# Bank of America

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This section gives you an overview of how to make payments via Bank of America through Hyperswitch.
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The Bank of America Corporation is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan. To know more about payment methods supported by Bank of America via Juspay Hyperswitch, click [here](https://hyperswitch.io/pm-list).

### Activating Bank of America via Hyperswitch

#### I. Prerequisites

1. You need to be registered with Bank of America in order to proceed. If you aren't, you can quickly set up your Bank of America account [here](https://developer.cybersource.com/hello-world/sandbox.html).
2. You should have a registered Hyperswitch account. You can access your account from the [Hyperswitch dashboard](https://app.hyperswitch.io/register).
3. On your dashboard, collect the **Merchant Id** from the top once you are logged in.
4. On your dashboard, visit Payment Configuration → Key Management and generate a key; you will receive a **Shared Secret** and **API Secret**.
5. Select all the payment methods you wish to use Bank of America for. Ensure that this is the same as the ones configured on your Bank of America dashboard.

[Steps](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/hyperswitch-cloud/connectors/activate-connector-on-hyperswitch) to activate Bank of America on the Hyperswitch control center.


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