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Newtek Bank, N.A. Achieves Record Deposit Growth and Loan Fundings
BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NewtekOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEWT), announced today its financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
This is NewtekOne's second quarter reporting, and first full quarter reporting, as a financial holding company following the Company's completion of its acquisition of National Bank of New York City ("NBNYC") (renamed Newtek Bank, N.A.) and the withdrawal of its BDC election, on January 6, 2023. NewtekOne now consolidates the results of its former portfolio companies (now subsidiaries) and no longer uses investment company accounting. As a result, some prior-period comparisons on both a sequential and year-over-year basis are difficult. When analyzing NewtekOne, we believe it is important to consider the Company's time-tested differentiated business model which can provide multiple streams of income from its various businesses, as well as its operating structure which does not use brokers or business development officers to source loan originations.
NewtekOne Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
Net income was $6.9 million, or $0.26 per basic common share, for the three months ended June 30, 2023, which met the Company's previously issued forecast.
Net interest income was $5.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $4.6 million at March 31, 2023.
Total assets were $1.4 billion at June 30, 2023, compared to $1.2 billion at March 31, 2023.
Total borrowings were $697.4 million at June 30, 2023, which was unchanged from March 31, 2023.
Loans held for investment were $730.7 million at June 30, 2023, compared to $699.6 million at March 31, 2023.
Cash and cash equivalents were $256.3 million, including $66.7 million of restricted cash at June 30, 2023, compared to $197.1 million, including $72.6 million of restricted cash at March 31, 2023.
Total risk-based capital ratio was 16.4% at June 30, 2023.
Tier-1 leverage ratio was 12.8% at June 30, 2023.
On July 21, 2023, the Company paid its second quarterly cash dividend as a financial holding company of $0.18 per share to shareholders of record as of July 10, 2023.
The Company is reiterating its previously issued earnings forecast for the full year 2023 in a range of $1.70 to $2.00 of earnings per share, and has met or exceeded its previously issued 2023 quarterly earnings forecasts.
NewtekOne Financial Highlights Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Net income was $18.6 million, or $0.72 per basic common share, for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Net interest income was $10.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
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Total deposits were $447.4 million at June 30, 2023, which represents a 220.6% increase in deposits, compared to $140 million in deposits at NBNYC at December 31, 2022.
Insured deposits represented approximately 90.3% of total deposits at June 30, 2023.
Return on average tangible common equity ("ROTCE")1 of 32.1% for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
Return on average assets ("ROAA")1 of 4.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
Efficiency ratio1 of 58.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
Total risk-based capital ratio was 29.4% at June 30, 2023.
Tier-1 leverage ratio was 16.9% at June 30, 2023.
Lending Highlights
Total commercial loan closings were $251.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023; a 6.4% increase over the three months ended June 30, 2022.
As of April 2023, the Company began funding SBA 7(a) loans out of Newtek Bank with Preferred Lenders Program (PLP) status.
Total SBA 7(a) loan fundings of $195.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023; a 2.3% decrease over the $200.6 million of SBA 7(a) loans funded by Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC ("NSBF") for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
Total SBA 7(a) loan fundings of $344.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023; a 5.4% decrease over the $363.9 million of SBA 7(a) loans funded by NSBF for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
The Company forecasts $875 million in total SBA 7(a) loan fundings in 2023, which would represent a 12.8% increase over 2022.
Newtek Bank closed $16.4 million of SBA 504 loans for the three months ended June 30, 2023; an increase of 7.4% over $15.3 million of SBA 504 loans closed by Newtek Business Lending ("NBL") during the same period in 2022.
Total SBA 504 loan fundings of $65.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023; an increase of 39.8% over $46.7 million of SBA 504 loans closed by NBL during the same period in 2022.
Barry Sloane, President, Chairman and CEO commented, "We couldn’t be more thrilled to report such a successful first six months of our transition to a financial holding company, owning Newtek Bank, a nationally chartered technologically enabled bank. It is important to note, that we view ourselves as distinct from our peers in the bank holding company space as we position NewtekOne as the One Company for all of Your Business Needs®, the one company that can make you more successful, and the one company that provides independent business owners with business and financial solutions, all in addition to offering depository services to its clients. We pride ourselves on the level of our 24/7/365 customer service, the ability to offer our clients access to multiple experienced professional service providers through the Newtek Advantage®, and to receive state-of-the-art business and financial solutions that are not readily available at typical financial and business solutions companies. We are extremely excited about the beginning of our journey as a financial holding company and building on our over 20-year history of being able to deliver business and financial solutions to our client base of independent business owners, as well are providing returns to our shareholders. Furthermore, we are very pleased to be able to deliver results for the first and second quarters of 2023 that meet or exceed previously forecasted metrics from the management team.We are maintaining our 2023 earnings guidance of a $1.70 to $2.00 earnings per share, and anticipate our results for the second half of 2023 to exceed our results of the first six months of 2023; a trend that we have historically experienced.”
Discussing Newtek Bank, Mr. Sloane said, “Newtek Bank has been able to achieve very strong metrics through the first six months of 2023, that we believe sets it apart in the banking sector, as well as can help foster the investment community’s understanding that Newtek Bank is unique and has been established to be a disruptor as a technology-oriented organization that serves its business clientele without the use of brokers and business development officers. In fact, Newtek Bank achieved what we believe to be above-average industry returns for the second quarter of 2023 with ROAA of approximately 4.9%, ROTCE of approximately 32.1%, and an efficiency ratio of 58.7%. Additionally, Newtek Bank grew its deposits from $140.0 million at December 31, 2022 to $447.4 million at June 30, 2023, and we feel very comfortable that we will be able to continue to maintain this level of deposits to finance our business lending platform, and if needed, grow the deposit base from levels at end of the second quarter. We also increased our deposit base by 4,500 client accounts through our digital-account-opening initiatives through the first six months of this year, of which the vast majority were opened between March 2023 and June 2023. We believe we will be able to further grow our deposit account openings, albeit at a slower pace going forward, as we have an ample amount of liquidity on hand to fund our lending business and balance sheet growth throughout 2023. Specifically, we currently have in excess of $250 million invested at the Federal Reserve as well as ample capital at Newtek Bank, both of which are earning a diminished spread and represent a potential drag on our earnings ability. However, we plan on deploying this capital in the future, which we believe will enable us to further grow our earnings per share.”
