Name Media Contact Sarah Barr, 203-578-2287 sbarr@websterbank.com Webster Honored as Top Bronx SBA Lender

NEW YORK, N.Y., July 24, 2015 -Webster Bankwas honored as the top U.S. Small Business

Administration (SBA)lender in the Bronx, N.Y., for 2014 by the Business Initiative Corporation of NY(BIC), a subsidiary of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp.

BIC's SBA Terrence L. Martin Lender's Award is related to Webster's work with the expansion of Metro Cooking and Cooling, a refrigeration company located in the Hunt's Point area - home to the world's largest wholesale food distribution center.

Jim Lanfranchi, vice president, business banking, and a member of BIC's board of directors, accepted the award on behalf of Webster, who knew Martin when they worked together in the 1990s, so the award had special meaning.

Terrence L. Martin, now deceased, was a long-serving member of the BIC board of directors and was an active promoter of the SBA 504 program. The award named in his honor goes to the member bank that produces the largest dollar-volume of SBA 5-4 program loans.

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


Photo (l-r): Madeline Marquez, BIC vice president; Nick Marra, senior vice president and business banking's New York regional manager; Jim Lanfranchi; and Ruben Diaz, Jr., borough president of the Bronx.

About Webster

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association. With $23.6 billion in assets, We bster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust, and investment services through 165 banking centers, 314 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 HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank, which provides heal th savings account trustee and administrative services. Webster Bank is a member of the FDIC and an 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 .

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