{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"154514","rtpr_id":"nACS08sXPa-20260928","ticker":"CMRB","exchange":"OTC","all_tickers":["CMRB"],"title":"First Commerce Bancorp, Inc. and First Commerce Bank Announces Retirement of Chief Financial Officer David Onderko; Nick Naqvi Named Interim CFO","author":"ACCESSWIRE","published_at":"2026-09-28T20:00:00.618Z","article_body":"LAKEWOOD, NJ / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / September\n28, 2026 / First Commerce Bancorp, Inc., (OTCID:CMRB), the holding company for\nFirst Commerce Bank, announced today that Senior Vice President/Chief\nFinancial Officer David Onderko will retire effective September 28, 2026.\nChief Accounting Officer Naqi \"Nick\" Naqvi will serve as interim Chief\nFinancial Officer while the Bank searches for a permanent successor.\n\nTo support a smooth transition, Mr. Onderko will stay on as a consultant to\nFirst Commerce Bank through December 31, 2026. In that role, he will help the\nBank complete its core data conversion.\n\n\"David has been a steady and trusted leader for First Commerce Bank, and we\nare grateful for his years of service,\" said Donald Mindiak, President and CEO\nof First Commerce Bancorp, Inc and First Commerce Bank. \"We're glad he will\nkeep supporting our core conversion through year-end, and we have full\nconfidence in Nick as he steps into the interim CFO role.\" Mr. Naqvi has\nserved as Chief Accounting Officer since 2022.\n\nThe Bank has started its search for a permanent Chief Financial Officer and\nhas engaged Kaplan Partners to assist with the recruitment process.\n\nAbout First Commerce Bancorp, Inc.\n\nFirst Commerce Bancorp, Inc., is a financial services organization\nheadquartered in Lakewood, New Jersey. The Bank, the Company's wholly owned\nsubsidiary, provides businesses and individuals a wide range of loans, deposit\nproducts and retail and commercial banking services through its branch network\nlocated in Allentown, Bordentown, Closter, Englewood, Fairfield, Freehold,\nJackson, Lakewood, Robbinsville and Teaneck, New Jersey. For more information,\nplease go to www.firstcommercebk.com.\n\nPress Contact:\n\nDonald Mindiak\nFirst Commerce Bancorp, Inc.\nLakewood, NJ 08701\n(732) 364-0032\ndmindiak@firstcommercebk.com\nhttp://firstcommercebk.com\n\nSOURCE: First Commerce Bancorp, Inc.\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/banking-and-financial-services/first-commerce-bancorp-inc.-and-first-commerce-bank-announces-retire-1228059)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nACS08sXPa-20260928","title":"First Commerce Bancorp, Inc. and First Commerce Bank Announces Retirement of Chief Financial Officer David Onderko; Nick Naqvi Named Interim CFO","author":"ACCESSWIRE","ticker":"CMRB","created":"2026-09-28T20:00:00.618Z","tickers":["CMRB"],"exchange":"OTC","article_body":"LAKEWOOD, NJ / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / September\n28, 2026 / First Commerce Bancorp, Inc., (OTCID:CMRB), the holding company for\nFirst Commerce Bank, announced today that Senior Vice President/Chief\nFinancial Officer David Onderko will retire effective September 28, 2026.\nChief Accounting Officer Naqi \"Nick\" Naqvi will serve as interim Chief\nFinancial Officer while the Bank searches for a permanent successor.\n\nTo support a smooth transition, Mr. Onderko will stay on as a consultant to\nFirst Commerce Bank through December 31, 2026. In that role, he will help the\nBank complete its core data conversion.\n\n\"David has been a steady and trusted leader for First Commerce Bank, and we\nare grateful for his years of service,\" said Donald Mindiak, President and CEO\nof First Commerce Bancorp, Inc and First Commerce Bank. \"We're glad he will\nkeep supporting our core conversion through year-end, and we have full\nconfidence in Nick as he steps into the interim CFO role.\" Mr. Naqvi has\nserved as Chief Accounting Officer since 2022.\n\nThe Bank has started its search for a permanent Chief Financial Officer and\nhas engaged Kaplan Partners to assist with the recruitment process.\n\nAbout First Commerce Bancorp, Inc.\n\nFirst Commerce Bancorp, Inc., is a financial services organization\nheadquartered in Lakewood, New Jersey. The Bank, the Company's wholly owned\nsubsidiary, provides businesses and individuals a wide range of loans, deposit\nproducts and retail and commercial banking services through its branch network\nlocated in Allentown, Bordentown, Closter, Englewood, Fairfield, Freehold,\nJackson, Lakewood, Robbinsville and Teaneck, New Jersey. For more information,\nplease go to www.firstcommercebk.com.\n\nPress Contact:\n\nDonald Mindiak\nFirst Commerce Bancorp, Inc.\nLakewood, NJ 08701\n(732) 364-0032\ndmindiak@firstcommercebk.com\nhttp://firstcommercebk.com\n\nSOURCE: First Commerce Bancorp, Inc.\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/banking-and-financial-services/first-commerce-bancorp-inc.-and-first-commerce-bank-announces-retire-1228059)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. 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