WEST READING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Customers Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:CUBI):

Second Quarter 2026 Highlights

• Q2 2026 net income available to common shareholders was $71.6 million, or $2.05 per diluted share; ROAA was 1.13% and ROCE was 13.22%.
• Q2 2026 core earnings*¹ were $71.5 million, or $2.05 per diluted share; Core ROAA* was 1.13% and Core ROCE* was 13.20%.
• Total deposits increased $140.3 million, or 0.6% in Q2 2026 from Q1 2026, and $2.8 billion, or 14.5% from Q2 2025 to a period end record level of $21.7 billion.
• Total loans increased $623.8 million, or 3.6%, in Q2 2026 from Q1 2026, and $2.6 billion, or 16.9% from Q2 2025 to a period end record level of $18.0 billion.
• Non-interest bearing deposits increased $174.1 million in Q2 2026 compared to Q1 2026 to a period end record level of $6.9 billion, or 31.8% of total deposits.
• Q2 2026 efficiency ratio was 50.55% compared to Q2 2025 efficiency ratio of 51.23%, a decline of 68 basis points and Q2 2026 core efficiency ratio* was 50.55% compared to Q2 2025 core efficiency ratio* of 51.56%, a decline of 101 basis points.

CEO Commentary

“I am pleased to share our second quarter 2026 results that show the company’s continued execution of its strategic priorities and underscore our success in growing franchise value,” said Customers Bancorp CEO Sam Sidhu.

“Artificial intelligence (“AI”) and automation continued to drive measurable transformative progress across the organization in the second quarter, with tangible results across productivity, revenue, and risk management. On the productivity front, we completed a pilot of our new AI-powered loan closing process, which included successfully closing selected commercial loans in seven days, down from 30 to 60 days typically, achieving this milestone one to two quarters ahead of schedule. We also saw positive revenue impact, with select verticals delivering over 100% improvement in prospecting success rates as AI enhanced our ability to identify and pursue the highest-quality opportunities. Finally, on risk management, we piloted AI-powered KYC screening and OFAC false-positive clearing, strengthening the consistency and defensibility of our compliance processes while freeing up capacity for higher-value work. Together, these results reflect the tangible, organization-wide progress we are making as we continue to scale AI across the bank.

Our cubiX payments platform also continued to scale, with cumulative network transaction volume surpassing $5 trillion in the quarter. We saw particularly strong momentum in our real estate vertical, which added $300 million in deposit balances in the quarter and has a nine figure pipeline per quarter through year end.

We continued to strategically and organically grow our loan and deposit portfolios with momentum throughout the organization. Total loans and leases grew by 3.6% in Q2 2026 compared to Q1 2026, with contributions from multiple verticals allowing us to deliver above industry average growth rates without sacrificing on structure or credit quality.

Total deposits increased by 0.6% in Q2 2026 compared to Q1 2026, and we delivered about $375 million of non-interest bearing deposit growth in Q2 2026 outside of our digital asset channel clients. Year to date our new commercial banking teams hired since Q2 2023 added approximately $570 million in deposits with 65% of the growth from non-interest bearing deposits. The growth continued to be granular as we had an increase of approximately 1,250 commercial accounts on a net basis, or a 5% increase in a single quarter, and the 2025 teams alone added 475 accounts in the quarter.

Our Q2 2026 GAAP earnings were $71.6 million, or $2.05 per diluted share, and core earnings* were $71.5 million, or $2.05 per diluted share. Asset quality remains strong with our NPA ratio at just 0.32% of total assets and reserve levels are robust at 293% of total non-performing loans at the end of Q2 2026. Our TCE / TA ratio* increased by 40 basis points from June 30, 2025 to 8.3% at June 30, 2026, while our balance sheet grew by 2.5% and we repurchased 92,804 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $73.03 in the quarter.

In Q2 2026, we once again delivered exceptionally strong growth across key metrics of revenue, core earnings*, and book value per share of 10%, 14%*, and 16%, respectively, when compared to Q2 2025,” Sam Sidhu concluded.

Key Balance Sheet Trends

Loans and Leases Held for Investment

Loans and leases held for investment were a period end record $18.0 billion at June 30, 2026, up $585 million, or 3.4%, from March 31, 2026. C&I specialized lending increased by $253 million, or 3.4% quarter-over-quarter to $7.7 billion. Non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans increased by $145 million, or 8.3%, to $1.9 billion. Multifamily loans increased by $113 million, or 4.5%, to $2.6 billion. Other C&I loans increased by $100 million, or 10.0% to $1.1 billion. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in mortgage finance loans of $101 million, or 5.5% to $1.7 billion.

Loans and leases held for investment of $18.0 billion at June 30, 2026 were up $2.6 billion, or 16.8%, year-over-year. C&I specialized lending increased by $1.2 billion, or 18.5%, year-over-year. Non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans increased by $391 million, or 26.1%. Multifamily loans increased by $377 million, or 16.8%. Owner-occupied commercial real estate loans increased by $206 million, or 19.3%. Consumer installment loans increased by $138 million, or 17.1%. Construction loans increased by $118 million, or 119.9%. Mortgage finance loans increased by $104 million, or 6.4%.

