<div>UPDATE 1-U.S. Fed approves merger between BB&T, SunTrust Banks</div> <!-- no image --> <div>The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it approved a merger between BB&T Corp and SunTrust Banks Inc, sealing the biggest tie-up of banks since the 2007-2009 global financial crisis.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=v4B5T4GCmP8:8jjVEuZxKiA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=v4B5T4GCmP8:8jjVEuZxKiA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=v4B5T4GCmP8:8jjVEuZxKiA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=v4B5T4GCmP8:8jjVEuZxKiA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=v4B5T4GCmP8:8jjVEuZxKiA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/v4B5T4GCmP8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters