UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _______ to _______
(Exact Name of Company as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-36695
(Commission File No.)
38-3941859
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
214 West First Street
Oswego, NY 13126
(315) 343-0057
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
PBHC
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ NO ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this Chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ NO ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒
Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ☐ NO ☒
As of August 11, 2025, there were 4,788,109 shares outstanding of the registrant’s Voting common stock and 1,380,283 shares outstanding of the registrant’s Series A Non-Voting common stock.
Table of Contents
PATHFINDER BANCORP, INC.
INDEX
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
PAGE NO.
Item 1.
Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
3
Consolidated Statements of Condition
Consolidated Statements of Income
4
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
9
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Unaudited)
49
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
68
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
70
Item 1A.
Risk Factor
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Defaults upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5.
Other information
Item 6.
Exhibits
71
SIGNATURES
(Unaudited)
June 30,
December 31,
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
2025
2024
ASSETS:
Cash and due from banks
$
16,183
13,963
Interest-earning deposits
15,292
17,609
Total cash and cash equivalents
31,475
31,572
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value
300,951
269,331
Held-to-maturity securities, at amortized cost (fair value of $151,205 and $151,023, respectively)
157,892
158,683
Marketable equity securities, at fair value
4,881
4,076
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
5,278
4,590
Loans held-for-sale
3,161
-
Loans, net of deferred fees
909,723
918,986
Less: Allowance for credit losses
15,983
17,243
Loans receivable, net
893,740
901,743
Premises and equipment, net
19,047
19,009
Operating lease right-of-use assets
1,115
1,391
Finance lease right-of-use assets
16,280
16,676
Accrued interest receivable
6,889
6,881
Foreclosed real estate
83
Intangible assets, net
5,675
5,989
Goodwill
5,056
Bank owned life insurance
31,045
24,727
Other assets
22,551
25,150
Total assets
1,505,119
1,474,874
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Deposits:
Interest-bearing
1,030,155
990,805
Noninterest-bearing
191,732
213,719
Total deposits
1,221,887
1,204,524
Short-term borrowings
75,500
61,000
Long-term borrowings
20,977
27,068
Subordinated debt
30,206
30,107
Accrued interest payable
813
546
Operating lease liabilities
1,313
1,591
Finance lease liabilities
16,566
16,745
Other liabilities
13,444
11,810
Total liabilities
1,380,706
1,353,391
Shareholders' equity:
Voting common stock, par value $0.01; 25,000,000 authorized shares; 4,788,109 and 4,745,366 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
48
47
Non-Voting common stock, par value $0.01; 1,505,283 authorized shares; 1,380,283 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
14
Additional paid in capital
53,645
52,750
Retained earnings
79,564
77,816
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(8,858
)
(9,144
Total Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. shareholders' equity
124,413
121,483
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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For the three months ended
For the six months ended
(In thousands, except per share data)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Interest and dividend income:
Loans, including fees
13,106
12,489
26,778
24,757
Debt securities:
Taxable
5,522
5,736
10,707
11,343
Tax-exempt
465
498
867
1,006
Dividends
21
178
114
307
Federal funds sold and interest earning deposits
121
157
219
Total interest and dividend income
19,182
19,022
38,623
37,632
Interest expense:
Interest on deposits
7,318
7,626
14,263
15,037
Interest on short-term borrowings
495
1,226
1,040
2,340
Interest on long-term borrowings
72
201
137
395
Interest on subordinated debt
483
489
958
980
Total interest expense
8,368
9,542
16,398
18,752
Net interest income
10,814
9,480
22,225
18,880
Provision for (benefit from) credit losses:
Loans
1,173
304
1,677
1,014
Held-to-maturity securities
(74
(59
Unfunded commitments
19
60
(28
61
Total provision for credit losses
1,197
290
1,654
1,016
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
9,617
9,190
20,571
17,864
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts
380
330
754
639
Earnings and gain on bank owned life insurance
156
167
318
324
Loan servicing fees
97
112
198
200
Net realized gains (losses) on sales and redemptions of investment securities
16
(8
(132
Net unrealized gains (losses) on marketable equity securities
420
(139
638
(31
Gains on sales of loans and foreclosed real estate
40
148
58
Fair value adjustment to loans held-for-sale 1
(3,064
Debit card interchange fees
180
191
181
310
Insurance agency revenue 2
260
657
Other charges, commissions & fees
230
234
514
923
Total noninterest (loss) income
(1,518
1,211
(321
2,948
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits
4,525
4,399
8,975
8,728
Building and occupancy
1,230
914
2,577
1,730
Data processing
667
550
1,333
1,078
Professional and other services
778
696
1,384
1,258
Advertising
77
116
218
221
FDIC assessments
228
229
457
Audits and exams
123
174
293
Amortization expense
314
Insurance agency expense 2
232
517
Community service activities
28
39
91
Foreclosed real estate expenses
29
30
50
55
Other expenses
510
576
1,201
1,178
Total noninterest expense
8,061
7,908
16,494
15,614
Income before provision for income taxes
38
2,493
3,756
5,198
Provision for income taxes
7
481
751
1,013
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest and Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
31
2,012
3,005
4,185
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
12
65
Net income attributable to Pathfinder Bancorp Inc.
2,000
4,120
Voting Earnings per common share - basic
0.32
0.48
0.66
Voting Earnings per common share - diluted
0.47
Series A Non-Voting Earnings per common share- basic
Series A Non-Voting Earnings per common share- diluted
Dividends per common share (Voting and Series A Non-Voting)
0.10
0.20
1 Lower-of-cost-or-market (LOCOM) adjustment on loans held-for-sale to the estimated market value based on sale negotiation terms.
2 See Item 2: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
(In thousands)
Net income
Other Comprehensive Income
Retirement Plans:
Retirement plan net gains recognized in plan expenses
34
67
75
Net unrealized gain on retirement plans
Unrealized holding (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the period
(529
(64
477
238
Reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses included in net income
(15
139
Net unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities
(79
482
377
Derivatives and hedging activities:
(81
144
(162
656
Net unrealized (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities
Other comprehensive (loss) income, before tax
(576
103
387
1,108
Tax effect
150
(27
(101
(289
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
(426
76
286
819
Comprehensive (loss) income
(395
2,088
3,291
5,004
Comprehensive income, attributable to noncontrolling interest
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
2,076
4,939
Tax Effect Allocated to Each Component of Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
(9
(10
(17
(20
Unrealized holding losses (gains) on available-for-sale securities arising during the period
138
17
(125
(62
Reclassification adjustment for net gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities included in net income
(1
(36
Unrealized losses (gains) on derivatives and hedging arising during the period
(38
42
(171
Income tax effect related to other comprehensive loss (income)
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Three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
Common Stock
Non-Voting Common Stock
Additional Paid in Capital
Retained Earnings
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Unearned ESOP shares
Non-controlling Interest
Total
Balance, March 31, 2025
53,103
80,163
(8,432
124,896
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Stock options exercised
542
Voting common stock dividends declared ($0.10 per share)
(480
Non-Voting common stock dividends declared ($0.10 per share)
(138
Warrant dividends declared ($0.10 per share)
(12
Balance, June 30, 2025
Balance, March 31, 2024
53,151
77,558
(8,862
(90
814
122,632
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
ESOP shares earned (6,111 shares)
45
(471
(13
Balance, June 30, 2024
53,182
78,936
(8,786
(45
826
124,174
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Six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024
Balance, January 1, 2025
1
895
896
Voting common stock dividends declared ($0.20 per share)
(955
Non-Voting common stock dividends declared ($0.20 per share)
(277
Warrant dividends declared ($0.20 per share)
(25
Balance, January 1, 2024
53,114
76,060
(9,605
(135
761
120,256
ESOP shares earned (12,221 shares)
63
90
153
(943
(276
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For the six months ended June 30,
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income attributable to Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Provision for credit losses
Proceeds from sales of loans held-for-sale
5,573
2,534
Originations of loans held-for-sale
(8,586
(2,592
Realized (gains) losses on sales, redemptions and calls of:
(148
Available-for-sale investment securities
127
Held-to-maturity investment securities
Marketable securities
(638
Depreciation
823
674
Amortization of mortgage servicing rights
(4
(24
Amortization of deferred loan fees and costs
36
(154
Amortization of operating and finance leases
215
Amortization of deferred financing fees from subordinated debt
99
94
Earnings on bank owned life insurance
(318
(324
Net amortization of premiums and discounts on investment securities
(93
Net amortization of premiums on intangible assets
Stock based compensation and ESOP expense
460
Net change in accrued interest receivable
210
Net change in other assets and liabilities
(262
(3,953
Net cash inflows from operating activities
1,960
2,022
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of available-for-sale securities
(54,842
(59,740
Purchase of held-to-maturity securities
(16,858
(3,517
Purchase of marketable securities
(167
(618
Purchase of Federal Home Loan Bank stock
(7,520
(6,812
Proceeds from redemption of Federal Home Loan Bank stock
6,832
6,858
Proceeds from maturities and principal reductions of available-for-sale securities
22,555
38,964
Proceeds from maturities and principal reductions of held-to-maturity securities
15,014
15,876
Proceeds from sales, redemptions and calls of:
Available-for-sale securities
3,194
3,449
2,516
706
Real estate acquired through foreclosure
Net change in loans
3,124
8,999
Purchase of premises and equipment
(861
(1,111
Net cash (outflows) inflows from investing activities
(27,013
3,122
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net change in demand deposits, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money management deposit accounts, MMDA accounts and escrow deposits
32,135
(38,565
Net change in time deposits
2,790
23,657
Net change in brokered deposits
(17,562
(3,882
Net change in short-term borrowings
14,500
1,897
Payments on long-term borrowings
(14,155
(4,050
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
8,064
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
436
Cash dividends paid to common voting shareholders
(950
(897
Cash dividends paid to common non-voting shareholders
Cash dividends paid on warrants
Change in noncontrolling interest, net
Net cash inflows (outflows) from financing activities
24,956
(22,057
Change in cash and cash equivalents
(97
(16,913
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
48,732
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
31,819
CASH PAID DURING THE PERIOD FOR:
Interest
16,131
18,905
Income taxes
500
600
NON-CASH INVESTING ACTIVITY
Transfer of loans to loans held-for-sale
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc., (the “Company”), Pathfinder Bank (the “Bank”) and its other wholly owned subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals considered necessary for a fair presentation, have been included. Certain amounts in the 2024 consolidated financial statements may have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on net income or comprehensive income as previously reported. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2025 or any other interim period.
The Company's consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and follow practices within the banking industry. Application of these principles requires management to make estimates, assumptions, and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. These estimates, assumptions, and judgments are based on information available as of the date of the consolidated financial statements; accordingly, as this information changes, the consolidated financial statements could reflect different estimates, assumptions, and judgments. Certain accounting policies inherently have a greater reliance on the use of estimates, assumptions, and judgments and as such, have a greater possibility of producing results that could be materially different than originally reported. Estimates, assumptions, and judgments are necessary when assets and liabilities are required to be recorded at fair value or when an asset or liability needs to be recorded contingent upon a future event. Carrying assets and liabilities at fair value inherently results in more financial statement volatility. The fair values and information used to record valuation adjustments for certain assets and liabilities are based on quoted market prices or are provided by unaffiliated third-party sources, when available. When third party information is not available, valuation adjustments are estimated in good faith by management.
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and, to a lesser extent, other authoritative rulemaking bodies promulgate generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) to regulate the standards of accounting in the United States. From time to time, the FASB issues new GAAP standards, known as Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) some of which, upon adoption, may have the potential to change the way in which the Company recognizes or reports within its consolidated financial statements. The following table provides a description of the accounting standards that are not currently effective, but could have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
Standards Not Yet Adopted as of June 30, 2025
Standard
Description
Required Date of Implementation
Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements
Income Statement ASU 2024-03 (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
ASU 2024-03 was issued to address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented income statement captions. The ASU requires new financial statement disclosures, disaggregating certain expense categories, such as compensation, depreciation, and amortization of intangible assets. This disaggregation is to be presented in a tabular format and aims to provide enhanced transparency into the relevant components of income statement expenses.
Fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027.
The Company is evaluating the adoption of the ASU but does not expect it will have a material impact to the Company's consolidated financial statements.
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Following shareholder approval received on June 4, 2021, the Company converted 1,380,283 shares of its Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock ("Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock") to an equal number of shares of its newly-created Series A Non-Voting Common Stock. The conversion, which was effective on June 28, 2021, represented 100% of the Company's Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of the conversion and retired the Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock in perpetuity.
The Company has voting common stock, non-voting common stock and a warrant that are all eligible to participate in dividends equal to the voting common stock dividends on a per share basis. Securities that participate in dividends, such as the Company’s non-voting common stock and warrant, are considered “participating securities”. The Company calculates net income available to voting common shareholders using the two-class method required for capital structures that include participating securities.
In applying the two-class method, basic net income per share was calculated by dividing net income (less any dividends on participating securities) by the weighted average number of shares of voting common stock and participating securities outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share may include the additional effect of other securities, if dilutive, in which case the dilutive effect of such securities is calculated by applying either the two-class method or the Treasury Stock method to the assumed exercise or vesting of potentially dilutive common shares. The method yielding the more dilutive result is ultimately reported for the applicable period. Potentially dilutive common stock equivalents primarily consist of employee stock options and restricted stock units. Unallocated common shares held by the ESOP are not included in the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for purposes of calculating earnings per common share until they are committed to be released to plan participants.
Anti-dilutive shares are common stock equivalents with average exercise prices in excess of the weighted average market price for the period presented. There were no anti-dilutive stock options excised for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2024, respectively.
The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
Three months ended June 30,
Six months ended June 30,
Series A Non-Voting Common Stock dividends
277
276
Warrant dividends
13
25
Undistributed (losses) earnings allocated to participating securities
(144
334
697
Net income available to common shareholders - Voting
1,515
2,283
Voting Common Stock dividends
480
471
955
943
(467
1,072
1,363
2,237
Net income available to common shareholders - Non-Voting
444
662
915
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding - Voting
4,769
4,708
4,759
4,704
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding - Series A Non-Voting
1,380
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding - Voting
4,811
4,815
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding - Series A Non-Voting
Basic earnings per common share - Voting
Basic earnings per common share - Series A Non-Voting
Diluted earnings per common share - Voting 1
Diluted earnings per common share - Series A Non-Voting 1
1 Diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2025 has been revised to $0.47, from the $0.41 reported previously.