Investment Securities

At June 30, 2026, total investment securities were $3.3 billion, an increase of $602 million compared to March 31, 2026 and an increase of $528 million compared to a year ago, driven primarily from purchases of agency MBS and CMO.

At June 30, 2026, the Available-For-Sale (“AFS”) debt securities portfolio had a spot yield of 5.14%, an effective duration of approximately 2.5 years, and approximately 35% are variable rate. Additionally, approximately 79% of the AFS securities portfolio was AAA rated at June 30, 2026.

At June 30, 2026, the Held-To-Maturity (“HTM”) debt securities portfolio represented only 2.4% of total assets, had a spot yield of 3.18% and an effective duration of approximately 4.2 years. Additionally, at June 30, 2026, approximately 70% of the HTM securities were AAA rated and $0.2 billion were credit enhanced asset backed securities with no current expectation of credit losses.

Deposits

Total deposits increased $140 million, or 0.6% to a period end record $21.7 billion at June 30, 2026 as compared to the prior quarter. The total average cost of deposits increased by 4 basis points to 2.50% in Q2 2026 from 2.46% in the prior quarter. Total estimated uninsured deposits were $7.6 billion¹, or 35% of total deposits at June 30, 2026 with immediately available liquidity covering approximately 146% of these deposits.

Total deposits increased $2.8 billion, or 14.5% to $21.7 billion at June 30, 2026 as compared to a year ago. The total average cost of deposits decreased by 35 basis points to 2.50% in Q2 2026 from 2.85% in Q2 2025.

Borrowings

Total borrowings increased $428 million, or 22.5% to $2.3 billion at June 30, 2026 as compared to the prior quarter. This increase primarily resulted from net draws of $500 million in FHLB advances, partially offset by repayment of $70 million in federal funds purchased. Total borrowings increased $853 million, or 57.7%, to $2.3 billion at June 30, 2026 as compared to a year ago primarily due to net draws of $870 million in FHLB advances.

Capital

Customers Bancorp’s common equity increased $61 million to $2.2 billion, and tangible common equity* increased $61 million to $2.2 billion, at June 30, 2026 compared to the prior quarter, respectively, primarily from earnings of $72 million, offset in part by $7 million of common share repurchase and an increase in AOCI of $4 million (net of taxes), mostly from increased unrealized losses on swaps designated as cash flow hedges. Customers Bancorp’s common equity increased $424 million to $2.2 billion, and tangible common equity* increased $424 million to $2.2 billion, at June 30, 2026 compared to a year ago, respectively, primarily from earnings of $291 million and the issuance of $163 million of common stock in September 2025, offset in part by $49 million of common share repurchases. Book value per common share increased to $65.31 from $63.64 and $56.36, and tangible book value per common share* increased to $65.20 from $63.54 and $56.24, at June 30, 2026 from March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively.

Credit Quality

The provision for credit losses in Q2 2026 was $23 million, compared to $23 million in Q1 2026 and $21 million in Q2 2025.

Net charge-offs were $15 million in Q2 2026, compared to $13 million in Q1 2026 and Q2 2025.

The allowance for credit losses on loans and leases was $164 million at June 30, 2026, compared to $161 million at March 31, 2026 and $147 million at June 30, 2025.

Non-performing loans at June 30, 2026 increased to 0.31% of total loans and leases, compared to 0.27% at March 31, 2026 and 0.18% at June 30, 2025. Nonperforming loans include the guaranteed portion of SBA loans. As of June 30, 2026, nonperforming loans totaled $56 million, of which approximately $12 million represents the government-guaranteed portion. Excluding the government-guaranteed portion, nonperforming loans totaled approximately $44 million, representing 0.24% of total loans and leases.

Key Profitability Trends

Net Interest Income

Net interest income totaled $193.4 million in Q2 2026, an increase of $2.0 million from Q1 2026. This increase was driven by an increase in interest income mainly from C&I specialized lending, partially offset by an increase in interest expense primarily due to a shift in deposit mix and net draws of FHLB advances.

“Net interest income increased 9% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026. As we previously communicated, we expect the second quarter to represent the trough in our net interest margin, with a rebound to roughly Q1 2026 levels in Q3 2026 and additional expansion in Q4 2026. This trajectory is driven by expected continued low-cost deposit gathering and robust loan growth,” stated Customers Bancorp CFO Mark McCollom.

Net interest income totaled $193.4 million in Q2 2026, an increase of $16.7 million from Q2 2025. This increase was primarily due to higher interest income mainly from C&I specialized lending.

Non-Interest Income

Reported non-interest income totaled $34.0 million for Q2 2026, a decrease of $0.3 million compared to $34.3 million for Q1 2026. The slight decrease was primarily due to decreases of $1.8 million in loan fees mainly from lower gains on stock warrants and $0.9 million in bank-owned life insurance due to lower death benefits. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $2.6 million in other non-interest income mainly due to a decrease in loss on equity investments and an increase in income from supplemental executive retirement plan (SERP) assets and derivatives.

Non-interest income totaled $34.0 million for Q2 2026, an increase of $4.4 million compared to Q2 2025. The increase was primarily due to increases in commercial lease income of $4.3 million and $1.1 million in net gain on sale of loans and leases mainly from the sale of SBA loans, and $1.8 million of net loss on sale of investment securities in Q2 2025, partially offset by a decrease of $2.6 million in other non-interest income primarily from $1.8 million of fees associated with the sunsetting of a loan origination program with a fintech company in Q2 2025.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expenses totaled $114.9 million in Q2 2026, an increase of $2.9 million compared to Q1 2026. The increase was primarily attributable to increases of $4.7 million in salaries and employee benefits mainly due to annual merit increases, higher headcount, $1.0 million in severance expense and higher SERP liability, $1.2 million in technology, communication and bank operations mainly for software and $2.8 million in other non-interest expenses mainly for business development, non-capitalizable loan origination expenses and provision for unfunded lending-related commitments, partially offset by decreases of $3.6 million in FDIC assessments, non-income taxes and regulatory fees and $1.7 million in professional fees.

“In Q2 2026, we had $1.0 million of severance expense and even with this impact, we continued to demonstrate strong expense discipline while investing in our future. We successfully achieved our upsized operational excellence goal of $30 million in annual run rate revenue enhancements and expense savings providing capacity for further investment in the franchise. Importantly we are driving significant positive operating leverage with core revenue* growth of 13% and core expense* growth of only 8% in the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to 2025. This drove an approximately 200 basis point decline in our core efficiency ratio* over that same time period,” stated Mark McCollom.

Non-interest expenses totaled $114.9 million in Q2 2026, an increase of $8.3 million compared to Q2 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to increases of $10.2 million in salaries and employee benefits and $4.0 million in commercial lease depreciation associated with the Bank’s continued growth, $2.5 million in technology, communication and bank operations mainly for software and processing fees, and $3.1 million in other non-interest expenses mainly due to business development and non-capitalizable loan origination expenses. These increases were partially offset by decreases of $7.3 million in FDIC assessments, non-income taxes and regulatory fees and $3.8 million in professional fees.

Taxes

Income tax expense was $17.9 million in Q2 2026, down from $20.7 million in Q1 2026 and slightly lower than $18.0 million in Q2 2025. The decrease reflects favorable permanent tax differences, partly offset by higher state and local income tax expense. The effective tax rate was 20% for Q2 2026.

Outlook

“We were very pleased with the start to 2026 and remain focused on executing in those areas which differentiate us from our peers. We believe that truly exceptional service, sophisticated product offerings, recruitment of top talent, exceptional payment capabilities, and a single point of contact service model will deliver sustainable long-term growth. We are reaffirming our full-year 2026 guidance across all metrics.

We expect to continue to execute across the company’s four top priorities for 2026. First, on AI and automation, we expect to see meaningful progress on our “top down” priorities including broad deployment of the seven day loan closing agentic tool, onboarding complex commercial deposit accounts in minutes not hours, and launching new business lines in our payment vertical. We also expect further benefits from “bottoms up” use cases as they drive increased revenue and improved productivity through team member hours saved. Second, we expect our payments capabilities to continue to expand, driven by the new industries and use cases we are serving and by strengthening relationships with existing clients through expanded product offerings. Third, we are confident in our ability to continue to deliver above industry average loan and deposit portfolio growth and build upon our successful team recruitment strategy. And fourth, we will seek to accomplish these initiatives while operating with a high standard of regulatory and risk management excellence and maintaining a strong capital base, liquidity, and credit quality.

We believe we are incredibly well positioned to continue to achieve these goals and deliver excellent client service and strong financial performance in 2026 and beyond,” concluded Sam Sidhu.

Webcast

The live audio webcast, presentation slides, and earnings press release will be made available at https://www.customersbank.com and at the Customers Bancorp 2nd Quarter Earnings Webcast.

You may submit questions in advance of the live webcast by emailing our Chief Marketing Officer, Laura Vele at lvele@customersbank.com.

The webcast will be archived for viewing on the Customers Bank Investor Relations page and available beginning approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live event.

Institutional Background

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:CUBI) is one of the nation’s top-performing banking companies with approximately $27 billion in assets making it one of the 80 largest bank holding companies in the U.S. Customers Bank’s commercial and consumer clients benefit from a full suite of technology-enabled tailored product experiences delivered by best-in-class customer service distinguished by a Single Point of Contact approach. In addition to traditional lines such as C&I, commercial real estate, and residential and personal lending, Customers Bank also provides a number of national corporate banking services to clients in businesses including: fund finance, venture banking, healthcare, mortgage finance, and equipment finance. Major accolades include:

• Named a Top 10 Performing Bank by American Banker for five consecutive years (2021-2025), including the #1 spot in 2024 among midsize banks ($10B to $50B in assets)
• No. 45 out of the 100 largest publicly traded banks in 2026 Forbes Best Banks list
• Net Promoter Score of 81 compared to industry average of 41

A member of the Federal Reserve System with deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Customers Bank is an equal opportunity lender. Learn more: www.customersbank.com.

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