Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001169770-25-000029
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Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
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 partially by a $130.9 million decrease in noninterest-bearing deposits as the need to fund strong loan growth drove a mix shift towards interest-bearing deposits. Average noninterest-bearing deposits represented 27.8% of average total deposits in the second quarter and 28.7% in the first quarter.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2024

Net interest income increased by $14.0 million to $472.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 from $458.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 attributable primarily to the following:

•A decrease of $95.4 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 balance due mainly to the paydown of brokered deposits.

•A decrease of $30.0 million in interest expense on borrowings driven by lower average balance resulting from the payoff of higher-cost Bank Term Funding Program ("BTFP") borrowings in 2024, which were partially replaced with lower-cost long-term FHLB advances and lower market interest rates.

•An increase of $7.3 million in interest income from investment securities reflecting the benefits from 2024 balance sheet repositioning actions and reinvestment in higher-yield securities.

This was offset partially by:

•A decrease of $65.9 million in interest income from loans due primarily to a lower average balance attributable mainly to the sale in July 2024 of $1.95 billion of Civic loans, lower net loan discount accretion, and lower market interest rates reflective of the federal funds rate cuts.

•A decrease of $55.6 million in interest income from deposits in financial institutions primarily driven by lower balances, as we maintained a lower cash target level, and lower market interest rates.

The net interest margin increased to 3.09% for the six months ended June 30, 2025, up 36 basis points from 2.73% for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The year-over-year improvement was primarily driven by a 57 basis point decrease in the average total cost of funds to 2.42%, offset partially by a 19 basis point decrease in the average yield on interest-earning assets to 5.41%.

The average total cost