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CITIZENS FINANCIAL Group Inc. Chairman and CEO Bruce Van Saun, left, speaks with Providence Chamber of Commerce Chairman Rick Metters during a "fireside chat" on Tuesday night at the R.I. Convention Center. / PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

Citizens CEO to Chamber: ‘In moments like this, you don’t pull...

Business Services 11/04/2025

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. CEO and Chairman Bruce Van Saun told Rhode Island business leaders that companies prepared to invest in talent...

Citizens Financial posts $494M profit in Q3, up 29% year over...

Financial Services 10/15/2025

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter profit of $494 million, an increase of 29% from a year ago driven...

STAYING THE COURSE: Dawn Apajee, founder and president of professional staffing service City Personnel Inc., speaks to Recruiting Coordinator Adora Andrade, who is writing on the board. Apajee says the nature of City Personnel’s business – which provides legal, administrative, accounting and support staffing services – calls for a commitment to diversity. PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

DEI TEST: Roll back? Push ahead? For many organizations, a critical...

Cover Story 07/18/2025

The diversity pledges flooded corporate inboxes across the country as protests filled the streets over George Floyd, a Black man who died under the...

Citizens Financial Group’s Q1 profit increases 11%

Economy 04/16/2025

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. on Wednesday reported a net income of $373 million in the first quarter of 2025, an 11% increase...

Citizens Financial Group posts $382M profit in Q3, down 11% from...

Economic Activity 10/16/2024

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter profit of $382 million, an 11% decline from $430 million a year ago...

READY MODE: Kolby Gomes went through pipefitter training through the partnership program operated by General Dynamics Electric Boat and the Community College of Rhode Island as he prepares to start a career with the submarine builder.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Class of their own: More employers partnering with local colleges

Cover Story 01/19/2024

Although he had some experience working in construction, Kolby Gomes says learning the ins and outs of pipefitting was like studying a foreign language. But...

Citizens: M&A activity likely to increase among midmarket companies, private equity...

Economic Activity 01/11/2024

PROVIDENCE – Expect an increase in mergers and acquisitions among middle market U.S. companies in the upcoming year, Citizens Financial Group Inc. says, as respondents...

ALL IN: Citizens Financial Group Inc. has hired more than 100 people from the former First Republic Bank’s wealth management arm in order to launch its own private bank to service high-wealth clients.  PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

Citizens looks to capitalize on its new private bank

Economy 12/08/2023

When San Francisco-based First Republic Bank imploded last spring and its financial assets were sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citizens Financial Group Inc....

Citizens Financial Group reports $487M profit in Q2

Economy 07/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. on Tuesday reported a 31% rise in quarterly earnings compared with a year ago, beating Wall Street estimates...