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| And as Ron discussed, we expect capital to continue to accrete quickly in the coming quarters, providing us with ample flexibility for future shareholder return |
| As you can tell, I'm excited about this portfolio as it gives us a significantly higher and stable earnings stream with greater optionality |
| Very good quality |
| But feel good about where we're at, ballpark going into it |
| I -- without having that detail in front of me, it's hard for me to say, but what I would intimate from this is that we had extremely strong sponsorship on those deals and their relationship-based opportunities |
| We are positioned well throughout our markets to win business and drive balanced growth |
| Our talented associates, expanded footprint and customer focused business model provide us with the resources and opportunities to profitably grow market share throughout the West |
| Pipelines for deposits are nice, and the fee income pipeline is really strong, which is kind of the -- I think, connection to the conversation that Chris and I have both said about connection with clients and prospects and looking at a bunch of different solutions to solve -- to help customers strive |
| We should have a positive effect on our NIM in Q4 |
| And when we look at our go-forward, very pleased with our footprint |
| Feel pretty good about it, heading into the quarter |
| So -- but with that in mind, I mean, what we do have, we've had for a longer period of time, and we have a very strong connection to management and to the companies, and we have in almost all cases, ancillary business, whether that's some sort of fee income business and/or deposits |
| I'm pleased to announce our wealth management team had the best quarter in our company's history |
| Fortunately, we lead a lot with the commercial and the operating account side, and we're seeing great success in winning new business and bringing in additional aspects of existing relationships on that front |
| Our focus on balanced growth resulted in relationship-driven expansion in our loan portfolio and higher non-interest income |
| The discount accretion will be a steady and reliable source of interest income over time, as the majority is driven by rate, not credit, providing us with a steady build of capital over time |
| And I feel good about it |
| We continue to capitalize on opportunities our expanded customer base provides and our commitment to our relationship-focused model |
| Our current outlook is consistent with last quarter's update with a tighter band around the margin as the third quarter results came in at the upper end of guidance, given favorable customer deposit flows |
| We have done, I think a really nice job connecting with our existing customer base and just looking holistically at their relationship |
| Next up on slide 13, we're happy to report we exceeded our original cost synergy target of 12% or $135 million |
| So I feel good about -- you're not going to see a significant -- you should not see a significant change in the net interest income dollars if we do have continued customer deposit growth in the portfolio |
| In general, our credit performance is and has remained positive, excluding the anticipated trend in FinPac chargeoffs |
| We've got some really nice pipelines there, which is great to see |
| We remain above both well-capitalized and our internal threshold targets |
| But the types of loans that we're really interested in the pipeline and the activity that our bankers are surfacing is really, really solid |
| That's fantastic |
| The loan pipeline is down just a touch from last quarter, but it's actually -- it's pretty strong still and fairly robust |
| And we've got a really, I think a really nice pipeline as we kind of move into Q4 |
| And we're looking -- you know, we got, it gives us a lot of opportunity |
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| But what was the difference between Q3 and Q2? I think some of us were disappointed in the Q2 deposit growth, and this has obviously rebounded |
| And then kind of as a continued headwind is consumers are still pressured and the impact of inflation |
| And that just coupled with the -- just the overall economic headwinds that truly impact these most susceptible companies |
| Both of them had been struggling for quite some time, and one of them just decided to cease operations |
| One of the things kind of going on in our marketplace is tremendous disruption from other financial institutions |
| I think it's going to be pretty stagnant in the fourth quarter |
| They got a little worse this quarter |
| But we're going to challenge ourselves to do that by finding offsets and efficiencies in other parts of our organization as opposed to just simply letting expenses ramp up |
| On the one that you talked about earlier where they just decided to -- or I guess you said they have been struggling for a bit, and then they ceased operations |
| Any impact to collection activity really hampers, obviously reducing those past dues |
| It's in response to, of course, what's happened with just the liquidity drain in the overall system over the past year |
| Again, I mean fourth quarter is historically the most difficult quarter to collect in that business |
| If we're negative on that front, we'll be on the bottom end |
| Excluding FinPac, charge-off activity at the bank remains at a very low level |
| We reduced excess liquidity and cash flow in Q3 |
| As far as the market has calmed down somewhat as far as the rapid increase in rates |
| The decline in market value this quarter, of course, resulted from higher market yields across the curve |
| Now, I don't think you should expect it next quarter necessarily, but I do expect that it will be a nice problem that we'll have as 2024 progresses |
| These net to a $28 million reduction in Q3 earnings resulting in the third column for operating income |
| You can see here the trending over the past year where our rates down risks have been reduced significantly |
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