Time Running Out for Citizens Bank

A week ago, that the Citizens Bank branches in Long Island Stop & Shop locations would be converted to People's United by month's end.

That includes the Farmingdale location on Motor Avenue.

Now we have the signage to prove it.

In the last week, People's began the not-so-behind-the-scenes work of swapping out Citizens green with People's blue and red.

At the Deer Park Stop & Shop location, the People's sign is already set up, thinly covered by a Citizens banner.

People's cracked the Long Island market when it for $60 million in 2010. That acquisition gave People's 29 branches in the Nassau-Suffolk market. It has now grown to 33 locations here, most recently opening a branch on Montauk Highway in Bayport.

People's is also no stranger to supermarket banking. It already operates 87 Stop & Shop branches in Connecticut, where it has had supermarket branches since 1995.

People's also has a Deer Park branch on Commack Road.