QuickChek is a chain of convenience stores based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey with 153 stores in New Jersey and New York. The first store opened in Dunellen, New Jersey in 1967, and has since then grown into a chain. Several stores include pharmacies , gas stations , and liquor departments .
51-476: The size of the stores range from smaller corner-type shops to larger convenience stores. Many stores are located in urban areas, and most are open 24 hours a day. Former stores with pharmacies tended to offer a pharmacy-like selection of health products and aids. Stores have PNC Bank ATMs inside. Initially, QuickChek stores were mini-supermarkets with mostly grocery items, snack foods, delis, candy, milk, bread, soda, medicated products, some prepackaged meats, and
102-622: A Fintech incubator subsidiary called "numo" that functions as an internal startup. Its first development included indi, an instant payment and mobile banking company for gig workers. In May 2020, the company sold its stake in BlackRock . On June 1, 2021, PNC acquired BBVA USA for $ 11.6 billion in cash. The acquisition significantly boosted its presence in Colorado and Texas, complemented its presence in Alabama and Florida, and introduced
153-431: A 426 branches in southern Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Alabama , and Florida . Prior to the acquisition, PNC had slipped (due to mergers and growth in other firms) from its ranking following the 2008 National acquisition; this 2012 acquisition made PNC the fifth largest bank by branches behind Wells Fargo , Bank of America , Chase , and U.S. Bank and the sixth largest by total assets behind
204-446: A constrained budget environment require a prioritization scheme. As a way of illustration, the recent development of renewable energy has seen the rise of effective asset managers involved in the management of solar systems (solar parks, rooftops, and windmills). These teams often collaborate with financial asset managers in order to offer turnkey solutions to investors. Infrastructure asset management became very important in most of
255-588: A detailed map of Fort Drum , and a red-and-white checked headdress that police said resembled a keffiyeh worn by men from parts of the Middle East. He was charged on multiple state and federal weapons charges. Branchburg Police Chief Brian Fitzgerald later praised QuickChek clerk Linda Yannazzno and employee Michael Murray for their alertness. Murphy USA , based in El Dorado, Arkansas , announced their purchase of QuickChek on December 14, 2020. The transaction
306-500: A new entity named PNC Financial Corporation . It was the largest bank merger in American history at the time and created a company with $ 10.3 billion in assets. Between 1991 and 1996, PNC purchased more than ten smaller banks and financial institutions, including the $ 30 billion dollar merger of Midlantic Bank of Edison New Jersey in 1996, that at the time, was one-third the size of PNC. That broadened its market base from Kentucky to
357-713: A small produce area. During the 1990s the stores began to offer fuel as well and gradually changed focus on snack foods, drinks, ready to eat foods, and gas stations. Still, QuickChek stores typically offer moderate amounts of basic groceries such as bread , milk , and a few grocery items, frozen dinners, as well as soft drinks , bottled water , ready to eat sandwiches, and a wide selection of snack foods . They also serve coffee , frozen beverages (Quick Freeze), and sandwiches . Some stores also serve milkshakes and frozen cappuccinos. Like most convenience stores, QuickChek sells cigarettes and other tobacco products, along with lottery tickets . Most sell fuel as well, which has become
408-521: A structure of this sort is directly connected to local governance. Enterprise asset management (EAM) systems are asset information systems that support the management of an organization's assets. An EAM includes an asset registry (inventory of assets and their attributes) combined with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and other modules (such as inventory or materials management). Assets that are geographically distributed, interconnected or networked, are often also represented through
459-422: Is a systematic process of developing, operating, maintaining, upgrading, and disposing of assets in the most cost-effective manner (including all costs, risks, and performance attributes). Theory of asset management primarily deals with the periodic matter of improving, maintaining or in other circumstances assuring the economic and capital value of an asset over time. The term is commonly used in engineering,
510-682: Is a term synonymous with physical and infrastructure asset management, it is used to describe management of more complex physical assets which require the application of specialist asset management engineering methods over their life-cycles in order to maximize value for their owners, whilst keeping risk to an acceptable level. SAM is a sub-discipline of IT asset management . The International Organization for Standardization published its management system standard for asset management in 2014. The ISO 55000 series provides terminology, requirements, and guidance for implementing, maintaining and improving an effective asset management system. The key to forming
