secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (MCB)
CIK:        0001476034
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-09T22:02:09+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-124579
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Metropolitan Commercial Bank founding director Robert C. Patent dies; served on board since 1999
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- Robert C. Patent, a founding director of Metropolitan Commercial Bank, passed away; he served on the board from the Bank's inception in 1999 until his death.
- Patent chaired the Bank's Loan Committee and brought real estate investment, finance and banking experience to the board.
- Outside MCB, he was President of Colby Capital Corporation from 1991 to 2025, a founder and vice chairman of Cityscape Corporation, and a director of New York Federal Savings Bank.
- CEO Mark R. DeFazio called Patent's loss "deeply personal," crediting his judgment and commitment to building the institution; no board replacement was named.
- No change to operations, strategy or financial guidance was disclosed; the release is a condolence announcement only.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465926124579/0001104659-26-124579-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465926124579/tm2629374d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-124579

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