Bank of America's unrealized losses on securities rose to $131.6 bln

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• Unrealized losses have come under closer scrutiny by investors since March. At the time, Silicon Valley Bank sold a portfolio of its holdings at a sharp loss, precipitating its collapse and fueling the worst industry turmoil since the 2008 financial crisis.

• "All of these are unrealized losses are on government- guaranteed securities," Bank of America's chief financial officer, Alastair Borthwick, told reporters on conference call discussing third-quarter earnings. "Because we're holding them to maturity, we will anticipate that we'll have zero losses over time."

• Bank of America, the second-biggest U.S. lender had about $603 billion in held-to-maturity securities, it said in a filing on Tuesday, shrinking from $614 billion in the second quarter.

• Bank of America had reported early $106 billion in paper losses in the second quarter.

• U.S. banks could be grappling with at least $650 billion of unrealized losses in their securities portfolios, according to an estimate from Moody's

• Citigroup (C.N) did not disclose paper losses on its portfolio for the third quarter. They stood at $24 billion at the end of the second quarter.

• JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) had unrealized losses of $40 billion in its HTM portfolio in the third quarter

• That would be 15% more than the $558 billion of losses they were sitting on at the end of the second quarter.