COASTAL FINANCIAL CORP (CCB)

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

We are a bank holding company that operates through our wholly owned subsidiaries, Coastal Community Bank (“Bank”) and Arlington Olympic LLC. We are headquartered in Everett, Washington, which by population is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Snohomish County. Our business is conducted through three reportable segments: The community bank, CCBX and treasury & administration. The community bank segment includes all community banking activities, with a primary focus on providing a wide range of banking products and services to consumers and small to medium sized businesses in the broader Puget Sound region in the state of Washington and through the Internet and our mobile banking application. We currently operate 14 full-service banking locations, 12 of which are located in Snohomish County, where we are the largest community bank by deposit market share, and two of which are located in neighboring counties (one in King County and one in Island County). The CCBX segment provides banking as a service (“BaaS”) that allows digital financial service providers, companies and brands to offer their customers banking services. The CCBX segment has 30 partners as of March 31, 2026. The treasury & administration segment includes investments, debt and other reporting items that are not specific to the community bank or CCBX segments. The Bank’s deposits are insured in whole or in part by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Bank is subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions Division of Banks. The Federal Reserve also has supervisory authority over the Company.

As of March 31, 2026, we had total assets of $5.66 billion, total loans receivable of $3.86 billion, total deposits of $5.04 billion and total shareholders’ equity of $503.8 million.

The following discussion and analysis presents our financial condition and results of operations on a consolidated basis. However, because we conduct all of our material business operations through the Bank, the discussion and analysis relate to activities primarily conducted by the Bank.

We generate most of our community bank revenue from interest on loans and CCBX revenue from BaaS fee income and interest on loans. Our primary source of funding for our loans is commercial and retail deposits from our customer relationships and from our partner deposit relationships. We place secondary reliance on wholesale funding, primarily borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”). Less commonly used sources of funding include borrowings from the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) discount window, draws on established federal funds lines from unaffiliated commercial banks, brokered funds, which allows us to obtain deposits from sources that do not have a relationship with the Bank and can be obtained through certificate of deposit listing services, via the internet or through other advertising methods, or a one-way buy through an insured cash sweep (“ICS”) account, which allows us to obtain funds from other institutions that have deposited funds through ICS. Our largest expenses are provision for credit losses on loans, interest on deposits and borrowings, BaaS loan expense, and salaries and employee benefits. Our principal lending products are commercial real estate loans, consumer loans, residential real estate, commercial and industrial loans and construction, land and land development loans.

Results of Operations

Net Income

Comparison of the quarter ended March 31, 2026 to the comparable quarter in the prior year

Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $12.0 million, or $0.78 per diluted share, compared to $9.7 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in net income over the comparable period in the prior year was primarily attributable to a $6.8 million increase in interest income due to an increase in average loans receivable and interest earning deposits with other banks, an increase in BaaS program income of $4.6 million and a decrease in interest expense of $521,000, partially offset by a $11.5 million increase in noninterest expenses combined with other less significant changes.

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Additionally, BaaS credit enhancement income decreased $2.9 million, which is directly related to and offsets the decrease in provision for credit losses of $4.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The lower provision is due to improvement in the performance of the CCBX portfolio, change in loan mix, and our focus on originating higher quality CCBX loans resulting in lower historical loss factors. In accordance with GAAP, we recognize as revenue (1) the right to be indemnified or reimbursed for fraud losses on CCBX customer loans and deposits and (2) the right to be indemnified for credit losses by our partners for expected credit losses related to loans they originate and unfunded commitments from such loans. CCBX customer credit losses are recognized in the allowance for credit loss and fraud loss is recognized in BaaS noninterest expense. For more information on the accounting for BaaS allowance for credit losses, reserve for unfunded commitments, credit enhancements and fraud enhancements see the section titled “CCBX – BaaS Reporting Information.”

Net Interest Income

Comparison of the quarter ended March 31, 2026 to the comparable quarter in the prior year

Net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $83.4 million, compared to $76.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $7.3 million, or 9.6%. The increase in net interest income compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was primarily related to an increase in interest earning deposits with other banks and growth in loans receivable. The average balance of loans was $366.9 million more and average interest earning deposits with other banks was $338.1 million higher for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Total interest and fees on loans were $102.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $98.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The $4.7 million increase in interest and fees on loans for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, was largely due to growth in loans, primarily from CCBX. Total loans receivable was $3.86 billion at March 31, 2026, compared to $3.52 billion at March 31, 2025. CCBX average loans receivable was $1.92 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to $1.63 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $292.5 million, or 17.9%. Average CCBX yield of 15.01% was earned on CCBX loans for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to 16.88% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The lower loan yield is the result of lower rates compared to the prior year period as well as a change in the loan mix. The Federal Open Market Committee ("FOMC") of the Federal Reserve last lowered the targeted federal funds rate by 0.25% on December 11, 2025; a reduction of 0.75% compared to March 31, 2025. Additionally, lower rate capital call lines were $42.9 million higher compared to March 31, 2025. These loans earn a lower rate of interest, but have less credit risk due to the way the loans are structured compared to other commercial loans. CCBX yield does not include the impact of BaaS loan expense. BaaS loan expense represents the amount paid or payable to partners for credit enhancements, fraud enhancements and servicing CCBX loans. The tables later in this section illustrate the impact of BaaS loan expense on CCBX loan yield.

Interest income from interest earning deposits with other banks was $8.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, an increase of $2.1 million, or 33.9%, primarily due to an increase in balances compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The average balance of interest earning deposits invested with other banks for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $891.5 million, compared to $553.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The yield on these interest earning deposits with other banks decreased 0.75%, which is in line with the reduction in Fed funds compared to the prior year period, to 3.70% compared to 4.45% at March 31, 2025. Interest income on investment securities decreased $28,000 to $622,000 at March 31, 2026, compared to $650,000 at March 31, 2025. Average investment securities increased $259,000 from $47.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to $47.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as a result of investments purchased for CRA purposes, partially offset by principal paydowns. Average yield on investment securities decreased to 5.32% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to 5.59% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Interest expense was $28.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, a $521,000 decrease from the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Interest expense on deposits was $27.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to $28.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The $515,000 decrease in interest expense on deposits was largely due to lower interest rates despite an increase of $631.9 million in average interest bearing deposits compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Interest on borrowed funds was $654,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to $660,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

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Cost of funds was 2.59% for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, which was a decrease of 0.52% from 3.11% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Cost of deposits for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 was 2.56%, which was a 0.52% decrease from 3.08% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. These decreases were largely due to lower interest rates.

