John Wakefield joins Citizens Bank
John Wakefield of Wilmington has joined Citizens Bank as a mortgage loan officer. He focuses on the Wilmington and Rehoboth markets.
Wakefield originates a wide range of mortgage loan programs, including both conventional loans and government loans. He provides financing for both second homes and primary residences, including high-end homes.
Wakefield has been in the mortgage business for 15 years. He came to Citizens Bank from PNC Mortgage, where he was a loan officer.
He is an affiliate member of the New Castle County Board of Realtors. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree.
“Citizens Bank is committed to the mortgage business and, specifically, to growing our home-financing operation in the Delaware market and throughout our retail banking geography,” said Ellen Steinfeld, senior vice president in the bank’s Home Lending Solutions Division.
Citizens Bank is a division of RBS Citizens N.A., operating its seven-state branch network in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. It has 26 branches and 58 ATMs in Delaware.
RBS Citizens N.A., is a subsidiary of Citizens Financial Group Inc., a $131 billion commercial bank holding company. It is headquartered in Providence, R.I., and, through its subsidiaries, has more than 1,500 branches, approximately 3,900 ATMs and more than 20,000 colleagues. Its two bank subsidiaries are RBS Citizens N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. CFG’s website is citizensbank.com.
