1、Synovus Financial Corp.is a financial services company with approximately$27 billion in assets based in Columbus,Georgia.Through our wholly-owned subsidiary,Synovus Bank,member FDIC,the company provides commercial and retail banking in addition to a full suite of specialized products and services in
2、cluding private banking,treasury management,asset-based lending,wealth management,and international banking.Synovus also offers mortgage services,financial planning,and investment advisory services through its wholly-owned subsidiaries,Synovus Mortgage,GLOBALT Investments,Synovus Trust,and Synovus S
3、ecurities.These specialized offerings,combined with our traditional banking products and services,make Synovus Bank a great choice for retail and commercial customers.Synovus Banks 29 locally branded divisions are positioned in some of the best markets in the Southeast,with 283 offices and 400 ATMs
4、in Georgia,Alabama,South Carolina,Florida,and Tennessee.See Synovus on the web at .Dear Shareholders,Our company began 125 years ago this September with a simple act of kindness between a worker and an executive at a Columbus,Georgia textile mill.The workers dress became tangled in factory machinery
5、,and money she had sewn into her hem spilled onto the floor.Explaining she felt this was the safest place to keep her savings,a mill executive offered instead to secure her money in the mill safe and pay her interest.That same service was soon offered to all the workers,and those deposits marked the
6、 beginning of Synovus.Since 1888,we have remained committed to serving others,offering financial solutions,and building trusting relationships with team members,customers,and shareholders.On those same guiding principles,we built a full-service banking institution that today operates in five states