SunTrust Company Description
Coca-Cola, fast cars, and SunTrust Banks -- this Sun Belt financial holding company is southern to its core. Its eponymous flagship subsidiary SunTrust Bank operates more than 1,690 bank branches across an arc of about a dozen southeastern states, including Alabama, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, plus Washington, DC. The bank's offerings include retail and commercial banking, as well as trust services, credit cards, mortgage banking, mutual funds, insurance, lease financing, asset management, and securities underwriting and dealing. SunTrust bought Atlanta-area bank holding company GB&T Bancshares in 2008.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of SunTrust's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of SunTrust's evolution in the marketplace.
