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Citizens Financial Group Announces TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship WinnersPROVIDENCE, R.I. --(Business Wire)-- Citizens Financial Group, Inc. today announced the winners of its fourth annual TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship program, awarding a total of $50,000 in college scholarships to ten students across the country. Started in 2011, Citizens created the scholarship program as a way to recognize and reward students whose volunteer efforts have made a lasting impact in their communities. The 10 winners will each receive $5,000 and were chosen based on the responsibility and leadership skills they have demonstrated through their community service. The scholarship program was open to U.S. residents who are 16-years of age or older and are attending or accepted to a federally accredited four-year college, university or graduate program for the Fall 2014 semester. "The TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship recipients are an inspiration to us all. They have each contributed to their local and global communities in ways that are making a long-term impact," said Brendan Coughlin, President, Auto and Education Finance, Citizens Financial Group. "As a private student lender offering affordable solutions to help students finance their college education and a company committed to contributing to the health and vibrancy of our local communities, we are honored to recognize and reward this year's TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship winners for their efforts." 2014 scholarship recipients include:
The bank also recently introduced the Education Refinance Loan, to enable borrowers to refinance or consolidate their private student loans at a competitive rate with flexible repayment terms. Looking for more information on financial aid and the student loan application process? CFG offers online tips and tools to help students prepare for, save for and finance college, including information on free aid like grants and scholarships and federal loans alongside their private student loan offerings. For more information on the TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship program and the TruFit Student Loan product, please visit Citizens Financial Group online. About Citizens Financial Group Inc. Citizens Financial Group Inc. is one of the nation's oldest and largest financial institutions, with $126.9 billion in assets as of March 31, 2014. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, the company offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. Citizens helps its retail customers "bank better" with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,100 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank and Charter One branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in selective markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance. Citizens operates via subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.
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