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Triumph Financial, Inc.Financials · State Commercial Banks · CIK 1539638 · FY ends Dec 31
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TFIN · 10-K · period ended 2024-12-31

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, future events and our financial performance. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “predict,” “potential,” “believe,” “will likely result,” “expect,” “continue,” “will,” “anticipate,” “seek,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “projection,” “would” and “outlook,” or the negative version of those words or other comparable of a future or forward-looking nature. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs and certain assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. Accordingly, we caution you that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, actual results may prove to be materially different from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

There are or will be important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following:

•business and economic conditions generally and in the bank and non-bank financial services industries, nationally and within our local market areas;

•our ability to mitigate our risk exposures;

•our ability to maintain our historical earnings trends;

•changes in management personnel;

•interest rate risk;

•concentration of our products and services in the transportation industry;

•credit risk associated with our loan portfolio;

•lack of seasoning in our loan portfolio;

•deteriorating asset quality and higher loan charge-offs;

•time and effort necessary to resolve nonperforming assets;

•inaccuracy of the assumptions and estimates we make in establishing reserves for probable loan losses and other estimates;

•risks related to the integration of acquired businesses and any future acquisitions;

•our ability to successfully identify and address the risks associated with our possible future acquisitions, and the risks that our prior and possible future acquisitions make it more difficult for investors to evaluate our business, financial condition and results of operations, and impairs our ability to accurately forecast our future performance;

•lack of liquidity;

•fluctuations in the fair value and liquidity of the securities we hold for sale;

•impairment of investment securities, goodwill, other intangible assets or deferred tax assets;

•our risk management strategies;

•environmental liability associated with our lending activities;

•increased competition in the bank and non-bank financial services industries, nationally, regionally or locally, which may adversely affect pricing and terms;

•the accuracy of our financial statements and related disclosures;

•material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting;

•system failures or failures to prevent breaches of our network security;

•the institution and outcome of litigation and other legal proceedings against us or to which we become subject;

•changes in carry-forwards of net operating losses;

•changes in federal tax law or policy;

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•the impact of recent and future legislative and regulatory changes, including changes in banking, securities and tax laws and regulations, such as the Dodd-Frank Act and their application by our regulators as well as privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence regulation and oversight;

•governmental monetary and fiscal policies;

•changes in the scope and cost of FDIC, insurance and other coverages;

•failure to receive regulatory approval for future acquisitions; and

•increases in our capital requirements.

The foregoing factors should not be construed as exhaustive. If one or more events related to these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from what we anticipate. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict which will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This section presents management’s perspective on our financial condition and results of operations. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. To the extent that this discussion describes prior performance, the descriptions relate only to the periods listed, which may not be indicative of our future financial outcomes. In addition to historical information, this discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause results to differ materially from management’s expectations. See the “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” section above.

Overview

We are a financial holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas and registered under the Bank Holding Company Act, that offers a diversified line of banking, factoring, payments, and intelligence services. Our principal subsidiary is TBK Bank, SSB, a Texas state savings bank and the entity through which we offer substantially all of our products and services. Effective January, 1, 2025, we merged Triumph Financial Services LLC, the entity though which we previously conducted all of our factoring operations, with and into TBK Bank, SSB. As of December 31, 2024, we had consolidated total assets of $5.949 billion, total loans held for investment of $4.547 billion, total deposits of $4.821 billion and total stockholders’ equity of $890.9 million.

We offer traditional banking services, commercial lending product lines focused on businesses that require specialized financial solutions and national lending product lines that further diversify our lending operations. Our banking operations commenced in 2010 and include a branch network developed through organic growth and acquisition, including concentrations the front range of Colorado, the Quad Cities market in Iowa and Illinois and a full service branch in Dallas, Texas. Our traditional banking offerings include a full suite of lending and deposit products and services. These activities are focused on our local market areas and some products are offered on a nationwide basis. They generate a stable source of core deposits and a diverse asset base to support our overall operations. Our asset-based lending and equipment lending products are offered on a nationwide basis and generate attractive returns. Additionally, we offer mortgage warehouse lending and purchase liquid credit lending products on a nationwide basis to provide further asset base diversification and our mortgage warehouse lending generates stable deposits. Our Banking products and services share basic processes and have similar economic characteristics.

In addition to our traditional banking operations, we also operate a factoring business focused primarily on serving the over-the-road trucking industry. This business involves the provision of working capital to the trucking industry through the purchase of invoices generated by small to medium sized trucking fleets ("Carriers") at a discount to provide immediate working capital to such Carriers. In 2024, our factoring business also launched its Factoring as a Service ("FaaS") product. As part of our FaaS product, we offer certain back-office factoring services to the over-the-road transportation industry, enabling our FaaS customers to either supplement their own factoring operations or to offer factoring services to their customers wholly supported by our platform. Our factoring business operates in a highly specialized niche with unique processes and earns substantially higher yields on its factored accounts receivable portfolio than our other lending products described above.

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Our payments business, TriumphPay, is a payments network for the over-the-road trucking industry. TriumphPay was originally designed as a platform to manage Carrier payments for third party logistics companies, or 3PLs ("Brokers") and the manufacturers and other businesses that contract directly for the shipment of goods (“Shippers”), with a focus on increasing on-balance sheet factored receivable transactions through the offering of quick pay transactions for Carriers receiving such payments through the TriumphPay platform. During 2021, TriumphPay acquired HubTran, Inc., a software platform that offers workflow solutions for the processing and approval of Carrier Invoices for approval by Brokers or purchase by the factoring businesses providing working capital to Carriers ("Factors"). Following such acquisition, the TriumphPay strategy shifted from a capital-intensive on-balance sheet product with a greater focus on interest income to a network for the trucking industry with an additional focus on fee revenue. TriumphPay connects Brokers, Shippers, Factors and Carriers through forward-thinking solutions that help each party successfully manage the life cycle of invoice presentment for services provided by Carrier through the processing and audit of such invoice to its ultimate payment to the Carrier or the Factor providing working capital to such Carrier. During 2024, we introduced our LoadPay product; a digital bank account developed for Carriers. LoadPay provides a user experience and financial products, including small business checking accounts, tailored to the financial needs of the small trucking companies that are the ultimate payees inside of the TriumphPay network. A key feature of the LoadPay product is our ability to rapidly fund invoices approved for payment through the TriumphPay network or approved for purchase as part of our factoring operations to the LoadPay account without the need for such payments to be processed through traditional payment rails such as ACH transfers. TriumphPay offers supply chain finance to Brokers, allowing them to pay their Carriers faster and drive Carrier loyalty. TriumphPay provides tools and services to increase automation, mitigate fraud, create back-office efficiency and improve the payment experience. TriumphPay also operates in a highly specialized niche with unique processes and key performance indicators.

Our data intelligence business, which we call Intelligence, was launched at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2024 to turn the over-the-road trucking data collected through our services into actionable insights for our customers. This launch coincided with our acquisition of Isometric Technologies Inc., a company that provides service and performance scoring and benchmarking capabilities to the over-the-road trucking industry. Data has the ability to drive efficiency, enhance decision-making, and enable Shippers, Brokers, and Carriers to operate more profitably in a very competitive over-the-road trucking market. With our access to data from our TriumphPay network and other sources, we believe we can develop products and services to offer to logistics service providers, allowing them to better plan for peak periods, competitively source freight capacity, and allocate resources efficiently, thus improving their profitability. Going forward, Intelligence will operate in a highly specialized niche with unique processes and key performance indicators.

At December 31, 2024, our business is primarily focused on providing financial services to participants in the for-hire trucking ecosystem in the United States, including Brokers, Shippers, Factors and Carriers. Within such ecosystem, we operate our TriumphPay payments platform, which connects such parties to streamline and optimize the presentment, audit and payment of transportation invoices. We also act as capital provider to the Carrier industry through our factoring subsidiary, Triumph Financial Services. We have begun to offer data services through our Intelligence offerings. Our traditional banking operations provide stable, low cost deposits to support our operations, a diversified lending portfolio to add stability to our balance sheet, and a suite of traditional banking products and services to participants in the for-hire trucking ecosystem to deepen our relationship with such clients.

We have determined our reportable segments are Banking, Factoring, Payments and Intelligence. For the year ended December 31, 2024, our Banking segment generated 60% of our total segment revenue (comprised of interest and noninterest income), our Factoring segment generated 30% of our total segment revenue, our Payments segment generated 10% of our total segment revenue, and our Intelligence segment generated less than 1% of our total segment revenue.

2024 Overview

Net income available to common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $12.9 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, compared to net income available to common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2023 of $37.9 million, or $1.61 per diluted share. For the year ended December 31, 2024, our return on average common equity was 1.53% and our return on average assets was 0.28%.

At December 31, 2024, we had total assets of $5.949 billion, including gross loans of $4.547 billion, compared to $5.347 billion of total assets and $4.163 billion of gross loans at December 31, 2023. Total loans increased $383.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. Our Banking loans, which constitute 73% of our total loan portfolio at December 31, 2024, increased from $3.046 billion in aggregate as of December 31, 2023 to $3.340 billion as of December 31, 2024, an increase of 9.6%. Our Factoring factored receivables, which constitute 23% of our total loan portfolio at December 31, 2024, increased from $0.942 billion in aggregate as of December 31, 2023 to $1.033 billion as of December 31, 2024, an increase of 9.7%. Our Payments factored receivables, which constitute 4% of our total loan portfolio at December 31, 2024, decreased from $174.7 million in aggregate as of December 31, 2023 to $171.7 million as of December 31, 2024, a decrease of 1.8%.

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At December 31, 2024, we had total liabilities of $5.058 billion, including total deposits of $4.821 billion, compared to $4.483 billion of total liabilities and $3.977 billion of total deposits at December 31, 2023. Deposits increased $843.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2024.

At December 31, 2024, we had total stockholders' equity of $890.9 million. During the year ended December 31, 2024, total stockholders’ equity increased $26.5 million. Capital ratios remained strong with Tier 1 capital and total capital to risk weighted assets ratios of 13.06% and 15.23%, respectively, at December 31, 2024.

The total dollar value of invoices purchased by Triumph Financial Services during the year ended December 31, 2024 was $10.370 billion with an average invoice size of $1,786. The transportation average invoice size for the year was $1,750. This compares to invoice purchase volume of $10.837 billion with an average invoice size of $1,862 and average transportation invoice size of $1,810 during the same period a year ago.

TriumphPay processed 24.8 million invoices paying Carriers a total of $27.784 billion during the year ended December 31, 2024. This compares to processed volume of 19.5 million invoices for a total of $21.518 billion during the year ended December 31, 2023.

2024 Items of Note

Isometric Technologies Inc

On December 1, 2024, we acquired Isometric Technologies Inc. ("ISO"), a freight technology company, for $10.0 million in cash. Isometric Technologies provides service and performance scoring and benchmarking capabilities to the over-the-road trucking industry.

For further information on the above transactions see Note 2 – Business Combinations and Divestitures in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Triumph Financial Headquarters Purchase

On March 20, 2024, we purchased a building in Dallas, TX that will be the future headquarters for Triumph Financial. The purchase price, including direct costs, was $54.6 million with approximately $51.7 million allocated to land and building and $2.9 million allocated to lease-related intangibles.

Items related to our July 2020 acquisition of TFS

As disclosed on our SEC Forms 8-K filed on July 8, 2020 and September 23, 2020, we acquired the transportation factoring assets of TFS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. ("Covenant"), and subsequently amended the terms of that transaction. There were no material developments related to that transaction that impacted our operating results for the year ended December 31, 2024.

At December 31, 2024, the carrying value of the acquired over-formula advances was $1.4 million, the total reserve on acquired over-formula advances was $1.4 million and the balance of our indemnification asset, the value of the payment that would be due to us from Covenant in the event that these over-advances are charged off, was $0.7 million.

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As of December 31, 2024, we carry a separate receivable (the “Misdirected Payments”) payable by the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) arising from accounts factored to the largest over-formula advance carrier. The balance of such Misdirected Payments, net of customer reserves, was $19.4 million at December 31, 2024. This amount is separate from the acquired Over-Formula Advances. The amounts represented by this receivable were paid by the USPS directly to such customer in contravention of notices of assignment delivered to, and previously honored by, the USPS, which amount was then not remitted back to us by such customer as required. The USPS disputes their obligation to make such payment, citing purported deficiencies in the notices delivered to them. We have commenced litigation in the United States Court of Federal Claims against the USPS seeking a ruling that the USPS was obligated to make the payments represented by this receivable directly to us. Based on our legal analysis and discussions with our counsel advising us on this matter, we continue to believe it is probable that we will prevail in such action and that the USPS will have the capacity to make payment on such receivable. Consequently, we have not reserved for such balance as of December 31, 2024. The full amount of such receivable is reflected in non-performing and past due factored receivables as of December 31, 2024 in accordance with our policy. As of December 31, 2024, the entire Misdirected Payments amount was greater than 90 days past due.

2023 Items of Note

Equity Investment

On June 22, 2023 we made a $9.7 million minority investment in Trax Group, Inc. ("Trax"), a leader in transportation spend management solutions. The investment in Trax is accounted for as an equity investment without a readily determinable fair value measured under the measurement alternative and is included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheet.

Accelerated Share Repurchase and Stock Repurchase Program

On February 1, 2023, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement to repurchase $70.0 million of our common stock. The ASR was part of our previously announced plan to repurchase up to $100.0 million of our common stock and was within the remaining amount authorized by our Board of Directors pursuant to such plan. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, we received an initial delivery of 961,373 common shares representing approximately 80% of the expected total to be repurchased. On April 28, 2023, the ASR was completed and we received an additional delivery of 247,954 common shares.

Macroeconomic Considerations

As a business operating in the bank and non-bank financial services industries, our business and operations are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States. If the U.S. economy weakens, our growth and profitability from our operations, including lending and deposit services, could be constrained.

During 2022 and the early part of 2023, the U.S. experienced decades-high inflation and a rising interest rate environment not seen in several years. The rate of inflation slowed during the latter part of 2023 and throughout 2024. That said, the impacts of prior inflation and the looming threat of further inflation, whether caused by monetary policy, tariffs, or other factors, could make it more difficult for our borrowers to repay their loans, potentially leading to increased delinquencies, increased volume of loan modifications, and financial losses for the Company. In terms of our borrowers' repayment of loans, we experienced some of these effects during 2023 and 2024, particularly in our commercial real estate and equipment finance portfolios. This resulted in an increase in the volume of loan modifications, including modifications made to troubled borrowers. At current rates, we believe that our borrowers have incentives to work constructively with us toward viable long-term solutions and our approach is to be both proactive and patient with them in an effort to minimize loan losses. Additionally, while interest rates in the macro economy were relatively flat throughout 2024, further increases in such rates could incentivize our depositors to seek higher yielding products, which could result in some deposit run-off, and our ability to retain or grow our deposit base could be hindered by higher market interest rates in the future. See Item 7A. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for a discussion of the Company's Asset/Liability Management and Interest Rate Risk. Additionally, increased rates on our borrowers' variable rate loans could lead to increased delinquencies, increased volume of loan modifications, and financial losses for the Company.

The Company did experience the direct impact of inflation and rising costs in the form of higher salaries, general and administrative costs due to wage inflation and price increases throughout the 2023 and 2024. While such impact was softer during 2024 than 2023 and the Company has not yet experienced any material adverse effects, the prolonged impact of a higher interest rate environment and resumed inflation could cause the Company to experience adverse effects on its business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows that are not possible to predict at December 31, 2024.

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We define liquidity as our ability to generate sufficient cash to fund current loan demand, deposit withdrawals, or other cash demands and disbursement needs, and otherwise to operate on an ongoing basis. During the early part of 2023, the financial services industry faced a liquidity challenge that resulted in the failure of a handful of financial institutions. We manage liquidity at the holding company level as well as that of our bank subsidiary. The management of liquidity at both levels is important, because the holding company and our bank subsidiary have different funding needs and sources, and each is subject to regulatory guidelines and requirements which require minimum levels of liquidity. We believe that our liquidity ratios meet or exceed those guidelines and our present position is adequate to meet our current and future liquidity needs. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below for discussion of our capital resources and liquidity management.

Given the nature of the Company's operations, supply chain disruptions, whether caused by tariffs, the wildfires in California, or otherwise, do not have a direct impact on the Company; however, such disruptions could make it more difficult for our borrowers to repay their loans, potentially leading to increased delinquencies, increased volume of loan modifications, and financial losses for the Company. We did not experience such adverse effects during the year ended December 31, 2024. Supply chain disruptions most prominently impact our trucking transportation and factoring operations discussed in terms of trucking volume in the following section. While the Company has not yet experienced any material adverse effects, the prolonged impact or increased intensity of supply chain disruptions could cause the Company to experience adverse effects on its business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows that are not possible to predict at December 31, 2024.

While economic conditions in foreign countries, including impacts related to the war in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East, and tensions in U.S.-China relations, could affect the stability of global financial markets, which could hinder U.S. economic growth, we did not experience a financial impact due to such conditions during the year ended December 31, 2024. While the Company has not yet experienced any material adverse effects, the prolonged impact of such conflicts, or other global economic events, could cause the Company to experience adverse effects on its business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows that are not possible to predict at December 31, 2024.

Trucking Transportation and Factoring

The largest driver of changes in revenue at our Factoring segment is fluctuation in the freight markets, particularly in brokered freight, which is priced largely off the spot market (a reflection of real-time balance of carrier supply and shipper demand in the market) and subject to variability in diesel prices. The softness in freight during 2023 was a combination of falling volumes and excess capacity and such softness continued throughout 2024. In recent quarters, average rates per mile have decreased and returned spot rates to levels last seen in 2019. For the spot rate market, the drop was a little higher than the drop in diesel prices over the same period. Throughout much of 2023 and into 2024, spot rates had fallen below the cost per mile to operate for many carriers. As a result, we have observed a number of small and medium-sized trucking companies either leave the market by signing on with larger carriers or electing to sell their fleets or companies and move on to other endeavors, though the pace of these exits has slowed recently. The confluence of these circumstances has resulted in a steady decline in invoice prices and costs of new and used equipment. Such invoice prices and costs of new and used equipment remained consistently below recent years throughout the latter half of 2023 and all of 2024. This has put pressure on the revenue of our Factoring segment as well as our equipment finance borrowers, resulting in increased equipment finance delinquencies and loan modifications. Equipment finance losses have been manageable, but continued softness in the freight markets could cause the Company to experience adverse effects on its business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows that are not possible to predict at December 31, 2024.

Though the transportation factoring industry continues to fight headwinds due to higher cost of capital and lower average invoices, we have sufficient access to capital, manageable funding costs, and an ability to diversify factoring income. We continue to focus our efforts on technology initiatives to be more efficient, support the enterprise, and enhance our customer experience while delivering various products to strengthen our clients throughout their business lifecycle. Our plan is for managed growth in our factoring segment with a greater emphasis on enhancing efficiency and profitability. These plans may include use of new technology tools, including those that integrate artificial intelligence capabilities.

Climate Change

Refer to Item 1. Business for background as it relates to the Company and climate change.

There have been significant completed and pending developments in federal and state legislation and regulation regarding climate change in recent years. Given our size and the nature of our business, the incurred direct impact and expected future direct impact of climate-related regulation is not material, nor expected to be material, to our business, financial condition, or results of operations. Further, we have not experienced any physical effects of climate change on our operations and results.

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We recognize that, while not material to our operations to-date, indirect consequences of climate-related regulation could exist that might be associated with our lending to certain types of customers who engage in activity that some could deem potentially harmful to the environment. The Company notes that the climate change landscape is constantly evolving and at this time, it is not possible for us to know or predict the full universe or extent that these indirect effects will have on the Company's future operations.

While programs and initiatives focused on sustainability and resource conservation have been put in place by the Company, there have been no material past capital expenditures for climate-related projects. We do not plan to have material future capital expenditures for climate-related projects at this time. Additionally, we have not incurred any material compliance costs related to climate change.

Financial Highlights

The following table shows selected financial data for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2024:

As of and for the years ended December 31,

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 2024 2023 2022

Income Statement Data:

Balance Sheet Data:

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As of and for the years ended December 31,

Per Share Data:

Basic earnings per common share $ 0.55 $ 1.63 $ 4.06

Diluted earnings per common share $ 0.54 $ 1.61 $ 3.96

Performance ratios:

Return on average total equity 1.81 % 4.80 % 11.46 %

Return on average common equity 1.53 % 4.67 % 11.69 %

Return on average tangible common equity (1) 2.20 % 6.91 % 17.16 %

Cost of interest -bearing deposits 2.18 % 1.37 % 0.38 %

Net noninterest expense to average assets 5.43 % 5.58 % 4.48 %

Asset Quality ratios(3):

Nonperforming loans to total loans 2.49 % 1.65 % 1.17 %

Nonperforming assets to total assets 2.02 % 1.42 % 1.02 %

Net charge-offs to average loans 0.31 % 0.47 % 0.14 %

Capital ratios:

Common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets 11.40 % 11.94 % 12.73 %

Total capital to risk-weighted assets 15.23 % 16.75 % 17.66 %

Total stockholders' equity to total assets 14.98 % 16.17 % 16.67 %

Tangible common stockholders' equity ratio (1) 10.33 % 11.04 % 11.41 %

(1)The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s operational performance and to enhance investors’ overall understanding of such financial performance. The non-GAAP measures used by the Company include the following:

•“Common stockholders’ equity” is defined as total stockholders’ equity at end of period less the liquidation preference value of the preferred stock.

•“Tangible common stockholders’ equity” is defined as common stockholders’ equity less goodwill and other intangible assets.

•“Total tangible assets” is defined as total assets less goodwill and other intangible assets.

•“Tangible book value per share” is defined as tangible common stockholders’ equity divided by total common shares outstanding. This measure is important to investors interested in changes from period-to-period in book value per share exclusive of changes in intangible assets.

