Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001518715-25-000026
Chunk: 21

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 21
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 adversely impact our net interest income because our liabilities tend to be more sensitive to short term rates while some of our assets tend to be more sensitive to long term rates. In addition, it may take longer for our assets to reprice to adjust to a new rate environment because fixed rate loans do not fluctuate with interest rate changes and adjustable rate loans often have a specified initial fixed rate period before reset. As a result, a flattening or an inversion of the yield curve is likely to have a negative impact on our net interest income.

Our securities portfolio also includes securities whose value is sensitive to interest rate fluctuations. The unrealized gains or losses in our available-for-sale portfolio are reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity until realized upon sale. Interest rate fluctuations may impact the value of these securities and as a result, shareholders’ equity, and may cause material fluctuations from quarter to quarter. Failure to hold our securities until maturity or until market conditions are favorable for a sale could adversely affect our liquidity, results of operations, financial condition and capital position.

Adverse economic and business conditions, including inflation, could negatively impact our business and profitability.

Our business and operations are sensitive to business and economic conditions globally and domestically. Adverse economic and business conditions in the U.S. generally, and in our market areas, in particular, could affect our borrowers' ability to repay their loans and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. Unfavorable or uncertain economic and market conditions can be caused by changes in trade policies by the U.S. or other countries, such as tariffs or retaliatory tariffs as those proposed by the current U.S. Administration, declines in economic growth, business activity or investor or business confidence; limitations on the availability or increases in the cost of credit and capital; increases in, or prolonged periods of, inflation or a combination of these or other factors.

Prolonged periods of inflation may impact our profitability by negatively impacting our fixed costs and expenses, including increasing funding costs and expenses related to talent acquisition and retention, and negatively impacting the demand for our products and services. Additionally, inflation may lead to a decrease in consumer and clients purchasing power and negatively affect the need or demand for our products and services. If significant inflation continues, our business could be negatively affected by, among other things, increased default rates leading to credit losses.

The financial services industry is highly competitive, and as a result, our business, results of operations, financial condition and capital position may be adversely affected.

We face pricing competition for loans and deposits, both in