F.N.B. Corporation Names Steve A. Ek as Chief Consumer Credit Officer

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Dec 11, 2014, 04:05 ET

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), announced today that Steve A. Ek has joined the Company in the role of Chief Consumer Credit Officer, reporting to Gary Guerrieri, F.N.B. Corporation's Chief Credit Officer. Ek oversees all aspects of the consumer credit function at First National Bank, the Company's largest subsidiary. His responsibilities include monitoring and managing risk in the consumer portfolio, as well as supporting application processing, loan approvals and other administrative functions.

Bringing more than 37 years of financial services experience to the team, Ek was most recently Senior Vice President, Consumer Credit Executive at PNC Bank. Ek also held a variety of management roles in credit policy and administration during his multi-year tenure at PNC.

"F.N.B. has been very successful at recruiting talented executives from larger organizations and Steve's impressive depth of experience will be additive to our strong credit culture and overall growth strategy," said Vincent J. Delie, Jr., President and CEO of F.N.B. Corporation and CEO of First National Bank.

According to Ek, F.N.B.'s growth potential was key to his decision to join the Company, "This is an exciting opportunity to join a very successful and dynamic company. The consumer portfolio has grown to significant size, and the entry into new markets creates an excellent opportunity to diversify our portfolio while maintaining F.N.B.'s high standards of credit quality and risk management."

Ek earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

About First National Bank of Pennsylvania
First National Bank of Pennsylvania, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), has over 280 full-service locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia. First National Bank has been recognized as a winner of two 2013 Greenwich Excellence in Banking Awards, including Overall Client Satisfaction in Small Business Banking Treasury Management and Middle Market Banking, awards presented solely on the basis of client satisfaction.

About F.N.B. Corporation
F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company operating in six states and three major metropolitan areas. It holds a top retail deposit market share in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, MD, and Cleveland, OH. The Company has total assets of $15.4 billion (including the completed acquisition of OBA Financial Services, Inc.) and more than 280 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. F.N.B. provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking and wealth management solutions through its subsidiary network which is led by its largest affiliate, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1864. Commercial banking solutions include corporate banking, small business banking, investment real estate financing, international banking, business credit, capital markets and lease financing. The consumer banking segment provides a full line of consumer banking products and services including deposit products, mortgage lending, consumer lending and a complete suite of mobile and online banking services. F.N.B.'s wealth management services include asset management, private banking and insurance. The Company also operates Regency Finance Company, which has more than 70 consumer finance offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The common stock of F.N.B. Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FNB" and is included in Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index with the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Regional Banks Sub-Industry Index. Customers, shareholders and investors can learn more about this regional financial institution by visiting the F.N.B. Corporation web site at www.fnbcorporation.com.

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