•“Tangible common stockholders’ equity ratio” is defined as the ratio of tangible common stockholders’ equity divided by total tangible assets. We believe that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in relative changes from period-to period in common equity and total assets, each exclusive of changes in intangible assets.

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•“Return on average tangible common equity” is defined as net income available to common stockholders divided by average tangible common stockholders’ equity.

(2)Performance ratios include discount accretion on purchased loans for the periods presented as follows:

For the years ended December 31,

(3)Asset quality ratios exclude loans held for sale.

GAAP Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We believe the non-GAAP financial measures included above provide useful information to management and investors that is supplementary to our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows computed in accordance with GAAP; however, we acknowledge that our non-GAAP financial measures have a number of limitations. The following reconciliation table provides a more detailed analysis of the non-GAAP financial measures:

As of and for the years ended December 31,

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 2024 2023 2022

Tangible common stockholders' equity ratio 10.33 % 11.04 % 11.41 %

Return on average tangible common equity 2.19 % 6.91 % 17.16 %

Net noninterest expense to average assets ratio:

Net noninterest expense to average assets ratio 5.43 % 5.58 % 4.48 %

Results of Operations

For discussion of the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared with the year ended December 31, 2022, see Triumph Financial’s 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2024.

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Fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 compared with year ended December 31, 2023

Net Income

We earned net income of $16.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $41.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $25.0 million.

For the Years Ended December 31,

(Dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 $ Change % Change

Details of the changes in the various components of net income are further discussed below.

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Net Interest Income

Our operating results depend primarily on our net interest income, which is the difference between interest income on interest-earning assets, including loans and securities, and interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities, including deposits and other borrowed funds. Interest rate fluctuations, as well as changes in the amount and type of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, combine to affect net interest income. Our net interest income is affected by changes in the amount and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, referred to as a “volume change.” It is also affected by changes in yields earned on interest-earning assets and rates paid on interest-bearing deposits and other borrowed funds, referred to as a “rate change.”

The following table presents the distribution of average assets, liabilities and equity, as well as interest income and fees earned on average interest-earning assets and interest expense paid on average interest-bearing liabilities:

For the years ended December 31,

Interest-earning assets:

Noninterest-earning assets:

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Deposits:

Noninterest-bearing liabilities and equity:

1.Balance totals include respective nonaccrual assets.

2.Net interest spread is the yield on average interest-earning assets less the rate on interest-bearing liabilities.

3.Net interest margin is the ratio of net interest income to average interest-earning assets.

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The following table presents loan yields earned on our loan portfolios:

For the Years Ended December 31,

We earned net interest income of $350.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $368.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $17.6 million, or 4.8%, primarily driven by the following factors.

Interest income increased $0.1 million, or 0.0%, and was relatively flat due to the following items. Yields across all of our broad interest earning asset categories increased with the exception of loans. We experienced an increase in total average interest earning assets of $242.7 million, or 5.1%, including increases of $214.7 million and $55.8 million of cash and cash equivalents and taxable securities, respectively. That said, we experienced a decrease in average total loans of $16.6 million, or 0.4%. The average balance of our higher yielding Factoring factored receivables decreased $40.3 million, or 3.9%, and we experienced an increase in average Payments factored receivables. The decrease in average Factoring factored receivables and the increase in average Payments factored receivables was impacted by our decision to move supply chain financing receivables from our Factoring segment to our Payments segment at the end of the second quarter 2023. Average Banking loans increased $15.1 million, or 0.5%, due to increases in the average balances of commercial real estate and construction and development loans, partially offset by decreases in commercial and mortgage warehouse loans. Interest income from our Banking loans is impacted by our lower yielding mortgage warehouse lending product. The average mortgage warehouse lending balance was $739.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $763.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. A component of interest income consists of discount accretion on acquired loan portfolios and acquired liquid credit loans. We recognized discount accretion on purchased loans of $2.8 million and $5.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Interest expense increased $17.7 million, or 32.6%, due to increased average rates on interest bearing liabilities discussed below. The increase in interest expense was partially offset by a decrease in average interest bearing liabilities of $2.2 million, or 0.1%; however, average total interest bearing deposits increased $75.4 million, or 3.0%, including an increased average balance of higher-cost brokered time deposits. Average noninterest bearing demand deposits decreased $266.5 million.

Net interest margin decreased to 6.95% for the year ended December 31, 2024 from 7.67% for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of 72 basis points, or 9.4%.

The decrease in our net interest margin was primarily driven by an increase in our average cost of interest bearing liabilities of 62 basis points. This increase in average cost was caused by generally higher interest rates paid on our interest-bearing liabilities driven by changes in interest rates in the macro economy.

The decrease in our net interest margin was impacted by a decrease in yield on our interest earning assets of 42 basis points to 8.38% for the year ended December 31, 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by lower yields on loans, which decreased 33 basis points to 8.87% for the same period. Factoring yield was relatively flat period over period, but average Factoring factored receivables as a percentage of the total loan portfolio decreased slightly, which had a downward impact on total loan yield. Our transportation factoring balances, which generate a higher yield than our non-transportation factoring balances, were flat as a percentage of the overall factoring portfolio to 97% at December 31, 2024 compared to 97% at December 31, 2023. Banking yield decreased slightly and Payments yield increased slightly period over period. Non-loan yields increased period over period.

Our mortgage warehouse business has nearly self-funded for several quarters due to the servicing deposits of its customers. The average balance of such deposits was $587.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. These deposits are noninterest bearing deposits on our balance sheet. Despite their classification, many of these deposits are not truly free of cost as our clients are compensated for these balances in the form of an earnings interest rebate rather than deposit interest. As a result, such noninterest bearing deposits decrease our loan yield rather than increase our deposit rates. It is important to note that our net interest margin is not affected by this arrangement. During the year ended December 31, 2024, these deposits decreased our overall yield on loans by 60 bps and our overall cost of deposits and cost of funds would have been 56 bps and 53 bps higher, respectively.

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Changes in net interest income due to changes in rates and volume. The following table shows the effects changes in average balances (volume) and average interest rates (rate) had on the interest earned in our interest-earning assets and the interest incurred on our interest-bearing liabilities for the periods indicated.For purposes of this table, changes attributable to both rate and volume which cannot be segregated have been allocated to volume.

Years Ended

Increase (Decrease) Due to: Increase (Decrease) Due to:

(Dollars in thousands) Rate Volume Net Change Rate Volume Net Change

Interest-earning assets:

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Other borrowings — — — (4) — (4)

Credit Loss Expense

Credit loss expense is the amount of expense that, based on our judgment, is required to maintain the allowances for credit losses (“ACL”) at an appropriate level under the current expected credit loss model. The determination of the amount of the allowance is complex and involves a high degree of judgment and subjectivity. Refer to Note 1 of the notes to the financial statements for detailed discussion regarding ACL methodologies for available for sale debt securities, held to maturity securities and loans held for investment.

The following table presents the major categories of credit loss expense (benefit):

(Dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 $ Change % Change $ Change % Change

Credit loss expense (benefit) on:

Available for sale securities — — — — — % — — %

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Regarding available for sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company evaluates the securities at each measurement date to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (impairment) is due to credit-related factors or noncredit-related factors. Any impairment that is not credit related is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an ACL on the balance sheet, limited to the amount by which the amortized cost basis exceeds the fair value, with a corresponding adjustment to earnings via credit loss expense. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company determined that all impaired available for sale securities experienced a decline in fair value below the amortized cost basis due to noncredit-related factors. Therefore, the Company carried no ACL at those respective dates and there was no credit loss expense recognized by the Company during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

The ACL on held to maturity securities is estimated at each measurement date on a collective basis by major security type. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company’s held to maturity ("HTM") securities consisted of three investments in the subordinated notes of collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) funds. Expected credit losses for these securities are estimated using a discounted cash flow methodology which considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company carried $5.4 million and $6.2 million of these HTM securities at amortized cost, respectively. The ACL on these balances was $3.5 million at December 31, 2024 and $3.2 million at December 31, 2023 and we recognized credit loss expense of $0.3 million and $0.7 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. None of the overcollateralization triggers tied to the CLO securities were tripped as of December 31, 2024. Ultimately, the realized cash flows on CLO securities such as these will be driven by a variety of factors, including credit performance of the underlying loan portfolio, adjustments to the portfolio by the asset manager, and the timing of a potential call.

Our ACL on loans was $40.7 million as of December 31, 2024, compared to $35.2 million as of December 31, 2023, representing an ACL to total loans ratio of 0.90% and 0.85% respectively.

Our credit loss expense on loans increased $6.4 million, or 52.2%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, new adverse developments with one of the two remaining Over-Formula Advance clients caused us to charge-off the entire Over-Formula Advance amount due from that client. This resulted in a net charge-off of $3.3 million; however, this net charge-off had no impact on credit loss expense as the entire amount had been reserved in a prior period. In accordance with the Agreement reached with Covenant, Covenant reimbursed us for $1.7 million of this charge-off. We continue to reserve the full balance of the Over-Formula Advance clients at December 31, 2024 which totals $1.4 million.

The increase in credit loss expense was primarily driven by changes in required specific reserves. Such specific reserves increased $2.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to a decrease of $7.2 million during the same period a year ago. Changes to projected loss drivers and prepayment speeds that the Company forecasted over the reasonable and supportable forecast periods to calculate expected losses resulted in credit loss expense of $3.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to credit loss expense of $2.0 million during the same period a year ago.

The increase in credit loss expense was partially offset by net charge-off activity during the period. Net charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2024 were $13.1 million compared to $19.8 million during the same period a year ago. Approximately $3.0 million of the $13.1 million net charge-offs for the year ended December 31, 2024 were reserved in a prior period while approximately $8.5 million of the $19.8 million net charge-offs for the year ended December 31, 2023 were reserved in a prior period. Such prior period reserves are included in the discussion of changes in specific reserves above.

Changes in volume and mix of the loan portfolio drove an increase in credit loss expense period over period. Such changes resulted in a benefit to credit loss expense of $0.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to a benefit of $2.3 million expense during the same period a year ago.

Credit loss expense for off balance sheet credit exposures increased $0.6 million, primarily due to the changes in the assumptions used to project the loss rates previously discussed as well as changes in the underlying exposures.

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Noninterest Income

The following table presents the major categories of noninterest income:

(Dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 $ Change % Change $ Change % Change

Noninterest income increased $15.2 million, or 30.4%. Changes in selected components of noninterest income in the above table are discussed below.

•Fee income. Fee income increased $5.1 million, or 17.0% primarily due to a $5.9 million increase in fee income earned by TriumphPay during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period a year ago. There were no other significant changes within the components of fee income.

•Insurance commissions. Insurance commissions increased $0.9 million, or 17.0%, due to higher volumes of processed policies.

•Other. Other noninterest income increased $9.4 million, primarily due to a gain on our revenue share

asset of $1.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to a loss of $1.7 million during

the same period a year ago. We also recognized $4.0 million of rental income on the building we acquired during

March of 2024. Further, we recognized a $0.5 million gain on equity security activity during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to a gain of $0.1 million during the same period a year ago. There were no other significant changes within the components of other income.

