bank of america ceo brian moynihan is interviewed by jack otter during barrons roundtable at fox business network studios on january 09 2020 in new york city bank of america is scheduled to report thirdquarter earnings before the opening bell thursday  heres what wall street expects   earnings 71 cents a share 39 higher than a year earlier according to refinitiv   net interest income 106 billion on a reported basis according to streetaccount has loan demand at bank of america turned the corner thats what analysts are wondering about the secondbiggest us lender by assets investors want to see loan growth improve from a weak first half of the year because that will help the bank produce more interest income like other lenders bank of america set aside billions of dollars for credit losses last year when the industry anticipated a wave of defaults tied to the coronavirus pandemic banks have been releasing some of those funds when the losses didnt arrive and analysts will be curious how much of a boost that dynamic will have in the second half of the year they will also likely ask ceo brian moynihan about succession planning after his most senior deputy chief operating officer tom montag announced his departure last month moynihan announced a sweeping management overhaul including a new finance chief technology head general counsel and chief administrative officer shares of bank of america have climbed 42 this year exceeding the 36 gain of the kbw bank index on wednesday bigger rival jpmorgan chase posted results that beat expectations driven by a 15 billion boost from betterthanexpected loan losses this story is developing please check back for updates