First Citizens Bank announced its Middle Market Banking business is launching a business-focused webinar series to provide a range of expert insight to owners, executives, service providers and others engaged with middle market companies.

The first webinar in the series, New Year, New Economy, New Strategies, will take place on Thursday, Feb. 23 from noon-1 p.m. ET. A panel of industry professionals will discuss business and economic trends that will impact the middle market in 2023, as well as strategies to proactively address these trends.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Brendan Chambers, Managing Director and Group Head for First Citizens Middle Market Banking, and will include the following panelists:

• Phil Neuhart, Director of Market and Economic Research at First Citizens Wealth Management;
• Justine Tobin, founder and Managing Partner at Tobin & Company Investment Banking Group; and
• Cristanne Leitner, shareholder and Senior Vice President at LevitZacks, a comprehensive tax, accounting and CPA firm.

Webinar attendees will be invited to participate in an interactive Q&A session at the end of the event.

"First Citizens is heavily focused on relationship banking, and that means providing our clients, prospective clients and industry partners with information to help them succeed," said Chambers. "We're excited to launch this webinar series to engage with industry participants and highlight the middle market experts on our team and within our network."

To register for the event, fill out the form on the webinar registration page.

Information on additional webinars in the series will be shared via the First Citizens Middle Market Banking webpage and First Citizens' social media channels.