Comparison Overview

Bank of America

VS

China Merchants Bank

Bank of America

100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, US, 28202
Last Update: 2025-12-11

Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individuals, 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 serves approximately 56 million U.S. consumer and small business relationships. It is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading. This LinkedIn company page is moderated. For more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/32FDdQr. For account issues, please visit: https://bit.ly/2GeTIeP.

NAICS: 52211
NAICS Definition: Commercial Banking
Employees: 239,193
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
2

China Merchants Bank

7088 Shennan Blvd., Shenzhen, 518040, CN
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849

Established in 1987 in Shenzhen, the forefront of China’s reform and opening-up drive, China Merchants Bank ("CMB") has developed into the most influential commercial bank brand in China thanks to continuous financial innovation, quality customer service, prudent management and strong business performance. For many consecutive years, CMB has been ranked among China’s top commercial banks according to comprehensive assessment by CBRC. The bank has won a number of titles, including the Best Commercial Bank of China, the Best Retail Bank in China, the Best Private Bank in China, China’s Best Custody Specialist from the British Financial Times, Euromoney and The Asset. The Bank was shortlisted as a World-Class Chinese Brand and ranked No. 1 in the P/B list of the world’s top 50 banks with the largest market value by the British Financial Times. It was also listed No.60 among the world's Top 1,000 Banks by The Banker.

NAICS: 52211
NAICS Definition: Commercial Banking
Employees: 13,155
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Bank of America
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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China Merchants Bank
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Bank of America
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
China Merchants Bank
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Banking Industry Average (This Year)

Bank of America has 14.94% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Banking Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for China Merchants Bank in 2025.

Incident History — Bank of America (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Bank of America cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — China Merchants Bank (X = Date, Y = Severity)

China Merchants Bank cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Bank of America
Incidents

Date Detected: 2/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Inadvertent Disclosure
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2024
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 4/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Human Error (Email Misconfiguration)
Blog: Blog
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China Merchants Bank
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

China Merchants Bank company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Bank of America company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Bank of America company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas China Merchants Bank company has not reported any.

In the current year, Bank of America company has reported more cyber incidents than China Merchants Bank company.

Neither China Merchants Bank company nor Bank of America company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Bank of America company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other China Merchants Bank company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither China Merchants Bank company nor Bank of America company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Bank of America company nor China Merchants Bank company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Bank of America nor China Merchants Bank holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Bank of America company nor China Merchants Bank company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Bank of America company employs more people globally than China Merchants Bank company, reflecting its scale as a Banking.

Neither Bank of America nor China Merchants Bank holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Bank of America nor China Merchants Bank holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Bank of America nor China Merchants Bank holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Bank of America nor China Merchants Bank holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Bank of America nor China Merchants Bank holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Bank of America nor China Merchants Bank holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N