Merger partners SunTrust Banks Inc. and BB&T pledged a greater commitment to the community Thursday at a joint meeting of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Top executives with both SunTrust and BB&T emphasized their “strong performance under the Community Reinvestment Act” and the benefits of the proposed merger.
“The scale of this merger will also allow us to serve the communities in which we live and work in more ways than ever before,” said BB&T…