Who We Are
History
Leadership
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Business and Leadership
• Ranked #145 on the Fortune 500
• Ranked 2nd in North America and 5th globally among “Global Top Companies for Leaders” by Fortune magazine and Hewitt Associates
• CEO Richard D. Fairbank inducted into Washington Business Hall of Fame
• Banking President Lynn Pike named one of 25 most powerful women to watch in banking by U.S. Banker
• CIO Rob Alexander named Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader
• Ranked #194 on the annual InformationWeek 500 list of America's most innovative users of information technology
• Ranked #2 on the BusinessWeek Top Small-Business Lenders list
• CFO Gary Perlin named Virginia Business magazine Virginia CFO of the Year finalist
• Ranked #14 on Training magazine's Top 125 companies for employer-sponsored workforce training and development
• Received the Global Six Sigma and Business Improvement Awards' Platinum Award for the best Process Improvement Project
• Received the Society for Human Resource Management’s Innovative Business Solution Award
• Awarded Retail Banker International's Award for Product Innovation
• Received the Shreveport Times' Readers Choice Award for "Best Bank in Town"
• Voted "Best Bank in Acadiana" by readers' of The Times of Acadiana weekly newspaper
• Recognized on the Uptime Institute’s Global Green 100 list for demonstrated commitment to increasing energy efficiency and reducing the carbon footprint of our data center operations
 
Our Culture 
• Named to Working Mother's 100 Best Companies list
• Ranked #12 on Fortune’s 20 Great Employers for New Grads list
• Ranked #3 on Diversity Edge magazine's Best Companies for Diverse Graduates
• Received Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
• Listed among the "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
• Ranked #25 on DiversityInc magazine’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity list
• Awarded the Alliance for Workplace Excellence's Workplace Excellence Seal of Approval and Health & Wellness Trailblazer Award
• Ranked #76 on the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace list
• Named one of the 50 best companies in the U.S. for fertility and adoption benefits for employees by Conceive magazine
• Received the National Minority Business Council's Corporate Diversity Award
 
Corporate Citizenship 
• Received the Points of Light Corporate Engagement Award for associate volunteerism programs
• Awarded the Washington Business Journal's Community Impact Business Philanthropy Award
• CFO Gary Perlin received American Jewish Committee's Civic Achievement Award
• Received The State of Louisiana Board of Education's Distinguished Partners in Education Award
• Named Outstanding Business for Volunteers by Junior Achievement of North Louisiana
• Received S. Buford Scott Leadership Award for exemplary leadership and commitment to expanding mentoring opportunities for Virginia youth
• Awarded Outstanding Corporate Sponsor Award by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Dallas, Texas
• Received Commonwealth Catholic Charities Business Awards Ukrop's Community Service Award
• Received the Shelter House Inc.'s Community Champion Award
• Received Richmond Metropolitan Business League's Distinguished Service Award for community service efforts that support the small and minority business community in Central Virginia
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