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Esquire Financial Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

ESQ · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 28, 2026
199 figures on this page: 195 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for Andrew Sagliocca, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, came to $3,769,054 in fiscal 2025, and Sagliocca's total was 104.7% higher than the $1,841,533 reported for fiscal 2024. Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 28, 2026 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group includes Cantaloupe, Inc., Cass Information Systems, Inc., Coastal Financial Corporation, Community West Bancshares and First Business Financial Services, Inc., among others. The company reported 5 named executive officers for fiscal 2025.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Andrew Sagliocca
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 28, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Andrew Sagliocca: $1,841,533 → $3,769,054 (104.7% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 97.4% → 97.4% (0.0 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Esquire Financial Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Andrew Sagliocca, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, came to $3,769,054 in fiscal 2025. Sagliocca's total was 104.7% higher than the $1,841,533 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Esquire Financial Holdings' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 28, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Esquire Financial Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Cantaloupe, Inc., Cass Information Systems, Inc., Coastal Financial Corporation, Community West Bancshares and First Business Financial Services, Inc., among others.
What is Esquire Financial Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 22:1, against median employee compensation of $173,214.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Sagliocca
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇—◇——◇
Ari Kornhaber
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development
◇◇◇———◇◇
Eric Bader
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇—◇——◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Sagliocca
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
◇———◇—◇◇
Ari Kornhaber
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development
◇———◇—◇◇
Eric Bader
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Sagliocca
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ari Kornhaber
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Eric Bader
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Martin Korn
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Operations Officer
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
Michael Lacapria
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Andrew C. SaglioccaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Andrew C. SaglioccaRSU◇——◇——◇
Ari P. KornhaberRSU◇——◇——◇
Ari P. KornhaberPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Eric S. BaderRSU◇——◇——◇
Eric S. BaderPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Martin S. KornRSU◇——◇——◇
Michael LacapriaRSU◇——◇——◇
Michael LacapriaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Martin KornPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/3/2034
Option◇—◇12/10/2025
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/10/2035
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Eric BaderPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Michael LacapriaPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇1/30/2025
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Andrew SaglioccaPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Ari KornhaberPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Anthony Coelho
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Richard T. Powers
◇◇————◇
Selig Zises
◇◇————◇
Joseph Melohn
◇◇————◇
Robert J. Mitzman
◇◇————◇
Kevin C. Waterhouse
◇◇————◇
Rena Nigam
◇◇————◇
Raymond Kelly
◇◇————◇
Todd Deutsch
◇◇————◇
Andrew C. Sagliocca served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.
Stock ownership guideline: 3x annual cash retainer ($150,000)

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Cantaloupe, Inc. CTLP
  • Cass Information Systems, Inc. CASS
  • Coastal Financial Corporation CCB
  • Community West Bancshares CWBC
  • First Business Financial Services, Inc. FBIZ
  • Medallion Financial Corp. MFIN
  • Meridian Corporation MRBK
  • Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. MCB
  • Northeast Bank NBN
  • Provident Bancorp, Inc. PVBC
  • Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. RMBI

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 28, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 29, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 30, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 25, 2023=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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199 figures on this page: 195 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
195 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000943374-26-000216
  2. 0001104659-26-052225
    Director Compensation · EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS & · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End · and 1 more section
  3. 0000943374-25-000244
  4. 0001558370-25-005935
  5. 0000943374-24-000223
  6. 0001558370-24-005276
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000943374-23-000212
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Banking rankings

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Peers Esquire Financial Holdings discloses

The companies named in ESQ's own disclosed peer group.

Coastal Financial CorporationCommunity West BancsharesFirst Business Financial Services, Inc.Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.Northeast BankRichmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc.

Terms on this page

Say-on-Pay VoteCEO Pay RatioMedian Employee CompensationAll companies
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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