WESTERLY, R.I., Nov. 4, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Trust Company was recently
named the number one Bank in the RI Media Group and Sun
Publication's Community Choice Awards Program. Award winners
were chosen through a readers' poll of the following Rhode Island newspapers/publications: The
Westerly Sun, Mystic River Press, Narragansett
Times, East Greenwich Pendulum, Kent
County Times and The Independent.
"We are very proud to be voted #1 Bank by our neighbors in the
communities we serve," said Edward O. "Ned" Handy III, Washington
Trust's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "This award belongs
to our employees, who remain dedicated to providing outstanding
personal service and financial solutions to the customers and
communities who make us their bank of choice."
The Community Choice Awards program celebrates the best
businesses and organizations in the state of Rhode Island, as voted by readers and web
visitors to the RI Media Group and Sun Publication's
news outlets.
Washington Trust currently has 28 convenient branches throughout
Rhode Island and Connecticut, and offers a full suite of
financial solutions, including deposit services, mortgage and home
equity loans, business banking services, and wealth management and
trust services.
ABOUT WASHINGTON
TRUST®
Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is recognized as the
oldest community bank in the nation, the largest state-chartered
bank headquartered in Rhode Island
and one of the Northeast's premier financial services companies.
Washington Trust values its role as a community bank and is
committed to helping the people, businesses, and organizations of
New England improve their financial lives. The Bank offers a wide
range of commercial banking, mortgage
banking, personal banking and wealth
management services through its offices in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts and a full
suite of convenient digital tools. Washington Trust is a member of
the FDIC and an equal housing lender. Washington Trust is a
subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a publicly-owned
holding company which trades on NASDAQ: WASH. For more
information, visit the Bank's website
at www.washtrust.com or the Corporation's website
at ir.washtrust.com.
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