BB&T Corporation (Branch Banking and Trust Company) is a bank holding company based in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Its bank operates 2,049 branches in 15 states and Washington, D.C., and offers consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. It was ranked 16th on the list of largest banks in the United States by assets. Its subsidiary, BB&T Insurance Services, was one of the largest insurance brokers in the world.
In its history BB&T has made 106 mergers and acquisitions. Since it took over Southern National Bank in 1995, BB&T has made 43 deals. It is merging with SunTrust Banks in 2019 to form a company expected to be called Truist Financial Corporation, with a new headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.