Regions Financial Ranks No. 39 on Kindest Companies

Forbes placed the Birmingham-based bank 39th on its inaugural America's Kindest Companies list, which recognizes employee well-being, workplace culture, and customer treatment.

Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Philanthropy

Regions Financial Ranks No. 39 on Kindest Companies

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Forbes ranked Regions Financial No. 39 on its inaugural America's Kindest Companies list. Mastercard placed first on the 50-company list, which evaluates businesses on how they treat employees and customers.

Why it matters

The ranking uses a corporate kindness index built from three independent data sources and a survey of 157 U.S. adults on how people recognize kindness in business. For Alabama residents, it places a Birmingham-headquartered employer among the national leaders in that assessment.

Regions Financial, founded in 1970 and employing approximately 19,969 people, ranked No. 39 among the 50 companies on the list. The index draws on three independent data sources, but the individual scoring weights were not disclosed in the extraction.

The players

Forbes

Forbes is a U.S. business media company best known for its annual rankings of companies, billionaires, and industry leaders.

Regions Financial

Regions Financial is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with a footprint across the southern United States.

Mastercard

Mastercard is a global payments technology company that ranked first on the inaugural America's Kindest Companies list.

The details

Forbes developed the America's Kindest Companies ranking with the Values in Action Foundation and researchers at George Mason University's Costello College of Business. The list evaluates employee well-being, workplace culture, and customer treatment, with Marriott, HP, Royal Caribbean, and Hilton rounding out the top five.

1970: Regions Financial is founded.
November 7, 2026: Forbes publishes the Regions kindness ranking.

Philanthropy Context

The America's Kindest Companies list extends Forbes' established series of employer rankings into a measure focused on how companies treat employees and customers. Regions Financial's placement reflects that new framing rather than a traditional giving or charitable-donation metric.

Customers choosing a bank in Alabama may weigh rankings like this one when comparing institutions. Employees and job seekers can use the list's emphasis on workplace culture and well-being as one input when evaluating employers.

The takeaway

Employee well-being and customer treatment are now being measured and ranked as distinct business attributes. Readers evaluating banks or employers can look beyond financial metrics to how companies treat the people they serve.