While we continue to hurdle the obstacles handed to us by this crisis, it is remarkable to watch certain leaders tackling new challenges and discovering hidden opportunities in the process. Read the “Lonely CEO” Column.
While we continue to hurdle the obstacles handed to us by this crisis, it is remarkable to watch certain leaders tackling new challenges and discovering hidden opportunities in the process. Read the “Lonely CEO” Column.
On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, our CEO Wendy Cai-Lee discusses with Evan Sparks and Monica C. Meinert at ABA Banking Journal on how Piermont Bank is built to heal “pain points” for multigenerational family businesses.
As we are trying to reopen our businesses, here are five lessons that our CEO Wendy Cai-Lee shared with CNBC for entrepreneurs to consider for their businesses post-PPP. “Aside from stress-testing themselves, entrepreneurs should understand the impact of their constituents,” said Wendy Cai-Lee, CEO of Piermont Bank. Read more on how it pays to have a local banking relationship, know a CPA and maintain a bank account for your business:
Piermont Bank are sizing the moment to help commercial real estate developers, owners and operators as big banks become timid in the shaky pandemic economy. “We’ve had a multitude of clients that were about to close deals with an existing bank,” said Robert Rynarzewski, head of commercial real estate at Piermont, “but the bank won’t return their phone calls. They’re leaving their clients at the closing table.”
Today there’s more uncertainty in the commercial real-estate market. Many lenders are telling clients they are “waiting to see how the market will play out.” Challenged by growing defaults, lenders are focused on tightening structures across their client base.