PNC moves into York County with private banking

PNC Bank Corp. is charging into York County full steam ahead after nibbling at the edges from branches in Lancaster, Adams, Cumberland and Dauphin counties.

In January, PNC will open a new 3,200-square-foot office at the York Executive Center, 2555 Kingston Road, that combines private banking services for individuals and corporate banking services, along with another subsidiary, PNC Mortgage.

The new office is designed to provide customized packages of loan and investment services to affluent customers. But PNC officials recoil at the suggestion that their new office will be a branch.

"Technically it's a branch, but operationally it's not," said Rob Rutz, PNC Bank …