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Citizens announces $180,000 in education grants for 8 R.I. nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. announced it is funding $180,000 in financial education grants and ongoing volunteer support in recognition of April’s Financial...
Bankers fight to overturn rule on overdraft fees
A proposed banking regulation that one federal agency says will save Americans $5 billion a year in overdraft fees is facing strong opposition from...
Citizens survey: M&A dealmaker sentiment at five-year high
PROVIDENCE – Optimism about the deal-making environment has reached a five-year high, according to a new survey from Citizens Financial Group Inc. published Wednesday.
The...
Paxson says state could do more to link business community with...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University President Christina H. Paxson thinks state officials can do more to foster connections between the business sector and the graduates...
BANKING ON DIVERSITY: Collaboration changing faces of industry
Nationally, banking was long known as a white-male-dominated industry. But Rhode Island is taking steps to change that with BankForward, an initiative that aims...
R.I. congressional members discuss Washington Bridge, economy at Chamber breakfast
WARWICK – U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., said Rhode Islanders have a right to be disappointed in state leadership's response to the Washington Bridge...
Must R.I. give Citizens what it wants?
The 11th-hour budget amendment submitted by Gov. Daniel J. McKee asking to overhaul how Rhode Island-based banks are taxed had some questioning whether the...
$14K in scholarships awarded at Lt. Gov.’s Entrepreneurship Challenge
JOHNSTON – Raneem Al Suwaidani, a senior at The Metropolitan Career and Technical Center, or The Met, in Providence, won first place and a...
From city neighborhoods to a career in banking
Johnny Perez never imagined that he’d work for a bank.
Now he’s an assistant vice president at Citizens Financial Group Inc. in Providence.
Eight years ago,...
R.I. Bankers Association launches ‘Bank Forward’ aimed at diversifying the workforce
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Bankers Association is embarking on a three-year outreach initiative to educate and recruit a diversified workforce.
Known as "Bank Forward:...
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