Stock price BB&T Corp (BBT) today

BB&T Corporation (Branch Banking and Trust) is an American financial holding company with assets of $ 212.41 billion and a market capitalization of 29 billion. It is part of the S&P 500. It specializes in providing asset management, securities and mortgage lending services. Founded in 1872 as a banking company called Branch and Hadley, the company quickly gained a foothold in the market thanks to its military bond operations during World War I. An insurance division was added in 1922 and a division was added in 1923. . Ie mortgage lending company actively absorb smaller companies, turning into a financial giant In 1995, BB & T merged with Southern National Bank, and in 1999 -. Bought First Liberty of Macon and Matewan Bancshares, making BB & T the largest bank in the West