
Leader Bank Hires Second Banker for Startup/VC Team
Leader Bank has added a second former First Republic Bank employee to its team focused on banking Greater Boston’s tech sector.
Leader Bank has added a second former First Republic Bank employee to its team focused on banking Greater Boston’s tech sector.
Arlington-based Leader Bank has become the second Boston-area community bank to intentionally pursue clients in the region’s tech economy with the hiring of eight-year First Republic Bank veteran Vitaliy Schafer.
Silicon Valley Bank’s March collapse may have vanished from the headlines, but the resulting dust is far from settled as its successor and a prominent local bank jockey for the opportunity to serve Massachusetts’ tech and biotech startups.