Mr. Sloane further commented, “In the second quarter, we accomplished another important milestone when we shifted our lending operation from NSBF, our legacy non-bank SBA lender, into Newtek Bank. Newtek Bank was granted PLP status by the SBA, enabling it to originate SBA 7(a) loans under PLP-delegated authority without having to go to the SBA for approvals. When combining Newtek Bank and NSBF, we ranked as the second largest SBA 7(a) lender based on dollar volume of loans approved as of June 30, 2023, according to the SBA, through the first nine months of the SBA's fiscal year, which ends September 30, 2023. In addition to SBA 7(a) loans and SBA 504 loans, we have started funding conforming commercial and industrial business loans and non-owner-occupied conforming investor-owned commercial real estate loans. Newtek Bank aims to have a portfolio of these loans to a diversified borrower pool across all 50 states.”
Mr. Sloane continued, “Our subsidiaries Newtek Merchant Solutions, Newtek Technology Solutions, Newtek Insurance Agency and Newtek Payroll Solutions all contributed cash flow and earnings to NewtekOne during the second quarter 2023, and we have tremendous growth aspirations for our non-bank subsidiaries. We also continued to build out our senior management team, announcing the key hires of M. Scott Price as Chief Financial Officer of NewtekOne and Newtek Bank, and Burt Chandler as Director of Operations for Newtek Bank, among other executives. Finally, the investment community has assigned bank research coverage from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, B. Riley Securities, and Ladenburg Thalmann, which along with Piper Sandler, results in four analysts in the banking space currently covering NewtekOne as a technology-enabled financial holding company."
Mr. Sloane concluded, "When analyzing the quarterly results from NewtekOne and Newtek Bank, we believe that it is critical to understand that we were able to achieve strong second quarter 2023 results during an overall difficult operating market environment as well as operational challenges that came with our very recent change in structure. We believe the market environment will improve and operational challenges will diminish over the next several quarters and years, which we believe will result in further growth. Specifically, the following factors detail some of what we have encountered and persevered through during the first six months of 2023, including but not limited to the repositioning of a 59-year old bank for future deposit and loan growth, having underutilized capital and liquidity at Newtek Bank to reduce risk due to current market conditions, staff and policy and procedure changes as a result of shifting loan fundings from NSBF to Newtek Bank, new hires at executive levels in the C-suite over the past 12 months, the full build out of digital account opening and online banking, repositioning of Newtek Bank’s manual deposit gathering and adaptation to new loan offerings, and capital markets headwinds affecting most financial institutions. Our strong results in the face of what we view as a challenging environment is a true testament to our fortitude, acumen and adaptability that has served us well throughout our entire operating history and we believe will continue to do as we continue to build and grow NewtekOne and Newtek Bank. That said, we are extremely pleased with the shape and direction our new structure is taking, and believe the best is yet to come. We look forward to providing more detail on the quarter and our growth initiatives during our earnings conference call tomorrow morning, which we welcome you all to attend.”
Second Quarter 2023 Conference Call and Webcast
A conference call to discuss the second quarter 2023 financial results will be hosted by Barry Sloane, President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, M. Scott Price, Chief Financial Officer, and Nicholas Leger, Chief Accounting Officer, tomorrow, Thursday, August 3, 2023, 8:30 a.m. ET.
Please note, to attend the conference call or webcast, participants should register online at NewtekOne, Inc. Q2 2023 Financial Results Conference Call. To receive a dial-in number, participants are requested to register at a minimum 15 minutes before the start of the call. The corresponding presentation will be available in the ‘Events & Presentations’ section of the Investor Relations portion of NewtekOne's website at NewtekOne, Inc. Q2 2023 Financial Results Conference Call. A replay of the call with the corresponding presentation will be available on NewtekOne's website shortly following the live presentation and will be available for a period of 90 days.
Note Regarding Dividend Payments
Amount and timing of dividends, if any, remain subject to the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.
NewtekOne®, Your Business Solutions Company®, is a financial holding company, which along with its bank and non-bank consolidated subsidiaries, provides a wide range of business and financial solutions under the Newtek® brand to the small- and medium-sized business (“SMB”) market. Since 1999, NewtekOne has provided state-of-the-art, cost-efficient products and services and efficient business strategies to SMB relationships across all 50 states to help them grow their sales, control their expenses and reduce their risk.
NewtekOne’s and its subsidiaries’ business and financial solutions include: banking (Newtek Bank, N.A.), Business Lending, SBA Lending Solutions, Electronic Payment Processing, Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing, Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval, IT Consulting), eCommerce, Accounts Receivable Financing & Inventory Financing, Insurance Solutions, Web Services, and Payroll and Benefits Solutions.
Newtek®, NewtekOne®, Newtek Bank, National AssociationTM, Your Business Solutions Company®, Newtek Advantage® and One Solution for All Your Business Needs® are registered trademarks of NewtekOne, Inc.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of NewtekOne's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NewtekOne's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in NewtekOne's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on NewtekOne's website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings), and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.
SOURCE: NewtekOne, Inc.
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NewtekOne was upgraded from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating on July 13, 2023. The company's earnings results on May 8th contributed to the improvement, with an impressive $0.45 EPS, surpassing analysts' expectations by $0.04. Revenue for the period was $47.37 million, slightly short of the projected $47.62 million.

