Company: ISBA
Filing Date: 2025-08-11
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000842517-25-000135
Chunk: 121

Company: ISABELLA BANK CORP
Filing Date: 2025-08-11
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 121
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 and will not be required to report or calculate risk-based capital. In order to qualify for the CBLR framework, a community banking organization must have a tier 1 leverage ratio of greater than 9%, less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, and limited amounts of off-balance sheet exposures and trading assets and liabilities. Although the Corporation and the Bank are qualifying community banking organizations, the Corporation and the Bank have elected not to opt in to the CBLR framework at this time and will continue to follow the Basel III capital requirements as described in “Note 6 – Capital Ratios and Shareholders' Equity” of our interim condensed consolidated financial statements included with this Form 10-Q.

Liquidity

Liquidity is monitored regularly by our ALCO, which consists of members of senior management. The committee reviews projected cash flows, key ratios, and liquidity available from both primary and secondary sources.

Our primary sources of liquidity are retail deposits, cash and cash equivalents, and unencumbered AFS securities. Cash, cash equivalents and unencumbered AFS securities totaled $453,330, or 21.02% of assets, as of June 30, 2025, compared to $330,876, or 15.86%, as of December 31, 2024.  The increase in the amount and percentage of primary liquidity is a direct result of an increase in cash, driven by deposit growth.  Liquidity is important for financial institutions because of their need to meet loan funding commitments, depositor withdrawal requests, and various other commitments including expansion of operations, investment opportunities, and payment of cash dividends.  Based on these same factors, daily liquidity could vary significantly.

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Our secondary sources include the ability to borrow from the FHLB, from the FRB, and through various correspondent banks in the form of federal funds purchased and lines of credit. These funding methods typically carry a higher interest rate than traditional market deposit accounts.  Some borrowed funds, including FHLB advances, FRB Discount Window advances, and repurchase agreements, require us to pledge assets, typically in the form of AFS securities or loans, as collateral. As of June 30, 2025, we had available lines of credit of $376,974.

We monitor our daily liquidity position to meet our cash flow needs.  We also forecast anticipated funding needs for changes in interest rates and economic conditions, the scheduled maturity and interest rate sensitivity of the investment and loan portfolios and deposits, and regulatory capital