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ey to unlocking growth opportunities in all aspects of business banking was our acquisition of First Bank and Trust and resulting expansion into the Providence and Cranston market areas. Those markets, together with the Kent County market we will serve through our new Warwick branch, 

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means that Washington Trust is geographically positioned to draw from a pool of 21,000 potential new business banking customers. 

Our Commercial Lending area is suc- ceeding in attracting new clients in this part of the state by providing multi-million dollar financing to some well-known businesses. 

The department’s major accounts represent a cross-section of the state’s major industries, ranging from real estate and hospitality to manufacturing and biomedical technology. 

