POWER OF ATTORNEY

      The undersigned, being a director or officer (or both) of Truist
Financial Corporation (the "Company"), hereby nominates, constitutes, and
appoints the Corporate Secretary and each Assistant Corporate Secretary of the
Company, as well as the employees of the Company or one of its affiliates
listed on Exhibit A hereto (for as long as such individuals remain employees of
the Company or one of its affiliates), or any one of them severally and with
full power of substitution, to be his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
in connection with any Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission")
filings on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as may arise out of the
undersigned's ownership of the Company's securities.

      Accordingly, any such attorney-in-fact is authorized to complete and
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
an officer or director (or both) of the Company, any such filings and to take
any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
prepared and executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her
discretion.

      Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each such
attorney-in-fact is authorized to (i) obtain credentials (including codes or
passwords) to enable the undersigned to submit and file documents, forms, and
information required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or any rule or
regulation of the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and
Retrieval ("EDGAR") system, including to (a) prepare, execute in the
undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the
Commission a Form ID (and any amendments thereto) or any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain such credentials and legally binding the
undersigned for purposes of the Form ID or such other documents, and (b) enroll
the undersigned in EDGAR Next or any successor filing system; (ii) act as an
account administrator for the undersigned's EDGAR account, including to (a)
appoint, remove, and replace account administrators, technical administrators,
account users, and delegated entities, (b) maintain the security of the
undersigned's EDGAR account, including modification of access codes, (c)
maintain, modify, and certify the accuracy of information on the undersigned's
EDGAR account dashboard, and (d) take any other actions contemplated by Rule 10
of Regulation S-T; (iii) cause the Company to accept a delegation of authority
from the undersigned's EDGAR account administrators and authorize the Company's
EDGAR account administrators pursuant to that delegated entity designation to
appoint, remove, or replace users for the undersigned's EDGAR account; and (iv)
prepare, sign and file with the Commission (a) the Initial Statement of
Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, (b) each Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4, (c) each Annual Statement of
Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5, (d) each Form 144 in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and (e) any other statements, reports, or filings, and to
make such changes in and amendments to any of said reports and filings as such
attorney-in-fact deems appropriate.  Any such attorney-in-fact is futher
authorized to seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators,
and trustees.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 or Form 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the Corporate Secretary of the Company.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144
under the Securities Act.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby sign and seal this Power of Attorney this 20th
day of May, 2026.


/s/ Catherine P. Bessant
Catherine P. Bessant







Exhibit A

Scott Stengel
Wells Engledow
Curt Phillips
Margaret English
Carla Brenwald