Citizens Financial Group (CFG) will raise its quarterly dividend by another 28.6 percent to $0.18 per share in 2017. The dividend next dividend is payable on August 16, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 2, 2017. This is the second dividend hike by CFG this year.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Citizens Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. Citizens has branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Consumer Banking products and services include a full range of banking, lending, savings, wealth management and small business offerings. 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 rate products, and asset finance.