BWFG

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How BWFG rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025

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Our business, which primarily consist of extending credit to clients through loans, borrowing money from clients in the form of deposits and investing in securities, is sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States and, to a lesser extent, to secondary effects of global geopolitical events.
A weakening of the U.S. economy could constrain our growth and profitability across our lending, deposit and investment activities.
Businesses, consumers, and investors in the United States face ongoing uncertainty related to federal fiscal policymaking, the medium- and long-term fiscal outlook of the federal government, the impact of tariffs, and future tax rates.
In addition, adverse economic conditions in foreign countries could disrupt global financial markets and negatively affect U.S. economic growth.
Weak economic conditions may be characterized by deflationary pressures; volatility in in debt and equity markets; reduced liquidity; depressed prices in the secondary market for mortgage loans; increased delinquencies on mortgage, consumer and commercial loans; declines in residential and commercial real estate values; and lower levels of home sales and commercial activity.
These factors, individually or in combination, could adversely affect our business, and their interaction may be complex and difficult to predict.
Changes in any of these policies are influenced by macroeconomic conditions and other factors beyond our control.
Adverse economic conditions, together with government policy responses to those conditions, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Lending activities are inherently subject to credit risk, including the risk that borrowers may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due, or that collateral securing a loan may be insufficient to cover our exposure.
These risks may be influenced by conditions affecting borrowers’ industries and by local, regional, and national economic trends.
While we employ various risk management practices, including credit approval standards and ongoing monitoring of industry and portfolio concentrations, these measures may not be effective in mitigating credit risk under all circumstances.
Our credit policies, procedures and administration may not fully adapt to changes in economic conditions or other factors affecting borrower creditworthiness and overall portfolio quality.
Finally, many of our loans are made to middle-market businesses, which may be more vulnerable to competitive, economic and financial pressures than larger borrowers.
A failure to effectively identify, measure and manage credit risk within our loan portfolio could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.
As of December 31, 2025, our five largest relationships ranged in exposure from approximately $91.9 million to $111.5 million.
Our loan portfolio includes non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans to individuals and businesses for various purposes, secured by commercial properties.
Repayment of these loans typically depends on the income generated, or expected to be generated, by the underlying property in amounts sufficient to cover operating expenses and debt service.
As a result, these loans may be more adversely affected by downturns in real estate markets or broader economic conditions than residential real estate loans, as these borrowers’ ability to repay their loans depends on successful leasing of their properties, in addition to the factors affecting residential real estate borrowers.
These loans also involve greater risk because they generally are not fully amortizing over the loan term and typically require a balloon payment at maturity.
A borrower’s ability to make a balloon payment typically is dependent on the ability to refinance the loan or sell the underlying property in a timely manner, which may be constrained by adverse market or credit conditions.
These loans expose a lender to increased credit risk because the collateral securing them is generally less liquid than residential real estate.
Non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans generally involve larger balances to individual borrowers or related groups of borrowers, which may result in higher charge-offs on a per loan basis compared to residential or consumer loan portfolios.
The repayment of our commercial loans is primarily dependent on the cash flows generated by borrowers’ business operations.
Accordingly, repayment is substantially influenced by the financial performance and ongoing viability of those businesses.
The assets securing the loans have the following characteristics: (a) they depreciate over time, (b) they are difficult to appraise and liquidate, and (c) they fluctuate in value based on the success of the business.
The risk of loss associated with construction loans depends in large part on the accuracy of our initial estimates of a project’s value upon completion, the successful and timely completion of construction, the availability of permanent takeout financing, and the borrower’s ability to lease or sell the property.
Construction projects are subject to delays, cost overruns, and other risks beyond the borrower’s or our control.
If actual costs exceed estimates or projected values are not realized, the value of the property securing the loan may be insufficient to ensure full repayment through refinancing or sale of the property.
Although we employ underwriting standards, credit review processes, and ongoing monitoring, these practices cannot eliminate all risks associated with commercial real estate, commercial, and construction lending.
Unexpected deterioration in the credit quality of these loan portfolios could require increased provisions for credit losses, reduce profitability, and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.
As a result of our growth in recent years, a large portion of our loan portfolio and lending relationships are of relatively recent origin.
Loans generally do not exhibit signs of credit deterioration or default until they have been outstanding for a period of time, a process commonly referred to as “seasoning.” Accordingly, a more seasoned loan portfolio of older loans will usually behave more predictably than a newer portfolio.
Because a large portion of our portfolio is relatively new, current delinquency and default levels may not be indicative of future credit performance as the portfolio becomes more seasoned.
As a result, these metrics may not provide a reliable basis for predicting future trends in asset quality, including net charge-offs and nonperforming assets.
In addition, our limited operating history with our portfolio reduces the availability of historical payment patterns on which to assess future collectability.
If credit performance deteriorates as the portfolio seasons, we could experience higher delinquencies and charge-offs and may be required to increase our ACL-Loans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our lending capacity is constrained by our capital levels and applicable lending limits, which restrict the amount we may lend both in the aggregate and to any single borrower.
As a result, the maximum loan amounts we can offer may be significantly lower than those available from many of our competitors.
These limitations may discourage potential borrowers with credit needs that exceed our lending limits from doing business with us.
We seek to accommodate larger credit needs by selling participations in loans to other financial institutions; however, this strategy may not be available or feasible in all circumstances.

