The Winston-Salem Journal is reporting that BB&T apparently feels like the opportunity is here. They’ve filed papers with the FDIC to open a location in Birmingham, AL. It would be the third location in the state and the first for the Magic City.

The branch won’t have drive-thru lanes  - cool, though it makes you wonder just where they will put this new “boutique” bank branch…

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The National Bank of Birmingham was organized. You may recognize it by the name it eventually adopted years later…

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Lost in yesterday’s approval of demolition plans for the former Birmingham News building was the pending formal removal of the AmSouth name from area banks. AmSouth merged with Regions Bank last year and during yesterday’s Design Review Committee meeting, four banking centers that currently carry the AmSouth name received approval for new signage.

The bank locations approved yesterday are located in Ensley, Five Points South, the Birmingham Green (20th Street North) and Midtown (University Boulevard).

According to Steve Looney with Commander Board Signs, the new signs may be installed in as little as six weeks. It’s possibly your last chance to capture a glance at the local bank’s logo before it fades into history.