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First Business Financial Services Inc

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US Market News US Market News 2 months ago
First Business Bank Announces First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference CallApril 8, 2026 4:15 PM
Business Wire
First Business Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company” or “First Business Bank”) (Nasdaq:FBIZ) invites participation in a conference call to discuss the Company’s financial and operating performance during its first quarter ended March 31, 2026. The conference call and webcast may contain forward-looking statements and other material information.




Event:






Earnings Conference Call – First Quarter 2026








When:






Friday, April 24, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Central Time








How:






By conference call or from a simultaneous webcast








Access:






Conference Call Dial-In:






800-715-9871 (toll free)




+1 646-307-1963 (international)








 






Conference Call Access Code:






FBIZ, 2129267








 






Webcast:






https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/805218265








 






 






 







Corey A. Chambas, Chief Executive Officer, David R. Seiler, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Brian D. Spielmann, Chief Financial Officer, will provide an overview of first quarter 2026 results. The management presentation is expected to last approximately fifteen to thirty minutes, followed by investor questions and discussion. The Company’s first quarter results will be released after the market closes on Thursday, April 23, 2026 and will also be available in the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s website.


A replay of the call will be available through Friday, May 1, 2026, by calling 800-770-2030 or +1 609-800-9909 for international participants. The webcast archive of the conference call will be available on the Company’s website, ir.firstbusiness.bank.


About First Business Bank


First Business Bank® specializes in Business Banking, including Commercial Banking and Specialty Finance, Private Wealth, and Bank Consulting services, and through its refined focus delivers unmatched expertise, accessibility, and responsiveness. Specialty Finance solutions are delivered through First Business Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary First Business Specialty Finance, LLC®. First Business Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Business Financial Services, Inc®. (Nasdaq: FBIZ). For additional information, visit firstbusiness.bank.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260408334107/en/
Brian Spielmann, Chief Financial Officer

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bspielmann@firstbusiness.bank


Original: First Business Bank Announces First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call
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US Market News US Market News 5 months ago
First Business Bank Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Financial Results and 17% Cash Dividend IncreaseJanuary 29, 2026 4:05 PM
Business Wire
-- Continued balance sheet growth and operating efficiency drive strong earnings and tangible book value expansion --


-- 17% increase in quarterly cash dividend announced, marking 14th consecutive annual increase --


First Business Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company”, the “Bank”, or “First Business Bank”) (Nasdaq: FBIZ) reported quarterly net income available to common shareholders of $13.1 million, or earnings per share ("EPS") of $1.58. This compares to net income available to common shareholders of $14.2 million, or $1.70 per share, in the third quarter of 2025 and $14.2 million, or $1.71 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2024.


“First Business Bank continued to produce strong deposit and loan growth that outpaced the industry, expanding client relationships and driving outstanding financial performance during the fourth quarter,” said Corey Chambas, Chief Executive Officer. “We concluded 2025 with positive momentum. Our revenue growth goals continued to be supported by robust loan pipelines, expansion of our private wealth platform, core deposit growth, and diversified fee income sources. While we saw an increase in nonperforming loans due to a single client relationship, we continue to experience stable credit quality across our performing portfolio. We are pleased to report strong profitability despite this isolated event. We are on track with our five-year strategic plan, achieving 10% growth in top-line revenue and maintaining an efficiency ratio below 60%. This momentum continued to drive above-target performance on return on average tangible common equity and growth in tangible book value for 2025."


“We continued our track record of producing double-digit annual growth, exceeding 14% growth in both pre-tax, pre-provision adjusted earnings and earnings per share in 2025," Chambas continued. "We are particularly proud that we have sustained 10% compound average annual growth in earnings per share for the past 20 years. This consistent growth in earnings has supported our ability to provide shareholders a strong cash dividend that has grown for 14 consecutive years. We continue to target double-digit growth going forward."


Quarterly Highlights



Robust Core Deposit Growth. Core deposits grew $80.9 million, or 12.5% annualized, from the linked quarter and $276.6 million, or 11.5%, from the fourth quarter of 2024. Core deposit funding mix improved to 74.7% compared to 71.5% in the linked quarter and 70.7% in the fourth quarter of 2024.




Continued Loan Growth. Loans increased $38.6 million, or 4.6% annualized, from the third quarter of 2025, and $261.4 million, or 8.4%, from the fourth quarter of 2024. Loan growth was muted by elevated commercial real estate payoffs in the second half of 2025.




Net Interest Margin. The Company's net interest margin of 3.53% included a 10 basis point impact of non-accrual interest reversals during the quarter. Net interest margin was 3.63% excluding this item, reflecting the Bank's effective match-funding strategy and pricing discipline. This compared to 3.68% for the linked quarter and 3.77% for the prior-year quarter.




Commitment to Efficiency. The Company’s efficiency ratio improved to 56.61% from 57.44% and 56.94% in the linked and prior-year quarters, respectively. Efficiency ratio for the full year was 58.78% compared to 60.61%, producing positive operating leverage for the fourth consecutive year. We expect our disciplined expense management and balanced revenue growth to support positive operating leverage going forward.




Continued Tangible Book Value Growth. The Company’s strong earnings and sound balance sheet management continued to drive growth in tangible book value per share, producing a 15.9% annualized increase compared to the linked quarter and a 13.7% increase compared to the prior-year quarter.



Dividend Increase. The Company's quarterly cash dividend was increased 17%, to $0.34 per share, marking the Company's 14th consecutive annual increase.



Quarterly Financial Results




(Unaudited)






 






As of and for the Three Months Ended






 






As of and for the Year Ended








(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






December 31,

2024






 






December 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Net interest income






 






$34,762






 






$34,886






 






$33,148






 






$136,690






 






$124,206








Adjusted non-interest income (1)






 






7,461






 






9,406






 






8,005






 






31,703






 






29,259








Operating revenue (1)






 






42,223






 






44,292






 






41,153






 






168,393






 






153,465








Operating expense (1)






 






23,901






 






25,440






 






23,434






 






98,983






 






93,016








Pre-tax, pre-provision adjusted earnings (1)






 






18,322






 






18,852






 






17,719






 






69,410






 






60,449








Less:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Provision for credit losses






 






1,855






 






1,440






 






2,701






 






8,655






 






8,827








Net loss on repossessed assets






 













 






31






 






5






 






27






 






168








Contribution to First Business Charitable Foundation






 













 






234






 













 






234






 















SBA recourse benefit






 













 






(5)






 






(687)






 






(64)






 






(104)








Impairment of tax credit investments






 






229






 













 






400






 






339






 






400








Add:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Bank-owned life insurance claim






 













 






234






 













 






234






 















Net loss on sale of securities






 













 













 













 













 






(8)








Income before income tax expense






 






16,238






 






17,386






 






15,300






 






60,453






 






51,150








Income tax expense






 






2,905






 






2,993






 






885






 






10,134






 






6,905








Net income






 






$13,333






 






$14,393






 






$14,415






 






$50,319






 






$44,245








Preferred stock dividends






 






219






 






218






 






219






 






875






 






875








Net income available to common shareholders






 






$13,114






 






$14,175






 






$14,196






 






$49,444






 






$43,370








Earnings per share, diluted






 






$1.58






 






$1.70






 






$1.71






 






$5.94






 






$5.20








Book value per share






 






$43.19






 






$41.60






 






$38.17






 






$43.19






 






$38.17








Tangible book value per share (1)






 






$41.75






 






$40.16






 






$36.74






 






$41.75






 






$36.74








 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Net interest margin (2)






 






3.53%






 






3.68%






 






3.77%






 






3.64%






 






3.66%








Fee income ratio (non-interest income / total revenue)






 






17.67%






 






21.65%






 






19.45%






 






18.94%






 






19.06%








Efficiency ratio (1)






 






56.61%






 






57.44%






 






56.94%






 






58.78%






 






60.61%








Return on average assets (2)






 






1.25%






 






1.40%






 






1.52%






 






1.24%






 






1.20%








Return on average tangible common equity (2)






 






14.83%






 






17.29%






 






19.21%






 






15.25%






 






15.35%








 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Period-end loans and leases receivable






 






$3,373,241






 






$3,334,956






 






$3,113,128






 






$3,373,241






 






$3,113,128








Average loans and leases receivable






 






$3,363,752






 






$3,295,880






 






$3,103,703






 






$3,271,872






 






$2,996,881








Period-end core deposits






 






$2,673,003






 






$2,592,110






 






$2,396,429






 






$2,673,003






 






$2,396,429








Average core deposits






 






$2,765,730






 






$2,597,031






 






$2,416,919






 






$2,531,828






 






$2,378,465








Allowance for credit losses, including unfunded commitment reserves






 






$37,692






 






$38,382






 






$37,268






 






$37,692






 






$37,268








Non-performing assets






 






$43,855






 






$23,513






 






$28,418






 






$43,855






 






$28,418








Allowance for credit losses as a percent of total gross loans and leases






 






1.12%






 






1.15%






 






1.20%






 






1.12%






 






1.20%








Non-performing assets as a percent of total assets






 






1.07%






 






0.58%






 






0.74%






 






1.07%






 






0.74%

















 




This is a non-GAAP financial measure. Management believes these measures are meaningful because they reflect adjustments commonly made by management, investors, regulators, and analysts to evaluate financial performance, provide greater understanding of ongoing operations, and enhance comparability of results with prior periods. See the section titled Non-GAAP Reconciliations at the end of this release for a reconciliation of GAAP financial measures to non-GAAP financial measures.



