Hunter and other ministers said that unless PNC reverses its decision, they will call on their congregations and affiliated regional and national groups to close their PNC accounts.
“If PNC leaves, we will walk as well,” Hunter said.
PNC is also closing the branch at 4389 W. Third St., in Dayton and Beavercreek branch 3979 Indian Ripple Road bank spokeswoman Marcey Zwiebel said. She added that no other Cincinnati, Dayton or Springfield branches are on the list to close at this point.
Robert E. Jones, a Presbyterian pastor from College Hill, said that the Black Presbyterian’s organization voted Saturday to close its PNC account if the branch is shuttered, and they would ask the national Presbyterian church to consider doing the same.
Zwiebel said the decision to close the branch came from research on customers’ increasing use of online deposits and ATMs. She said PNC had provided customers with 90-day notice letters explaining the closure process.
Dayton City Commissioner Dean Lovelace said he has a personal account at the Westown branch but hasn’t received a notification letter.
He said he too was disgusted with PNC’s decision. Lovelace said that PNC had taken “thousands if not millions” of dollars out of Dayton and the community and they wanted a return on that investment.
The branch is scheduled to close at 3 p.m. on August 16.
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