An East Coast bank-holding company has added more than 100 mortgage originators and has plans to hire 100 more.
That company is Citizens Financial Group.
The Providence, R.I.-based firm has added “more than 140 lenders since last year,” according to an announcement today outlining a new corporate platform with the theme, “good banking is good citizenship.”
In addition, Citizens has committed to hiring another 100 originators this year. The new personnel will support refinance and purchase production.
Company-wide headcount stands at more than 22,000.
“Citizens Financial Group employees talk about their roles in the community — from coach to parent — to demonstrate that they too are part of the communities served by Citizens Financial Group,” today’s statement said.
Citizens, a 100-year-old institution, is a subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and parent to RBS Citizens, N.A. It is also parent to Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, which has seen 10 of its employees hit with removal-and-prohibition orders during the past two years.
The company also disclosed plans to increase commercial loans by more than 75 percent form the first-quarter 2009.
