Ken Lewis Quotations
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Achievement Quotes
Our three major business lines -- consumer and commercial banking, asset management and global corporate and investment banking -- in total increased their revenues by 8 percent last year, ... Their achievement allowed us to overcome significantly higher credit costs plus much lower equity market-related revenues and still increase operating earnings for the year.
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Crime Quotes
We finally are operating with a full staff, ... And it?s been nice. But things happen around the clock. Even after you solve the crimes, there?s crime reports, grand jury appearances, trial testimony. If you have enough personnel to spread that workload out, the less impact it has on other staff members.
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Addition Quotes
This agreement marks the beginning of a new era of partnership between two of the world's premier financial services brands. The addition of the American Express card to the existing Bank of America product offerings, coupled with the suite of affinity card products offered by MBNA, underscores the power of our franchise to provide our customers with unparalleled choice and convenience.
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Bankruptcy Quotes
The impact of the change in bankruptcy laws and changes in our practices for overdraft charge-offs and over-limit credit card fees reduced pretax results by about $320 million. In addition, we had a weak trading quarter that was well under our performance in recent quarters. The bankruptcy issue will not recur and should actually benefit us going forward as we expect a reduced level of bankruptcy filings under the new law.