The Bank of New York Company, Inc. provides a complete range of banking and other financial services to a wide variety of corporate, institutional and retail customers, and major financial institutions, both public and private, throughout the world. The Company's products and services are organized into five major business lines: Securities Servicing and Global Payment Services, Private Client Services and Asset Management, Corporate Banking, Global Markets and Retail Banking. BNY was founded in 1784 by Alexander Hamilton and is the United States' oldest bank.