Connecticut bank regulators have scheduled a pair of March public hearings in Manchester and New Haven on the proposed $1.5 billion merger of flagship banks belonging to New Haven’s NewAlliance Bancorp Inc. and regional New York lender First Niagara Financial Group Inc.
Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin said the March 8 and 9 hearings will cover the proposed April merger of NewAlliance Bank, an $8.8 billion-asset bank, and First Niagara Bank, N.A., a $21 billion-asset lender based in Buffalo, N.Y.Â
The March 8 hearing will be at 5 p.m. at Manchester Community College, 161 Hillstown Road. The hearing will take place in the Community Commons Room, located in the Great Path Academy building. Parking is available in Lot B.
On March 9, the public hearing will be continued at 5 p.m. in the Conte-West Hills School auditorium, 511 Chapel St., in New Haven. Parking is available in the school’s parking lot.
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