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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-21-003789
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210401
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210401

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000714310
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				222477875
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-124215
		FILM NUMBER:		21797660

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PENN PLAZA
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10119
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(973) 305-8800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PENN PLAZA
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10119
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; text-align: center">&nbsp; As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2021 &nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Registration No. 333-178867</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Registration No. 333-159050</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Registration No. 333-133430</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Registration No. 333-124215</P></TD></TR>
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States</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-178867)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-159050)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-133430)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-124215)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Under </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 51%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>New Jersey</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>22-2477875</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Penn Plaza, Suite 2930</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10119</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address, including zip code of registrant&rsquo;s
principal executive offices)</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>STATE BANCORP, INC. 1999 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
PLAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>STATE BANCORP, INC. STOCK OPTION PLAN (2002)
(restated as the STATE BANCORP, INC. 2006 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN STATE BANCORP,
INC., STATE BANK OF LONG ISLAND AND THOMAS&nbsp;M. O&rsquo;BRIEN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 2009 LONG TERM STOCK
INCENTIVE PLAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1999 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>2004 DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the Plans)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ronald H. Janis</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>General Counsel and Senior Executive Vice President</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Valley National Bancorp </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Penn Plaza, Suite 2930</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10119</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 305-8800 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>With a Copy to: </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ellen S. Knarr, Esq. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Day Pitney LLP </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Jefferson Road </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Parsippany, NJ 07054 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 966-8123 </B></P>

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is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Valley National Bancorp (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) is filing these post-effective amendments (these &ldquo;Post-Effective Amendments&rdquo;) to the following Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (&ldquo;Registration Statements&rdquo;), which have been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;), to deregister any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under each such registration statement
as of the date hereof:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. 333-178867, filed with the SEC on January 3, 2012, registering 339,508 shares
of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock, no par value, issuable pursuant to the State Bancorp, Inc. 1999 Incentive Stock Option Plan, State
Bancorp, Inc. Stock Option Plan (2002) (restated as the State Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan), and the Employment Agreement
between State Bancorp, Inc., State Bank of Long Island and Thomas M. O&rsquo;Brien, which the Company assumed pursuant to the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of April&nbsp;28, 2011, by and between the Company and State Bancorp, Inc.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. 333-159050, filed with the SEC on May 7, 2009, registering 6,100,000 shares
of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock, no par value, issuable pursuant to the Valley National Bancorp 2009 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. 333-133430, filed with the SEC on April 20, 2006, registering 1,800,000 shares
of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock, no par value, issuable pursuant to the 1999 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. 333-124215, filed with the SEC on April 21, 2005, registering 300,000 shares
of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock, no par value, issuable pursuant to the 2004 Director Restricted Stock Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has terminated
all further offers and sales of the Company&rsquo;s securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements. By filing these Post-Effective
Amendments, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements and removes from registration any and all securities
registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statements as of the date hereof. This filing is made in accordance
with an undertaking made by the Company in Part II of each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>SIGNATURES</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on April 1, 2021.&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP</B></FONT> </TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: April 1, 2021</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ronald H. Janis</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 16.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 5.75pt 0pt 0">Ronald H. Janis&nbsp;</P></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 16.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Senior Executive Vice President and<BR>
General Counsel</FONT></TD>
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