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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-066760
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240529
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240530

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Gaare Gregory
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002023639
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38282
		FILM NUMBER:		241007067

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		99 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		13TH FLOOR
		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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    <remarks>Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Zachary Levine, pursuant to power of attorney</signatureName>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24</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: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></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 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned, Gregory Gaare,
Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;), hereby authorizes and
designates each of Dixiana M. Berrios, David Bonnar, Mark R. DeFazio, Daniel Dougherty, Frederik Erikson and Zachary Levine as the undersigned&rsquo;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: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Prepare and sign on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&rsquo;s capacity as an officer or director
or both of the Corporation, any Form&nbsp;ID, Form&nbsp;3, Form&nbsp;4 or Form&nbsp;5 (and any amendments thereto) under Section&nbsp;16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) and the rules&nbsp;thereunder, with respect to the
Corporation&rsquo;s securities and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">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&rsquo;s discretion.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<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 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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&rsquo;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 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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&rsquo;s responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply
with, Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act.</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 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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&rsquo;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 Power of Attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein dated as of a later date.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: May 29, 2024</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Gregory Gaare</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Gregory Gaare</FONT></TD></TR>
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