Performance reflects improvement across a
range of metrics such as deposit growth, noninterest expense
reduction, and nonperforming asset reduction
Bank to complete exit from fintech
banking-as-a-service depository operations by the end of
2024
Regulatory remediation efforts on
track
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 29,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (the
"Company") (NYSE American: BRBS), the holding company of Blue Ridge
Bank, National Association ("Blue Ridge Bank" or the "Bank") and
BRB Financial Group, Inc. ("BRB Financial Group"), today announced
financial results for the quarter and year-to-date period ended
September 30, 2024.
For the quarter ended September 30,
2024, the Company reported net income of $0.9 million, or $0.01 per diluted common share, compared to a net
loss of $11.4 million, or
$0.47 per diluted common share, for
the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and
a net loss of $41.4 million, or
$2.18 per diluted common share, for
the third quarter of 2023. Net income for the third quarter of 2024
included a $6.6 million after-tax
recovery of credit losses on a specialty finance loan for which the
sale of the loan was completed in the quarter upon the receipt of
all contractual amounts due. The second quarter 2024 loss included
a $6.7 million non-cash, after-tax
negative fair value adjustment recorded for an equity investment in
a fintech company. The third quarter 2023 net loss included a
non-cash, after-tax goodwill impairment charge of $26.8 million, which was the entirety of the
goodwill balance, and a $4.7 million
after-tax settlement reserve for the previously disclosed and now
settled Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") litigation assumed
in the 2019 acquisition of Virginia Community Bankshares, Inc
("VCB").
For the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2024, the Company reported a net
loss of $13.4 million, or
$0.34 per diluted common share,
compared to a net loss of $46.0
million, or $2.43 per diluted
common share, for the same period of 2023.
A Message From Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. President and CEO,
G. William "Billy" Beale:
"Our 2024 third quarter marks one
year since we began – in earnest – our journey toward restoring
Blue Ridge Bank to its core strengths as a community-focused
banking institution.
"Today, we are focused on three vital areas of initiative: our
remediation work in response to the directives of our primary
regulator; our initiatives to improve operational efficiency across
the organization; and third, positioning Blue Ridge Bank for future
growth.
"During our third quarter, we advanced and generated additional
momentum in all three areas. We are increasingly seeing the
benefits of these initiatives in several key metrics that reflect a
healthier Blue Ridge Bank:
- "With respect to our regulatory remediation work, we made
additional progress in exiting our fintech
banking-as-a-service ("BaaS") deposit operations. I am pleased to
say that we remain ahead of schedule on this initiative and expect
to be fully exited from this business by the end of the year.
Consequently, deposits from fintech BaaS sources were down to only
3% of total deposits at quarter end. This is reduced from 18% of
total deposits on a year-over-year basis.
- "The second area of initiative is our focus on operational
efficiency. Over the next several quarters, we will be accelerating
our efforts to drive new levels of efficiency across our entire
organization. We have already begun to take some important steps
down this path. For the third quarter, our noninterest expense
was sequentially down nearly 10% from the second quarter and
approximately 30% lower than the third quarter of last year when
excluding the goodwill impairment charge.
- "The third vital area of initiative is pursuing profitable
growth. Blue Ridge Bank's proximity
to strong commercial and consumer markets and favorable demographic
trends across Virginia gives us
opportunities we can take full advantage of. This combined with our
capital levels necessary to fuel growth and our new commercial
banking leader will help give us the ability to continue to drive
deposit and to renew loan growth. Encouragingly, during the 2024
third quarter, we grew our deposits, excluding fintech-related and
wholesale, by $74 million and by
$144 million year-to-date. This is
the third consecutive quarter we were able to grow this deposit
base and lower our reliance on fintech-related deposits and
wholesale funding.
- "Alongside these initiatives has been our focus on improving
the quality and strength of our lending portfolio, which we have
heavily scrutinized over the past year. At the end of the third
quarter, our nonperforming loans to total assets ratio was
1.1%. This is compared to 1.4% as of the prior quarter-end and 2.5%
as of the third quarter of last year. Under the guidance of our
credit risk leadership and revised loan policy, I believe we have a
much tighter and stronger credit profile today.
"As we exit the fintech BaaS business, we have moved to
reposition the balance sheet to reflect a more traditional
community bank. This multi-year process will focus on growing
deposits in our footprint, reducing the number of out-of-market
loans, and decreasing dependency on brokered deposits. We have
achieved good progress on all of these during 2024.
"As we head toward the end of the year, I'm confident that we
will finish 2024 in a fundamentally stronger position than we
began. I am hopeful that we will continue to see further progress
in those key metrics that are the best gauge of the strategies we
are pursuing. Lastly, I am grateful for the support of this
leadership team, our employees, our newly constituted board of
directors, and importantly, our shareholders."
Q3 2024 Highlights
(Comparisons for Third Quarter
2024 are relative to Second Quarter 2024 unless otherwise
noted.)
Net Income:
- Net income for the quarter was $0.9
million, or $0.01 per diluted
common share, compared to a net loss of $11.4 million, or $0.47 per diluted common share, for the prior
quarter. Income before income taxes of $1.5
million for the quarter included a $6.2 million recovery of credit losses resulting
primarily from an $8.4 million
recovery upon the completion of the previously mentioned specialty
finance loan sale. The prior quarter loss before income taxes of
$12.1 million included a $3.1 million provision for credit losses and an
$8.5 million, non-cash, negative fair
value adjustment of an equity investment the Company holds in
a fintech company. Excluding the second quarter fair value
adjustment and the provision for (or recovery of) credit losses,
the Company's pre-tax income decreased by $4.4 million, with $5.9
million of the decline attributable to fair value
adjustments and a loss on the sale of mortgage servicing rights
("MSRs"). Noninterest expenses for the quarter declined
$2.8 million.
