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2021 Annual Review & ESG Report — Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Term Meaning
AAPD American Association of People with Disabilities
AI Artificial intelligence
ALCO Asset-Liability Committee
APR Annual percentage rate
ARM Adjustable-rate mortgage
ATFC American Tree Farm 2021 Standard of Sustainability Certification
BAOC BSA/AML and OFAC Committee
BMP Best Management Practice
BRAVE Building Regions Associate Veterans Experience
BSA/AML Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering
C&I Commercial & Industrial
CB Commercial Banks
CCC Centralized Customer Complaint
CDFI Community Development Financial Institution
CDP formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project
CECL Current Expected Credit Loss
CF Consumer Finance
CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CHR Compensation & Human Resources
Code of Conduct Code of Business Conduct & Ethics
COE Center of Expertise
COSO Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
CPP Capital Planning Process
CRA Community Reinvestment Act
DEI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
EAP Employee Assistance Program
ECPPC Enterprise Customer Protection and Privacy Compliance
ENRG Energy and Natural Resources Group
ESG Environmental, Social, and Governance
ESG/SRI ESG/socially responsible investing
ESRM Environmental and Social Risk Management
ETF Exchange traded fund
FTE Full-time equivalent employee
FRL Fair and Responsible Lending
GHG Greenhouse gas
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
G-SIB Global Systemically Important Bank
HBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
ICCC Inner City Capital Connections
IRC Internal Revenue Code
IRG Investment Research Group
ISO International Organization for Standardization
LGBTQ+ Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer
LGD Loss given default
LMI Low- and moderate-income
LTV Loan-to-value
MAC Mandatory Annual Compliance
MD&A Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition & Results of Operations
MDI Minority Depository Institution
MF Mortgage Finance
MLO Mortgage Loan Officer
MSEP Military Spouse Employment Partnership
MWh Megawatt-hour
NC North Carolina
NCG Nominating & Corporate Governance
NIRA New Initiative Risk Assessment
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRRE Natural Resources and Real Estate
OAC Office of Associate Conduct
OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control
PCAF Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
PII Personally identifiable information
PPP Paycheck Protection Program
PV Photovoltaic
RAM Regions Asset Management
RCDC Regions Community Development Corporation
RCLIQ Regions Client IQ
RM Reputation Management team
ROSIE Regions Optimal Solution Intelligence Engine
SASB Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
SBA Small Business Administration
SBIC Small Business Investment Company
SEC U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative
TCFD Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
UDAAP Unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices
VA Veterans Affairs
VITAL Valuing Inclusion to Accelerate and Lift
WB2C Well Below 2°C
WCLIQ Wealth Client IQ