Sterling National Bank scores New York Jets as commercial partner

Sterling National Bank has been named the official commercial bank of the New York Jets in a new multiyear partnership announced last month by the National Football League team and the bank headquartered in Montebello in Rockland County.

Bank officials said the partnership is the bank”™s first alliance with a professional sports team. In addition to the official designation as the Jets”™ bank, the partnership gives Sterling an opportunity to deepen its banking relationship with organizations in the Jets Partner Alliance network, including middle-market business owners. Established in 2014, the Jets Partner Alliance is a B2B platform encompassing all of the team”™s suite and corporate partners.

“We are very excited about partnering with a team that shares our core values and regional roots,” said David S. Bagatelle, president of Sterling”™s New York Metro Markets. “We anticipate building upon this partnership year-round ”“ beyond football season ”“ to help support the unique needs of the New York Jets and their partnership network.”

Sterling and the Jets began their partnership this fall at the start of the 2017 NFL season. Nine weeks into the season, the Jets had a 4-5 record with Sterling as its commercial bank. The Jets on Nov. 5 defeated the Buffalo Bills, 34-21.

An intrastate banking rival of Sterling National, Buffalo-based M&T Bank, is the longtime official commercial bank of the Bills. In September, it also was named the official community bank of the New York Jets.