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DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING
The Company is party to various derivative instruments that are used for asset and liability management and client financing needs. Derivative instruments are contracts between two or more parties that have a notional amount and an underlying variable, require no net investment and allow for the net settlement of positions. The notional amount serves as the basis for the payment provision of the contract and takes the form of units, such as shares or dollars. The underlying variable represents a specified interest rate, index, or other component. The interaction between the notional amount and the underlying variable determines the number of units to be exchanged between the parties and influences the market value of the derivative contract.

The Company’s predominant derivative and hedging activities involve interest rate swaps related to certain term loans and forward sales contracts associated with mortgage banking activities. Generally, these instruments help the Company manage exposure to market risk and meet client financing needs. Market risk represents the possibility that economic value or net interest income will be adversely affected by fluctuations in external factors such as market-driven interest rates and prices or other economic factors.
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the notional values or contractual amounts and fair values of the Company’s derivatives were as follows (in thousands):
Asset DerivativesLiability Derivatives
March 31, 2026December 31, 2025March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Notional/ Contract AmountFair ValueNotional/ Contract AmountFair ValueNotional/ Contract AmountFair ValueNotional/ Contract AmountFair Value
Interest rate swaps $421,679 $19,490 $409,748 $19,185 $421,679 $19,509 $409,748 $19,207 
Master netting agreements(9,612)(9,207)— — 
Net interest rate swaps9,878 9,978 19,509 19,207 
Risk participation agreements525 — 583 — 40,122 6 40,607 5 
Mortgage loan commitments9,192 30 39,895 333 55,596 55 — — 
Forward sales contracts69,483 446 28,405 — 9,192 30 33,793 151 
Total$500,879 $10,354 $478,631 $10,311 $526,589 $19,600 $484,148 $19,363 

The Company’s asset derivatives are included in other assets, while the liability derivatives are included in accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

Interest Rate Swaps: The Bank offers an interest rate swap program for commercial loan clients that provides the client with a variable-rate loan and enters into an interest rate swap in which the client receives a variable-rate payment in exchange for a fixed-rate payment. The Bank offsets its risk exposure by entering into an offsetting interest rate swap with a dealer counterparty for the same notional amount and length of term as the client interest rate swap providing the dealer counterparty with a fixed-rate payment in exchange for a variable-rate payment. These swaps do not qualify as designated hedges; therefore, each swap is accounted for as a freestanding derivative.

Risk Participation Agreements: In conjunction with the purchase or sale of participating interests in loans, the Company also participates in related swaps through risk participation agreements which are used to share in the credit risk associated with interest rate swaps on participated loans. The existing credit derivatives resulting from these participations are not designated as hedges as they are not used to manage interest rate risk in the Company’s assets or liabilities and are not speculative.

Mortgage Loan Commitments: The Company sells originated one- to four-family residential loans into the secondary mortgage loan markets. During the period of loan origination and prior to the sale of the loans in the secondary market, the Company has exposure to movements in interest rates associated with written interest rate lock commitments with potential borrowers to originate one- to four-family residential loans that are intended to be sold and for closed one- to four-family residential loans held for sale for which fair value accounting has been elected, that are awaiting sale and delivery into the secondary market. The Company economically hedges the risk of changing interest rates associated with these one- to four-family residential loan commitments by entering into forward sales contracts to sell these loans or mortgage-backed securities to broker/dealers at specific prices and dates.

Gains (losses) recognized in income within mortgage banking operations on non-designated hedging instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, were as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Mortgage loan commitments$(290)$281 
Forward sales contracts568 (457)
$278 $(176)

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty to these agreements. Credit risk of the financial contract is controlled through the credit approval, limits, and monitoring procedures and Management does not expect the counterparties to fail their obligations.
In connection with the interest rate swaps between the Bank and the dealer counterparties, the agreements contain a provision where if the Bank fails to maintain its status as a well or adequately capitalized institution, then the counterparty could terminate the derivative positions and the Bank would be required to settle its obligations. Similarly, the Bank could be required to settle its obligations under certain of its agreements if specific regulatory events occur, such as a publicly issued prompt corrective action directive, cease and desist order, or a capital maintenance agreement that required the Bank to maintain a specific capital level. If the Bank had breached any of these provisions at March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at the termination value. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had no obligations to dealer counterparties related to these agreements. The Company generally posts collateral against derivative liabilities in the form of cash, government agency-issued bonds, mortgage-backed securities, or commercial mortgage-backed securities. Collateral posted against derivative liabilities was $18.5 million and $17.4 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. The collateral posted included restricted cash of $17.6 million and $16.4 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

Derivative assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value on the balance sheet. Master netting agreements allow the Company to settle all derivative contracts held with a single counterparty on a net basis and to offset net derivative positions with related collateral where applicable. In addition, some interest rate swap derivatives between the Company and the dealer counterparties are cleared through central clearing houses. These clearing houses characterize the variation margin payments as settlements of the derivative’s market exposure and not as collateral. The variation margin is treated as an adjustment to our cash collateral, as well as a corresponding adjustment to our derivative asset or liability. The variation margin adjustment was a positive adjustment of $9.6 million and a positive adjustment of $9.2 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

The following tables present additional information related to the Company’s derivative contracts, by type of financial instrument, as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (in thousands):
March 31, 2026
Gross Amounts of Financial Instruments Not Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition
Gross Amounts RecognizedAmounts offset in the Statement of Financial ConditionNet Amounts in the Statement of Financial ConditionNetting Adjustment Per Applicable Master Netting AgreementsFair Value of Financial Collateral in the Statement of Financial ConditionNet Amount
Derivative assets
Interest rate swaps$19,490 $(9,612)$9,878 $— $— $9,878 
$19,490 $(9,612)$9,878 $— $— $9,878 
Derivative liabilities
Interest rate swaps$19,509 $— $19,509 $— $(16,901)$2,608 
$19,509 $— $19,509 $— $(16,901)$2,608 
December 31, 2025
Gross Amounts of Financial Instruments Not Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition
Gross Amounts RecognizedAmounts offset
in the Statement
of Financial Condition		Net Amounts in the Statement of Financial ConditionNetting Adjustment Per Applicable Master Netting AgreementsFair Value of Financial Collateral in the Statement of Financial ConditionNet Amount
Derivative assets
Interest rate swaps$19,185 $(9,207)$9,978 $— $— $9,978 
$19,185 $(9,207)$9,978 $— $— $9,978 
Derivative liabilities
Interest rate swaps$19,207 $— $19,207 $— $(15,767)$3,440 
$19,207 $— $19,207 $— $(15,767)$3,440