The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (stylized as PNC) is an American
bank holding company
A bank holding company is a company that controls one or more banks, but does not necessarily engage in banking itself. The compound bancorp (''banc''/''bank'' + '' corp ration') is often used to refer to these companies as well.
United Stat ...
and
financial services
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corporation based in
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
,
Pennsylvania
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. Its
bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.
Becau ...
ing subsidiary, PNC Bank, operates in 27
states and the
District of Columbia
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, with 2,629
branches and 9,523
ATMs. PNC Bank is on the
list of largest banks in the United States by assets and is one of the largest banks by number of branches, deposits, and number of ATMs.
The company also provides financial services such as
asset management
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,
wealth management
Wealth management (WM) or wealth management advisory (WMA) is an investment advisory service that provides financial management and wealth advisory services to a wide array of clients ranging from affluent to high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high ...
,
estate planning, loan servicing, and
information processing
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. PNC is one of the largest
Small Business Administration
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lenders and one of the largest
credit card
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issuers. It also provides asset-based lending to
private equity firm
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s and
middle market companies. PNC operates one of the largest
treasury management businesses and the second largest lead arranger of asset-based
loan syndications in the United States.
Harris Williams & Co., a subsidiary of the company, is one of the country's largest
mergers and acquisitions advisory firms for
middle-market companies. Midland Loan Services, a division of PNC Real Estate based in
Overland Park, Kansas
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and founded in 1991, is ranked by
Mortgage Bankers Association
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as the 2nd largest master and primary servicer of commercial bank and savings institution loans.
The name "PNC" is derived from the initials of both of the bank's two predecessor companies: Pittsburgh National Corporation and Provident National Corporation, which merged in 1983. PNC Mortgage (formerly National City Mortgage) is credited with funding the first mortgage in the United States
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and has offices across the country.
History
PNC Financial Services traces its history to the Pittsburgh Trust and Savings Company which was founded in Pittsburgh
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on April 10, 1845. Due to the long recovery from the Great Fire of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Trust and Savings was not fully operational until January 28, 1852. It originally opened offices at Liberty Avenue and 12th Street. The bank was renamed The Pittsburgh Trust Company in 1853. In 1858, the company located its corporate offices to the corner of Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City
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and Wood Street in Pittsburgh, where they remain to this day. The bank changed its name to First National Bank of Pittsburgh in 1863 after it became the first bank in the country to apply for a national charter as part of that year's National Banking Act.[ It received the 48th charter on August 5, 1863, with other later banks receiving charters sooner due to paperwork problems and the fact that the bank was already in business.]
In 1946, First National merged with Peoples-Pittsburgh Trust Company, with whom it had worked closely since the 1930s, to form Peoples First National Bank & Trust. In 1959, Peoples First merged with Fidelity Trust Company to form Pittsburgh National Bank. At this time, the bank adopted the first version of its present logoa stylized triangle representing the city's Golden Triangle. In 1969, the bank reorganized as a holding company, Pittsburgh National Corporation.
Another branch of the current bank, the Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
-based Provident National Corporation, dates back to 1865.
In 1982, Pittsburgh National Corporation and Provident National Corporation, both with PNC as their abbreviations, merged into a new entity named PNC Financial Corporation. It was the largest bank merger in American history at the time and created a company with $10.3 billion in assets. Between 1991 and 1996, PNC purchased more than ten smaller banks and financial institutions, including the $30 billion dollar merger of Midlantic Bank of Edison New Jersey in 1996, that at the time, was one-third the size of PNC. That broadened its market base from Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
to the New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the Tri-State area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at , and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The vast metropolitan area ...
.
Since 1984, PNC has compiled the Christmas Price Index, a humorous economic indicator
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which estimates the prices of the items found in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas
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".
In 1998, PNC acquired Hilliard Lyons
''J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC'' (d/b/a Hilliard Lyons) is a full-service wealth management firm with offices in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
...
for $275 million in cash and stock. Hilliard Lyons was sold in 2008.
In 1998, PNC sold its credit card business to Metris (now HSBC Finance) and MBNA.
In 2000, the company adopted a new brand image and changed its name to PNC Financial Services Group.
In 2001, PNC sold the original PNC Mortgage to Washington Mutual
Washington Mutual (often abbreviated to WaMu) was the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008.
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due to volatility in the market.
In 2004, PNC acquired United National Bancorp based in Bridgewater, New Jersey for $321 million in cash and 6.6 million shares of its common stock.
