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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-030683
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240229
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240304

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lublin Scott
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001742369
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38282
		FILM NUMBER:		24718045

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		99 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001476034
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				134042724
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	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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        <footnote id="F1">On May 3, 2021, the Reporting Person was granted 30,000 restricted stock units (the &quot;2021 RSUs&quot;) which were to vest, if at all, subject to the satisfaction of certain performance criteria. The performance criteria for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the third and final tranche of the 2021 RSUs) were met, resulting in the vesting of 10,000 restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes restricted stock units granted on February 24, 2022 that vest at a rate of 33.3% per year commencing on March 1, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes restricted stock units granted on March 1, 2023 that vest at a rate of 33.3% per year commencing on March 1, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These shares of common stock were not sold in an open-market transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Upon delivery of the shares of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the &quot;Company&quot;) common stock underlying the 2021 RSUs to the Reporting Person, 13,465 shares were withheld by the Company to pay tax withholding obligations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Restricted stock units granted on March 1, 2024 that vest at a rate of 33.3% per year commencing on March 1, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Upon delivery to the Reporting Person of certain shares of common stock that were previously disclosed as having been granted, 3,026 shares were withheld by the Company in respect of tax withholding obligations.</footnote>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.7pt">The undersigned,
Scott Lublin, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the &quot;Corporation&quot;), hereby
authorizes and designates each of Dixiana M. Berrios, Mark R. DeFazio, Frederik Erikson, Daniel Dougherty, and David Bonnar as the undersigned's
agent and attorney-in-fact, with each acting singly and with full power of substitution, to:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18.55pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 17.45pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 2pt">Prepare and sign on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer or director or both of the Corporation, any Form ID, Form 3, Form 4 or Form <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5</FONT> (and any amendments
thereto) under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) and the rules thereunder, with
respect to the Corporation's securities and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18.05pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 16.95pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 3pt">Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
                                                                                                        which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the
                                                                                                        undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
                                                                                                        Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
                                                                                                        such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.45pt">The undersigned
hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 4pt 0pt 1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.05pt">The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure
to comply with, Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 4pt 0pt 1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.2pt">This Power of Attorney
shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed and dated writing delivered
to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or by a new Powe of Attorney reg ding the purposes outlined herein dated as of a later date.</P>

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    <TD>Date: 01/23/24</TD>
  <TD>By:</TD>
  <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Scott Lublin</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 47%">Scott Lublin</TD></TR>
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