SunTrust's Bill Rogers: Atlanta will be 'single most important business center for the new bank'

SunTrust CEO Bill Rogers may be moving to Charlotte, N.C., but Atlanta will stay in his heart and mind. Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc. and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T Corp. announced a "merger of equals" earlier this year, when they decided it would be best to pick a neutral location (Charlotte) to become the headquarters of the new bank. “We have enjoyed a lead role in Atlanta, and Atlanta will be the single most important business center for the new bank,” Rogers said in an extended interview on June 4.