First Niagara (FNFG) Completes Divestiture of 64 Branches Following New Agreements

January 20, 2012 8:32 AM EST
First Niagara Bank, N.A. announced today that it has reached agreements with Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) and Financial Institutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: FISI) subsidiary Five Star Bank to purchase a total of 27 First Niagara and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. branches in Upstate New York, $1.4 billion in deposits and $315 million in loans.

Combined with last week's announcement of the sale of 37 HSBC locations to KeyBank N.A., First Niagara now has completed agreements to sell a total of 64 branches with approximately $3.8 billion in deposits and $713 million in loans at a weighted average deposit premium of 4.2%. As a result, First Niagara continues to expect to onboard no more than $11.0 billion in deposits upon completion of its transaction with HSBC.


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