Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Regions ups Healthcare banking ante

With an earlier bankerly quiet period apparently now ended, Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) formally announced Wednesday John Barton in Nashville will lead the bank's expanding healthcare practice. Barton was previously in a similar role with SunTrust. Word had leaked back in March. Earlier, Barton was with Third National and CRC Equities. Until recently, Fifth Third's Kevin Lavender (at left) has held virtually uncontested the most visible healthcare lending role in Nashville, and his bank has made a number of notable healthcare alliances and was an early supporter of the Medical Banking Project.

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