As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2010

Registration No. 333-03901

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

One PNC Plaza

249 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707

(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

PNC Retirement Savings Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Richard J. Johnson

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

One PNC Plaza

249 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707

(412) 762-2000

(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Effective September 28, 2001, the PNC Retirement Savings Plan was merged into The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan.

Therefore, PNC and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, as successor to the PNC Retirement Savings Plan, are filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to deregister the Plan interests that were registered thereunder for the PNC Retirement Savings Plan and to deregister any remaining shares of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) common stock issuable under this Registration Statement in connection with the PNC Retirement Savings Plan.

PNC is acting pursuant to the power conferred on PNC in accordance with the provisions of Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to reduce the amount of securities registered, pursuant to its undertaking contained in Part II, Item 9 of the Registration Statement, as initially filed on May 16, 1996.

SIGNATURES

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, PNC has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 17, 2010.

The PNC Retirement Savings Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, as successor to the PNC Retirement Savings Plan, has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of the PNC Retirement Savings Plan, by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 17, 2010.