industry at the outset of 2014, there are reasons for banks and their corporate clients to be optimistic about the year ahead.

As the World Cup shapes up to be the main sporting event of 2014, Euromoney columnist Jon Macaskill looks at comparisons between investment banks and football teams for clues to competitive match-ups in the year ahead.

Is Bank of America on an upward trajectory? Am I the only person to notice that Bank of America’s economists were a lone voice insisting that the Federal Reserve would not taper in September? Nice call BAML!

Bob Wigley, a former chairman of Merrill Lynch EMEA, might also appreciate a large tumbler of Scotch. Wigley, who left the US investment bank after it was devoured by Bank of America in 2009, became chairman of Hibu, the former Yellow Pages printed directory of local businesses, some four years ago.

US bank is showing signs of real momentum; Astute hires and capital strength key to growth

Bank of America Merrill Lynch stands out because it provides a level of service to SMEs on an international scale comparable to that traditionally available only to large companies.

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I am rapidly becoming an African aficionado. Maybe Barclays’ Jenkins is on the right track in targeting Africa as a key region of growth for Barclays. A mole was at the recent South African mining conference Indaba in Cape Town and reports record attendance and a febrile atmosphere of deal-making.

The US banks have posted mixed results and while shareholders are losing patience with the bigger laggards at least Goldman seems to have returned to the good old days.

An investment bank wouldn’t be doing its job if it didn’t advise its clients on where they could potentially make money, and earn a fee from doing so.

A veteran spot trader from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has left the firm and is believed to have been hired by ANZ in London, according to people familiar with the situation.

Increasingly, I am noticing that while bank chief executives have to be seen in public, heads of investment banks are trying to keep a very low profile.