<Tr> <Th> Number of employees </Th> <Td> 37,500 (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.bbt.com </Td> </Tr> <P> BB&T Corporation (Branch Banking and Trust Company) is a financial service holding company based in Winston - Salem, North Carolina . Its bank operates over 2,100 branches in 15 states and Washington, D.C., and offers consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage and insurance products and services . It is on the list of largest banks in the United States . Its subsidiary BB&T Insurance Services is one of the largest insurance brokers in the world . </P> <P> In 1872, Alpheus Branch and Thomas Jefferson Hadley founded the Branch and Hadley merchant bank in their hometown of Wilson, North Carolina . After many transactions, mostly with local barbers, Branch bought out Hadley's shares in 1887 and renamed the company to Branch and Company, Bankers . Two years later, Branch, his father - in - law Gen. Joshua Barnes, Hadley and three other men, secured a charter from the North Carolina General Assembly to operate the Wilson Banking and Trust Company . After several additional name changes, the company finally settled on the name Branch Banking and Trust Company . Branch remained an active member in the company until his death in 1893 . The 1903 Branch Banking and Trust Company Building at Wilson was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 . </P>

What is the full name of bb t bank