Northwest Bancshares, Inc. is a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of personal and business banking products including employee benefits, investment management services, insurance and trust. Northwest is regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and operates 164 community banking locations in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio. Northwest has operated as a community-oriented financial institution since 1896 and has demonstrated a pattern of sustained expansion resulting from strong internal growth combined with a series of mergers, acquisitions and new office openings.
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