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NewtekOne, Inc. CEO, Barry Sloane, Comments on the Declaration of the Quarterly Dividend of $0.18 per Share

Source: GlobeNewswire Inc.

NewtekOne, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NEWT), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share on the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, payable on July 21, 2023 to shareholders of record as of July 10, 2023.
Barry Sloane, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are pleased to report that the board has declared a dividend of $0.18 per share to be paid out of anticipated earnings from the second quarter 2023 as NewtekOne has continued to perform as a financial holding company. We look forward to reporting our second quarter 2023 financial results in early August. Our strategy to operate as a financial holding company is on track to continue to provide business and financial solutions to independent business owners in all 50 states through Newtek Bank and our non-bank subsidiaries utilizing state-of-the-art technological business processes that we believe sets us apart from our competitors.”

Mr. Sloane continued, “During the second half of 2023, we will continue to focus on delivering our business and financial solutions to our clients utilizing the Newtek Advantage™ and our technology-enabled bank. We continue to add to our existing talented management team and staff, procure additional strategic alliance partnerships, and execute on our core strategy, all of which we look forward to discussing further as a part of our growth strategy. We believe being well capitalized and profitable with industry-leading margins leaves us well positioned in the market and creates an exciting time for all of our stakeholders.”

NewtekOne®, Your Business Solutions Company®, is a financial holding company, which along with its bank and non-bank consolidated subsidiaries, provides a wide range of business and financial solutions under the Newtek® brand to the small- and medium-sized business (“SMB”) market. Since 1999, NewtekOne has provided state-of-the-art, cost-efficient products and services and efficient business strategies to SMB relationships across all 50 states to help them grow their sales, control their expenses and reduce their risk.