Noninterest Expense

The following table presents the major categories of noninterest expense:

(Dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 $ Change % Change $ Change % Change

Noninterest expense increased $23.4 million, or 6.6%. Details of the more significant changes in the various components of noninterest expense are further discussed below.

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•Salaries and Employee Benefits. Salaries and employee benefits expenses increased $9.0 million, or 4.3%. Employee salaries increased $6.2 million while payroll taxes decreased $0.2 million period over period. Bonus expense increased $0.2 million period over period. The size of our workforce increased period over period primarily due to organic growth within the Company. Our average full-time equivalent employees were 1,542.1 and 1,471.5 for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Employee benefits expense such as 401(k) matching, employee insurance, and stock based compensation paid to employees increased $4.4 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in temporary labor expense of $0.1 million and a decrease in commissions expense of $1.6 million period over period.

•Occupancy, Furniture and Equipment. Occupancy, furniture and equipment expenses increased $4.1 million, or 14.3%, primarily due to $2.9 million of expense related to the building we acquired during March of 2024. The additional increase is driven by growth in our operations period over period.

•Professional Fees. Professional fees, which are primarily comprised of external audit, tax, consulting, and legal fees, increased $4.7 million, or 35.4%, primarily due to a $3.8 million increase in legal and consulting fees period over period.

•Amortization of intangible assets. Amortization of intangible assets increased $0.5 million, or 4.7%, primarily due to additional amortization resulting from the intangible assets related to the building we acquired during March of 2024.

•Advertising and promotion. Advertising and promotion expenses decreased $0.6 million, or 8.3%, due to decreased advertising activity period over period.

•Communications and Technology. Communications and technology expenses increased $5.2 million, or 11.5%, primarily as a result of increased spending on IT infrastructure, information security, and initiatives designed to develop efficiency in our IT operations.

•Software amortization. Software amortization expense increased $1.4 million, or 31.3%, primarily due to additional software assets coming on line during 2024.

•Travel and entertainment. Travel and entertainment expenses decreased $0.7 million, or 11.1%, primarily due to decreased travel period over period.

•Other. Other noninterest expense includes loan-related expenses, training and recruiting, postage, insurance, and subscription services. Other noninterest expense was relatively flat period over period as there were no significant variances period over period.

Income Taxes

The amount of income tax expense is influenced by the amount of pre-tax income, the amount of tax-exempt income, changes in the statutory rate and the effect of changes in valuation allowances maintained against deferred tax benefits.

Income tax expense decreased $7.4 million, or 62.7%, from $11.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $4.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in income tax expense period over period was commensurate with a decrease in our pretax net income and also driven by a decrease in our effective tax rate. The effective tax rate was 21% and 22% for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2024 was impacted by an adjustment to our disallowance related to highly compensated individuals as well as a research and development tax credit recognized during the period. The effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2023 was impacted by a performance based performance stock units windfall that was recorded during the period as those related shares vested during the period.

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Operating Segment Results

Our reportable segments are Banking, Factoring, Payments, and Intelligence, which have been determined based upon their business processes and economic characteristics. This determination also gave consideration to the structure and management of various product lines. The Banking segment includes the operations of TBK Bank. Our Banking segment derives its revenue principally from investments in interest earning assets as well as noninterest income typical for the banking industry. The Factoring segment includes the operations of Triumph Financial Services with revenue derived from factoring services. The Payments segment includes the operations of TBK Bank's TriumphPay division, which provides a presentment, audit, and payment solution to Shipper, Broker, and Factor clients in the trucking industry. The Payments segment derives its revenue from transaction fees and interest income on factored receivables related to invoice payments. These factored receivables consist of both invoices where we offer a Carrier a quickpay opportunity to receive payment at a discount in advance of the standard payment term for such invoice in exchange for the assignment of such invoice to us and from offering Brokers the ability to settle their invoices with us on an extended term following our payment to their Carriers as an additional liquidity option for such Brokers. Our data intelligence segment was launched at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2024 to turn the over-the-road trucking data collected through our services into actionable insights for our customers. This launch coincided with our acquisition of Isometric Technologies Inc. that provides service and performance scoring and benchmarking capabilities to the over-the-road trucking industry. The revenue for Intelligence offerings is derived through access and subscription fees, as well as seat licenses where applicable. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2024, there were no individuals allocated specifically to our data intelligence segment and an explicit data intelligence segment did not exist. Therefore, revision of prior period segment operating results is not applicable.

Prior to September 30, 2024, the Company disclosed Corporate as a reportable segment. The Company has determined that what was previously deemed the Corporate reportable segment consists of other business activities that do not represent a reportable segment, but rather, such activities belong in a Corporate and Other category as reported in the tabular disclosure below. It should be noted that such restructuring of the tabular disclosure did not result in any changes to the Company's revenue and expense allocation methodology described below. The Company restructured prior period tabular disclosures to achieve appropriate comparability.

Expenses that are directly attributable to the Company's Banking, Factoring, Payments, and Intelligence segments such as, but not limited to, occupancy, salaries and benefits to employees that are fully dedicated to the segment, and certain technology costs that can be attributed to specific users or functional areas within the segment are allocated as such. The Company continues to make considerable investments in shared services that benefit the entire organization and these expenses are allocated to the Corporate and Other category. The Company allocates such expenses to the Corporate and Other category in order for the Company's chief operating decision maker and investors to have clear visibility into the operating performance of each reportable segment.

We allocate intersegment interest expense to the Factoring and Payments segments based on one-month term SOFR for their funding needs. When the Payments segment is self-funded, with customer deposit funding in excess of its factored receivables, intersegment interest income is allocated based on the Federal Funds effective rate. Management believes that such intersegment interest allocations appropriately reflect the current interest rate environment and the relatively quick turn of the underlying receivables.

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 accounting policies of the segments are substantially the same as those described in Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Transactions between segments consist primarily of borrowed funds, payment network fees, and servicing fees. Intersegment interest expense is allocated to the Factoring and Payments segments as described above. Beginning January 1, 2023, payment network fees are paid by the Factoring segment to the Payments segment for use of the payments network. Beginning prospectively on June 1, 2023, factoring transactions with freight broker clients were transferred from our Factoring segment to our Payments segment to align with TriumphPay's supply chain finance product offerings. Servicing fees are paid by the Payments segment to the Factoring segment for servicing such product. Beginning prospectively on January 1, 2024, the Factoring and Payments segments began paying fees to our Banking segment for the Banking segment's execution of various banking services that benefit those segments. Credit loss expense is allocated based on the segment’s ACL determination. Noninterest income and expense directly attributable to a segment are assigned to it with various shared service costs such as human resources, accounting, finance, risk management and information technology expense assigned to the Corporate and Other category if they are not directly attributable to a segment. Other segment expense consists of various loan and card related expenses and other insignificant miscellaneous costs not specifically reviewed by the Company's chief operating decision maker. Taxes are paid on a consolidated basis and are not allocated for segment purposes.

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The following tables present our primary operating results for our operating segments:

(Dollars in thousands) Total Corporate

Noninterest expense:

FDIC insurance and other regulatory assessments 2,717 — — — 2,717 — 2,717

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense)(2) 535 1,628 (2,163) — — — —

(Dollars in thousands) Total Corporate

Noninterest expense:

FDIC insurance and other regulatory assessments 2,624 — — — 2,624 — 2,624

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense)(2) — 123 (123) — — — —

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(Dollars in thousands) Total Corporate

Noninterest expense:

FDIC insurance and other regulatory assessments 1,815 — — — 1,815 — 1,815

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense) — — — — — — —

(1) Includes revenue and expense from the Company’s holding company, which does not meet the definition of an operating segment. Also includes corporate shared service costs such as the majority of salaries and benefits expense for the Company's executive leadership team, as well as other selling, general, and administrative shared services costs including human resources, accounting, finance, risk management and a significant amount of information technology expense.

(2) Net intersegment noninterest income (expense) includes:

(Dollars in thousands) Banking Factoring Payments

Factoring revenue received from Payments $ — $ 3,228 $ (3,228)

Payments revenue received from Factoring — (1,174) 1,174

Banking revenue received from Payments and Factoring 535 (426) (109)

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense) $ 535 $ 1,628 $ (2,163)

Factoring revenue received from Payments $ — $ 1,190 $ (1,190)

Payments revenue received from Factoring — (1,067) 1,067

Banking revenue received from Payments and Factoring — — —

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense) $ — $ 123 $ (123)

Factoring revenue received from Payments $ — $ — $ —

Payments revenue received from Factoring — — —

Banking revenue received from Payments and Factoring — — —

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense) $ — $ — $ —

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(Dollars in thousands) Total Corporate

(Dollars in thousands) Total Corporate

Banking

Noninterest expense:

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense) 535 — — 535 100.0 % — — %

Our Banking segment’s operating income decreased $21.7 million, or 15.9%.

Interest income increased $0.7 million, or 0.3% primarily as a result of increased yields and average balances on our non-loan interest earning assets at our Banking segment. The increase was partially offset by slight decreases in average loans and loan yield at our Banking segment. More specifically, average loans in our Banking segment, excluding intersegment loans, decreased 0.5% from $3.051 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $3.036 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024. Intersegment interest income allocated to our Banking segment decreased period over period due to decreased average factored receivables balances at our Factoring segment and increased funding provided by our Payments segment resulting in increased intersegment interest allocation to such segment.

Interest expense increased primarily due to higher interest rates paid on our Banking segment interest-bearing liabilities driven by changes in interest rates in the macro economy. Additionally, average total interest bearing deposits increased $75.4 million, or 3.0%.

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Credit loss expense at our Banking segment is made up of credit loss expense related to loans and credit loss expense related to off balance sheet commitments to lend. Credit loss expense related to loans was $13.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $9.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in credit loss expense was the result of increased required specific reserves, changes in volume and mix, and changes to the projected loss drivers and prepayment speeds that the Company forecasted over the reasonable and supportable forecast period. The increase was partially offset by decreased net charge-offs period over period.

Credit loss expense for off balance sheet credit exposures increased $0.7 million from a benefit of $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to a benefit of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to changes to outstanding commitments to fund and assumed loss rates period over period.

Noninterest income at our Banking segment increased period over period due to a $0.5 million gain on equity security activity during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to a $0.1 million gain on such activity during the same period a year ago. Additionally, our Banking segment experienced a $1.1 million increase in fee income, a $0.9 million increase in insurance commissions, and a $0.4 million decrease in write-downs on repossessed assets period over period. There were no other significant changes in the components of noninterest income at our Banking segment period over period.

As illustrated in the table above, noninterest expense decreased primarily due to a decrease in salaries and employee benefits expense, advertising expense and intangible asset amortization period over period. These decreases were partially offset by increased communications and technology expense and professional fees. There were no other significant changes in the components of noninterest expense at our Banking segment period over period.

