Merrill Lynch is one of the world's premier providers of wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. It is a part of Bank of America, one of the world's largest financial institutions. The bank serves individual consumers, small/middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, other financial/risk-management products and services. It serves more than 59 million consumers and small business relationships with over 6,100 retail banking offices and operates more than 18,000 automated teller machines. Bank of America serves clients in more than 150 countries.