First Niagara Bank

First Niagara Financial Group opened its newest Connecticut branch Friday in Plainville.

New York lender First Niagara Financial Group is realigning some staffing and will do away with 180 positions, including 35 in Connecticut and Massachusetts, as it recruits 250 others, The Associated Press reports.

Veteran upstate New York news anchor-reporter Jodi Johnston will run media relations for Buffalo regional bank giant First Niagara Financial Group Inc., which has branches throughout Connecticut.

First Niagara Bank said it has added a new checking account product geared toward students in Connecticut...

Naugatuck aeroparts maker Gar Kenyon got a $2.7 million financing package from First Niagara Financial Group to refinance existing debt and for working capital, authorities say.

First Niagara Bank's insurance arm hired an executive from Boston insurance broker William Gallagher Associates as its new managing director. Both the bank and WGA have operations in Connecticut.

New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre is nearer to its Mainstage renovation after getting $4 million in loans from First Niagara Bank to match up with pledges and donations, authorities say.