5. Loans

Most of the Company’s business activities are with clients located in area with significant Asian populations in Southern and Northern California; New York City, New York; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Seattle, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Edison, New Jersey; Rockville, Maryland; and Las Vegas, Nevada. The Company also has loan clients in Hong Kong. The Company does not have a significant concentration in any single commercial industry sector and generally its loans, when secured, are secured by real property or other collateral of the borrowers. The Company generally expects loans to be paid off from the operating profits of the borrowers, from refinancing by other lenders, or through sale by the borrowers of the secured collateral.

The types of loans in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, were as follows:

As of June 30, 2026, and  December 31, 2025, recorded investment in non-accrual loans was $111.7 million and $112.4 million, respectively. For non-accrual loans, the amounts previously charged-off represent 6.3% and 14.4% of the contractual balances for non-accrual loans as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively.

At June 30, 2026, the Bank pledged $1.32 billion of its commercial loans to the Federal Reserve Bank’s Discount Window under the Borrower-in-Custody program. The Bank had borrowing capacity of $1.22 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window at June 30, 2026.

The following table presents non-accrual loans and the related allowance as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025.  

The following tables present the average recorded investment and interest income recognized on non-accrual loans for the period indicated:

The following tables present the aging of the loan portfolio by type as of June 30, 2026, and as of December 31, 2025:

The Company evaluates loan modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to determine whether the modification results in a new loan under ASC 310‑20. For modifications that do not result in a new loan, the Company uses the post‑modification contractual terms, including the post‑modification contractual interest rate, when applying a discounted cash flow method to estimate expected credit losses. Loan modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty are individually evaluated. The modification may include, but is not limited to, term extensions, payment delays, interest rate reductions, or a combination of such modifications.

The following table presents the amortized cost of loans modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty disaggregated by class of financing receivable, type of concession granted and the financial effects of the modifications for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, and  June 30, 2025, by loan class and modification type.  The tables do not include those modifications that only resulted in an insignificant payment delay.

The Company considers a loan to be in payment default once it is 90 days contractually past due under the modified terms. The Company closely monitors the performance of modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to understand the effectiveness of its modification efforts. 

The following table presents information on loans that defaulted during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2026, that received modifications within the twelve months preceding payment default. There were no loans that received modifications within the twelve months preceding payment default that subsequently defaulted during the three months and six months ended  June 30, 2025.

The following table presents the performance of loans that were modified in the twelve months ended  June 30, 2026, and 2025.

Under the Company’s internal underwriting policy, an evaluation is performed of the probability that the borrower will be in payment default on any of its debt in the foreseeable future without the modification in order to determine whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty.

As of June 30, 2026, there were no commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty and whose loans were modified.

As part of the on-going monitoring of the credit quality of our loan portfolio, the Company utilizes a risk grading matrix to assign a risk grade to each loan. Loans are risk rated based on analysis of the current state of the borrower’s credit quality. The analysis of credit quality includes a review of sources of repayment, the borrower’s current financial and liquidity status and other relevant information. The risk rating categories can be generally described by the following grouping for non-homogeneous loans: 

The following table summarizes the Company’s loans held for investment and current year-to-date gross write-offs as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, presented by loan portfolio segments, internal risk ratings and vintage year. The vintage year is the year of origination, renewal or major modification. Revolving Loans that are converted to term loans presented in the table below are excluded from the term loans by vintage year columns.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company has an allowance framework under ASC Topic 326 for all financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain off-balance sheet credit exposures. The measurement of the allowance for credit losses is based on management’s best estimate of lifetime expected credit losses inherent in the Company’s relevant financial assets. The forward-looking concept of current expected credit loss (“CECL”) approach requires loss estimates to consider historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable economic forecasts of future events and circumstances.

The ACL is the combination of the allowance for loan losses and the reserve for unfunded loan commitments. The allowance for loan losses is reported as a reduction of the amortized cost basis of loans, while the reserve for unfunded loan commitments is included within "other liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited). The amortized cost basis of loans does not include accrued interest receivable, which is included in "accrued interest receivable" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The "Provision for credit losses" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) is a combination of the provision for loan losses and the provision for unfunded loan commitments.

Management estimates expected credit losses using a combination of historical loss experience, internal credit risk metrics, borrower‑specific information, and external economic forecasts. Historical loss data accounts for portfolio composition, delinquency trends, and other relevant credit indicators. The Company incorporates forward‑looking information by applying reasonable and supportable forecasts of key macroeconomic variables, including GDP, unemployment rates, and real estate market conditions, which are updated regularly and applied consistently across loan portfolios.

