Financial Position - Total assets increased by 7.2million,or0.82892.5 million at March 31, 2024, from 885.3millionatDecember31,2023[222]−Totalliabilitiesincreasedby4.6 million, or 0.7%, to 690.8millionatMarch31,2024,primarilyduetoanincreaseintotaldeposits[227]−Totaldepositsroseby5.4 million, or 0.85%, to 639.5millionatMarch31,2024,withinterest−bearingdepositsincreasingby8.3 million, or 1.7%[228] - Stockholders' equity increased by 2.7million,or1.3201.8 million at March 31, 2024, primarily due to net income[229] - The company's uninsured deposits totaled 190.1million,representing27.93.9 million, or 0.56%, to 708.7millionatMarch31,2024,drivenbyincreasesincommercialandindustrialloansandinvestorcommercialrealestateloans[224]−Theallowanceforcreditlossesonloanswas8.5 million at March 31, 2024, slightly down from 8.55millionatDecember31,2023,witharatioof1.2018,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to 2,000forthesameperiodin2023[245]IncomeandExpenses−Netincomedecreasedby541,000, or 17.4%, to 2.6millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,comparedto3.1 million for the same period in 2023[237] - Interest income increased by 1.3million,or13.611.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, driven by a 1.0millionincreaseininterestincomeonloans[238]−Interestexpenseincreasedby1.5 million, or 104.4%, to 3.0millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,primarilyduetoa1.3 million increase in interest expense on deposits[239] - Net interest income was 8.0millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,comparedto8.2 million for the same period in 2023[243] - The net interest margin decreased to 3.91% for the three months ended March 31, 2024, down from 4.34% for the same period in 2023[243] - Non-interest income totaled 578,000forthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,downfrom807,000 in the same period in 2023[246] - For the three months ended March 31, 2024, non-interest expense totaled 4.9million,anincreaseof4.34.7 million in the same period of 2023[247] Operational Changes - The company replaced 10.0millioninretailcertificatesofdepositswithbrokereddepositsatalowercostduringthefirstquarterof2024[228]−Thecompanyhad10 million in brokered deposits as of March 31, 2024, compared to 0inthesameperiodof2023[251]−Compensationandbenefitsexpensesroseby8.71.0 million, with an effective tax rate of 28.5%, compared to 1.2millionand27.65169.1 million available under a line of credit with the FHLB of Atlanta, with additional borrowing availability of $144.1 million[249] - The company monitors its liquidity position daily and anticipates sufficient funds to meet current funding commitments[251]