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Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. reports developments tied to its role as the financial holding company for Esquire Bank, a full-service commercial bank serving the litigation industry, small businesses, and commercial and retail customers in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas.
Recurring updates cover operating and financial results, quarterly common-stock dividends, capital-structure matters, governance items, and material agreements. Company news also reflects Esquire Bank's tailored financial and payment-processing solutions, including merchant services and payment processing for litigation clients, their clients, and small-business owners.
Esquire Financial (NASDAQ: ESQ), holding company for Esquire Bank, ranked #1 overall in the 2025 Raymond James Community Bankers Cup, recognizing the top 10% of U.S. community banks.
Esquire reported a 2.43% ROAA, 19.41% ROATCE, 6.02% net interest margin, and multi‑year stock returns far above the NASDAQ BANK Index.
Esquire Bank (NASDAQ:ESQ) announced multiple honors at the 2026 FCS Portfolio Awards, including Best in Show Corporate Social Responsibility, one of the top financial marketing distinctions.
Esquire also received Gold awards for Integrated Marketing and Event Marketing, and Silver awards for Media Strategy and Out-of-Home advertising.
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on June 1, 2026 to stockholders of record on May 15, 2026.
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) was named to KBW's 2026 Bank Honor Roll for the third consecutive year, one of 17 banks and among 6% of eligible institutions. Esquire met both KBW criteria for decade-long EPS performance and consistency.
Key metrics: 2025 net income rose $7.2 million (+16.4%) to $50.8 million, diluted EPS $5.87, five-year compounded annual EPS growth of 27%, return on average assets 2.43% and return on average equity 19.41%. The company cited its acquisition of Signature Bank, a $2 billion commercial bank, as part of its growth strategy.
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) reported Q1 2026 results with net income $12.2M and EPS $1.40. Adjusted net income was $13.8M and adjusted EPS $1.58, excluding $1.6M of elevated noninterest expenses. Total revenue was $40.5M (+19.8%), net interest margin 6.04%, loans totaled $1.82B, and deposits $2.10B. Allowance for credit losses to loans was 1.30%; nonperforming loans totaled $0.7M. Efficiency ratio was 51.1% (adjusted 46.9%). CET1 ratio 14.25%. Quarterly dividend increased 14% to $0.20 per share. The company has filed required merger applications and an S-4 related to the Signature Bancorporation transaction.
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) was ranked among the top U.S. merchant acquirers by Nilson Report for 2025, placing 21st overall and 8th among banks.
Esquire processed $39.45 billion in total purchase volume (+8.6% YoY), settled over 590 million transactions, and recorded $14.01 billion in card-not-present volume (+9.4%).
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) will release first quarter 2026 earnings for the period ended March 31, 2026 on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. The company will host a live conference call and webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET the same day featuring Andrew C. Sagliocca, Vice Chairman, CEO and President.
Investors can join via live audio webcast at the provided link, access slides and a replay on Esquire's Investor Relations website, or call using the listed domestic and international dial-in numbers (Conference ID: 5386343).
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) was named a Best-Performing U.S. Community Bank for 2025 by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Esquire ranked in the top 100 among more than 3,400 eligible institutions with assets under $3 billion, marking its second consecutive year on the list.
The recognition reflects outperformance across profitability, growth, efficiency and balance sheet strength, and follows Esquire's recently announced acquisition of Signature Bank in the Chicago and Midwest market.
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) agreed to acquire Signature Bancorporation in an all-stock deal announced March 12, 2026, creating a combined company with about $4.8 billion in assets at closing.
The transaction values Signature at approximately $348.4 million, uses a fixed exchange ratio of 2.63 ESQ shares per Signature share (adjustable), projects 23% GAAP EPS accretion in 2027, ~11% tangible book value accretion, and targets closing in Q3 2026.
Esquire Financial Holdings (NASDAQ: ESQ) raised its regular quarterly dividend by 14% to $0.20 per share. The dividend is payable on March 2, 2026 to holders of record on February 13, 2026. This is the fifth consecutive dividend increase since dividends began in 2022, which management said reflects balance sheet strength and confidence in the company’s long-term outlook.