American Banker names Washington Trust one of the best banks to work for in the U.S.
Washington Trust (WASH) was named one of the 2025 Best Banks to Work For by American Banker on Nov. 12, 2025.
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Washington Trust (WASH) was named one of the 2025 Best Banks to Work For by American Banker on Nov. 12, 2025.
Washington Trust is one of only 90 banks nationwide to earn the designation, which used a two-step evaluation: a 25% score for workplace policies and demographics and a 75% score from anonymous employee surveys. Eligible banks needed at least 50 U.S. employees and one year of operation. The recognition highlights the bank's workplace culture, benefits, and employee engagement.
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On Nov 12, the day this news came out, WASH closed 0.36% below the previous close.
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Washington Trust is one of only 90 banks nationwide to earn this designation in 2025
"This honor is a testament to the culture we've built together at Washington Trust—one that values people, fosters career growth, and empowers employees to make a difference for our customers and communities. We're proud to see that effort recognized by American Banker," said Washington Trust Chairman and CEO Edward O. "Ned" Handy III.
The Best Banks to Work For list identifies and honor banks with the best cultures for helping employees thrive. Banks were included based on an anonymous employee survey and a thorough review of the benefits and perks offered by each bank. To be considered for the 2025 list, banks had to have at least 50 employees working in the
"The banks recognized as Best Banks to Work For are institutions employees want to join and stay," said Chana Schoenberger, editor-in-chief of American Banker. "They understand how to give workers reasons to find purpose in their jobs."
American Banker partnered with Best Companies Group to develop the 2025 Best Banks to Work For list, using a two-step process. The first consisted of evaluating each participating bank's workplace policies, practices, and demographics, and assigning a
Best Companies Group managed the registration and survey process and also analyzed the data to determine the final ranking. For more information on the Best Banks to Work For program, visit www.BestBankstoWorkfor.com.
The full list of the 2025 Best Banks to Work For is available at https://www.americanbanker.com.
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Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is recognized as the oldest community bank in the nation, the largest state-chartered bank headquartered in
About American Banker
American Banker empowers banking professionals with unique analysis and insight into the ideas transforming their business and industry. Across its journalism, events, research and benchmarking, it helps drive the way forward through the complexity of business innovation, retail and commercial disruption, technology, regulation and reform. With a banking community 850k strong, American Banker's content connects leaders online, in person and in print every day.
About Best Companies Group
Since 2004, Best Companies Group has specialized in identifying and recognizing great employers to work for. We are an independent research firm that ranks companies based on our established research methodology. Our surveys provide actionable, hard-to-obtain data that companies use to improve employee recruitment and retention.
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