NewtekOne’s and its subsidiaries’ business and financial solutions include: banking (Newtek Bank, N.A.), Business Lending, Electronic Payment Processing, Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing, Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval, IT Consulting), eCommerce, Accounts Receivable Financing & Inventory Financing, Insurance Solutions, Web Services, and Payroll and Benefits Solutions.

Newtek®, NewtekOne®, Newtek Bank, National Association™, Your Business Solutions Company® and One Solution for All Your Business Needs® are registered trademarks of NewtekOne, Inc.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of NewtekOne's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NewtekOne's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in NewtekOne's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on NewtekOne's website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings), and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.

SOURCE: NewtekOne, Inc.

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Contact: Jayne Cavuoto
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NewtekOne Closed its 12th S&P-Rated Loan Securitization of $103.9 Million of SBA 7(a) Unguaranteed Loan-Backed Notes Series 2023-1

Source: GlobeNewswire Inc.

NewtekOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEWT), announced today that it has closed its twelfth small business loan securitization, with the offering of $103,860,000 of Unguaranteed SBA 7(a) Loan-Backed Notes, Series 2023-1, consisting of $84,270,000 of Class A Notes and $19,590,000 of Class B Notes (collectively, the “Notes”), with preliminary ratings of “A- (sf)” and “BBB- (sf)”, respectively, by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”). The Notes had a 79.5% advance rate. The Class A Notes were priced at lesser of 30-day Average Compounded SOFR plus 300 basis points or PRIME minus 50 basis points, and the Class B Notes were priced at lesser of 30-day Average Compounded SOFR plus 425 basis points or PRIME plus 75 basis points (Note interest rates are floating rate and adjust monthly).
The Notes are collateralized by the right to receive payments and other recoveries attributable to the unguaranteed portions of SBA 7(a) loans made by Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC ("NSBF") pursuant to Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and overcollateralized by NSBF's participation interest in the unguaranteed portions. Deutsche Bank Securities and Capital One Securities acted as joint book running managers for the transaction.

In April 2023, Newtek Bank began funding the SBA 7(a) loan origination pipeline transferred from NSBF, the Company’s previous SBA 7(a) lender. Newtek Bank originates SBA 7(a) loans under PLP-delegated authority granted by the SBA.

Barry Sloane, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of NewtekOne, Inc. said, “Once again, we are thrilled with the market reception that NewtekOne received on its twelfth issuance of structured notes rated by S&P Global Ratings. We are particularly pleased that investors invested in our transaction despite marketing over the Memorial Day holiday and the prospects of a government debt-ceiling crisis. The rating agencies and 9 unique institutional investors recognized the quality of our portfolio by giving us an advance rate equal to advance rates on prior transactions. We estimate the NSBF loan portfolio that serves as collateral for five different and distinct securitizations has a weighted-average coupon equal to 11.05% and a weighted-average coupon on the bonds from our 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and -2023 securitization transactions of 7.86%, which equates to a weighted average net interest margin of 3.19%. NSBF will no longer originate SBA 7(a) loans and currently is in a run-off mode with expenses limited, in material part, to interest expense on securitizations. Newtek Bank’s subsidiary, Newtek Small Business Lending, is servicing NSBF’s loan portfolio. NSBF is represented in our public filings as a separate and distinct segment and will be wound down as the securitizations pay off and amortize. We would like to thank the bond investors that have invested in our rated securities, as well as Deutsche Bank and Capital One Securities, which were the joint book running managers on this transaction.”

NewtekOne®, Your Business Solutions Company®, is a financial holding company, which along with its bank and non-bank consolidated subsidiaries, provides a wide range of business and financial solutions under the Newtek® brand to the small- and medium-sized business (“SMB”) market. Since 1999, NewtekOne has provided state-of-the-art, cost-efficient products and services and efficient business strategies to SMB relationships across all 50 states to help them grow their sales, control their expenses and reduce their risk.

NewtekOne’s and its subsidiaries’ business and financial solutions include: banking (Newtek Bank, N.A.), Business Lending, SBA Lending Solutions, Electronic Payment Processing, Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing, Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval, IT Consulting), eCommerce, Accounts Receivable Financing & Inventory Financing, Insurance Solutions, Web Services, and Payroll and Benefits Solutions.

Newtek®, NewtekOne®, Newtek Bank, National AssociationTM, Your Business Solutions Company® and One Solution for All Your Business Needs® are registered trademarks of NewtekOne, Inc.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of NewtekOne's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NewtekOne's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in NewtekOne's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on NewtekOne's website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings), and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.

SOURCE: NewtekOne, Inc.

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The Newtek Small Business Loan Trust, 2023-1, is preparing to issue approximately $103.8 million in asset-backed securities secured by a pool of SBA small business loans, a portion of which has strong seasoning. According to S&P Global Ratings, which intends to assign ratings to the notes, approximately 17% of the 1,064 loans in the collateral pool had previously been securitized in two previous Newtek Small Business Loan Trust transactions, from 2016 and 2017. According to S&P, these loans add valuable seasoning to the current collateral pool, which will actually be larger than the series 2022-1.

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UPDATE -- NewtekOne, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2023 Net Income of $11.7 million, or $0.46 per Basic Share

Source: GlobeNewswire Inc.

NewtekOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEWT), announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
This is NewtekOne's first quarter reporting as a financial holding company following the Company's completion of its acquisition of National Bank of New York City ("NBNYC") (renamed Newtek Bank, N.A.) and the withdrawal of its BDC election, on January 6, 2023. As a result, prior-period comparisons on both a sequential and year-over-year basis are difficult. NewtekOne now consolidates its results and no longer uses investment company accounting. When analyzing NewtekOne, we believe it is important to consider the Company's time-tested differentiated business model which can provide multiple streams of income from its various businesses, as well as its operating structure which does not use brokers or business development officers to source business.

NewtekOne First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights

The Company is reiterating previously issued earnings forecast for the full year 2023 in a range of $1.70 to $2.00 of earnings per share.
Net Income was $11.7 million, or $0.46 per basic common share, for the three months ended March 31, 2023, which exceeded its previously stated forecast of $0.41 per basic common share.
Net interest income was $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Total assets were $1.2 billion at March 31, 2023.
Total borrowings were $697.4 million at March 31, 2023.
Cash and cash equivalents was $197.1 million, including $72.6 million of restricted cash at March 31, 2023.
Loans held for investment were $699.6 million at March 31, 2023.
Total risk-based capital ratio was 17.7% at March 31, 2023.
Tier-1 leverage ratio was 14.0.% at March 31, 2023.
On April 14, 2023, the Company paid its first quarterly cash dividend as a financial holding company of $0.18 per share to shareholders of record as of April 4, 2023, which exceeded the Company’s previously forecast dividend projection of $0.16 per share.
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Total deposits were $247.6 million at March 31, 2023.
Total deposits as of April 28, 2023 were approximately $310 million, which represents a 121% increase in deposits, compared to $140 million in deposits at NBNYC at December 31, 2022.
The amount of insured deposits was approximately 94.5% at March 31, 2023.
Total risk-based capital ratio was 35.1% at March 31, 2023.
Tier-1 leverage ratio was 27.4% at March 31, 2023.
Lending Highlights

Total commercial loan closings were $228.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023; a 12.5% increase over the three months ended March 31, 2022.
Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC (“NSBF”) and Newtek Bank funded $147.9 million of SBA 7(a) loans during the three months ended March 31, 2023; a 9.1% decrease over the $163.3 million of SBA 7(a) loans funded for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
The Company forecasts $875 million in SBA 7(a) loan fundings in 2023, which would represent a 12.8% increase over 2022.
Newtek Bank closed $48.9 million of SBA 504 loans for the three months ended March 31, 2023; an increase of 55.7% over $31.4 million of SBA 504 loans closed by Newtek Business Lending during the same period in 2022.
As of April 2023, SBA 7(a) loans are being funded by Newtek Bank with Preferred Lenders Program (PLP) status.
Barry Sloane, President, Chairman and CEO commented, “We are pleased to report our first quarter 2023 financial results - our first quarterly report as a financial holding company that owns Newtek Bank, a nationally chartered technology-enabled bank. Despite extremely volatile industry and market conditions in the first quarter of 2023, the Company was able to successfully navigate its business plan and model. We delivered basic earnings per share of $0.46, which exceeded our previous forecast of $0.41. We are reiterating our previously issued earnings forecast for the full year 2023 in a range of $1.70 per share to $2.00 per share. We are particularly proud to have been able to accomplish all of this at a time when financial institutions were losing deposits, facing difficulties with asset and liability management and pressure on their net interest margins. We believe that our first quarter 2023 results help demonstrate that the problems that are currently plaguing the banking industry do not exist within our business model and strategic plan. Credit risk and duration risk are exceptionally well managed in our business model and strategy, and we look forward to explaining this in detail during our earnings conference call tomorrow morning. In addition, the types of assets that we are able to generate, and have done so for over two decades, can produce generous risk-adjusted margins on a floating-rate basis (for example Prime plus 3.00% on SBA 7(a) originations as of today is approximately 11.25%, floating-rate quarterly adjusting). We look forward to continuing to execute our business plan and goals.”

