Ravi Mallela
Analyst · Steven Alexopoulos from J.P. Morgan
Thanks, Bob. Turning to Slide 4. Period end loans and leases were $13.1 billion, down $197 million from the end of Q1. PPP balances declined $348 million. Excluding PPP balances, C&I declined by $209 million, primarily due to $179 million decrease in dealer flooring balances. Excluding the impacts of PPP forgiveness and dealer flooring balances, total loans grew $330 million or 2.8% in the second quarter. We were pleased to see good growth this quarter in many categories, including commercial real estate, construction and residential loans, each growing by over $100 million. The loan pipeline is building and we reiterate our view that full year loan growth excluding PPP will be in the low single digit range. Turning to Slide 5. Total deposit balances ended the quarter at $20.8 billion, a $701 million increase versus the prior quarter. This was driven by $769 million increase in consumer and commercial deposits and partially offset by $67 million decrease in public deposits. Our cost of deposits fell 1 basis point to 7 basis points in the quarter. Turning to Slide 6. Net interest income was $131.5 million, a $2.3 million increase versus the prior quarter. The increase in net interest income was primarily due to higher average balances of investment securities and lower balances and rates on time deposits. Net interest margin was 2.46%, a 9 basis point decrease from the previous quarter. Core asset and liability repricing contributed about 4 basis points of NIM compression, while excess liquidity caused about 8 basis points of additional compression. Just a reminder, we currently consider excess liquidity as balances over $500 million. The decline in NIM was partially offset by higher income due to the higher balance of PPP loans forgiven versus the prior quarter, which increased net interest margin by about 3 basis points. In Q3, excluding the impact of excess liquidity and PPP loan forgiveness, we expect our net interest margin to decline 3 to 5 basis points. Turning to Slide 7. Noninterest income in Q1 was $49.4 million, a $5.5 million increase over the previous quarter. Noninterest income was driven by a nice increase in credit and debit card fees and merchant services interchange, which in total contributed $2.2 million to the increase this quarter. Other service charges increased $1.5 million, of which approximately $1 million was from onetime fees generated by our commercial customers. Swap fees increased $800,000 and BOLI and trust income increased $900,000 this quarter. Noninterest expenses were $99.4 million, $3.1 million higher than the previous quarter. The increase was driven by a onetime charge of $1.2 million in salaries and benefits and $1.4 million in higher card rewards expenses, which was due to higher activity. The remaining increase was primarily driven by higher sales incentives paid in the quarter. The efficiency ratio was 54.7%. On a year-to-date basis, expenses are running about 4.1% higher than the same period last year. However, we continue to expect full year expenses to be about 7% higher than in 2020. And now I'll turn it over to Ralph go over asset quality.