First Niagara Financial Group will be branding ATMs in 95 Sheetz in Western Pennsylvania with completion targeted for September 2009. The bank has said that these branded ATMs will display First Niagara’s logo on the ATMs, welcome screens and receipts as well as Sheetz ATMs are surcharge-free to all cardholders.
Reportedly, the branded ATMs, located from Erie to Greater Pittsburgh, offer First Niagara customers an additional delivery channel, complementing their new Western Pennsylvania branch network. In addition, First Niagara will be acquiring 57 branches from National City Bank, a subsidiary of The PNC Financial Services Group, in a transaction that is expected to close in September 2009.
The bank has claimed that currently it has 136 ATMs and 113 branches throughout Upstate New York and will have an additional 69 ATMs and 57 branches throughout Western Pennsylvania.
First Niagara Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Niagara Financial Group.
