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Bank of America Launches Life Plan to Help Clients Prioritize Their Financial Goals and Understand Steps Toward Achieving Them

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Bank of America has launched Life Plan, a digital tool assisting clients in setting and tracking their financial goals across various life stages. Integrated into the mobile app and online banking, it offers personalized goal prioritization, real-time adjustments, and progress tracking. Clients can also schedule appointments with financial professionals for tailored advice. Following an eight-month pilot with nearly 80,000 users, key goals identified include budgeting, retirement savings, home purchases, and credit improvement. This service aims to enhance client engagement and satisfaction.

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  • Launch of Life Plan enhances client engagement in financial goal setting.
  • Supports real-time adjustments to financial goals, adapting to client needs.
  • Integration with existing tools like Erica and Preferred Rewards increases value.
  • Pilot program with 80,000 clients indicates strong demand for goal-oriented services.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.--()--Bank of America today announced the launch of Life Plan®, a new digital experience through which clients can set and track near- and long-term goals based on their life priorities, and better understand and act on steps toward achieving them. Available within the Bank of America mobile app and online banking platform, Life Plan enables clients to:

  • Select and prioritize their most important goals at every life stage and across multiple areas, including finances, family, health, home, work, leisure and giving.
  • Create and continuously adjust financial goals in real time within the app, as life happens and priorities change.
  • Track progress against their goals, with personalized guidance and recommendations on incremental steps toward achieving them along the way.
  • Leverage the company’s network of financial professionals by scheduling in-person or virtual one-on-one appointments for collaborative discussions about their goals and strategies to help achieve them.

“We designed Life Plan to give clients the power to define, prioritize and make progress toward their financial goals,” said David Tyrie, Bank of America head of Digital, Financial Center Strategy, and Advanced Client Solutions. “Life Plan delivers a personalized experience for every client, providing information that is timely and relevant, aligned to their unique financial goals, and offering a choice of the next best step.”

Available in English and Spanish, Life Plan delivers a holistic view of a client’s financial goals and helps track progress toward them. The high-tech and high-touch experience integrates with Bank of America’s award-winning solutions such as Erica®, its AI-driven virtual financial assistant, and Preferred Rewards, the company’s industry-leading loyalty program that recognizes the value of a client’s entire relationship. Life Plan also provides information and tips from Better Money Habits®, a free financial education platform that helps clients make sense of their money and take action.

Life Plan is now available nationwide following an eight-month pilot with nearly 80,000 clients. During the pilot, the top five goals set by clients included: budget and start saving (32%); save for retirement (31%); buy a home (30%); save for a large purchase (30%); and improve my credit (28%).

About Bank of America Digital Banking
Bank of America’s award-winning digital banking platform is an evolving source of increased client engagement and satisfaction serving 40 million digital clients, including more than 30 million active mobile users. During the second quarter of 2020, digital clients logged into their accounts more than 2 billion times and used digital to make 133 million bill payments and book 665,000 appointments.

Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 66 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 4,300 retail financial centers, including approximately 3,000 lending centers, 2,600 financial centers with a Consumer Investment Financial Solutions Advisor and approximately 2,200 business centers; approximately 16,900 ATMs; and award-winning digital banking with approximately 39 million active users, including approximately 30 million mobile users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Andy Aldridge, Bank of America, 980.387.0514
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FAQ

What is the new <b>Life Plan</b> offered by Bank of America?

Life Plan is a digital experience that helps clients set and track financial goals based on their priorities through the mobile app and online banking.

When was <b>Life Plan</b> launched?

Life Plan was launched nationwide after an eight-month pilot program.

What are the primary goals clients set using <b>Life Plan</b>?

The top goals include budgeting and saving (32%), saving for retirement (31%), buying a home (30%), saving for large purchases (30%), and improving credit (28%).

How does <b>Life Plan</b> enhance client experience?

It provides personalized guidance, allows real-time goal adjustments, and integrates with financial professionals for tailored advice.

What services does Bank of America provide with <b>Life Plan</b>?

Bank of America offers financial goal setting, tracking, personalized advice, and education through platforms like Better Money Habits.

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