TCS, Cognizant and Infosys have been significant merchants to Bank of America (BofA), one of the world's greatest IT outsourcers.

The Azim Premji-advanced organization has turned into an empanelled IT merchant to go after BofA's future solicitations for proposition (RFPs), sources with learning of the improvement said.

Wipro supposedly is currently attempting to extend its BFSI introduction. It won a $500-million IT bargain from Citibank a year ago, and now will vie for BofA bargains.

The $89-billion BofA is the second biggest bank holding organization in the US by resources. Its 2008 obtaining of Merrill Lynch made it the world's biggest riches administration company and a noteworthy player in the speculation managing an account showcase.

"Unmistakably, Wipro's entrance will add to expanded evaluating weight for occupants, for example, Infosys. BofA, as other vast banks, is hoping to drive additionally cost reserve funds out of its worldwide administrations portfolio.

A BofA representative denied Wipro had been agreed a 'favored merchant' status, however said any seller could offer for its tasks. BofA has a few IT administrations sellers. A year ago, it marked a 12-year, $1.4-billion manage GardaWorld, a worldwide hazard administration and security administrations organization to deal with its money handling and check imaging administrations.