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Webster Banker Named to CBA Board

WATERBURY, Conn., July 14, 2014 - Nitin Mhatre, executive president, head of community banking at Webster Bank, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Consumer Bankers Association(CBA), a national trade association that aims to preserve and promote the retail banking industry.

The association's 25-member board guides the CBA in its support of and advocacy of the retail banking industry. Mhatre is one of three new members appointed to the board, which is comprised of senior retail banking executives.

Webster Bank, based in Waterbury, Conn., is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers from metro New York City to Boston, Mass.

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About Webster

Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. With $21 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgages, private banking, trust and investment services through 166 banking offices; 311 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 se rvices
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

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