Asset Quality:
- Nonperforming loans, which include nonaccrual loans and loans
past due 90 days or more and accruing interest, improved to
$32.1 million, or 1.09% of total
assets, at quarter end compared to $41.2
million, or 1.40% of total assets, at the prior quarter end.
The decline in nonperforming loans primarily reflects the third
quarter sale of the previously noted specialty finance loan.
- The recovery of credit losses was $6.2
million for the quarter compared to a provision for credit
losses of $3.1 million for the prior
quarter. The recovery of credit losses was primarily attributable
to an $8.4 million recovery from the
sale of the previously mentioned specialty finance loan and lower
reserve needs due to loan portfolio balance reductions, partially
offset by higher specific reserves for certain purchased loans. The
provision for credit losses in the prior quarter was related
primarily to reserve needs for certain purchased loans and
increased reserves for the non-guaranteed portion of
government-guaranteed loans ("GGL"), which offset lower reserve
needs due to loan portfolio balance reductions.
- The allowance for credit losses ("ACL") as a percentage of
total loans held for investment was 1.17% at quarter end compared
to 1.24% at the prior quarter end. The decline was primarily due to
charge-offs of certain GGL and purchased loans in the current
quarter. Net loan recoveries were $3.4
million in the quarter, which includes the $8.4 million recovery from the sale of the
previously noted specialty finance loan. This recovery was the
primary driver of the lower net loan (recovery) charge-off to
average loans outstanding ratio (year-to-date annualized), which
was (0.61)%, compared to 1.81% for the prior quarter.
Capital:
- The ratio of tangible common stockholders' equity to tangible
total assets was 10.6%1, compared to
10.3%1 at the prior quarter end. Tangible book
value per common share ("TBV") was $4.251 compared to $4.101 at the prior quarter end.
The improvement in these ratios was primarily due to a reduction in
accumulated other comprehensive losses, driven by $10.0 million in after-tax unrealized gains in
the quarter on the Company's portfolio of securities available for
sale, resulting from lower market interest rates. TBV at the end of
the third and second quarters did not include the conversion of the
Series C Preferred Stock shares into common shares, which
conversion is at the option of the holder. The assumed conversion
of these shares would result in a negative impact of $0.31 and $0.29 on
TBV as of September 30, 2024 and
June 30, 2024, respectively.
- For the quarter ended September 30,
2024, the Bank's tier 1 leverage ratio, tier 1 risk-based
capital ratio, common equity tier 1 capital ratio, and total
risk-based capital ratio were 11.56%, 15.68%, 15.68%, and 16.64%,
respectively, compared to 11.02%, 14.19%, 14.19%, and 15.18%,
respectively, at the prior quarter end. Capital ratios for the
Company at September 30, 2024 were
tier 1 leverage ratio of 11.46%, tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of
15.58%, common equity tier 1 capital ratio of 15.58%, and total
risk-based capital ratio of 19.26%.
- As of September 30, 2024 and
June 30, 2024, the Bank's tier 1
leverage and total risk-based capital ratios exceeded the minimum
capital ratios set forth in the Bank's Consent Order with the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC"), which
requires the Bank to maintain a minimum tier 1 leverage ratio of
10.00% and a total risk-based capital ratio of 13.00%.
Net Interest Income / Net Interest Margin:
- Net interest income was $19.1
million, a decline of $1.0
million from the prior quarter, primarily due to a decline
in average balances of interest-earning assets, primarily loans
held for investment, and the reversal of interest income due to
loans placed on nonaccrual. This decline was partially offset
by lower average balances of and rates paid on fintech-related
deposits and lower average balances of wholesale funding. Net
interest margin declined in the quarter to 2.74% from 2.79%; six
basis points of the decline was due to loans placed on
nonaccrual.
Noninterest Income / Noninterest Expense:
- Noninterest income for the quarter was $2.7 million compared to $0.3 million for the prior quarter, which
included the $8.5 million previously
noted negative fair value adjustment for an equity investment.
Excluding the fair value adjustment, lower noninterest income for
the quarter was primarily due to a $4.9
million negative variance in fair value adjustment on MSRs,
primarily due to changes in future interest rate expectations, and
a $1.0 million loss on the sale of a
portion of the Company's portfolio of MSRs. The Company expects to
sell the majority of its remaining MSRs in the fourth
quarter.
- Noninterest expense for the quarter was $26.5 million compared to $29.3 million in the prior quarter, a decrease of
$2.8 million. The decrease was
primarily due to lower salaries and employee benefits expense,
lower regulatory remediation expenses, and lower Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insurance assessments. Salaries and
employee benefits expense in the quarter reflected lower headcount,
primarily in the Bank's GGL and compliance areas. Lower regulatory
remediation expenses reflect the reduction in the use of
third-party resources in the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering
("BSA/AML") area, as the Bank submitted certain requirements under
the Consent Order. Lower FDIC assessments in the quarter were
primarily due to a lower assessment rate and a smaller balance
sheet.
Income Tax:
- The effective income tax rate for the quarter was 38.8%
compared to 5.1% for the prior quarter. Income tax expense and the
effective tax rate for the quarter reflected the vesting of
restricted stock awards where the fair value of the underlying
stock at the time of vesting was lower than that at award date and
recognized for expense purposes. The income tax benefit and
effective rate for the prior quarter included $2.0 million of provision expense recognized upon
surrendering bank owned life insurance policies, representing the
tax effect of the life-to-date income earned on the policies. Taxes
on such earnings were previously permanently deferred but became
subject to tax upon the surrender of the policies.
