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First Niagara in Buffalo, N.Y., has named Inder Koul, a former Huntington Bancshares executive, as its chief information officer.
November 28 -
First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) is expanding its mortgage operations. The Buffalo, N.Y., company is scheduled to open a processing center next month in Syracuse and hire more than two dozen employees to staff it.
November 15 -
First Niagara, a Buffalo, N.Y., company, has grown significantly through recent acquisitions but now it wants to cut expenses. Management plans to then reinvest those funds in fee-generating businesses.
October 19
First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) in Buffalo, N.Y., has promoted a veteran executive to be its chief banking officer.
Daniel Cantara 3rd will now lead all of the $36 billion-asset company's businesses that deal directly with customers, First Niagara said Monday.
Cantara already runs its commercial services group, which he has led since 2007, and supervises its consumer finance business. He will add oversight of retail banking to those duties.
"Aligning all aspects of the customer experience under Dan's leadership, across all products and services, is a continuation of our strategy to optimize and drive growth and will enable us to more fully realize the opportunities within each of our markets," John Koelmel, First Niagara's chief executive, said in a news release.
Cantara joined First Niagara in 2001 after roughly 20 years as a certified public accountant, including 12 with a regional firm he co-founded.
