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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...

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

Webster hires former First Republic CFO as finance chief

STAMFORD, Conn. – Webster Financial Corp., the holding company for Webster Bank N.A., has appointed a former First Republic Bank C-suite executive as the...

Citizens hires 2 strategic wealth leaders, opens Private Banking office in...

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. recently unveiled changes to its Wealth Management and Private Banking business designed to accelerate its growth to serve...
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

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

Big-bank CEOs warn that new regulations could harm the economy

NEW YORK (AP) – The heads of Wall Street's biggest banks used an appearance on Capitol Hill to plead with senators to stop the...
THE FEDERAL RESERVE recently announced that all 23 of the biggest U.S. banks passed its "stress test," but some say that doesn't mean banks are prepared for an economic crisis. / AP FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK

Bank ‘stress tests’ by Fed may have overlooked weaknesses in system

The 23 largest banks in the U.S. – including Providence-based Citizens Financial Group Inc. – recently passed the Federal Reserve’s “stress test,” but some...
STILL STANDING: 
There is vacant office space in downtown Providence, but people in the local commercial real estate sector say landlords and banks haven’t reached a crisis level as others have nationwide. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

SHAKY GROUND: Distressed office real estate could undermine banks, wider economy

The former mayor of Providence is distressed. When Joseph R. Paolino Jr. walks through the city’s financial district, he’s anxious about what he sees. He...
NO PROBLEM YET: Rebecca Twitchell, owner of Half Full LLC consulting agency in Providence, says access to capital has not been a concern of hers so far, even though there are increased worries about a coming credit crunch in the small-business ­community. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Should R.I. businesses prep for potential credit crunch?

After a tumultuous first half of 2023 for U.S. banks, many observers fear that a credit crunch is fast approaching, if it hasn’t already...

FDIC recommends overhauling U.S. insurance deposit system 

NEW YORK (AP) – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is recommending the U.S. rethink its decades-old policy of insuring up to $250,000 in bank...

Fed is set to raise rates yet again. After that, then...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve is on track to raise its benchmark interest rate for the 10th time on Wednesday, the latest step...
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