During Donald Trump's last presidency, the massive merger that created Truist shook up the industry. What's coming this time around?

The North Carolina-based company expects its revenue to outpace expenses next year — a goal that has proven elusive over the five years of Truist's existence.

Moore-Wright is the chief teammate officer at the $520 billion-asset Truist.

The North Carolina bank lowered its medium-term target for return on tangible common equity target, reflecting the fact that the financial projections for the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks have not come to fruition.

When the superregional bank sold its insurance business for $10.1 billion, it laid out three ways to use the proceeds: buybacks, a balance sheet repositioning and loan growth. The latter plan is so far proving to be elusive.

The threat actor Sp1d3r posted an ad for the stolen data on Wednesday. Truist said the October breach is not related to a campaign by the same criminal group.

After several quarters of slumping investment banking and trading fees, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company reported a big uptick from that division, which helped compensate for a large decline in net interest income.

Truist has made about 20 hires including bankers, traders, and sales personnel from Wells Fargo, Hilltop Securities and T. Rowe Price, to build up its muni team.

The Charlotte, North Carolina, company has agreed to sell its remaining 80% stake in its insurance brokerage unit to raise billions of dollars in cash and extra capital. The "wild card" is how Truist will deploy them, one analyst says.

The North Carolina bank agreed to offload Sterling Capital Management to Guardian Capital Group in Toronto. It's the latest step in the effort to simplify Truist.

In this month's roundup of top banking news: Truist Financial announces plans to shutter 4% of its branch network, Fiserv pursues a special-purpose bank charter, Wells Fargo distributes a $1,000 bonus to lower-paid employees and more.

Williams, who died this week at age 90, was CEO of SunTrust — one of the banks that would become Truist — for many years. He also served on the boards of several organizations in Atlanta, including Coca-Cola.

Financial institutions, led by the biggest U.S. banks and regional lenders, have dominated high-grade issuance, making up over 60% of the $149 billion that has priced so far this month.

Despite a surge in quarterly expenses in the fourth quarter and a projected uptick in the first quarter, the North Carolina company is standing by its expense guidance for 2024.

The North Carolina-based company said it expects to close about 4% of its branch network, or roughly 80 offices, by the end of the first quarter. The closures come amid Truist's $750 million cost-cutting initiative.

Banks large and small are selling some or all of their insurance subsidiaries, enticed by the high prices they're being offered. Here's a rundown of the deals that were struck in 2023.

Across the industry, the pace of branch shutdowns slowed this year. Still, large financial institutions continued to trim their physical footprints, with two super-regional banks taking the most aggressive actions.