Company: FRHC
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000924805-25-000031
Chunk: 125

Company: Freedom Holding Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 125
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Fee and commission expense increased by $4.7 million, or 6% in the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024. The increase was mainly attributable to a $4.3 million increase in brokerage service expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024, driven by higher customer activity. Additionally, bank services expense increased by $4.2 million during the period, reflecting the continued expansion of our customer base and the growing volume of card transactions within our ecosystem. Furthermore, there was an increase by $1.1 million in agency fee expense mainly due to an increase of insurance product sales by Freedom Life, which are outsourced to outside agents. 

Interest expense

During the three months ended June 30, 2025, total interest expense amounted to $113.4 million, representing a decrease of $32.3 million, or 22%, compared to $145.7 million for the same period in 2024. The decline was primarily driven by changes in average balances and average interest rates across several funding sources.

There was a decrease in interest expense on securities repurchase agreement obligations, driven by a 31% decline in the average balance, from $2.6 billion during the three months ended June 30, 2024 to $1.8 billion during the three months ended June 30, 2025. This decrease primarily reflects the Company's strategic decision to reduce exposure to market risk by liquidating a portion of the trading portfolio, which historically has been primarily funded through repurchase agreements. As a result, the need for repurchase agreements financing declined, leading to both lower average balances and reduced interest expense.

Interest expense on customer liabilities increased to $39.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $23.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2024. This increase was driven by the growth of customer deposit base reflecting the continued expansion of the Company’s banking segment.

Interest expense on debt securities issued increased to $13.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $7.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2024. This increase was primarily driven by the