Year to date, our aggregate outstanding balances for our banking products, excluding intercompany loans, has increased $293.9 million, or 9.6%, to $3.340 billion as of December 31, 2024. The following table sets forth our banking loans:

(Dollars in thousands) December 31,2024 December 31,2023 $ Change % Change

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Factoring

Total interest expense — — — — — — —

Noninterest expense:

FDIC insurance and other regulatory assessments — — — — — % — — %

Year Ended December 31,

Year to date charge-off rate(1) 0.60 % 0.97 % 0.32 %

Factored receivables - transportation concentration 97 % 96 % 96 %

Average invoice size - transportation $ 1,750 $ 1,810 $ 2,161

Average invoice size - non-transportation $ 4,593 $ 5,597 $ 5,945

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(1) Net charge-offs for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes a $3.3 million charge-off of an over-formula advance balance, which contributed approximately 0.32% to the net charge-off rate for the period. In accordance with the agreement reached with Covenant, Covenant has reimbursed us for $1.7 million of this charge-off.

(2) Non-interest income for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes $14.2 million of gains on sale of a portfolio of factored receivables, which contributed 1.09% to the yield on average net funds employed for the period.

(3)Operating margin is a non-GAAP financial measure used as a supplemental measure to evaluate the performance of our Factoring segment.

Our Factoring segment’s operating income decreased $2.8 million, or 8.8%.

Our average invoice size decreased 4.1% from $1,862 for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $1,786 for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the number of invoices purchased decreased 0.2% period over period.

Net interest income at our Factoring segment decreased $4.2 million, or 4.0%. Overall average net funds employed (“NFE”) decreased 3.9% during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. The decrease in average NFE was the result of decreased invoice purchase volume and decreased average invoice sizes. Those, in turn, resulted from a soft transportation market. See further discussion under the Recent Developments: Trucking Transportation section. We maintained high concentration in transportation factoring balances, which typically generate a higher yield than our non-transportation factoring balances. This concentration was 97% at December 31, 2024 and 96% at December 31, 2023. Further, the decreased average net funds employed balance decreased intersegment interest charges for the Factoring year over year.

The increase in credit loss expense at our Factoring segment was driven by an increase in required specific reserves period over period and changes in volume and mix of the portfolio period over period. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in net charge-offs period over period. Changes in loss assumptions did not have a material impact on the change in credit loss expense period over period.

The increase in noninterest income at our Factoring segment was primarily due to a gain on the revenue share asset at our Factoring segment of $1.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to a loss of $1.7 million during the same period a year ago. The increase was partially offset by a $1.5 million decrease in early termination fees year over year. There were no other significant changes in the components of noninterest income at our Factoring segment period over period.

As illustrated in the table above, the decrease in noninterest expense at our Factoring segment was primarily due to decreased spending across a number of expense line items most notably, communications and technology expense and software amortization. The decrease was partially offset by a year over year increase in professional fees. There were no other significant changes in the components of noninterest expense at our Factoring segment period over period.

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Payments

Total interest expense — — — — — % — — %

Noninterest expense:

FDIC insurance and other regulatory assessments — — — — — % — — %

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Year Ended December 31,

Total revenue

Total expense

Intersegment interest expense allocation $ — $ — $ 530,000

Intersegment interest expense allocation — — 530,000

EBITDA margin(2) (3) % (29) % (55) %

(1)Noninterest income for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes a $10.2 million gain on an equity investment and a $3.2 million loss on impairment of warrants.

(2)Earnings (losses) before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA") and EBITDA margin (the ratio of EBITDA to total revenue) are non-GAAP financial measures used to provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the segment's operational performance and to enhance investors' overall understanding of such financial performance.

During 2024, the Payments segment expanded revenue, added client relationships, improved the payments network and achieved positive EBITDA for the third and fourth quarters. It is possible that we face a continued weak freight market for 2025 and experience a decline in interest rates. If the freight market remains weak, interest rates decline, and we invest in strategic initiatives, it will put pressure on earnings for our Payments segment and the enterprise as a whole. It is possible that the Payments segment could fall back below EBITDA breakeven in future periods. Nevertheless, we believe in the long-term value of what we are building and we will continue to execute our plan.

Our Payments segment's operating loss decreased $8.2 million, or 39.7%.

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The number of invoices processed by our Payments segment increased 27.2% from 19,528,864 for the year ended December 31, 2023 to 24,846,449 for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the amount of payments processed increased 29.1% from $21.518 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $27.784 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024.

We began processing network transactions during the first quarter of 2022. When a fully integrated TriumphPay payor receives an invoice from a fully integrated TriumphPay payee, we call that a “network transaction.” All network transactions are included in our payment processing volume above. These transactions are facilitated through TriumphPay APIs with parties on both sides of the transaction using structured data; similar to how a credit card works at a point-of-sale terminal. The integrations largely automate the process and make it cheaper, faster and safer. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we processed 2,551,863 network invoices representing a network payment volume of $4.154 billion. During the year ended December 31, 2023, we processed 1,086,910 network invoices representing a network payment volume of $1,840.0 million.

Net interest income increased due to increased average balances at our Payments segment and increased intersegment interest allocation period over period. Part of the increased average balance was driven by supply chain finance receivables previously discussed. The increase in net interest income was also impacted by higher yields at our Payments segment.

The increase in noninterest income at our Payments segment was primarily due to a $6.0 million increase in payment processing and audit fees, including intersegment fees, earned by TriumphPay during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the prior year. There were no other significant changes in the components of noninterest income at our Payments segment period over period.

The acquisition of HubTran during the year ended December 31, 2021 allows TriumphPay to create a fully integrated payments network for transportation; servicing Brokers and Factors. TriumphPay already offered tools and services to increase automation, mitigate fraud, create back-office efficiency and improve the payment experience. Through the acquisition of HubTran, TriumphPay created additional value through the enhancement of its presentment, audit, and payment capabilities for Shippers, third party logistics companies (i.e., Brokers) and their Carriers, and Factors. The acquisition of HubTran was a meaningful inflection point in the operations of TriumphPay as the TriumphPay strategy has shifted from a capital-intensive on-balance sheet product with a focus on interest income to an open-loop payments network for the trucking industry with a focus on fee revenue. It is for this reason that management believes that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization and the adjustment to that metric enhance investors' overall understanding of the financial performance of the Payments segment. Further, as a result of the HubTran acquisition, management recorded $27.3 million of intangible assets that has led to meaningful amounts of intangible amortization.

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Intelligence

(Dollars in thousands) Year Ended December 31,

Total interest income $ — $ — $ —

Intersegment interest allocations — — —

Total interest expense — — —

Net interest income (expense) — — —

Credit loss expense (benefit) — — —

Net interest income (expense) after credit loss expense — — —

Noninterest income 184 — —

Noninterest expense:

Salaries and employee benefits 1,457 — —

Depreciation 4 — —

Other occupancy, furniture and equipment 3 — —

FDIC insurance and other regulatory assessments — — —

Professional fees 328 — —

Amortization of intangible assets — — —

Advertising and promotion 2 — —

Communications and technology 42 — —

Software amortization 1 — —

Travel and entertainment 36 — —

Other 7 — —

Total noninterest expense 1,880 — —

Net intersegment noninterest income (expense) — — —

Net income (loss) before income tax expense $ (1,696) $ — $ —

Our Intelligence segment's operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $1.7 million. As previously disclosed, prior to the fourth quarter of 2024, the data intelligence line of business did not exist. Therefore, there are no comparative periods to discuss regarding our Intelligence segment. As illustrated in the table above, to date, the majority of the expense related to our Intelligence segment is salaries and benefits expense.

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Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other 2024 2023 2022 $ Change % Change $ Change % Change

Intersegment interest allocations — — — — — — —

Noninterest expense:

FDIC insurance and other regulatory assessments — — — — — % — — %

Amortization of intangible assets 1,367 — — 1,367 100.0 % — — %

Corporate and other is not a reportable segment, but rather includes certain revenue and expense from the Company's holding company as well as activities not allocated to specific business segments. Corporate and other reported an operating loss of $108.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to an operating loss of $94.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increased operating loss was driven by increased noninterest expense which, as illustrated above, was the result of increased salaries and benefits expense, depreciation expense, occupancy expense, amortization of intangible assets related to leases acquired through the acquired building, and communications and technology expense. The increased operating loss was partially offset by increased noninterest income which was the result of $4.0 million of rental income from the acquired building recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024.

Financial Condition

Assets

Total assets were $5.949 billion at December 31, 2024, compared to $5.347 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $601.6 million, the components of which are discussed below.

Loan Portfolio

Loans held for investment were $4.547 billion at December 31, 2024, compared with $4.163 billion at December 31, 2023.

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The following table shows the recorded investment of our loans by portfolio categories as of the dates indicated:

(Dollars in thousands) % of Total % of Total

Commercial Real Estate Loans. Our commercial real estate loans decreased $35.0 million, or 4.3%, due to paydowns that outpaced new origination activity. A significant portion of our loan portfolio at December 31, 2024 consisted of commercial real estate loans secured by properties. Such loans can involve high principal loan amounts, and the repayment of these loans is dependent, in large part, on a borrower's ongoing business operations or on income generated from the properties. The table below sets forth the Company's commercial real estate loan portfolio, by portfolio industry sector and collateral location as of December 31, 2024.

Non-owner occupied

Owner occupied

Construction and Development Loans. Our construction and development loans increased $67.1 million, or 49.1%, due to origination and draw activity that outpaced paydowns and conversions to term loans.

Residential Real Estate Loans. Our one-to-four family residential loans increased $28.1 million, or 22.3%, due to new loan activity that outpaced paydowns.

Farmland Loans. Our farmland loans decreased $7.2 million, or 11.3%, due to paydowns that outpaced modest origination activity.

Commercial Loans. Our commercial loans held for investment decreased $51.1 million, or 4.4%, due to decreased asset-based lending balances, liquid credit balances, and other commercial lending balances. The decrease was partially offset by increased equipment lending balances as well as an increase in agriculture loans. Our other commercial lending products, comprised primarily of general commercial loans originated in our community banking markets, decreased $15.7 million, or 5.2%.

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The following table shows our commercial loans:

(Dollars in thousands) December 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 $ Change % Change

Commercial

Factored Receivables. Our factored receivables increased $87.9 million, or 7.9%. At December 31, 2024, the balance of the Over-Formula Advance Portfolio included in factored receivables was $1.4 million, and the balance of Misdirected Payments, net of customer reserves, included in factored receivables was $19.4 million. See discussion of our factoring subsidiary in the Operating Segment Results for analysis of the key drivers impacting the change in the ending factored receivables balance during the period.

Consumer Loans. Our consumer loans decreased $0.3 million, or 3.9%, due to paydowns that outpaced modest origination activity.

