On a brutally cold day in January, Jeffrey Martinez mentions he is about to head out on a trip to Miami. He is flying down there from New Jersey to help open a new branch for The PNC Financial Services Group in the Sunshine State. “We have four branches opening this week — two in Houston, one in Dallas and one in Miami,” says Martinez, head of branch banking at the $573.6 billion PNC. “We will be opening one roughly every six days. It is not only planting a flag in the short term, but it is a commitment for…

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Jackie Stewart is the Executive Editor of Bank Director. She is responsible for writing and editing features for the company’s weekly newsletter and quarterly print magazine and oversees sponsored research reports. Jackie is particularly interested in community banking and M&A activity. She previously served in a number of reporter and editor roles with American Banker, including executive editor of American Banker Magazine. She has also covered retirement issues for Kiplinger and spent two years teaching middle school literacy in the Bronx, New York, through Teach For America.