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SouthState Bank vs Truist Financial

On overall TruNorth grade, SouthState Bank scores higher (SouthState Bank: B, Truist Financial: F). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

B
SouthState Bank
60.4/100
F
Truist Financial
34/100

Political donations

SouthState Bank

FEC: $881K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 24 executive donors.

Truist Financial

No FEC PAC contributions on record.

Environment

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

No public record found.

Labor

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

60 federal penalties totaling $1.7B since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

DEI

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

EEO-1 workforce demographics on federal record (FY2020, DOL OFCCP FOIA release): 54,537 US employees — 64.3% women, 35.9% racial/ethnic minorities; management 53.5% women, 24.5% minorities.

Charity

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

$72M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.24% of revenue) via Truist Foundation.

Animal testing

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

No public record found.

Firearms

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

No public record found.

Privacy

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

CFPB consumer complaints: 23054 on record (100 in past 12mo); 100% timely response rate.

Executive pay

SouthState Bank

No public record found.

Truist Financial

Federal banking regulator action (CFPB): $25M civil penalty — improper management of consumer deposits and failure to honor billing-error rights.

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