Mortgage Warehouse. Our mortgage warehouse facilitiesincreased$294.5 million, or40.4%, due to increased utilization.Client utilization of mortgage warehouse facilities may experience significant fluctuation on a day-to-day basis given mortgage origination market conditions.Our average mortgage warehouse lending balance was $739.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $763.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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The following table sets forth the contractual maturities, including scheduled principal repayments, of our loan portfolio and the distribution between fixed and floating interest rate loans:

Predetermined (fixed) interest rates

Construction, land development, land 80,220 269 —

Factored receivables — — —

Mortgage warehouse — — —

Floating interest rates

Construction, land development, land 53,234 960 —

Factored receivables — — —

Consumer — — —

Mortgage warehouse — — —

As of December 31, 2024, most of the Company’s non-factoring business activity is with customers located within certain states. The states of Texas (22%), Illinois (12%), Colorado (10%), and Iowa (4%) make up 48% of the Company’s gross loans, excluding factored receivables. Therefore, the Company’s exposure to credit risk is affected by changes in the economies in these states. At December 31, 2023, the states of Texas (17%), Colorado (15%), Illinois (12%) and Iowa (6%) made up 50% of the Company’s gross loans, excluding factored receivables.

Further, a majority (97%) of our factored receivables, representing approximately 26% of our total loan portfolio as of December 31, 2024, are transportation receivables. Although such concentration may cause our future income with respect to our factoring operations to be correlated with demand for the transportation industry in the United States generally, and small-to-mid-sized operators in such industry specifically, we feel the credit risk with respect to our outstanding portfolio is appropriately mitigated as we limit the amount of receivables acquired from individual debtors and creditors thereby achieving diversification across a number of companies and industries. At December 31, 2023, 97% of our factored receivables, representing approximately 26% of our total loan portfolio, were transportation receivables.

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Nonperforming Assets

We have established procedures to assist us in maintaining the overall quality of our loan portfolio. In addition, we have adopted underwriting guidelines to be followed by our lending officers and require senior management review of proposed extensions of credit exceeding certain thresholds. When delinquencies exist, we monitor them for any negative or adverse trends. Our loan review procedures include approval of lending policies and underwriting guidelines by the board of directors of our bank subsidiary, independent loan review, approval of large credit relationships by our bank subsidiary’s Management Loan Committee and loan quality documentation procedures. We, like other financial institutions, are subject to the risk that our loan portfolio will be subject to increasing pressures from deteriorating borrower credit due to general economic conditions.

To manage the credit risks associated with its loan portfolio, management may, depending on current or anticipated economic conditions and related exposures, apply enhanced risk management measures to loans through analysis of a specific borrower's financial condition, including cash flow, collateral values, and guarantees, among other credit factors. In response to the current market dynamics, including economic uncertainties in market interest rates since 2022, the Company has enhanced its stress testing to mitigate interest rate reset risk with a specific emphasis on borrowers’ abilities to absorb the impact of higher interest loan rates.

The following table sets forth the allocation of our nonperforming assets among our different asset categories as of the dates indicated. We classify nonperforming assets as nonaccrual loans and securities, factored receivables greater than 90 days past due, OREO, and other repossessed assets. The balances of nonperforming loans reflect the recorded investment in these assets, including deductions for purchase discounts.

Nonperforming loans:

Construction, land development, land 2,410 —

Mortgage warehouse — —

Equity investments without readily determinable fair value 2,462 1,170

Other real estate owned, net — 37

Other repossessed assets 425 950

Nonperforming assets to total assets 2.02 % 1.42 %

Nonperforming loans to total loans held for investment 2.49 % 1.65 %

Total past due loans to total loans held for investment 3.27 % 2.00 %

Nonperforming loans increased $44.5 million, or 64.6%, due to the addition of four equipment finance relationships of $31.1 million, $8.3 million, $3.5 million, and $2.2 million all collateralized by various equipment. Additionally, we added a $7.5 million multifamily relationship fully collateralized by a mixed use development and a $1.5 million farmland loan fully collateralized by farmland. Further, we added a $2.5 million construction relationship and a $2.2 million commercial loan partially collateralized by the personal residences of the borrower's founder. Nonperforming factored receivables increased $0.1 million. These increases were partially offset by a $2.7 million pay-down of a nonperforming equipment relationship, a $2.6 million reduction in a nonaccrual liquid credit relationship, a $1.5 million pay-down of a nonperforming agriculture and farmland relationship, a $1.2 million pay-down of a nonperforming equipment relationship, a $1.1 million pay-down of a nonperforming equipment relationship, and a $1.4 million reduction of a nonperforming commercial real estate loan. The entire balance of Misdirected Payments is included in nonperforming loans (specifically, factored receivables) in accordance with our policy. The balance of such Misdirected Payments, net of customer reserves, was $19.4 million at December 31, 2024.

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The largest portion of nonperforming commercial loans at December 31, 2024 consisted of $54.2 million of nonperforming equipment loans. While nonperforming commercial real estate increased year over year, our historical credit losses in this line of lending have been low and we continue to believe our loss exposure is low at December 31, 2024 despite the credit quality noise caused by the current uncertain interest rate environment.

As a result of the activity previously described and the change in period end total loans period over period, the ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans held for investment increased to 2.49% at December 31, 2024 from 1.65% at December 31, 2023.

Our ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets increased to 2.02% at December 31, 2024 from 1.42% at December 31, 2023. This is due to the aforementioned loan activity and changes in our period end total assets as well as an increase in equity investments we consider to be nonperforming. The increase was partially offset by the amortized cost basis of our HTM CLO securities considered to be nonaccrual which decreased $0.7 million during the year.

Past due loans to total loans held for investment increased to 3.27% at December 31, 2024 from 2.00% at December 31, 2023 as a result of a $55.8 million increase in total past due loans including a $50.4 million increase in past due commercial loans, a $13.5 million increase in past due commercial real estate loans, and an $11.2 million reduction in past due factored receivables. Both the $1.4 million acquired factoring Over-Formula Advance balance and the entire balance of Misdirected Payments are considered greater than 90 days past due at December 31, 2024. The balance of such Misdirected Payments, net of customer reserves, was $19.4 million at December 31, 2024.

Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans

The ACL is a valuation allowance estimated at each balance sheet date in accordance with GAAP that is deducted from the loans’ amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. When the Company deems all or a portion of a loan to be uncollectible the appropriate amount is written off and the ACL is reduced by the same amount. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the ACL when received. See Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for discussion of our ACL methodology on loans. Allocations of the ACL may be made for specific loans, but the entire allowance is available for any loan that, in the Company’s judgment, should be charged-off.

Loan loss valuation allowances are recorded on specific at-risk balances, typically consisting of collateral dependent loans and factored invoices greater than 90 days past due with negative cash reserves.

The following table sets forth the ACL by category of loan:

The ACL increased $5.5 million, or 15.6%. This increase reflects net charge-offs of $13.1 million and credit loss expense of $18.6 million. Refer to the Results of Operations: Credit Loss Expense section for discussion of material charge-offs and credit loss expense. At period end, our entire remaining Over-Formula Advance position was down from $3.2 million at December 31, 2023 to $1.4 million at December 31, 2024, and the entire balance at December 31, 2024 was fully reserved. At December 31, 2024, the Misdirected Payments amount, net of customer reserves, was $19.4 million. Based on our legal analysis and discussions with our counsel advising us on this matter, we continue to believe it is probable that we will prevail in such action and that the USPS will have the capacity to make payment on such receivable. Consequently, we have not reserved for such balance as of December 31, 2024.

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A driver of the change in ACL is projected deterioration of the loss drivers that the Company forecasted to calculate expected losses at December 31, 2023 as compared to December 31, 2022. The projected deterioration had a negative impact on the Company’s loss drivers and assumptions over the reasonable and supportable forecast period and resulted in an increase of $3.2 million of ACL period over period.

The Company uses the discounted cash flow (DCF) method to estimate ACL for the commercial real estate, construction, land development, land, 1-4 family residential, commercial (excluding liquid credit), and consumer loan pools. For all loan pools utilizing the DCF method, the Company utilizes and forecasts national unemployment as a loss driver. The Company also utilizes and forecasts either one-year percentage change in national retail sales (commercial real estate – non multifamily, commercial general, commercial agriculture, commercial asset-based lending, commercial equipment finance, consumer), one-year percentage change in the national home price index (1-4 family residential and construction, land development, land), or one-year percentage change in national gross domestic product (commercial real estate – multifamily) as a second loss driver depending on the nature of the underlying loan pool and how well that loss driver correlates to expected future losses. Consistent forecasts of the loss drivers are used across the loan segments. The Company also forecasts prepayments speeds for use in the DCF models with higher prepayment speeds resulting in lower required ACL levels and vice versa for shorter prepayment speeds. These assumed prepayment speeds are based upon our historical prepayment speeds by loan type adjusted for the expected impact of the current interest rate environment. Generally, the impact of these assumed prepayment speeds is lesser in magnitude than the aforementioned loss driver assumptions.

For all DCF models at December 31, 2024, the Company has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over eight quarters on a straight-line basis. The Company leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four-quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts are also considered by the Company when developing the forecast metrics. At December 31, 2024 as compared to December 31, 2023, the Company forecasted slightly higher unemployment and slightly lower one-year percentage change in the national home price index. The Company forecasted a modest increase in one-year percentage change in national retail sales while forecasted GDP was virtually unchanged. At December 31, 2024 for national unemployment, the Company projected a relatively low percentage in the first quarter followed by a gradual rise in the following three quarters. For percentage change in national retail sales, the Company projected a small increase in the first two projected quarters followed by a decline to negative levels over the last two projected quarters to a level below recent actual periods. For percentage change in national home price index, the Company projected a positive increase in the first projected quarter followed by a steep drop to negative levels for the remaining three quarters with such negative levels peaking in the fourth projected quarter. For percentage change in national gross domestic product, management projected low growth in the first two projected quarters followed by contraction in the last two projected quarters. At December 31, 2024, the Company made no adjustments to its historical prepayment speeds given the uncertain direction of the interest rate environment in the macro economy.

The Company uses a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses for the farmland, liquid credit, factored receivable, and mortgage warehouse loan pools. For each of these loan segments, the Company applies an expected loss ratio based on internal and peer historical losses adjusted as appropriate for qualitative factors. Qualitative loss factors are based on the Company's judgment of company, market, industry or business specific data, changes in underlying loan composition of specific portfolios, trends relating to credit quality, delinquency, non-performing and adversely rated loans, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of economic conditions. Loss factors used to calculate the required ACL on pools that use the loss-rate method reflect the forecasted economic conditions described above.

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The following tables show our credit ratios and an analysis of our credit loss expense:

December 31,

Allowance for credit losses on loans $ 40,714 $ 35,219

Allowance to total loans held for investment 0.90 % 0.85 %

Nonaccrual loans to total loans held for investment 1.98 % 1.10 %

Allowance for credit losses on loans $ 40,714 $ 35,219

Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans 45.23 % 77.10 %

Year Ended December 31,

Net loans charged off decreased $6.7 million, or 33.8%. Charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2023 reflect a $2.3 million general commercial loan charge-off. Prior period charge-offs include the aforementioned $3.3 million net charge-off of the fully reserved over-formula advance balance. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company charged off three liquid credit relationships carrying balances of $3.8 million, $3.2 million, and $1.6 million, respectively, at the time of charge-off.

Securities

As of December 31, 2024, we held equity securities with readily available fair values of $4.4 million, a decrease of $43 thousand from $4.5 million at December 31, 2023. These securities represent investments in a publicly traded Community Reinvestment Act mutual fund and are subject to market pricing volatility, with changes in fair value recorded in earnings.