Balance Sheet:
- Total assets increased to $2.94
billion from $2.93 billion at
the prior quarter end, an increase of $11.6
million. This increase was primarily due to higher cash and
due from banks balances of $157.1
million at quarter end, primarily due to elevated deposit
balances of a fintech lending partner ahead of its normal
business cycle of early month fundings. This increase was partially
offset by lower balances of loans held for investment and loans
held for sale, which collectively declined $111.2 million in the quarter. Other asset
balance declines included bank owned life insurance and MSRs, which
declined $27.5 million and
$10.4 million, respectively. The
Company surrendered the majority of its bank owned life insurance
policies in the second quarter and received a substantial portion
of the proceeds in the third quarter, with the remaining amounts
expected in the fourth quarter. Of the balance change in MSRs,
$7.4 million was attributable to the
sale of a portion of the MSRs portfolio, with the majority of the
remaining MSRs expected to be sold in the fourth quarter. These
actions, along with and in support of the exit of fintech BaaS
depository operations, support the repositioning of the Bank
towards a more traditional community bank model.
- Loans held for investment were $2.18
billion at quarter end, a decrease of $78.9 million from the prior quarter end, and
$250.5 million from year-end 2023.
The Company purposefully and selectively reduced balances of loans,
primarily where borrowers did not represent in-market
relationships.
- Total deposit balances increased to $2.35 billion from $2.33
billion at the prior quarter end, an increase of
$20.7 million. Deposits,
excluding fintech-related and wholesale deposits, increased
$73.7 million in the quarter and
$143.5 million in the year-to-date
period. Brokered deposit balances declined $33.9 million in the quarter and $84.7 million in the year-to-date period.
Estimated uninsured deposits as a percentage of total deposits were
16.8% at quarter end compared to 17.9% at the prior quarter end and
22.3% at year-end 2023.
- Deposits related to fintech relationships were
$187.5 million at September 30, 2024, a decline of $19.2 million in the quarter and $278.4 million in the year-to-date period. Of the
decline, fintech BaaS deposits decreased $108.8 million in the quarter, partially offset
by an increase in fintech corporate deposits, including those of
the previously noted fintech lending partner. For the year-to-date
period, fintech BaaS deposits have declined by $307.3 million. Excluding brokered deposits,
deposits related to fintech relationships represented 9.8%, 11.1%,
and 22.7% of total deposits at September 30,
2024, June 30, 2024, and
December 31, 2023, respectively.
- Sources of liquidity as of September 30,
2024, consisting of on-balance sheet cash, available credit
under secured borrowing facilities, and unpledged securities
available for sale, totaled approximately $805.0 million, or 202.7% of uninsured deposits
as of the same date.
Income Statement:
Net interest income was $19.1
million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to
$20.1 million for the second quarter
of 2024, and $22.2 million for the
third quarter of 2023. The decline from the second quarter of 2024
was primarily attributable to lower interest and fee income on
loans due to lower average balances and the reversal of interest
income due to loans placed on nonaccrual. This decline was
partially offset by lower average balances and rates paid on
interest-bearing demand accounts and lower average balances of
wholesale funding. The majority of fintech BaaS deposits are in
interest-bearing demand accounts.
Average balances of interest-earning assets decreased
$90.1 million to $2.80 billion in the third quarter of 2024,
relative to the prior quarter, and decreased $242.7 million from the year-ago quarter period.
Relative to the prior quarter and the year-ago period, the decrease
reflected primarily lower average balances of loans held for
investment. The yield on average loans held for investment was
5.80% for the third and second quarters of 2024, compared to 5.88%
for the third quarter of 2023. Nonaccrual interest had a negative
impact of seven basis points on loan yield in the quarter.
Average balances of interest-bearing liabilities decreased
$106.7 million to $2.12 billion in the third quarter of 2024,
relative to the prior quarter, and decreased $233.0 million from the year-ago quarter
period.
Cost of funds was 3.09% for the third quarter of 2024, compared
to 3.02% for the second quarter of 2024, and 2.73% for the third
quarter of 2023, while cost of deposits was 2.91%, 2.84%, and
2.46%, for the same respective periods. Higher deposit and overall
funding costs in the 2024 periods reflect the impact of higher
market interest rates and a shift in the mix of funding. Cost of
deposits, excluding wholesale deposits, was 1.71% for the quarter
compared to 2.28% for the prior quarter, and 2.50% for the year-ago
period. The sequential quarter decline was primarily due to lower
average balances of higher rate fintech-related deposits.
Net interest margin was 2.74% for the third quarter of 2024
compared to 2.79% in the prior quarter and 2.92% in the year-ago
period. The decrease in net interest margin relative to the prior
periods primarily reflects the impact of a slight increase in
funding costs.
The Company recorded a recovery of credit losses of $6.2 million for the third quarter of 2024,
compared to a provision for credit losses of $3.1 million for the second quarter of 2024, and
a provision for credit losses of $11.1
million for the third quarter of 2023. The recovery of
credit losses for the third quarter of 2024 was primarily
attributable to an $8.4 million
recovery from the sale of the previously noted specialty finance
loan and lower reserve needs due to loan portfolio balance
reductions, partially offset by higher specific reserves for
certain purchased loans. The provision for credit losses for the
second quarter of 2024 was primarily related to specific reserves
on certain purchased loans and increased reserves for the
non-guaranteed portion of the GGL portfolio, while the provision
for credit losses for the third quarter of 2023 was primarily
attributable to specific reserves for the previously reported group
of specialty finance loans.
Noninterest income was $2.7
million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to
$0.3 million for the second quarter
of 2024, and $7.4 million for the
third quarter of 2023. The increase in the third quarter relative
to the second quarter was primarily due to the previously noted
second quarter $8.5 million,
non-cash, negative fair value adjustment of an equity investment.
Excluding the fair value adjustment, lower noninterest income in
the third quarter of 2024 was primarily due to negative fair value
adjustments on MSRs, primarily due to change in future interest
rate expectations, and a loss on the sale of a portion of the
Company's portfolio of MSRs. The decline in noninterest income for
the third quarter of 2024 relative to the year-ago period was
primarily attributable to fair value adjustments on MSRs.
