---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-071835"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESQ"
cik: "0001531031"
company_name: "Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-09T20:06:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T20:08:46.242992+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esquire Financial receives all regulatory approvals for Signature Bancorp merger

## Summary
- All required regulatory approvals and waivers received from Federal Reserve Bank of NY and OCC.
- FRB waived prior approval for holding company merger; OCC approved bank merger into Esquire Bank.
- Closing remains subject to shareholder approvals of Esquire and Signature and other customary conditions.
- Joint press release issued June 9, 2026 announcing the milestone.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-071835
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESQ
- cik: 0001531031
- company_name: Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-09T20:06:46+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531031/000110465926071835/0001104659-26-071835-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531031/000110465926071835/tm2617366d1_8k.htm

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