Pnc Bank news and trends

PNC Bank Launches Bitcoin Access Powered by Coinbase
Cryptocurrency // December 09, 2025

PNC Bank now enables eligible clients of its PNC Private Bank to buy, hold and sell bitcoin directly through its digital banking system. These direct spot bitcoin trading capabilities are powered by Coinbase’s Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) infrastructure, the companies said in a Tuesday (Dec. 9) press...

PNC and Extend Team to Upgrade Commercial Cards
Partnerships // November 10, 2025

PNC Bank has launched a partnership with spend/expense management platform Extend. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 10), is aimed at offering new payment capabilities to PNC’s commercial clients. “By enrolling their existing PNC Bank commercial cards, businesses can access Extend’s mobile and web platform —...

PNC to Add 300 Branches by 2030, Building Coast-to-Coast Franchise
Banking // November 07, 2025

PNC Bank added another 100 new branches to the number it plans to open by 2030 as part of its effort to build a national, coast-to-coast franchise. This brings the total number of planned new locations to 300, when added to those PNC announced in...

PNC Bank Taps Visa Direct for Access to Real-Time Payment Rails
Partnerships // October 29, 2025

PNC Bank and Visa have renewed their strategic collaboration and will further expand the immediate payments capabilities the bank offers its treasury management clients. This collaboration enables PNC Bank’s Treasury Management Platform to access real-time payment rails through Visa Direct and offer PNC clients streamlined...

Interviews & Exclusives
Behavioral Analytics Inject ‘Smart Friction’ Into Battle Against Scams and Payments Fraud

March 05, 2025
Scams against banks and their customers have exploded. Fraudsters pull at human nature in a bid to gain access to accounts and drain them — pleading through texts, phone calls and artificial intelligence (AI) prompts for donations, romance, bail to get out of jail and more. Scammers are industrious, becoming more businesslike, moving beyond blast […]

PNC Bank: Process Automation Cuts Friction, Improves Commercial Client Onboarding

March 16, 2022
Every banking customer must undergo onboarding when beginning a relationship with a new financial institution (FI), and these onboarding processes set the tone for the remainder of customers’ banking relationships...

Fifth Third Bank: Business Cash Flow Pains Are Driving Instant Payments Uptake

October 14, 2020
Businesses of all sizes are doing their best to stay on top of changing payment trends and consumer expectations as the pandemic continues to impact how money is moved. These...

A Faster Payments Fix For School Invoice Woes

December 30, 2019
Despite the demonstrated benefits, the adoption of real-time payments has not been, well, particularly speedy. Many businesses cite the lack of ubiquity and high upfront costs for their halting shift...

Quick Reads
PNC Gets Regulatory OK to Acquire FirstBank

December 14, 2025
PNC Financial Services has gotten regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of Colorado-based FirstBank. The $4.1 billion deal has now received the go-ahead from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Colorado Division of Banking, PNC said in a Friday (Dec. 12) […]

PNC Bank Launches Bitcoin Access Powered by Coinbase

December 09, 2025
PNC Bank now enables eligible clients of its PNC Private Bank to buy, hold and sell bitcoin directly through its digital banking system. These direct spot bitcoin trading capabilities are...

PNC and Extend Team to Upgrade Commercial Cards

November 10, 2025
PNC Bank has launched a partnership with spend/expense management platform Extend. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 10), is aimed at offering new payment capabilities to PNC’s commercial clients. “By enrolling...

PNC to Add 300 Branches by 2030, Building Coast-to-Coast Franchise

November 07, 2025
PNC Bank added another 100 new branches to the number it plans to open by 2030 as part of its effort to build a national, coast-to-coast franchise. This brings the...