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Note 4: Investment Securities
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of investment securities are summarized as follows:
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Estimated Fair Value
Available-for-Sale Portfolio
Debt investment securities:
US Treasury, agencies and GSEs
70,723
317
(3,279
67,761
State and political subdivisions
35,914
(3,577
32,340
Corporate
10,748
162
(193
10,717
Asset backed securities
20,392
(218
20,190
Residential mortgage-backed - US agency
55,810
337
(1,231
54,916
Collateralized mortgage obligations - US agency
20,357
179
(743
19,793
Collateralized mortgage obligations - Private label
96,538
357
(1,867
95,028
310,482
1,371
(11,108
300,745
Equity investment securities:
Common stock - financial services industry
206
Total available-for-sale
310,688
Held-to-Maturity Portfolio
3,582
(207
3,375
16,062
11
(1,559
14,514
41,180
(2,103
39,090
16,137
(487
15,659
9,414
(540
8,908
10,401
(1,028
9,376
61,378
134
(1,229
60,283
158,154
204
(7,153
151,205
262
Total held-to-maturity, net of allowance for credit losses
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December 31, 2024
73,888
371
(3,834
70,425
35,128
122
(1,928
33,322
10,956
209
(284
10,881
18,934
26
(473
18,487
40,636
35
(1,500
39,171
14,376
(891
13,530
85,426
158
(2,275
83,309
279,344
966
(11,185
269,125
279,550
3,648
(282
3,366
17,153
10
(1,833
15,330
43,628
23
(1,740
41,911
13,050
(557
12,501
9,575
32
(728
8,879
11,940
(1,223
10,720
59,946
(1,670
58,316
158,940
(8,033
151,023
257
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt investments at June 30, 2025 by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalties. Amounts disclosed are gross values and do not include any allowance for credit loss.
Available-for-Sale
Held-to-Maturity
Due in one year or less
6,406
6,529
4,430
4,423
Due after one year through five years
35,143
32,218
40,165
38,604
Due after five years through ten years
16,641
15,871
15,221
13,224
Due after ten years
79,587
76,390
17,145
16,387
Sub-total
137,777
131,008
76,961
72,638
Totals
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The Company’s investment securities’ gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, are as follows:
Less than Twelve Months
Twelve Months or More
Number of Individual Securities
Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
44,696
(351
5,281
(3,226
26,098
31,379
3,290
(50
9,549
(168
7,633
17,182
(407
15,230
(824
9,539
18
24,769
2
(3
3,313
(740
6,568
9,881
(147
27,652
(1,720
19,684
47,336
(958
61,025
80
(10,150
117,508
178,533
360
(1,558
12,746
29,855
7,230
(51
2,854
(489
4,820
7,674
8,918
(56
12,859
22
(1,173
28,789
27
41,648
(108
16,073
(7,045
95,733
111,806
18,790
(3,702
26,748
45,538
900
(1,925
25,211
26,111
3,410
(328
3,608
(145
8,343
11,951
(794
29,628
(706
6,107
35,735
1,937
(876
6,972
8,909
(43
15,561
20
(2,232
23,309
38,870
(1,315
70,424
(9,870
100,100
170,524
US Treasury, agencies and GSE's
(5
1,438
(1,828
12,561
13,999
(7
993
(1,733
28,603
29,596
2,241
(552
6,862
9,103
(115
2,808
(613
4,866
10,121
(55
8,644
(1,615
34,539
43,183
(187
16,124
100
(7,846
100,918
113
117,042
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Excluding the effects of changes in the characteristics of individual debt securities that potentially give rise to credit losses, as described below, the fair market value of a debt security as of a particular measurement date is highly dependent upon prevailing market and economic environmental factors at the measurement date relative to the prevailing market and economic environmental factors present at the time the debt security was acquired. The most significant market and environmental factors include, but are not limited to (1) the general level of interest rates, (2) the relationship between shorter-term interest rates and longer-term interest rates (referred to as the “slope” or "shape" of the interest rate yield curve), (3) general bond market liquidity, (4) the recent and expected near-term volume of new issuances of similar debt securities, and (5) changes in the market values of individual loan collateral underlying mortgage-backed an asset-backed debt securities. Changes in interest rates affect the fair market values of debt securities by influencing the discount rate applied to the securities’ future expected cash flows. The higher the discount rate, the lower the resultant security fair value at the measurement date. Conversely, the lower the discount rate, the higher the resultant security fair value at the measurement date. In addition, the cumulative amount and timing of undiscounted cash flows of debt securities may also be affected by changes in interest rates. For any given level of movement in the general market and economic environmental factors described above, the magnitude of any particular debt security’s price changes will also depend heavily upon security-specific factors such as (1) the duration of the security, (2) imbedded optionality contractually granted to the issuer of the security with respect to principal prepayments, and (3) changes in the level of market premiums demanded by investors for securities with imbedded credit risk (where applicable).
When the fair value of any individual security categorized as available-for-sale ("AFS") or held-to-maturity ("HTM") is less than its amortized cost basis, an assessment is made as to whether or not a charge to current earnings for credit loss is required. In assessing potential credit losses, management also makes a quantitative determination of potential credit loss for all HTM securities even if the risk of credit loss is considered remote and uses a best estimate threshold for securities categorized as AFS. The Company considers numerous factors when determining whether a potential credit loss exists. The principal factors considered are (1) the financial condition of the issue and (guarantor, if any) any adverse conditions specifically related to the security, industry or geographic area, (2) failure of the issuer of the security to make scheduled interest or principal payments, (3) any changes to the rating of the security by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), and (4) the presence of contractual credit enhancements, if any, including the guarantee of the federal government or any of its agencies.
The Company carries all of its AFS investments at fair value with any unrealized gains or losses reported, net of income tax effects, as an adjustment to shareholders' equity and included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), except for the credit-related portion of debt securities’ credit losses, if any, which are charged to earnings. The Company's ability to fully realize the value of its investments in various securities, including corporate debt securities, is dependent on the underlying creditworthiness of the issuing organization. In evaluating the debt securities portfolio (both AFS and HTM) for credit losses, management considers (1) if we intend to sell the security; (2) if it is “more likely than not” we will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis; or (3) if the present value of expected cash flows is insufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis.
The portion of the investment securities portfolio, categorized as AFS, with an aggregate amortized historical cost of $310.7 million, had an aggregate fair value that was less than its aggregate amortized historical cost by $9.7 million, decreasing 3.1%, at June 30, 2025. The AFS securities portfolio, with an aggregate amortized historical cost of $279.6 million, had an aggregate fair value that was less than its aggregate amortized historical cost by $10.2 million, or a decrease of 3.7%, at December 31, 2024. The resultant $482,000 total improvement in the fair value of the AFS investment portfolio's aggregate fair value, relative to its aggregate amortized historical cost, in the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily due to changes in the interest rate environment (the general interest rate level and the relationships between shorter-term and longer-term interest rates, known as the 'yield curve') that occurred in that period. These changes in aggregate fair value relative to aggregate amortized historical cost that occurred in the six months ended June 30, 2025 did not represent any changes in credit loss estimations within the portfolio.
The portion of the investment securities portfolio, categorized as HTM, with an aggregate amortized historical cost of $158.2 million, had an aggregate fair value that was less than its aggregate amortized historical cost by $6.9 million, decreasing 4.4%, at June 30, 2025. The portion of the investment securities portfolio, categorized as HTM, with an aggregate amortized historical cost of $158.9 million, had an aggregate fair value that was less than its aggregate amortized historical cost by $7.9 million, or a decrease of 5.0%, at December 31, 2024. The resultant $1.0 million improvement in the aggregate fair
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value of the HTM investment portfolio, relative to its aggregate amortized historical cost, during the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily due to changes in the interest rate environment (the general interest rate level and the relationships between shorter-term and longer-term interest rates, known as the 'yield curve') that occurred in that period. These changes in aggregate fair value relative to aggregate amortized historical cost that occurred in the six months ended June 30, 2025 did not represent any changes in credit loss estimations within the portfolio. The Company does not intend to sell these securities, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities prior to the recovery of the amortized cost.
The following tables represent a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses on investment securities classified as held-to-maturity for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
Government Issued and Government Sponsored Enterprise Securities
Mortgage and Asset-backed Securities
Securities Issued By State and Political Subdivisions
Corporate Securities
256
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration
Charge-offs of securities
Recoveries
261
365
367
(73
292
The following tables represent a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses on investment securities classified as held-to-maturity for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
Balance, December 31, 2024
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Balance, December 31, 2023
350
352
(58
The Company monitors the credit quality of the debt securities categorized as HTM primarily through the use of NRSRO credit ratings. These assessments are made on a quarterly basis. The following tables summarize the amortized cost of debt securities categorized as HTM at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, aggregated by credit quality indicators:
AAA or equivalent
27,803
38,304
AA or equivalent, including securities issued by the United States Government or Government Sponsored Enterprises
58,260
40,429
A or equivalent
7,630
12,602
BBB or equivalent
13,811
15,265
BB or equivalent
1,487
Unrated
50,650
50,853
Gross realized (losses) gains on sales and redemptions of available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities for the indicated periods are detailed below:
For the three months ended June 30,
Realized gains on investments
750
Realized losses on investments
(11
(882
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, securities with a fair value of $117.2 million and $119.8 million, respectively, were pledged to collateralize certain municipal deposit relationships. As of the same dates, securities with a fair value of $132.0 million and $123.2 million, respectively, were pledged against certain borrowing arrangements.
Management has reviewed its loan and mortgage-backed securities portfolios and determined that, to the best of its knowledge, only minimal exposure exists to sub-prime or other high-risk residential mortgages. With limited exceptions in the Company’s investment portfolio involving the most senior tranches of securitized bonds, the Company is not in the practice of investing in, or originating, these types of investment securities.
Note 5: Pension and Postretirement Benefits
The Company has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering most employees. The plan provides defined benefits based on years of service and final average salary. On May 14, 2012, the Company informed its employees of its decision to freeze participation and benefit accruals under the plan, primarily to reduce some of the volatility in earnings that can accompany the maintenance of a defined benefit plan. The plan was frozen on June 30, 2012. Compensation earned by employees up to June 30, 2012 is used for purposes of calculating benefits under the plan but there are no future benefit accruals after this date. Participants as of June 30, 2012 will continue to earn vesting credit with respect to their frozen accrued benefits as they continue to work. In addition, the Company provides certain health and life insurance benefits for a limited number of eligible retired employees. The healthcare plan is contributory with participants’
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contributions adjusted annually; the life insurance plan is noncontributory. Employees with less than 14 years of service as of January 1, 1995, are not eligible for the health and life insurance retirement benefits.
The composition of net periodic pension plan and postretirement plan costs for the indicated periods is as follows:
Pension Benefits
Postretirement Benefits
Service cost
Interest cost
288
278
Expected return on plan assets
(256
(253
(512
(506
Amortization of prior service credits
(2
Amortization of net losses/(gains)
79
Net periodic benefit plan (benefit) cost
(76
(75
(153
(149
The Company will evaluate the need for further contributions to the defined benefit pension plan during 2025. The prepaid pension asset of $8.2 million and $7.9 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 respectively, is recorded in other assets on the consolidated statements of condition.
Note 6: Loans
Major classifications of loans at the indicated dates are as follows:
Residential mortgage loans:
1-4 family first-lien residential mortgages
240,833
251,373
Construction
3,520
4,864
Total residential mortgage loans
244,353
256,237
Commercial loans:
Real estate
381,575
377,619
Lines of credit
75,487
67,602
Other commercial and industrial
85,578
89,800
Paycheck Protection Program loans
85
Tax exempt loans
6,349
4,544
Total commercial loans
549,074
539,678
Consumer loans:
Home equity and junior liens
49,339
51,948
Other consumer
68,439
72,710
Total consumer loans
117,778
124,658
Subtotal loans
911,205
920,573
Net deferred loan fees
(1,482
(1,587
Less allowance for credit losses
Although the Bank may sometimes purchase or fund loan participation interests outside of its primary market areas, the Bank generally originates residential mortgage, commercial, and consumer loans largely to customers throughout Oswego and Onondaga counties. Although the Bank has a diversified loan portfolio, a substantial portion of its borrowers’ abilities to honor their loan contracts is dependent upon the counties’ employment and economic conditions.
Periodically, the Bank acquires diversified pools of loans, originated by unrelated third parties, as part of the Company’s overall balance sheet management strategies. These acquisitions took place with nine separate transactions, that occurred between 2017 and 2019, with an additional six transactions occurring in 2021, and one transaction in 2024. The following
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tables detail the purchased loan pool positions held by the Bank at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (the month/year of the earliest acquisition date is depicted in parentheses):
(In thousands, except number of loans)
Original Balance
Current Balance
Unamortized Premium/ (Discount)
Number of Loans
Maturity Range (in years)
Cumulative net charge-offs
Commercial and industrial loans (6/2019)
6,800
1-4
Home equity lines of credit (8/2019)
21,900
3,100
84
3-24
51
Unsecured consumer loan pool 2 (11/2019)
26,600
0-1
Residential real estate loans (12/2019)
4,300
4,000
274
53
16-24
Unsecured consumer loan pool 1 (12/2019)
5,400
300
0-2
Unsecured consumer installment loans pool 3 (12/2019)
10,300
0-8
Secured consumer installment loans pool 4 (12/2020)
8,700
(1,176
462
20-24
Unsecured consumer loans pool 5 (1/2021) 1
24,400
11,900
574
6-21
1,171
Revolving commercial line of credit 1 (3/2021)
11,600
7,400
Secured consumer installment loans (11/2021)
21,300
15,700
(2,480
788
15-24
Unsecured consumer loans pool 6 (11/2021) 1
22,200
14,200
(1,968
494
6-23
1,390
Revolving commercial line of credit 1 (7/2024)
1,050
12,700
170,350
79,003
(5,642
2,557
3,305
1,200
1-5
3,500
92
4-25
4,200
54
16-25
41
1-2
9,300
(1,257
475
21-24
12,600
(342
595
1,124
7,900
16,300
(2,613
802
17-24
467
15,200
(2,069
506
7-23
1,196
4,800
75,660
(5,964
2,677
3,018
1 On December 7, 2023, the Bank settled two pay-fixed interest rate swap derivative contracts, previously established with an unaffiliated third party and designated as fair value interest rate hedges. The hedging swap contracts were related to two purchased consumer installment loan pools comprised of loans secured by residential home solar power infrastructure. These contracts were entered into on February 13, 2021 (notional amount of $12.2 million) and December 8, 2021 (notional amount of $8.5 million). The Bank realized gains related to the settlement of these two hedging contracts were $117,000 and $694,000, respectively. These gains on the extinguishments of the hedging swap contracts are reported as a reduction of the carrying value of the hedged loan pools and will be recognized as an enhancement to the reported yield on those loan pools over the original contractual life of the hedging swap contracts. The unamortized portion of these gains totaled $653,000 at June 30, 2025.
