HERMITAGE, Pa. - A bank's plans to expand its operations in Western Pennsylvania includes bringing jobs to Mercer County.

Expansion plans announced this week by F.N.B. Corporation include the addition of thirty to fifty additional support positions at its technology and operations center in Hermitage, Pa., according to Jennifer M. Reel, Senior Vice President Director of Corporate Communications.

F.N.B. is also adding a new operations and customer service center in Pittsburgh later this year, which will mean the addition of nearly 100 operations and customer service jobs to its North Shore corporate headquarters campus, bringing the company's total number of North Shore and Downtown Pittsburgh employees to more than 400.

The company has additional plans to house more than 200 key support employees in North Carolina as part of its planned merger with Yadkin Financial Corporation early next year, the majority of whom will serve in credit support, Small Business Administration lending and mortgage banking.

F.N.B. Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh,is a diversified financial services company.