Signature Bank provides various commercial banking products and services. The company offers various deposit products, including commercial checking accounts, money market accounts, escrow deposit accounts, cash concentration accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, NOW accounts, certificates of deposits, time deposits, and other cash management products. Its loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial loans; real estate loans, such as loans secured by commercial and residential properties, and temporary financing for commercial and residential properties; letters of credit; and personal lines of credit and loans to acquire personal assets. In addition, the company offers investment and asset management products and services consisting of various individual securities, such as equities, options, fixed income securities, mutual funds, and annuities, as well as individual retirement accounts and administrative services for retirement vehicles, such as pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) plans to its clients. Further, it provides wealth management services to its high net worth personal clients; and a range of individual and group insurance products, including health, life, disability, and long-term care insurance products as an agent. Additionally, the company purchases, securitizes, and sells small business administration loans and pools. It also serves real estate owners/operators, real estate management companies, law firms, accounting firms, entertainment business managers, medical professionals, retail establishments, money management firms, and not-for-profit philanthropic organizations. As of March 15, 2013, the company operated 26 private client offices in the New York metropolitan area. Signature Bank was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, New York.