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| Accordingly, we are excited about the opportunities we have to continue our growth trends |
| And we've taken it from the 70s through the 60s, and now we're in the high 50s, and we think that we continue to positively reduce that |
| Our team continued its positive momentum in the third quarter, achieving strong financial results with solid balance sheet growth, a stable net interest margin, disciplined expense management, and healthy asset quality |
| Capitalizing on the current operating environment, we gained new banking relationships with clients, we appreciate our value proposition as a leading commercial bank with robust treasury management solutions, industry expertise, and client-centric service |
| This success led to double-digit annualized growth in loans and deposits despite expecting lower loan growth in the fourth quarter due to seasonality, we have a solid pipeline of high-quality relationship opportunities |
| Our team is very proud of this recognition |
| How do we get smarter? How do we have less touches, how do we better serve the customer? And so, I'm really excited about -- I think there is room for us to continue to improve |
| I'd say First off, I'm really pleased with the very positive trending of our efficiency ratio both on a fourth quarter basis, but just really over time, year after year |
| I think number one is, we are really excited about the continued demand for our commercial banking team in our markets |
| We've seen good opportunity in medical-related space, interestingly enough, and that's again because of long-term relationships that our bankers have had in the community |
| With the strong value proposition offered as a leading commercial bank, we believe we can continue to grow our deposit base while managing our cost of funds and controlling our noninterest expenses |
| We've built a strong franchise, which positions us well to effectively manage through a variety of economic environments and continue delivering strong and consistent results for our shareholders |
| Our financial results once again gained us nice recognition in being named one of 31 banks and thrifts that comprise Piper Sandler's Small All-Star Class of 2023 |
| The experienced talent that we've added over the past 24 months has been a strong contributor to our commercial growth, which on an annualized basis was 14.5% through the third quarter |
| Looking forward, based on a strong pipeline and solid liquidity position, we see continued growth opportunity while maintaining our disciplined credit standards |
| This particular segment of our portfolio continues to perform very well |
| These strong results, which our company has been delivering quarter-over-quarter year after year for some time is directly attributable to our talented team, their focus on personalized service investing in our communities, and making banking easy |
| Page 10 highlights our strong regulatory capital position |
| On a linked quarter basis, our third quarter 2023 net interest margin was positively impacted by two factors: increase in yield on loans and investments of 16 basis points and a change in earning asset mix of 5 basis points |
| Overall, our deposit base continues to perform well |
| I continue to be so proud of the job being done by each member of our team |
| Overall credit quality continues to be excellent |
| We intend to finish 2023 strong with our focus continuing to be on investing in our team, leveraging our technology, and supporting our communities |
| Commercial and mortgage had positive growth, while installment loans decreased slightly in the third quarter of '23 |
| We also realized growth in our mortgage business with that portfolio growing by $34 million |
| The increase in the base rate forecasted net interest income in the third quarter '23 compared to the second quarter of '23 is primarily due to an improvement in asset mix with an increase in loans and a decline in investments along with a slight benefit from higher rates |
| On the pipeline, it is still very solid as we head into the fourth quarter |
| I hope everybody is doing good today |
| We continue to see the return on our strategic investment and the expansion of our commercial banking team |
| The item most impacting the comparable third quarter 2023 results included the positive changes in fair value due to price of our mortgage servicing rights |
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| The third quarter '23 net interest income was below our original forecast |
| Third quarter of 2023 net interest income decreased by 1.2% over 2022, which is lower than our forecast of high single-digit growth |
| There's a lot written about a slowdown in the consumer itself, driving its savings -- their savings level declining |
| Our installment portfolio experienced a $12 million decline in the quarter as we have strategically pulled back in that area |
| But as it continues to drag on, at some point, it will affect the -- even these Tier 2 suppliers, and they would be forced to lay people off |
| Our tax equivalent net interest margin was 3.25% during the third quarter of 2023 compared to 3.49% in the third quarter of 2022 and down 1 basis point from the second quarter of 2023 |
| The provision expense related to loans in the third quarter of '23 was lower than our forecasted range |
| And I'd say we are a little more cautious on the RV side of it |
| Net interest income decreased $0.5 million from the year-ago period |
| But if it drags on longer than that, it will start to affect our production |
| This past quarter, while continuing to see some remixing of the deposit base, the pace significantly slowed with noninterest-bearing deposits declining by $13.9 million or 4.8% annualized during the third quarter |
| Page 12 contains a more detailed analysis of the linked quarter decrease in net interest income and the net interest margin |
| Of course, the big unknown is how long the strike lasts |
| Performance-based compensation decreased $1.3 million due primarily to lower expected incentive compensation payout for salary and hourly employees and a decrease in mortgage lending related to incentives attributed to decline in mortgage lending compared to third quarter '22 |
| Compensation increased $0.2 million compared to the prior year quarter due to raises that were effective at the start of the year and a decreased level of compensation that was deferred in the third quarter of 2023 as direct origination costs on lower mortgage loan origination volume |
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