Net interest margin was 7.00% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to 7.48% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease in net interest margin compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 was largely due to a decrease in loan yield, partially offset by a decrease in cost of deposits.

Total yield on loans receivable for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 was 10.76%, compared to 11.33% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. This decrease in yield on loans receivable is the result of lower rates compared to the prior year period as well as a change in the loan mix. Lower rate CCBX capital call lines were $42.9 million higher compared to March 31, 2025. The composition of the loan portfolio is shifting with CCBX average loans increasing to 49.6% of the total loan portfolio for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to 46.4% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, and the average community bank loans decreasing to 50.4% of the loan portfolio for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to 53.6% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, average CCBX loans increased $292.5 million, or 17.9%, with an average CCBX yield of 15.01%, compared to 16.88% at the quarter ended March 31, 2025. CCBX yield does not include the impact of BaaS loan expense. BaaS loan expense represents the amount paid or payable to partners for credit enhancements, fraud enhancements and servicing CCBX loans. The tables later in this section illustrate the impact of BaaS loan expense on CCBX loan yield. Average community bank loans increased $74.4 million, or 4.0% due to growth and normal balance fluctuations. Average yield on community bank loans for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was 6.58% compared to 6.53% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

The following tables (1) show the average yield on loans and cost of deposits by segment and (2) illustrate ho

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Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

We are a bank holding company that operates through our wholly owned subsidiaries, Coastal Community Bank (“Bank”) and Arlington Olympic LLC. We are headquartered in Everett, Washington, which by population is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Snohomish County. Our business is conducted through three reportable segments: The community bank, CCBX and treasury & administration. The community bank segment includes all community banking activities, with a primary focus on providing a wide range of banking products and services to consumers and small to medium sized businesses in the broader Puget Sound region in the state of Washington and through the Internet and our mobile banking application. We currently operate 14 full-service banking locations, 12 of which are located in Snohomish County, where we are the largest community bank by deposit market share, and two of which are located in neighboring counties (one in King County and one in Island County) and have one loan production office in King County. The CCBX segment provides banking as a service (“BaaS”) that allows our digital financial service partners to offer their customers banking services. The CCBX segment had 28 partners as of December 31, 2025. The treasury & administration segment includes investments, debt and other reporting items that are not specific to the community bank or CCBX segments. The Bank’s deposits are insured in whole or in part by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Bank is subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions Division of Banks. The Federal Reserve also has supervisory authority over the Company.

As of December 31, 2025, we had total assets of $4.74 billion, total loans receivable of $3.75 billion, total deposits of $4.14 billion and total shareholders’ equity of $491.0 million.

The following discussion and analysis presents our financial condition and results of operations on a consolidated basis. However, because we conduct all of our material business operations through the Bank, the discussion and analysis relate to activities primarily conducted by the Bank. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes presented elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We generate most of our community bank revenue from interest on loans and CCBX revenue from BaaS fee income and interest on loans. Our primary source of funding for our loans is commercial and retail deposits from our customer relationships and from our partner deposit relationships. We place secondary reliance on wholesale funding, primarily borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”). Less commonly used sources of funding include borrowings from the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) discount window, draws on established federal funds lines from unaffiliated commercial banks, brokered funds, which allows us to obtain deposits from sources that do not have a relationship with the Bank and can be obtained through certificate of deposit listing services, via the internet or through other advertising methods, or a one-way buy through an insured cash sweep (“ICS”) account, which allows us to obtain funds from other institutions that have deposited funds through ICS. Our largest expenses are provision for credit losses - loans, interest on deposits and borrowings, BaaS loan expense, salaries and employee benefits, BaaS fraud expense, legal and professional expenses, data processing and software licenses and occupancy expense. Our principal lending products are commercial real estate loans, consumer loans, residential real estate, commercial and industrial loans and construction, land and land development loans.

Key Factors Affecting our Business

Average Balances and Interest Rates

Our operating results depend primarily on our net interest income, which is the largest contributor to our net income and is the difference between the interest and fees earned on interest-earning assets (such as loans and securities) and the interest expense incurred in connection with interest-bearing liabilities (such as deposits and borrowings). Net interest income is primarily a function of the average balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the yields and costs with respect to these assets and liabilities. Average balances are influenced by internal considerations such as the types of products we offer and the amount of risk that we are willing to assume as well as external influences

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such as economic conditions, competition for loans and deposits, and interest rates. The yields generated by our loans and securities are typically affected by short-term and long-term interest rates and, in the case of loans, competition for similar products in our market area. Interest rates are often impacted by the actions of the Federal Reserve. The cost of our deposits and short-term borrowings is primarily based on short-term interest rates, which are largely driven by competition and by the actions of the Federal Reserve. The level of net interest income is influenced by movements in interest rates and the pace at which such movements occur, as well as the relationship between short- and long-term interest rates.

Credit Quality

We have well established loan policies and underwriting practices that have resulted in low levels of charge-offs and nonperforming assets for the community bank. Through our thorough underwriting process, we strive to originate quality loans that will maintain and enhance the overall credit quality of our loan portfolio, and through our careful monitoring of our community bank loan portfolio and prompt attention to delinquencies, we seek to minimize the impact of problem loans. However, credit trends in the markets in which we operate are largely impacted by economic conditions beyond our control and can adversely impact our financial condition. We originate loans through our CCBX partners and while these loans will have higher levels of charge-offs and nonperforming assets, agreements with our CCBX partners provide for a credit enhancement which protects the Bank by absorbing incurred losses. For additional information on credit enhancements see Item 1. Business - Concentrations of Credit Risk section. If our partners are unable to fulfill their contracted obligations then the Bank would be exposed to additional credit losses as a result of this counterparty risk. Management regularly evaluates and manages this counterparty risk.

