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Note 18 - Operating Segmentation
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2025
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18.

Operating segmentation:

 

Effective as of the transfer of Digital Deposit Receipt (“DDR”) technology to an existing, wholly owned subsidiary (DBG Inc.) of DRT Cyber Inc., which was subsequently renamed Digital Meteor, Inc., the Bank has established four reportable operating segments: Digital Banking Canada, Digital Banking USA, DRTC, and Digital Meteor Inc. These four operating segments represent strategic business operations that provide distinct products and services to different markets. They are separately managed due to the differences in the nature of each business. The following summarizes the operations of each of the reportable segments:

 

Digital Banking Canada - The Bank employs a business-to-business model using its proprietary financial technology to address underserved segments in the Canadian banking market. VersaBank obtains its deposits and provides the majority of its credit assets electronically via innovative deposit and lending solutions for financial intermediaries.

 

Digital Banking USA - The Bank intends to adopt a business-to-business model, leveraging its proprietary financial technology to address underserved segments of the US banking market. VersaBank USA plans to acquire deposits and deliver the majority of its credit assets electronically through innovative deposit and lending solutions tailored for financial intermediaries.

 

DRTC (cybersecurity services and banking and financial technology development) - Leveraging its internally developed IT security software and capabilities, VersaBank established a wholly owned subsidiary, DRTC, to pursue significant large-market opportunities in cybersecurity and to develop innovative solutions to address the rapidly growing volume of cyber threats challenging financial institutions, multi-national corporations and government entities.

 

Digital Meteor, Inc. -Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Digital Meteor, Inc. (“Digital Meteor”), VersaBank owns proprietary intellectual property and technology to enable the next generation of digital assets by the banking and financial community, including the Bank’s revolutionary Digital Deposit Receipts (“DDR”s).

 

The basis for the determination of the reportable segments is a function primarily of the systematic, consistent process employed by the Bank’s chief operating decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer in reviewing and interpreting the operations and performance of each segment. The accounting policies applied to these segments are consistent with those employed in the preparation of the Bank’s Consolidated Financial Statements, as disclosed in note 3 of the Bank’s 2024 audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Performance is measured based on segment net income, as included in the Bank’s internal management reporting. Management has determined that this measure is the most relevant in evaluating segment results and in the allocation of resources.

 

 

The following table sets out the results of each reportable operating segment as at and for the three and six months ended April 30, 2025, and 2024:

 

(thousands of Canadian dollars)

                                            

for the three months ended

 

April 30, 2025

  

April 30, 2024

 
  

Digital Banking

 

Digital Banking

  

Digital Meteor

  

DRTC

  

Eliminations/

  

Consolidated

 

Digital Banking

  

Digital Meteor

  

DRTC

  

Eliminations/

  

Consolidated

 
  

Canada

  

USA

          

Adjustments

      

Canada

          

Adjustments

     

Net interest income

 $25,525  $2,507  $-  $-  $-  $28,032  $26,242  $-  $-  $-  $26,242 

Non-interest income

  122   (18)  569   1,789   (355)  2,107   262   82   2,254   (339)  2,259 

Total revenue

  25,647   2,489   569   1,789   (355)  30,139   26,504   82   2,254   (339)  28,501 
                                             

Provision for (recovery of) credit losses

  954   (65)  -   -   -   889   16   -   -   -   16 
   24,693   2,554   569   1,789   (355)  29,250   26,488   82   2,254   (339)  28,485 
                                             

Non-interest expenses:

                                            

Salaries and benefits

  5,836   1,464   253   1,602   -   9,155   5,724   101   1,584   -   7,409 

General and administrative

  5,267   800   343   665   (355)  6,720   3,445   72   379   (339)  3,557 

Premises and equipment

  947   104   123   467   -   1,641   845   23   351   -   1,219 
   12,050   2,368   719   2,734   (355)  17,516   10,014   196   2,314   (339)  12,185 
                                             

Income (loss) before income taxes

  12,643   186   (150)  (945)  -   11,734   16,474   (114)  (60)  -   16,300 
                                             

Income tax provision

  3,443   53   2   (293)  -   3,205   4,484   33   (45)  -   4,472 
                                             

Net income (loss)

 $9,200  $133  $(152) $(652) $-  $8,529  $11,990  $(147) $(15) $-  $11,828 
                                             

Total assets

 $4,761,444  $281,153  $11,086  $25,224  $(31,774) $5,047,133  $4,378,863  $3,022  $24,848  $(18,413) $4,388,320 
                                             

Total liabilities

 $4,386,758  $144,517  $9,029  $19,708  $(41,185) $4,518,827  $3,982,924  $1,010  $28,059  $(23,776) $3,988,217 

 

(thousands of Canadian dollars)

                                            

for the six months ended

 

April 30, 2025

  

April 30, 2024

 
  

Digital Banking

 

Digital Banking

  

Digital Meteor

  

DRTC

  

Eliminations/

  

Consolidated

 

Digital Banking

  

Digital Meteor

  

DRTC

  

Eliminations/

  

Consolidated

 
  

Canada

  

USA

          

Adjustments

      

Canada

          

Adjustments

     

Net interest income

 $49,210  $4,546  $-  $-  $-  $53,756  $52,810  $-  $-  $-  $52,810 

Non-interest income

  247   (17)  911   3,778   (709)  4,210   382   662   4,174   (676)  4,542 

Total revenue

  49,457   4,529   911   3,778   (709)  57,966   53,192   662   4,174   (676)  57,352 
                                             

Provision for (recovery of) credit losses

  1,987   (74)  -   -   -   1,913   (111)  -   -   -   (111)
   47,470   4,603   911   3,778   (709)  56,053   53,303   662   4,174   (676)  57,463 
                                             

Non-interest expenses:

                                            

Salaries and benefits

  11,125   2,628   470   3,546   -   17,769   11,095   245   2,607   -   13,947 

General and administrative

  9,983   1,397   387   1,151   (709)  12,209   7,721   122   723   (676)  7,890 

Premises and equipment

  1,850   213   171   1,003   -   3,237   1,613   66   693   -   2,372 
   22,958   4,238   1,028   5,700   (709)  33,215   20,429   433   4,023   (676)  24,209 
                                             

Income (loss) before income taxes

  24,512   365   (117)  (1,922)  -   22,838   32,874   229   151   -   33,254 
                                             

Income tax provision

  6,548   129   2   (513)  -   6,166   8,620   38   69   -   8,727 
                                             

Net income (loss)

 $17,964  $236  $(119) $(1,409) $-  $16,672  $24,254  $191  $82  $-  $24,527 
                                             

Total assets

 $4,761,444  $281,153  $11,086  $25,224  $(31,774) $5,047,133  $4,378,863  $3,022  $24,848  $(18,413) $4,388,320 
                                             

Total liabilities

 $4,386,758  $144,517  $9,029  $19,708  $(41,185) $4,518,827  $3,982,924  $1,010  $28,059  $(23,776) $3,988,217 
                                             

 

Prior to the year ended October 31, 2024, substantially all Digital Banking’s operations were based in Canada.