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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-066150
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240529
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240529
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20240529

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-279798
		FILM NUMBER:		24999470

	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: right"><B>Registration No. 333-_________</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"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 29, 2024</B></P>

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

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

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

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

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</B></P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 50%"><B>New York</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 50%"><B>13-4042724</B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>99 Park Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10016</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. Amended and
Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan</B></P>

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

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 50%">Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 50%">Darrick M. Mix</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">President and Chief Executive Officer </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chad J. Rubin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Duane Morris LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99 Park Avenue</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">30 South 17<SUP>th</SUP> Street</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">New York, New York 10016</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(212) 659-0600</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(215) 979-1000</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Number of Agent for Service)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Large accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
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. <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>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</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">On May 29, 2024, the stockholders
of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) approved an amendment and restatement of the Metropolitan Bank Holding
Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated from time to time, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) that increased the number of shares
authorized for issuance under the Plan. This Registration Statement registers an additional 358,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common
stock that may be offered and sold under the Plan. This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional securities
of the same class as other securities for which one or more other registration statements filed on this form relating to the same employee
benefit plan are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Company&rsquo;s previously filed registration
statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan (File No. 333-265345, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2022), including
any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are hereby incorporated by reference herein to the extent not otherwise amended
or superseded by the contents hereof.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 92%"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 90%"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
Company is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;). The following documents, which are on file with the Commission,
are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000155837024001997/mcb-20231231x10k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2024</A> (including
information specifically incorporated by reference therein from the <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465924049714/tm2326541d2_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 22, 2024</A>);</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000155837024006655/mcb-20240331x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">The Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 3, 2024</A>;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465924066125/tm2415707d1_8k.htm">The Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 29, 2024 (other than information in such Current Report deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission)</A>; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000094337417000470/form8a_metbank-110717.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">The description of the Company&rsquo;s common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 7, 2017 (File No. 001-38282)</A> as updated by <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000155837020002220/mcb-20191231ex43ea3f1d2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit 4.3 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019</A>, filed with
the Commission on March 9, 2020, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</P>

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

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act&nbsp;subsequent to the effective date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed
in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</P>

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

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in any document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not
be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%"><B>Exhibits.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">5.1*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Opinion of Duane Morris LLP.</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465924049714/tm2326541d2_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">10.1</A></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1476034/000110465924049714/tm2326541d2_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy
statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (File No. 001-38282), filed by Metropolitan Bank Holding
Corp. under the Exchange Act on April 22, 2024).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.1*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Duane Morris LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.2*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Crowe LLP, independent accountants.</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="#a_001" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">24.1*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="#a_001" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">107.1*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2415320d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Calculation of Filing Fee Table.</A></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">* Filed herewith.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>SIGNATURES</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">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on May 29, 2024.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 45%"><B>METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">(Duly Authorized Representative)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</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">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Mark R. DeFazio and Frederik F. Erikson
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post- effective amendments)
to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</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">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 23%">Signatures</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 53%">Title</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 20%">Date</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Mark R. DeFazio </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Mark R. DeFazio</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Daniel F. Dougherty</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Daniel F. Dougherty</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ G. David Bonnar</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">G. David Bonnar</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ William Reinhardt</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chairman of the Board </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">William Reinhardt</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Dale C. Fredston</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Dale C. Fredston</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ David J. Gold</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">David J. Gold</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Harvey M. Gutman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Harvey M. Gutman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Terence J. Mitchell</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Terence J. Mitchell</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Robert C. Patent</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Robert C. Patent</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Maria F. Ramirez</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Maria F. Ramirez</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Anthony J. Fabiano</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Anthony J. Fabiano</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ George J. Wolf, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">George J. Wolf, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Chaya Pamula</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Chaya Pamula</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Katrina Robinson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Katrina Robinson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Duane Morris LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">30 South 17<SUP>th</SUP>
Street</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">PHONE: +1 215 979 1000 FAX: +1 215 979 1020</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">May 29, 2024</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">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">99 Park Avenue</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">New York, New York 10016</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-indent: 0.5in">Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We have acted as special counsel
to Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp., a New York corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), in connection with the preparation of a
registration statement on Form S-8 (the &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;) for filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Act</U>&rdquo;), for the registration by the Company of 358,000
shares (the &ldquo;<U>Shares</U>&rdquo;) of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which Shares are reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;<U>Plan</U>&rdquo;). This opinion letter is being
furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Act, and no opinion is expressed
herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to
the issuance of the Shares.</P>

<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">In connection with the opinions
set forth in this letter, we have examined the Registration Statement, originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction,
of the Plan, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company and
such other documents, records and other instruments as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of the opinion set forth herein. With your
consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having
independently verified such factual matters.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity
with the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile, photostatic or other copies and the authenticity of the originals
of all documents submitted to us as copies.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the limitations
set forth below, we have made such examination of law as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion letter. This opinion
letter is limited solely to the federal laws of the United States and the New York Business Corporation Law as in effect on the date hereof,
and no opinion is expressed with respect to such laws as subsequently amended, or any other laws, or any effect that such amended or other
laws may have on the opinions expressed herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">May 29, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Based upon the foregoing,
we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and relevant agreements duly
authorized by and in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and the Registration Statement and the related prospectus, will be legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The opinions expressed herein
are limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. The
opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to advise you of any changes in applicable laws
after the date hereof or of any facts that might change the opinions expressed herein that we may become aware of after the date hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We hereby consent to the use
of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement to be filed by the Company on or about the date hereof. In giving
the opinion herein set forth, we do not hereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Act or the rules or regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We consent to the incorporation by reference
in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. of our report dated February 28, 2024, related to the consolidated
financial statements and effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Metropolitan
Bank Holding Corp. for the year ended December 31, 2023.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Crowe LLP</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">New York, New York</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">May 29, 2024</P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><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; background-color: white">(Form Type)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Metropolitan Bank Holding
Corp.</B></P>

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as Specified in its Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><U>Table 1: Newly Registered
Securities</U></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Security</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Type</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Security</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Class Title</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Fee</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Calculation</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Rule</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Amount to be Registered<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Price Per Share<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Fee Rate</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Amount of Registration Fee</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 12%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Equity</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 12%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Common stock, $0.01 par value per share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 12%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">457(c) and</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">457(h)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">358,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(3)</SUP>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">44.35</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">15,877,300</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">0.0001476</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2,343.49</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="8" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Total Offering Amounts</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2,343.49</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="8" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Total Fee Offsets</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">0.00</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="8" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Net Fee Due</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2,343.49&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this registration statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value&nbsp;$0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) that may be offered or issued under the Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 23, 2024, which was $44.35.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Represents additional shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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