Operating Efficiency

The largest component of noninterest expense is BaaS loan expense and salaries and employee benefits. Other significant operating expenses include BaaS fraud expense, legal and professional expenses, data processing and software licenses and occupancy expense. Our operating efficiency, as measured by our efficiency ratio, has gradually improved primarily because the growth of our deposits and loans has enabled our net interest income and noninterest income to outpace the growth of our expenses. When we make substantial investments in our infrastructure and make investments to increase our operating capacity, our operating efficiency ratio decreases until we generate enough revenue growth to offset the increased costs however, prior to making such investments, we focus on how best and most expediently we can achieve the revenue growth necessary to offset the costs of these investments or new branches. Our efficiency ratio has been impacted by the increase in CCBX income and CCBX expense. Our efficiency ratio was 53.13% at December 31, 2025, compared to 42.38% at December 31, 2024. This ratio increased as a result of an increase in net interest income, decrease in credit enhancement income and higher noninterest expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the year ended December 31, 2024.

Economic Conditions

Our business and financial performance are affected by economic conditions generally in the United States for CCBX and more directly for the community bank in the markets in the Puget Sound region where we operate. The significant economic factors that are most relevant to our business and our financial performance include, but are not limited to, real estate values, interest rates and unemployment rates. In recent years, the Puget Sound region has experienced significant population gain, fueled in large part by the region’s technology industry, low unemployment and rising real estate values, all of which positively impacted our business. The macro economic environment is continuously changing, primarily due to the pace of economic growth, inflation, changing interest rates, global trade tensions, tariffs, unemployment, global unrest, the war in Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East, political uncertainty, natural disasters and trade issues that contribute to economic uncertainty which has caused increased market volatility and may lead to a significant decrease in consumer confidence and business generally.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Significant Accounting Policies

Our accounting policies are integral to understanding our results of operations. Our accounting policies are described in greater detail in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain accounting policies involve significant judgments and assumptions by us that have a material impact on the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities. Our critical accounting estimates are included and discussed below. These assumptions, estimates and judgments we use can be influenced by a number of factors, including the general economic environment. Actual results could differ from these judgments and estimates under different conditions, resulting in a change that could have a material impact on the carrying values of our assets and liabilities and our results of

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operations. We believe that of our accounting policies, the following accounting policies may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity:

Allowance for Credit Losses

The allowance for credit losses ("ACL") is an estimate of the expected credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost. The ACL is evaluated and calculated on a collective basis for those loans which share similar risk characteristics. At each reporting period, the Company evaluates whether the loans in a pool continue to exhibit similar risk characteristics as the other loans in the pool and whether it needs to evaluate the allowance on an individual basis. The Company must estimate expected credit losses over the loans’ contractual terms, adjusted for expected prepayments. In estimating the life of the loan, the Company cannot extend the contractual term of the loan for expected extensions, renewals and modifications, unless the extension or renewal options are included in the contract at the reporting date and are not unconditionally cancellable by the Company. Because expected credit losses are estimated over the contractual life adjusted for estimated prepayments, determination of the life of the loan may significantly affect the ACL. The Company has chosen to segment its portfolio consistent with the manner in which it manages the risk of the type of credit.

•Community bank Portfolio: The ACL calculation is derived from loan segments utilizing loan level information and relevant available information from internal and external sources related to past events and current conditions. In addition, the Company incorporates a reasonable and supportable forecast.

•CCBX Portfolio: The Bank calculates the ACL on loans on an aggregate basis based on each partner and product level, segmenting the risk inherent in the CCBX portfolio based on qualitative and quantitative trends in the portfolio.

Also included in the ACL are qualitative reserves to cover losses that are expected, but in the Company’s assessment may not be adequately represented in the quantitative method. For example, factors that the Company considers include environmental business conditions, borrower’s financial condition, credit rating and the volume and severity of past due loans and nonaccrual loans. Based on this analysis, the Company records a provision for credit losses to maintain the allowance at appropriate levels.

Determining the amount of the allowance is considered a critical accounting estimate, as it requires significant judgment and the use of subjective measurements, including management’s assessment of overall portfolio quality. The Company maintains the allowance at an amount the Company believes is sufficient to provide for estimated losses expected to occur in the Company’s loan portfolio at each balance sheet date, and fluctuations in the provision for credit losses may result from management’s assessment of the adequacy of the allowance. Changes in these estimates and assumptions are possible and may have a material impact on the Company’s allowance, and therefore the Company’s financial position, liquidity or results of operations. The Company has elected to exclude accrued interest receivable from the amortized cost basis in its ACL calculation as accrued interest is written off in a timely manner when deemed uncollectible.

The Company decreased the allowance from $177.0 million at December 31, 2024 to $169.5 million at December 31, 2025. The change is largely related to improved credit quality decreasing the provision for CCBX loans. The Company uses CCBX partner data, industry data and its own credit loss data to develop an appropriate allowance for the risk inherent in the CCBX loan portfolio. For more information and discussion related to the allowance for credit losses, see “Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses” in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenue Recognition

We record revenue from contracts with customers in accordance with ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”). Under Topic 606, the Company must identify the contract with a customer, identify the performance obligations in the contract, determine the transaction price, allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies a performance obligation. Significant revenue has not been recognized in the current reporting period that results from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods. A large portion of the Company’s revenue are derived from interest and fees earned on loans, investment securities and other financial instruments that are not within the scope of Topic 606. The Company generally fully satisfies its performance obligations on its contracts with customers as services are rendered and the transaction prices are typically fixed, charged either on a periodic basis or based on activity. Because performance obligations are satisfied as services are

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rendered and the transaction prices are fixed, there is little judgment involved in applying Topic 606 that significantly affects the determination of the amount and timing of revenue from contracts with customers.