In 2005, PNC acquired Riggs National Corporation of Washington, D. C. Riggs had been fined after aiding Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of ...
in money laundering
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. PNC became one of the largest banks in the Washington metropolitan area
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.
In 2005, PNC began outsourcing mortgages to Wells Fargo
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.
In August 2006, PNC got back into the credit card business by marketing and issuing credit cards under the MasterCard brand in partnership with U.S. Bancorp. After the National City merger (see below) in 2008, the U.S. Bancorp products were converted to PNC Bank products.
On March 2, 2007, PNC acquired Maryland-based Mercantile Bankshares, making PNC the 8th largest bank in the United States by deposits.
On October 26, 2007, PNC acquired Yardville National Bancorp, a small commercial bank centered in central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.[
On September 15, 2007, PNC Bank acquired Citizens National Bank of ]Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington and Baltimore on the banks of the Patuxent River. While the city limits are entirely in northern Prince George's County, outlying developments extend into Anne Arun ...
.
On April 4, 2008, PNC acquired Sterling Financial Corporation, a commercial and consumer bank with accounts and branches in central Pennsylvania, northeastern Maryland and Delaware.[
On October 24, 2008, during the financial crisis of 2007-2008, the National City acquisition by PNC for $5.2 billion in stock was completed. The acquisition was financed with ]preferred stock
Preferred stock (also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds) is a component of share capital that may have any combination of features not possessed by common stock, including properties of both an equity and a debt ins ...
sold to the United States Treasury as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program
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implemented as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
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. The stock issued to the U.S. Treasury was repurchased in 2010. PNC then became the 5th largest bank in the United States by deposit and fourth largest by branches.
On August 14, 2009, PNC took over Dwelling House Savings & Loan and its only branch location in Pittsburgh's Hill District
The Hill District is a grouping of historically African American neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Beginning in the years leading up to World War I, "the Hill" was the cultural center of black life in the city and a major cen ...
after Dwelling House suffered from bank failure and was placed under receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures cre ...
(FDIC). Dwelling House had been known in Pittsburgh to provide loans to low-income African American
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s that other banks would deny. The branch was closed and accounts were transferred to the existing PNC branch in the Hill District.
In July 2010, PNC sold its Global Investment Servicing (GIS) subsidiary to The Bank of New York Mellon to repay funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program
The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is a program of the United States government to purchase toxic assets and equity from financial institutions to strengthen its financial sector that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President ...
, which had been used for the National City acquisition (see above) in 2008. GIS, established in 1973 and with 4,700 employees, was the second-largest full-service mutual fund
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transfer agent in the U.S and the second-largest full-service accounting and administration provider to U.S. mutual funds. GIS serviced $1.9 trillion in total assets and 58 million shareholder accounts. It was known as PFPC until July 2008.
In January 2011, PNC acquired BankAtlantic's Tampa Bay Area
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branches.
In December 2011, PNC acquired 27 branches in the northern Atlanta
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suburbs with $240 million in deposits and $42 million in book value from Flagstar Bank.
In 2012, PNC acquired RBC Bank from Royal Bank of Canada for $3.45 billion. RBC Bank had a 426 branches in southern Virginia
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, North Carolina
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, South Carolina
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, Georgia
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, Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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, and Florida
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. Prior to the acquisition, PNC had slipped (due to mergers and growth in other firms) from its ranking following the 2008 National acquisition; this 2012 acquisition made PNC the 5th largest bank by branches behind Wells Fargo
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, Bank of America
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, Chase, and U.S. Bancorp and the 6th largest by total assets behind the aforementioned four banks and Citibank
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.[
On July 30, 2012, PNC announced plans to put ATMs in 138 ]Harris Teeter
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grocery stores in the Carolinas
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Combining Nort ...
, plus 53 other stores.
In September 2014, PNC acquired Solebury Capital Group, a capital markets advisory firm, for $50 million.
On October 2, 2015, the bank opened Tower at PNC Plaza, its new headquarters on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street in Downtown Pittsburgh. It was first announced in 2011. The building, owned by PNC and designed by Gensler
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In 2021, Gensler generated $1.235 billion in revenue, the most of any architecture firm in the U.S. As of 2021, Gensler operated offices in 49 citi ...
, won awards for its environmentally friendly
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features.
In April 2017, the company acquired the U.S. equipment finance business of ECN Capital for $1.3 billion.
In November 2017, the company acquired The Trout Group, an investor relations and strategic advisory firm servicing the healthcare industry
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.