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The following table illustrates the changes in our available for sale debt securities:

Available For Sale Debt Securities:

(Dollars in thousands) December 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 $ Change % Change

Our available for sale CLO portfolio consists of investment grade positions in high ranking tranches within their respective securitization structures. As of December 31, 2024, the Company determined that all impaired available for sale securities experienced a decline in fair value below their amortized cost basis due to noncredit-related factors. Therefore, the Company carried no ACL at December 31, 2024. Our available for sale securities can be used for pledging to secure FHLB borrowings and public deposits, or can be sold to meet liquidity needs.

As of December 31, 2024, we held securities classified as held to maturity with an amortized cost, net of ACL, of $1.9 million, a decrease of $1.1 million from $3.0 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease in amortized cost, net of ACL, was primarily driven by paydowns and increases in required ACL throughout the year. See previous discussion of Credit Loss Expense related to our held to maturity securities for further details regarding the nature of these securities and the required ACL at December 31, 2024.

The following tables set forth the amortized cost and average yield of our securities, by type and contractual maturity:

Maturity as of December 31, 2024

Asset-backed securities — — % — — % 907 6.74 % — — % 907 6.74 %

Liabilities

Total liabilities were $5.058 billion as of December 31, 2024, compared to $4.483 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $575.1 million, the components of which are discussed below.

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Deposits

The following table summarizes our deposits:

(Dollars in thousands) December 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 $ Change % Change

Our total deposits increased $843.3 million, or 21.2%, primarily due to an increase in noninterest bearing demand deposits, brokered time deposits, other brokered deposits, and money market deposits. The Company experienced decreases in all other material deposit categories. Other brokered deposits are non-maturity deposits obtained from wholesale sources. As of December 31, 2024, interest bearing demand deposits, noninterest bearing deposits, money market deposits, other brokered deposits, and savings deposits accounted for 84% of our total deposits, while individual retirement accounts, certificates of deposit, and brokered time deposits made up 16% of total deposits. As of December 31, 2023, interest bearing demand deposits, noninterest bearing deposits, money market deposits, other brokered deposits, and savings deposits accounted for 88% of our total deposits, while individual retirement accounts, certificates of deposit, and brokered time deposits made up 12% of total deposits. At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, our estimated uninsured deposits were $1.488 billion and $1.841 billion, respectively.

At December 31, 2024, we held $60.2 million of time deposits that meet or exceed the $250,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insurance limit. The following table provides information on the maturity distribution of the time deposits exceeding the $250,000 FDIC insurance limit as of December 31, 2024:

(Dollars in thousands) Over$250,000

Maturity

Other Borrowings

Customer Repurchase Agreements

The following table provides a summary of our customer repurchase agreements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022:

Amount outstanding at end of period $ — $ — $ 340

Weighted average interest rate at end of period — % — % 0.03 %

Average daily balance during the period $ — $ 723 $ 6,701

Weighted average interest rate during the period — % 0.03 % 0.03 %

Maximum month-end balance during the period $ — $ 3,208 $ 13,463

Our customer repurchase agreements generally have overnight maturities. Variances in these balances are attributable to normal customer behavior and seasonal factors affecting their liquidity positions.

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FHLB Advances

As part of our overall funding and liquidity management program, from time to time we borrow from the Federal Home Loan Bank. The following table provides a summary of our FHLB borrowings as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022:

Weighted average interest rate at end of the year 4.79 % 5.65 % 4.25 %

Weighted average interest rate during the year 5.38 % 5.30 % 1.19 %

Our FHLB advances are collateralized by assets, including a blanket pledge of certain loans. Of the FHLB borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2024, none were short-term borrowings maturing within one year and $30.0 million were long term borrowings maturing after two but within three years. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had $819.1 million and $587.0 million, respectively, in unused and available advances from the FHLB. The increase in our total borrowing capacity from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024 was primarily the result of decreased borrowing amounts outstanding at the end of 2024.

Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility (“PPPLF”)

The PPPLF is a lending facility offered by the Federal Reserve Banks to facilitate lending to small businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program. Borrowings under the PPPLF are secured by Paycheck Protection Program Loans (“PPP loans”) guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and mature at the same time as the PPP Loan pledged to secure the extension of credit. The maturity dates of the borrowings is accelerated if the underlying PPP Loan goes into default and Company sells the PPP Loan to the SBA to realize on the SBA guarantee or if the Company receives any loan forgiveness reimbursement from the SBA for the underlying PPP Loan. Our PPPLF borrowings were repaid during January 2022 and we had no PPPLF borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2024, and 2023, and 2022.

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Subordinated Notes

On November 27, 2019, the Company issued $39.5 million of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2029 (the “2019 Notes”). The 2019 Notes initially incurred interest at 4.875% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, to, but excluding, November 27, 2024. The 2019 Notes were redeemed on November 27, 2024 at a redemption price equal to the outstanding principal amount of the 2019 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

On August 26, 2021, the Company issued $70.0 million of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “2021 Notes”). The 2021 Notes initially bear interest at 3.500% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, to, but excluding, September 1, 2026, and, thereafter and to, but excluding, the maturity date or earlier redemption, interest shall be payable quarterly in arrears, at an annual floating rate equal to a benchmark rate, initially three-month SOFR, as determined for the applicable quarterly period, plus 2.860%. The Company may, at its option, beginning on September 1, 2026 and on any scheduled interest payment date thereafter, redeem the 2021 Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the outstanding principal amount of the 2021 Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

The Subordinated Notes are included on the consolidated balance sheets as liabilities at their carrying values; however, for regulatory purposes, the $69.7 million and $108.7 million carrying value of these obligations at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, were eligible for inclusion in Tier 2 regulatory capital. Issuance costs related to the Subordinated Notes have been netted against the subordinated notes liability on the balance sheet. The debt issuance costs are being amortized using the effective interest method through maturity and recognized as a component of interest expense.

The Subordinated Notes are subordinated in right of payment to the Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness and are structurally subordinated to the Company’s subsidiaries’ existing and future indebtedness and other obligations.

Junior Subordinated Debentures

The following provides a summary of our junior subordinated debentures as of December 31, 2024:

These debentures are unsecured obligations and were issued to trusts that are unconsolidated subsidiaries. The trusts in turn issued trust preferred securities with identical payment terms to unrelated investors. The debentures may be called by the Company at par plus any accrued but unpaid interest; however, we have no current plans to redeem them prior to maturity. Interest on the debentures is calculated quarterly, based on a rate equal to three month SOFR plus a weighted average spread of 2.41%. As part of the purchase accounting adjustments made with the National Bancshares, Inc. acquisition on October 15, 2013, the ColoEast acquisition on August 1, 2016, and the Valley acquisition on December 9, 2017, we adjusted the carrying value of the junior subordinated debentures to fair value as of the respective acquisition dates. The discount on the debentures will continue to be amortized through maturity and recognized as a component of interest expense.

The debentures are included on our consolidated balance sheet as liabilities; however, for regulatory purposes, these obligations are eligible for inclusion in regulatory capital, subject to certain limitations. All of the carrying value of $42.4 million was allowed in the calculation of Tier I capital as of December 31, 2024.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Capital Resources

Our stockholders’ equity totaled $890.9 million as of December 31, 2024, compared to $864.4 million as of December 31, 2023, an increase of $26.5 million. Stockholders’ equity increased during this period primarily due to our net income of $16.1 million.

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Liquidity Management

We define liquidity as our ability to generate sufficient cash to fund current loan demand, deposit withdrawals, or other cash demands and disbursement needs, and otherwise to operate on an ongoing basis.

We manage liquidity at the holding company level as well as that of our bank subsidiary. The management of liquidity at both levels is critical, because the holding company and our bank subsidiary have different funding needs and sources, and each is subject to regulatory guidelines and requirements which require minimum levels of liquidity. We believe that our liquidity ratios meet or exceed those guidelines and our present position is adequate to meet our current and future liquidity needs.

As part of our liquidity management process, we regularly stress test our balance sheet to ensure that we are continually able to withstand unexpected liquidity shocks such as sudden or protracted material deposit runoff. This analysis explicitly contemplates the immediate runoff of any meaningful deposit concentrations such as the servicing deposits that we hold on behalf of our mortgage warehouse customers.

Our liquidity requirements are met primarily through cash flow from operations, receipt of pre-paid and maturing balances in our loan and investment portfolios, debt financing and increases in customer deposits. Our liquidity position is supported by management of liquid assets and liabilities and access to other sources of funds. Liquid assets include cash, interest-earning deposits in banks, federal funds sold, securities available for sale and maturing or prepaying balances in our investment and loan portfolios. Liquid liabilities include core deposits, federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and other borrowings. Other sources of funds include the sale of loans, brokered deposits, the issuance of additional collateralized borrowings such as FHLB advances or borrowings from the Federal Reserve, the issuance of debt securities and the issuance of common securities. For the year ended December 31, 2024, our average interest bearing deposits increased compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 including an increase in our use of higher-cost brokered time deposits. For additional information regarding our operating, investing and financing cash flows, see the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows provided in our consolidated financial statements.

In addition to the liquidity provided by the sources described above, our subsidiary bank maintains correspondent relationships with other banks in order to sell loans or purchase overnight funds should additional liquidity be needed. As of December 31, 2024, TBK Bank had $546.4 million of unused borrowing capacity from the Federal Reserve Bank discount window and unsecured federal funds lines of credit with seven unaffiliated banks totaling $227.5 million, with no amounts advanced against those lines. Additionally, as of December 31, 2024, we had $819.1 million in unused and available advances from the FHLB. We routinely utilize FHLB advances to support the fluctuating and sometimes unpredictable balances in our mortgage warehouse lending portfolio, and we will continue to do so. Further, as of December 31, 2024, we had $164.0 million in unused and available capacity to deliver factored receivables to another bank should additional liquidity be needed.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations and other commitments to make future payments as of December 31, 2024. The amount of the obligations presented in the table reflect principal amounts only and exclude the amount of interest we are obligated to pay. Also excluded from the table are a number of obligations to be settled in cash. These excluded items are reflected in our consolidated balance sheet and include deposits with no stated maturity, trade payables, and accrued interest payable.