561-599: Is on the list of largest banks in the United States by assets and is one of the largest banks by number of branches, deposits, and number of ATMs. The company also provides financial services such as asset management , wealth management , estate planning , loan servicing, and information processing . PNC is one of the largest Small Business Administration lenders and one of the largest credit card issuers. It also provides asset–based lending to private equity firms and middle market companies . PNC operates one of
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#1732794578800612-408: Is ranked by Mortgage Bankers Association as the second largest master and primary servicer of commercial bank and savings institution loans. The name "PNC" is derived from the initials of both of the bank's two predecessor companies: Pittsburgh National Corporation and Provident National Corporation , which merged in 1983. PNC Mortgage (formerly National City Mortgage) is credited with funding
663-717: The 2007–2008 financial crisis , the National City acquisition by PNC for $ 5.2 billion in stock was completed. The acquisition was financed with preferred stock sold to the United States Treasury as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program implemented as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 . The stock issued to the U.S. Treasury was repurchased in 2010. PNC then became
714-487: The Fair Labor Standards Act . According to a lawsuit, funds entrusted to National Prearranged Services (NPS), a St. Louis–based company that sold prepaid funerals, were diverted and embezzled. PNC Bank is the successor to Allegiant Bank, which served as a trustee for NPS from 1998 to 2004. In 2015, a jury ordered PNC to pay $ 391 million. In 2017, a federal judge overturned the decision. In 2015, PNC
765-559: The New York metropolitan area . Since 1984, PNC has compiled the Christmas Price Index , a humorous economic indicator which estimates the prices of the items found in the song " The Twelve Days of Christmas ". In 1998, PNC acquired Hilliard Lyons for $ 275 million in cash and stock. Hilliard Lyons was sold in 2008. In 1998, PNC sold its credit card business to Metris (now HSBC Finance ) and MBNA . In 2000,
816-415: The annual general meeting , fasting, and boycotts. On Mar 2, 2023, Donald Trump Jr. , cofounder of news aggregator MxM News, tweeted that PNC had abruptly cancelled all financial services for MxM without explanation. Trump and cofounder Taylor Budowich alleged that PNC disapproved of Trump’s political leanings since no reason was given for the closure. PNC claimed it was a “good faith error” and reopened
867-458: The 48th charter on August 5, 1863, with other later banks receiving charters sooner due to paperwork problems and the fact that the bank was already in business. In 1946, First National merged with Peoples-Pittsburgh Trust Company – with whom it had worked closely since the 1930s – to form Peoples First National Bank & Trust . In 1959, Peoples First merged with Fidelity Trust Company to form Pittsburgh National Bank . At this time,
918-622: The 5th largest bank in the United States by deposit and fourth largest by branches. On August 14, 2009, PNC took over Dwelling House Savings & Loan and its only branch location in Pittsburgh's Hill District after Dwelling House failed and was placed in receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Dwelling House had been known in Pittsburgh to provide loans to low–income African Americans that other banks would deny. The branch
969-803: The Asset Management Council (AMC), the World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM), Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP), the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM), and the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM). Engineering asset management is a more recent term that is used to describe
1020-561: The U.S and the second–largest full–service accounting and administration provider to U.S. mutual funds. GIS serviced $ 1.9 trillion in total assets and 58 million shareholder accounts. It was known as PFPC until July 2008. In January 2011, PNC acquired BankAtlantic's Tampa Bay Area branches. In December 2011, PNC acquired 27 branches in the northern Atlanta suburbs with $ 240 million in deposits and $ 42 million in book value from Flagstar Bank . In 2012, PNC acquired RBC Bank from Royal Bank of Canada for $ 3.45 billion. RBC Bank had
1071-470: The account. PNC is a sponsor of the following: Asset management Asset management is a systematic approach to the governance and realization of all value for which a group or entity is responsible. It may apply both to tangible assets (physical objects such as complex process or manufacturing plants, infrastructure, buildings or equipment) and to intangible assets (such as intellectual property , goodwill or financial assets ). Asset management
