Description: Two banks announced the industry’s biggest merger in a decade on Thursday, signaling bank executives’ growing confidence that the regulatory constraints imposed after the 2008 financial crisis have begun to loosen.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Feb 08, 2019

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/business/dealbook/bbt-suntrust-bank-mergers.html

Questions for discussion:

• What does the article say about the regulatory environment and this merger?
• How should investors interpret this merger?