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September 9, 2021

Volunteer service is a critical piece of many Boston-area companies’ philanthropic efforts. But the pandemic made it a lot harder to do that work last year. Webster Bank, which volunteers the most hours as a share of its workforce regionally, similarly used its employees’ expertise during the pandemic.

July 13, 2021

Everstream, the business-only fiber network, has announced it has secured an additional $140 million in debt financing, with Webster Bank as lead arranger.

July 3, 2021

For more than 80 years, Webster has been a community-minded, values-guided bank focused on helping customers achieve their financial goals. Meeting the increasingly diverse needs of our customers is a key to our long-term success, and having a workforce with diverse backgrounds and experiences better helps our customers and the communities we serve achieve their financial goals.

January 7, 2022

Webster Bank has once again been recognized as the top bank in New England by dollar volume for the 7(a) and 504 programs as recorded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in fiscal year 2021. In New England, Webster granted 246 SBA loans totaling more than $123 million. The bank's total loan volume more than doubled to $175 million in calendar year 2021 from $80 million in 2020.

December 20, 2021

Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) ("Webster") and Sterling Bancorp (NYSE: STL) ("Sterling") jointly announced today that Webster has received regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to complete the previously announced merger between the two companies.

October 26, 2021

Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE:WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share on its common stock.

October 21, 2021

Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division, today announced earnings applicable to common shareholders of $93.2 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.

Oct. 8, 2021

Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division, today announced the details for its third quarter 2021 earnings release and conference call.

Sept. 2, 2021

Webster Bank is pleased to announce that it has provided a 17-year, $11.2 million leasehold mortgage to South County Health, Rhode Island’s most trusted healthcare partner, to support the upgrade and phased remodeling of an existing medical office building in Wakefield, R.I.