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Sarah Barr, 203-578-2287 Terry Mangan, 203-578-2318 sbarr@websterbank.comtmangan@websterbank.com

Webster Bank Promotes Juliana Dalton to SVP WATERBURY, Conn., May 15, 2015 - Webster Bank announced today that Juliana Dalton has been promoted to senior vice president, senior credit executive in the Chief Risk Officer Group.

Dalton joined Webster in 1998 and most recently held the position of vice president, treasury credit executive. In this new position, she will continue to oversee the credit-related aspects of a growing and expanded treasury investments portfolio in a safe and sound manner. Dalton has more than 25 years of experience in banking and financial services.
Based in Hartford, Conn., Dalton is Treasurer and a board member of the CFA Society Hartford. A resident of Canton, she holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Webster Bank is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers in the northeast.

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Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. With $23 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgages, private banking, trust and investment services through 164 banking offices; 313 ATMs; telephone banking; mobile banking; and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equipment finance firm Webster Capital Finance Corporation; and provides health savings account trustee and administrative services through HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank. Member FDIC and equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.comor follow us on LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/company/webster-bankand Twitter https://twitter.com/WebsterBank.
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