Calculation is annualized.







Fourth Quarter 2025 Compared to Third Quarter 2025


Net interest income decreased $124,000, or 0.4%, to $34.8 million.



The decrease in net interest income was driven by non-accrual interest reversals in the current quarter and non-accrual interest recoveries in the linked quarter, partially offset by higher average loans and leases receivable. Average loans and leases receivable grew by $67.9 million, or 8.2% annualized, to $3.364 billion. Excluding non-accrual interest activity in both periods, net interest income increased $1.1 million, or 3.1%.



The yield on average interest-earning assets decreased 34 basis points to 6.38% from 6.72% mainly due to non-accrual interest reversals in the current quarter and non-accrual interest recoveries in the linked quarter and reduction in short-term market rates. Excluding non-accrual interest activity in both periods, the yield on average interest-earning assets was 6.47% compared to 6.69% in the linked quarter. Excluding non-accrual interest activity in both periods, the interest- earning asset beta was 54.1%. The change in yield of the respective interest-earning asset or the rate paid on interest-bearing liability compared to the change in the effective daily fed funds rate is commonly referred to as beta.



The rate paid for average core deposits decreased 25 basis points to 2.64% from 2.89%. The rate paid for average total bank funding decreased 19 basis points to 2.95% from 3.14%. Total bank funding is defined as total deposits plus Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances. The core deposit beta and total bank funding beta compared to the prior quarter was 62.5% and 47.5%, respectively.



Net interest margin was 3.53% compared to 3.68% for the linked quarter. The decrease in net interest margin was driven primarily by non-accrual interest reversals in the current quarter and non-accrual interest recoveries in the linked quarter. Excluding non-accrual interest activity in both periods, net interest margin was 3.63% compared to 3.64% in the linked quarter.



The Company maintains a long-term target for net interest margin in the range of 3.60% - 3.65%. Performance in future quarters will vary due to factors such as the level of fees in lieu of interest and the timing, pace, and scale of future interest rate changes.



The Bank reported provision for credit losses of $1.9 million compared to $1.4 million in the linked quarter. The current quarter provision primarily reflects net charge-offs and loan growth, partially offset by improvement in the economic outlook in our model forecast and a decrease in general reserve qualitative factors. Specific reserves were flat reflecting a decrease in reserve requirements in equipment finance lending offset by an increase in reserves in accounts receivable financing.


Non-interest income decreased $2.2 million, or 22.6%, to $7.5 million.



Gain on sale of SBA loans decreased $242,000, or 63.4%, to $140,000, mainly due to delays related to the government shutdown.




Commercial loan swap fee income decreased $236,000, or 24.2%, to $738,000. Swap fee income varies from period to period based on loan activity and the interest rate environment.




Other non-interest income decreased $1.5 million, or 76.9%, to $458,000 mainly due to a reclassification of partnership investment expenses and $537,000 of nonrecurring fee income in accounts receivable financing in the prior quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Company reclassified $904,000 of investment expenses incurred during the first nine months of 2025 to net against the related revenue to present the net benefit of our partnership investments. The Company will continue this method of disclosure on a go-forward basis and prior-year periods were not adjusted due to immateriality.




Bank-owned life insurance income decreased $226,000, or 23.4%, to $739,000 primarily due to a $234,000 insurance claim received in the prior quarter.



Non-interest expense decreased $1.6 million, or 6.1%, to $24.1 million, while operating expense decreased $1.5 million, or 6.0%, to $23.9 million.



Compensation expense was $17.2 million, decreasing $291,000, or 1.7%, primarily due to a decrease in annual cash bonus and 401(k) accruals, partially offset by an increase in individual incentive compensation. Average full-time equivalents (“FTEs”) for the fourth quarter of 2025 were 368, up from 366 in the linked quarter.



Other non-interest expense decreased $1.5 million, or 86.6%, to $225,000, primarily due to the aforementioned reclassification of partnership investment expenses and a decrease in donations and contributions.







Income tax expense decreased $88,000 to $2.9 million. The effective tax rate was 17.9% for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to 17.2% for the linked quarter. The change in tax expense reflects a decrease in pre-tax income and updated tax credit partnership estimates. The effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2025 was 16.8%. The Company expects to report an effective tax rate between 16% and 18% for 2026.


Total period-end loans and leases receivable increased $38.6 million, or 4.6% annualized, to $3.375 billion. Loan growth was muted due to elevated commercial real estate loan payoffs in the second half of 2025. The average rate earned on average loans and leases receivable was 6.77%, down 33 basis points from 7.10% in the prior quarter. Excluding the non-accrual interest reversals and recoveries, the average rate earned on average loans and leases receivable was 6.87% compared to 7.06% in the linked quarter.


Total period-end core deposits increased $80.9 million, or 12.5% annualized, to $2.673 billion. The average rate paid was 2.64%, down 25 basis points from 2.89% in the prior quarter primarily due to a decrease in short-term market rates.


Period-end wholesale funding, including FHLB advances and brokered deposits, decreased $48.2 million, or 5.1%, to $904.7 million due to an increase in core deposits. Consistent with the Bank’s long-held philosophy to minimize exposure to interest rate risk, management will continue to utilize the most efficient and cost-effective source of wholesale funds to match-fund fixed-rate loans, as necessary.



Wholesale deposits decreased $33.5 million to $707.4 million. The average rate paid on wholesale deposits increased one basis point to 4.04% and the weighted average original maturity increased to 4.4 years from 4.3 years.




FHLB advances decreased $14.7 million to $197.2 million. The average rate paid on FHLB advances decreased two basis points to 3.18% and the weighted average original maturity increased to 5.7 years from 5.3 years.



Non-performing assets increased $20.3 million to $43.9 million, or 1.07% of total assets, compared to 0.58% in the prior quarter. The increase primarily reflects the downgrade of $20.4 million of CRE loans from a single southeast Wisconsin-based client relationship. Management has evaluated the Bank's collateral position of these loans and concluded no specific reserves are required. This increase in non-performing assets was partially offset by lower non-accrual equipment finance loans.


The allowance for credit losses, including the unfunded credit commitments reserve, decreased $690,000, or 1.8%, primarily due to decreases in general reserves due to an improvement in the economic outlook in our model forecast, improvement in qualitative factors, and a decrease in specific reserves, partially offset by loan growth, general reserve model updates, and an increase in unfunded commitment reserves. The allowance for credit losses, including unfunded credit commitment reserves, as a percent of total gross loans and leases was 1.12% compared to 1.15% in the prior quarter.


Fourth Quarter 2025 Compared to Fourth Quarter 2024


Net interest income increased $1.6 million, or 4.9%, to $34.8 million.



Growth reflects higher average gross loans and leases partially offset by the aforementioned non-accrual interest activity and lower prepayment fees. Excluding the non-accrual interest activity, net interest income increased $2.4 million, or 7.3%.



The yield on average interest-earning assets decreased 46 basis points to 6.38% from 6.84%. Excluding the non-accrual interest activity, the yield on average interest-earning assets measured 6.47%. This decrease in yield was primarily due to the decrease in short-term market rates and lower prepayment fees, partially offset by the reinvestment of cash flows from the securities and fixed-rate loan portfolios. Excluding the non-accrual interest activity, the interest-earning asset beta was 46.7%



The rate paid for average interest-bearing core deposits decreased 51 basis points to 3.14% from 3.65%. The rate paid for average total bank funding decreased 23 basis points to 2.95% from 3.18%. The core deposit and total bank funding betas compared to the prior year were 45.3% and 30.7%, respectively.



Net interest margin decreased 24 basis points to 3.53% from 3.77%. Excluding the non-accrual interest activity, net interest margin was 3.63%. The remaining decrease in net interest margin was mainly due to a reduction in prepayment fees and the decrease in earning asset yields outpacing the decrease in total bank funding costs.



The Company reported provision for credit losses of $1.9 million, compared to $2.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. See the Provision for Credit Loss breakdown table below for more detail.


Non-interest income decreased $544,000, or 6.8%, to $7.5 million.



Gain on sale of SBA loans decreased $798,000, or 85.1%, to $140,000, primarily due to delays caused by the government shutdown.