The recording of BaaS income and expense is in accordance with accounting guidance, and is dependent upon the contractual agreement with each partner with certain components of BaaS income being consistent across agreements. Agreements with many of our CCBX partners provide for a credit enhancement which protects the Bank by absorbing incurred credit and fraud losses. In accordance with accounting guidance, we estimate and record a provision for probable losses for CCBX loans. When the provision for credit losses - loans and provision for unfunded commitments is recorded, a credit enhancement asset is also recorded on the balance sheet through noninterest income (BaaS credit enhancement). Incurred losses are recorded in the allowance for credit losses, and the credit enhancement asset is relieved when credit enhancement payments and recoveries are received from the CCBX partner. Many agreements with our CCBX partners also provide protection to the Bank from fraud by absorbing incurred fraud losses. Fraud losses are recorded when incurred in noninterest expense, and the recovery received from the CCBX partner is recorded in noninterest income, resulting in a net impact of zero to the income statement. Enhancements that provide protection to the Bank from credit and fraud losses are not within the scope of Topic 606.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, noninterest income subject to Topic 606 increased $9.7 million to $34.3 million, compared to $24.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was largely due to an increase in BaaS program income resulting from increased activity and growth with active CCBX partners. For more information and discussion related to revenue recognition, see “Note 19 – Revenue Recognition” in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Recent Pronouncements

For a discussion of the expected impact of accounting pronouncements recently adopted and accounting pronouncements recently issued but not yet adopted by us as of December 31, 2025, see “Note 2 – Recent Accounting Standards” in the accompanying notes to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Results of Operations

The following discussion is intended to assist in understanding the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025. The information contained in this section should be read together with the December 31, 2025 audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying Notes included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Form 10-K.

This section of this Form 10-K generally discusses 2025 and 2024 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2025 and 2024. Discussions of 2023 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023 that are not included in this Form 10-K can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Net Income

Year Ended December 31, 2025, Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2024. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $47.0 million, or $3.06 per diluted share, compared to $45.2 million, or $3.26 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2024. Net income is up; however, net income per diluted share is down as a result of the capital raise in December 2024 that increased the number of shares outstanding. The increase in net income over the comparable period in the prior year was primarily attributable to an increase of $37.0 million in net interest income, partially offset by an increase of $10.6 million in BaaS loan expense. The increase in interest income and BaaS loan expense is largely related to growth in CCBX loans. Also contributing to the variance is an increase in BaaS program income of $9.4 million. The increase is partially offset by a $15.8 million increase in salaries and employee benefits, a $4.7 million increase in legal and professional expenses and an $8.0 million increase in data processing and software licenses all related to growth and investments in technology. Additionally, there was an increase in the provision for income taxes of $2.2 million as a result of higher net income, an increase in effective tax rate resulting from an increase in state taxes, and the taxability of certain equity awards.

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Net Interest Income

Year Ended December 31, 2025, Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2024. Net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $310.1 million, compared to $273.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $37.0 million, or 13.6%. The increase in net interest income compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 was largely related to growth in CCBX loans and a decrease in interest expense as a result of lower interest rates.

Interest and fees on loans totaled $397.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $372.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The $25.6 million increase in interest and fees on loans for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, was largely due to growth in CCBX and community bank loans. Total average loans receivable for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $3.61 billion, compared to $3.32 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024.

CCBX average loans receivable grew to $1.73 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1.43 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $302.4 million, or 21.2%. Average CCBX yield of 15.87% and 17.39% was earned on CCBX loans for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. This decrease in yield on loans receivable is the result of lower rates compared to the prior year period as well as a change in the loan mix. Lower rate capital call lines were $101.5 million higher compared to December 31, 2024. CCBX yield does not include the impact of BaaS loan expense. BaaS loan expense represents the amount paid or payable to partners for credit enhancements, fraud enhancements and servicing CCBX loans. The tables later in this section illustrate the impact of BaaS loan expense on CCBX loan yield.

Community bank average loans receivable was fairly flat at $1.88 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1.89 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing a decrease of $8.5 million, or 0.4%. Average yield of 6.52% was earned on community bank loans for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to 6.54% for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Interest income from interest earning deposits with other banks was $29.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, an increase of $7.7 million largely due to an increase in balances, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. The average balance of interest earning deposits invested with other banks for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $671.7 million, compared to $405.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Interest income on investment securities decreased $529,000 to $2.5 million. Average investment securities decreased $19.2 million from $65.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 to $46.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 as a result of maturing securities and principal paydowns.

Interest expense was $119.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, a $4.2 million decrease from the year ended December 31, 2024. Interest expense on deposits was $116.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $120.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The $4.0 million decrease in interest expense on deposits was due to decreases in interest rates despite an increase in average interest bearing deposits of $439.2 million. Interest on borrowed funds was $2.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 and $2.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The $179,000 decrease in interest expense on borrowed funds from the year ended December 31, 2024 is primarily the result of a decrease in interest rates on the junior subordinated debt, which decreased 1.00% to 6.77% for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to 7.77% for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Net interest margin was 7.14% for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to 7.18% for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in net interest margin compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 was largely a result of a decrease of 0.20% for yield on loans and a decrease of 0.93% on interest bearing deposits with other banks partially offset by a decrease of 0.48% for cost of deposits, despite a $439.2 million increase in average interest bearing deposits, many of which were impacted by a lower Fed Funds rate for all of 2025.

Cost of funds was 3.02% for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to 3.49% for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cost of deposits for the year ended December 31, 2025 was 2.99%, which was a 0.48% decrease, from 3.46% for the year ended December 31, 2024. These decreases were largely due to lower interest rates compared to the prior year period.

