Use of Estimates: To prepare financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), management makes estimates and assumptions based on available information. These estimates and assumptions affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the disclosures provided, and future results could differ. The allowance for credit losses, determination of goodwill impairment, and fair value measurements of financial instruments are considered material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term.

Recently Adopted and Newly Issued but Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards:

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU require that public business entities on an annual basis (a) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (b) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income or loss by the applicable statutory income tax rate). The amendments in this ASU also require that all entities disclose on an annual basis the amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign taxes, and the amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by individual jurisdictions in which income taxes paid (net of refunds received) is equal to or greater than 5 percent of total income taxes paid (net of refunds received). The amendments require that all entities disclose income (or loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (or benefit) disaggregated between domestic and foreign and income tax expense (or benefit) from continuing operations disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis effective January 1, 2025, and the adoption of the ASU did not have a material impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards. The amendments clarify how an entity determines whether a profits interest or similar award is (i) within scope of Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) or (ii) not a share-based payment arrangement and therefore within the scope of other guidance. The Company adopted ASU 2024-01 effective January 1, 2025. The adoption of ASU 2024-01 did not have a material impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03: Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires disaggregation of certain expense captions into specified categories in disclosures within the footnotes to the financial statements. This ASU does not change the expense captions an entity presents on the face of its income statement. ASU 2024-03 can be applied prospectively, and it is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption and retrospective applications are permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2024-03 on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidation (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity ("VIE"). The ASU revises the guidance in ASC 805 to clarify that, in determining the accounting acquirer in "a business combination that is effected primarily by exchanging equity interests in which a VIE is acquired," an entity would be required to consider the factors in ASC paragraphs 805-10-55-12 through 55-15. Previously, the accounting acquirer in such transactions was always the primary beneficiary. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those fiscal reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or fiscal reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2025-03, but it is not expected to have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09: Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Hedge Accounting Improvements. ASU 2025-09 amends ASC 815 to align hedge accounting more closely with an entity's economic risk management practices. Key amendments include (i) to allow designating a variable price component of a nonfinancial forecasted purchase or sale as the hedged risk, (ii) to allow grouping individual forecasted transactions with similar (not identical) risk exposures, (iii) a new model for hedging forecasted interest on variable-rate debt, enabling changes in index or tenor without redesignation, subject to simplifying assumptions, and (iv) additional clarifications related to hedge accounting of nonfinancial components, net written options, and dual-hedge strategies. ASU 2025-09 will be effective for annual periods after December 15, 2026, though early adoption is permitted. ASU 2025-09 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans, which updates the accounting for Purchased Financial Assets ("PFA") under the CECL framework. The ASU expands the PFA model to include both Purchased Credit Deteriorated ("PCD") assets and certain non-PCD loan receivables, including purchased seasoned loans, applying the gross-up method to a broader group of acquired loans. This ASU addresses the long-standing concerns regarding double counting of credit losses and operational complexity under the prior CECL acquisition model. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, but early adoption is permitted. The Company early adopted ASU 2025-08 on a prospective basis in the fourth quarter of 2025 in connection with the Company's acquisition of FSB that closed in November 2025.