OREANDA-NEWS. BB&T Corporation will report its first-quarter 2016 earnings on April 21, 2016, prior to market opening. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kelly S. King and Chief Financial Officer Daryl N. Bible will host a conference call to discuss BB&T's first-quarter 2016 performance beginning at 8 a.m. ET.

This conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-888-632-5009, passcode 5184622. A replay of the call can be accessed by dialing 1-888-203-1112, passcode 4313363, and will be available for 30 days.

BB&T is one of the largest financial services holding companies in the U.S. with approximately $209.9 billion in assets and market capitalization of approximately $29.5 billion as of Dec. 31, 2015. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the company operates 2,139 financial centers in 15 states and Washington, D.C., and offers a full range of consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage and insurance products and services. A Fortune 500 company, BB&T is consistently recognized for outstanding client satisfaction by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Greenwich Associates and others. BB&T has also been named one of the World's Strongest Banks by Bloomberg Markets Magazine, one of the top three in the U.S. and in the top 15 globally.