Total yield on loans receivable for the year ended December 31, 2025 was 11.00%, compared to 11.20% for the year ended December 31, 2024. This decrease in yield on loans receivable is primarily attributed to lower interest rates and a change in loan mix. For the year ended December 31, 2025, average CCBX loans increased $302.4 million, or 21.2%,

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with an average CCBX yield of 15.87%, compared to 17.39% for the year ended December 31, 2024. There was a decrease in average community bank loans of $8.5 million, or 0.4%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. Average yield on community bank loans for the year ended December 31, 2025 was 6.52%. compared to 6.54% for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The following tables show the average yield on loans and cost of deposits by segment and also illustrates the impact of BaaS loan expense on CCBX yield on loans:

(1) CCBX yield on loans does not include the impact of BaaS loan expense. BaaS loan expense represents the amount paid or payable to partners for credit enhancements, fraud enhancements and servicing CCBX loans. To determine net BaaS loan income earned from CCBX loan relationships, the Company takes BaaS loan interest income and deducts BaaS loan expense to arrive at net BaaS loan income which can be compared to interest income on the Company’s community bank loans. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure is set forth in the section titled “GAAP Reconciliation and Management Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

(1)A reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure is set forth in the section titled “GAAP Reconciliation and Management Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

(2) Includes loans held for sale.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, net interest margin (net interest income divided by the average total interest earning assets) and net interest spread (average yield on total interest earning assets minus average cost of total interest bearing liabilities) were 7.14% and 6.36%, respectively, compared to 7.18% and 6.25%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The following table presents an analysis of the average balances of net interest income, net interest spread and net interest margin for the periods indicated. Loan fees, net of loan costs included in interest income, totaled $9.3 million, $8.9 million and $6.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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(1) For presentation in this table, average balances and the corresponding average rates for investment securities are based upon historical cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts.

(2) Includes loans held for sale and nonaccrual loans.

(3) Net interest margin represents net interest income divided by the average total interest earning assets.

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The following table presents an analysis of certain average balances, interest income and interest expense that are specific to each segment. Items that are not directly attributed to the segment are not listed:

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(1)Includes loans held for sale and nonaccrual loans.

(2)Net interest margin represents net interest income divided by the average total interest earning assets.

(3)CCBX yield does not include the impact of BaaS loan expense. BaaS loan expense represents the amount paid or payable to partners for credit enhancements, fraud enhancements and servicing CCBX loans. See the section titled “GAAP Reconciliation and Management Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of the impact of BaaS loan expense on CCBX loan yield.

(4)Net interest margin, net of BaaS loan expense includes the impact of BaaS loan expense. BaaS loan expense represents the amount paid or payable to partners for credit enhancements, fraud enhancements, and servicing CCBX loans. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure is set forth in the section titled “GAAP Reconciliation and Management Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

(5)For presentation in this table, average balances and the corresponding average rates for investment securities are based upon historical cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts.

(6)Intrabank assets and liabilities are consolidated for period calculations and presented as intrabank asset, net or intrabank liability, net in the table above.

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The following table presents information regarding the dollar amount of changes in interest income and interest expense for the periods indicated for each major component of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and distinguishes between the changes attributable to changes in volume and changes attributable to changes in interest rates. The table illustrates the $32.4 million increase in loan interest income that is attributable to an increase in loan volume partially offset by a decrease of $6.8 million in loan interest income attributed to a decrease in loan rates. For purposes of this table, changes attributable to both rate and volume that cannot be segregated have been allocated to volume.

Provision for Credit Losses

The provision for credit losses - loans is an expense we incur to maintain an allowance for credit losses at a level that is deemed appropriate by management to absorb expected losses on existing loans. For a description of the factors taken into account by our management in determining the allowance for credit losses see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Operations—Financial Condition—Allowance for Credit Losses.”

The macro economic environment is continuously changing, primarily due to the pace of economic growth, inflation, changing interest rates, global trade tensions, tariffs, unemployment, global unrest, the war in Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East, political uncertainty, natural disasters, and trade issues that may impact the provision and therefore the allowance. Gross loans, excluding loans held for sale, totaled $3.75 billion at December 31, 2025. The allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans was 4.52% at December 31, 2025, compared to 5.08% at December 31, 2024.

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Agreements with our CCBX partners provide for a credit enhancement provided by the partner which protects the Bank by indemnifying or reimbursing incurred losses. CCBX partners bear most of the responsibility for credit losses incurred which consequently gives them vested interests in the performance of the portfolio. We believe that this alignment of interests ensures that CCBX partners are motivated to implement robust risk management practices and maintain the overall health of the portfolio. In accordance with accounting guidance, we estimate and record a provision for expected losses for these CCBX loans and reclassified negative deposit accounts. When the provision for credit losses - loans and provision for unfunded commitments are recorded, a credit enhancement asset is also recorded on the balance sheet through noninterest income (BaaS credit enhancements) in recognition of the CCBX partner's legal commitment to indemnify or reimburse losses. The credit enhancement asset is relieved as credit enhancement payments are received from the CCBX partner or taken from the partner's cash reserve account.

Year Ended December 31, 2025, Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2024. The provision for credit losses - loans for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $189.4 million compared to $275.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in the Company’s provision for credit losses - loans during the year ended December 31, 2025, is largely related to improvement in the performance of the CCBX portfolio and our focus on originating higher quality CCBX loans resulting in lower historical loss factors. During the year ended December 31, 2025, a $190.0 million provision for credit losses - loans was recorded for loans originated through CCBX partners based on management’s analysis. The factors used in management’s analysis for community bank credit losses indicated that a recapture of $666,000 was needed for the year ended December 31, 2025 due to a change in loan mix and updated prepayment speeds, partially offset by a slight increase in economic uncertainty.

The following table shows the provision expense by segment for the periods indicated:

Net charge-offs for the year ended December 31, 2025 totaled $196.8 million, or 5.45% of total average loans, as compared to net charge-offs of $216.1 million, or 6.51% of total average loans, for the year ended December 31, 2024. Net charge-offs decreased in 2025 compared to 2024 as a result of the improvement in the performance of loans originated through CCBX partners and our focus on originating higher quality CCBX loans. In accordance with GAAP, CCBX losses are recorded as charge-offs, but CCBX partner agreements provide for a credit enhancement that indemnifies the Bank from incurred losses, and as a result CCBX partners reimburse the Bank for net-charge-offs on CCBX loans and negative deposit accounts, except in accordance with the program agreement for one partner where the Company is responsible for credit losses on approximately 5% of a $321.3 million loan portfolio. At December 31, 2025, our portion of this portfolio represented $22.1 million in loans. Provision expense on these loans was $4.9 million and $6.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, with net charge-offs of $4.6 million in 2025 and $5.6 million in 2024. In 2025, $196.8 million of net-charge-offs were recognized for CCBX loans and $27,000 of net charge-offs were recognized for community bank loans. In 2024, $215.5 million of charge-offs were recognized for CCBX loans and $540,000 of net charge-offs were recognized for community bank loans.