In 2018, the company acquired Fortis Advisors, which provides post-merger shareholder services. The company ranked 165th on the 2018 Fortune 500
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list of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
In 2018, PNC began opening "Solution Centers", a hybrid between traditional bank branches and ATM-only services, mostly serving new markets. Through this method, PNC expanded its retail footprint into Boston
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, Denver
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, Kansas City
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, Nashville
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, and several markets in Texas including Austin, Dallas
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, Houston
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, & San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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. Two of PNC's "Big Four" competitors, Bank of America
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and Chase Bank
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, have both also been expanding into new markets through this method, including into PNC's home market of Pittsburgh.
In August 2019, PNC launched a Fintech incubator subsidiary called "numo" that functions as an internal startup. Its first development included indi, an instant payment and mobile banking company for gig workers.
In May 2020, the company sold its stake in BlackRock.
On June 1, 2021, PNC acquired BBVA USA for $11.6 billion in cash. The acquisition significantly boosted its presence in Colorado and Texas, complemented its presence in Alabama and Florida, and introduced the bank to the Arizona
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, California
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, and New Mexico
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markets.
In 2021, PNC originated nearly 95,000 mortgages worth $34.8 billion. This is a 23% increase vs prior year and stands as their highest origination volume to date.
Legal issues
Overcharging of Black and Hispanic Borrowers by National City Bank, Before Its Acquisition by PNC
In December 2013, the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that they had reached an agreement with National City Bank to resolve allegations that the bank had charged Black and Hispanic borrowers higher prices for mortgages between 2002 and 2008, before the acquisition by PNC. Regulators claimed that National City had violated the Fair Housing Act
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Titles II through VII comprise the Indian Civil Rights Act, which applie ...
and Equal Credit Opportunity Act by charging more than 75,000 borrowers higher loan rates based on their race or ethnicity rather than their risk level. National City's lack of pricing guidelines resulted in black borrowers being charged an average of $159 more in extra upfront fees or higher interest than white borrowers. Black borrowers also paid an average of $228 more annually over the life of the loan than white borrowers. Hispanics paid $125 more upfront and $154 more annually than white borrowers. Under the terms of the settlement, PNC was required to pay victims $35 million.
Retailer breach forced PNC to reissue customer cards
In March 2006, PNC and other large banks were forced to reissue hundreds of debit cards to customers after card numbers were disclosed by a breach at an unknown retailer.
Lawsuit from Military Channel
Also in March 2006, PNC Bank was sued by Paul Bariteau, an investor in the Military Channel
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. Bariteau claimed PNC let the chairman of the Military Channel make unauthorized withdrawals of millions of dollars from the company's account for personal use.
Securities fraud settlement
In June 2003, PNC Bank agreed to pay $115 million to settle federal securities fraud charges after one of its subsidiaries fraudulently transferred $762 million in bad loans and other venture capital investments to an AIG entity in order to conceal them from investors.
Overtime claim by loan officers
In 2017, PNC agreed to pay $16 million to settle claims of overtime wages by loan officers under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
National Prearranged Services Fraud
According to a lawsuit, funds entrusted to National Prearranged Services (NPS), a St. Louis-based company that sold prepaid funerals, were diverted and embezzled. PNC Bank is the successor to Allegiant Bank, which served as a trustee for NPS from 1998 to 2004. In 2015, a jury ordered PNC to pay $391 million. In 2017, a federal judge overturned the decision.
Municipal bonds disclosure violations
In 2015, PNC was one of 22 companies that violated disclosure requirements for municipal bond
A municipal bond, commonly known as a muni, is a bond issued by state or local governments, or entities they create such as authorities and special districts. In the United States, interest income received by holders of municipal bonds is often, ...
s by failing to divulge that the issuers had filed late financial reports. It was fined $500,000.
Controversies
Funding of mountaintop removal mining
Beginning in 2010, until it changed its policy in February 2015, PNC was the subject of protests by the Earth Quaker Action Team, led by George Lakey, and the Rainforest Action Network due to its funding of companies engaged in mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia
Appalachia () is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York State to northern Alabama and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Newfoundland and Labrador, ...
. The protests included political demonstration
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s at branches and offices and the annual general meeting, fasting, and boycotts.
Notable corporate buildings
* The Tower at PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, PA
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(current corporate headquarters)
* One PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh
* Two PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh
* Three PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh
* U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh (PNC is a major tenant)
* PNC Bank Building at 1600 Market Street, Philadelphia
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* PNC Bank Building in Columbus, Ohio
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* PNC Bank Building in Toledo, Ohio
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* PNC Bank Building in Washington, D.C.
