Customers Bank

Customers Bank is a super-community bank founded in 2009 to serve entrepreneurs and businesses. It combines sophisticated financial products with the personal attention of a local partner, operating under what it calls a "high-tech, high-touch" philosophy. The bank reports total assets of over $24 billion and has been recognised on the Forbes Best Banks in America list for seven consecutive years. Its operations span the United States.

The bank's activities cover several distinct lines of business. Venture banking solutions serve startups and innovation-driven companies, including support for capital raising. Digital banking platforms deliver fast, flexible and personalised banking experiences. Business banking offers sophisticated financial products - to family-owned manufacturers as well as technology startups - through a single-point-of-contact service model. Personal banking provides financial planning and banking services for individuals.

Customers Bank works across a range of industry verticals, among them technology startups, manufacturing, small and medium businesses, entrepreneurship and consumer and community banking. Its stated approach rests on speed, flexibility and personal service: knowing customers by name and understanding their industry, and focusing on businesses that drive innovation, create jobs and strengthen communities. The bank describes itself as founded "for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs"; its founder is Jay Sidhu.