At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the allowance for credit losses (the "ACL") related to these pools were $3.6 million and $3.9 million, respectively.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of $109.1 million and $113.8 million, respectively, have been pledged by the Company to the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLBNY”) under a blanket collateral agreement to secure the Company’s line of credit and term borrowings.
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Loan Origination / Risk Management
The Company’s lending policies and procedures are presented in Note 5 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2025 and have not changed. As part of the execution of the Company’s overall balance sheet management strategies, the Bank will acquire participating interests in loans originated by unrelated third parties on an occasional basis. The purchase of participations in loans that are originated by third parties only occurs after the completion of thorough pre-acquisition due diligence. Loans in which the Company acquires a participating interest are determined to meet, in all material respects, the Company’s internal underwriting policies, including credit and collateral suitability thresholds, prior to acquisition. In addition, the financial condition of the originating financial institutions, which are generally retained as the ongoing loan servicing provider for participations acquired by the Bank, are analyzed prior to the acquisition of the participating interests and monitored on a regular basis thereafter for the life of those interests.
To develop and document a systematic methodology for determining the allowance for credit losses, the Company has divided the loan portfolio into three portfolio segments, each with different risk characteristics but with similar methodologies for assessing risk. Each portfolio segment is broken down into loan classes where appropriate. Loan classes contain unique measurement attributes, risk characteristics, and methods for monitoring and assessing risk that are necessary to develop the allowance for credit losses. Unique characteristics such as borrower type, loan type, collateral type, and risk characteristics define each class.
The following table illustrates the portfolio segments and classes for the Company’s loan portfolio:
Portfolio Segment
Class
Residential Mortgage Loans
Commercial Loans
Consumer Loans
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The following tables present the classes of the loan portfolio as of June 30, 2025, summarized by the aggregate pass rating and the classified ratings of special mention, substandard and doubtful within the Company's internal risk rating system as of the dates indicated:
Term Loans By Origination Year
Revolving
Revolving loans converted to
2023
2022
2021
Prior
loans
term loans
Commercial real estate:
Pass
22,898
47,080
34,121
60,457
45,923
129,133
339,612
Special Mention
3,049
11,494
7,506
4,037
26,086
Substandard
838
1,242
8,105
3,095
2,538
15,818
Doubtful
59
Total commercial real estate
25,947
47,918
46,857
76,068
49,018
135,767
Commercial lines of credit:
64,650
2,519
67,169
6,722
1,325
271
1,596
Total commercial lines of credit
72,697
Other commercial and industrial:
5,906
13,959
15,862
12,810
3,032
16,096
6,664
74,329
1,798
4,488
7,109
126
199
3,815
4,140
Total other commercial and industrial
6,452
15,757
20,476
12,822
3,492
19,915
Total Paycheck Protection Program loans
86
4,263
Total tax exempt loans
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1-4 family first-lien residential mortgages:
5,743
8,622
15,444
27,666
44,283
136,246
238,004
101
1,402
832
Total 1-4 family first-lien residential mortgages
27,767
44,373
138,884
Construction:
528
2,992
Total construction
Home equity and junior liens:
3,907
2,612
3,566
2,944
2,726
11,896
19,632
880
48,163
52
361
1,095
Total home equity and junior liens
3,625
2,738
12,309
20,309
Other Consumer:
2,400
3,078
55,513
3,126
1,625
2,584
68,326
15
64
96
Total other consumer
55,535
3,142
1,689
2,595
(500
(184
(182
(732
Total loans
46,477
81,166
141,952
122,559
101,128
313,086
99,670
3,685
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The following tables present the classes of the loan portfolio as of December 31, 2024, summarized by the aggregate pass rating and the classified ratings of special mention, substandard and doubtful within the Company's internal risk rating system as of the dates indicated:
2020
45,123
51,531
61,943
50,014
27,688
107,106
343,405
16,160
4,370
20,530
4,165
4,819
2,938
13,475
45,961
55,846
78,603
54,833
27,903
114,473
57,618
2,495
60,113
5,622
190
5,812
1,309
368
64,549
3,053
14,141
20,814
14,160
4,186
3,987
14,609
6,022
77,919
2,640
2,220
258
5,217
132
1,041
312
4,398
5,883
328
24
429
781
16,781
23,494
15,290
4,873
4,333
19,007
87
4,363
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11,085
15,922
29,167
48,525
35,973
107,571
248,243
554
473
1,027
207
713
1,011
152
940
1,092
48,616
36,886
109,697
6,113
4,092
3,181
2,906
1,692
11,807
20,352
50,849
95
320
995
2,918
12,202
21,029
721
4,475
58,818
3,908
2,021
1,031
2,305
72,558
66
4,477
58,820
3,938
2,102
1,055
2,318
(462
(197
(70
(705
88,906
158,192
130,008
113,145
72,006
261,355
91,600
3,774
Management has reviewed its loan portfolio and determined that, to the best of its knowledge, no material exposure exists to sub-prime or other high-risk residential mortgages. The Company is not in the practice of originating these types of loans.
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans
Loans are considered past due if the required principal and interest payments have not been received within thirty days of the payment due date. Loans are placed on nonaccrual when the contractual payment of principal and interest has become 90 days past due or when management has serious doubts about further collectability of principal or interest, even though the loan may be currently performing.
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An aging analysis of past due loans, not including net deferred loan costs, segregated by portfolio segment and class of loans, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, are detailed in the following tables:
As of June 30, 2025
30-59 Days
60-89 Days
90 Days
Total Loans
Past Due
and Over
Current
Receivable
2,754
845
2,271
5,870
234,963
238,483
10,193
12,075
6,925
29,193
352,382
799
996
2,051
73,436
641
3,163
540
4,344
81,234
11,633
15,494
8,461
35,588
513,486
678
412
545
1,635
47,704
515
415
1,342
67,097
1,193
827
957
2,977
114,801
15,580
17,166
11,689
44,435
866,770
As of December 31, 2024
2,262
805
3,162
6,229
245,144
250,008
1,110
2,086
10,261
13,457
364,162
953
1,448
2,429
65,173
3,022
366
6,503
9,891
79,909
5,085
2,480
18,212
25,777
513,901
584
329
414
1,327
50,621
912
560
296
1,768
70,942
1,496
889
710
121,563
8,843
4,174
22,084
35,101
885,472
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As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the amount of interest income recognized on nonaccrual loans and the cost basis of nonaccrual loans, for which there is no ACL, are detailed in the following tables. All loans greater than 90 days past due are classified as nonaccrual.
As of and for the six months ended
Nonaccrual Loans
Nonaccrual loans without related allowance for credit loss
Recognized interest income
1,459
903
244
2,362
Total nonaccrual loans
398
As of and for the year ended
102
4,537
302
1,255
81
1,921
7,713
8,354
774
At June 30, 2025, the Bank's 64 nonperforming loans represented 1.3% of total loans, with an aggregate outstanding balance of $11.7 million, as compared to 93 loans, representing 2.4% of total loans, with an aggregate outstanding balance of $22.1 million at December 31, 2024. This decrease in nonaccrual balances of $10.4 million was primarily due to the July 2025 loan sale related to one large commercial relationship.
The measurement of individually evaluated loans is generally based upon the present value of future cash flows discounted at the historical effective interest rate, except that all collateral-dependent loans are measured based on the fair value of the collateral, less costs to sell. The Company utilizes the Discounted Cash Flow (“DCF”) method for its pooled segment calculation. The DCF method implements a probability of default with loss given default and loss exposure at default estimation. The probability of default and loss given default are applied to future cash flows that are adjusted to present value and these discounted expected losses become the Allowance for Credit Losses.
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Loans Modified With Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
When the Company modifies a loan with a borrower experiencing financial difficulty, a potential impairment is analyzed either based on the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the interest rate of the original loan terms or the fair value of the collateral less costs to sell. If it is determined that the value of the loan is less than its recorded investment, then impairment is recognized as a component of the provision for credit losses, an associated increase to the allowance for credit losses or as a charge-off to the allowance for credit losses in the current period.
Because the effect of most loan modifications made with borrowers experiencing financial difficulty is already included in the allowance for credit losses, a change to the allowance for credit losses is generally not recorded upon modification. In some cases, the Company will modify a certain loan by providing multiple types of concessions. Typically, one type of concession, such as a term extension, is granted initially. If the borrower continues to experience financial difficulty, another concession such as an interest rate reduction, may be granted. Nonaccrual loans that are modified will remain on nonaccrual status, but may move to accrual status after they have performed according to the modified terms for a period of time of at least six months.
The financial impact of commercial loan modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficult during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 related to a total of three borrowers that were granted either maturity extensions or an interest modification. The Company closely monitors the performance of loans that are modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to understand the effectiveness of its modification efforts. The payment status of modified loans were current during the three months ending June 30, 2025. There were no loan modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during the three or six months ended June 30, 2024.
The following table presents the amortized cost basis of loans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 that were experiencing financial difficulty and modified, by class and by type of modification.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
Term Extension
Total Class of Receivable
Residential mortgage loans
Commercial real estate
Commercial lines of credit
Commercial and industrial
2,369
0.6
%
Home equity and consumer
0
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
2,017
0.5
4,385
1.1
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Interest Rate Reduction
11,495
3.0
Note 7: Allowance for Credit Losses
Management extensively reviews recent trends in historical losses, qualitative factors, including concentrations of loans to related borrowers and concentrations of loans by collateral type, and specific reserve requirements on loans individually evaluated in its determination of the adequacy of the credit losses. The Company recorded $1.2 million in provision for credit losses ("PCL") for the three month period ended June 30, 2025, as compared to $290,000 for the three month period ended June 30, 2024. For the first six months of 2025, the Company recorded $1.7 million in provision for credit losses compared to $1.0 million in the first six months of the prior year.
The provision for credit losses for the second quarter of 2025 was primarily driven by net charge offs of $2.6 million that are reflected in the second quarter of 2025 provision expense, partially offset by reductions related to quantitative and qualitative factors in the Company’s reserve model. The Company continued to undertake proactive measures in the second quarter of 2025 to mitigate credit risk and enhance asset quality metrics for the long term.
In addition, during the second quarter of 2025, the Company recorded a PCL increase of $5,000 for reserves related to securities classified as held-to-maturity, and a $19,000 increase to the PCL for unfunded commitments. The provision in the quarter ended June 30, 2025 was reflective of the qualitative factors used in determining the adequacy of the ACL and changes in the levels of delinquent and nonaccrual loans. The second quarter PCL reflects an addition to reserves considering asset quality metrics.
The following tables summarize the activity related to the ACL during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
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ACL - Loans
Reserves as of March 31, 2025
Q2 2025 Charge-Offs
Q2 2025 Recoveries
Q2 2025 PCL
Reserves as of June 30, 2025
Individually evaluated
2,490
(151
2,339
Overdraft
Pooled - quantitative
6,638
(2,371
2,217
6,538
Pooled - qualitative
4,428
(911
3,517
Purchased
3,851
(445
183
3,589
Total ACL - Loans
17,407
(2,844
247
ACL - Held-To-Maturity
Other Liabilities - Unfunded Commitments
503
522
Total ACL
18,167
(112
46
16,767
Reserves as of March 31, 2024
Q2 2024 Charge-Offs
Q2 2024 Recoveries
Q2 2024 PCL
Reserves as of June 30, 2024
3,816
665
4,481
363
(29
342
6,275
(83
6,309
4,075
(441
3,634
2,126
16,655
16,892
590
650
17,612
17,835
Reserves as of December 31, 2024
2025 Charge-Offs
2025 Recoveries
2025 PCL
2,485
(146
(66
6,570
(2,634
74
2,528
4,269
(752
3,919
(652
322
(3,352
18,050
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Reserves as of December 31, 2023
3,716
765
364
(34
6,203
15,975
(180
589
16,916
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Summarized in the tables below are changes in the allowance for credit losses for loans for the indicated periods and information pertaining to the allocation of the balances of the credit losses, loans receivable based on individual, and collective evaluation by loan portfolio class. An allocation of a portion of the allowance to a given portfolio class does not limit the Company’s ability to absorb losses in another portfolio class.
As of and for the three months ended June 30, 2025
1-4 family first-lien residential mortgage
Residential construction mortgage
Paycheck Protection Program
Tax exempt
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning Balance
1,433
504
7,079
911
2,848
694
3,936
Charge-offs
(868
(195
(1,243
(501
163
Provisions (credits)
(80
1,058
(53
Ending balance
543
6,396
752
2,671
663
3,613
Ending balance: related to loans individually evaluated
135
810
1,098
2,294
Ending balance: related to loans collectively evaluated
1,207
5,586
681
1,573
13,689
Loans receivables:
Ending balance, gross
Ending balance: individually evaluated
1,903
5,160
974
3,567
529
12,133
Ending balance: collectively evaluated
238,930
376,415
74,513
82,011
48,810
899,072
As of and for the three months ended June 30, 2024
1,619
6,567
3,403
2,209
(170
416
(37
88
303
1,536
815
6,663
1,221
3,821
625
1,511
1,901
4,395
1,399
5,152
559
1,920
511
2,139
12,497
250,106
309
370,361
62,711
90,813
136
3,228
35,821
75,195
888,680
1,751
9,365
1,208
6,358
618
19,370
248,355
360,996
61,503
84,455
35,203
75,125
869,310
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As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2025
1,467
592
6,746
749
2,879
715
4,091
(287
(1,323
(837
(3,351
(117
(49
505
273
1,104
37
As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2024
1,608
858
5,751
1,674
3,281
2,145
893
(453
533
(32
195
The Company’s methodology for determining its allowance for credit losses includes an analysis of qualitative factors that are added to the historical loss rates in arriving at the total allowance for credit losses needed for this general pool of loans. The qualitative factors include, but are not limited to, the following:
Each factor is assigned a value to reflect improving, stable or declining conditions based on management’s best judgment using relevant information available at the time of the evaluation. These qualitative factors, applied to each product class, make the evaluation inherently subjective, as it requires material estimates that may be susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. Adjustments to the factors are supported through documentation of changes in conditions in a narrative accompanying the allowance for credit losses analysis and calculation.
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The allocation of the allowance for credit losses summarized on the basis of the Company’s calculation methodology was as follows:
Specifically reserved
854
439
3,331
5,928
Historical loss rate
1,420
2,911
147
997
264
253
Qualitative factors
(213
2,631
534
(40
853
154
1,165
6,404
1,474
2,779
1,032
285
3,114
469
682
Collateral Dependent Disclosures
The Company has certain loans for which repayment is dependent upon the operation or sale of collateral, as the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty. The underlying collateral can vary based upon the type of loan. The following provides more detail about the types of collateral that secure collateral dependent loans:
The following table details the amortized cost of collateral dependent loans at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
4,541
7,478
8,591
Residential (1-4 family) first mortgages
1,111
374
Home equity loans and lines of credit
Consumer loans
11,316
17,038
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Note 8: Foreclosed Real Estate
The Company is required to disclose the carrying amount of foreclosed real estate properties held as a result of obtaining physical possession of the property at each reporting period.
Number of properties
At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company reported $599,000 and $1.2 million, respectively, in real estate loans in the process of foreclosure.
Note 9: Guarantees
The Company does not issue any guarantees that would require liability recognition or disclosure, other than its standby letters of credit. Generally, all letters of credit, when issued have expiration dates within one year. The credit risks involved in issuing letters of credit are essentially the same as those that are involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The Company generally holds collateral and/or personal guarantees supporting these commitments. The Company had $2.9 million and $2.4 million of standby letters of credit as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Management believes that the proceeds obtained through a liquidation of collateral and the enforcement of guarantees would be sufficient to cover the potential amount of future payments required under the corresponding guarantees. The fair value of standby letters of credit was not significant to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Note 10: Fair Value Measurements
Accounting guidance related to fair value measurements and disclosures specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. These two types of inputs have created the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.
Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets.
Level 3 – Model-derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
An asset’s or liability’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs, minimize the use of unobservable inputs, to the extent possible, and considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.
The Company used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate fair value:
Investment securities: The fair values of available-for-sale and marketable equity securities are obtained from an independent third party and are based on quoted prices on nationally recognized securities exchanges where available (Level 1). If quoted prices are not available, fair values are measured by utilizing matrix pricing, which is a mathematical technique used widely in the industry to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for specific securities but rather by relying on the securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted securities (Level 2). Management made no adjustment to the fair value quotes that were received from the independent third party pricing service. Level 3 securities are assets whose fair value cannot be determined by using observable measures, such as market prices or pricing models.
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Level 3 assets are typically very illiquid, and fair values can only be calculated using estimates or risk-adjusted value ranges. Management applies known factors, such as currently applicable discount rates, to the valuation of those investments in order to determine fair value at the reporting date.
The Company holds two corporate investment securities with an amortized historical cost of $4.1 million and an aggregate fair market value of $4.2 million as of June 30, 2025. These securities have an aggregate valuation that is determined using published net asset values (NAV) derived by an analysis of the securities’ underlying assets. These securities are comprised primarily of broadly-diversified real estate holdings and are traded in secondary markets on an infrequent basis. While these securities are redeemable at least annually through tender offers made by respective issuers, the liquidation value of these securities may be below stated NAVs and also subject to restrictions as to the amount that can be redeemed at any single scheduled redemption. The Company anticipates that these securities will be redeemed by respective issuers on indeterminate future dates as a consequence of the ultimate liquidation strategies employed by the managers of these portfolios.
The Company also holds two limited partnership investments managed by an unrelated third party with an aggregate fair market value of $4.9 million and $4.1 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The investments are funds comprised of marketable equity securities, primarily issued by community banks and financial technology companies. These investments are recorded at fair value at the end of each reporting period using Level 1 valuation techniques. Unrealized changes in the fair value of these investments are recorded as components of periodic net income in the period in which the changes occur.
Interest rate derivatives: The fair value of the interest rate derivatives, characterized as either fair value or cash flow hedges, are calculated based on a discounted cash flow model. All future floating rate cash flows are projected and both floating rate and fixed rate cash flows are discounted to the valuation date. The benchmark interest rate curve utilized for projecting cash flows and applying appropriate discount rates is built by obtaining publicly available third party market quotes for various swap maturity terms.
Individually evaluated loans: Specifically-identified loans are those loans in which the Company has measured impairment based on the fair value of the loan’s collateral or the discounted value of expected future cash flows. Fair value is generally determined based upon market value evaluations by third parties of the properties and/or estimates by management of working capital collateral or discounted cash flows based upon expected proceeds. These appraisals may include up to three approaches to value: the sales comparison approach, the income approach (for income-producing property), and the cost approach. Management modifies the appraised values, if needed, to take into account recent developments in the market or other factors, such as, changes in absorption rates or market conditions from the time of valuation and anticipated sales values considering management’s plans for disposition. Such modifications to the appraised values could result in lower valuations of such collateral. Estimated costs to sell are based on current amounts of disposal costs for similar assets. These measurements are classified as Level 3 within the valuation hierarchy. Specifically-identified loans are subject to nonrecurring fair value adjustment upon initial recognition or subsequent impairment. A portion of the allowance for credit losses is allocated to specifically-identified loans if the value of such loans is deemed to be less than the unpaid balance.
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The following tables summarize assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of the indicated dates, segregated by the level of valuation inputs within the hierarchy utilized to measure fair value:
Total Fair
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Value
6,515
Corporate issuances measured at NAV
4,202
296,543
Total available-for-sale securities
Marketable equity securities measured at NAV
Interest rate swap derivative fair value hedges (unrealized gain carried as receivable from derivative counterparties)
1,660
6,636
4,245
264,880
6,086
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Pathfinder Bank had the following assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Individually evaluated loans
3,574
Loans-held-for-sale
3,244
13,020
The following tables presents additional quantitative information about assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and for which Level 3 inputs were used to determine fair value at the indicated dates.
Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
Valuation
Unobservable
Range
Techniques
Input
(Weighted Avg.)
At June 30, 2025
Appraisal of collateral
Discounted Cash Flow
12% - 50% (29%)
Costs to Sell
21% - 24% (22%)
At December 31, 2024
12% - 70% (30%)
There have been no transfers of assets into or out of any fair value measurement level during the three or six months ended June 30, 2025 or 2024.
Required disclosures include fair value information of financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the consolidated statements of condition, for which it is practicable to estimate that value. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques. Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. In that regard, the derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in many cases, could not be realized in immediate settlement of the instrument.
The Company has various processes and controls in place to ensure that fair value is reasonably estimated. The Company performs due diligence procedures over third-party pricing service providers in order to support their use in the valuation process.
While the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.
Management uses its best judgment in estimating the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments; however, there are inherent limitations in any estimation technique. Therefore, for substantially all financial instruments, the fair value estimates herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could have realized in a sales transaction on the dates indicated. The estimated fair value amounts have been measured as of their respective period-ends, and have not been
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re-evaluated or updated for purposes of these financial statements subsequent to those respective dates. As such, the estimated fair values of these financial instruments subsequent to the respective reporting dates may be different than the amounts reported at each period-end.
Under FASB ASC Topic 820 for Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, the financial assets and liabilities were valued at a price that represents the Company’s exit price or the price at which these instruments would be sold or transferred.
The following information should not be interpreted as an estimate of the fair value of the entire Company since a fair value calculation is only provided for a limited portion of the Company’s assets and liabilities. Due to a wide range of valuation techniques and the degree of subjectivity used in making the estimates, comparisons between the Company’s disclosures and those of other companies may not be meaningful. The Company, in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments, used the following methods and assumptions:
Cash and cash equivalents – The carrying amounts of these assets approximate their fair value and are classified as Level 1.
Federal Home Loan Bank stock – The carrying amount of these assets approximates their fair value and are classified as Level 2.
Net loans – For variable-rate loans that re-price frequently, fair value is based on carrying amounts. The fair value of other loans (for example, fixed-rate commercial real estate loans, mortgage loans, and commercial and industrial loans) is estimated using discounted cash flow analysis, based on interest rates currently being offered in the market for loans with similar terms to borrowers of similar credit quality. Loan value estimates include judgments based on expected prepayment rates. The measurement of the fair value of loans, including individually evaluated loans, is classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Accrued interest receivable and payable – The carrying amount of these assets approximates their fair value and are classified as Level 1.
Deposits – The fair values disclosed for demand deposits (e.g., interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking, passbook savings and certain types of money management accounts) are, by definition, equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date (i.e., their carrying amounts) and are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Fair values for fixed-rate certificates of deposit are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered in the market on certificates of deposits to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on time deposits. Measurements of the fair value of time deposits are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Borrowings – Fixed/variable term “bullet” structures are valued using a replacement cost of funds approach. These borrowings are discounted to the FHLBNY advance curve. Option structured borrowings’ fair values are determined by the FHLB for borrowings that include a call or conversion option. If market pricing is not available from this source, current market indications from the FHLBNY are obtained and the borrowings are discounted to the FHLBNY advance curve less an appropriate spread to adjust for the option. These measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.
Subordinated debt – The Company secures quotes from its pricing service based on a discounted cash flow methodology or utilizes observations of recent highly-similar transactions which result in a Level 2 classification.
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The carrying amounts and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of the indicated dates are presented in the following table:
Carrying
Estimated
Hierarchy
Amounts
Fair Values
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Investment securities - available-for-sale
NAV
Investment securities - marketable equity
Investment securities - held-to-maturity
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
Net loans
857,773
852,743
Interest rate derivative fair value hedges receivable - AFS investments
1,350
3,199
Interest rate derivative fair value hedges receivable - loans
2,887
Financial liabilities:
Demand Deposits, Savings, NOW and MMDA
736,423
701,477
Time Deposits
485,464
483,324
503,047
500,638
Borrowings
96,477
96,400
88,068
87,707
28,119
25,347
Note 11: Interest Rate Derivatives
The Company is exposed to certain risks relate to both its business operations and changes in economic conditions. As part of managing interest rate risk, the Company periodically enters into standardized interest rate derivative contracts (designated as hedging agreements) to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of the Company’s earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities portfolios. The Company designates interest rate hedging agreements utilized in the management of interest rate risk as either fair value hedges or cash flow hedges. Interest rate hedging agreements are recorded at fair value as other assets or liabilities. The Company had no material derivative contracts not designated as hedging agreements at June 30, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
As a result of interest rate fluctuations, fixed-rate interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities will appreciate or depreciate in fair value. When effectively hedged, this fair value appreciation or depreciation will generally be offset by substantially identical changes in the fair value of derivative instruments that are linked to the hedged assets and liabilities. This strategy is referred to as fair value hedging and the derivative instruments employed in this strategy are therefore designated as fair value hedges. In a fair value hedge, the fair value of the derivative (the interest rate hedging agreement) is recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet with the corresponding gain or loss recognized as an adjustment to the carrying balance of the hedged asset or liability. Changes in the correlation between the hedging instrument and the hedged asset or liability that give rise to differences between the changes in the fair value of the interest rate hedging agreements and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and are recorded as adjustments to the interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged instrument. In the case of pay-fixed or receive-fixed interest rate swap agreements, designated as fair value hedges, the periodic difference in the net cash flows due to (due from) the Company from (to) a counterparty are recorded in current period earnings as adjustments to the interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged asset or liability.
Cash flows related to floating rate assets and liabilities will fluctuate with changes in underlying rate indices. When effectively hedged, the increases or decreases in cash flows related to the floating-rate asset or liability will generally be offset by changes in cash flows of the derivative instruments designated as a hedge. This strategy is referred to as cash flow hedging and the derivative instruments employed in these strategies are therefore designated as cash flow hedges. In a cash
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flow hedge, the effective portion of the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. In the case of pay-fixed or receive-fixed interest rate swap agreements, designated as cash flow hedges, the periodic difference in the net cash flows due to (due from) the Company from (to) a counterparty are recorded in current period earnings as adjustments to the interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged asset or liability.
Among the array of interest rate hedging contracts, potentially available to the Company, are interest rate swap and interest rate cap (or floor) contracts. The Company uses interest rate swaps, cap or floor contracts as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed payments over the life of the agreements without the exchange of the underlying notional amount. An interest rate cap is a type of interest rate derivative in which the buyer receives payments at the end of each contractual period in which the index interest rate exceeds the contractually agreed upon strike price rate. The purchaser of a cap contract will continue to benefit from any rise in interest rates above the strike price. Similarly, an interest rate floor is a derivative contract in which the buyer receives payments at the end of each period in which the interest rate is below the agreed strike price. The purchaser of a floor contract will continue to benefit from any decrease in interest rates below the strike price. The Company had no interest rate cap or floor contracts in place at June 30, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
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The Company records various hedges in the consolidated statements of condition at fair value. The Company’s accounting treatment for these derivative instruments is based on the instrument's hedge designation determined at the inception of each derivative instrument's contractual term. The following tables show the Company’s outstanding fair value hedges at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets at June 30, 2025
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Subtracted/(Added) from Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets at June 30, 2025
Hedge-Adjusted Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets at December 31, 2024
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Subtracted from Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets at December 31, 2024
Line item on the balance sheet in which the hedged item is included:
Available-for-sale securities (1)
86,685
76,303
Loans receivable (2)
129,084
133,765
The Company's hedging contracts accounted for as fair value hedges, increased the yield on investment securities and loans by 0.15% and 0.12%, respectively, in the six months ended June 30, 2025. The Company's hedging contracts accounted for as fair value hedges, increased the yield on investment securities and loans by 0.28% and 0.29%, respectively, in the six months ended June 30, 2024.
The following tables summarize the net effects of the Company's fair value and cash flow hedges for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively:
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Fair Value Hedges
Hedge Category
Average Notional Balance
Period Ending Notional Balance
Net Cash Received Recorded In Net Income
Fair Value Receivable at Period End
Investments
78,683
82,056
623
1,379
125,599
123,314
204,282
205,370
1,166
1,708
85,101
82,292
1,229
3,565
137,344
134,763
1,287
3,573
222,445
217,055
7,138
Cash Flow Hedges
Borrowed Funds
23,778
The following table shows the pre-tax gains of the Company’s derivatives designated as cash flow hedges in AOCI at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Cash flow hedges:
Fair market value adjustment interest rate swap
Total gain in comprehensive income
On April 17, 2024 the Bank elected to settle its previously established cash flow hedges designated against $40.0 million of floating-rate liabilities. This election was made in response to planned reductions in the Bank’s future levels of floating rate brokered certificates of deposit. Due to increases in interest rates since the inception dates of the cash flow hedges, the Bank realized a cash basis gain of $766,000 on that date, recorded for financial statement purposes, as a deferred gain in other assets. $458,000 of this gain will be recognized, as a reduction of interest expense, in substantially equal monthly installments through April 30, 2026 and $308,000 of this gain will be recognized, as a reduction in interest expense, in substantially equal monthly installments through April 30, 2027, which were the respective original maturity dates of the settled hedging contracts.
The amounts of hedge ineffectiveness, recognized at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 for cash flow hedges were not material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations. A portion of, or the entire amount included in accumulated other comprehensive loss would be reclassified into current earnings should a portion of, or the entire hedge, no longer be considered effective. Management believes that the hedges will remain fully effective during the remaining term of the respective hedging contracts. The changes in the fair values of the interest rate hedging agreements primarily result from
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the effects of changing index interest rates and the reduction of the time each quarter between the measurement date and the contractual maturity date of the hedging instrument.
The Company manages its potential credit exposure on interest rate swap transactions by entering into bilateral credit support agreements with each contractual counterparty. These agreements require collateralization of credit exposures beyond specified minimum threshold amounts. Interest rate hedging agreements are entered into with counterparties that meet the Company's established credit standards and the agreements contain master netting, collateral and/or settlement provisions protecting the at-risk party. Based on adherence to the Company’s credit standards and the presence of the netting, collateral or settlement provisions, the Company believes that the credit risk inherent in these contracts was not material at June 30, 2025.
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Note 12: Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
Changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (“AOCI”), net of tax, for the periods indicated are summarized in the tables below.
For the three months ended June 30, 2025
Net Unrealized Loss on Retirement Plans
Unrealized Loss on Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized Gain on Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Beginning balance
(1,966
(6,801
335
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
(391
(60
(451
Amounts reclassified from AOCI
(1,941
(7,192
275
For the three months ended June 30, 2024
(2,046
(7,227
411
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications
(47
106
(2,018
(7,285
For the six months ended June 30, 2025
(1,991
(7,548
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
(120
For the six months ended June 30, 2024
(2,073
(7,564
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications
176
485
661
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The following table presents the amounts reclassified out of each component of AOCI for the indicated periods:
Amount Reclassified
from AOCI (1)
Details about AOCI 1 components
Affected Line Item in the Statement of Income
Retirement plan items
Retirement plan net losses recognized in plan expenses 2
(67
Net Income
Realized gains (losses) on sale of securities
(103
1 Amounts in parentheses indicates debits in net income.
2 These items are included in net periodic pension cost. See Note 5 for additional information.
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Note 13: Noninterest Income
The Company has included the following table regarding the Company’s noninterest income for the periods presented.
Insufficient funds fees
214
194
422
373
Deposit related fees
223
ATM fees
43
Total service charges on deposit accounts
Fee Income
Insurance agency revenue
Investment services revenue
115
ATM fees surcharge
108
Banking house rents collected
109
Total fee income
487
430
1,131
Card income
Merchant card fees
Total card income
205
336
Mortgage fee income and realized gains on sales of loans and foreclosed real estate
Net gains on sales of loans and foreclosed real estate
Total mortgage fee income and realized gains on sale of loans and foreclosed real estate
346
Subtotal
950
1,174
1,737
2,364
Earnings and gains on bank owned life insurance
Fair value adjustment to loans held-for-sale
Non-recurring gain on lease renegotiations
245
Other miscellaneous income (loss)
Total noninterest income
The following is a discussion of key revenues within the scope of ASC 606 guidance:
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Note 14: Leases
The Company has operating and finance leases for certain banking offices and land under noncancelable agreements. Our leases have remaining lease terms that vary from 2 years up to 28 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for various renewal periods. All options to renew are included in the current lease term when we believe it is reasonably certain that the renewal options will be exercised.
The components of lease expense are as follows:
Operating lease cost
Finance lease cost
859
217
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases
Operating cash flows from finance leases
Financing cash flows from finance leases
111
222
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
(In thousands, except lease term and discount rate)
Operating Leases:
Finance Leases:
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term:
Operating leases
18.58 years
17.08 years
Finance leases
21.52 years
22.01 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate:
4.01
3.90
6.01
Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:
Twelve Months Ending June 30,
Operating Leases
Finance Leases
2026
89
2027
2028
82
406
2029
432
2030
456
Thereafter
910
14,519
Total future maturities of lease liabilities
1,347
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The Company owns certain properties that it leases to unaffiliated third parties at market rates. Lease rental income was $92,000 and $53,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Lease rental income was $153,000 and $108,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. All rental agreements with lessees are accounted for as operating leases.
Note 15: Subsequent Events
In July 2025, the Company sold nonperforming and classified loans associated with one local commercial relationship dating back to 2013. The loans, which had an original principal balance of $9.3 million and a June 30, 2025 principal balance of $6.3 million, were reclassified to held-for-sale status in June 2025 and subsequently sold to an undisclosed financial buyer in July 2025 for $3.2 million. The related fair value impact was reflected in the second quarter of 2025 as a $3.1 million lower of cost or market ("LOCOM") fair value adjustment to loans held-for-sale.
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Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Unaudited)
General
The Company is a Maryland corporation headquartered in Oswego, New York. The Company is 100% owned by public shareholders. The primary business of the Company is its investment in Pathfinder Bank (the "Bank"), a New York State chartered commercial bank, which is 100% owned by the Company. The Bank has two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Pathfinder Risk Management Company, Inc. (“PRMC”) and Whispering Oaks Development Corp. All significant inter-company accounts and activity have been eliminated in consolidation.
The Bank owns 100% of Pathfinder Risk Management Company, Inc., ("PRMC") which was established to record the 51% controlling interest upon the December 2013 purchase of FitzGibbons Agency, LLC (the “Agency”), an Oswego County property, casualty and life insurance brokerage business. The Company completed the sale of its majority membership interest in the FitzGibbons Agency to Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc. in October 2024.
Although the Company previously owned, through its wholly owned subsidiary PRMC, 51% of the membership interest in the Agency until its October 2024 sale, the Company is required to consolidate 100% of the Agency within the consolidated financial statements. The 49% of the Agency, which the Company did not own, is accounted for separately as noncontrolling interests within the consolidated financial statements.
At June 30, 2025, the Company and subsidiaries had total consolidated assets of $1.51 billion, total consolidated liabilities of $1.38 billion and shareholders' equity of $124.4 million.
The following discussion reviews the Company's financial condition at June 30, 2025 and the results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025 or any other period.
The following material under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" is written with the presumption that the users of the interim financial statements have read, or have access to, the Company's latest audited financial statements and notes thereto, together with Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2025 (“the consolidated annual financial statements”) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for the two years then ended. Therefore, only material changes in financial condition and results of operations are discussed in the remainder of Item 2.
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Sections 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve inherent risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements concern the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including statements preceded by, followed by or that include words or phrases such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “trend,” “objective,” “continue,” “remain,” “pattern” or similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “can,” “may” or similar expressions. There are a number of important factors that could cause future results to differ materially from historical performance and these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: (1) general economic conditions may be less favorable than expected; (2) competitive pressures among depository institutions may increase significantly; (3) changes in the interest rate environment may reduce interest margins; (4) loan origination and sale volumes, charge-offs and credit loss provisions may vary substantially from period to period; (5) the impact of a pandemic or other health crises and the government's response to such pandemic or crises on our operations as well as those of our customers and on the economy generally and in our market area specifically; (6) political developments, wars or other hostilities may disrupt or increase volatility in securities markets or other economic conditions; (7) legislative or regulatory changes or actions may adversely affect the businesses in which Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. is engaged; (8) changes and trends in the securities markets may adversely impact Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.; (9) a delayed or incomplete resolution of regulatory issues could adversely impact our planning; (10) difficulties in integrating any
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businesses that we may acquire, including our recently completed acquisition of the East Syracuse branch of Berkshire Bank, which may increase our expenses and delay the achievement of any benefits that we may expect from such acquisitions; (11) the impact of reputation risk created by the developments discussed above on such matters as business generation and retention, funding and liquidity could be significant; (12) our ability to prevent or mitigate fraudulent activity and cybersecurity threats; and (13) the outcome of any future regulatory and legal investigations and proceedings may not be anticipated.
Because of these and other uncertainties, our actual future results may be materially different from the results indicated by these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect future events or developments.
Application of Critical Accounting Estimates
The Company's consolidated quarterly financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and follow practices within the banking industry. Application of these principles requires management to make estimates, assumptions, and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated quarterly financial statements and accompanying notes. These estimates, assumptions, and judgments are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements; accordingly, as this information changes, the financial statements could reflect different estimates, assumptions, and judgments. Certain accounting policies inherently have a greater reliance on the use of estimates, assumptions, and judgments and, as such, have a greater possibility of producing results that could be materially different than originally reported. Estimates, assumptions, and judgments are necessary when assets and liabilities are required to be recorded at fair value or when an asset or liability needs to be recorded contingent upon a future event. Carrying assets and liabilities at fair value inherently results in more financial statement volatility. The fair values and information used to record valuation adjustments for certain assets and liabilities are based on quoted market prices or are provided by unaffiliated third-party sources, when available. When third party information is not available, valuation adjustments are estimated in good faith by management.
The most significant accounting policies followed by the Company are presented in Note 1 to the annual audited consolidated financial statements. These policies, along with the disclosures presented in the other financial statement notes and in this discussion, provide information on how significant assets and liabilities are valued in the consolidated quarterly financial statements and how those values are determined. Based on the valuation techniques used and the sensitivity of financial statement amounts to the methods, assumptions, and estimates underlying those amounts, management has identified the allowance for credit losses, deferred income taxes, pension obligations, the evaluation of investment securities for credit losses, the estimation of fair values for accounting and disclosure purposes, and the evaluation of goodwill for impairment to be the accounting areas that require the most subjective and complex judgments. These areas could be the most subject to revision as new information becomes available.
The ACL represents management's estimate of lifetime credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio. Determining the amount of the allowance for credit losses is considered a critical accounting estimate because it requires significant judgment on the use of estimates related to the amount and timing of expected future cash flows on individually evaluated loans, estimated losses on pools of homogeneous loans based on historical loss experience, and environmental factors, all of which may be susceptible to significant change. The Company establishes a specific allowance for all commercial loans in excess of the total related credit threshold of $100,000 and single borrower residential mortgage loans in excess of the total related credit threshold of $300,000 identified as being individually evaluated which are on nonaccrual and have been risk rated under the Company’s risk rating system as substandard, doubtful, or loss. In addition, an accruing substandard loan could be identified as being individually evaluated.
The measurement of individually evaluated loans is measured by determining the present value of expected future cash flows or, for collateral-dependent loans, the fair value of the collateral adjusted for market conditions and selling expenses as compared to the loan carrying value. For all other loans and leases, the Company uses the general allocation methodology that establishes an allowance to estimate the lifetime incurred loss for each risk-rating category. The measurement of individually evaluated loans is generally based upon the present value of future cash flows discounted at the historical effective interest rate, except that all collateral-dependent loans are measured based on the fair value of the collateral, less costs to sell. At June 30, 2025, the Bank’s position in individually evaluated loans consisted of 30 loans totaling $12.1
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million. Of these loans, 13 loans, totaling $818,000, were valued using the present value of future cash flows method; and 17 loans, totaling $11.3 million, were valued based on a collateral analysis. For all other loans, the Company uses the general allocation methodology that establishes an allowance to estimate the lifetime incurred loss for each risk-rating category.
In estimating the ACL on loans, management considers the sensitivity of the model and significant judgments and assumptions that could result in an amount that is materially different from management’s estimate. At June 30, 2025, the Bank held $549.1 million in commercial real estate and commercial & industrial loans (collectively, commercial loans) representing 60.4% of the Bank’s entire loan portfolio. The Bank allocated $9.8 million to the ACL for these loans, including $3.7 million derived from the use of qualitative factors in the calculation. Given the concentration of ACL allocation to the total commercial loan portfolio and the significant judgments made by management in deriving the qualitative loss factors, management considers the impact that changes in judgments could have on the ACL. The ACL could increase (or decrease) by approximately $925,000, assuming a 25% negative (or positive) change within the group of qualitative factors used to determine the ACL for commercial loans. The sensitivity and related range of impacts for various judgments on the ACL is a hypothetical analysis and is used to determine management’s judgments or assumptions of qualitative loss factors that were utilized at June 30, 2025 in the final recorded estimation of the ACL on loans recognized on the Statements of Financial Condition.
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined using the liability method. Under this method, the net deferred tax asset or liability is recognized for the future tax consequences. This is attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases as well as net operating and capital loss carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates applied to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income tax expense in the period that includes the enactment date. If current available evidence about the future raises doubt about the likelihood of a deferred tax asset being realized, a valuation allowance is established. The judgment about the level of future taxable income, including that which is considered capital, is inherently subjective and is reviewed on a continual basis as regulatory and business factors change.
The Company’s effective tax rate typically differs from the 21% federal statutory tax rate due primarily to New York State income taxes, partially offset by tax-exempt income from specific types of investment securities and loans, bank owned life insurance, and to a much lesser degree, the utilization of low income housing tax credits. In addition, the tax effects of certain incentive stock option activity may reduce the Company’s effective tax rate on a sporadic basis.
We maintain a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering most employees. The plan provides defined benefits based on years of service and final average salary. On May 14, 2012, we informed our employees of our decision to freeze participation and benefit accruals under the plan, primarily to reduce some of the volatility in earnings that can accompany the maintenance of a defined benefit plan. Pension and post-retirement benefit plan liabilities and expenses are based upon actuarial assumptions of future events; including fair value of plan assets, interest rates, and the length of time the Company will have to provide those benefits. The assumptions used by management are discussed in Note 14 to the consolidated annual financial statements.
When the fair value of a security categorized as available-for-sale ("AFS") or held-to-maturity ("HTM") is less than its amortized cost basis, an assessment is made as to whether or not credit loss is present. Management makes a quantitative determination of potential credit loss for all HTM securities even if the risk of credit loss is considered remote and uses a best estimate threshold for securities categorized as AFS. The Company considers numerous factors when determining whether a potential credit loss exists. The principal factors considered are (1) the financial condition of the issue and (guarantor, if any) and adverse conditions specifically related to the security, industry or geographic area, (2) failure of the issuer of the security to make scheduled interest or principal payments, (3) any changes to the rating of the security by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), and (4) the presence of contractual credit enhancements, if any, including the guarantee of the federal government or any of its agencies.
The Company carries all of its AFS investments at fair value with any unrealized gains or losses reported, net of tax, as an adjustment to shareholders' equity and included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), except for the credit-related portion of debt securities’ credit losses securities which are charged to earnings. The Company's ability to fully realize the value of its investments in various securities, including corporate debt securities, is dependent on the underlying
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creditworthiness of the issuing organization. In evaluating the debt securities portfolio, for both AFS and HTM securities for credit losses, management considers (1) if we intend to sell the security; (2) if it is “more likely than not” we will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis; or (3) if the present value of expected cash flows is insufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis.
The estimation of fair value is significant to several of our assets; including AFS and marketable equity investment securities, intangible assets, foreclosed real estate, and the value of loan collateral when valuing loans. These are all recorded at either fair value, or the lower of cost or fair value. Fair values are determined based on third party sources, when available. Furthermore, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States require disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments as a part of the notes to the annual audited consolidated financial statements. Fair values on our AFS securities may be influenced by a number of factors including market interest rates, prepayment speeds, discount rates, and the shape of yield curves.
Fair values for AFS securities are obtained from unaffiliated third party pricing services. Where available, fair values are based on quoted prices on a nationally recognized securities exchange. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are measured using quoted market prices for similar benchmark securities. Management made no adjustments to the fair value quotes that were provided by the pricing sources. Fair values for marketable equity securities are based on quoted prices on a nationally recognized securities exchange for similar benchmark securities. The fair values of foreclosed real estate and the underlying collateral value of individually evaluated loans are typically determined based on evaluations by third parties, less estimated costs to sell. When necessary, appraisals are updated to reflect changes in market conditions.
Management performs an annual evaluation of our goodwill for possible impairment at each of our reporting units. Management has determined that the carrying value of goodwill was not impaired as of June 30, 2025. Management will continuously evaluate all relevant economic and operational factors potentially affecting the Bank or the fair value of its assets, including goodwill. Should future economic consequences require a significant and sustained change in the operations of the Bank, re-evaluations of the Bank’s goodwill valuation will be conducted on a more frequent basis.
Recent Events
On June 30, 2025, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the Company's voting common and non-voting common stock, and a cash dividend of $0.10 per notional share for the issued warrant relating to the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025. The dividends were payable to all shareholders of record on July 18, 2025 and were paid on August 8, 2025.
In July 2025, the Company completed the sale of nonperforming and classified loans associated with a local commercial relationship dating back to 2013. See Note 15 for additional information on the transaction and related accounting adjustments.
Summary of 2025 Second Quarter Results
The Company recorded net income of $31,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $2.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease in net income was due primarily to the fair value adjustment impact of the July 2025 sale of $9.3 million in nonperforming and classified loans associated with one local commercial relationship for a pre-tax loss of $3.1 million recorded as a second quarter 2025 lower of cost or market adjustment to loans held for sale ("LOCOM HFS adjustment"), with an after-tax effect of $2.5 million or $0.40 per diluted share.
Net interest income before the provision for credit losses increased $1.3 million, or 14.1%, to $10.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to $9.5 million for the same three month period in 2024. This increase was predominately the result of a decrease in interest expense of $1.2 million and an increase in interest and dividend income of $160,000. The decrease in interest expense of $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2025, compared to the prior year quarter, was predominantly the result of average cost decreases of 40 basis points for interest-bearing deposits, 13 basis points for subordinated debt, and 38 basis points for borrowings coupled with average balance decreases for time deposits and borrowings. The corresponding decreases in deposits and borrowings expense from the year-ago period were $308,000 and $860,000 respectively. These reductions reflect continued changes in the Bank’s funding mix, including growing core
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deposits, as well as deliberate deposit pricing adjustments and significant reductions in borrowings. Second quarter 2025 net interest income also benefited from loan interest income growth of $617,000 from the second quarter of 2024, reflecting an increase in average yield on loans of 11 basis points and $25.9 million increase in average loan balances.
Net interest margin was 3.11% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 2.78% in the second quarter of 2024. The increase of 33 basis points reflected lower average deposit and borrowing costs and higher average loan yields in the second quarter of 2025, as compared to the year-ago period.
The provision for credit losses was $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2025 compared to $290,000 in the second quarter of 2024. The provision for credit losses for the second quarter of 2025 was primarily driven by net charge offs of $2.6 million that are reflected in the second quarter of 2025 provision expense. These net charge offs during the recent quarter represent 1.14% of average loans on an annualized basis, compared to $66,000 in charge offs, or 0.03% of average loans on an annualized basis in the second quarter of 2024. See the “Provision for Credit Losses” and “Loan and Asset Quality and Allowance for Credit Losses” sections of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis for further discussion.
Noninterest income totaled negative $1.5 million in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting the aforementioned $3.1 million LOCOM HFS adjustment, and no longer includes contributions from the insurance agency business sold in October 2024. Noninterest income was $1.2 million, including $260,000 in insurance revenue, during the second quarter of 2024.
Compared to the year-ago period, second quarter 2025 noninterest income included increases of $50,000 in service charges on deposit accounts and $43,000 in gains on sales of loans and foreclosed real estate, as well as a decrease of $15,000 in loan servicing fees, a decrease of $11,000 in earnings and gain on bank owned life insurance, and a decrease of $11,000 in debit card interchange fees. Second quarter 2025 noninterest income compared to the year-ago period also reflected an increase of $559,000 in net unrealized gains on marketable equity securities, as well as a decrease of $16,000 in net realized gains on sales and redemptions of investment securities.
Noninterest expense totaled $8.1 million in the second quarter of 2025, including $595,000 in costs associated with the East Syracuse branch acquired in July 2024 and excluding costs for the insurance agency business sold in October 2024. Noninterest expense was $7.9 million in the year-ago period, including insurance agency costs of $232,000.
Salaries and benefits were $4.5 million in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of $126,000 from the year-ago period. The increase from the second quarter of 2024 was primarily attributed to the July 2024 East Syracuse branch acquisition, which had $116,000 of total salary and benefit expenses in the second quarter of 2025. Excluding the East Syracuse branch, total salaries and benefits increased $10,000 from the year-ago period. This increase from the second quarter of 2024 was primarily attributed to a $183,000 increase in stock-based compensation, partially offset by a $106,000 decrease in employee benefits, a $51,000 decrease in salaries and benefits expenses, and a $16,000 decrease in director compensation.
Building and occupancy was $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2025, increasing $316,000 from the year-ago quarter. Data processing expense was $667,000 in the second quarter of 2025, increasing $117,000 from the year-ago quarter. Both of these noninterest expense increases were primarily attributed to ongoing facilities-related costs and operations associated with operating the East Syracuse branch acquired in July 2024.
No FDIC assessment expense was recorded in the second quarter of 2025, due to modest over-accruals in prior periods, compared to $228,000 in the year-ago period. The Company anticipates more normalized FDIC assessments in the future and expects this expense to range between $220,000 to $230,000 per quarter in the second half of 2025.
For the second quarter of 2025, annualized noninterest expense represented 2.18% of average assets in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 2.19% in the year-ago period. The efficiency ratio was 65.66%, for the second quarter of 2025, compared to 74.36% in the year-ago period. The efficiency ratio, which is not a financial metric under GAAP, is a measure that the Company believes is helpful to understanding its level of non-interest expense as a percentage of total revenue.
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the Company's primary source of operating income for payment of operating expenses and providing for credit losses. It is the amount by which interest earned on loans, interest-earning deposits, and investment securities, exceeds the interest paid on deposits and other interest-bearing liabilities. Changes in net interest income and net interest margin result from the interaction between the volume and composition of interest-earning assets, interest-bearing liabilities, related yields, and associated funding costs.
The following tables set forth information concerning average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the average yields and rates thereon for the periods indicated. Interest income and resultant yield information in the tables have not been adjusted for tax equivalency. Averages are computed on the daily average balance for each month in the period divided by the number of days in the period. Nonaccrual loans have been included in interest-earning assets for purposes of these calculations.
Average
Average Yield /
Balance
Cost
Interest-earning assets:
911,347
5.75
885,384
5.64
Taxable investment securities
435,022
5,543
5.10
434,572
5,914
5.44
Tax-exempt investment securities
34,314
5.42
28,944
6.88
Fed funds sold and interest-earning deposits
10,070
2.70
13,387
3.62
Total interest-earning assets
1,390,753
5.52
1,362,287
5.59
Noninterest-earning assets:
118,280
98,746
Allowance for credit losses
(17,342
(16,905
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
(10,838
(10,248
1,480,853
1,433,880
Interest-bearing liabilities:
NOW accounts
113,994
356
1.25
92,918
1.14
Money management accounts
10,302
0.12
12,076
MMDA accounts
298,907
2,425
3.25
214,364
2,002
3.74
Savings and club accounts
129,736
0.25
107,558
0.26
Time deposits
489,490
4,452
3.64
524,276
5,286
4.03
30,173
6.40
29,977
6.53
61,803
567
3.67
141,067
1,427
4.05
Total interest-bearing liabilities
1,134,405
2.95
1,122,236
3.40
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits
192,186
171,135
29,037
17,298
1,355,628
1,310,669
Shareholders' equity
125,225
123,211
Total liabilities & shareholders' equity
Net interest rate spread
2.57
2.19
Net interest margin
3.11
2.78
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
122.60
121.39
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Yield /
913,658
5.86
889,988
5.56
425,841
10,821
5.08
433,156
11,650
5.38
34,394
5.04
29,053
6.93
11,497
2.73
8,669
5.05
1,385,390
5.58
1,360,866
5.53
116,590
96,772
(17,377
(16,498
(10,395
(10,701
1,474,208
1,430,439
112,720
654
1.16
97,213
526
1.08
10,602
0.09
11,759
0.11
277,664
3.16
212,693
3,935
3.70
129,752
110,119
494,200
9,056
3.66
525,767
10,426
3.97
30,149
6.36
29,954
6.54
66,165
1,177
3.56
133,894
2,735
4.09
1,121,252
2.92
1,121,399
3.34
199,123
170,313
29,497
16,542
1,349,872
1,308,254
124,336
122,185
2.66
3.21
2.77
123.56
121.35
Second quarter 2025 net interest income was $10.8 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 14.1%, from the second quarter of 2024. This increase was mostly the result of a decrease in interest expense of $1.2 million, slightly enhanced by an increase in interest and dividend income of $160,000.
The decrease in interest expense of $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2025, compared to the prior year quarter, was primarily attributed to average cost decreases of 40 basis points for interest-bearing deposits, 13 basis points for subordinated debt, and 38 basis points for borrowings coupled with average balance decreases for time deposits and borrowings. The corresponding decreases in deposits and borrowings expense for the current quarter as compared to the year-ago period were $308,000 and $860,000 respectively. These reductions reflect continued changes in the Bank’s funding mix, including growing core deposits, as well as deliberate deposit pricing adjustments and significant reductions in borrowings.
The increase in interest and dividend income of $160,000 for the second quarter of 2025, compared to the prior year quarter, was primarily due to an increase in the average balance of loans and an 11 basis points increase for loans, resulting in a $617,000 increase in interest income. This increase was partially offset by income decreases in taxable investment securities, tax-exempt investment securities, and fed funds sold and interest-earning deposits of $371,000, $33,000, and $53,000, respectively, primarily as a result of the decrease in the average yield of such assets.
Net interest margin was 3.11% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 2.78% in the second quarter of 2024. The increase of 33 basis points reflected lower average deposit and borrowing costs and higher average loan yields and lower average deposit and borrowing costs in the second quarter of 2025, as compared to the year-ago period.
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For the six months ended June 30, 2025, net interest income increased $3.3 million, or 17.7%, to $22.2 million compared to the same six month period in 2024. The increase was due to a decrease in interest expense of $2.4 million, in addition to an increase in interest and dividend income of $991,000.
The decrease in interest expense of $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the same six month prior year period, was primarily attributed to average cost decreases of 36 basis points for interest-bearing deposits, 18 basis points for subordinated debt, and 53 basis points for borrowings coupled with average balance decreases for time deposits and borrowings. The corresponding decreases in deposits and borrowings expense for the current period as compared to the year-ago period were $774,000 and $1.6 million respectively. These reductions reflect continued changes in the Bank’s funding mix, including growing core deposits, as well as deliberate deposit pricing adjustments and significant reductions in borrowings.
The increase in interest and dividend income of $991,000 for the first six months of 2025, compared to the prior year period, was primarily due to a 30 basis points increase in the average yield on loans and a $23.7 million increase in the average balance of loans, resulting in a $2.0 million increase in interest income. This increase was partially offset by decreases in income from taxable investment securities, tax-exempt investment securities, and fed funds sold and interest-earning deposits of $829,000, $139,000, and $62,000, respectively, primarily as a result of the decrease in the average yield of such assets.
Net interest margin was 3.21% for the first six months of 2025 compared to 2.77% for the same period of 2024. The increase of 44 basis points reflected lower average deposit and borrowing costs and higher average loan yields and lower average deposit and borrowing costs in the six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the year-ago period.
