Bank holding company Community Bank System, Inc.'s (CBU) subsidiary
Community Bank, N.A. agreed Friday to acquire 19 retail banking
branches of HSBC Bank USA, N.A., a unit of HSBC Holdings plc (HBC,
HSBA.L) and First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (FNFG) in order to
strengthen its existing core upstate New York markets.
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