Noninterest expense was $26.5
million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to
$29.3 million for the second quarter
of 2024, and $64.6 million for the
third quarter of 2023. Noninterest expense decreased $2.8 million from the prior quarter and decreased
$38.1 million from the year-ago
period. The decrease relative to the second quarter of 2024 was
primarily driven by lower salaries and employee benefits, lower
regulatory remediation expenses, and lower FDIC insurance
assessments. The decrease relative to the year-ago was primarily
due to the 2023 non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $26.8 million, which was the entirety of the
goodwill balance, and the $6.0
million settlement reserve for the previously disclosed, now
settled, VCB ESOP litigation. Excluding these amounts and
regulatory remediation expenses, noninterest expense declined
$1.9 million relative to the year-ago
period.
Balance Sheet:
Loans held for investment were $2.18
billion at September 30, 2024,
compared to $2.26 billion at
June 30, 2024, and $2.45 billion at September
30, 2023. These declines are attributable to the Company's
plan to purposefully and selectively reduce assets to partially
meet the liquidity needs of the fintech BaaS depository operations
wind down.
Total deposits were $2.35 billion
at September 30, 2024, an increase of
$20.7 million for the quarter, and a
decrease of $219.6 million for the
year-to-date period. Fintech-related deposits declined $19.2 million in the third quarter of 2024, while
fintech BaaS deposits decreased $108.8
million in the quarter. Year-to-date fintech BaaS deposits
decreased $307.3 million. Excluding
fintech-related and brokered deposits, total deposits increased
$73.7 million from the prior quarter
end and $143.5 million from year-end
2023.
The Company previously reported that it was prohibited from the
acceptance, renewal, or rollover of brokered deposits, as a result
of the Consent Order. In the third quarter, the Bank received
approval from the FDIC allowing the Bank to accept, renew, or
rollover brokered deposits for a six-month period of time and in
the amount of maturities during this period. The Bank expects to
file another application for waiver of this prohibition in the
fourth quarter. Brokered deposits at September 30, 2024 were $430.5 million, a decline of $33.9 million from June
30, 2024 and $84.7 million
from December 31, 2023. The Company
has used brokered deposits in anticipation of the liquidity
requirements of the fintech BaaS winddown.
Noninterest-bearing deposits represented 19.6%, 20.2%, and 20.6%
of total deposits at September 30,
2024, June 30, 2024, and
September 30, 2023, respectively.
Fintech-related balances represented 8.0%, 8.9%, and 28.8% of total
deposits as of the same respective dates.
The held for investment loan to deposit ratio was 92.9% at
September 30, 2024, compared to 97.1%
at the prior quarter end, and 88.1% at the year-ago period-end.
About Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.:
Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. is the holding company for Blue
Ridge Bank and BRB Financial Group. The Company, through its
subsidiaries and affiliates, provides a wide range of financial
services including retail and commercial banking, and retail
mortgage lending. The Company also provides investment and wealth
management services and management services for personal and
corporate trusts, including estate planning and trust
administration. Visit www.mybrb.com for more
information.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and
prevailing practices in the banking industry. However, management
uses certain non-GAAP measures, including tangible assets, tangible
common equity, tangible book value per common share, and tangible
common equity to tangible total assets to supplement the evaluation
of the Company's financial condition and performance. Management
believes presentations of these non-GAAP financial measures provide
useful supplemental information that is essential to a proper
understanding of the financial condition and capital position of
the Company's business. These non-GAAP disclosures should not be
viewed as a substitute for financial measures determined in
accordance with GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to
non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other
companies. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP measures are
included at the end of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This release of the Company contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These forward-looking statements represent plans,
estimates, objectives, goals, guidelines, expectations, intentions,
projections, and statements of the Company's beliefs concerning
future events, business plans, objectives, expected operating
results and the assumptions upon which those statements are based.
Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any
statement that may predict, forecast, indicate, or imply future
results, performance or achievements, and are typically identified
with words such as "may," "could," "should," "will," "would,"
"believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "aim," "intend,"
"plan," or words or phrases of similar meaning. The Company
cautions that the forward-looking statements are based largely on
its expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on factors
which are, in many instances, beyond the Company's control. Actual
results, performance or achievements could differ materially from
those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause the Company's
