May 4, 2009 -- PNC Bank, N.A., announced today a new five-year contract with Marymount University to provide the university’s 3,600 students and more than 400 employees with convenient access to personal banking products and services.

The partnership enables members of the Marymount community to add banking functions to the Marymount multi-purpose ID card, called the BlueCard. Dr. Chris Domes, Marymount University’s vice president for Enrollment and Student Services, explains, “We are excited to be able to offer our students and employees convenient access to financial services and financial education through this new relationship with PNC. The bank offers a unique package of services for students that will help them become financially knowledgeable and responsible.”

This alliance school agreement is PNC’s first University Banking relationship in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The agreement provides students, faculty, and staff with a variety of PNC resources geared toward the Marymount community, including:
·        Three on-campus PNC ATMs, including two located on the Main Campus and one at the university’s Ballston Center.
·        Financial education workshops held on the Marymount campus on basic banking, credit management, and identity protection. The classes will be conducted by a PNC representative and will take place at least four times a year.
·        PNC AutoAlerts via e-mail and/or text message to help monitor spending and account balances. In addition, for students, PNC will provide one free incoming wire transfer per monthly statement cycle and one free courtesy overdraft fee waiver during the 12 months after account opening.
·        Customized Web sites, hosted by PNC, where students and employees can complete account applications, manage their finances, and find financial and educational information.

"We are excited to introduce Marymount students and employees to PNC resources proven to help colleges and universities make banking easier and more convenient for their campus communities," says Elaine Shapiro, vice president and University Banking relationship manager with PNC. "With the added convenience of ATMs and PNC's online banking, Marymount customers will now be able to do much of their banking right on campus."

Marymount University is an independent Catholic university that emphasizes academic excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Committed to the liberal arts tradition, the University combines a foundation in the arts and sciences with career preparation and opportunities for personal and professional development. Marymount is a student-centered learning community that values diversity and focuses on the education of the whole person, promoting the intellectual, spiritual, and moral growth of each individual. Scholarship, leadership, service, and ethics are hallmarks of a Marymount education.

PNC has relationships with more than 100 schools across an eight-state region. Seventeen of these are alliance schools that have extensive relationships with PNC, including Penn State University, Temple University, Seton Hall University, and now Marymount University.

PNC Bank, N.A., a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC), is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services organizations providing consumer and business banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management; asset management and global fund services.