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Rate/Volume Analysis
Net interest income can also be analyzed in terms of the impact of changing interest rates on interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and changes in the volume or amount of these assets and liabilities. The following table represents the extent to which changes in interest rates and changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities have affected the Company’s interest income and interest expense during the periods indicated. Information is provided in each category with respect to: (i) changes attributable to changes in volume (change in volume multiplied by prior rate); (ii) changes attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume); and (iii) total increase or decrease. Changes attributable to both rate and volume have been allocated ratably. Tax-exempt securities have not been adjusted for tax equivalency.
2025 vs. 2024
Increase/(Decrease) Due to
Unaudited
Increase
Volume
Rate
(Decrease)
Interest Income:
246
617
670
1,351
(377
(371
(194
(635
(829
(116
(33
165
(304
(26
Total interest income
434
(274
160
699
991
Interest Expense:
128
712
423
1,083
(633
450
(6
(337
(497
(834
(605
(765
(1,370
(22
(738
(122
(860
(1,241
(317
(892
(1,174
(645
(1,710
(2,355
Net change in net interest income
716
1,334
1,344
3,346
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Deposits
The Company’s deposit base is drawn from eleven full-service branches and one motor bank in its market area. The deposit base consists of demand deposits, money management and money market deposit accounts, savings, and time deposits. Total deposits increased by $17.4 million, or 1.4% from December 31, 2024. The increase in deposits during the six months ended June 30, 2025, reflected the Bank’s increased market penetration among both non-business and business customers. During the second quarter of 2025, total balances declined on reductions in higher-cost time and money market accounts, as well as regular municipal deposit seasonality.
At June 30, 2025, 78.5% of the Company's deposit base of $1.22 billion consisted of core deposits. Core deposits, which exclude brokered deposits and certificates of deposit of $250,000 or more, are considered to be more stable and generally provide the Company with a lower cost of funds than time deposits of $250,000 or more. The Company will continue to emphasize retail and business core deposits in the future by providing depositors with a full range of deposit product offerings and will maintain its recent focus on deposit gathering within the Syracuse market.
A summary of deposits by category at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 is as follows:
Savings accounts
129,252
128,753
Time accounts
341,063
360,716
Time accounts in excess of $250,000
144,355
142,473
9,902
11,583
278,919
239,016
Demand deposit interest-bearing
120,083
101,080
Demand deposit noninterest-bearing
Mortgage escrow funds
6,581
7,184
Total Deposits
In addition to deposits obtained from its business operations within its target market areas, the Bank also obtains brokered deposits through various programs administered by IntraFi Network and through other unaffiliated third-party financial institutions.
The following table sets forth our nonbrokered and brokered deposit activities at the dates indicated:
Nonbrokered
Brokered
227,354
113,709
226,445
134,271
Time accounts of $250,000 or more
115,083
5,000
99,080
1,103,178
118,709
1,068,253
136,271
Provision for Credit Losses
We establish a provision for credit losses, which is charged to operations, at a level management believes is appropriate to absorb lifetime credit losses in the loan portfolio. In evaluating the level of the allowance for credit losses, management considers historical loss experience, the types of loans and the amount of loans in the loan portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay, estimated value of any underlying collateral, and prevailing economic conditions. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more
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information becomes available or as future events change. The provision for credit losses represents management’s estimate of the amount necessary to maintain the allowance for credit losses at an adequate level.
The Company recorded $1.2 million in provision for credit losses for the three month period ended June 30, 2025, as compared to $290,000 for the three month period ended June 30, 2024. The provisioning in the second quarter of 2025 and 2024 reflects management’s determination of the appropriate level of additions to reserves, the composition of the loan portfolio, changes in quantifiable econometric data statistically correlated to historical charge-off rates, subjective qualitative assessments of changes in a broad array of factors including changes to underwriting criteria, loan staffing and local market conditions, and changes in the levels of delinquent and nonaccrual loans. This represents a $907,000 increase in provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024. This increase can be primarily attributed to charge offs of $2.6 million in the quarter, partially offset by reductions related to quantitative and qualitative factors in the Company's reserve model. The Bank's credit sensitive portfolios continue to be carefully monitored, and the Bank will consistently apply its loan classification and reserve building methodologies to the analysis of these portfolios. Please refer to the asset quality section below for a further discussion of asset quality as it relates to the allowance for credit losses.
The provision for credit losses in the first six months of 2025 was $1.7 million, an increase of $638,000 from the same six month period in 2024. This increase can also be primarily attributed to the aforementioned net charge offs of $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2025.
The Company measures delinquency based on the amount of past due loans (defined as loans equal to or greater than 30 days past due) as a percentage of total loans. The ratio of delinquent loans to total loans was 4.9%, 3.1% and 3.8% at June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Delinquent loans (numerator) decreased $7.1 million from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025, but subsequently increased by $16.4 million at June 30, 2025. Total loan balances (denominator) decreased $6.8 million and $2.5 million at March 31, 2025 and June 30 2025, respectively. The increase in delinquent loans from March 31, 2025 to June 30, 2025 was driven by loans delinquent 30-59 days and loans delinquent 60-89 days, which increased by $13.3 million and $4.6 million, respectively, partially offset by a decrease of $1.5 million in loans delinquent 90 days and over.
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Noninterest Income
The Company's noninterest income is primarily comprised of fees on deposit account balances and transactions, loan servicing, commissions, and net gains on sales of securities, loans, and foreclosed real estate.
The following table sets forth certain information on noninterest income for the periods indicated:
Change
15.2
18.0
-6.6
-1.9
-13.4
-1.0
-5.8
(129
-41.6
(260
-100.0
(657
Other charges, commissions and fees
-1.7
(164
-24.2
Noninterest income before gains and losses
1,043
1,294
(251
-19.4
1,965
(843
-30.0
Gains (losses) on sales and redemptions of investment securities
(16
124
93.9
107.5
155.2
LOCOM HFS adjustment
N/M
0.0
(245
Gains (losses) on marketable equity securities
402.2
669
2158.1
(2,729
-225.4
(3,269
-110.9
N/M - Not meaningful
Noninterest income for the second quarter of 2025 amounted to negative $1.5 million, a decrease of $2.7 million from $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2024. The decline primarily reflects the aforementioned $3.1 million LOCOM HFS adjustment. In addition second quarter 2025 noninterest income no longer includes contributions from the Bank’s insurance agency business, which was sold in October 2024 and contributed $260,000 in noninterest income in the second quarter of 2024.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company reported negative $321,000 in noninterest income, compared to $2.9 million in the same period of 2024. The year-over-year decrease reflects the second quarter 2025 LOCOM adjustment, the absence of insurance agency income following the 2024 divestiture, as well as the impact of a $245,000 nonrecurring gain recognized in the prior year period related to refunded lease pass-through operating expenses at a single branch location. Excluding these impacts, year-to-date noninterest income benefited from increases of $115,000 in service charges on deposit accounts, $669,000 in unrealized gains on equity securities, $90,000 in gains on loans and foreclosed real estate, as well as lower losses on sales and redemptions of investment securities of $124,000.
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Noninterest Expense
The following table sets forth certain information on noninterest expense for the periods indicated:
2.9
2.8
316
34.6
847
49.0
117
21.3
255
23.7
11.8
10.0
(39
-33.6
-1.4
(228
-49.9
(63
-51.2
(119
-40.6
3040.0
306
3825.0
Insurance agency expense
(232
(517
-28.2
(52
-57.1
-3.3
-9.1
-11.5
2.0
Total noninterest expenses
1.9
5.6
Noninterest expense for the second quarter of 2025 was $8.1 million, an increase of $153,000 from $7.9 million in the second quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily attributable to higher building and occupancy expenses of $316,000, data processing expenses of $117,000, amortization expense of $152,000, and salaries and employee benefits of $126,000. These increases primarily reflect additional operating expenses associated with the East Syracuse branch acquisition completed in July 2024, which totaled $595,000 in noninterest expenses recognized during the current quarter. These increases were partially offset by the absence of insurance agency expenses, which totaled $232,000 in the prior-year quarter, and by lower FDIC assessment expense resulting from the release of modest over-accruals from prior periods, compared to $228,000 recorded in the second quarter of 2024. The Company anticipates FDIC assessments to normalize in the second half of 2025, with expected quarterly expense ranging between $220,000 and $230,000
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, noninterest expense increased $880,000 to $16.5 million from $15.6 million for the same period in 2024. The drivers of the year-to-date increase were consistent with those described for the current quarter, with higher building and occupancy expenses of $847,000, data processing expenses of $255,000, amortization expense of $306,000, and salaries and employee benefits of $247,000. These increases were primarily driven by additional operating expenses associated with the East Syracuse branch acquisition, which totaled $1.2 million in noninterest expenses recognized during the year-to-date period. Partially offsetting these increases were the absence of insurance agency expenses, which totaled $517,000 in the prior-year period, and a $228,000 decrease in FDIC assessment expense to $229,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $457,000 in the prior-year period, due to the aforementioned over-accruals.
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Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense decreased $474,000 to $7,000, with an effective tax rate of 18.4%, for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, as compared to $481,000 with an effective tax rate of 19.3% for the same three month period in 2024. The decrease in income tax expense for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same quarter in 2024, was primarily driven by a decrease of $2.5 million in income before taxes. The effective income tax rate decreased 0.9% to 18.4% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to 19.3% for the same three month period in 2024. The decrease in the tax rate in the second quarter of 2025, as compared to the same quarter in 2024, was primarily related to fluctuations in permanent tax differences.
Income tax expense decreased $262,000 to $751,000, with an effective tax rate of 20.0%, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to $1.0 million with an effective tax rate of 19.5%, for the same six month period in 2024. The decrease in income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same six month period in 2024, was primarily driven by a decrease in income before taxes and fluctuations in permanent tax differences. The effective income tax rate increased 0.50% to 20.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to 19.5% for the same six month period in 2024. The increase in the tax rate in the six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, was primarily related to fluctuations in permanent tax differences.
The Company’s tax liability is a function of the 21% statutory federal tax rate, the level of pretax income, the varying effects of New York State income taxes, and is partially reduced by tax-exempt income from specific types of investment securities and loans, bank owned life insurance, and, to a much lesser degree, the utilization of historic and low income housing tax credits. In addition, the tax effects of certain incentive stock option activity may reduce the Company’s effective tax rate on a sporadic basis.
Earnings per Share
Basic and diluted earnings per Voting and Series A Non-Voting share were less than $0.01 per share for the second quarter of 2025, as compared to $0.32 for the same prior year period. The decrease in earnings per share between the second quarter of 2025 and 2024 was due to the decrease of net income between the two periods that resulted from the $0.40 per share effect of the loss on sale of nonperforming and classified loans associated with one local commercial relationship, which was recorded as a second quarter 2025 LOCOM HFS adjustment.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.48 and $0.47, respectively, for both Voting and Series A Non-Voting shares for the six month period ended June 30, 2025. Basic and diluted earnings per Voting and Series A Non-Voting share were $0.66 per share for the six month period ended June 30, 2024. The decrease in earnings per share between the first six months of 2025 and 2024 was due to the decrease in net income between these two time periods that resulted from the $0.40 per share effect of the loss on sale of nonperforming and classified loans associated with one local commercial relationship, which was recorded as a second quarter 2025 LOCOM HFS adjustment.
Diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2025 has been revised to $0.47, from the $0.41 reported previously. Further information on earnings per share can be found in Note 3 of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of this Form 10-Q.
Changes in Financial Condition
Assets
Total assets increased $30.2 million, or 2.1%, to $1.51 billion at June 30, 2025 as compared to December 31, 2024. This increase was due primarily to increases in commercial loans, investment securities and bank owned life insurance, partially offset by a decrease in consumer and residential loans.
Total investment securities, including investment in FHLB-NY stock, totaled $469.0 million at June 30, 2025, an increase of $32.3 million, or 7.4%, compared to $436.7 million at December 31, 2024. This increase was due to an increase of $31.6 million in available-for-sale securities, an $805,000 increase in marketable equity securities, and a $688,000 increase in FHLB-NY stock. This increase was partially offset by a $791,000 decrease in held-to-maturity securities.
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Bank owned life insurance increased $6.3 million, or 25.6%, to $31.0 million at June 30, 2025 as compared to December 31, 2024. This increase was primarily due to a $6.0 million purchase of new life insurance policies during the second quarter of 2025.
Loans, net of deferred fees, totaled $909.7 million on June 30, 2025, after $3.2 million in balances were moved to held-for-sale status for the July 2025 sale of nonperforming and classified loans, resulting in a decrease of $9.3 million or 1.0% from December 31, 2024. Consumer and residential loans totaled $362.1 million on June 30, 2025, decreasing $18.8 million or 4.9% from December 31, 2024. Commercial loans totaled $549.1 million on June 30, 2025, increasing $9.4 million, or 1.7% during the first half of 2025, despite the recent loan sale.
Liabilities
Total liabilities increased $27.3 million, or 2.0%, to $1.38 billion at June 30, 2025 as compared to $1.35 billion at December 31, 2024. This increase was due primarily to increases in total deposits and total borrowings.
Total deposits increased $17.4 million, or 1.4%, from $1.20 billion at December 31, 2024 to $1.22 billion at June 30, 2025. This increase was due to a $39.4 million increase in interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by a $22.0 million decrease in noninterest-bearing deposits.
The increase in liabilities was also due to a $8.4 million, or 9.5% increase in total borrowings to $96.5 million at June 30, 2025, as compared to $88.1 million at December 31, 2024. This increase was due to a $14.5 million increase in short-term borrowed funds from FHLB-NY, offset partially by a $6.1 million decrease in long-term borrowed funds from FHLB-NY.
Shareholders’ Equity
Shareholders' equity increased by $2.9 million, or 2.4%, from $121.5 million at December 31, 2024, to $124.4 million at June 30, 2025. This increase was primarily due to the Company’s recorded net income of $3.0 million, an increase in additional paid in capital of $895,000, a decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $286,000, partially reduced by declared dividends to shareholders of $1.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Capital
Capital adequacy is evaluated primarily by the use of ratios which measure capital against total assets, as well as against total assets that are weighted based on defined risk characteristics. The Company’s goal is to maintain a strong capital position, consistent with the risk profile of its banking operations. This strong capital position serves to support growth and expansion activities while at the same time exceeding regulatory standards. At June 30, 2025, the Bank met the regulatory definition of a “well-capitalized” institution, i.e. a leverage capital ratio exceeding 5%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio exceeding 8%, Tier 1 common equity exceeding 6.5%, and a total risk-based capital ratio exceeding 10%.
