Signature Bank Ranks on Forbes Blockchain 50 2022 List for Fourth Consecutive Year

Bank is Only One of Seven Companies and One of Two Banks to Appear on List Every Year

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), a New York-based, full-service commercial bank, announced today it appeared on Forbes’ Blockchain 50 List 2022, which tracks the usage of blockchain technologies around the globe. Signature Bank is one of only seven companies (and one of two banks) to be included on the list every year since the inaugural ranking appeared in Forbes in 2019. In this year’s recently released list, Forbes dubbed these companies the “Magnificent Seven.”

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

“We were at the forefront of banking technology when we began serving clients in the digital assets arena in 2018 and then when we launched Signet in 2019. We continue to advance and incorporate technology into our commercial banking services offering to help enhance our clients’ businesses. It is our foresight about how technology would influence banking along with advancements we’ve made and our pioneering position that has continually been captured by Forbes since it introduced its Blockchain 50 list,” said Signature Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph J. DePaolo.

About Signature Bank

Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), member FDIC, is a New York-based, full-service commercial bank with 37 private client offices throughout the metropolitan New York area, as well as those in Connecticut, California 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 $118.45 billion in assets as of December 31, 2021. With $106.13 billion in deposits at year-end 2021, Signature Bank placed 22^nd on S&P Global’s list of the largest banks in the U.S., based on deposits.

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.

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For Further Information:

Investor Contact:

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

646-822-1479, bwyremski@signatureny.com

Media Contact:

Susan Turkell Lewis, 646-822-1825, slewis@signatureny.com

Source: Signature Bank