Payments Due by Period - December 31, 2024

Federal Home Loan Bank advances $ 30,000 $ — $ 30,000 $ — $ —

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In the normal course of business, we enter into various transactions, which, in accordance with GAAP, are not included in our consolidated balance sheets. We enter into these transactions to meet the financing needs of our customers. These transactions include commitments to extend credit and standby and commercial letters of credit, which involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk and interest rate risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. For further information, see Note 15 – Off-Balance Sheet Loan Commitments in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Regulatory Capital Requirements

Our capital management consists of providing equity to support our current and future operations. We are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal and state banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s or TBK Bank’s financial statements. For further information regarding our regulatory capital requirements, see Note 18 – Regulatory Matters in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Certain of our accounting estimates are important to the portrayal of our financial condition, since they require management to make difficult, complex or subjective judgments, some of which may relate to matters that are inherently uncertain. Estimates are susceptible to material changes as a result of changes in facts and circumstances. Facts and circumstances which could affect these judgments include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates, changes in the performance of the economy and changes in the financial condition of borrowers. Management believes that determining the allowance for credit losses on loans is a critical accounting estimate. Our accounting policies are discussed in detail in Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans. Management considers the policies related to the allowance for credit losses on loans to be critical to the financial statement presentation. The total allowance for credit losses on loans includes activity related to allowances calculated in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses. The allowance for credit losses is established through credit loss expense charged to current earnings. The amount maintained in the allowance reflects management’s continuing evaluation of the credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the loans in our portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on loans is a valuation account that is deducted from the loans' amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. Determining the appropriateness of the allowance is complex and requires judgment by management about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Subsequent evaluations of the then existing loan portfolio, in light of the factors then prevailing, may result in significant changes in the allowance for credit losses in those future periods. We employ a disciplined process and methodology to establish our allowance for credit losses that has two basic components: first, an asset-specific component involving individual loans that do not share risk characteristics with other loans and the measurement of specific expected credit losses for such individual loans; and second, a general pooled component for estimated expected credit losses for pools of loans that share similar risk characteristics.

Generally, when a loan moves to nonaccrual status, it is removed from the collective pooled evaluation allowance methodology and is subject to individual evaluation. A specific reserve analysis is prepared for each loan and the net realizable value of the loan is determined. Factors contributing to the determination of specific reserves include the creditworthiness of the borrower, and more specifically, changes in the expected amount and timing of future receipt of principal and interest payments and/or in the value of pledged collateral. A reserve is recorded when the carrying amount of the loan exceeds the discounted estimated cash flows using the loan’s initial effective interest rate, when the carrying amount of the loan exceeds the determined loss rate, or the fair value of the collateral for certain collateral dependent loans.

For purposes of establishing the general reserve, we stratify the loan portfolio into homogeneous groups of loans that possess similar loss potential characteristics andcalculate the net amount expected to be collected over the life of the loansto estimate the credit losses in the loan portfolio.The Company’s methodologies for estimating the allowance for credit losses consider available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts.

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The Company uses the discounted cash flow (DCF) method to estimate ACL for the commercial real estate, construction, land development, land, 1-4 family residential, commercial (excluding liquid credit), and consumer loan pools. For all loan pools utilizing the DCF method, the Company utilizes and forecasts national unemployment as a loss driver. The Company also utilizes and forecasts either one-year percentage change in national retail sales (commercial real estate – non multifamily, commercial general, commercial agriculture, commercial asset-based lending, commercial equipment finance, consumer), one-year percentage change in the national home price index (1-4 family residential and construction, land development, land), or one-year percentage change in national gross domestic product (commercial real estate – multifamily) as a second loss driver depending on the nature of the underlying loan pool and how well that loss driver correlates to expected future losses. Consistent forecasts of the loss drivers are used across the loan segments. The Company also forecasts prepayments speeds for use in the DCF models with higher prepayment speeds resulting in lower required ACL levels and vice versa for shorter prepayment speeds. These assumed prepayment speeds are based upon our historical prepayment speeds by loan type adjusted for the expected impact of the current interest rate environment. Generally, the impact of these assumed prepayment speeds is lesser in magnitude than the aforementioned loss driver assumptions.

For all DCF models at December 31, 2024, the Company has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over eight quarters on a straight-line basis. The Company leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four-quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts are also considered by the Company when developing the forecast metrics. At December 31, 2024 as compared to December 31, 2023, the Company forecasted slightly higher unemployment and slightly lower one-year percentage change in the national home price index. The Company forecasted a modest increase in one-year percentage change in national retail sales while forecasted GDP was virtually unchanged. At December 31, 2024 for national unemployment, the Company projected a relatively low percentage in the first quarter followed by a gradual rise in the following three quarters. For percentage change in national retail sales, the Company projected a small increase in the first two projected quarters followed by a decline to negative levels over the last two projected quarters to a level below recent actual periods. For percentage change in national home price index, the Company projected a positive increase in the first projected quarter followed by a steep drop to negative levels for the remaining three quarters with such negative levels peaking in the fourth projected quarter. For percentage change in national gross domestic product, management projected low growth in the first two projected quarters followed by contraction in the last two projected quarters. At December 31, 2024, the Company made no adjustments to its historical prepayment speeds given the uncertain direction of the interest rate environment in the macro economy.

The Company uses a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses for the farmland, liquid credit, factored receivable, and mortgage warehouse loan pools. For each of these loan segments, the Company applies an expected loss ratio based on internal and peer historical losses adjusted as appropriate for qualitative factors. Qualitative loss factors are based on the Company's judgment of company, market, industry or business specific data, changes in underlying loan composition of specific portfolios, trends relating to credit quality, delinquency, non-performing and adversely rated loans, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of economic conditions. Loss factors used to calculate the required ACL on pools that use the loss-rate method reflect the forecasted economic conditions described above.

Estimating the timing and amounts of future losses through projected cash flows is subject to significant management judgment as these projected cash flows rely upon the estimates discussed above and factors that are reflective of current or future expected conditions. These estimates as well as estimates used under the loss-rate method, in turn, depend on the duration of current overall economic conditions, industry, borrower, or portfolio specific conditions. All of these estimates require significant management judgment and certain assumptions that are highly subjective. Volatility in certain credit metrics and differences between expected and actual outcomes are to be expected.

The provision for (reversal of) credit losses recorded through earnings, and reduced by the charge-off of loan amounts, net of recoveries, is the amount necessary to maintain the allowance for credit losses at the amount of expected credit losses inherent within the loans held for investment portfolio. The amount of expense and the corresponding level of allowance for credit losses for loans are based on our evaluation of the collectability of the loan portfolio based on historical loss experience, reasonable and supportable forecasts, and other significant qualitative and quantitative factors.

Refer to “Allowance for Credit Losses” above, Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, and Note 4 – Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements elsewhere in this report for further discussion of our estimation process and methodology related to the allowance for credit losses.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

See Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of recently issued accounting pronouncements and their expected impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Asset/Liability Management and Interest Rate Risk

The principal objective of our asset and liability management function is to evaluate the interest rate risk within the balance sheet and pursue a controlled assumption of interest rate risk while maximizing net income and preserving adequate levels of liquidity and capital. The Board of Directors of our subsidiary bank has oversight of our asset and liability management function, which is managed by our Chief Financial Officer. Our Chief Financial Officer meets with our senior executive management team regularly to review, among other things, the sensitivity of our assets and liabilities to market interest rate changes, local and national market conditions and market interest rates. That group also reviews our liquidity, capital, deposit mix, loan mix and investment positions.

As a financial institution, our primary component of market risk is interest rate volatility. Fluctuations in interest rates will ultimately impact both the level of income and expense recorded on most of our assets and liabilities, and the fair value of all interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, other than those which have a short-term to maturity. Interest rate risk is the potential of economic losses due to future interest rate changes. These economic losses can be reflected as a loss of future net interest income and/or a loss of current fair values.

We manage our exposure to interest rates primarily by structuring our balance sheet in the ordinary course of business. We do not typically enter into derivative contracts for the purpose of managing interest rate risk, but we may elect to do so in the future. Based upon the nature of our operations, we are not subject to material foreign exchange risk. We do not own any trading assets.

We use an interest rate risk simulation model to test the interest rate sensitivity of net interest income and the balance sheet. Instantaneous parallel rate shift scenarios are modeled and utilized to evaluate risk and establish exposure limits for acceptable changes in projected net interest margin. These scenarios, known as rate shocks, simulate an instantaneous change in interest rates and use various assumptions, including, but not limited to, prepayments on loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on loans and deposits, reinvestment and replacement of asset and liability cash flows. We also analyze the economic value of equity as a secondary measure of interest rate risk. This is a complementary measure to net interest income where the calculated value is the result of the fair value of assets less the fair value of liabilities. The economic value of equity is a longer term view of interest rate risk because it measures the present value of all future cash flows. The impact of changes in interest rates on this calculation is analyzed for the risk to our future earnings and is used in conjunction with the analyses on net interest income.

The following tables summarizes simulated change in net interest income versus unchanged rates:

Following 12 Months Months 13-24 Following 12 Months Months13-24

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The following tables present the change in our economic value of equity, assuming immediate parallel shifts in interest rates:

Economic Value of Equity at Risk (%)

Flat rates 0.0 % 0.0 %

Many assumptions are used to calculate the impact of interest rate fluctuations. Actual results may be significantly different than our projections due to several factors, including the timing and frequency of rate changes, market conditions and the shape of the yield curve. The computations of interest rate risk shown above do not include actions that our management may undertake to manage the risks in response to anticipated changes in interest rates, and actual results may also differ due to any actions taken in response to the changing rates.

As part of our asset/liability management strategy, our management has emphasized the origination of shorter duration loans as well as variable rate loans to limit the negative exposure to a rate increase. We also desire to acquire deposit transaction accounts, particularly noninterest or low interest-bearing non-maturity deposit accounts, whose cost is less sensitive to changes in interest rates.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Triumph Financial, Inc.

Dallas, Texas

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Triumph Financial, Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework: (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework: (2013) issued by COSO.

Basis for Opinions

The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Report on Management’s Assessment of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”) – Reasonable and Supportable Forecasts

The ACL (as described in Note 1 and presented in Note 4) is an estimate of expected credit losses, measured over the contractual life of an instrument, which considers reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions in addition to information about past events and current conditions. As of December 31, 2024, the ACL of $40.7 million attributable to loans held for investment consists of 1) an allowance of $13.4 million on collateral dependent loans and 2) an allowance of $27.3 million on loans collectively evaluated (“pool basis”) for impairment.

The Company measures expected credit losses of loans on a pool basis when the loans share similar risk characteristics. Depending on the nature of the pool of loans with similar risk characteristics, the Company uses a discounted cash flow (“DCF”) method or a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses.

Pools analyzed in the DCF method require more judgment in the forecast assumptions than those used in the loss-rate pools as they are generally of longer duration.

Estimating reasonable and supportable forecasts requires significant judgment. Management leverages economic projections from a third party to inform its forecasts over the forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts are also considered by management when developing the forecasts. We identified auditing the reasonableness of forecasts in the ACL for loans using the DCF method as a critical audit matter as it involves especially subjective auditor judgment.

The primary audit procedures we performed in response to this critical audit matter included:

•Tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the Company’s ACL, including controls over the relevance and reliability of forecast assumptions applied in the DCF methods, the forecast assumptions sensitivity to change, and completeness and accuracy of data used.

•Evaluated the reasonableness and appropriateness of management’s forecasting methodology for suitability under generally accepted accounting principles.

•Performed substantive procedures over the relevance and reliability of forecast assumptions applied within the DCF models.

•Substantively tested the completeness and accuracy of the data used.

/s/ Crowe LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2012.

Dallas, Texas

February 11, 2025

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Source: SEC EDGAR (public domain) · 10-K for the period ended 2024-12-31, filed 2025-02-11 · accession 0001628280-25-004879

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