With more than 163 billion in assets as of March 2010, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T is your 10th-largest financial holding firm in the U.S.

Through its subsidiaries, the company provides commercial and retail banking, brokerage, commercial finance, insurance, trust and investment services through more than 1,800 branches principally from the Southeast and the Mid Atlantic States.

BB&T ranked No. 217 on Fortuneâ$™s 2010 list of the 500 top companies in the nation, up considerably from the No. 260 place in 2009.