Loan fee income decreased $504,000, or 55.1%, to $410,000, primarily due to a reclassification of certain types of C&I loan fees from non-interest income to interest income.




Other non-interest income decreased $303,000, or 38.9%, to $458,000, primarily due to the aforementioned partnership investment expense reclassification, partially offset by increases in credit card fee income and income from partnership investments.




Private wealth fee income increased $362,000, or 10.6%, to $3.8 million. Private wealth assets under management and administration measured $3.815 billion at December 31, 2025 up $396.0 million, or 11.6%.




Bank-owned life insurance income increased $321,000, or 76.8%, to $739,000, primarily due to the purchase of new policies.




Service charges on deposits increased $228,000, or 23.8%, to $1.2 million, primarily driven by new and expanded core deposit relationships and a reduction in earnings credit rates.




Commercial loan swap fee income increased $150,000, or 25.5%, to $738,000. Swap fee income varies period to period based on loan activity and the interest rate environment.



Non-interest expense increased $978,000, or 4.2%, to $24.1 million. Operating expense increased $467,000 or 2.0%, to $23.9 million.



Compensation expense increased $1.6 million, or 10.4%, to $17.2 million. Growth reflects an increase in average FTEs, salary increases, and an increase in the annual cash bonus accrual. Average FTEs increased 5.4% to 368 in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to 349 in the fourth quarter of 2024.



Computer software expense increased $317,000, or 20.0%, to $1.9 million, due to ongoing investment in innovative technology to support growth initiatives, enhance productivity and security, and improve the client experience.




Data processing expense decreased $489,000, or 29.7%, to $1.2 million, primarily due to a one-time expense related to a change in credit card vendors in the prior-year quarter.




Professional fees decreased $322,000, or 24.3%, to $1.0 million, primarily due to timing of recruiting and legal fees.




Other non-interest expense decreased $292,000, or 56.5%, to $225,000, primarily due to the aforementioned reclassification of partnership investment expenses, partially offset by an increase in liquidation expenses.



Total period-end loans and leases receivable increased $261.4 million, or 8.4%, to $3.375 billion. The average yield decreased 44 basis points to 6.77%, primarily due to a decrease in short-term market rates and the aforementioned non-accrual interest reversal. Excluding the non-accrual interest reversal, average yield was 6.87%.



CRE loans increased $143.1 million, or 7.5%, to $2.060 billion, primarily due to growth across the Wisconsin and Kansas City markets.



C&I loans increased $122.3 million, or 10.6%, to $1.274 billion, primarily due to growth across our bank markets and in our floorplan, asset-based lending, and equipment finance businesses.



Total period-end core deposits grew $276.6 million, or 11.5%, to $2.673 billion. The average rate paid decreased 34 basis points to 2.64%, reflecting a decrease in short-term market rates.


Period-end wholesale funding decreased $71.3 million, or 7.3%, to $904.7 million.



Wholesale deposits decreased $3.3 million, or 0.5%, to $707.4 million. The average rate paid on wholesale deposits decreased seven basis points to 4.04% and the weighted average original maturity increased to 4.4 years from 3.9 years.



FHLB advances decreased $68.1 million to $197.2 million. The average rate paid on FHLB advances increased 27 basis points to 3.18% and the weighted average original maturity increased to 5.7 years from 5.4 years.



Non-performing assets increased to $43.9 million, or 1.07% of total assets, compared to $28.4 million, or 0.74% of total assets, primarily driven by the downgrade of $20.4 million of CRE loans from a single client relationship, partially offset by lower non-accrual equipment finance loans.


The allowance for credit losses, including unfunded commitment reserves, increased $424,000 to $37.7 million primarily due to higher general reserves as a result of loan growth and quantitative factors, partially offset by lower specific reserves. The allowance for credit losses as a percent of total gross loans and leases was 1.12%, compared with 1.20% in the prior year.


Dividend Increase Announced


On January 29, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.34 per share, which is equivalent to a dividend yield of 2.45% based on the market close price of $55.44 on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The quarterly dividend represents a 17% increase over the quarterly dividend declared in October 2025 and marks the 14th consecutive annual dividend raise. Based on fourth quarter 2025 earnings per share, this represents a dividend payout ratio of 22%. This regular cash dividend is payable on February 28, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 14, 2026.


The Board of Directors also declared a dividend on the Company’s 7% Series A Preferred Stock of $17.50 per share, payable on March 16, 2026, to shareholders of record on February 27, 2026.


2026 CEO Succession Plan


On May 5, 2025, the Company announced that Corey A. Chambas intends to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer on May 2, 2026. The Company will name President and Chief Operating Officer David R. Seiler to succeed him as President and CEO effective the same date.


Earnings Release Supplement and Conference Call


On January 29, 2026, the Company posted an earnings release supplement to its website firstbusiness.bank under the “Investor Relations” tab which will also be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2026. The information included in the supplement provides an overview of the Company’s recent operating performance, financial condition, and other data relevant to the quarter. The Company intends to use this supplement in connection with its fourth quarter 2025 earnings call to be held at 1:00 p.m. Central time on January 30, 2026. The conference call can be accessed at 800-549-8228 (646-564-2877 if outside the United States and Canada), using the conference call access code: FBIZ, 15092. Investors may also listen live via webcast at: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/437898665. A replay of the call will be available through Friday, February 6, 2026, by calling 888-660-6264 (646-517-3975 if outside the United States and Canada). The webcast archive of the conference call will be available on the Company’s website, ir.firstbusiness.bank.


About First Business Bank


First Business Bank® specializes in Business Banking, including Commercial Banking and Specialty Finance, Private Wealth, and Bank Consulting services, and through its refined focus delivers unmatched expertise, accessibility, and responsiveness. Specialty Finance solutions are delivered through First Business Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary First Business Specialty Finance, LLC®. First Business Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Business Financial Services, Inc®. (Nasdaq: FBIZ). For additional information, visit firstbusiness.bank.


This release may include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which reflect First Business Bank’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical information, but rather are related to future operations, strategies, financial results, or other developments. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations as well as certain assumptions and estimates made by, and information available to, management at the time the statements are made. Those statements are based on general assumptions and are subject to various risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the views, beliefs, and projections expressed in such statements. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including among other things:



Adverse changes in the economy or business conditions, either nationally or in our markets including, without limitation, inflation, economic downturn, labor shortages, wage pressures, and the adverse effects of public health events on the global, national, and local economy.




Uncertainty created by potential federal government actions relating to the authority of regulatory agencies (including bank regulators), international trade policy, prolonged shutdown of the federal government, and other significant policy matters.




Competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions nationally and in the Company’s markets.



Increases in defaults by borrowers and other delinquencies.



Management’s ability to manage growth effectively, including the successful expansion of our client support, administrative infrastructure, and internal management systems.



Fluctuations in interest rates and market prices.



Changes in legislative or regulatory requirements applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries.



Changes in tax requirements, including tax rate changes, new tax laws, and revised tax law interpretations.



Fraud, including client and system failure or breaches of our network security, including the Company’s internet banking activities.



Failure to comply with the applicable SBA regulations in order to maintain the eligibility of the guaranteed portion of SBA loans.



Ongoing volatility in the banking sector may result in new legislation, regulations or policy changes that could subject the Company and the Bank to increased government regulation and supervision.



The proportion of the Company’s deposit account balances that exceed FDIC insurance limits may expose the Bank to enhanced liquidity risk.



For further information about the factors that could affect the Company’s future results, please see the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.




SELECTED FINANCIAL CONDITION DATA









 



(Unaudited)






 






As of








(in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Assets






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Cash and cash equivalents






 






$39,485






 






$44,349






 






$123,208






 






$170,617






 






$157,702








Securities available-for-sale, at fair value






 






422,087






 






411,111






 






382,365






 






359,394






 






341,392








Securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost






 






5,210






 






5,584






 






5,714






 






6,590






 






6,741








Loans held for sale






 






18,849






 






13,482






 






12,415






 






10,523






 






13,498








Loans and leases receivable






 






3,373,241






 






3,334,956






 






3,250,925






 






3,184,400






 






3,113,128








Allowance for credit losses






 






(35,877)






 






(36,690)






 






(36,861)






 






(35,236)






 






(35,785)








Loans and leases receivable, net






 






3,337,364






 






3,298,266






 






3,214,064






 






3,149,164






 






3,077,343








Premises and equipment, net






 






4,669






 






4,936






 






5,063






 






5,017






 






5,227








Repossessed assets






 













 






0






 






31






 






36






 






51








Right-of-use assets






 






5,317






 






5,577






 






5,713






 






5,439






 






5,702








Bank-owned life insurance






 






83,994






 






83,255






 






82,761






 






57,647






 






57,210








Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost






 






8,940






 






9,605






 






10,027






 






10,434






 






