Suntrust Bank news and trends

Former SunTrust Employee Tried To Steal Data On 1.5M Clients
Fraud Attack // April 20, 2018

SunTrust Banks has revealed that a former employee tried to download information on nearly 1.5 million clients and share it with a criminal third party. According to news from Reuters, Chief Executive Officer William Rogers announced the incident during an earnings call with analysts on Friday...

Trusting In Faster Payments
Faster Payments // January 05, 2018

FIs are looking to get in top fiscal shape for 2018 by upping their faster payments game. In the January PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker™, Dan Massey, SunTrust Bank’s chief technology officer, explained how the bank aims to boost client experiences in 2018 with faster payment capabilities and...

NEW REPORT: FI’s 2018 Resolution — Getting Fitter, Faster
Faster Payments // January 04, 2018

Consumers around the world are setting their New Year’s resolutions as the calendar pages turn to 2018, and banks and financial institutions (FIs) in the United States and around the world are no different. The January edition of the PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker™, examines the most recent...

Quick Reads
Regulators Green Light BB&T, SunTrust Merger To Form Truist

November 20, 2019
BB&T and SunTrust have announced that they have received regulatory approval to complete their merger to become Truist Financial Corporation. The merger is expected to be completed on Dec. 6, 2019. Truist will be the sixth-largest U.S. commercial bank, serving approximately 10 million U.S. consumer households and a range of business clients. BB&T common shares […]

Former SunTrust Employee Tried To Steal Data On 1.5M Clients

April 20, 2018
SunTrust Banks has revealed that a former employee tried to download information on nearly 1.5 million clients and share it with a criminal third party. According to news from Reuters, Chief...