financial performance to differ materially from that expressed in
such forward-looking statements:
- the strength of the United
States economy in general and the strength of the local
economies in which the Company conducts operations;
- the effects of, and changes in, the macroeconomic
environment and financial market conditions, including monetary and
fiscal policies, interest rates and inflation;
- the impact of, and the ability to comply with, the terms of the
Consent Order with the OCC, including the heightened capital
requirements and other restrictions therein, and other regulatory
directives;
- the imposition of additional regulatory actions or restrictions
for noncompliance with the Consent Order or otherwise;
- the Company's involvement in, and the outcome of, any
litigation, legal proceedings or enforcement actions that may be
instituted against the Company;
- reputational risk and potential adverse reactions of the
Company's customers, suppliers, employees, or other business
partners;
- the Company's ability to manage its fintech relationships,
including implementing enhanced controls and procedures, complying
with OCC directives and applicable laws and regulations,
maintaining deposit levels and the quality of loans associated with
these relationships and, in certain cases, winding down certain of
these partnerships;
- the quality and composition of the Company's loan and
investment portfolios, including changes in the level of the
Company's nonperforming assets and charge-offs;
- the Company's management of risks inherent in its loan
portfolio, the credit quality of its borrowers, and the risk of a
prolonged downturn in the real estate market, which could impair
the value of the Company's collateral and its ability to sell
collateral upon any foreclosure;
- the ability to maintain adequate liquidity by retaining
deposits and secondary funding sources, especially if the Company's
or the banking industry's reputation becomes damaged;
- the ability to maintain capital levels adequate to support the
Company's business and to comply with OCC directives;
- the timely development of competitive new products and services
and the acceptance of these products and services by new and
existing customers;
- changes in consumer spending and savings habits;
- the willingness of users to substitute competitors' products
and services for the Company's products and services;
- deposit flows;
- changes in technological and social media;
- potential exposure to fraud, negligence,
computer theft, and cyber-crime;
- adverse developments in the banking industry generally, such as
recent bank failures, responsive measures to mitigate and manage
such developments, related supervisory and regulatory actions and
costs, and related impacts on customer and client behavior;
- changing bank regulatory conditions, policies or programs,
whether arising as new legislation or regulatory initiatives, that
could lead to restrictions on activities of banks generally, or
Blue Ridge Bank in particular, more restrictive regulatory capital
requirements, increased costs, including deposit insurance
premiums, regulation or prohibition of certain income producing
activities or changes in the secondary market for loans and other
products;
- the impact of changes in financial services policies, laws,
and regulations, including laws, regulations, and policies
concerning taxes, banking, securities, real estate, and insurance,
and the application thereof by regulatory bodies;
- the effect of changes in accounting standards, policies,
and practices as may be adopted from time to time;
- estimates of the fair value and other accounting values,
subject to impairment assessments, of certain of the Company's
assets and liabilities;
- geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism
and/or military conflicts, or actions taken by the United States or other governments in
response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts,
which could impact business and economic conditions in the United States and abroad;
- the occurrence or continuation of widespread health emergencies
or pandemics, significant natural disasters, severe weather
conditions, floods and other catastrophic events; and
- other risks and factors identified in the "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" and "Risk Factors" sections and elsewhere in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2023 and in filings
the Company makes from time to time with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC").
The foregoing factors should not be considered exhaustive and
should be read together with other cautionary statements that are
included in filings the Company makes from time to time with the
SEC. Any one of these risks or factors could have a material
adverse impact on the Company's results of operations or financial
condition, or cause the Company's actual results, performance or
achievements to differ materially from those expressed in, or
implied by, forward-looking information and statements contained in
this release. Moreover, new risks and uncertainties emerge from
time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all
risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on its
forward-looking statements. Therefore, the Company cautions not to
place undue reliance on its forward-looking information and
statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The
Company does not undertake to, and will not, update or revise these
forward-looking statements after the date hereof, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
