BofA Analyst Kissane Said to Leave for Credit Suisse

Bank of America Corp.’s technology services analyst, James Kissane, was hired by rival Credit Suisse Group AG to cover the industry, said three people with direct knowledge of the move.

The analyst left willingly and his departure wasn’t part of a staff reduction at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank, said two of the people, who declined to be identified because the move was private. Kissane spent 11 years covering technology firms for New York-based Bear Stearns Cos. before joining Bank of America as a managing director, the lender said in July 2008.