Richard M. Barry, Chief Credit Officer at FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP INC (FNFG), bought 5,000 shares at $7.86 ($39K) on 2012-08-06, disclosed to the SEC on 2012-08-08.
Open-market purchase of $39k FNFG by Chief Credit Officer. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Nothing distinguishes this filing.