1 Non-GAAP financial measure. Further information can
be found at the end of this press release.
Blue Ridge
Bankshares, Inc
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Consolidated Balance
Sheets
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(Dollars in
thousands, except share data)
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(unaudited)
September 30,
2024
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December 31,
2023 (1)
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Assets
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Cash and due from
banks
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$
281,698
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|
$
110,491
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
4,160
|
|
10,660
|
Federal funds
sold
|
|
2,910
|
|
4,451
|
Securities available
for sale, at fair value
|
|
314,784
|
|
321,081
|
Restricted equity
investments
|
|
20,891
|
|
18,621
|
Other equity
investments
|
|
4,525
|
|
12,905
|
Other
investments
|
|
21,344
|
|
29,467
|
Loans held for
sale
|
|
22,082
|
|
46,337
|
Loans held for
investment, net of deferred fees and costs
|
|
2,180,413
|
|
2,430,947
|
Less: allowance for
credit losses
|
|
(25,453)
|
|
(35,893)
|
Loans held for
investment, net
|
|
2,154,960
|
|
2,395,054
|
Accrued interest
receivable
|
|
13,171
|
|
14,967
|
Premises and equipment,
net
|
|
21,621
|
|
22,348
|
Right-of-use lease
asset
|
|
7,764
|
|
8,738
|
Bank owned life
insurance
|
|
14,953
|
|
48,453
|
Other intangible
assets
|
|
4,201
|
|
5,382
|
Mortgage servicing
rights, net
|
|
19,502
|
|
27,114
|
Deferred tax asset,
net
|
|
18,248
|
|
21,556
|
Other assets
|
|
17,877
|
|
19,929
|
Total assets
|
|
$
2,944,691
|
|
$
3,117,554
|
Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits:
|
|
|
|
|
Noninterest-bearing
demand
|
|
$
459,793
|
|
$
506,248
|
Interest-bearing demand
and money market deposits
|
|
748,416
|
|
1,049,536
|
Savings
|
|
103,820
|
|
117,923
|
Time
deposits
|
|
1,034,463
|
|
892,325
|
Total
deposits
|
|
2,346,492
|
|
2,566,032
|
FHLB
borrowings
|
|
190,000
|
|
210,000
|
FRB
borrowings
|
|
—
|
|
65,000
|
Subordinated notes,
net
|
|
39,806
|
|
39,855
|
Lease
liability
|
|
8,537
|
|
9,619
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
23,509
|
|
41,059
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
2,608,344
|
|
2,931,565
|
Commitments and
contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, no par
value; 150,000,000 and 50,000,000 shares
authorized at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023,
respectively;
and 73,474,147 and 19,198,379 shares issued and outstanding at
September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively
|
|
300,763
|
|
197,636
|
Preferred stock, $50
per share par value; 250,000 shares authorized at
September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023; 2,732 and 0 shares
issued
and outstanding at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023,
respectively
|
|
137
|
|
—
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
|
50,155
|
|
252
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
19,775
|
|
33,157
|
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss, net of tax
|
|
(34,483)
|
|
(45,056)
|
Total stockholders'
equity
|
|
336,347
|
|
185,989
|
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity
|
|
$
2,944,691
|
|
$
3,117,554
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Derived from
audited December 31, 2023 Consolidated Financial
Statements
|
|
|
Blue Ridge
Bankshares, Inc
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Income (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months
Ended
|
(Dollars in
thousands, except per common share data)
|
|
September 30,
2024
|
|
June 30,
2024
|
|
September 30,
2023
|
Interest
income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and fees on
loans
|
|
$
34,747
|
|
$
36,196
|
|
$
38,551
|
Interest on taxable
securities
|
|
2,282
|
|
2,399
|
|
2,492
|
Interest on nontaxable
securities
|
|
62
|
|
62
|
|
72
|
Interest on deposit
accounts and federal funds sold
|
|
2,134
|
|
1,974
|
|
1,370
|
Total interest
income
|
|
39,225
|
|
40,631
|
|
42,485
|
Interest
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest on
deposits
|
|
16,984
|
|
17,272
|
|
16,115
|
Interest on
subordinated notes
|
|
566
|
|
552
|
|
566
|
Interest on FHLB and
FRB borrowings
|
|
2,574
|
|
2,722
|
|
3,612
|
Total interest
expense
|
|
20,124
|
|
20,546
|
|
20,293
|
Net interest
income
|
|
19,101
|
|
20,085
|
|
22,192
|
(Recovery of) provision
for credit losses - loans
|
|
(6,000)
|
|
3,600
|
|
11,600
|
Recovery of credit
losses - unfunded commitments
|
|
(200)
|
|
(500)
|
|
(550)
|
Total (recovery of)
provision for credit losses
|
|
(6,200)
|
|
3,100
|
|
11,050
|
Net interest income
after provision for credit losses
|
|
25,301
|
|
16,985
|
|
11,142
|
Noninterest
income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value adjustments
of other equity investments
|
|
160
|
|
(8,537)
|
|
55
|
Residential mortgage
banking income
|
|
2,939
|
|
3,090
|
|
2,917
|
Mortgage servicing
rights
|
|
(2,915)
|
|
2,019
|
|
894
|
Loss on sale of
mortgage servicing rights
|
|
(1,011)
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
Wealth and trust
management
|
|
730
|
|
623
|
|
462
|
Service charges on
deposit accounts
|
|
417
|
|
423
|
|
365
|
Increase in cash
surrender value of BOLI
|
|
127
|
|
333
|
|
311
|
Bank and purchase card,
net
|
|
690
|
|
513
|
|
357
|
Loss on sale of
securities available for sale
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
(649)
|
Other
|
|
1,602
|
|
1,844
|
|
2,703
|
