Providence, RI Citizens Financial Group, Inc. has been named to the  Fortune 500, Fortune Magazine’s annual ranking of America’s leading corporations.

“As we continue to grow the company and improve our performance, we are pleased by this recognition from Fortune,” said Bruce Van Saun, chairman & CEO, Citizens Financial Group. “This milestone is a testament to the great work being done by Citizens colleagues as we pursue our objective of becoming a top-performing regional bank.”

Citizens Financial Group became a fully independent, publicly traded company in November 2015. This is the first time Citizens has been named to the Fortune 500.

To learn more about Citizens Bank, customers can call the 24/7 customer contact center, like the bank on Facebook, follow the bank on Twitter or visit the bank’s website.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $140.1 billion in assets as of March 31. Headquartered in Providence, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. In consumer banking, Citizens helps its retail customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions.