Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-050892
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Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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 lower interest rates.

The net interest margin was 3.22% for the third quarter, up 12 basis points from 3.10% for the second quarter, primarily driven by a higher average yield on interest-earning assets. The average yield on interest-earning assets increased to 5.50% from 5.42%, reflecting a 12 basis point increase in the average yield on loans and leases to 6.05%, largely due to the higher income related to loan payoffs discussed above.

The average total cost of funds was 2.37% for the third quarter, down 5 basis points from 2.42% for the second quarter, driven primarily by lower deposit and borrowing costs and a favorable shift in the funding mix. Brokered deposits decreased as strong customer deposit inflows in the third quarter were used to reduce higher-cost funding sources. As a result, the average total cost of deposits decreased by 5 basis points to 2.08% from 2.13% in the second quarter, while the average cost of borrowings declined by 17 basis points to 4.76%.

Average total deposits decreased by $12.9 million, with a $112.1 million decrease in average interest-bearing deposits partially offset by a $99.2 million increase in average noninterest-bearing deposits. Average noninterest-bearing deposits represented 28.2% of average total deposits in the third quarter, up from 27.8% in the second quarter.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Net interest income increased by $35.3 million to $726.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from $690.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 attributable primarily to the following:

•A decrease of $133.4 million in interest expense on deposits due primarily to lower interest paid on interest-bearing deposits as a result of deposit rate repricing driven by the 100 basis points of federal funds rate cuts in the second half of 2024 and lower average balances due mainly to the paydown of brokered deposits.

•A decrease of $30.4 million in interest expense on borrowings and subordinated debt driven by lower average balances resulting from the payoff of higher-cost borrowings in 2024, which were partially replaced with lower-cost long-term FHLB advances and lower market interest rates.

•An increase of $10.7 million in interest