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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-109693
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210826

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001476034
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				134042724
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		99 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-659-0600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		99 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>METROPOLITAN
BANK HOLDING CORP.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>99 Park Avenue, 12th
Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10016</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">August 26, 2021</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B><U>Via Edgar</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">100 F Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in">Re:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-254197)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><U>Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness</U></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp., a New York corporation
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), hereby requests that the Company's above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 be declared effective
at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 30, 2021, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Very
    truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Gregory A. Sigrist</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Gregory
    A. Sigrist</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Duly
    Authorized Representative)</FONT></TD></TR>
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