BankProv Ends 2022 With $21M Loss
BankProv saw positive earnings in the fourth quarter after a review of impaired loans in its cryptocurrency mining portfolio led to a $35 million loss in the previous quarter.
BankProv saw positive earnings in the fourth quarter after a review of impaired loans in its cryptocurrency mining portfolio led to a $35 million loss in the previous quarter.
Dave Mansfield has resigned from his role as president and CEO of Amesbury-based BankProv in a move the bank called a mutual decision between him and the board of directors.
Amesbury-based BankProv has more than $70 million in lines of credit secured by digital currencies but has no exposure to collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to a recent securities disclosure.
BankProv’s third quarter losses could exceed $27 million, and a majority of a cryptocurrency-related loan portfolio could be impaired, the bank said yesterday in a securities filing.
Digital asset lending helped drive second quarter loan growth at Amesbury-based BankProv, but concerns about risk led the bank to close a couple of deposit accounts for digital asset customers.
Amesbury-based BankProv saw deposit relationships with digital asset customers increase by 80 percent in the first quarter, and the bank’s year-over-year earnings increased by 28 percent.
After launching a cryptocurrency lending platform in 2021, Amesbury-based BankProv saw its digital asset lending portfolio grow to $120 million and earnings increase 34 percent.
While Amesbury-based The Provident Bank saw second quarter income decline slightly compared to last year, specialty lending and income from customers operating Bitcoin machines helped boost profits.
Local banks continued to reduce the provision for loan losses in the first quarter in a sign that pandemic-related credit concerns continue to stabilize.
The parent company of The Provident Bank, rebranded last year as BankProv, has adopted a new stock repurchase program, one of several local banks planning to repurchase shares this year.
The Provident Bank saw earnings increase in the second quarter despite modifying more than 20 percent of its loans due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Both the coronavirus pandemic and loans tied to a community bank network affected The Provident Bank’s first quarter earnings.
Provident Bancorp Inc. completed its conversion to a stock company last week, raising more than $100 million in the process to help it grow specialized commercial lending and other initiatives.
Amesbury-based The Provident Bank faces a big day Wednesday, when its long-planned effort to go fully public will culminate in a stock offering.
The parent company of Amesbury-based Provident Bank is planning to raise up to about $252 million in a new stock offering that will make the company fully public.
Amesbury-based Provident Bank is going fully public with a second-step conversion, the second by a Massachusetts bank this year following HarborOne in March.