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The following table show the total charge-off activity by segment for the periods indicated:

Noninterest Income

Our primary sources of recurring noninterest income are BaaS indemnification income, BaaS program income and service charges and fees. Noninterest income does not include loan origination fees, which are generally recognized over the life of the related loan as an adjustment to yield using the interest or similar method.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, noninterest income totaled $231.6 million, a decrease of $76.6 million, or (24.9)%, compared to $308.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease is largely attributed to lower BaaS indemnification income which is related to lower provision for credit losses on CCBX loans, partially offset by an increase of $9.4 million in BaaS program income.

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The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the major categories of noninterest income:

A description of our largest noninterest income categories are below:

BaaS Income. Our CCBX segment provides BaaS offerings that enable our digital financial service providers to offer their customers banking services. In exchange for providing these services, we earn fixed fees, volume-based fees and reimbursement of costs depending on the program agreement. Servicing and other BaaS fees are typically higher with new partners who have minimum contractual fees. Transaction and interchange fees increase as partner activity increases. As a result, we generally expect servicing and other fees to decrease and transaction and interchange fees to increase as partner activity grows and contracted minimum fees are replaced with recurring fees which then exceed the minimum contractual fees. Increases in BaaS reimbursement of fees offsets increases in noninterest expense from BaaS expenses covered by CCBX partners. In accordance with GAAP, we recognize the reimbursement of noncredit fraud losses on loans and deposits originated through partners and credit enhancements related to the allowance for credit losses and reserve for unfunded commitments provided by the partner as revenue in BaaS income. CCBX credit losses are recognized in the allowance for credit losses - loans, and fraud losses are expensed in noninterest expense under BaaS fraud expense. Also in accordance with GAAP, we establish a credit enhancement asset for expected future credit losses through the recognition of BaaS credit enhancement revenue at the same time we establish an allowance for those loans though a provision for credit losses - loans. For more information on the accounting for BaaS allowance for credit losses, reserve for unfunded commitments, credit enhancements and fraud enhancements see the section titled “CCBX – BaaS Reporting Information.”

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For the year ended December 31, 2025, we earned $225.2 million in BaaS fees, which was a decrease of $77.6 million, or 25.6%, over the year ended December 31, 2024, when we earned $302.7 million in BaaS fees. The decrease from the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily due to a decrease of $85.2 million in BaaS credit enhancements related to the allowance for credit losses and reserve for unfunded commitments and a decrease of $1.8 million in BaaS fraud enhancements, partially offset by an increase of $9.4 million in total BaaS fee program income, which was the result of increased partner activity.

Service Charges and Fees. Service charges and fees include service charges on accounts, point-of-sale fees, merchant services fees and overdraft fees. Together they constitute the largest component of our noninterest income, outside of BaaS fee income. Service charges and fees were $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, a decrease of $180,000, or 4.8%, from the prior year primarily due to decreases in point-of-sale fees of $194,000 partially offset by an increase in service charges on deposit accounts of $9,000.

The following table presents service charges and fees for the periods indicated:

Loan Referral Fees. We earn loan referral fees when we originate a variable rate loan and the borrower enters into an interest rate swap agreement with a third party to fix the interest rate for an extended period, usually 20 or 25 years. We recognize the loan referral fee for arranging the interest rate swap. By facilitating interest rate swaps to our clients, we are able to provide them with a long-term, fixed interest rate without assuming the interest rate risk. Interest rate volatility, swap rates, and the timing of loan closings all impact the demand for long-term fixed rate swaps. The recognition of loan referral fees fluctuates in response to these market conditions and as a result we may recognize more or less, or may not recognize any, loan referral fees in some periods. Current market conditions are making interest rate swap agreements less attractive in the higher rate environment. Loan referral fees were $0 for the year ended December 31, 2025, a decrease of $168,000, or 100.0%, from the year ended December 31, 2024. Interest rate volatility, swap rates, and the timing of loan closings all impact the demand for long-term fixed rate swaps.

Gain on Sale of Loans, net. Gain on sales of loans occurs when we sell certain CCBX loans to the originating partner, in accordance with partner agreements, however most partner loan sales are at par. Gain on sale of loans may also occur when we sell in the secondary market the guaranteed portion (generally 75% of the principal balance) of the SBA and U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) loans that we originate. This activity fluctuates based on SBA and USDA loan activity.

Unrealized gain (loss) on equity securities, net. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we recognized an unrealized loss on equity securities of $414,000, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, when we recognized a $27,000 unrealized holding gain on equity securities. We hold $3.3 million in equity securities focused on entities providing products to the BaaS and financial services space.

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Other. This category includes a variety of other income-producing activities, credit card fee income, wire transfer fees, interest earned on bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”), and SBA and USDA servicing fees. Other noninterest income increased $1.8 million, or 116.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, due in large part to the addition of sweep fee income in 2025.

Noninterest Expense

Generally, noninterest expense is composed of all employee expenses and costs associated with operating our facilities, obtaining and retaining customer relationships and providing bank services. The largest components of noninterest expense are BaaS loan and fraud expense combined and salaries and employee benefits. Noninterest expense also includes operational expenses, such as legal and professional expenses, data processing and software licenses, occupancy, point of sale expenses, FDIC assessments, director and staff expenses, excise taxes, marketing and other expenses.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, noninterest expense totaled $287.8 million, an increase of $41.5 million, or 16.8%, compared to $246.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Noninterest expense, excluding BaaS loan and BaaS fraud expense totaled $150.7 million and increased $32.8 million, or 27.8%. The $15.8 million increase in salaries and employee benefits, $4.7 million increase in legal and professional expenses and $8.0 million increase in data processing and software licenses are all related to growth and enhancements in technology all of which are related to the growth of the Company and investments in technology and risk management.

