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Webster Banker Promoted to Senior Vice President NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 12, 2014 - Webster Bank today announced the promotion of Peter Hicks to senior vice president, senior relationship manager, commercial banking. He is based in New Haven, Conn., but also works in the Hartford corporate office.

A resident of Hamden, Conn., Hicks joined Webster in 2003 as a relationship manager in business banking and took over its emerging growth and technology segment in 2007. Living up to the communities he serves, Hicks is currently on the board and past chairman of Crossroads Venture Group; Connecticut Technology Council; and Connecticut United for Research Excellence (C.U.R.E.). He previously served as treasurer for Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis (CCCC) and the Foote School Association. He earned his bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and his MBA from the University of New Haven.
Webster Bank is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers from metro New York
City to Boston, Mass.

About Webster

* * * * Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. With $22 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 www.websterbank.comor follow us on LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/company/webster-bankand Twitter https://twitter.com/WebsterBank.
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