News Topic: BB&T

The banks, which plan to merge as Truist Financial, are expected soon to start selling hundreds of branches in the Southeast to satisfy antitrust concerns and increase efficiency. ... Read full article

Brad Dinsmore, who will also serve as the California company's president, once was in charge of several key lines at SunTrust, including consumer banking and private wealth management. ... Read full article

To combat the notion that regional banks’ tech offerings are inferior, the combined BB&T-SunTrust will have to go “toe-to-toe” with big banks, BB&T chief Kelly King said ahead of shareholder approval of the deal Tuesday. ... Read full article

The deal cleared another key hurdle as Financial Services Committee members showed little interest in slowing the formation of Truist Financial. ... Read full article

Will the new commitment, which is 5% over what the banks have reinvested recently on their own, assuage advocacy groups' concerns about the merger? ... Read full article

Ahead of a House hearing to examine his company's proposed merger with SunTrust, King tried to downplay regulatory concerns. ... Read full article

The Hancock Shaker Village, with help from banks and other professional groups, established an award named after the late chairman and CEO of M&T Bank. ... Read full article

Set aside the large BB&T-SunTrust merger pact, and most deal metrics were way down in the first half of 2019. ... Read full article

The biggest deal in more than a decade has sparked debate about the pressure for more bank consolidation and whether consumers will be hurt. ... Read full article

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters wants to examine the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, as well as Facebook's cryptocurrency plans. ... Read full article

Google explored the OCC's fintech charter, then walked away; the biggest changes in digital banking could be just ahead; 'Truist' rebrand prompts lawsuit by N.C. credit union; and more from this week's most-read stories. ... Read full article

Shareholders of both companies will meet separately next month to cast ballots on the $28 billion deal, and BB&T investors will also decide whether the new company should be called Truist Financial. ... Read full article

Winston-Salem-based Truliant Federal Credit Union has filed a suit in federal court claiming that BB&T and SunTrust banks’ post-merger brand represents trademark infringement and unfair competition. ... Read full article

"Truist" was roundly mocked when it was unveiled as the name of the merging BB&T and SunTrust, but it’s hardly the first bank moniker to elicit a "huh?" from critics. ... Read full article

Hard sell ahead for BB&T-SunTrust as ‘Truist’ lands with a thud; Citizens looks to poach BB&T-SunTrust talent; what the Senate AML bill means for banks; and more from this week’s most-read stories. ... Read full article

Lenders should get a boost from refinances and purchase loans; BB&T and SunTrust Banks’ name choice questioned. ... Read full article

Judging by day one on social media, you’d think the new Truist brand was a flop. But marketing and branding experts say the name has a lot going for it. What matters most will be how the two banks advocate for the name. ... Read full article

The combined company will be known as Truist, which plays off “trust,” a word the banks’ original names had in common. ... Read full article