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the major categories of noninterest expense:

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Salaries and Employee Benefits. Salaries and employee benefits are the largest component of noninterest expense, excluding BaaS loan expense, and include payroll expense, incentive compensation costs, benefit plans, health insurance and payroll taxes. Salaries and employee benefits were $85.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, an increase of $15.8 million, or 22.7%, compared to $69.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Contributing to the year-over-year variance in salaries and employee benefits was $2.1 million of employee restructuring costs related to organizational changes, including severance and other termination-related expenses. These costs included approximately $2.5 million of non-recurring stock-based compensation associated with accelerated vesting and modification-date fair value adjustments of equity awards in connection with employee departures, partially offset by a $2.0 million credit to salaries and employee benefits due to the forfeiture of other equity awards. As our CCBX activities grow and we invest more in technology, we expect some continued growth in number of employees to support these lines of business but are also working to automate our processes to reduce and/or slow future growth in hiring.

Legal and Professional Expenses. Legal and professional costs include legal, audit and accounting expenses, consulting fees, and fees for recruiting and hiring employees. These expenses fluctuate with the development of contracts for CCBX customers, audit and accounting needs, and are impacted by our reporting cycle and timing of legal and professional services. The expenses also reflect the costs associated with our infrastructure enhancement projects to improve our processing, automate processes, reduce compliance costs and enhance our data management. Legal and professional expenses were $20.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $15.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, which is an increase of $4.7 million, or 30.6%.

Data Processing and Software Licenses. Data processing and software licenses include expenses related to obtaining and maintaining software required for our various functions and additional investments in software development and the amortization of those costs. Capitalized software totaled $17.3 million as of December 31, 2025, compared to $15.7 million as of December 31, 2024. Data processing costs include all of our customer transaction processing and data storage, computer processing, and network costs. Data processing costs grow as we grow and add new products, customers and branches and enhance technology. Additionally, CCBX data processing expenses and software that aids in the reporting of CCBX activities and monitoring of transactions that helps to automate and create other efficiencies in reporting have resulted in increased expenses in the category. These expenses are expected to increase as we invest more in automated processing and as we grow product lines and our CCBX segment. Amortization of capitalized software totaled $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Data processing costs were $23.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $15.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $8.0 million, or 52.0%.

Occupancy Expenses. Occupancy expenses were $4.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $56,000, or 1.4%. This category includes building, leasehold, furniture, fixtures and equipment depreciation totaling $1.5 million for years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Occupancy expenses include rent, utilities, janitorial and other maintenance expenses, property insurances and taxes. Also included is depreciation on building, leasehold, furniture, fixtures and equipment. Our hybrid and remote workforce has increased, which helps keep some occupancy expenses down, however we do expect occupancy expenses to increase as we continue to grow.

Director and Staff Expenses. Director and staff expenses includes compensation for director service, continuing education for employees and other director and staff related expenses. Expenses will fluctuate depending upon conferences and other professional events that are attended by employees as well as expenses related to employee travel, and continuing education. Director and staff expenses were $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $545,000, or 25.8%.

Excise Taxes. Excise taxes are assessed on Washington state income and are based on gross income. Gross income is reduced by certain allowed deductions, and income attributed to other states is also removed to arrive at the taxable base. Excise taxes increased primarily as a result of increased income subject to excise taxes. CCBX income is sourced to the state where the partner does business, and the majority of partners are located outside the state of Washington. The year-over-year $1.7 million increase is largely due to a $1.2 million refund recorded during the year ended December 31, 2024, for which there was no similar entry in 2025. Excise taxes were $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $1.7 million, or 147.4%.

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Marketing. Marketing and promotion costs were $631,000 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $162,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $469,000, or 289.5%. Marketing and promotion costs will vary depending upon the deployment of branding and targeted advertising for the community bank and CCBX. We expect costs to increase as we expand our marketing plan.

Other. This category includes dues and memberships, office supplies, mail services, telephone, examination fees, internal loan expenses, services charges from banks, operational losses, directors and officer’s insurance, donations and other expenses. Other noninterest expense increased to $7.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $6.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $1.0 million, or 15.5%. Contributing to the increase was the $700,000 recognition of a payable related to the settlement of an employment-related matter.

BaaS loan and fraud expense. Our CCBX segment provides BaaS offerings that enable our digital financial service providers to offer their customers banking services. Included in BaaS loan and fraud expense is partner loan expense including overdraft balances and BaaS fraud expense. Partner loan expense represents the amount paid or payable to partners for credit enhancements, fraud enhancements and servicing CCBX loans. BaaS fraud expense represents noncredit fraud losses on loans and deposits originated through partners. Fraud losses are recorded when incurred as losses in noninterest expense, and the reimbursement from the CCBX partner is recorded in noninterest income, resulting in a net impact of zero to the income statement. For the year ended December 31, 2025, BaaS loan and fraud expense was $137.1 million, compared to $128.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 as a result of increased partner activity. For more information on the accounting for BaaS loan and fraud expenses see the section titled “CCBX – BaaS Reporting Information.”

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the BaaS loan and fraud expenses:

Income Tax Expense

The amount of income tax expense we incur is impacted by the amounts of our pre-tax income, tax-exempt income and other nondeductible expenses. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected at current income tax rates in effect for the period in which the deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company is subject to various state taxes that are assessed as CCBX activities and employees expand into new states, which increases the overall tax rate used in calculating the provision for income taxes in the current and future periods.

On July 4, 2025, the President signed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act, (the "Act") into law. The legislation includes several changes to federal tax law that generally allow for more favorable deductibility of certain business expenses beginning in 2025, including the restoration of immediate expensing of domestic R&D expenditures, reinstatement of 100% bonus depreciation, and more favorable rules for determining the limitation on business interest expense. The Act also made certain changes to the deductibility of the cost of meals and charitable contributions that are effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2025. The Company is taking advantage of the immediate deductibility of R&D expenditures, which has positively impacted the tax provision and resulted in a deferred tax liability as of December 31, 2025.

