Readers of my posts know how I feel about the BB&T (BBT)/SunTrust (STI) bank merger. I am in favor of it.
The justification initially given for this combination related to the changing technological structure of the banking industry. Putting the two banks together will result in the construction of the seventh largest bank in the United States.
As Zach Carter, Senior Reporter for HuffPost, shifts the focus of the argument and argues, from primarily a political point of view that this combination will create “America's Next Too-Big-To-Fail Bank.”
Mr. Carter reasons that you