PNC Bank Announces Contracts with Three Universities: Arcadia, Seton Hall and Robert Morris

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3, 2009 -- PNC Bank, N.A., announced today three alliance school relationships, emphasizing money management and financial education for the college community.

“With these contracts, we are able to provide the students, faculty and staff of Arcadia, Seton Hall and Robert Morris with user-friendly resources to help manage their money and to get the education necessary to become financially responsible,” said Nickolas Certo, senior vice president for university and workplace banking at PNC. “These agreements build on our proven track record of helping more than 100 colleges and universities to make banking easier and more convenient for their campus communities.”  

Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.: new five-year contract to provide the university’s nearly 5,000 students and employees with a variety of banking options, along with PNC-hosted financial education workshops on the Arcadia campus covering basic banking, credit management and identity protection.  PNC customers will also have the opportunity to link the Arcadia University identification card, the Knight Card, to their PNC accounts, adding ATM and purchasing functionality to the card used for daily campus-related activities.  In addition, students and employees will benefit from two PNC ATMs and e-Refund through PNC’s Payment Portal, a new on-line tool that administers payments and refunds from the school directly to the student’s account for faster delivery.  

Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J.: five-year contract renewal, adding a new electronic customer service center to the personal banking options already offered to the university’s more than 10,000 students, faculty and staff.  The service center, opening in the Bishop Dougherty Center this fall, will feature an on-site customer service representative and an advanced function ATM – in addition to the PNC ATMs located on the main campus and at the School of Law in Newark, NJ.  

Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh: five-year contract renewal to provide convenient access to a variety of personal banking options, along with three PNC ATMs located on the main campus in Moon Township at the Nicholson Student Center, the Downtown Pittsburgh Center and the Island Sports Complex.  A co-branded PNC Bank Visa Check Card, emblazoned with an image of the Nicholson Student Center, can be used at ATMs and to make purchases anywhere VISA is accepted.

Students and employees at all three institutions have access to PNC AutoAlerts via email and/or text messages to help monitor spending and account balances.  Students can receive one free incoming wire transfer per monthly statement cycle and one free courtesy overdraft waiver in the first 12 months after account opening.  PNC also hosts customized, co-branded web sites for each school where students can complete account applications, manage their finances and find financial education information.

PNC has relationships with more than 100 schools across a 14 state region, including 19 alliance schools that have extensive relationships with PNC, including Penn State University, Temple University and Marymount University.