Under the CECL methodology, quantitative and qualitative loss factors are applied to our population of loans on a collective pool basis when similar risk characteristics exist. Loans that do not share similar risk characteristics with pooled loans include loans individually evaluated due to credit deterioration, borrower‑specific circumstances and loan modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Expected credit losses for individually evaluated loans are measured using discounted expected cash flows or, for collateral‑dependent loans, the fair value of collateral less estimated costs to sell.

Quantitative Factors

The Company evaluates expected credit losses for loan pools with similar risk characteristics using quantitative models that incorporate historical loss experience, borrower credit attributes, collateral characteristics, and projected economic conditions. Loan portfolios are segmented into groups such as residential mortgages, commercial and industrial loans, construction loans, and various classes of commercial real estate based on common risk characteristics. The quantitative models estimate lifetime expected credit losses by considering contractual cash flows and expected prepayments, and the impact of forecasted macroeconomic conditions.

The quantitative framework generally considers the probability that a borrower will default (“probability of default” or PD), the expected severity of loss in the event of default (“loss given default” or LGD), and the expected exposure at the time of default (“exposure at default” or EAD). These components are influenced by historical performance, loan structure, collateral type, and forecasted macroeconomic conditions. The models estimate lifetime expected credit losses by considering contractual cash flows and expected prepayments, and the impact of forecasted economic conditions.

The Company applies an eight quarter reasonable and supportable forecast period followed by a four quarter systematic reversion to long‑term historical loss experience. Multiple economic scenarios may be considered in developing the forecast, and management applies judgment in determining the weighting of those scenarios.

Expected credit losses are estimated over the contractual term of the loans, adjusted for expected prepayments. The contractual term excludes expected extensions, renewals, and modifications unless such options are included in the original or modified contract and are not unconditionally cancellable by the Company.

For certain smaller portfolios with limited historical loss experience, such as SBA loans and HELOCs, the Company applies a simplified loss‑rate approach that incorporates historical performance, forecasted economic conditions, and reversion to long‑term loss expectations.

Qualitative Factors

The Company applies qualitative adjustments to reflect factors not fully captured in the quantitative models, including changes in underwriting practices, borrower concentrations, subportfolio growth, competitive dynamics, regulatory developments, and economic uncertainty. Qualitative adjustments also consider emerging risks, model limitations, and credit trends not yet observable in historical data, as well as collateral value considerations for certain loan types.

The Company’s CECL methodology requires a significant amount of management judgment in determining the appropriate allowance for credit losses. Several of the steps in the methodology involve judgment and are subjective in nature including, among other things:

In addition, the CECL methodology is dependent on economic forecasts that are inherently imprecise and will change from period to period. Although the allowance for credit losses is considered by management to be appropriate, there can be no assurance that it will be sufficient to absorb future losses.

Management believes the allowance for credit losses is appropriate based on the Company’s loan portfolio, associated unfunded commitments, credit risk ratings, and other relevant information available.

Individually Evaluated Loans 

When a loan no longer shares similar risk characteristics with other loans, such as in the case of certain nonaccrual loans, the Company estimates the allowance for loan losses on an individual loan basis. Generally, the allowance for loan losses for individually evaluated loans is measured as the difference between the recorded value of the loans and the fair value of the collateral. For loans evaluated individually, the Company uses one of two different asset valuation measurement methods: (1) the fair value of collateral less costs to sell; or (2) the present value of expected future cash flows. If an individually evaluated loan is determined to be collateral dependent, the Company applies the fair value of the collateral less costs to sell method. If an individually evaluated loan is determined not to be collateral dependent, the Company uses the present value of future cash flows.

Unfunded Loan Commitments

Unfunded loan commitments are generally related to providing credit facilities to clients of the Bank and are not actively traded financial instruments. These unfunded commitments are disclosed as off-balance sheet financial instruments in Note 9 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

The Company estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the Company is exposed to credit risk via a contractual obligation to extend credit, unless that obligation is unconditionally cancellable by the Company, using the same loss factors as used for the allowance for loan losses. The reserve for unfunded loan commitments uses a one-year historical usage rate of the unfunded commitments during the contractual life of the commitments. The allowance for unfunded commitments is included in “other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Changes in the allowance for unfunded commitments are included in the provision for credit losses.

The following tables set forth activity in the allowance for loan losses and allowance for unfunded commitments by portfolio segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2025.