Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) |
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| Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | |
| Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation The Interim Consolidated Financial Statements including the accounts of Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Esquire Bank, N.A., are collectively referred to as “the Company.” All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial information. In the opinion of management, the Interim Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company on a consolidated basis and all such adjustments are recurring in nature. These financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026 or any other period. |
| Recent Events | Recent Events On March 11, 2026, the Company, Esquire Merger Sub, Inc., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Signature Bancorporation, Inc. (“Signature”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “merger agreement”), pursuant to which Esquire and Signature have agreed to combine their respective businesses. Under the merger agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Signature, with Signature as the surviving entity (the “merger”), and immediately following the merger, Signature will merge with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving entity (the “second step merger”). Immediately following the second step merger, Signature Bank, an Illinois-chartered non-member bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of Signature (“Signature Bank”), will merge with and into Esquire Bank, with Esquire Bank as the surviving bank (the “bank merger” and, together with the merger and the second step merger, the “mergers”). Under the terms of the merger agreement, shareholders of Signature will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 2.63 shares of Esquire common stock for each share of Signature common stock, subject to adjustment. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the exchange ratio is subject to an adjustment based on the disposition value of four Signature Bank loans with a total par value of approximately $70 million. The merger agreement provides that if any Schedule A Loans are sold prior to closing, then the exchange ratio will be adjusted based on the aggregate loan sales proceeds relative to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such loans with a maximum exchange ratio of 2.80, based on the sale of all Schedule A Loans and on a percent recovery of the Aggregate Schedule A Loan Balance, and a minimum exchange ratio of 2.50, based on a ten percent or less aggregate recovery from the sale of the Schedule A Loans (or no sales of Schedule A Loans) prior to closing. As of May 4, 2026, two of the Schedule A Loans, having an aggregate principal balance of $30.3 million, have been sold, with aggregate sales proceeds totaling $12.6 million, for an aggregate recovery rate of 42%. Assuming that the remaining two Schedule A Loans, totaling $40 million, are sold prior to closing and that 100% of the principal balance of these unsold Schedule A Loans is recovered, the exchange ratio would be 2.715. If no further Schedule A Loans are sold prior to closing, or if the recovery rate on the sale of the remaining Schedule A Loans is 10% or less, the exchange ratio would be 2.544. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval, approval by each of the Company’s stockholders and Signature’s shareholders of certain matters relating to the merger at each company’s respective special meeting, and other customary closing conditions. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company incurred merger related expenses of $1.3 million related to the pending merger, which are included as a separate component of noninterest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income. There were no merger related expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025. These expenses primarily consist of legal, advisory, professional, and other transaction-related costs and are not expected to recur in the normal course of business. |
| Investment in Variable Interest Entities | Investment in Variable Interest Entities During 2022, the Company sold its legacy National Football League (“NFL”) consumer post-settlement loan portfolio to a variable interest entity (“VIE”) in exchange for a nonvoting interest valued at $13.5 million where the Company remained as servicer of the loan portfolio at the discretion of the VIE manager. Gains or losses on this investment are the result of changes in projected cash flows from the VIE’s loan portfolio based on expected claim settlements and the Company’s exposure is limited to its investment. The Company did not recognize an equity method gain or loss on its investment for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the investment’s carrying amount was $9.0 million and had a remaining life of 3.0 years as of March 31, 2026. During 2024 and 2025, the Company invested cash in United Payment Systems, LLC (doing business as Payzli) in exchange for a 24.99% ownership interest. Payzli is an end-to-end payment technology company that acts as a single source for payment services, business management software, web enablement and mobile solutions. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company did not recognize an equity method gain or loss on its investment. The investment carrying amount was $4.8 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively and there are no remaining unfunded commitments as of March 31, 2026. There were no Payzli fundings for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Company funded $450 thousand in Payzli for the three months ended March 31, 2025. |
| Loss Contingencies | Loss Contingencies Loss contingencies, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. Management does not believe there now are such matters that will have a material effect on the Consolidated Financial Statements. |
| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Please see "Part I - Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies" for a discussion of areas in the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements utilizing significant estimates. |
| Standards Adopted in 2026 | Standards Adopted in 2026 In November 2025 the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2025-08, “Financials Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans”. The ASU expands the use of the gross-up approach to include purchased seasoned loans, defined as loans (excluding credit cards) acquired without significant credit deterioration and deemed to be seasoned; seasoned loans are those obtained either through a business combination or purchase at least ninety days after origination, provided the acquirer was not involved in the origination. The change is intended to reduce complexity and subjectivity in loan purchase transactions, and to reduce the risk of double counting expected credit losses that are already reflected in fair value determinations made at the time of acquisition. ASU 2025-08 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026; early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2025-08 as of January 1, 2026 and it did not have an effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. |