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| In addition, new business opportunities in the company's financial services businesses remain strong |
| So it is very positive |
| So we think that it adds tremendous value, the insurance business, the benefits business, the wealth business |
| We have four tremendous businesses and the best of leadership and operating teams we have ever had |
| These organic investments are contributing to the growth in our outstandings in the banking business, the revenue performance in our benefits, insurance, and wealth businesses, and position us even better for the future |
| Our businesses are strong and healthy, supported by a strong balance sheet |
| Community Bank System is incredibly well-positioned for the future |
| Very strong quarter for growth |
| With that said, we have also continuing the organic momentum |
| We believe funding cost pressures are abating, providing the company an opportunity to increase net interest income in the fourth quarter |
| Looking forward, we are encouraged by the momentum in our business and prospects for continued organic loan growth |
| The increase in insurance services revenues are reflective of a strong premium market, organic expansion along with acquired growth between the periods |
| It adds tremendous value to the banking business and tremendous value to the aggregate company |
| We believe the company's strong liquidity profile, regulatory capital reserves, stable core deposit base, historically strong asset quality, and revenue profile provide a solid foundation for future opportunities and growth |
| Just another one, loan growth remains very solid |
| So, frankly better than we expected and frankly, better than our historical averages |
| Overall, the company's asset quality remains strong and stable in the quarter |
| As Mark noted in the press release, the company's revenue performance was strong in the quarter |
| The cash levels in our commercial borrowers remain strong, and certainly we're not seeing much in the way of challenges on the consumer side |
| Northeast PA is doing very well as well |
| And then on the employee benefit services, good quarter from a revenue standpoint |
| As you can see, our balance sheet is in tremendous shape |
| So I think it's still going to be a very strong quarter in terms of growth, but I don't think it's going to be close to this past quarter, which was close to a record for us in terms of total loan growth |
| The company's liquidity position remains strong, readily available sources of liquidity, including cash and cash equivalents, funding availability at the Federal Reserve Bank's discount window, unused borrowing capacity at the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, and unpledged investment securities totaled $4.81 billion at the end of the third quarter, which is up from $4.23 billion at the end of the second quarter |
| Well, our thoughts are that it's an extremely valuable business |
| The company's loan-to-deposit ratio at the end of the third quarter was 72.5%, providing future opportunity to migrate lower-yielding investment security balances into higher-yielding loans |
| But our markets are strong across the board |
| It's been a pleasure working with you over the last decade or so and I certainly wish you all the best in the next chapters of your life |
| The increase in wealth management services revenues are reflective of a slightly more favorable investment market conditions, which drove an increase in assets under management |
| The increase in employee benefit services revenues was driven by conversion of new business and a significant year-over-year increase in total participants under administration, along with a modest increase for market appreciation |
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| As Dimitar noted, the company's earnings results were down a bit in the third quarter |
| Fully diluted operating earnings per share and non-GAAP measures defined in the press release were also $0.82 in the quarter, $0.08 per share lower than the prior year's third quarter, and $0.09 per share lower than the linked second quarter results |
| Fully diluted GAAP earnings per share were $0.82 in the quarter, which were $0.08 lower than the prior year's third quarter and $0.07 lower than the linked second quarter results |
| The next cycle of loan growth is if we can lock in $2.50, we'll probably take that, but obviously it's going to negatively impact margin |
| The $0.09 decrease in operating earnings per share on a linked quarter basis was driven by a decrease in net interest income and increases in the provision for credit losses and operating expenses, offset in part by an increase in non-interest revenues and a decrease in income taxes |
| These results were driven by decreases in net interest income between the comparable periods due to higher funding costs, but were largely offset by increases in non-interest revenues |
| The $0.08 decrease in operating earnings per share on a year-over-year basis were primarily driven by higher operating expenses |
| That is in spite of the turmoils in the banking industry this year |
| Mortgage is going to be seasonally a little bit weaker as well in the fourth quarter |
| On the flip side, this quarter we had expense pressures that were above our expectations as well |
| This was down $1.5 million or 1.4% on a linked quarter basis and $2.6 million or 2.4% on a year-over-year basis |
| And obviously this quarter was a little bit harder hit with some transient expenses than we've had in the past |
| So we did experience a little bit of a slowdown in costs in Q3 versus Q2 |
| And then lastly for me, just given the strong loan growth and an increase in borrowings this quarter, can you share with us your thought process and appetite for executing another securities restructuring? Dimitar Karaivanov I think, Nick, at this point given where rates are and what we have left in the portfolio, the math is pretty challenging |
| The 21 basis point increase in funding costs in the quarter outpaced a 12 basis point increase in earning asset yields resulting in an 8 basis point decrease in the company's fully taxed equivalent net interest margin from 3.18% in the second quarter to 3.10% in the third quarter |
| If we were just in one of those lines of businesses, we would have a much tougher time sustaining that revenue and the low volatility and the predictability of our company |
| Steve Moss And then just on the deposit pricing moderating here, just curious Joe, you seem to imply a further slowdown in interest bearing deposit costs |
| You had NII contracting way down |
| And I think on the Q2 call we used the word abate, that we expected those pressures to abate a bit |
| The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2023 was 21.2%, down from 22% in the third quarter of 2022 and 21.4% in the linked second quarter |
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