Florida Banking March 2022

Q2, Raistone, and more. Amerant Smart Investing, for example, is a white-labeled investment platform provided by Marstone. The bank has another project with Marstone in the works, a personal financial planning module which allows customers to save for specific financial goals. Amerant also launched a tool for automated small business lending powered by Numerated Growth Technologies.

Jerry Plush is a well-known senior financial services executive with more than 35 years of experience. He currently serves as Vice Chairman, President & CEO of Amerant Bancorp, Inc. He has served on the Board of Directors of Amerant since July 2019. Prior to joining Amerant, Plush served as a partner with Patriot Financial Partners, L.P., a private equity firm based in Radnor, PA. He sourced new investment opportunities for the firm and represented Patriot on the board of directors for multiple portfolio banks, specialty finance and fintech companies. Plush holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He is a certified public accountant and a certified management accountant and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). He is a NACD Board Leadership Fellow and holds the CERT certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight. Plush has been active in several well-known philanthropic organizations, including serving on the board of trustees of the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network, as chairman of Junior Achievement of Southwest New England, as the founder and event chair of the Children’s Charity Invitational, on the Board of Overseers for WGBH in Boston and on the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the board of directors of United Way Miami and Miami-Dade Beacon Council. “We saw a clear need when PPP ended to automate small business lending. Our tool allows small businesses to apply and receive funding within 24 hours,” said Plush. Amerant strategically chose its fintech partnerships for the ability to go from contract signing to implementation in just 90 days. “We look for ways to make it easier to bank with us. And it’s not at the expense of personal service. Customers are demanding that they have the ability to interact with their bank via digital processes; at the same time, they’re with us because of our personal service,” said Plush. “Our people are as important as ever, but we’re putting additional tools and efficiencies in place to benefit both our team and our customers. We believe that these integrated solutions combined with our quality people is a pretty unbeatable combination.”

“ESG is not a checklist for us; we want to make it a way of life.” - Jerry Plush

MEET JERRY PLUSH, VICE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO

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