Webster Banks renewed focus on the wealth management business is starting to show. In the fourth quarter of 2012, wealth and investment services earned $7.8 million in non-interest income for the bank, a 36% jump from a year earlier and 9% increase from the previous quarter, the banks holding company announced today.
For the year, wealth and investment services contributed $29.5 million to Websters non-interest income, up 12% from $26.4 million the year before. Wealth and investment services accounted for 15.3% of the banks non-interest income, up slightly from 15% in 2011.
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Websters president and chief operating officer, Jerry Plush, listed the banks new retail and private banking office in Greenwich, Conn., which opened this month, among the banks significant achievements in the fourth quarter. In 2013, we will continue to invest in additional improvements to our physical and electronic distribution network. This will make banking with Webster easier and convenient while meeting the changing preferences of our clients, he said in a statement.
Webster Financial Corp., the bank holding company for Webster Bank, reported $47.9 million in earnings in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 21% from a year earlier and up 8% from the previous quarter.