Flushing Bank Announces Acquisition Of Former Signature Bank Team

Flushing Financial Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Bank (the "Bank"), announced today that it has acquired a commercial real estate lending team from the former Signature Bank.
 

Frank Korzekwinski, Chief of Real Estate Lending, stated "We are pleased to welcome Chris Penino, Christy Archer, and Kim Carson to our high-quality Commercial Real Estate Lending group. We are confident that they will assimilate quickly into the Flushing Bank culture and will attract and develop full-banking relationships from their existing and prior client rosters."

John R. Buran President and CEO, stated, "The recent market disruptions have presented an opportunity to acquire talent from competitors negatively impacted by the banking crisis. We are particularly pleased to bring this team on board at a time when, despite continuing rate-related head winds, our loan pipeline continues to grow."