Total noninterest
income
|
|
2,739
|
|
308
|
|
7,415
|
Noninterest
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and employee
benefits
|
|
13,938
|
|
14,932
|
|
14,640
|
Occupancy and
equipment
|
|
1,394
|
|
1,303
|
|
1,475
|
Technology and
communications
|
|
2,767
|
|
2,332
|
|
2,891
|
Legal and regulatory
filings
|
|
614
|
|
363
|
|
912
|
Advertising and
marketing
|
|
222
|
|
183
|
|
350
|
Audit fees
|
|
498
|
|
295
|
|
791
|
FDIC
insurance
|
|
1,130
|
|
1,817
|
|
1,322
|
Intangible
amortization
|
|
265
|
|
276
|
|
308
|
Other contractual
services
|
|
1,374
|
|
1,760
|
|
1,492
|
Other taxes and
assessments
|
|
759
|
|
588
|
|
802
|
Regulatory
remediation
|
|
357
|
|
1,397
|
|
3,782
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
26,826
|
ESOP
litigation
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
6,000
|
Other
|
|
3,177
|
|
4,098
|
|
3,030
|
Total noninterest
expense
|
|
26,495
|
|
29,344
|
|
64,621
|
Income (loss) before
income taxes
|
|
1,545
|
|
(12,051)
|
|
(46,064)
|
Income tax expense
(benefit)
|
|
599
|
|
(616)
|
|
(4,693)
|
Net income
(loss)
|
|
$
946
|
|
$
(11,435)
|
|
$
(41,371)
|
Basic and diluted
earnings (loss) per common share
|
|
$
0.01
|
|
$
(0.47)
|
|
$
(2.18)
|
Blue Ridge
Bankshares, Inc
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Income (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Nine Months
Ended
|
(Dollars in
thousands, except per common share data)
|
|
September 30,
2024
|
|
September 30,
2023
|
Interest
income:
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and fees on
loans
|
|
$
109,289
|
|
$
114,009
|
Interest on taxable
securities
|
|
7,119
|
|
7,663
|
Interest on nontaxable
securities
|
|
184
|
|
257
|
Interest on deposit
accounts and federal funds sold
|
|
5,795
|
|
3,906
|
Total interest
income
|
|
122,387
|
|
125,835
|
Interest
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
Interest on
deposits
|
|
52,741
|
|
42,070
|
Interest on
subordinated notes
|
|
1,677
|
|
1,666
|
Interest on FHLB andFRB
borrowings
|
|
8,433
|
|
10,821
|
Total interest
expense
|
|
62,851
|
|
54,557
|
Net interest
income
|
|
59,536
|
|
71,278
|
(Recovery of) provision
for credit losses - loans
|
|
(2,400)
|
|
21,103
|
Recovery of credit
losses - unfunded commitments
|
|
(1,700)
|
|
(1,550)
|
Total (recovery of)
provision for credit losses
|
|
(4,100)
|
|
19,553
|
Net interest income
after provision for credit losses
|
|
63,636
|
|
51,725
|
Noninterest
income:
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value adjustments
of other equity investments
|
|
(8,384)
|
|
(277)
|
Residential mortgage
banking income
|
|
8,693
|
|
9,261
|
Mortgage servicing
rights
|
|
(166)
|
|
148
|
Loss on sale of
mortgage servicing rights
|
|
(1,011)
|
|
—
|
Gain on sale of
government guaranteed loans
|
|
131
|
|
4,799
|
Wealth and trust
management
|
|
1,873
|
|
1,356
|
Service charges on
deposit accounts
|
|
1,238
|
|
1,057
|
Increase in cash
surrender value of BOLI
|
|
797
|
|
885
|
Bank and purchase card,
net
|
|
1,444
|
|
1,257
|
Loss on sale of
securities available for sale
|
|
(67)
|
|
(649)
|
Other
|
|
6,324
|
|
6,597
|
Total noninterest
income
|
|
10,872
|
|
24,434
|
Noninterest
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and employee
benefits
|
|
44,918
|
|
44,447
|
Occupancy and
equipment
|
|
4,221
|
|
4,957
|
Technology and
communications
|
|
7,378
|
|
7,670
|
Legal and regulatory
filings
|
|
1,424
|
|
4,899
|
Advertising and
marketing
|
|
701
|
|
973
|
Audit fees
|
|
1,948
|
|
1,440
|
FDIC
insurance
|
|
4,324
|
|
3,297
|
Intangible
amortization
|
|
828
|
|
998
|
Other contractual
services
|
|
4,851
|
|
5,649
|
Other taxes and
assessments
|
|
2,290
|
|
2,407
|
Regulatory
remediation
|
|
4,398
|
|
7,304
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
—
|
|
26,826
|
ESOP
litigation
|
|
—
|
|
6,000
|
Other
|
|
11,033
|
|
10,653
|
Total noninterest
expense
|
|
88,314
|
|
127,520
|
Loss before income
taxes
|
|
(13,806)
|
|
(51,361)
|
Income tax
benefit
|
|
(424)
|
|
(5,347)
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
(13,382)
|
|
$
(46,014)
|
Basic and diluted
loss per common share
|
|
$
(0.34)
|
|
$
(2.43)
|
Blue Ridge
Bankshares, Inc
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Summary of
Selected Financial Data (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of and for the
Three Months Ended
|
(Dollars and
shares in thousands, except per common share
data)
|
|
September
30,
|
|
June
30,
|
|
March
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
September
30,
|
Income Statement
Data:
|
|
2024
|
|
2024
|
|
2024
|
|
2023
|
|
2023
|
Interest
income
|
|
$
39,225
|
|
$
40,631
|
|
$
42,531
|
|
$
43,160
|
|
$
42,485
|
Interest
expense
|
|
20,124
|
|
20,546
|
|
22,182
|
|
21,397
|
|
20,293
|
Net interest
income
|
|
19,101
|
|
20,085
|
|
20,349
|
|
21,763
|
|
22,192
|
(Recovery of) provision
for credit losses
|
|
(6,200)
|
|
3,100
|
|
(1,000)
|
|
2,770
|
|
11,050
|
Net interest income
after provision for credit losses
|
|
25,301
|
|
16,985
|
|
21,349
|
|
18,993
|
|
11,142
|
Noninterest
income
|
|
2,739
|
|
308
|
|
7,825
|
|
4,107
|
|
7,415
|
Noninterest expenses,
excluding goodwill impairment
|
|
26,495
|
|
29,344
|
|
32,474
|
|
30,583
|
|
37,795
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
26,826
|
Income (loss) before
income taxes
|
|
1,545
|
|
(12,051)
|
|
(3,300)
|
|
(7,483)
|
|
(46,064)
|
Income tax expense
(benefit)
|
|
599
|
|
(616)
|
|
(407)
|
|
(1,724)
|
|
(4,693)
|
Net income
(loss)
|
|
946
|
|
(11,435)
|
|
(2,893)
|
|
(5,759)
|
|
(41,371)
|
Per Common Share
Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) per
common share - basic and diluted
