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RP Financial, L.C.
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Financial Services Industry Consultants
Exhibit 23.4
CONSENT OF RP FINANCIAL, L.C.
January 8, 2001
We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion letter to the Board of
Directors of SWVA Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") as an Appendix to the proxy
statement/prospectus relating to the proposed merger of the Company with and
into FNB Corporation contained in the amendment one to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
the date hereof, and to the reference to our firm and such opinion in such proxy
statement/prospectus.
Sincerely,
/s/ RP FINANCIAL, LC.
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