Sept. 15 Truist Assist, AI-enhanced digital virtual assistant, launched
Truist boosts minimum wage to $22, among highest in industry
July 18 Truist launches new accounts with no overdraft fees
June 21 Truist debuts new client-centered Innovation and Technology Center in Charlotte
May 3 Truist acquires mobile savings gamification pioneer Long Game
March 2 Truist issues first social bond to advance environmental, social and governance focus
Jan. 6 Truist becomes an Official Retail Bank of the NFL
September 16
Truist launches Truist Ventures
August 2
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets combine to create Truist Securities
May 20
Truist doubles commitment to COVID-19 relief efforts, totaling $50 million
March 17
Truist pledges $25 million to COVID-19 relief measures
March 2
Truist Foundation launched
January 30
World Health Organization declares global health emergency on Jan. 30, U.S. prepares for COVID-19 global pandemic in February
January 14
Truist unveils purpose, mission and values
January 13
Truist reveals signature purple color and new logo
December 10
Truist headquarters building named Truist Center
December 6
Merger of equals completed; company officially becomes Truist
July 30
Shareholders approve merger of equals agreement
July 16
BB&T and SunTrust announce $60 billion Truist Community Benefits Plan
June 12
BB&T and SunTrust announce new name will be Truist and new corporate headquarters will be at 214 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina.
February 7
Boards of both SunTrust and BB&T announce unanimous approvals to combine in merger of equals.
February
SunTrust launches onUp Movement during Super Bowl 50 to further its commitment to its purpose of lighting the way to financial well-being.
September
SunTrust declares itself purpose-driven company focused on its purpose of lighting the way to financial well-being.
August 14
BB&T acquires Colonial Bank of Montgomery, Ala.; the FDIC-assisted deal was BB&T largest merger to date
The Great Recession, which includes 2008 financial crisis, begins in U.S. due to subprime mortgage crisis, devastates world financial markets as well as banking and real estate industries
BB&T officially adopts its vision, mission, purpose, philosophy and other guiding principles
May 30
BB&T and Southern National complete merger of equals, approved by both boards of directors in July 1994
BB&T acquires Farr Associates, which eventually becomes the Truist Leadership Institute
United States Supreme Court ruling giving states’ rights to enter into reciprocal interstate banking agreements spurs growth for BB&T and SunTrust
July 2
Trust Company of Georgia and Sun Banks Inc. of Orlando, Fla., merge to form SunTrust.
Trust Company of Georgia becomes first inland bank in Southeast to form an International Department
World War II begins with Nazi invasion of Poland; continues until 1945 when the Allies defeat Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945
Stock market crash send country into The Great Depression; thousands of banks fail
BB&T enters insurance business (and becomes the sixth largest broker in the U.S. and seventh in the world in 2020).
Commercial Travelers’ Savings Bank moves into eight-story equitable in downtown Atlanta, which becomes the South’s first “skyscraper”
Georgia General Assembly grants charter for Commercial Travelers’ Savings Bank in Atlanta, which eventually became SunTrust’s predecessor Trust Company of Georgia.
April 6 Truist and the Braves Development Company announce new national headquarters for Truist Securities inside The Battery Atlanta
Alpheus Branch and Thomas Jefferson Hadley join forces to form Branch and Hadley, the company that ultimately became BB&T.