WBS

Webster Financial Corporation

A Connecticut bank holding company that serves everyday consumers across the Northeast through its Webster Bank branches and digital accounts, while its HSA Bank division administers health savings accounts nationally and Ametros manages medical insurance claim settlements. It began in 1935, when 24-year-old Harold Webster Smith borrowed from friends and family to open a savings and loan in Waterbury during the Great Depression, and the bank was later renamed in his honor when he retired in 1995.