Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000007789-25-000116
Chunk: 142

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 142
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4, and as may be described from time to time in the Corporation’s subsequent SEC filings.

Overview

The following discussion and analysis is presented to assist in the understanding and evaluation of the Corporation’s financial condition and results of operations. It is intended to complement the unaudited consolidated financial statements, footnotes, and supplemental financial data appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and should be read in conjunction therewith. Management continually evaluates strategic acquisition opportunities and various other strategic alternatives that could involve the sale or acquisition of branches or other assets, or the consolidation or creation of subsidiaries. Within the tables presented, certain columns and rows may not recalculate due to the use of rounded numbers for disclosure purposes. 

Performance Summary

•Average loans of $30.3 billion increased $828.3 million, or 3%, from the first six months of 2024, driven primarily by increases in commercial and business lending and auto finance loans, partially offset by a decrease in residential mortgage lending resulting from the Corporation's balance sheet repositioning announced in the fourth quarter of 2024.

•Average deposits of $34.5 billion increased $1.6 billion, or 5%, from the first six months of 2024, driven by increases in all deposit types except noninterest-bearing demand and money market deposits.

•Net interest income of $585.9 million increased $71.5 million, or 14%, from the first six months of 2024, and net interest margin was 3.01%, compared to 2.77% for the first six months of 2024. The increases in net interest income and net interest margin were driven by increases in higher yielding loan balances in commercial and industrial and auto finance and the balance sheet repositioning announced in the fourth quarter of 2024 which sold lower yielding residential mortgage loans and investment securities allowing for reinvestment in higher yielding investment securities.

•Provision for credit losses was $31.0 million compared to $47.0 million for the first six months of 2024, driven by nominal credit movement coupled with general macroeconomic trends.

•Noninterest income of $125.8 million decreased $4.4 million, or 3%, from the first six months of 2024, primarily driven by the loss recognized related to the settlement of the mortgage loan sale as part of the balance sheet repositioning announced in the fourth quarter of 2024.

•Noninterest expense of $420.0 million increased $26.5 million, or 7