Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH) will raise its quarterly dividend by 6.3 percent to $0.34 per share in 2015. This follows a 18.5 percent dividend hike by the financial services company last year.
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. is the publicly-owned holding company of The Washington Trust Company. Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is 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 offers a full range of financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage banking, personal banking, and wealth management and trust services, through its offices located in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.