Bank merger and acquisition activity rebounded this year, led by Fifth Third's $10.9 billion proposed purchase of Comerica. Huntington, PNC and Columbia were involved in some of the other biggest deals announced in 2025.

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The bank is betting on demand from resource-challenged companies.

PNC is one of the first major banks to offer bitcoin trading services directly to eligible private client accounts in a limited launch with Coinbase.

The Pittsburgh-based bank said Friday that it will focus on building 300 branches in high-growth markets by 2030. It also minimized the prospects for another acquisition on the heels of its recent deal for Colorado-based FirstBank.

PNC CEO Bill Demchak said Wednesday that regulatory processes and enforcement actions take up half of the time that the company's board spends together. Those rules are on deck for a makeover.

CEO Bill Demchak said there seemed to be "some confusion," after PNC's stock fell some 4% on Wednesday.

The superregional bank inked its merger agreement with FirstBank just two weeks after it saw the first draft of the agreement.

Bill Demchak said at an industry conference that PNC effectively "bought Colorado" with its recently announced plan to acquire the $27 billion-asset FirstBank.

The Pittsburgh-based company's plan to buy FirstBank marks its first bank deal since its purchase of BBVA USA in 2021, which rapidly propelled its presence in the South and Southeast.

Amy Wierenga is taking on the role at a time when the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are rolling back certain bank rules. She sees opportunities ahead.

After the rapid rise of interest rates, election uncertainty and tariff policies stymied borrower demand, some banks' second-quarter results suggest that loan growth may be on its way back.

The Pittsburgh-based bank's average loans increased 2% from the prior quarter, its largest jump since the end of 2022.

JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon said he wouldn't invest in the private-credit business if he were in different shoes. Meanwhile, an executive at Zions Bancorp. predicted that the sector's rapid growth will end badly.

The Pittsburgh bank is absorbing broker-dealer Aqueduct Capital Group into its investment banking unit, Harris Williams.

BlackRock veteran Mark Wiedman is taking the torch as president at PNC. The seeming successor to longtime CEO Bill Demchak will be tasked with helping the bank evolve.

The technology vendor is going outside the company to hire PNC vet Michael Lyons to replace Trump administration-bound Frank Bisignano, leaving the Pittsburgh-bank without its heir apparent for the top role.

The top executives at some of the nation's largest banks spoke Tuesday about their expectations for the second Trump administration. Deregulation, capital rules, tariffs and inflation were all prominent topics.

The Pittsburgh-based superregional bank reported a small quarter-over-quarter advance in net interest income, and it expects loan growth to pick up in the second half of the year. PNC, which announced job cuts last year, also said that it has identified an additional $25 million in cost savings.

The Pittsburgh-based regional bank also emphasized expense control for the first quarter and throughout 2024 as it manages credit quality vulnerabilities and higher charge-offs, particularly among office loans.