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| Our capital levels remain strong with all capital ratios well above regulatory well capitalized ratios |
| As we mentioned, this has been one of our strategic priorities, and now that we have achieved it, we expect to resume deposit-supported loan growth, which will enhance our profitability and margins |
| Johnny, who joined us as President in the second quarter, has done an excellent job developing a pipeline of high-quality commercial loans that we expect to originate beginning in the fourth quarter |
| But for C&I, there's certain demand there, but at this, we just reached this 95% loan-to-deposit ratio, and now obviously, we, better positioned now to sort of relaunch our lending |
| We are optimistic that our proactive loan de-risking, combined with the third quarter charge-off and provisions have positioned us for improving credit over the coming quarters |
| We were also pleased to reach our target 95% loan-to-deposit ratio in the third quarter |
| If there's good quality, experience, development, good track records, certainly we'll still look at that |
| We are pleased to be awarded a $5 million CDFI ERP award by the U.S |
| But we expect the redemption of the $55 million of sub-debt will benefit NIM in the future |
| And we would also look at local market here or local markets where we already have branches where we can get significant cost savings, much more than your typical 30% to 40% something closer to a 70% or 80% cost save |
| Apart from the $2.2 million charge off, credit quality remained stable |
| So Q4 impact, it will be minimum, but it will more positively impact in Q4 as well as next year because the rate was 6.18%, and quarterly or annually, actually, about $850,000 we could have saved going forward |
| We believe it's a real testament to our ongoing efforts to support the communities in which we operate, and we intend to use the funds to help low and moderate-income communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by investing in their long-term prosperity |
| Good |
| The decline in net interest income was offset by sharply higher non-interest income, which benefited from the $5 million CDFI award |
| That's incredibly helpful |
| It was nice to see the insurance kick in so it's not dropping down to expenses |
| You all have a good day |
| If I could just ask one more on kind of the expectations for share repurchases continuing, any thoughts on perhaps when that could occur and any governors that we should be monitoring in terms of perhaps resuming cherry purchases going forward? Alex Ko We're very optimistic that we'll be able to resume our repurchase in the November timeframe, we're hoping, mid-November |
| Good morning |
| As part of the deleveraging process, we have also taken steps to de-risk our loan portfolio by reducing our exposure to certain loan categories that we believe could be at risk in a higher-for-longer interest rate environment |
| Good day everyone, and thank you for joining us today |
| And then if I heard you right, a little bit of a seasonal lift into the first quarter of next year |
| And then in terms of, now that you're down to your targeted loan to deposit ratio, just wondering where you're seeing the best opportunities for growth by category, if there's any, particular industry or segment where you're seeing more attractive risk adjusted returns |
| Non-interest expenses decreased by 8.9% primarily due to a reduction in legal and professional fees |
| Thank you so much |
| Thank you |
| Thank you |
| Catherine Wei Thank you |
| And thank you all for taking the questions |
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| These actions, when combined with the additional pressure of deposit costs, negatively impacted net interest income and net interest margin, which declined to 2.87% in the third quarter |
| As you mentioned, our net interest margin actually compressed this quarter actually more than what we expected in the second quarter, and the reason for the larger compression was due to our de-risking strategy, as David mentioned |
| We expect NIM to decline in the fourth quarter due to continued pressure on deposit costs and loan yields |
| As David mentioned, third quarter net interest margin decreased 50 basis points to 2.87% due to the impact of decreasing loan yield, lower loan balances, and increasing deposit costs |
| It will maybe impact a little bit negatively to further compress loan yield and net interest margin, but that's the only one that I think will have a negative impact on the loan yield and margin |
| The decrease in loan yield that David discussed resulted in a decline in interest income while continued pressure on deposit costs led to an increase in interest expense |
| It's worth noting that the pace of increase has slowed significantly from 72 basis points in the second quarter and 82 basis points in the first quarter |
| While we believe these proactive approaches to managing our balance sheet will help protect us against potential credit losses, it also impacted our margin and interest income as the exited loans tended to carry higher interest rates |
| And that has significantly, that pretty much has slowed down and stopped |
| The decline in yield on loans held for investment during the quarter was a direct result of the reduction in high-yielding loans as we sought to de-risk our balance sheet |
| Non-performing loans decreased to $40.1 million from $41.6 million from the last quarter due to $2.2 million partial charge off of one large loan |
| But if you're asking me the run rate for 2024 and going forward, I think it can be even lower than $17 million |
| But also, as you know, we did have some mature weaknesses, a lot of outside kind of advisory or consulting services, not to mention the credit-related |
| The second point, the margin compression for the quarter was due to the payoff pay down |
| If any of these uncertainties materialize or any of these assumptions prove incorrect, RBB Bancorp's results could differ materially from its expectations as set forth in these statements |
| However, the pace of reduction of non-interest bearing deposits significantly slowed in Q3 compared to Q2 |
| However, after the end of the quarter, the delinquent loan balance decreased by $16 million after a non-credit related temporary delay in payment of the large loan was corrected |
| We are cautiously optimistic that the remaining balance of this loan will be resolved in the fourth quarter with no additional losses |
| Nathan Race Appreciate the commentary around the pressure to the margin in the quarter, and it sounds like you guys are expecting additional compression at least in the fourth quarter as well |
| We continue to expect the pace of increases in deposit costs to slow in future quarters |
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