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WesBanco Bank Earns 2023 Designation of Savings Excellence Award from America Saves
Award recognizes banks and credit unions for extraordinary efforts to promote savings during America Saves Week WHEELING, W.Va., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Award recognizes banks and credit unions for extraordinary efforts to promote savings during America Saves Week\nWHEELING, W.Va., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announces that its affiliate, WesBanco Bank, has earned the 2023 Designation of Savings Excellence (DOSE) award from America Saves. The award is given annually to banks and credit unions that made extraordinary efforts to promote positive savings behaviors in their communities during the America Saves Week campaign.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nWesBanco is one of only 15 recipients to be honored this year out of more than 3,900 organizations who participated in the 2023 campaign. This is the eighth consecutive year America Saves has recognized WesBanco for exceptional achievement.\n\"WesBanco is proud to partner with America Saves and to receive the Designation of Savings Excellence Award for our efforts to help people achieve their financial goals. We seek to be not only a bank but a source of comprehensive financial guidance, equipping people with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions and plan effectively for what matters most to them,\" said Jennifer Mott, Executive Vice President, Retail Banking, WesBanco. \"Our longstanding participation in America Saves Week is an important way we join forces with organizations across the country to share the message of financial empowerment through savings.\" \nAs part of its America Saves Week activities, WesBanco promoted and enrolled individuals in its Savers program, which provides subscribers with financial literacy information from national experts. Other initiatives included financial literacy outreach programs hosted in collaboration with community organizations and the Split-to-Save program, which encourages employees to direct a portion of their regular pay to a savings goal. In addition, WesBanco actively encourages savings year-round with unique products designed to promote personal savings and through the collective efforts of its employees who dedicate thousands of hours per year to savings education programs such as Teach Children to Save and Get Smart about Credit.\n\"America Saves has the distinct honor of working with financial institutions that actually care about their customers and members,\" said Kia McCallister-Young, Di...