Mr. Sloane continued, “We are particularly proud of the growth Newtek Bank has accomplished in its deposit base. Newtek Bank increased its deposit base by 121% from December 31, 2022 to approximately $310 million year to date through April 28, 2023, and, since the January 6, 2023 close of the acquisition, has gained over 3,300 new client relationships as of April 28, 2023. We believe this is a significant achievement as many financial institutions have lost or had stagnant deposit growth during this period. Moreover, when other lenders may be scaling back on loan originations, we have increased our total commercial loan originations by 12.5% to $228.9 million in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the first quarter of 2022, on a consolidated basis. In addition, and a critical part of NewtekOne’s differentiated financial holding company business model, is our diversified streams of income that can emanate from our consolidated non-bank subsidiaries, which offer business and financial solutions, including Newtek Merchant Solutions, Newtek Technology Solutions, Newtek Insurance Solutions, and non-bank C&I lending, all of which can provide cash flows to the financial holding company. These diversified streams of income can be viewed in our segment reporting on a going-forward basis, as the new financial structure, despite being taxable, offers greater transparency to our subsidiaries operations and cash flows, as well as the business and financial solutions that we provide to our clients and all stakeholders.”

Mr. Sloane further commented, “We firmly believe operating our legacy businesses in this new structure marks the beginning of our ability to demonstrate to the marketplace what NewtekOne has built over the course of 20 years in the way of offering multiple business and financial solutions to business clientele, which is aptly demonstrated through the Newtek Advantage™, our state-of-the-art technology solutions platform for business clients. Developing and growing an organization of this size and scope takes time, energy, effort, and exceptional devotion and patience to be able to get the software and operational performance to work in tandem, which enables us to offer what we believe to be the highest level of quality service to our clients. The Newtek Advantage™, which exists today on our website, will be further polished and positioned and will be aggressively rolled out during the third and fourth quarters of 2023, to deliver the type of asset that our business clients deserve and expect from the newly positioned, technologically enabled bank and financial holding company of the future.”

Mr. Sloane concluded, “We couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to explain and demonstrate why we believe NewtekOne is well positioned and has a completely different business model and approach to clients than what analysts and investors have become familiar with over the last 30 to 40 years. Simply put, the market has changed, and client behavior has changed. A 40-year decline in interest rates has been reversed and we believe that the same business model of low-cost deposits, fostered by bankers, brokers and branches with assets that aren't matched by duration will not work well going forward. We prefer to be viewed and analyzed as a business and financial solutions company that owns a depository institution, and delivers, what we believe to be, the highest-quality solutions for businesses to be more successful and enhance their future with a partnership and business relationship with NewtekOne. Our newly launched website and branding strategy clearly depicts this strategy, and we welcome you to visit our sites at www.newtekone.com and www.newtekbank.com. We pride ourselves on the ability to originate loans on a scalable basis without the use of brokers and business development officers, but rather through a model that predicates itself on relationship and solutions specialists available in real-time, on camera, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. In addition, we would like to call attention to our net interest margins, which have been stable and we believe can expand based upon our business model, which is in contrast to the traditional banking model, which appears to be experiencing headwinds due to increasing deposit costs. Our model has been purposefully developed over the span of two decades, and we are now excited to showcase it in our new financial and operational structure. We greatly look forward to our earnings conference call tomorrow morning at 8:30 am ET, and welcome your participation.”

First Quarter 2023 Conference Call and Webcast

A conference call to discuss the first 2023 financial results will be hosted by Barry Sloane, President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Nicholas Leger, Chief Accounting Officer, tomorrow, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 8:30 a.m. ET.

Please note, to attend the conference call or webcast, participants should register online at http://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/events-and-presentations. To receive a dial-in number, participants are requested to register at a minimum 15 minutes before the start of the call. The corresponding presentation will be available in the ‘Events & Presentations’ section of the Investor Relations portion of NewtekOne's website at http://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/events-and-presentations. A replay of the call with the corresponding presentation will be available on NewtekOne's website shortly following the live presentation and will be available for a period of 90 days.

