by Ted Carter Published: September 25,2011
Tags: Bank of America, banking, Citigroup, Citizens Financial Group Inc., Huntington Bancshares Inc., Joe Biden, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Karen Mills, Key Corp, M&T Bank Corp., Merrill Lynch, PNC Bank NA., Regions Bank, Small Business Administration, Sun Trust Banks Inc, TD Bank, US Bank, Wells Fargo
Regions Bank, Wells Fargo and 11 other large banks have committed to increase lending for small businesses by a combined $20 billion over the next three years. The banks made the announcement at a press conference joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills John Asbury, head of Business Services [...] [...]

Regions Bank has named Angel Artis branch manager for the bank’s Lake Harbour branch in Ridgeland. She will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with consumer and small business clientele throughout the market. Since joining the bank in 1998, Artis has served as a teller and assistant branch manager. She attended Jackson State University [...] [...]

Tangelia Easterling, a Regions Bank branch team leader in Flowood, is the July recipient of the Better Life Award. The Better Life Award is the top award given at Regions to associates for outstanding dedication and job performance as well as exemplary involvement and commitment to the community. Easterling was recognized for her outstanding commitment [...] [...]

Jeremy N. Funchess has been named branch manager for Regions Bank’s Clay Street branch in Vicksburg. He will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with consumer and small business clientele throughout the region. Funchess has previously served as a financial service specialist and assistant branch manager, since joining Regions in 2008. He earned his [...] [...]

Regions Bank has named Dwight W. Rawls branch manager for the bank’s Grants Ferry branch in Flowood. He will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with consumer and small business clientele throughout the region. Rawls joins Regions from Trustmark Bank and brings 23 years of banking experience to the position. He earned his bachelor’s [...] [...]

We live in a complex world. Organizations face a barrage of information and choices about how to proceed. The job of the leader is to make sense of all this and give direction. This involves the critical skill of clarification. I have found that great leaders know how to step back and sort through the [...] [...]

Regions Bank is pleased to announce Pamela Hall has been named manager of the bank’s Edgewater Branch in Biloxi. A banking industry veteran with more than 13 years of experience, Hall previously served as district manager for American General Financial Services. A native of Tupelo, Miss., Hall received her bachelor’s degree from the University of [...] [...]

Regions Bank is pleased to announce that Lee Smith has been named manager of the bank’s Dogwood Festival branch in Flowood, A native of Natchez, Smith has more than eight years of investment and finance experience. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and M.B.A. from the University of Mississippi. He currently [...] [...]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Earnings blues continued for Regions Financial Corp. as the parent of Regions Bank reported another quarter of losses last week. The $133 billion regional banking company attributed the losses of 17 cents a diluted share largely to disposal of $1 billion in troubled assets and efforts to keep risks off the balance [...] [...]

Resolving complaints on Morgan Keegan troubles already has $2B price tag If time is money, Birmingham-based Regions Bank is all but guaranteed to see a rising price tag for resolving federal and state complaints that misleading advice from subsidiary Morgan Keegan caused investors to lose about $2 billion. By the end of the second quarter, [...] [...]