Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent
to the reference to our firm under the caption Experts in
the proxy
statement/prospectus of Sterling Financial Corporation that is made part of the Registration
Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-[ ]) and related prospectus of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.,
for the registration of 4,935,381 shares of common stock, and to the use therein of our report dated
January 30, 2008, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Sterling Financial
Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2006 (restated) and the nine months ended September 30,
2007, which appear in the proxy
statement/prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 5, 2008