Matt Vegter

Matt Vegter is the Senior Vice President, Director of Small Business Banking at SouthState Bank. A banker for 15 years, he’s always had a passion for working with small businesses. His inspiration to serve small businesses comes from watching his father start and grow a mobile home and modular transportation company in central Florida for over 40 years.  In 2017, Matt helped SouthState develop a small business loan program, Business Lending Express, which streamlined and simplified the underwriting process for small business loans. Now leading the Small Business effort for the bank, Matt aims to grow small business clients throughout SouthState’s footprint.  Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Southeastern University, a master’s degree in Business Administration from Stetson University, and is a graduate of the Florida School of Banking as well as the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Philadelphia.