Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001015328-25-000207
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Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
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 net interest income totaled $97.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, compared to $88.4 million for the same period in 2024, an increase of $9.0 million, or 10%. The increase for the three and nine month periods was primarily due to higher average balances in premium finance and leasing, and lower funding costs, offset by lower yields on premium finance. On a year-to-date basis, net interest income for the segment increased $15.1 million, or 6%, compared to the same period in 2024. The specialty finance segment’s provision for credit losses totaled $1.7 million and $5.0 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $1.9 million and $6.9 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024. The decrease in provision for credit losses for the three and nine month periods was primarily the result of improvement in credit quality within premium finance receivables and improvement in the forecast for the key macroeconomic variable Baa corporate credit spread, impacting lease financing. The specialty finance segment’s non-interest income increased to $32.2 million from $29.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and stood at $96.8 million and $89.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Non-interest expenses increased by $4.8 million and $12.8 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the same periods in 2024, primarily because of higher employee benefits, commissions, and incentive compensation as well as other segment expenses. Our property and casualty insurance premium finance operations, life insurance finance operations, lease financing operations and accounts receivable finance operations accounted for 47%, 29%, 22% and 2%, respectively, of the net revenues of our specialty finance business for the nine month period ended September 30, 2025. The net income of the specialty finance segment for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 totaled $52.6 million as compared to $46.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. On a year-to-date basis, the net income of the specialty finance segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 totaled $151.7 million as compared to $