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Sarah Barr, 203-578-2287 sbarr@websterbank.com

Webster Bank Wins Waterbury "Best Bank" Award WATERBURY, Conn., June 18, 2015 - Webster Bankhas earned the honor of "Best Bank" from The

Waterbury Observer. The award is featured in the current edition of the newspaper.

"We are pleased to once again receive this award in our hometown of Waterbury," said Mike O'Connor, regional president for greater Waterbury at Webster Bank. "This award is based on readers' opinions and is a reflection of Webster's strong commitment to the community. We're coming up on 80 years since Harold Webster Smith borrowed $25,000 to help families buy and build homes and we have never forgotten our roots. Relationships are the foundation of who we are at Webster - a values-guided regional bank."

Webster Bank is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers in the northeast.

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About Webster

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. With $23 billion in assets, Webster provides busi ness and consumer banking, mortgages, private banking, trust and investment services through 165 banking offices; 314 ATMs; telephone banking; mobile banking; and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equ ipment
finance firm Webster Capital Finance Corporation; and provides health savings account trustee and administrative services thro ugh 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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