COMPANY PROFILE
Regions Financial Corporation, with $140 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 100 Index and one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, trust, securities brokerage, mortgage and insurance products and services. Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates 1,900 banking offices and approximately 2,300 ATMs. Its investment and securities brokerage trust and asset management division, Morgan Keegan & Company Inc., provides services from over 300 offices.
History
Regions Financial Corporation was formed in 1971 as First Alabama Bancshares Inc., Alabama 's first multibank holding company. With the combination of three well-respected banks, the holding company began operations with a total of $543 million in assets and 40 banking locations in Birmingham , Huntsville and Montgomery.
The company was renamed Regions Financial Corp. in 1994 to better reflect its growing presence throughout the South. Its merger with Memphis, Tenn.-based Union Planters Corp. took place in July 2004, creating a Top 15 U.S. bank. Its merger with AmSouth Bancorporation on November 4, 2006, created a Southeast-based financial powerhouse ranking as one of the top 10 banks in the nation. Regions Financial Corporation has approximately $146 billion in assets as of December 31 , 2008 . Serving some 5 million households throughout the South, Midwest and Texas , Regions is a full-service provider of retail and commercial banking, trust, securities brokerage, mortgage, and insurance products and services.
Retail and Commercial Banking
Regions Bank is a full-service institution with a full range of financial products and services in the areas of trust, asset management, mortgage banking, securities brokerage and insurance, in addition to traditional banking products and services. The bank operates in 1,900 offices and 2,300-ATM network across a 16-state geographic footprint: Alabama , Arkansas , Florida , Georgia , Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , Missouri , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas and Virginia .
Commercial banking at Regions has expanded to mean not only increased lending capacity and a responsive credit approval process, but enhanced treasury management and international products, as well. Regions offers its commercial banking customers a full range of capital markets and investment banking products and services, as well as permanent loan placements, public finance, corporate finance and merger and acquisition products and services, and risk management products such as interest rate derivatives.
Brokerage, Investment Banking, & Trust
Regions provides investment and brokerage services from some 300 offices of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., one of the nation's largest full-service investment firms with more than $60 billion in customer assets. Morgan Keegan, a member of FINRA and SIPC, offers comprehensive investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management services to meet the diverse financial needs of individual investors, corporate and institutional clients throughout the United States and abroad.
Regions Morgan Keegan Trust, with over $62 billion in assets, is the trust and asset management unit of Regions, and includes the RMK Timberland Group which manages more than 1.5 million acres. Morgan Asset Management is the investment advisor to Regions Morgan Keegan Trust. With locations throughout the South, Morgan Asset Management manages more than $27 billion for institutions and high net worth individuals. Regions Morgan Keegan Trust and Morgan Asset Management operate as part of Regions' subsidiary Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Mortgage
Regions Mortgage is one of the nation's top residential mortgage loan originators and servicers. The balanced, focused mortgage business offers a full array of residential mortgage products and services through its retail and correspondent lending channels and a warehouse lending banker/broker, Regions Funding.
Insurance
In 2004, Regions Financial Corporation created Regions Insurance Group, Inc., the corporate structure for all of the company's insurance-related subsidiaries. Through its insurance brokerage operations in Mississippi , Alabama , Indiana , Tennessee , Texas , Missouri , Arkansas and Louisiana, Regions Insurance Group offers all lines of personal and commercial insurance, including property, casualty, life, health and accident. Regions Insurance Services offers credit-related insurance products (title, term life, credit life, debt cancellation, environmental, crop and mortgage insurance) to customers of Regions. With $117 million in annual revenues and 30 offices in eight states, Regions Insurance Group is one of the largest bank-owned insurance brokers in the United States.
Facts About Regions
- Regions, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol RF, ranks on the Fortune 500 listing of America 's largest companies.
- The U.S. Small Business Administration consistently ranks Regions as one of the top small business-friendly financial services providers in the country.
- Regions is a member of the Identity Theft Assistance Corp., a non-profit consortium of financial institutions piloting an Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC) that helps fight identity theft and assists consumers who have been affected by the crime.
- Regions is a member of the S&P 100 Index.
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Regions ranks highest in customer satisfaction among primary mortgage servicing companies, according to a nationwide study by J.D. Power and Associates.
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*Morgan Keegan and Company, Inc., is a subsidiary of Regions Financial Corporation and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).
**Investment and insurance products are not a deposit, are not guaranteed or endorsed by Regions Bank, or its affiliates, and are not insured by the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. Purchase of non-deposit products involves risks, including possible loss of principle.