* PNC Center in Cincinnati
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* PNC Center in Cleveland
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(former headquarters of National City Corp.
National City Corporation was a regional bank holding company based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, founded in 1845; it was once one of the ten largest banks in America in terms of deposits, mortgages and home equity lines of credit. Subsidiary Nation ...
)
* PNC Center & Hyatt Regency Indianapolis in Indianapolis
* PNC Center in Troy, Michigan
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(PNC is a major tenant)
* PNC Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky
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* PNC Plaza in Raleigh, North Carolina
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* PNC Tower
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in Cincinnati
* PNC Tower
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in Louisville (PNC is a major tenant)
* One Tampa City Center in Tampa, Florida
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(PNC holds the naming rights and is a major tenant)
* PNC Plaza in Dallas
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File:Two PNC Plaza.jpg, Two PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh
File:PNC Tower new.JPG, PNC Tower
PNC Tower is a skyscraper in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and located at 101 South Fifth Street. Completed in 1972, the 40-story, high structure was designed by architects Wallace Harrison and Max Abramovitz based on the time ...
, Cincinnati, Ohio
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File:Rbcplaza.JPG, PNC Plaza, Raleigh, North Carolina
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File:PNC Plaza.JPG, PNC Plaza, Louisville, Kentucky
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File:National City Center, Cleveland.jpg, PNC Center, Cleveland
File:WTP D10 AMP 1.jpg, PNC Bank Building, Philadelphia
File:PNCColumbus.JPG, PNC Bank Building, Columbus, Ohio
File:USA-Cincinnati-PNC Center.JPG, PNC Center, Cincinnati
File:National City Bank Building, Toledo.JPG, National City Bank Building, Toledo, Ohio
Naming rights and sponsorships
PNC owns corporate naming rights
Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization whereby a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event, typically for a defined period of t ...
to the following:
* PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division. Founded as part o ...
baseball team
* PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the South ...
. Home of the North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universi ...
men's basketball team and the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...
* PNC Field, home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Triple A team
* PNC Bank Arts Center
The PNC Bank Arts Center (originally the Garden State Arts Center) is an amphitheatre in Holmdel, New Jersey. About 17,500 people can occupy the venue; there are 7,000 seats and the grass area can hold about 10,500 people. Concerts are from May ...
an outdoor amphitheatre in Holmdel Township, New Jersey
Holmdel Township (usually shortened to Holmdel) is a Township (New Jersey), township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located in the Raritan River, Raritan Valley region, bein ...
* PNC Music Pavilion
PNC Music Pavilion (originally Blockbuster Pavilion and formerly Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre) is an outdoor amphitheater in Charlotte, North Carolina, that specializes in hosting large concerts. The venue largely replaced the Paladium at Car ...
, an outdoor amphitheater in Charlotte, North Carolina
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* PNC Sports Complex in Emmitsburg, Maryland
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* PNC Plaza in Dallas, TX
* PNC Stadium in Houston
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, formerly BBVA Stadium
PNC is a sponsor of:
* American Airlines Center
The American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association and the Dallas St ...
- Official Partner of the American Airlines Center.
* Chip Ganassi Racing
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- Primary sponsor on the #9 Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...
of driver Scott Dixon in the NTT IndyCar Series
The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices o ...
.
* Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine ...
- Official Bank of the Chicago Bears.
* Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...
- Official Bank of the Cincinnati Reds.
* Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and were founde ...
- Official Partner of the Dallas Stars.
* Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C.. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. From 2005 to 2007, the team played in RFK Stadi ...
- Official Bank of the Washington Nationals.
* Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division. Founded as part o ...
- Official Bank of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Stee ...
- Official Bank of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
* Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...
- Official Bank of the Carolina Hurricanes.
*North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universi ...
- Official Bank of NC State.
* NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and h ...
- Official Bank and official wealth management partner of NASCAR.
* Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) and ...
- Official Partner of Sesame Street.
Chief executives
* William S. Demchak
William Stanton Demchak (born August 24, 1962) is a business executive in the finance industry as the current chief executive officer of PNC Financial Services. He is credited with being one of the earliest adopters of the credit default swap, e ...
April 23, 2013 – present
* Jim Rohr CEO May 1, 2000 – April 23, 2013, Chairman May 2001 – April 2014
* Thomas H. O'Brien CEO of PNC April 1, 1985 – May 1, 2000
** Robert C. Milsom CEO of Pittsburgh National 1985 – December 31, 1989
* Merle E. Gilliand November 1968 – April 1, 1985
See also
* BBVA USA
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