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House lawmakers go light on BB&T-SunTrust merger

07/24/19

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

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Suspense builds on new brand for BB&T-SunTrust

05/30/19

SunTrust CEO Bill Rogers on Thursday explained the direction he and BB&T chief Kelly King are going with the new name, but gave no hints on what it is or when it will be unveiled.

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Top Senate Democrat presses BB&T, SunTrust on impact of merger

03/28/19

Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat, said the banks failed to provide enough information on how their proposed combination would affect employees and consumers.

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Will BB&T-SunTrust set off a new wave of regional bank mergers?

02/07/19

The stars aligned for the two longtime rivals to join forces, and some observers speculate that other regional banks will need to strike similar partnerships if they hope to remain competitive. But others say such deals are rare because they're hard to pull off.

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BB&T-SunTrust: Three big questions

02/07/19

Why now? Will it work? How will their rivals respond? The megadeal between the two East Coast regionals offers up plenty of grist for speculation.

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Fee income falls at SunTrust, but profits still soar

10/19/18

Strong net interest income and other factors made up for a drop in investment banking and other noninterest income at the Atlanta bank, which reported double-digit earnings growth.

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Consumer and CRE loans rise at SunTrust

07/20/18

Yet margin improvement proved to be the decisive factor in a strong quarter in which total lending was flat.

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Consumer credit eases pain of business lending slump

04/20/18

After nearly two years of sputtering commercial loan growth, regional bankers are counting more than ever on expanding their portfolios of personal loans and other types of consumer credit.

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Did SunTrust wait too long to announce data theft?

04/20/18

SunTrust let about eight weeks pass before telling the public that data tied to 1.5 million customers had been stolen.

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Former SunTrust employee said to have stolen customer data

04/20/18

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

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