In addition to establishing the minimum regulatory capital requirements, the regulations limit capital distributions and certain discretionary bonus payments to management if the institution does not hold a “capital conservation buffer” consisting of 2.5% of common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets above the amount necessary to meet its minimum risk-based capital requirements. The buffer is separate from the capital ratios required under the Prompt Corrective Actions (“PCA”) standards. In order to avoid these restrictions, the capital conservation buffer effectively increases the minimum levels of the following capital to risk-weighted assets ratios: (1) Core Capital, (2) Total Capital and (3) Common Equity. At June 30, 2025, the Bank exceeded all regulatory required minimum capital ratios, including the capital buffer requirements.
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Pathfinder Bank’s capital amounts and ratios as of the indicated dates are presented in the following table:
Actual
Minimum ForCapital AdequacyPurposes
Minimum To Be"Well-Capitalized"Under PromptCorrective Provisions
Minimum ForCapital Adequacy with Buffer
Amount
Ratio
As of June 30, 2025:
Total Core Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets)
153,691
14.87
82,677
8.00
103,347
10.00
108,514
10.50
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets)
140,726
13.62
62,008
6.00
87,845
8.50
Tier 1 Common Equity (to Risk-Weighted Assets)
46,506
4.50
67,175
6.50
72,343
7.00
Tier 1 Capital (to Assets)
9.68
58,129
4.00
72,662
5.00
151,747
14.65
82,845
103,556
108,733
138,740
13.40
62,133
88,022
46,600
67,311
72,489
9.64
41,422
51,778
71,960
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Regulation G, a rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), applies to certain SEC filings, including earnings releases, made by registered companies that contain “non-GAAP financial measures.” GAAP is generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. Under Regulation G, companies making public disclosures containing non-GAAP financial measures must also disclose, along with each non-GAAP financial measure, certain additional information, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the closest comparable GAAP financial measure (if a comparable GAAP measure exists) and a statement of the Company’s reasons for utilizing the non-GAAP financial measure as part of its financial disclosures. The SEC has exempted from the definition of “non-GAAP financial measures” certain commonly used financial measures that are not based on GAAP. When these exempted measures are included in public disclosures, supplemental information is not required. Financial institutions like the Company and its subsidiary bank are subject to an array of bank regulatory capital measures that are financial in nature but are not based on GAAP. The Company follows industry practice in disclosing its financial condition under these various regulatory capital measures, including period-end regulatory capital ratios for its subsidiary bank, in its periodic reports filed with the SEC. The Company provides, below, an explanation of the calculations, as supplemental information, for non-GAAP measures included in the consolidated annual financial statements. In addition, the Company provides a reconciliation of its subsidiary bank’s disclosed regulatory capital measures, below.
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Regulatory Capital Ratios (Bank only)
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Total equity (GAAP)
142,599
140,641
(5,056
Intangible assets
(5,675
(5,989
Addback: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
8,858
9,144
Total Tier 1 Capital
Allowance for credit losses (subject to regulatory limits)
12,965
13,007
Total Tier 2 Capital
Total Tier 1 plus Tier 2 Capital (numerator)
Risk-weighted assets (denominator)
1,033,465
1,035,557
Total core capital to risk-weighted assets
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Total Tier 1 capital (numerator)
Total capital to risk-weighted assets
Tier 1 capital (to adjusted assets)
Total average assets
1,463,963
1,450,254
Adjusted assets (denominator)
1,453,232
1,439,209
Total capital to adjusted assets
Tier 1 Common Equity (to risk-weighted assets)
Total Tier 1 Common Equity to risk-weighted assets
Revenue, pre-tax, pre-provision net income, and efficiency ratio:
10,377
4,906
Net realized (gains) losses on sales and redemptions of investment securities
249
Gain on asset sale
3,169
Revenue (non-GAAP) 2
12,277
11,826
Total non-interest expense
8,544
Pre-tax, pre-provision net income (non-GAAP) 3
4,216
3,321
Efficiency ratio (non-GAAP) 4
65.66
72.25
2 Revenue equals net interest income plus total noninterest income less net realized gains or losses on sales and redemptions of investment securities, sales of loans and foreclosed real estate, and gain on the October 2024 sale of the Company's insurance agency asset.
3 Pre-tax, pre-provision net income equals revenue less total non-interest expense.
4 Efficiency ratio equals noninterest expense divided by revenue.
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Loan and Asset Quality and Allowance for Credit Losses
The following table represents information concerning the aggregate amount of non-accrual loans at the indicated dates:
Nonaccrual loans:
Commercial and commercial real estate loans
18,516
Consumer
4,237
24,490
Total nonperforming loans
Total nonperforming assets
11,772
24,550
Nonperforming loans to total loans
1.28
2.40
2.76
Nonperforming assets to total assets
0.78
1.50
1.70
Nonperforming assets include nonaccrual loans, and foreclosed real estate (‘‘FRE”).
As indicated in the table above, nonperforming assets at June 30, 2025 were $11.8 million, and were $10.3 million lower than the $22.1 million reported at December 31, 2024 and $12.8 million lower than the $24.6 million reported at June 30, 2024. The decrease in the nonperforming loans on June 30, 2025, as compared to December 31, 2024, was driven by the aforementioned sale of loans associated with one local commercial relationship dating back to 2013.
Fair values for commercial FRE are initially recorded based on market value evaluations by third parties, less costs to sell (“initial cost basis”). On a prospective basis, residential FRE assets will be initially recorded at the lower of the net amount of loan receivable or the real estate’s fair value less costs to sell. Any write-downs required when the related loan receivable is exchanged for the underlying real estate collateral at the time of transfer to FRE are charged to the allowance for credit losses. Values are derived from appraisals of underlying collateral or discounted cash flow analysis. Subsequent to foreclosure, valuations are updated periodically and assets are marked to current fair value, not to exceed the initial cost basis for the FRE property.
The allowance for credit losses on loans represents management’s estimate of the lifetime losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the date of the statement of condition. The allowance for credit losses was $16.0 million and $17.2 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to total loans was 1.76% as of June 30, 2025, as compared to 1.88% at December 31, 2024 and 1.90% at June 30, 2024. Management performs a quarterly evaluation of the allowance for credit losses based on quantitative and qualitative factors and has determined that the current level of the allowance for credit losses is adequate to absorb the losses in the loan portfolio as of June 30, 2025.
Loans purchased outside of the Bank’s general market area are subject to substantial pre-purchase due diligence. Homogenous pools of purchased loans are subject to pre-purchase analyses led by a team of the Bank’s senior executives and credit analysts. In each case, the Bank’s analytical processes consider the types of loans being evaluated, the underwriting criteria employed by the originating entity, the historical performance of such loans, especially in the most recent deeply recessionary period, the offered collateral enhancements and other credit loss mitigation factors offered by the seller and the capabilities and financial stability of the servicing entities involved. From a credit risk perspective, these loan pools also benefit from broad diversification, including wide geographic dispersion, the readily-verifiable historical performance of similar loans issued by the originators, as well as the overall experience and skill of the underwriters and servicing entities involved as counterparties to the Bank in these transactions. The performance of all purchased loan pools are monitored regularly from detailed reports and remittance reconciliations provided at least monthly by the external servicing entities.
The projected credit losses related to purchased loan pools are evaluated prior to purchase and the performance of those loans against expectations are analyzed at least monthly. Over the life of the purchased loan pools, the allowance for credit losses is adjusted, through the provision for credit losses, for expected loss experience, over the projected life of the loans.
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The expected credit loss experience is determined at the time of purchase and is modified, to the extent necessary, during the life of the purchased loan pools. The Bank does not initially increase the allowance for credit losses on the purchase date of the loan pools.
At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had $12.1 million and $20.0 million in loans, respectively, which were individually analyzed, having established specific reserves of $2.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively, on these loans. The $7.9 million decrease in specifically identified loans between these two dates reflects 2025 net charge offs of $2.9 million as well as $3.2 million in balances moved to held-for-sale status for the July 2025 sale of nonperforming and classified loans associated with one local commercial relationship dating back to 2013.
Appraisals are obtained at the time a real estate secured loan is originated. For commercial real estate held as collateral, the property is inspected every two years.
Management has identified certain loans with potential credit profiles that may result in the borrowers not being able to comply with the current loan repayment terms and which may result in possible future identified loan reporting. Potential problem loans totaled $64.2 million at June 30, 2025, an increase of $7.8 million, as compared to $56.4 million at December 31, 2024. These loans have been internally classified as special mention, substandard, or doubtful, yet are not currently considered specifically-identified.
In the normal course of business, the Bank has, from time to time, sold residential mortgage loans and participation interests in commercial loans. As is typical in the industry, the Bank makes certain representations and warranties to the buyer. Pathfinder Bank maintains a quality control program for closed loans and considers the risks and uncertainties associated with potential repurchase requirements to be minimal.
The future performance of the Company’s loan portfolios with respect to credit losses will be highly dependent upon the course and duration, both nationally and within the Company’s market area, of the concentrations in the Company’s loan portfolio. Concentrations of loans within a portfolio that are made to a single borrower, to a related group of borrowers, or to a limited number of industries, are generally considered to be additional risk factors in estimating future credit losses. Therefore, the Company monitors all of its credit relationships to ensure that the total loan amounts extended to one borrower, or to a related group of borrowers, does not exceed the maximum permissible levels defined by applicable regulation or the Company’s generally more restrictive internal policy limits.
Liquidity
Liquidity management involves the Company’s ability to generate cash or otherwise obtain funds at reasonable rates to support asset growth, meet deposit withdrawals, maintain reserve requirements, and otherwise operate the Company on an ongoing basis. The Company's primary sources of funds are deposits, borrowed funds, amortization and prepayment of loans and maturities of investment securities and other short-term investments, and earnings and funds provided from operations. While scheduled principal repayments on loans are a relatively predictable source of funds, deposit flows and loan prepayments are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition. The Company manages the pricing of deposits to maintain a desired deposit composition and balance. In addition, the Company invests excess funds in short-term interest-earning and other assets, which provide liquidity to meet lending requirements.
The Company's liquidity has been enhanced by its ability to borrow from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLBNY”), whose competitive advance programs and lines of credit provide the Company with a safe, reliable, and convenient source of funds. A significant decrease in deposits in the future could result in the Company having to seek other sources of funds for liquidity purposes. Such sources could include, but are not limited to, additional borrowings, brokered deposits, negotiated time deposits, the sale of "available-for-sale" investment securities, the sale of securitized loans, or the sale of whole loans. Such actions could result in higher interest expense and/or losses on the sale of securities or loans.
Through the first six months of 2025, as indicated in the consolidated statement of cash flows, the Company reported net cash flow from operating activities of $2.0 million and net cash outflow of $27.0 million related to investing activities. The net cash inflows from investing activities was generated principally by an increase of $3.1 million in net loan activity, offset by a $29.3 million decrease in net investment activity, and an $861,000 decrease in premises and equipment. The Company
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reported net cash inflows from financing activities of $25.0 million, primarily due to a $17.4 million increase in net deposit balances, a $8.4 million increase in net borrowings, and an aggregate decrease of $816,000 in net cash from all other financing sources, including dividends paid to common voting and non-voting shareholders and warrant holders of $1.3 million.
The Bank’s management monitors liquidity on a continuous basis through a broad range of internal programs and considers effective liquidity management to be one of its primary objectives. At June 30, 2025 the Bank had deposits of $1.22 billion, of which a portion were nominally uninsured, as they were above the insurance limits established by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) on that date. Of the nominally uninsured deposits at June 30, 2025, $95.2 million were insured through a long-standing reciprocal deposit program managed by a third-party entity. In addition, $101.6 million in municipal deposits are fully protected against principal loss by a collateral program whereby the Bank places high-quality securities with an independent custodian as collateral. The Bank had $154.7 million in deposits, representing 14.0% of all deposits that were considered to be uninsured at June 30, 2025. At December 31, 2024, the Bank had $149.0 million in deposits, representing 14.0% of all deposits that were considered to be uninsured.
The Company has a number of existing credit facilities available to it. At June 30, 2025, total credit available under the existing lines of credit was approximately $244.9 million at FHLBNY, the Federal Reserve Bank, and two other correspondent banks. At June 30, 2025, the Company had $74.0 million of the available lines of credit utilized on its existing lines of credit with the remainder of $170.9 million available.
The Asset Liability Management Committee of the Company is responsible for implementing the policies and guidelines for the maintenance of prudent levels of liquidity. As of June 30, 2025, management reported to the Board of Directors that the Company is in compliance with its liquidity policy guidelines.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company is also a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. At June 30, 2025, the Company had $229.9 million in outstanding commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit.
The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance related to off-balance sheet arrangements is proportional to the contractual amount of those instruments. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded. The Company records an allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures, unless such commitments are unconditionally cancelable, through the provision for credit losses expense. The allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures as of June 30, 2025 was $532,000 and is included in other liabilities on the Company's consolidated Statements of Condition.
Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
A smaller reporting company is not required to provide the information relating to this item.
Item 4 – Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) (the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer), management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2025. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2025, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date.
We did not make any changes in internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2025 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 – Legal Proceedings
At June 30, 2025, the Company is not currently a named party in a legal proceeding, the outcome of which would have a material and adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
Item 1A – Risk Factors
Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, and Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period
Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price PaidPer Share
Total Number ofShares Purchased asPart of PubliclyAnnounced Plans orPrograms
Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
April 1, 2025 through April 30, 2025
74,292
May 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025
June 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025
Item 3 – Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4 – Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable
Item 5 – Other Information
During the second quarter of 2025, none of our directors or officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as that term is used in SEC regulations.
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Item 6 – Exhibits
Exhibit No.
31.1
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
31.2
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Condition, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements tagged as blocks of text.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
(registrant)
August 14, 2025
/s/ James A. Dowd
James A. Dowd
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Justin K. Bigham
Justin K. Bigham
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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