Deals
Bankers ‘Banging on the Doors’ as BB&T, SunTrust Spur Deal Talk
- Regions Financial, three big Ohio banks seen as candidates
- U.S. Bancorp, PNC are large enough for transformational deals
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For years Wall Street has braced for the next wave of mergers in American banking. At last, the first rush has hit.
The tie-up of BB&T Corp. and SunTrust Banks Inc., the biggest banking merger since the 2008 financial crisis, could herald a new era of rapid consolidation among the nation’s regional banks.