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Year Ended December 31, 2025, Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2024. For the year ended December 31, 2025, income tax expense totaled $14.3 million, compared to $12.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Our effective tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, was 23.3% and 21.1%, respectively. The $2.2 million increase in income tax expense was largely due to an increase in the state income tax rate used to calculate provision for income taxes and higher net income before income taxes. The deductibility of certain equity awards also impacts income tax expense.

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Segment Information

Based on the criteria of ASC 280, Segment Reporting, we have identified three segments: the community bank, CCBX and treasury & administration. The primary focus of the community bank is on providing a wide range of banking products and services to consumers and small to medium sized businesses in the broader Puget Sound region in the state of Washington and through the Internet and our mobile banking application. We currently operate 14 full-service banking locations, 12 of which are located in Snohomish County, where we are the largest community bank by deposit market share, and two of which are located in neighboring counties (one in King County and one in Island County). We also have a loan production office which is located in King county. The CCBX segment provides banking as a service (“BaaS”) that allows our digital financial service partners to offer their customers banking services. The CCBX segment had 28 relationships, at varying stages, including one signed letter of intent as of December 31, 2025. The treasury & administration segment includes treasury management, overall administration and all other aspects of the Company.

The Company’s reported segments and the financial information of the reported segments are not necessarily comparable with similar information reported by other financial institutions. Additionally, because of the interrelationships of the various segments, the information presented is not indicative of how the segments would perform if they operated as independent entities. Changes in management structure or allocation methodologies and procedures may result in future changes to previously reported segment financial data. The Company continues to evaluate its methodology on allocating items to the Company’s various segments to support strategic business decisions by the Company’s executive leadership. The difference in total loans receivable and total deposits in the community bank and CCBX segments is recorded on the balance sheet of each segment as an intrabank asset or intrabank liability, with the treasury & administration segment as the offset to those entries. Income and expenses that are specific to a segment are directly posted to each segment. Additionally, certain indirect expenses are allocated to each segment utilizing various metrics, such as number of employees, utilization of space, and allocations based on loan and deposit balances. We have implemented a transfer pricing process that credits or charges the community bank and CCBX segments with intrabank interest income or expense for the difference in average loans and average deposits, with the treasury & administration segment as the offset for those entries. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in “Note 1 – Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this report.

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The following table presents summary financial information for each segment for the periods indicated:

Community Bank

Community bank total assets as of December 31, 2025 increased $61.0 million, or 3.2%, to $1.96 billion, compared to $1.90 billion as of December 31, 2024. Loans receivable net of deferred fees for the community bank segment increased $59.0 million, or 3.1%, to $1.94 billion as of December 31, 2025, compared to $1.88 billion as of December 31, 2024. The increase in community bank loans receivable is the result of loan growth and normal balance fluctuations. Total community bank deposits increased $65.1 million, or 4.28%, as of December 31, 2025, compared to $1.52 billion as of December 31, 2024. Our cost of deposits for the community bank was 1.71% for the year ended December 31, 2025.

CCBX

CCBX total assets as of December 31, 2025 increased $497.1 million, or 23.7%, to $2.60 billion, compared to $2.10 billion as of December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2025, $6.69 billion in CCBX loans were transferred to loans held for sale, with $6.64 billion in loans sold and $71.2 million loans remaining in loans held for sale as of December 31, 2025 compared to $20.6 million at December 31, 2024. We continue to reposition ourselves by managing CCBX credit and concentration levels in an effort to optimize our loan portfolio earnings and generate off balance sheet fee income. We retain a portion of the fee income for our role in processing transactions on sold credit card balances. This is expected to provide an on-going and recurring revenue stream without the additional on balance sheet risk. Total CCBX loans receivable increased $204.0 million, or 12.7%, to $1.81 billion as of December 31, 2025, compared to $1.60 billion as of December 31, 2024. The increase in loans receivable is the result of increased activity with CCBX partners, net of $6.64 billion in loan sales. As a result of an increase in the difference of average

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deposits compared to average loans the intrabank asset increased $221.8 million to $633.6 million as of December 31, 2025, compared to $411.8 million as of December 31, 2024. CCBX allowance for credit losses decreased to $151.3 million as of December 31, 2025, compared to $158.1 million as of December 31, 2024. The decrease in the allowance is due to an improvement in the performance of the CCBX portfolio and our focus on originating higher quality CCBX loans resulting in lower historical loss factors. As we continue to originate higher quality loans, these become a greater proportion of the CCBX portfolio, resulting in an improvement in expected losses and a reduced allowance. CCBX partner agreements provide for credit enhancements that cover $192.2 million, or 97.7%, of the charge-offs on CCBX loans for the year ended December 31, 2025. CCBX partners bear most of the responsibility for credit losses incurred which consequently gives them a vested interest in the performance of the portfolio. We believe that this alignment of interests ensures that CCBX partners are motivated to implement robust risk management practices and maintain the overall health of the portfolio. Total CCBX deposits increased $493.8 million, or 23.9%, to $2.56 billion, compared to $2.06 billion as of December 31, 2024, primarily as a result of growth within the CCBX relationships and new partnerships. This does not include an additional $843.6 million in CCBX deposits that were transferred off balance sheet to provide for increased FDIC insurance coverage to certain customers, compared to $273.2 million as of December 31, 2024.

Treasury & administration total assets as of December 31, 2025 increased $62.1 million, or 49.9%, to $186.7 million, compared to $124.6 million as of December 31, 2024, primarily due to an increase in cash and due from banks. Total securities increased $926,000, or 2.0%, to $48.2 million as of December 31, 2025, compared to $47.3 million as of December 31, 2024, due to the purchase of CRA securities, partially offset by principal repayments on securities. Total borrowings were $48.0 million as of both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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The following table presents summary financial information for each segment for the periods indicated.

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