AmSouth Bancorporation was a banking company operated for its final year in existence as a bank holding company (subsidiary) of Regions Financial Corporation after a merger between the two banks. AmSouth's size more than doubled in 2000 when it absorbed Nashville, Tennessee-based First American National Bank.
On May 25, 2006, AmSouth announced it would merge with Regions Financial Corporation, another Birmingham-based bank, in a $10 billion deal. The new entity, and all of its branches, will carry the Regions Bank name. On November 4, 2006 Regions completed its acquisition of AmSouth.
AmSouth Bancorporation was a banking company operated for its final year in existence as a bank holding company (subsidiary) of Regions Financial Corporation after a merger between the two banks. AmSouth's size more than doubled in 2000 when it absorbed Nashville, Tennessee-based First American National Bank.