BB&T and Suntrust to merge

BB&T Corp.’s $29.7 billion purchase of SunTrust Banks Inc. received near unanimous approval Tuesday from both banks’ shareholders.

The corporate name of the combined bank will be Truist Financial Corp.

The banks expect to close the deal in late September to early October. They await reviews from the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”