11,616








Goodwill and other intangible assets






 






11,985






 






12,041






 






12,049






 






12,058






 






11,912








Derivatives






 






36,515






 






37,634






 






40,814






 






48,405






 






65,762








Accrued interest receivable and other assets






 






107,472






 






109,005






 






108,501






 






109,555






 






99,059








Total assets






 






$4,081,887






 






$4,034,845






 






$4,002,725






 






$3,944,879






 






$3,853,215








Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Core deposits






 






$2,673,003






 






$2,592,110






 






$2,533,099






 






$2,462,695






 






$2,396,429








Wholesale deposits






 






707,412






 






740,961






 






772,123






 






780,348






 






710,711








Total deposits






 






3,380,415






 






3,333,071






 






3,305,222






 






3,243,043






 






3,107,140








Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other borrowings






 






252,051






 






266,677






 






276,131






 






286,590






 






320,049








Lease liabilities






 






7,361






 






7,687






 






7,887






 






7,604






 






7,926








Derivatives






 






36,926






 






38,726






 






41,228






 






45,612






 






57,068








Accrued interest payable and other liabilities






 






33,549






 






30,365






 






27,462






 






25,967






 






32,443








Total liabilities






 






3,710,302






 






3,676,526






 






3,657,930






 






3,608,816






 






3,524,626








Total stockholders’ equity






 






371,585






 






358,319






 






344,795






 






336,063






 






328,589








Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity






 






$4,081,887






 






$4,034,845






 






$4,002,725






 






$3,944,879






 






$3,853,215









STATEMENTS OF INCOME











 



(Unaudited)






 






As of and for the Three Months Ended






 






As of and for the Year Ended








(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024






 






December 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Total interest income






 






$62,752






 






$63,746






 






$61,282






 






$59,530






 






$60,110






 






$247,310






 






$233,130








Total interest expense






 






27,990






 






28,860






 






27,498






 






26,272






 






26,962






 






110,620






 






108,924








Net interest income






 






34,762






 






34,886






 






33,784






 






33,258






 






33,148






 






136,690






 






124,206








Provision for credit losses






 






1,855






 






1,440






 






2,701






 






2,659






 






2,701






 






8,655






 






8,827








Net interest income after provision for credit losses






 






32,907






 






33,446






 






31,083






 






30,599






 






30,447






 






128,035






 






115,379








Private wealth management service fees






 






3,788






 






3,687






 






3,748






 






3,492






 






3,426






 






14,716






 






13,262








Gain on sale of SBA loans






 






140






 






382






 






397






 






963






 






938






 






1,882






 






1,942








Service charges on deposits






 






1,188






 






1,151






 






1,103






 






1,048






 






960






 






4,491






 






3,771








Loan fees






 






410






 






501






 






424






 






388






 






914






 






1,724






 






3,399








Bank owned life insurance income






 






739






 






965






 






615






 






437






 






418






 






2,755






 






1,649








Loss on sale of securities






 













 













 













 













 













 













 






(8)








Swap fees






 






738






 






974






 






170






 






113






 






588






 






1,995






 






1,403








Other non-interest income






 






458






 






1,980






 






798






 






1,138






 






761






 






4,374






 






3,833








Total non-interest income






 






7,461






 






9,640






 






7,255






 






7,579






 






8,005






 






31,937






 






29,251








Compensation






 






17,151






 






17,442






 






16,534






 






16,747






 






15,535






 






67,874






 






63,105








Occupancy






 






581






 






567






 






564






 






590






 






588






 






2,303






 






2,373








Professional fees






 






1,001






 






1,071






 






1,487






 






1,459






 






1,323






 






5,018






 






5,671








Data processing






 






1,158






 






1,123






 






1,368






 






1,082






 






1,647






 






4,732






 






4,892








Marketing






 






938






 






876






 






1,062






 






968






 






928






 






3,844






 






3,518








Equipment






 






374






 






296






 






335






 






376






 






301






 






1,381






 






1,314








Computer software






 






1,902






 






1,826






 






1,656






 






1,603






 






1,585






 






6,987






 






6,166








FDIC insurance






 






800






 






817






 






834






 






780






 






728






 






3,231






 






2,760








Other non-interest expense






 






225






 






1,682






 






1,128






 






1,114






 






517






 






4,149






 






3,681








Total non-interest expense






 






24,130






 






25,700






 






24,968






 






24,719






 






23,152






 






99,519






 






93,480








Income before income tax expense






 






16,238






 






17,386






 






13,370






 






13,459






 






15,300






 






60,453






 






51,150








Income tax expense






 






2,905






 






2,993






 






1,948






 






2,288






 






885






 






10,134






 






6,905








Net income






 






$13,333






 






$14,393






 






$11,422






 






$11,171






 






$14,415






 






$50,319






 






$44,245








Preferred stock dividends






 






219






 






218






 






219






 






219






 






219






 






875






 






875








Net income available to common shareholders






 






$13,114






 






$14,175






 






$11,203






 






$10,952






 






$14,196






 






$49,444






 






$43,370








Per common share:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Basic earnings






 






$1.58






 






$1.70






 






$1.35






 






$1.32






 






$1.71






 






$5.94






 






$5.20








Diluted earnings






 






1.58






 






1.70






 






1.35






 






1.32






 






1.71






 






5.94






 






5.20








Dividends declared






 






0.29






 






0.29






 






0.29






 






0.29






 






0.25






 






1.16






 






1.00








Book value






 






43.19






 






41.60






 






39.98






 






39.04






 






38.17






 






43.19






 






38.17








Tangible book value






 






41.75






 






40.16






 






38.54






 






37.58






 






36.74






 






41.75






 






36.74








Weighted-average common shares outstanding(1)






 






8,173,059






 






8,171,404






 






8,141,159






 






8,130,743






 






8,107,308






 






8,158,208






 






8,148,259








Weighted-average diluted common shares outstanding(1)






 






8,173,059






 






8,171,404






 






8,141,159






 






8,130,743






 






8,107,308






 






8,158,208






 






8,148,259








(1) Excluding participating securities.


















 




NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS









 



(Unaudited)






 






For the Three Months Ended








(Dollars in thousands)






 






December 31, 2025






 






September 30, 2025






 






December 31, 2024








 






 






Average

Balance






 






Interest






 






Average

Yield/Rate(4)






 






Average

Balance






 






Interest






 






Average

Yield/Rate(4)






 






Average

Balance






 






Interest






 






Average

Yield/Rate(4)








Interest-earning assets






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Commercial real estate and other mortgage loans(1)






 






$2,039,138






 






$31,063






 






6.09%






 






$1,986,541






 






$31,819






 






6.41%






 






$1,879,136






 






$30,580






 






6.51%








Commercial and industrial loans(1)






 






1,280,406






 






25,222






 






7.88






 






1,259,448






 






26,009






 






8.26






 






1,176,175






 






24,709






 






8.40








Consumer and other loans(1)






 






44,208






 






631






 






5.71






 






49,891






 






672






 






5.39






 






48,392






 






663






 






5.48








Total loans and leases receivable(1)






 






3,363,752






 






56,916






 






6.77






 






3,295,880






 






58,500






 






7.10






 






3,103,703






 






55,952






 






7.21








Mortgage-related securities(2)






 






366,158






 






3,894






 






4.25






 






350,971






 






3,745






 






4.27






 






290,471






 






2,858






 






3.94








Other investment securities(3)






 






49,716






 






282






 






2.27






 






47,367






 






266






 






2.25






 






45,174






 






231






 






2.05








FHLB stock






 






8,614






 






202






 






9.38






 






9,420






 






225






 






9.55






 






11,788






 






274






 






9.30








Short-term investments






 






145,425






 






1,458






 






4.01






 






90,852






 






1,010






 






4.45






 






65,254






 






795






 






4.87








Total interest-earning assets






 






3,933,665






 






62,752






 






6.38






 






3,794,490






 






63,746






 






6.72






 






3,516,390






 






60,110






 






6.84








Non-interest-earning assets






 






247,676






 






 






 






 






 






249,026






 






 






 






 






 






230,218






 






 






 






 








Total assets






 






$4,181,341






 






 






 






 






 






$4,043,516






 






 






 






 






 






$3,746,608






 






 






 






 








Interest-bearing liabilities






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Transaction accounts






 






$1,108,916






 






8,357






 






3.01






 






$1,050,822






 






8,809






 






3.35%






 






$928,428






 






8,161






 






3.52%








Money market






 






920,194






 






7,002






 






3.04






 






851,659






 






7,183






 






3.37






 






833,501






 






7,571






 






3.63








Certificates of deposit






 






299,349






 






2,907






 






3.88






 






278,191






 






2,751






 






3.96






 






210,307






 






2,282






 






4.34








Wholesale deposits






 






725,607






 






7,330






 






4.04






 






754,690






 






7,595






 






