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== Early history == [[File:Former Citizens Savings Bank building in Canonicus Square.jpg|thumb|Former Citizens Savings Bank building in Canonicus Square, [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]]]] Citizens was established in 1828 as the High Street Bank in Providence, Rhode Island.<ref name=timeline>{{cite news| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/11/01/timeline-history-citizens-bank/WGKliLwtOgGbVatNsuv2lL/story.html| title=Timeline: A history of Citizens Bank| newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]| date=November 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name=history>{{cite web | url=http://investor.citizensbank.com/about-us/our-company/our-history.aspx| publisher=Citizens Bank| title=Our History| access-date=February 7, 2018}}</ref> In 1871, the Rhode Island legislature gave a second charter to establish the '''Citizens Savings Bank''' which eventually acquired its parent group to form Citizens Trust Company.<ref name=timeline/><ref name=history/> The bank then expanded through Rhode Island, opening a total of 29 branches in that state. It established Citizens Financial Group as a holding company when the bank acquired The Greenville Trust Company in 1954. In 1985, Citizens changed status from a [[mutual savings bank]] to a federal stock savings bank. Expansion into other states began with Massachusetts in 1986.
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