Note Regarding Dividend Payments
Amount and timing of dividends, if any, remain subject to the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.

NewtekOne®, Your Business Solutions Company®, is a financial holding company, which along with its bank and non-bank consolidated subsidiaries, provides a wide range of business and financial solutions under the Newtek® brand to the small- and medium-sized business (“SMB”) market. Since 1999, NewtekOne has provided state-of-the-art, cost-efficient products and services and efficient business strategies to SMB relationships across all 50 states to help them grow their sales, control their expenses and reduce their risk.

NewtekOne’s and its subsidiaries’ business and financial solutions include: banking (Newtek Bank, N.A.), Business Lending, SBA Lending Solutions, Electronic Payment Processing, Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing, Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval, IT Consulting), eCommerce, Accounts Receivable Financing & Inventory Financing, Insurance Solutions, Web Services, and Payroll and Benefits Solutions.

Newtek®, NewtekOne®, Newtek Bank, National AssociationTM, Your Business Solutions Company® and One Solution for All Your Business Needs® are registered trademarks of NewtekOne, Inc.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of NewtekOne's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NewtekOne's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in NewtekOne's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on NewtekOne's website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings), and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.

SOURCE: NewtekOne, Inc.

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Management of this company has proven it can deliver results. Those that understand the fundamentals shall be rewarded.

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Newtek Bank, N.A. Increases Client Deposits by 121% Since December 31, 2022

Source: GlobeNewswire Inc.

NewtekOne, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NEWT), today announced that its subsidiary Newtek Bank N.A. had an 121% increase in its client deposits to approximately $310 million year to date through April 28, 2023, compared to $140 million in client deposits at December 31, 2022. The Company acquired the National Bank of New York City, and renamed it Newtek Bank, N.A., on January 6, 2023. The amount of uninsured client deposits was approximately 5.5% as of March 31, 2023.
Barry Sloane, President, Chairman and CEO commented, “We are very pleased to be able to report such a strong increase in client deposits since December 31, 2022. Following the acquisition, Newtek Bank rolled out its digital account-opening (“DAO”) solution, which is part of the Apiture Digital Banking Platform, one of Newtek Bank’s technology solutions providers. After making some adjustments to the Apiture DAO solution, Newtek Bank began to aggressively promote digital account opening and its online banking platform beginning in March. From March 2023 through April 28, 2023, of the $170 million increase in client deposits, in excess of $115 million emanated from the digital platform. We are incredibly appreciative of the efforts by Apiture, making Newtek Bank a true technology-enabled bank.”

Mr. Sloane continued, “In addition, in April 2023, Newtek Bank began funding the SBA 7(a) loan origination pipeline transferred from Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC (“NSBF”), the Company’s non-bank SBA 7(a) lender. As we announced on Friday of last week, Newtek Bank has also been granted PLP status, and will be able to originate SBA 7(a) loans under PLP-delegated authority without having to go to the SBA for approvals. This delegated authority is an honor granted only to the most experienced SBA loan originators and underwriters. NSBF will remain a non-bank subsidiary of the Company while NSBF continues to service and wind-down its legacy SBA 7(a) loan portfolio in securitization structures. Furthermore, Newtek Bank intends to utilize its client deposits to fund SBA 7(a) loans, SBA 504 loans, conforming commercial and industrial loans, and conforming investor-based commercial real estate loans.”

Mr. Sloane further commented, “We are thrilled that Newtek Bank’s deposit gathering practice is flourishing in an industry that is highly competitive and fraught with volatility, and that we have been able to deliver these results that exceeded our expectations within our unique business model without the use of brokers and branches. Indeed, we believe we have been able to combine a mixture of technological competency and remote staffing on camera to deliver the highest levels of customer service and account openings. We do realize that launching a DAO software and operational platform does take time to polish and perfect, but we believe it will be the bedrock of a deposit-gathering methodology that will materially reduce the cost to fund our business compared to our former BDC capital-raising structure. We are pleased that during a two-month window we were able to gain over 3,300 new client relationships. We plan to demonstrate during our upcoming conference call how cost-effective funding for certain loan programs out of a nationally chartered bank can accrue major benefits to all Newtek stakeholders, including its clients and shareholders on go-forward basis.”