4.03






 






594,578






 






6,106






 






4.11








Total interest-bearing deposits






 






3,054,066






 






25,596






 






3.35






 






2,935,362






 






26,338






 






3.59






 






2,566,814






 






24,120






 






3.76








FHLB advances






 






189,900






 






1,510






 






3.18






 






207,762






 






1,639






 






3.16






 






270,476






 






1,969






 






2.91








Other borrowings






 






54,787






 






883






 






6.45






 






54,761






 






883






 






6.45






 






54,672






 






874






 






6.39








Total interest-bearing liabilities






 






3,298,753






 






27,989






 






3.39






 






3,197,885






 






28,860






 






3.61






 






2,891,962






 






26,963






 






3.73








Non-interest-bearing demand deposit accounts






 






437,271






 






 






 






 






 






416,359






 






 






 






 






 






444,683






 






 






 






 








Other non-interest-bearing liabilities






 






79,505






 






 






 






 






 






77,300






 






 






 






 






 






90,555






 






 






 






 








Total liabilities






 






3,815,529






 






 






 






 






 






3,691,544






 






 






 






 






 






3,427,200






 






 






 






 








Stockholders’ equity






 






365,812






 






 






 






 






 






351,972






 






 






 






 






 






319,408






 






 






 






 








Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity






 






$4,181,341






 






 






 






 






 






$4,043,516






 






 






 






 






 






$3,746,608






 






 






 






 








Net interest income






 






 






 






$34,763






 






 






 






 






 






$34,886






 






 






 






 






 






$33,147






 






 








Interest rate spread






 






 






 






 






 






2.99%






 






 






 






 






 






3.11%






 






 






 






 






 






3.11%








Net interest-earning assets






 






$634,912






 






 






 






 






 






$596,605






 






 






 






 






 






$624,428






 






 






 






 








Net interest margin






 






 






 






 






 






3.53%






 






 






 






 






 






3.68%






 






 






 






 






 






3.77%









(1)





 

The average balances of loans and leases include non-accrual loans and leases and loans held for sale. Interest income related to non-accrual loans and leases is recognized when collected. Interest income includes net loan fees collected in lieu of interest.








(2)





 

Includes amortized cost basis of assets available for sale and held to maturity.








(3)





 

Yields on tax-exempt municipal obligations are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis in this table.








(4)





 

Represents annualized yields/rates.








 

 






For the Year Ended December 31,








 






 






2025






 






2024






 






2023








 






 






Average

Balance






 






Interest






 






Average

Yield/

Rate






 






Average

Balance






 






Interest






 






Average

Yield/

Rate






 






Average

Balance






 






Interest






 






Average

Yield/

Rate








 






 






(Dollars in Thousands)








Interest-earning assets






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Commercial real estate and other mortgage loans(1)






 






$1,971,337






 






$123,113






 






6.25%






 






$1,793,041






 






$118,339






 






6.60%






 






$1,586,967






 






$98,370






 






6.20%








Commercial and industrial loans(1)






 






1,252,779






 






101,562






 






8.11%






 






1,153,955






 






95,782






 






8.30%






 






1,013,866






 






81,963






 






8.08%








Consumer and other loans(1)






 






47,756






 






2,636






 






5.52%






 






49,885






 






2,777






 






5.57%






 






47,018






 






2,316






 






4.93%








Total loans and leases receivable(1)






 






3,271,872






 






227,311






 






6.95%






 






2,996,881






 






216,898






 






7.24%






 






2,647,851






 






182,649






 






6.90%








Mortgage-related securities(2)






 






340,173






 






14,368






 






4.22%






 






266,098






 






10,405






 






3.91%






 






200,383






 






6,433






 






3.21%








Other investment securities(3)






 






46,681






 






1,007






 






2.16%






 






56,301






 






1,507






 






2.68%






 






62,921






 






1,770






 






2.81%








FHLB and FRB stock






 






11,109






 






1,016






 






9.15%






 






12,167






 






1,133






 






9.31%






 






15,162






 






1,231






 






8.12%








Short-term investments






 






85,305






 






3,608






 






4.23%






 






59,853






 






3,186






 






5.32%






 






54,311






 






2,845






 






5.24%








Total interest-earning assets






 






3,755,140






 






247,310






 






6.59%






 






3,391,300






 






233,129






 






6.87%






 






2,980,628






 






194,928






 






6.54%








Non-interest-earning assets






 






244,738






 






 






 






 






 






234,973






 






 






 






 






 






231,521






 






 






 






 








Total assets






 






$3,999,878






 






 






 






 






 






$3,626,273






 






 






 






 






 






$3,212,149






 






 






 






 








Interest-bearing liabilities






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Transaction accounts






 






$1,018,735






 






$32,543






 






3.19%






 






$884,321






 






$33,796






 






3.82%






 






$689,500






 






$23,727






 






3.44%








Money market accounts






 






856,554






 






27,726






 






3.24%






 






815,603






 






32,180






 






3.95%






 






681,336






 






22,129






 






3.25%








Certificates of deposit






 






236,848






 






9,238






 






3.90%






 






237,228






 






10,879






 






4.59%






 






273,387






 






11,209






 






4.10%








Wholesale deposits






 






737,253






 






29,701






 






4.03%






 






515,197






 






21,066






 






4.09%






 






346,285






 






14,353






 






4.14%








Total interest-bearing deposits






 






2,849,390






 






99,208






 






3.48%






 






2,452,349






 






97,921






 






3.99%






 






1,990,508






 






71,418






 






3.59%








FHLB advances






 






246,485






 






7,880






 






3.20%






 






282,437






 






7,719






 






2.73%






 






351,990






 






8,881






 






2.52%








Other borrowings






 






54,748






 






3,532






 






6.45%






 






51,072






 






3,284






 






6.43%






 






38,891






 






2,041






 






5.25%








Total interest-bearing liabilities






 






3,150,623






 






110,620






 






3.51%






 






2,785,858






 






108,924






 






3.91%






 






2,381,389






 






82,340






 






3.46%








Non-interest-bearing demand deposit accounts






 






419,691






 






 






 






 






 






441,313






 






 






 






 






 






453,930






 






 






 






 








Other non-interest-bearing liabilities






 






81,427






 






 






 






 






 






92,708






 






 






 






 






 






102,668






 






 






 






 








Total liabilities






 






3,651,741






 






 






 






 






 






3,319,879






 






 






 






 






 






2,937,987






 






 






 






 








Stockholders’ equity






 






348,137






 






 






 






 






 






306,394






 






 






 






 






 






274,162






 






 






 






 








Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity






 






$3,999,878






 






 






 






 






 






$3,626,273






 






 






 






 






 






$3,212,149






 






 






 






 








Net interest income






 






 






 






$136,690






 






 






 






 






 






$124,205






 






 






 






 






 






$112,588






 






 








Interest rate spread






 






 






 






 






 






3.07%






 






 






 






 






 






2.96%






 






 






 






 






 






3.08%








Net interest-earning assets






 






$604,517






 






 






 






 






 






$605,442






 






 






 






 






 






$599,239






 






 






 






 








Net interest margin






 






 






 






 






 






3.64%






 






 






 






 






 






3.66%






 






 






 






 






 






3.78%








Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities






 






119.19%






 






 






 






 






 






121.73%






 






 






 






 






 






125.16%






 






 






 






 








Return on average assets






 






1.24%






 






 






 






 






 






1.20%






 






 






 






 






 






1.13%






 






 






 






 








Return on average tangible common equity






 






15.25%






 






 






 






 






 






15.35%






 






 






 






 






 






14.46%






 






 






 






 








Average equity to average assets






 






8.70%






 






 






 






 






 






8.45%






 






 






 






 






 






8.54%






 






 






 






 








Non-interest expense to average assets






 






2.49%






 






 






 






 






 






2.58%






 






 






 






 






 






2.76%






 






 






 






 









(1)





 

The average balances of loans and leases include non-accrual loans and leases and loans held for sale. Interest income related to non-accrual loans and leases is recognized when collected. Interest income includes net loan fees collected in lieu of interest.








(2)





 

Includes amortized cost basis of assets available for sale and held to maturity.








(3)





 

Yields on tax-exempt municipal obligations are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis in this table.








(4)





 

Represents annualized yields/rates.