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#17327945788001122-502: The aforementioned four banks and Citibank . On July 30, 2012, PNC announced plans to put ATMs in 138 Harris Teeter grocery stores in the Carolinas , plus 53 other stores. In September 2014, PNC acquired Solebury Capital Group, a capital markets advisory firm, for $ 50 million. On October 2, 2015, the bank opened Tower at PNC Plaza , its new headquarters on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street in downtown Pittsburgh . It
1173-416: The application of an asset management system, in accordance with the requirements of ISO 55001. The most frequent usage of the term portfolio manager (asset manager) refers to investment management , the sector of the financial services industry that manages investment funds and segregated client accounts . Asset management is part of a financial company that employs experts who manage money and handle
1224-528: The bank adopted the first version of its present logo – a stylized triangle representing the city's Golden Triangle . In 1969, the bank reorganized as a holding company, Pittsburgh National Corporation. Another branch of the current bank, the Philadelphia –based Provident National Corporation, dates back to 1865. In 1982, Pittsburgh National Corporation and Provident National Corporation, both with PNC as their abbreviations, merged into
1275-662: The bank had charged Black and Hispanic borrowers higher prices for mortgages between 2002 and 2008, before the acquisition by PNC. Regulators claimed that National City had violated the Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act by charging more than 75,000 borrowers higher loan rates based on their race or ethnicity rather than their risk level. National City's lack of pricing guidelines resulted in black borrowers being charged an average of $ 159 more in extra upfront fees or higher interest than white borrowers. Black borrowers also paid an average of $ 228 more annually over
1326-626: The bank to the Arizona , California , and New Mexico markets. In 2021, PNC originated nearly 95,000 mortgages worth $ 34.8 billion. This is a 23% increase vs prior year and stands as their highest origination volume to date. In December 2013, the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that they had reached an agreement with National City Bank to resolve allegations that
1377-469: The business world, and public infrastructure sectors to ensure a coordinated approach to the optimization of costs, risks, service/performance, and sustainability. The term has traditionally been used in the financial sector to describe people and companies who manage investments on behalf of others. Those include, for example, investment managers who manage the assets of a pension fund . The ISO 55000 series of standards, developed by ISO TC 251 , are
1428-832: The company acquired Fortis Advisors, which provides post–merger shareholder services. The company ranked one hundred sixty fifth on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. In 2018, PNC began opening "Solution Centers", a hybrid between traditional bank branches and ATM–only services, mostly serving new markets. Through this method, PNC expanded its retail footprint into Boston , Denver , Kansas City , Nashville , and several markets in Texas including Austin , Dallas , Houston , and San Antonio . Two of PNC's "Big Four" competitors, Bank of America and Chase Bank , have both also been expanding into new markets through this method, including into PNC's home market of Pittsburgh. In August 2019, PNC launched
1479-597: The company adopted a new brand image and changed its name to PNC Financial Services Group. In 2001, PNC sold the original PNC Mortgage to Washington Mutual due to volatility in the market. In 2004, PNC acquired United National Bancorp based in Bridgewater, New Jersey , for $ 321 million in cash and 6.6 million shares of its common stock. In 2005, PNC acquired Riggs National Corporation of Washington, D. C. Riggs had been fined after aiding Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in money laundering . PNC became one of
1530-467: The constraints upon such licenses, e.g. a period. If, for example, one licenses software, often the license is for a given period. Adobe and Microsoft both offer time-based software licenses. In both the corporate and consumer worlds, there is a distinction between software ownership and the updating of software. One may own a version of the software, but not newer versions of the software. Cellular phones are often not updated by vendors, in an attempt to force
1581-458: The definition of enterprise asset management (EAM) by incorporating the management of all things of value to a municipal jurisdiction and its citizens' expectations. An example in which public asset management is used is land-use development and planning. Increasingly both consumers and organizations use assets, e.g. software, music, books, etc. where the user's rights are constrained by a license agreement. An asset management system would identify