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Our businesses and operations, which primarily consist of lending money to clients in the form of loans, borrowing money from clients in the form of deposits and investing in securities, are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States and to a lesser degree secondary effects of global geopolitical events.
If the U.S. economy weakens, our growth and profitability from our lending, deposit and investment operations could be constrained.
Uncertainty about the federal fiscal policymaking process, the medium-term and long-term fiscal outlook of the federal government, and future tax rates is a concern for businesses, consumers and investors in the United States.
In addition, economic conditions in foreign countries could affect the stability of global financial markets, which could hinder U.S. economic growth.
Weak economic conditions are characterized by deflation, fluctuations in debt and equity capital markets, a lack of liquidity and/or depressed prices in the secondary market for mortgage loans, increased delinquencies on mortgage, consumer and commercial loans, residential and commercial real estate price declines and lower home sales and commercial activity.
All of these factors are detrimental to our business, and the interplay between these factors can be complex and unpredictable.
Changes in any of these policies are influenced by macroeconomic conditions and other factors that are beyond our control.
Adverse economic conditions and government policy responses to such conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The business of lending is inherently risky, including risks that the principal of or interest on any loan will not be repaid timely or at all or that the value of any collateral supporting the loan will be insufficient to cover our outstanding exposure.
These risks may be affected by the strength of the borrower’s business sector and local, regional and national market and economic conditions.
Our risk management practices, such as monitoring the concentration of our loans within specific industries and our credit approval practices, may not adequately reduce credit risk, and our credit administrators, policies and procedures may not adequately adapt to changes in economic or any other conditions affecting clients and the quality of the loan portfolio.
Finally, many of our loans are made to middle-market businesses that may be less able to withstand competitive, economic and financial pressures than larger borrowers.
A failure to effectively measure and limit the credit risk associated with our loan portfolio could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.
As of December 31, 2024, our five largest relationships ranged in exposure from approximat ely $80.0 million to $94.0 million.
Our loan portfolio includes non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans for individuals and businesses for various purposes, which are secured by commercial properties.
These loans typically involve repayment dependent upon income generated, or expected to be generated, by the property securing the loan in amounts sufficient to cover operating expenses and debt service.
Commercial real estate loans may be affected to a greater extent than residential loans by adverse conditions in real estate markets or the economy because commercial real estate borrowers’ ability to repay their loans depends on successful leasing of their properties, in addition to the factors affecting residential real estate borrowers.
These loans also involve greater risk because they generally are not fully amortizing over the loan period, but have a balloon payment due at maturity.
A borrower’s ability to make a balloon payment typically will depend on being able to either refinance the loan or sell the underlying property in a timely manner.
These loans expose a lender to greater credit risk than loans secured by residential real estate because the collateral securing these loans typically cannot be liquidated as easily as residential real estate.
Non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans generally involve relatively large balances to single borrowers or related groups of borrowers.
Accordingly, charge- offs on non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans may be larger on a per loan basis than those incurred with our residential or consumer loan portfolios.
Commercial loans are typically based on the borrowers’ ability to repay the loans from the cash flow of their businesses.
These loans may involve greater risk because the availability of funds to repay each loan depends substantially on the success of the business itself.
In addition, the assets securing the loans have the following characteristics: (a) they depreciate over time, (b) they are difficult to appraise and liquidate, and (c) they fluctuate in value based on the success of the business.
Risk of loss on a construction loan depends largely upon whether our initial estimate of the property’s value at completion of construction equals or exceeds the cost of the property construction (including interest), the availability of permanent takeout financing, the completion of the project and/or the builder’s ability to ultimately lease or sell the property.
During the construction phase, a number of factors can result in delays and cost overruns.
If estimates of value are inaccurate or if actual construction costs exceed estimates, the value of the property securing the loan may be insufficient to ensure full repayment when completed through a permanent loan or by sale of collateral.
Our underwriting, review and monitoring cannot eliminate all of the risks related to these loans.
Unexpected deterioration in the credit quality of our commercial real estate loan, commercial loan or construction loan portfolios would require us to increase our provision for credit losses, which would reduce our profitability and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.
As a result of our growth in recent years, a large portion of loans in our loan portfolio and of our lending relationships are of relatively recent origin.
In general, loans do not begin to show signs of credit deterioration or default until they have been outstanding for some period of time, a process referred to as “seasoning.” As a result, a portfolio of older loans will usually behave more predictably than a newer portfolio.
Because a large portion of our portfolio is relatively new, the current level of delinquencies and defaults may not represent the level that may prevail as the portfolio becomes more seasoned and may not serve as a reliable basis for predicting the health and nature of our loan portfolio, including net charge-offs and the ratio of nonperforming assets in the future.
Our limited experience with these loans does not provide us with a significant payment history pattern with which to judge future collectability.
If defaults increase, we could experience an increase in delinquencies and charge-offs and we may be required to increase our ACL-Loans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We are limited in the amount we can loan to a single borrower by the amount of our capital.
Based upon our current capital levels and our internal limit on loans, the amount we may lend both in the aggregate and to any one borrower is significantly less than that of many of our competitors and may discourage potential borrowers who have credit needs in excess of our lending limit from doing business with us.
We accommodate larger loans by selling participations in those loans to other financial institutions, but this strategy may not always be available.
If we are unable to compete effectively for loans from our target clients, we may not be able to effectively implement our business strategy, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.
A high percentage ou r loan portfolio is comprised of commercial real estate loans.

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