|
|
$
0.01
|
|
$
(0.47)
|
|
$
(0.15)
|
|
$
(0.30)
|
|
$
(2.18)
|
Book value per common
share
|
|
4.30
|
|
4.15
|
|
9.24
|
|
9.69
|
|
9.53
|
Tangible book value per
common share - Non-GAAP
|
|
4.25
|
|
4.10
|
|
9.04
|
|
9.47
|
|
9.30
|
Balance Sheet
Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
2,944,691
|
|
$
2,933,072
|
|
$
3,076,187
|
|
$
3,117,554
|
|
$
3,262,713
|
Average
assets
|
|
2,967,774
|
|
3,084,643
|
|
3,164,932
|
|
3,165,886
|
|
3,249,229
|
Average
interest-earning assets
|
|
2,796,116
|
|
2,886,186
|
|
2,966,491
|
|
2,979,065
|
|
3,038,795
|
Loans held for
investment
|
|
2,180,413
|
|
2,259,279
|
|
2,394,089
|
|
2,430,947
|
|
2,446,370
|
Allowance for credit
losses
|
|
25,453
|
|
28,036
|
|
35,025
|
|
35,893
|
|
49,631
|
Purchase accounting
adjustments (discounts) on acquired loans
|
|
4,162
|
|
4,408
|
|
4,873
|
|
5,117
|
|
5,831
|
Loans held for
sale
|
|
22,082
|
|
54,377
|
|
34,902
|
|
46,337
|
|
69,640
|
Securities available
for sale, at fair value
|
|
314,784
|
|
307,427
|
|
314,394
|
|
321,081
|
|
313,930
|
Noninterest-bearing
demand deposits
|
|
459,793
|
|
470,128
|
|
496,375
|
|
506,248
|
|
572,969
|
Fintech
Banking-as-a-Service ("BaaS") deposits
|
|
63,674
|
|
172,456
|
|
272,973
|
|
370,968
|
|
493,009
|
Total
deposits
|
|
2,346,492
|
|
2,325,839
|
|
2,465,776
|
|
2,566,032
|
|
2,776,151
|
Subordinated notes,
net
|
|
39,806
|
|
39,822
|
|
39,838
|
|
39,855
|
|
39,871
|
FHLB and FRB
advances
|
|
190,000
|
|
202,900
|
|
345,000
|
|
275,000
|
|
215,000
|
Average
interest-bearing liabilities
|
|
2,121,402
|
|
2,228,071
|
|
2,411,683
|
|
2,362,774
|
|
2,354,360
|
Total stockholders'
equity
|
|
336,347
|
|
325,614
|
|
180,906
|
|
185,989
|
|
182,837
|
Average stockholders'
equity
|
|
326,880
|
|
318,042
|
|
183,901
|
|
223,840
|
|
238,530
|
Weighted average common
shares outstanding - basic
|
|
73,366
|
|
24,477
|
|
19,178
|
|
19,033
|
|
19,015
|
Weighted average common
shares outstanding - diluted
|
|
87,086
|
|
24,477
|
|
19,178
|
|
19,033
|
|
19,015
|
Financial
Ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return on average
assets (1)
|
|
0.13 %
|
|
-1.48 %
|
|
-0.37 %
|
|
-0.73 %
|
|
-5.09 %
|
Return on average
equity (1)
|
|
1.16 %
|
|
-14.38 %
|
|
-6.29 %
|
|
-10.29 %
|
|
-69.38 %
|
Total loan to deposit
ratio
|
|
93.9 %
|
|
99.5 %
|
|
98.5 %
|
|
96.5 %
|
|
90.6 %
|
Held for investment
loan-to-deposit ratio
|
|
92.9 %
|
|
97.1 %
|
|
97.1 %
|
|
94.7 %
|
|
88.1 %
|
FintechBaaS deposits to
total deposits ratio
|
|
2.7 %
|
|
7.4 %
|
|
11.1 %
|
|
14.5 %
|
|
17.8 %
|
Net interest margin
(1)
|
|
2.74 %
|
|
2.79 %
|
|
2.75 %
|
|
2.92 %
|
|
2.92 %
|
Cost of deposits
(1)
|
|
2.91 %
|
|
2.84 %
|
|
2.85 %
|
|
2.73 %
|
|
2.46 %
|
Cost of funds
(1)
|
|
3.09 %
|
|
3.02 %
|
|
3.03 %
|
|
2.91 %
|
|
2.73 %
|
Efficiency
ratio
|
|
121.3 %
|
|
143.9 %
|
|
115.3 %
|
|
118.2 %
|
|
127.7 %
|
Regulatory remediation
expenses
|
|
357
|
|
1,397
|
|
2,644
|
|
3,155
|
|
3,782
|
Capital and Asset
Quality Ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average stockholders'
equity to average assets
|
|
11.0 %
|
|
10.3 %
|
|
5.8 %
|
|
7.1 %
|
|
7.3 %
|
Allowance for credit
losses to loans held for investment
|
|
1.17 %
|
|
1.24 %
|
|
1.46 %
|
|
1.48 %
|
|
2.03 %
|
Ratio of net
(recoveries) charge-offs to average loans outstanding
(1)
|
|
-0.61 %
|
|
1.81 %
|
|
0.14 %
|
|
2.84 %
|
|
0.09 %
|
Nonperforming loans to
total assets
|
|
1.09 %
|
|
1.40 %
|
|
1.73 %
|
|
2.02 %
|
|
2.51 %
|
Nonperforming assets to
total assets
|
|
1.09 %
|
|
1.40 %
|
|
1.73 %
|
|
2.02 %
|
|
2.51 %
|
Nonperforming loans to
total loans
|
|
1.46 %
|
|
1.78 %
|
|
2.19 %
|
|
2.55 %
|
|
3.25 %
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of
Non-GAAP Financial Measures (unaudited):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tangible Common
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders'
equity
|
|
$
336,347
|
|
$
325,614
|
|
$
180,906
|
|
$
185,989
|
|
$
182,837
|
Less: preferred stock
(including additional paid-in capital)
|
|
(20,605)
|
|
(20,605)
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
Common stockholders'
equity
|
|
$
315,742
|
|
$
305,009
|
|
$
180,906
|
|
$
185,989
|
|
$
182,837
|
Less: Goodwill and
other intangibles, net of deferred tax liability (2)
|
|
(3,281)
|
|
(3,552)
|
|
(3,913)
|
|
(4,179)
|
|
(4,286)
|
Tangible common equity
(Non-GAAP)
|
|
$
312,461
|
|
$
301,456
|
|
$
176,993
|
|
$
181,810
|
|
$
178,551
|
Total common shares
outstanding
|
|
73,474
|
|
73,504
|
|
19,584
|
|
19,198
|
|
19,192
|
Book value per common
share
|
|
$
4.30
|
|
$
4.15
|
|
$
9.24
|
|
$
9.69
|
|
$
9.53
|
Tangible book value per
common share (Non-GAAP)
|
|
4.25
|
|
4.10
|
|
9.04
|
|
9.47
|
|
9.30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tangible Common
Equity to Tangible Total Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
2,944,691
|
|
$
2,933,072
|
|
$
3,076,187
|
|
$
3,117,554
|
|
$
3,262,713
|
Less: Goodwill and
other intangibles, net of deferred tax liability (2)
|
|
(3,281)
|
|
(3,552)
|
|
(3,913)
|
|
(4,179)
|
|
(4,286)
|
Tangible total assets
(Non-GAAP)
|
|
$
2,941,410
|
|
$
2,929,520
|
|
$
3,072,274
|
|
$
3,113,375
|
|
$
3,258,427
|
Tangible common equity
(Non-GAAP)
|
|
$
312,461
|
|
$
301,456
|
|
$
176,993
|
|
$
181,810
|
|
$
178,551
|
Tangible common equity
to tangible total assets (Non-GAAP)
|
|
10.6 %
|
|
10.3 %
|
|
5.8 %
|
|
5.8 %
|
|
5.5 %
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Annualized
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2) Excludes mortgage
servicing rights
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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