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Beginning tomorrow, wealthy New Yorkers will have a brand new banking alternative.
On that day, in an unusual move, Signature Bank throws open the doors at not one or two, but a halfdozen brand new, wellappointed branches scattered from midtown Manhattan to Brooklyn Heights.
With pledges of better service anchored by plans to have small teams of financial professionals working with no more than 200 business or individual customers at a time, the bank is setting its sights high. Its aim is to snatch clients with at least $250,000 in disposable assets from such well-heeled competitors as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and HSBC Bank USA.
Great expectations
"We are going after the guy who started his business in Brooklyn and is now worth $20 million,"...