Colonial Bancgroup News

BB&T Corp. has increased Birmingham-area deposits by $169 million since taking over for Colonial BancGroup in August, which Chief Executive Kelly King called welcome news amid his attempts to instill his company's business philosophy at 102 new branches and among hundreds of new employees.

Birmingham law firm Whatley Drake & Kallas was recently appointed to help lead a prominent case against Colonial BancGroup Inc.

Bank of America's twisted legal entanglements related to the fallout from Ocala Funding brings to light the reverberations and complexities created by such special-purpose vehicles.

Bud de Laurier owns Jax Realty Advisors Inc. Bud de Laurier received the kind of federal contract few businesses qualify for and even fewer hope to get.

Raleigh, North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services, the nation's seventh largest insurance broker, said it has expanded its southwest Florida operation with the acquisition of Oswald Trippe and Co.

Oswald Trippe & Co., a Fort Myers-based insurance agency, is merging with BB&T Insurance Services, according to a statement released today by Oswald Trippe.

Birmingham bank stocks slipped in early morning trading Friday, taking back big gains made in the previous day's trading.

BB&T still doesn't know whether it will keep the former headquarters of Colonial BancGroup, but it does know that it is the owner of Colonial's corporate jet -- whether it wants to be or not.

By Alain Sherter Oct 22, 2009 Regional bank U.S. Bancorp , whose loans are moldering like last week's leftovers, on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $603 million and growing revenue.

U.S. Market Stocks began the week on unsteady footing ahead of the next round of earnings reports, but were in the green by midday.

BB&T Corp. , the North Carolina lender that acquired Colonial BancGroup Inc. in August, reported third-quarter profit dropped 58 percent as more real-estate borrowers stopped making payments.

BB&T Corp., the North Carolina lender that acquired Colonial Bancgroup Inc. in August, reported third-quarter profit dropped 65 percent as more real-estate borrowers stopped making payments.

BB&T Inc.'s western expansion is going to stop -- for now -- in Texas. About two months after acquiring 21 branches in Nevada, BB&T said it is selling them to U.S. Bancorp for an undisclosed price.

Fortune 's Brian O'Keefe has an epic account of the rise and fall of Bobby Lowder and Colonial Bancgroup.

The reason behind BB&T Bank's surprise move not to acquire Colonial Bank's investment advisory unit? Toxic assets.

A group of Colonial Bank employees joined the growing ranks of people suing the defunct bank's leaders.

By Alain Sherter Fridays are when we bid adieu to terminally ill banks. Today it's Atlanta's Georgian Bank , which is being closed by state banking regulators.

The brokeragea s 270 advisers will now have to seek a new broker-dealer to operate under by November 2009.

A year after the financial crisis first stirred comparisons to the Great Depression, the pace of bank failures is rising.

Published: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 11:51 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. LAKELAND BB&T has tapped a familiar face to lead its Polk County operations.