LOCKPORT, N.Y. -- First Niagara Financial Group Inc. will be branding ATMs in 95 Sheetz stores in Western Pennsylvania with completion targeted for September 2009. These branded ATMs will display First Niagara's logo on the ATMs, welcome screens and receipts. Sheetz ATMs are surcharge-free to all cardholders.
The branded ATMs, located from Erie to Greater Pittsburgh, offer First Niagara customers an additional delivery channel, complementing their new Western Pennsylvania branch network.
"We feel by branding these ATMs, First Niagara will provide a wonderful convenience [image-nocss] for current and prospective customers in Western Pennsylvania. First Niagara branded, surcharge-free ATM's are a great example of our commitment to helping customers to save time and money," said J. Lanier Little, executive vice president of consumer banking.
First Niagara currently has 136 ATMs and 113 branches throughout Upstate New York and will soon have an additional 69 ATMs and 57 branches throughout Western Pennsylvania.
The Western Pennsylvania branch expansion is the latest in a series of acquisitions that First Niagara has undertaken over the past decade. Adding First Niagara-branded ATMs located in Sheetz stores throughout Western Pennsylvania represents a continuance of First Niagara's growth strategy.
Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz, with more than $3.9 billion in revenue for 2008 and more than 11,000 employees, operates more than 350 convenience locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina.
Lockport, N.Y.-based First Niagara Bank is a full-service, community-focused bank that provides financial services to individuals, families and businesses through 113 branches and four Regional Market Centers across Upstate New York. First Niagara Financial Group Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary First Niagara Bank, has assets of $11.6 billion and deposits of $6.2 billion.
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