BB&T, SunTrust complete merger
December 9, 2019 - BB&T Corp. and SunTrust Banks Inc. are now a single company. The two banks completed a merger of equals over the weekend, creating Truist, the sixth largest U.S. commercial bank and the second largest retail bank in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. Systems will be integrated over the next two years, the banks said in a news release. For now, customers can use their respective BB&T or SunTrust branches, websites, mobile apps, financial advisors and relationship managers. Customers can use either BB&T and SunTrust ATMs to make withdrawals without incurring out-of-network fees, the release said. Truist will trade under the ticker symbol TFC beginning today.