BETA ANALYSIS










 



 






 






For the Three Months Ended






For the Year Ended








(Unaudited)






 






December 31, 2025






 






September 30, 2025






 






 






 






December 31, 2024






 






 






December 31, 2025






 






December 31, 2024






 








 






 






Average Yield/Rate (3)






 






Average Yield/Rate (3)






 






Increase (Decrease)






 






Average Yield/Rate (3)






Increase (Decrease)






 






Average Yield/Rate






 






Average Yield/Rate






Increase (Decrease)








Total loans and leases receivable (a)(1)






 






6.87%






 






7.06%






 






(0.19)%






 






7.20%






(0.33)%






 






6.96%






 






7.23%






(0.27)%








Total interest-earning assets(b)(1)






 






6.47%






 






6.69%






 






(0.22)%






 






6.82%






(0.35)%






 






6.60%






 






6.87%






(0.27)%








Total core deposits(e)






 






2.64%






 






2.89%






 






(0.25)%






 






2.98%






(0.34)%






 






2.75%






 






3.23%






(0.48)%








Total bank funding(f)






 






2.95%






 






3.14%






 






(0.19)%






 






3.18%






(0.23)%






 






3.05%






 






3.33%






(0.28)%








Net interest margin(g)(1)






 






3.63%






 






3.64%






 






(0.02)%






 






3.76%






(0.13)%






 






3.65%






 






3.66%






(0.01)%








 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 















Effective fed funds rate (2)(i)






 






3.90%






 






4.30%






 






(0.40)%






 






4.65%






(0.75)%






 






4.21%






 






5.14%






(0.93)%








 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Beta Calculations:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Total loans and leases receivable(a)/(i)






 






 






 






 






 






46.7%






 






 






43.4%






 






 






 






 






29.0%








Total interest-earning assets(b)/(i)






 






 






 






 






 






54.1%






 






 






46.7%






 






 






 






 






29.0%








Total core deposits(e/i)






 






 






 






 






 






62.5%






 






 






45.3%






 






 






 






 






51.6%








Total bank funding(f)/(i)






 






 






 






 






 






47.5%






 






 






30.7%






 






 






 






 






30.1%








Net interest margin(g/i)






 






 






 






 






 






4.6%






 






 






17.9%






 






 






 






 






1.1%





















 




Excludes non-accrual interest activity in all periods of comparison.



Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Effective Federal Funds Rate [DFF]. Retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Represents average daily rate.



Represents annualized yields/rates.




 









PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSS COMPOSITION











 



(Unaudited)






 






For the Three Months Ended






 






For the Twelve Months Ended








(Dollars in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024






 






December 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Change due to qualitative factor changes






 






$(538)






 






$(243)






 






$590






 






$(355)






 






$(460)






 






$(546)






 






$332








Change due to quantitative factor changes






 






(607)






 






(173)






 






746






 






1,560






 






(598)






 






1,526






 






(977)








Charge-offs






 






2,809






 






1,708






 






1,338






 






3,810






 






1,132






 






9,665






 






5,255








Recoveries






 






(264)






 






(440)






 






(332)






 






(398)






 






(190)






 






(1,434)






 






(699)








Change in reserves on individually evaluated loans, net






 






(76)






 






(550)






 






(247)






 






(2,495)






 






2,579






 






(3,368)






 






2,928








Change due to loan growth, net






 






408






 






795






 






536






 






741






 






577






 






2,480






 






2,227








Change in unfunded commitment reserves






 






123






 






343






 






70






 






(204)






 






(339)






 






332






 






(239)








Total provision for credit losses






 






$1,855






 






$1,440






 






$2,701






 






$2,659






 






$2,701






 






$8,655






 






$8,827









ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSS COMPOSITION









 



 






 






As of








 






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








 






 






(In Thousands)






 






% of Total

Loans and

Leases






 






(In Thousands)






 






% of Total

Loans and

Leases






 






(In Thousands)






 






% of Total

Loans and

Leases






 






(In Thousands)






 






% of Total

Loans and

Leases






 






(In Thousands)






 






% of Total

Loans and

Leases








Allowance for credit losses:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Loans collectively evaluated






 






$30,327






 






0.90%






 






$31,065






 






0.93%






 






$30,685






 






0.94%






 






$28,813






 






0.90%






 






$26,867






 






0.86%








Loans individually evaluated






 






5,550






 






0.16%






 






5,625






 






0.17%






 






6,176






 






0.19%






 






6,423






 






0.20%






 






8,918






 






0.29%








Unfunded commitments reserve






 






1,815






 






 






 






1,692






 






 






 






1,349






 






 






 






1,279






 






 






 






1,483






 






 








Total






 






37,692






 






1.12%






 






38,382






 






1.15%






 






38,210






 






1.18%






 






36,515






 






1.15%






 






37,268






 






1.20%








Loans and lease receivables:






 






$3,373,241






 






 






 






$3,334,956






 






 






 






$3,250,925






 






 






 






$3,184,400






 






 






 






$3,113,128






 






 









PERFORMANCE RATIOS











 



 






 






For the Three Months Ended






 






For the Twelve Months Ended








(Unaudited)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024






 






December 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Return on average assets (annualized)






 






1.25%






 






1.40%






 






1.14%






 






1.14%






 






1.52%






 






1.24%






 






1.20%








Return on average tangible common equity (annualized)






 






14.83%






 






17.29%






 






14.17%






 






14.13%






 






19.21%






 






15.25%






 






15.35%








Efficiency ratio






 






56.61%






 






57.44%






 






60.97%






 






60.28%






 






56.94%






 






58.78%






 






60.61%








Interest rate spread






 






2.99%






 






3.11%






 






3.10%






 






3.11%






 






3.11%






 






3.07%






 






2.96%








Net interest margin






 






3.53%






 






3.68%






 






3.67%






 






3.69%






 






3.77%






 






3.64%






 






3.66%








Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities






 






119.25%






 






118.66%






 






118.94%






 






119.95%






 






121.59%






 






119.19%






 






121.73%









ASSET QUALITY RATIOS









 



(Unaudited)






 






As of








(Dollars in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Non-accrual loans and leases






 






$43,855






 






$23,513






 






$28,633






 






$24,056






 






$28,367








Repossessed assets






 













 













 






31






 






36






 






51








Total non-performing assets






 






$43,855






 






$23,513






 






$28,664






 






$24,092






 






$28,418








Non-accrual loans and leases as a percent of total gross loans and leases






 






1.30%






 






0.70%






 






0.88%






 






0.76%






 






0.91%








Non-performing assets as a percent of total gross loans and leases plus repossessed assets






 






1.30%






 






0.70%






 






0.88%






 






0.76%






 






0.91%








Non-performing assets as a percent of total assets






 






1.07%






 






0.58%






 






0.72%






 






0.61%






 






0.74%








Allowance for credit losses as a percent of total gross loans and leases






 






1.12%






 






1.15%






 






1.18%






 






1.15%






 






1.20%








Allowance for credit losses as a percent of non-accrual loans and leases






 






85.95%






 






163.24%






 






133.45%






 






151.79%






 






131.38%









NET CHARGE-OFFS (RECOVERIES)











 



(Unaudited)






 






For the Three Months Ended






 






For the Twelve Months Ended








(Dollars in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024






 






December 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Charge-offs






 






$2,809






 






$1,708






 






$1,338






 






$3,810






 






$1,132






 






$9,665






 






$5,255








Recoveries






 






(264)






 






(440)






 






(332)






 






(398)






 






(190)






 






(1,434)






 






(699)








Net charge-offs (recoveries)






 






$2,545






 






$1,268






 






$1,006






 






$3,412






 






$942






 






$8,231






 






$4,556








Net charge-offs (recoveries) as a percent of average gross loans and leases (annualized)






 






0.30%






 






0.15%






 






0.12%






 






0.43%






 






0.12%






 






0.25%






 






0.15%









CAPITAL RATIOS









 



 






 






As of and for the Three Months Ended








(Unaudited)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Total capital to risk-weighted assets






 






12.24%






 






12.18%






 






12.25%






 






12.20%






 






12.08%








Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets






 






9.79%






 






9.67%






 






9.66%






 






9.60%






 






9.45%








Common equity tier I capital to risk-weighted assets






 






9.48%






 






9.34%






 






9.33%






 






9.26%






 






9.10%








Tier I capital to adjusted assets






 






8.86%






 






8.87%






 






8.82%






 






8.77%






 






8.78%








Tangible common equity to tangible assets






 






8.54%






 






8.31%






 






8.04%






 






7.93%






 






7.93%









LOAN AND LEASE RECEIVABLE COMPOSITION









 



(Unaudited)






 






As of








(in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Commercial real estate:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Commercial real estate - owner occupied






 






$293,706






 






$287,005






 






$262,988






 






$258,050






 






$273,397








Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied






 






885,870






 






871,807






 






846,990






 






838,634






 






845,298








Construction






 






248,560






 






236,590






 






218,840






 






215,613






 






221,086








Multi-family






 






571,468






 






565,102






 






573,208






 






549,220






 






530,853








1-4 family






 






60,661






 






66,735






 






45,171






 






48,450






 






46,496








Total commercial real estate






 






2,060,265






 






2,027,239






 






1,947,197






 






1,909,967






 






1,917,130








Commercial and industrial






 






1,273,997






 






1,264,111






 






1,259,171






 






