First Niagara Financial Group (First Niagara Financial Group) Operating Margin %

First Niagara Financial Group Inc was organized in April, 1998 in Delaware. It provides a range of retail and commercial banking as well as other financial services through its wholly-owned, federally chartered savings bank subsidiary, First Niagara Bank. The Company has identified two business segments, banking and financial services. The Company's financial services activities consist of insurance and employee benefits consulting services. All of its other activities are considered banking. It provides its retail consumer and business customers with banking services including residential and commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans and leases, consumer loans, wealth management products, as well as retail and commercial deposit products. Additionally, it offers insurance and employee benefits consulting services through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the bank. The Company's subsidiaries provide financial services to individuals and small and medium size companies in its market areas. Its activity has been the origination of commercial real estate and business loans, leases, and residential mortgages to customers located within its market areas. Consistent with its long-term customer relationship development, it generally retains the servicing rights on residential mortgage loans that it sells which results in monthly service fee income to it. The Company also originates and retains in its various types of home equity and consumer loan products. It originates commercial real estate loans secured predominantly by first liens on apartment houses, office buildings, shopping centers, and industrial and warehouse properties. Commercial business loans includes business term loans, letters of credit, and lines-of-credit issued to small and medium size companies in its market areas, some of which are secured in part by additional owner occupied real estate. The Company's bi-weekly mortgages feature an accelerated repayment schedule and are linked to a deposit account to facilitate payments. It offers fixed-rate, fixed-term, monthly and bi-weekly home equity loans, and prime-based home equity lines of credit in its market areas. It offers a variety of fixed-rate installment and variable rate lines-of-credit consumer loans, including indirect mobile home loans as well as personal secured and unsecured loans. The Company's specialized lending consists of commercial leases and insurance premium financing. It offers insurance products and consulting services to help both its retail and commercial customers achieve their financial goals. The Company is subject to extensive federal and state regulation and supervision. Banking regulations are intended to protect depositors' funds, federal deposit insurance funds and the financial system as a whole, not security holders.