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The BB&T and SunTrust tie-up provides a template for future deals
US regional lenders choose a new brand ‘true to the heritage of both companies’
The Trumpian fallacy that success bubbles up from chemistry alone is dangerous
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
A tricky merger shows barriers to US bank consolidation
Key Democrats join effort to cut number of systemically important banks
US bank steps up battle with Silicon Valley payments companies
Damage from oil price fall expected to weigh on earnings
With only two rises on the cards this year, pain spreads among the more rate-sensitive lenders
US lenders generating subpar returns face pressure to merge
US regional banks under pressure to consolidate
Tie-up’s approval could pave way for further bank consolidation
Organic growth takes US lender nearer to $250bn in assets
BB&T’s takeover of Susquehanna Bank show the appetite for deals of mid- and small-sized banks
Retailer declared ‘winner in mid-tier department store world’
Concerns over the effects of rising rates on banks’ securities holdings
Fed failed the US regional lender on qualitative grounds alone
Banking industry gets go-ahead for $30bn in payouts
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