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Bailout Bank Bio: Sterling Bancorp

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August 06, 2009
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Sterling Bancorp operates as the holding company for Sterling National Bank that provides banking and financial products and services to commercial, industrial, financial companies, government, and nonprofit entities in the United States. It primarily engages in generating deposits and originating loans. The company’s deposit products include checking accounts, money market accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, rent security accounts, retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its lending activities comprise business and consumer lending, asset-based financing, factoring/accounts receivable management services, equipment leasing, and commercial and residential mortgage lending and brokerage. The company also provides international trade financing, trust and estate administration, investment management, and investment services, as well as depository and related financial services. As of December 31, 2007, it operated 12 offices in New York, 9 in New York City, 2 branches in Nassau County, 1 in Great Neck and in Woodbury, New York, and 1 branch in Yonkers, New York. The company was founded in 1929 and is based in New York, New York.

In January the company began participating in the Treasury Department’s
Capital Purchase Program. Under the program the company received $42 million from Treasury in exchange for preferred stock.

 

 
 
 
 
 
Federal Equity Investment
 
 
 
 
 
Total Revenue

$157.2 million (2007)
$153.4 million (2008)

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Net Income

$14.6 million(2007)
$16.0 million (2008)

 

 
 
 
 
 
Number of Employees
 
562
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate Headquarters

 

New York, New York

 

 
 
 
 
 
Business Sector
 
Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
Officers and Directors

 


Millman, John,
President, Director
Cappelli, Louis, CEO, Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

Other Officers and Director

 

 
 
 
 
 
Corporate Website
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Compensation
 

  
 

 

 
 
►Financial Documents

2009-04-13 Prospectus

2009-03-31 10Q

2008-12-31 10K

2008 Proxy

2008-12-23 8K

2008-09-30 10Q

 

 

2007 10K

 

2007 Annual Report
 

 
 
Federal contracts

No federal contracts located.
 

 
 
Lobbying reports

No lobbying reports located.
 

 
 
Political Contributions

 

 

Sterling Bancorp political contributions

 

 

Related Articles

 

No related articles located.
 

 

 
 
 
Last updated May 18, 2009

 
 
 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

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