Carlos Iafigliola, Interim President of Amerant Bank, detailed the institution's strategic direction in a feature interview with Negocios Magazine, emphasizing its position as Florida's largest community bank with nearly $10 billion in assets. With over 40 years of history, Amerant maintains a branch network in South Florida and Tampa that prioritizes close client relationships, operating on a philosophy that banking is fundamentally a relationship-driven business built on trust. The bank serves as a reflection of South Florida's unique market, combining both domestic and international business lines under one roof while evolving its business culture to address specific local needs through listening first and offering pragmatic solutions.
Under Iafigliola's leadership, Amerant is implementing a strategic plan focused on stabilization, optimization, and growth that prioritizes strengthening asset quality, maintaining risk management discipline, and ensuring operational consistency as foundations for sustainable expansion. "At Amerant, we like to say that we reflect the culture and community of South Florida—a place where the needs of international and domestic banking intersect. It is an integral part of our identity," Iafigliola stated in the magazine interview. He emphasized that Amerant was built on serving entrepreneurs, families, and communities that value relationships and long-term collaboration, which provides the bank with deep market understanding.
The full feature appears in Negocios Magazine, which publishes every two months in both print and digital formats and maintains a website at https://www.negociosmagazine.com with daily news updates. The publication is also available on digital platforms including PressReader, which features over 7,000 global publications, and https://issuu.com, where the complete edition can be viewed online. As South Florida's only Spanish-language business magazine focused specifically on entrepreneurs, Negocios Magazine provides insight into regional business leadership and strategy through features like the Amerant Bank profile.
