Financial Performance - Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2023, was 3.684million,comparedto2.612 million for the same period in 2022[285]. - Basic earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2023, was 0.35,comparedto0.33 for the same period in 2022[284]. - Interest income rose by 3.1million,or36.611.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, driven by a 1.8millionincreaseinloaninterestincome[318].−InterestincomefortheninemonthsendedSeptember30,2023,increasedby7.9 million, or 33.2%, to 31.9millioncomparedto24.0 million for the same period in 2022[331]. - Noninterest income totaled 3.1millionfortheninemonthsendedSeptember30,2023,aslightdecreasefrom3.3 million in the same period of 2022[322]. Loan and Deposit Activity - Net loans receivable increased by 39.8million,or6.0698.9 million at September 30, 2023, from 659.1millionatDecember31,2022[301].−Totaldepositsdecreasedby38.1 million, or 5.6%, to 646.5millionatSeptember30,2023,from684.6 million at December 31, 2022[303]. - Interest-bearing deposits decreased by 14.1million,or2.7503.3 million at September 30, 2023, from 517.4millionatDecember31,2022[303].−Noninterestbearingdepositsdecreasedby24.0 million, or 14.4%, to 143.2millionatSeptember30,2023,from167.2 million at December 31, 2022[303]. - The company reported a decrease in total deposits primarily due to a 76.7million,or14.354.6 million, or 8.5%, to 694.0millionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2023[318].ExpensesandTaxation−Thecompanyrecordedtotalcurrentincometaxexpenseof1.399 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to 1.035millionforthesameperiodin2022[286].−IncometaxexpenseforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2023,was1.4 million, with an effective tax rate of 27.5%[324]. - Noninterest expense increased to 14.3millionfortheninemonthsendedSeptember30,2023,comparedto13.6 million for the same period in 2022[323]. - For the three months ended September 30, 2023, non-interest expense totaled 5.0million,anincreasefrom4.6 million for the same period in 2022, reflecting an increase of 8.7%[335]. - Compensation and benefits expenses rose by 18.1% due to increases in staffing and salary levels[335]. Asset Quality - Non-performing assets decreased to 4.4millionasofSeptember30,2023,from7.9 million at December 31, 2022, with non-performing loans at 3.8million[305].−Theallowanceforcreditlossesonloansincreasedto8.2 million, representing 1.15% of total loans and 213.5% of non-performing loans, compared to 3.8million(0.5710.9 million, or 1.4%, to 736.3millionatSeptember30,2023,from747.2 million at December 31, 2022[302]. - The Bank exceeded all regulatory capital requirements as of September 30, 2023, and is categorized as well capitalized[336]. - The company had 178.5millionavailableunderalineofcreditwiththeFHLBofAtlantaasofSeptember30,2023[325].InterestRatesandDepositStrategy−Thecompanyhasbeenincreasinginterestratespaidondepositstoretainandgrowthesebalances[304].−Interestexpensesurgedby4.1 million, or 163.1%, to $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to increased rates on deposits[319]. Internal Controls - There have been no changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting that materially affected its internal control[338].