Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001015328-25-000188
Chunk: 104

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
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 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.

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Service charges on deposits increased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the same periods in 2024 primarily as a result of increased commercial account analysis service fees, and the Macatawa acquisition. Service charges on deposit accounts include fees charged to deposit customers for various services, including account analysis services, and are based on factors such as the size and type of customer, type of product and number of transactions. The fees are based on a standard schedule of fees and, depending on the nature of the service performed, the service is performed at a point in time or over a period of a month.

The Company recognized net gains on investment securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 of $650,000 and $3.8 million, respectively. The Company recognized net losses on investment securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 of $4.3 million and $3.0 million, respectively. The net gains for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily due to unrealized gains on the Company’s equity investment securities with a readily determinable fair value recorded in the first and second quarter of 2025. See Note (5) “Investment Securities” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this report for more information on net gains and losses on investment securities.

Fees from covered call options for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 increased $3.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively, when compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increased income was primarily because the Company sold more options than in the comparative periods. The Company has typically written call options with terms of less than three months against certain U.S. Treasury and agency securities held in its portfolio for liquidity and other purposes. Management has effectively entered into these transactions with the goal of economically hedging security positions and enhancing its overall return on its investment portfolio. These option transactions are designed to increase the total return associated with holding certain investment securities and do not qualify as hedges pursuant to accounting guidance. There were no outstanding call option contracts at June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Miscellaneous non-interest income includes loan servicing fees, income from other investments, and other fees. This category of income decreased $7.2 million and $29.6 million for the three