# Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (ESQ) — merger [announced]
Source: SEC API (secapi.ai) · situation sit_28023f311b31164b2240 · retrieved 2026-08-11T16:14:19.739Z

## Overview
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. is a financial holding company whose wholly owned subsidiary, Esquire Bank, is a full-service commercial bank serving the litigation industry and small businesses nationally, as well as commercial and retail customers in the New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago metropolitan areas.

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. completed its merger with Signature Bancorporation, Inc. effective August 1, 2026. Under the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 11, 2026, each share of Signature common stock was converted into 2.671 shares of Esquire common stock, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. The combined company has approximately $4.8 billion in total assets, $3.3 billion in loans, and $4.0 billion in total deposits as of June 30, 2026. Signature Bank merged into Esquire Bank, National Association, with Esquire Bank as the surviving bank.

## Terms
- Counterparty: Signature Bancorporation, Inc. · Consideration: stock · Price/share: $2.671

## Key dates
- Announced 2026-08-03

## Timeline
- 2026-08-03 · 8-K (0001104659-26-089537): 8-K - Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. — *Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. is a financial holding company whose wholly owned subsidiary, Esquire Bank, is a full-service commercial bank serving the litigation industry and small businesses nationally, as well as commercial and retail customers in the New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago metropolitan areas.* Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. completed its merger with Signature Bancorporation, Inc. effective August 1, 2026. Under the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 11, 2026, each share of Signature common stock was converted into 2.671 shares of Esquire common stock, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. The combined company has approximately $4.8 billion in total assets, $3.3 billion in loans, and $4.0 billion in total deposits as of June 30, 2026. Signature Bank merged into Esquire Bank, National Association, with Esquire Bank as the surviving bank.
  https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531031/0001104659-26-089537.txt

## Citations
- 0001104659-26-089537 — https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&type=&dateb=&owner=include&count=40&search_text=000110465926089537