Bloomberg reports PNC Financial Services Group, the second-largest U.S. regional bank, is winding down Market Street Funding LLC, a commercial-paper company it administers.
Market Street had $5.9 billion of the short-term debt outstanding as of June 30, Pittsburgh-based PNC said in a regulatory filing. The bank said it will fund Market Street’s loans and commitments “utilizing its diversified funding sources.”
The wind-down is part of PNC’s “strategy to diversify and extend its borrowing base, particularly in light of ongoing regulatory developments,” the bank said in the filing.
The decision isn’t expected to have a material impact on PNC, the bank said.
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