
The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE:PNC) CEO Bill Demchak announced a $4 billion acquisition of Colorado-based FirstBank on Monday, marking a strategic push toward his ambitious goal of creating a trillion-dollar banking giant.
The deal positions PNC closer to joining the elite club of too-big-to-fail banks alongside JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC), according to a Wall Street Journal report.