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Two mid-sized American banks are joining forces in a $66bn merger - BB&T and Suntrus…
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Deal between BB&T and SunTrust highlights benefits of scale in digital world
Banks want to combine if regulators will let them
Tie-up will create America’s sixth-largest lender by assets
Key Democrats join effort to cut number of systemically important banks
Banks in Japan, Canada and Europe behind on automating operations to cut costs
Concerns that too much risk is being taken on in slowing economy
US equities slipped following weaker than expected manufacturing reports from Chicago and Texas
Threshold to be designated ‘systemically important’ could be raised from $50bn to $500bn
Offers for group’s $16bn private equity lending arm open this week
Fed stress tests pave way for larger payouts
Paul Taylor finds a growing demand for external hosting
Nasdaq rises 0.1% to 3,042.91
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