regions financial corp posted lower profit and revenue for the fourth quarter as noninterest income fell on a yearoveryear basis the birmingham alabased banking company the parent of regions bank on thursday posted net income of 438 million compared with 616 million a year earlier on a pershare basis earnings were 43 cents compared to 61 cents a year ago analysts expected 47 cents a share according to factset net interest income was 102 billion compared with 101 billion in the yearago period analysts polled by factset were expecting 102 billion noninterest income fell almost 10 from a year earlier to 615 million revenue fell to 163 billion from 169 billion in the yearago period matching analyst expectations according to factset the company said active digital banking users grew 7 in 2021 from 2020 and active mobile banking users rose 12 write to will feuer at willfeuerwsjcom