Citizens Launches Seventh Annual Small Business Community Champion Award Contest
January 18 2024 - 10:03AM
Business Wire
Today Citizens announced it has opened its annual Small Business
Community Champion Award Contest, which will again recognize the
positive contributions small businesses make within their
communities. Now in its seventh year, the contest will award
$10,000 each to 30 small businesses across Citizens’ footprint,
including 10 minority-owned and 10 women-owned businesses. This
year, for the first time, Citizens will also set aside five of its
30 awards exclusively for veteran-owned businesses along with five
other qualifying businesses. The contest is open until 5 p.m. ET on
Feb. 1, 2024.
Citizens created the Small Business Community Champion Award
program as part of its ongoing commitment to strengthen local
economies and communities. To date, the program has awarded more
than $1.2 million, helping 112 small businesses to further expand
their operations, offer valuable products and services to
customers, and support community growth.
“When a small business chooses to bank with Citizens, they are
selecting a partner committed to helping them achieve their goals
and have an impact in the community,” said Mark Valentino, head of
Business Banking at Citizens. “We strive to be our clients’ trusted
advisors, delivering personalized insights and innovative financial
solutions that will give them an edge, help them meet challenges
head-on and enable them to succeed.”
What: The Citizens Small Business Community Champion
Award Contest: Eligible for-profit small businesses can enter for a
chance to win $10,000. To enter, businesses must simply answer the
following questions.
- How would you use the Citizens Small Business Community
Champion Award to strengthen and sustain your business? (100-word
maximum)
- How would you use the Citizens Small Business Community
Champion Award to support your community’s growth and their
evolving needs and behaviors? (150-word maximum)
Official rules, including eligibility, entry and submission
requirements, and additional instructions are provided on the
contest website.
When: The contest is open for award submissions starting
at 10 a.m. ET on Jan. 18, 2024, until Feb. 1, 2024, at 5 p.m.
ET.
Where: To enter, please visit here.
Who: For-profit small businesses with up to $3 million in
annual revenue that have been in business for at least two years
and maintain a minimum of five full or part-time employees or
contractors for no less than 51% of any calendar year. Businesses
must be either a) a Citizens Bank, N.A. business banking account
holder as of 1/18/24 or, b) based in Citizens’ footprint (CT, DC,
DE, FL, MA, MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA or VT). Entrants
must be 18 years of age or older. Additional restrictions
apply.
About Citizens Financial Group,
Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and
largest financial institutions, with $222.0 billion in assets as of
December 31, 2023. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island,
Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking
products and services to individuals, small businesses,
middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions.
Citizens helps its customers reach their potential by listening to
them and by understanding their needs in order to offer tailored
advice, ideas and solutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens provides
an integrated experience that includes mobile and online banking, a
full-service customer contact center and the convenience of
approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,100 branches in 14
states and the District of Columbia. Consumer Banking products and
services include a full range of banking, lending, savings, wealth
management and small business offerings. In Commercial Banking,
Citizens offers a broad complement of financial products and
solutions, including lending and leasing, deposit and treasury
management services, foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity
risk management solutions, as well as loan syndication, corporate
finance, merger and acquisition, and debt and equity capital
markets capabilities. More information is available at
www.citizensbank.com or visit us on X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn
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