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Truist Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. [7] The company was formed in December 2019 as the result of the merger of BB&T (Branch Banking and Trust Company) and SunTrust Banks .
In December 2019, Charlotte-based Truist was created through a merger of equals between SunTrust and Winston-Salem-based BB&T. Truist is currently the sixth largest U.S. bank, and the merger was the biggest bank deal since the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Rogers became president and chief operating officer of Truist after the merger, and he ...
On that day, SunTrust Bank merged into BB&T's banking unit, Branch Banking and Trust Company, forming Truist Bank as the merged company's legal banking entity. However, the merged bank will continue to operate under the BB&T and SunTrust names until the two banks' systems are combined, a process that could take up to two years.
Truist Bank now offers two personal checking accounts that don’t charge overdraft fees, including the Truist One account, which provides qualifying customers with a $100 negative balance buffer.
In March 2022, the bank closed five Charlotte-area branches because of overlap following the BB&T and SunTrust merger that formed Truist in 2019. In total, Truist planned to close 800 branches .
As of January, Charlotte, North Carolina-based Truist was the sixth largest bank in the U.S., with $488 billion in assets. It was formed in 2019 as a merger between BB&T and SunTrust banks.
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Truist moved its corporate headquarters to Hearst Tower, which was renamed Truist Center. [20] Truist had taken over 550,000 square feet (51,000 m 2) of 965,000 square feet (89,700 m 2) total. [21] The bank announced the deal was completed March 31, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, further actions would be delayed. [22]