Regions Financial cancels appearance at conference

NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - Regions Financial Corp (RF.N), a large U.S. southeast regional bank, canceled a Friday appearance at an industry conference, citing a "last-minute scheduling conflict."

Executives from the Birmingham, Alabama-based lender were scheduled to speak at 8 a.m. (12 noon GMT) at the Sanford C Bernstein & Co Strategic Decisions Conference.

The bank announced the cancellation on its website. Regions did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Shares of the bank closed Thursday at $4.02 on the New York Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Derek Caney)