Banking and the Coming Digital Asset Revolution

12/03/2025 • 11:30 AM

Ebrahim H. Poonawala
Managing Director – BofA Global Research
Head of North American Banks Research

Ebrahim H. Poonawala heads North American Banks research for BofA and serves as a Managing Director in US Equity Research. As part of his coverage, Poonawala covers approximately $2 trillion in market-cap spread across large-cap US banks and investment banks, regional banks, Trust banks and the Canadian lenders. Poonawala has spent over two decades in the financial services sector, both on the sell-side covering the banking industry and prior to that performing asset liability and risk management functions at a commercial bank.

Poonawala also hosts the Fintech Firesides series, inviting industry experts to discuss the digital innovation within the financial services sector.

Before moving to the US to pursue his graduate studies, Poonawala worked in the real estate investment sector in Mumbai, India. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bombay University, India, and an MBA in corporate finance from Virginia Tech. He is based in New York. He has ranked among the top analysts covering US banks for
the US Institutional Investor

All-America Research poll. For more information about any awards cited, visit https://go.bofa.com/awards.