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Accordingly, the Company’s results of operations, like those of most financial institutions, are impacted by changes in interest rates and the interest rate sensitivity of its assets and liabilities.
−Removed: The risk associated with changes in interest rates and the Company’s ability to adapt to these changes is known as interest rate risk and is the Company’s only significant “market” risk.
The Company monitors and measures its exposure to changes in interest rates in order to comply with applicable government regulations and risk policies established by the Board of Directors, and in order to preserve stockholder value.
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The investment policy generally calls for funds to be invested among various categories of security types and maturities based upon the Company’s need for liquidity, desire to achieve a proper balance between minimizing risk while maximizing yield, the need to provide collateral for borrowings, and the need to fulfill the Company’s asset/liability management goals.
−Removed: The Company believes that its growing portfolio of longer duration deposits generated from its BaaS business line provides a stable and profitable funding vehicle, but also subjects the Company to greater risk in a falling interest rate environment than it would otherwise have without this portfolio.
−Removed: This risk is due to the fact that, while asset yields may decrease in a falling interest rate environment, the Company cannot significantly reduce interest costs associated with these deposits, which thereby compress the Company’s net interest margin.
−Removed: A portion of the Company’s deposit balances are subject to variable card processing expenses, derived from contractual agreements with certain BaaS partners tied to a rate index, typically the EFFR.
−Removed: These costs reprice immediately upon a change in the application rate index.
+Added: The Company believes that its portfolio of longer duration deposits generated from its BaaS business line provides a stable and profitable funding vehicle, but also subjects the Company to greater risk in a falling interest rate environment than it would otherwise have without this portfolio.
+Added: This risk is due to the fact that, while asset yields may decrease in a falling interest rate environment, the Company generally does not have an offsetting reduction as it does not pay interest on these deposits.
+Added: However, a portion of the Company’s deposit balances are subject to variable card processing expenses, derived from contractual agreements with certain BaaS partners tied to a rate index, typically the EFFR.
+Added: These costs reprice immediately upon a change in the applicable rate index and would likely lower card processing expenses.
The Bank, acting as custodian of cardholder funds, places a portion of such cardholder funds at one or more third-party banks insured by the FDIC (each, a “Program Bank”).
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The Company actively manages interest rate risk, as changes in market interest rates can have a significant impact on reported earnings.
−Removed: The Company's interest rate risk analysis is designed to compare income and economic valuation simulations in market scenarios designed to alter the direction, magnitude and speed of interest rate changes, as well as the slope of the yield curve.
−Removed: This analysis may not represent all impacts driven by changes in the interest rate environment, such as certain other card fee income and expense line items.
+Added: The Company's IRR analysis is designed to compare income and economic valuation simulations in market scenarios designed to alter the direction, magnitude and speed of interest rate changes, as well as the slope of the yield curve.
+Added: This analysis may not represent all impacts driven by changes in the interest rate environment, such as certain other card fee income and expense line items tied to card processing expense derived from contractual agreements with certain BaaS partners and servicing fees the Company recognizes from custodial off-balance sheet deposits.
The Company does not currently engage in trading activities to control interest rate risk although it may do so in the future, if deemed necessary, to help manage interest rate risk.
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As a continuing part of its financial strategy, the Bank considers methods of managing an asset/liability mismatch consistent with maintaining acceptable levels of net interest income.
−Removed: In order to monitor interest rate risk, the Company has created an Asset/Liability Committee whose principal responsibilities are to assess the Bank’s asset/liability mix and implement strategies that will enhance income while managing the Bank’s vulnerability to changes in interest rates.
+Added: In order to monitor IRR, the Company has created an Asset/Liability Committee whose principal responsibilities are to assess the Bank’s asset/liability mix and implement strategies that will enhance income while managing the Bank’s vulnerability to changes in interest rates.
The Company uses two approaches to model interest rate risk:
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It models basis point parallel shifts in market interest rates over the next one-year period.
−Removed: The following table shows the results of the scenarios as of June 30, 2023:
+Added: The following table shows the results of the scenarios as of December 31, 2023:
Net Sensitive Earnings at Risk
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Percentage change from base -12.4 % -6.2 % — % 5.9 % 11.9 % 17.8 % 23.8 %
−Removed: The EAR analysis reported at June 30, 2023 , shows that total interest-sensitive income will change more rapidly than total interest-sensitive expense over the next year.
+Added: The EAR analysis reported at December 31, 2023 , shows that total interest-sensitive income will change more rapidly than total interest-sensitive expense over the next year.
IRR is a snapshot in time.
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It models immediate basis point parallel shifts in market interest rates.
−Removed: The following table shows the results of the scenarios as June 30, 2023:
+Added: The following table shows the results of the scenarios as December 31, 2023:
Economic Value Sensitivity
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Percentage change from base -11.2 % -4.7 % 3.6 % 6.5 % 8.9 % 11.7 %
−Removed: The EVE at risk reported at June 30, 2023 shows that the economic value of equity position is expected to benefit from rising interest rates due to the large amount of noninterest-bearing funding.
+Added: The EVE at risk reported at December 31, 2023 shows that the economic value of equity position is expected to benefit from rising interest rates due to the large amount of noninterest-bearing funding.
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