Mr. Sloane concluded, “Important to note that NewtekOne’s management team and board recognizes that the banking industry may have changed due to technological advances and the fact that we are no longer in a decade-long low interest rate environment resulting from the 2008/2009 credit crisis and pandemic. Our business model is reliant upon paying a market rate for client deposits, without a portfolio reliant on fixed-rate securities, which portfolio can generates attractive net interest margin’s based upon our history of being able to originate loans SBA 7(a) at attractive market rates at Prime plus 3.00%, which quarterly adjust, as well as the ability to generate return on average assets and return on tangible common equity that we believe can exceed metrics that banks typically achieve. We look forward to reporting our first quarter 2023 financial results as a financial holding company and giving analysts the initial base case marker to develop their own investment thesis and models on what NewtekOne and Newtek Bank can look like over the course of time. As a reminder, we will release our first quarter 2023 results on May 8, 2023 after the market closes and hold a conference call to discuss the results the following day at 8:30 am ET, which can be accessed through http://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/events-and-presentations,”

NewtekOne®, Your Business Solutions Company®, is a financial holding company, which along with its bank and non-bank consolidated subsidiaries, provides a wide range of business and financial solutions under the Newtek® brand to the small- and medium-sized business (“SMB”) market. Since 1999, NewtekOne has provided state-of-the-art, cost-efficient products and services and efficient business strategies to SMB relationships across all 50 states to help them grow their sales, control their expenses and reduce their risk.

NewtekOne’s and its subsidiaries’ business and financial solutions include: banking (Newtek Bank, N.A.), Business Lending, SBA Lending Solutions, Electronic Payment Processing, Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing, Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval, IT Consulting), eCommerce, Accounts Receivable Financing & Inventory Financing, Insurance Solutions, Web Services, and Payroll and Benefits Solutions.

Newtek®, NewtekOne®, Newtek Bank, National AssociationTM, Your Business Solutions Company® and One Solution for All Your Business Needs® are registered trademarks of NewtekOne, Inc.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. These statements are not guarantees of future results or occurrences. Actual results and capital and other financial conditions may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors. Factors that could cause NewtekOne, Inc’s actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in NewtekOne, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on NewtekOne, Inc’s website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings), and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne, Inc. speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne, Inc. does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.

SOURCE: NewtekOne, Inc.

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Contact: Jayne Cavuoto
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NewtekOne files $500M mixed shelf

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NewtekOne, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.18 per Share

Source: GlobeNewswire Inc.

NewtekOne, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NEWT), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share, payable on April 14, 2023 to shareholders of record as of April 4, 2023.
NewtekOne®, Your Business Solutions Company®, is a financial holding company, which along with its bank and non-bank consolidated subsidiaries, provides a wide range of business and financial solutions under the Newtek® brand to the small- and medium-sized business (“SMB”) market. Since 1999, NewtekOne has provided state-of-the-art, cost-efficient products and services and efficient business strategies to SMB relationships across all 50 states to help them grow their sales, control their expenses and reduce their risk.

NewtekOne’s and its subsidiaries’ business and financial solutions include: banking (Newtek Bank, N.A.), Business Lending, Electronic Payment Processing, Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing, Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval, IT Consulting), eCommerce, Accounts Receivable Financing & Inventory Financing, Insurance Solutions, Web Services, and Payroll and Benefits Solutions

Newtek®, NewtekOne®, Newtek Bank, National Association™, Your Business Solutions Company® and One Solution for All Your Business Needs® are registered trademarks of NewtekOne, Inc.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. These statements are not guarantees of future results or occurrences. Actual results and capital and other financial conditions may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors. These factors include, among others: macroeconomic and other challenges and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the impacts to the U.S. and global economies, as well as the broader impacts to financial markets and the global macroeconomic and geopolitical environments; higher inflation and its impacts; higher interest rates and the impacts on macroeconomic conditions, and NewtekOne, Inc.’s funding costs; NewtekOne, Inc’s conversion to a financial holding company, consummation of the acquisition of Newtek Bank, N.A. and Newtek One’s limited experience as a financial holding company and owning and operating a bank; and the precautionary statements included in this release. Factors that could cause NewtekOne, Inc’s actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in NewtekOne, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, and September 30, 2022, filed May 9, 2022, August 8, 2022, and November 8, 2022, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on NewtekOne, Inc’s website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings), and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne, Inc. speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne, Inc. does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.

SOURCE: NewtekOne, Inc.

Investor Relations & Public Relations
Contact: Jayne Cavuoto
Telephone: [phone] / [e-mail]



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