Roundup: 1st Alabama to Become Regions Bank in Nov.

Regions Financial Corp. will change the name of its flagship bank from First Alabama Bank to Regions Bank, effective Nov. 12.

J. Stanley Mackin, Regions Financial's chairman and chief executive, said that once the change is official, Regions Bank will have more than 350 bank offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

First Alabama Bank, which has 183 banks in Alabama, was the first banking subsidiary of First Alabama Bancshares.

Regions Financial Corp., with $17.6 billion in assets, changed its name from First Alabama Bancshares in 1994, when it added a tag line to its logo identifying it as a Regions bank.

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