1,229,098






 






1,151,720








Consumer and other






 






40,965






 






45,323






 






45,744






 






46,190






 






45,000








Total gross loans and leases receivable






 






3,375,227






 






3,336,673






 






3,252,112






 






3,185,255






 






3,113,850








Less:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Allowance for credit losses






 






35,877






 






36,690






 






36,861






 






35,236






 






35,785








Deferred loan fees






 






1,986






 






1,717






 






1,187






 






855






 






722








Loans and leases receivable, net






 






$3,337,364






 






$3,298,266






 






$3,214,064






 






$3,149,164






 






$3,077,343









DEPOSIT COMPOSITION









 



(Unaudited)






 






As of








(in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Non-interest-bearing transaction accounts






 






$378,770






 






$400,697






 






$396,448






 






$433,201






 






$436,111








Interest-bearing transaction accounts






 






1,103,696






 






1,050,233






 






1,047,434






 






1,015,846






 






965,637








Money market accounts






 






905,773






 






840,477






 






833,684






 






831,897






 






809,695








Certificates of deposit






 






284,764






 






300,703






 






255,533






 






181,751






 






184,986








Wholesale deposits






 






707,412






 






740,961






 






772,123






 






780,348






 






710,711








Total deposits






 






$3,380,415






 






$3,333,071






 






$3,305,222






 






$3,243,043






 






$3,107,140








 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Uninsured deposits






 






$1,220,177






 






$1,100,868






 






$1,069,509






 






$1,055,347






 






$980,278








Less: uninsured deposits collateralized by pledged assets






 






68,656






 






72,561






 






67,990






 






9,344






 






6,864








Total uninsured, net of collateralized deposits






 






1,151,521






 






1,028,307






 






1,001,519






 






1,046,003






 






973,414








% of total deposits






 






34.1%






 






30.9%






 






30.3%






 






32.3%






 






31.3%









SOURCES OF LIQUIDITY









 



(Unaudited)






 






As of








(in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Short-term investments






 






$8,714






 






$8,074






 






$72,520






 






$136,033






 






$128,207








Collateral value of unencumbered pledged loans






 






992,398






 






906,042






 






893,499






 






973,494






 






444,453








Market value of unencumbered securities






 






388,474






 






376,783






 






347,196






 






324,365






 






310,125








Readily accessible liquidity






 






1,389,586






 






1,290,899






 






1,313,215






 






1,433,892






 






882,785








 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Fed fund lines






 






45,000






 






45,000






 






45,000






 






45,000






 






45,000








Excess brokered CD capacity(1)






 






775,851






 






732,951






 






645,843






 






477,468






 






981,463








Total liquidity






 






$2,210,437






 






$2,068,850






 






$2,004,058






 






$1,956,360






 






$1,909,248








Total uninsured, net of collateralized deposits






 






1,151,521






 






1,028,307






 






1,001,519






 






1,046,003






 






973,414

















 




Bank internal policy limits brokered CDs to 50% of total bank funding when combined with value of unencumbered pledged loans.









PRIVATE WEALTH OFF-BALANCE SHEET COMPOSITION









 



(Unaudited)






 






As of








(in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Trust assets under management






 






$3,541,768






 






$3,543,594






 






$3,461,659






 






$3,184,197






 






$3,160,449








Trust assets under administration






 






272,910






 






270,222






 






268,996






 






240,366






 






258,255








Total trust assets






 






$3,814,678






 






$3,813,816






 






$3,730,655






 






$3,424,563






 






$3,418,704







NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS


Certain financial information provided in this release is determined by methods other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (United States) (“GAAP”). Although the Company’s management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide a greater understanding of its business, these measures are not necessarily comparable to similar measures that may be presented by other companies.


TANGIBLE BOOK VALUE


“Tangible book value per share” is a non-GAAP measure representing tangible common equity divided by total common shares outstanding. “Tangible common equity” itself is a non-GAAP measure representing common stockholders’ equity reduced by intangible assets, if any. The Company’s management believes that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in period-to-period changes in book value per common share exclusive of changes in intangible assets. The information provided below reconciles tangible book value per share and tangible common equity to their most comparable GAAP measures.




(Unaudited)






 






As of








(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Common stockholders’ equity






 






$359,593






 






$346,327






 






$332,803






 






$324,071






 






$316,597








Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets






 






(11,985)






 






(12,041)






 






(12,049)






 






(12,058)






 






(11,912)








Tangible common equity






 






$347,608






 






$334,286






 






$320,754






 






$312,013






 






$304,685








Common shares outstanding






 






8,325,376






 






8,324,387






 






8,323,470






 






8,301,967






 






8,293,928








Book value per share






 






$43.19






 






$41.60






 






$39.98






 






$39.04






 






$38.17








Tangible book value per share






 






41.75






 






40.16






 






38.54






 






37.58






 






36.74







TANGIBLE COMMON EQUITY TO TANGIBLE ASSETS


“Tangible common equity to tangible assets” (“TCE”) is defined as the ratio of common stockholders’ equity reduced by intangible assets, if any, divided by total assets reduced by intangible assets, if any. Adjusted TCE ratio is defined as TCE adjusted for net fair value adjustments of financial assets and liabilities. For more information on fair value adjustments please refer to Note 19 - Fair Value Disclosures in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company’s management believes that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in the relative changes from period to period in common equity and total assets, each exclusive of changes in intangible assets. The information below reconciles tangible common equity and tangible assets to their most comparable GAAP measures.




 






 






As of








(Dollars in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Common stockholders’ equity






 






$359,593






 






$346,327






 






$332,803






 






$324,071






 






$316,597








Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets






 






(11,985)






 






(12,041)






 






(12,049)






 






(12,058)






 






(11,912)








Tangible common equity (a)






 






$347,608






 






$334,286






 






$320,754






 






$312,013






 






$304,685








Total assets






 






$4,081,887






 






$4,034,845






 






$4,002,725






 






$3,944,879






 






$3,853,215








Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets






 






(11,985)






 






(12,041)






 






(12,049)






 






(12,058)






 






(11,912)








Tangible assets (b)






 






$4,069,902






 






$4,022,804






 






$3,990,676






 






$3,932,821






 






$3,841,303








Tangible common equity to tangible assets






 






8.54%






 






8.31%






 






8.04%






 






7.93%






 






7.93%







EFFICIENCY RATIO & PRE-TAX, PRE-PROVISION ADJUSTED EARNINGS


“Efficiency ratio” is a non-GAAP measure representing non-interest expense excluding the effects of the SBA recourse provision, impairment of tax credit investments, losses or gains on repossessed assets, amortization of other intangible assets and other discrete items, if any, divided by operating revenue, which is equal to net interest income plus non-interest income less realized gains or losses on securities, if any. “Pre-tax, pre-provision adjusted earnings” is defined as operating revenue less operating expense. In the judgment of the Company’s management, the adjustments made to non-interest expense and non-interest income allow investors and analysts to better assess the Company’s operating expenses in relation to its core operating revenue by removing the volatility that is associated with certain one-time items and other discrete items. The information provided below reconciles the efficiency ratio and pre-tax, pre-provision adjusted earnings to its most comparable GAAP measure.




(Unaudited)






 






For the Three Months Ended






 






For the Twelve Months Ended








(Dollars in thousands)






 






December 31,

2025






 






September 30,

2025






 






June 30,

2025






 






March 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024






 






December 31,

2025






 






December 31,

2024








Total non-interest expense






 






$24,130






 






$25,700






 






$24,968






 






$24,719






 






$23,152






 






$99,519






 






$93,480








Less:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Net loss on repossessed assets






 













 






31






 






4






 






(8)






 






5






 






27






 






168








Impairment of tax credit investments






 






229






 













 













 






110






 






400






 






339






 






400








Contribution to First Business Charitable Foundation






 













 






234






 













 













 






0






 






234






 















SBA recourse (benefit) provision






 






0






 






(5)






 






(59)






 













 






(687)






 






(64)






 






(104)








Total operating expense (a)






 






$23,901






 






$25,440






 






$25,023






 






$24,617






 






$23,434






 






$98,983






 






$93,016








Net interest income






 






$34,762






 






$34,886






 






$33,784






 






$33,258






 






$33,148






 






$136,690






 






$124,206








Total non-interest income






 






7,461






 






9,640






 






7,255






 






7,579






 






8,005






 






31,937






 






29,251








Less:






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Net loss on sale of securities






 













 













 













 













 













 













 






(8)








Bank owned life insurance claim






 













 






234






 













 













 













 






234






 















Adjusted non-interest income






 






7,461






 






9,406






 






7,255






 






7,579






 






8,005






 






31,703






 






29,259








Total operating revenue (b)






 






$42,223






 






$44,292






 






$41,039






 






$40,837






 






$41,153






 






$168,393






 






$153,465








Efficiency ratio






 






56.61%






 






57.44%






 






60.97%






 






60.28%






 






56.94%






 






58.78%






 






60.61%








 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 






 








Pre-tax, pre-provision adjusted earnings (b - a)






 






$18,322






 






$18,852






 






$16,016






 






$16,220






 






$17,719






 






$69,410






 






$60,449








Average total assets






 






$4,181,341






 






$4,043,516






 






$3,928,087






 






$3,842,368






 






$3,746,608






 






$3,999,878






 






$3,626,273







 

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260129063241/en/
First Business Financial Services, Inc.