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1632-508: The developed countries in the 21st century, since their infrastructure network was almost completed in the 20th century and they have to manage to operate and maintain them cost-effectively. Physical, or Infrastructure Asset Management is a growing specialist engineering discipline, with many international technical societies now established to advance knowledge in this area, including the Engineers Australia technical society of
1683-516: The eighth largest bank in the United States by deposits. On October 26, 2007, PNC acquired Yardville National Bancorp, a small commercial bank centered in central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. On September 15, 2007, PNC Bank acquired Citizens National Bank of Laurel, Maryland . On April 4, 2008, PNC acquired Sterling Financial Corporation, a commercial and consumer bank with accounts and branches in central Pennsylvania, northeastern Maryland and Delaware. On October 24, 2008, during
1734-418: The festival. In 2011, QuickChek's Balloon festival featured many artists such as Meat Loaf , Barenaked Ladies , and ABBA . The New Jersey–based band, The Bouncing Souls , has a song written about a girl who worked in a QuickChek. Another New Jersey–based band named The Number Twelve Looks Like You mentions QuickChek coffee in their song "The Garden's All Nighters" from the album Worse Than Alone with
1785-698: The first mortgage in the United States and has offices across the country. PNC Financial Services traces its history to the Pittsburgh Trust and Savings Company which was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , on April 10, 1845. Due to the long recovery from the Great Fire of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh Trust and Savings was not fully operational until January 28, 1852. It originally opened offices at Liberty Avenue and 12th Street. The bank
1836-429: The international standards for Asset Management. ISO 55000 provides an introduction and requirements specification for a management system for asset management. The ISO 55000 standard defines an asset as an "item, thing or entity that has potential or actual value to an organization". ISO 55001 specifies requirements for an asset management system within the context of the organization, and ISO 55002 gives guidelines for
1887-563: The investments of clients. This is done either actively or passively. Physical and Infrastructure asset management is the combination of management, financial, economic, engineering, and other practices applied to physical assets to provide the best value level of service for the costs involved. It includes the management of the entire life cycle—including design, construction, commissioning, operating, maintaining, repairing, modifying, replacing, and decommissioning/disposal—of physical and infrastructure assets. Operation and maintenance of assets in
1938-470: The largest treasury management businesses and the second largest lead arranger of asset–based loan syndications in the United States. Harris Williams & Co. , a subsidiary of the company, is one of the country's largest mergers and acquisitions advisory firms for middle-market companies . Midland Loan Services, a division of PNC Real Estate based in Overland Park, Kansas and founded in 1991,
1989-688: The largest banks in the Washington metropolitan area . In 2005, PNC began outsourcing mortgages to Wells Fargo . In August 2006, PNC got back into the credit card business by marketing and issuing credit cards under the MasterCard brand in partnership with U.S. Bancorp (U.S. Bank) . After the National City merger (see below) in 2008, the U.S. Bancorp (U.S. Bank) products were converted to PNC Bank products. On March 2, 2007, PNC acquired Maryland-based Mercantile Bankshares, making PNC
2040-462: The life of the loan than white borrowers. Hispanics paid $ 125 more upfront and $ 154 more annually than white borrowers. Under the terms of the settlement, PNC was required to pay victims $ 35 million. In March 2006, PNC and other large banks were forced to reissue hundreds of debit cards to customers after card numbers were disclosed by a breach at an unspecified retailer. Also in March 2006, PNC Bank
2091-567: The line of lyrics; "Quick Chek coffee is cooling down." On January 26, 2010, a clerk at the QuickChek at 1296 Easton Turnpike in Branchburg, New Jersey , called the police about a suspicious man in the store. The clerk said she knew the man "had something on him", but was uncertain what it was. Officers arrested Lloyd Woodson , and found in his possession and in his motel room a large weapons cache that included illegal weapons and ammunition,
