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Media contact: Brenda Greene (401) 228-2083 | bgreene@websterbank.com

Webster's Greg Silva Named Five Star Wealth Manager

PROVIDENCE, R.I., February 17, 2015 - Greg Silva, vice president, senior financial consultant for Webster Investment Services, has earned the Five Star Wealth Manager designation from Five StarProfessionalfor the second consecutive year.

Based in Webster's Pontiac Avenue banking center in Cranston, Silva provides financial advisory services to clients throughout Rhode Island. A resident of Cranston, he joined Webster Bankin 2011. Silva is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and is a member of the finance committee for

the URI Alumni Association. In his free time, he serves the Cranston community as a volunteer coach for CLCF youth sports.

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About The Five Star Program: The Five Star program is the largest and most widely published financial services award program in North America. Award candidates are evaluated against 10 objective criteria to determine the Five Star Wealth Managers in more than 40 major markets. Award candidates are evaluated against 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria: Credentialed as an investment advisory representative (IAR) or a registered investment advisor; 2) Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years; 3) Favorable regulatory and complaint history review; 4) Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards; 5) Accepting new clients; 6) One-year client retention rate; 7) Five-year client retention rate; 8) Non-institutionalized discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9) Number of

client households served; 10) Educational and professional designations.

A bout Webster: Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. With $22.5 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 HSABank, 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.com or follow us on LinkedInhttp://linkedin.com/company/webster-bank and Twitter https://twitter.com/WebsterBank.

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