Brian D. Spielmann

Chief Financial Officer

608-232-5977

bspielmann@firstbusiness.bank


Original: First Business Bank Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Financial Results and 17% Cash Dividend Increase
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First Business Bank to Participate in Janney’s 2026 CEO Forum on February 4-5, 2026January 28, 2026 4:30 PM
Business Wire
First Business Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company” or “First Business Bank”) (Nasdaq:FBIZ) will participate in the Janney 2026 CEO Forum on February 4-5, 2026 in Scottsdale, AZ.


Corey A. Chambas, Chief Executive Officer, David R. Seiler, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Brian D. Spielmann, Chief Financial Officer, will meet with institutional investors and analysts throughout the conference.


About First Business Bank


First Business Bank® specializes in Business Banking, including Commercial Banking and Specialty Finance, Private Wealth, and Bank Consulting services, and through its refined focus delivers unmatched expertise, accessibility, and responsiveness. Specialty Finance solutions are delivered through First Business Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary First Business Specialty Finance, LLC®. First Business Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Business Financial Services, Inc®. (Nasdaq: FBIZ). For additional information, visit firstbusiness.bank.

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Brian Spielmann, Chief Financial Officer

608-232-5977

bspielmann@firstbusiness.bank


Original: First Business Bank to Participate in Janney’s 2026 CEO Forum on February 4-5, 2026
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whytestocks whytestocks 7 years ago
News: $FBIZ First Business Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend

First Business Financial Services, Inc. (“First Business”) (Nasdaq: FBIZ) announced its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.15 per share which is equivalent to a dividend yield of 2.90% based on Thursday’s market close pric...

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Enterprising Investor Enterprising Investor 12 years ago
Bond Investors Ignite Funding for Small Banks (9/15/14)

by Matt Scully

Bread-and-butter banks are preparing to sell more higher-risk and higher-yielding securities, encouraged by investors eager to see the tiniest of lenders jump into the bond market for the first time.

Banks began last year selling subordinated debt after years of dormancy brought on by the crisis. The country's largest bank, JPMorgan Chase, two weeks ago sold $3 billion in ten-year subordinated debt, paying investors a 3.78% coupon.

JPMorgan's payout, however, is not the story yield-seekers are giddy to talk about. Institutional investors such as MetLife, the biggest U.S. life insurer, and ManuLife Asset Management, showed Brookline Bancorp in Boston the money on Thursday, helping the bank raise $25 million more than the $50 million it planned to sell — raising in a day a sum equal to 14% of the bank's $5.5 billion in assets. The 15-year notes paid out a 6% coupon.

"There is robust demand for bank paper and exceptional demand for subordinated bank debt," said Todd Mahoney, head of bond syndication at UBS AG.

This activity is the latest example of how the low-rate environment is driving investors to scour for incremental yield.Word has spread fast since June that tiny, first-time bank issuers and, in some cases, old-time issuers that had all but disappeared from memory, are offeringsmall bonds that pay double the 10-year Treasury, which hovered at 2.58% as of Friday morning.

"Small-cap bank deals have a very narrow investor focus," Mahoney said. "The fact that these deals are getting done shows that the market has rebounded postcrisis, and investors are very comfortable owning bank debt again in nontraditional format."

The investors are being dubbed the "buyside mafia," one analyst joked, asking not to be named because of client relationships.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency has courted 11 community banks, nearly all of them under $10 billion in assets, to buy low-investment-grade ratings they say are necessary to broaden investor appeal. Kroll intends to double the number of community banks it rates by the end of October, two people with direct knowledge said, and all signs point to more on the way.

The window to get these deals done is now, dealmakers said, adding that September and October will be the busiest months for issuance, and after that, the story will begin winding down. There may be as many as ten subordinated debt issuances over the next four to six weeks, said Jacques de Saint Phalle, principal at Sandler O'Neill, which has acted as manager on all but three of the fifteen community bank deals tracked by American Banker.

"You are going to see even smaller banks come to market down the line," said de Saint Phalle, who highlighted a string of private placements, such as a $15 million deal they did for First Business Financial Services in Wisconsin. The deal will help fund a pending $30.1 million acquisition of Aslin Group's Alterra Bank.

Sandler runs the most active syndication desk for these community bank deals, but word is leaking out across corporate syndicates. Active underwriters include U.S. Bancorp (which has acted as a lead manager on seven of the last fifteen deals issued by new bank participants,) Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Canada. The Swiss bank UBS has not yet managed any of the deals but has several Kroll-rated deals in the pipeline.

It is unclear whether banks are seeking out advisories, or if they are being pulled in by the can-doers at their doorsteps.

Steven Gardner, president and CEO of the $1.7 billion-asset Pacific Premier Bank, said, "Our advisors," whom he did not name, "say obtaining the Kroll ratings may improve pricing and execution if and when we go out for senior-secured or subordinated debt in the future." Pacific sold two weeks ago a $60 million deal rated triple-B by Kroll, and it carried a 5.75% coupon. Sandler O'Neill and Raymond James syndicated the offering, according to people with knowledge of the private deal.

Fitch Ratings' community bank analysts Bain Rumohr and Chris Wolfe said none of the banks they rate have issued any subordinated debt since their last reviews. Fitch would generally be most concerned assigning investment-grade ratings to small community banks because they have "acute geographic concentration" and "often have loan or customer concentrations," said Brian Bertsch, the firm's corporate communications director.

Will Schwartz, senior vice president at rating agency DBRS, also offered a word of caution. "Across all corporate credit, if you only had one factor to rate by, size would have the highest correlation with failure. But there is no doubt there are some high-quality small banks out there," he said.

Banks are using the funding in two ways: selling subordinated debt is enabling them to fund mergers and acquisitions, and the deals count towards Tier 2 capital requirements.

At least six banks, including Eagle Bancorp, Independent Bank Group and Newbridge Bank, are using investors' cash to fund an M&A transaction.

The $3.8 billion-asset Eagle Bancorp, for example, the largest community bank in the Washington, D.C., area, announced in June its agreement to buy the smaller Virginia Heritage for $183 million. Sandler O'Neill underwrote Eagle Bancorp for $70 million in subordinated debt a little over a month later. The notes, rated triple-B minus by Kroll, fetched investors a 5.75% coupon.

The level of M&A activity in 2014 is on track to surpass last year's 229 deal total, with 201 deals announced as of Sept. 8, data from Keefe Bruyette & Woods and FIG Partners show.

Ryan Lentell, managing director at Manulife, said he or a colleague has looked at every offered bond issuance so far. It's a win-win, he said.

"First Business [Financial Services] would have issued trust-preferred securities as a funding tool before the crisis, but now they are moving to subordinated debt as the market picks up and it remains cheap for them to issue." Lentell said.

There are longer-term capital needs that could drive issuance higher among small community banks.

More than 80% of the 281 community banks in the Treasury Department's $4 billion Small Business Lending Fund intend to beat a rate jump in 2016 that will increase their initial borrowing terms of 1%-5% to a hard 9% thereafter. Only 40 banks intend to remain in the program after that date, according to Treasury.

Opportunistic and savvy investors that once singled out Troubled Asset Relief Program banks may grow hungry for small, community lenders with an eye on the bond market to raise capital, Lentell said.

Financial institutions sold $37 billion in debt the first week of September, dominating 83% of the third-busiest issuance calendar for high-grade bonds ever.

The largest issuers included Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Capital One, Fifth Third Bank, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon and JPMorgan. Community banks comprise a sliver of new issuance, having sold slightly more than $800 million in recent months, according to UBS data.

Subordinated bank debt has already surpassed last year's issuance level with $15.8 billion issued year to date, compared with $12.3 billion for 2013. Last year's total was four times the amount issued between 2009 and 2012, American Banker has reported.

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/179_178/bond-investors-ignite-funding-for-small-banks-1069931-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1
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First Business Financial Services, Inc. (FBFS) is a bank holding company engaged in the commercial banking business through its wholly owned subsidiaries, First Business Bank and First Business Bank - Milwaukee (the Banks). The operations of FBFS are conducted through the Banks and certain subsidiaries of First Business Bank. The Banks operate as business banks focusing on delivering a range of commercial banking products and services tailored to meet the specific needs of small and medium-sized businesses, business owners, executives, professionals and high net worth individuals.

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