Coinbase Commences Partnership With Signature Bank to Provide Real Time Settlement via Signet™

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Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY) has expanded its relationship with Coinbase Exchange, integrating Signet™, a blockchain-based digital payments platform. This integration allows Coinbase’s institutional clients to fund and settle their accounts in real-time, 24/7. Signature Bank's CEO, Joseph DePaolo, highlighted that this addition strengthens its position in the digital asset space, as Signet has been widely adopted since its launch in 2019. Coinbase's Jim Migdal expressed excitement about supporting innovative fiat rails to enhance liquidity for crypto investors.

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• Integration of Signet™ with Coinbase Exchange enhances real-time payment capabilities for institutional clients.
• Strengthens Signature Bank's leadership position in the blockchain industry.
• Signet™ has been widely adopted since its launch, showcasing its effectiveness.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), a New York-based full-service commercial bank and a leading financial institution serving the blockchain industry, and Coinbase Exchange, one of the most liquid regulated crypto spot exchanges in the world, announced today their expanded relationship.

Coinbase Exchange has integrated with Signature Bank’s Signet™ platform, a revolutionary blockchain-based, digital payments platform, to provide a real-time settlement and payment rail for their institutional clients. Through this enhanced relationship, Coinbase’s Exchange clients can utilize Signet to fund and settle their Coinbase accounts in real-time, 24/7/365.

Joseph DePaolo, President and Chief Executive Officer at Signature Bank, commented on the relationship with Coinbase: “Since its 2019 unveiling, our Signet payments platform has been adopted by a majority of the key players in the digital asset space settling with each other in real time. Adding another vital member, such as Coinbase, to the Signet ecosystem only stands to further solidify Signature Bank’s leadership position in the space.”

“We are excited to support new and innovative institutional fiat rails like Signet. We will continue our investment into these rails to provide institutional investors an easy and safe way to bring fiat on platform and increase liquidity to crypto assets,” said Jim Migdal, Vice President, Business Development at Coinbase.

About Coinbase

Coinbase is building the cryptoeconomy – a more fair, accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system enabled by crypto. Coinbase started in 2012 with the radical idea that anyone, anywhere, should be able to easily and securely send and receive Bitcoin. Today, Coinbase offers a trusted and easy-to-use platform for accessing the broader cryptoeconomy.

About Signature Bank

Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), member FDIC, is a New York-based, full-service commercial bank with 39 private client offices throughout the metropolitan New York area, as well as those in Connecticut, California, Nevada and North Carolina. Through its single-point-of-contact approach, the Bank’s private client banking teams primarily serve the needs of privately owned businesses, their owners and senior managers.

The Bank has two wholly owned subsidiaries: Signature Financial, LLC, provides equipment finance and leasing; and, Signature Securities Group Corporation, a licensed broker-dealer, investment adviser and member FINRA/SIPC, offers investment, brokerage, asset management and insurance products and services.

Since commencing operations in May 2001, Signature Bank reached $116 billion in assets and $104.12 billion in deposits as of June 30, 2022. Signature Bank placed 19^th on S&P Global’s list of the largest banks in the U.S., based on deposits as of year-end 2021.

Signature Bank was the first FDIC-insured bank to launch a blockchain-based digital payments platform. Signet™ allows commercial clients to make real-time payments in U.S. dollars, 24/7/365 and was also the first solution to be approved for use by the NYS Department of Financial Services.

For more information, please visit https://www.signatureny.com.

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Investor Contact:

Brian Wyremski, Senior Vice President and Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Development

646-822-1479

bwyremski@signatureny.com



Media Contact:

Susan Turkell Lewis, 646-822-1825

slewis@signatureny.com

Source: Signature Bank

FAQ

What is the significance of Signature Bank's partnership with Coinbase Exchange?

The partnership enhances real-time payment solutions for Coinbase's institutional clients through Signature Bank's Signet™ platform.

How does the Signet™ platform work for Coinbase clients?

Signet™ allows Coinbase clients to fund and settle their accounts in real-time, 24/7.

What impact does the expanded relationship with Coinbase have on Signature Bank's market position?

It solidifies Signature Bank's leadership in the blockchain and digital asset space.

When was the Signet™ platform launched by Signature Bank?

The Signet™ platform was launched in 2019.

What are the benefits of real-time settlement for institutional investors?

Real-time settlement increases liquidity and provides a safer, more efficient way to transact in crypto assets.