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2142-513: The main draw to these stores. QuickChek also has its own assortment of baked goods, some of which are baked fresh in-store. QuickChek hosts an annual hot-air balloon festival in Readington, New Jersey , which runs the last weekend in July. An outdoor QuickChek is set up with a deli and coffee counter, and during the weekend, visitors are able to attend the various activities that go on through
2193-642: The management of complex physical assets, a specific engineering practice that is concerned with optimizing assets, in the context of the organizations goals and objectives, through using multidiscipline engineering methodologies, and Terotechnology (which includes management, engineering, and financial expertise), to balance cost, risk, and performance. Engineering asset management includes multiple engineering disciplines, including but not limited to maintenance engineering , systems engineering , reliability engineering , process safety management , industrial engineering , and risk analysis . Engineering asset management
2244-653: The typical physical assets or infrastructure assets, the soft assets might include permits, licenses, brands, patents, right-of-ways, and other entitlements or valued items. The EAM system is only one of the 'enablers' of good asset management. Asset managers need to make informed decisions to fulfill their organizational goals, this requires good asset information but also leadership, clarity of strategic priorities, competencies, inter-departmental collaboration and communications, workforce, and supply chain engagement, risk and change management systems, performance monitoring, and continual improvement. Public asset management expands
2295-403: The use of geographic information systems (GIS) . GIS-centric asset registry standardizes data and improves interoperability, providing users the capability to reuse, coordinate, and share information efficiently and effectively. A GIS platform combined with information of both the "hard" and "soft" assets helps to remove the traditional silos of departmental functions. While the hard assets are
2346-512: Was closed and accounts were transferred to the existing PNC branch in the Hill District. In July 2010, PNC sold its Global Investment Servicing (GIS) subsidiary to The Bank of New York Mellon to repay funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program , which had been used for the National City acquisition (see above) in 2008. GIS, established in 1973 and with 4,700 employees, was the second–largest full–service mutual fund transfer agent in
2397-637: Was closed in January 2021. Blake Segal, former SVP of Operations at Caesars Entertainment, was named Head of QuickChek in September 2021. PNC Financial Services The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is an American bank holding company and financial services corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . Its banking subsidiary, PNC Bank , operates in 27 states and the District of Columbia , with 2,629 branches and 9,523 ATMs . PNC Bank
2448-427: Was first announced in 2011. The LEED Platinum building, owned by PNC and designed by Gensler , won awards for its environmentally friendly features. In April 2017, the company acquired the U.S. equipment finance business of ECN Capital for $ 1.3 billion. In November 2017, the company acquired The Trout Group, an investor relations and strategic advisory firm servicing the healthcare industry . In 2018,
2499-806: Was one of 22 companies that violated disclosure requirements for municipal bonds by failing to divulge that the issuers had filed late financial reports. It was fined $ 500,000. Beginning in 2010, until it changed its policy in February 2015, PNC was the subject of protests by the Earth Quaker Action Team, led by George Lakey , and the Rainforest Action Network due to its funding of companies engaged in mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia . The protests included political demonstrations at branches and offices and
2550-408: Was renamed The Pittsburgh Trust Company in 1853. In 1858, the company located its corporate offices to the corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street in Pittsburgh, where they remain to this day. The bank changed its name to First National Bank of Pittsburgh in 1863 after it became the first bank in the country to apply for a national charter as part of that year's National Banking Act . It received
2601-731: Was sued by Paul Bariteau, an investor in the Military Channel . Bariteau claimed PNC let the chairman of the Military Channel make unauthorized withdrawals of millions of dollars from the company's account for personal use. In June 2003, PNC Bank agreed to pay $ 115 million to settle federal securities fraud charges after one of its subsidiaries fraudulently transferred $ 762 million in bad loans and other venture capital investments to an AIG entity in order to conceal them from investors. In 2017, PNC agreed to pay $ 16 million to settle claims of overtime wages by loan officers under
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