Metropolitan Bank - Q4 2023
January 19, 2024
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Operator (participant)
Good day, and welcome to the Metropolitan Commercial Bank Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Earnings Call. Hosting the call today from Metropolitan Commercial Bank are Mark DeFazio, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Dan Dougherty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode, and the floor will be open for your questions following the prepared remarks. If you would like to ask a question at that time, please press star one on your telephone keypad. If at any point your question has been answered, you may remove yourself from the queue by pressing star two. We ask that you please pick up your handset to allow optimal sound quality. Lastly, if you should require operator assistance, please press star zero.
During today's presentation, references will be made to the company's earnings release and investor presentation, copies of which are available at mcbankny.com. Today's presentation may include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Please refer to the company's notices regarding forward-looking statements and non-GAAP measures that appear in the earnings release. It is now my pleasure to turn the floor over to Mark DeFazio, President and Chief Executive Officer. You may begin.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Thank you, Todd. Good morning, and thank you all for joining our fourth quarter earnings call. MCB's ability to manage through severe banking sector stress in 2023, while simultaneously exiting less material lines of business, demonstrates the impressive strength and stability of MCB's franchise. We have been able to responsibly grow the balance sheet while maintaining our credit standards and with a continued sharp focus on liquidity, interest rate risk management. Importantly, the economy continued to display impressive resilience, and calls for a steep recession have become less apparent over time. With that said, 2023 was a challenging year for the banking industry. The effects of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycle in decades and an inverted yield curve created significant headwinds.
Thankfully, experts predict that we have seen the end of the tightening cycle, and many are convinced that an easing cycle is on the horizon. MCB, being modestly liability sensitive, will benefit from the monetary policy easing. Turning to recent results, I am pleased with MCB's performance in the fourth quarter and for year-end 2023. NIM inflected in the fourth quarter, where we saw modest expansion, ending what turned out to be only two quarters of compression. We expect NIM expansion to continue in 2024, supported by continued loan growth, originated at consistent spreads and funded with core deposits from our growing roster of deposit verticals. Asset quality remains strong, with no identifiable broad negative trends in any loan product, geography or sector. Looking forward, we are excited to formally announce that we have begun our core banking modernization initiative.
We expect that this project will result in improved capabilities and efficiencies for both customer-facing and internal processes. Dan will provide financial details on the digital transformation project. I will now turn the call over to our CFO, Dan Dougherty.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Thank you, Mark, and good morning, everyone. I am pleased to join my first conference call as CFO of Metropolitan Bank, and I look forward to meeting with all of you at future conferences and investor events. As Mark mentioned, the operating environment continues to be quite challenging. However, despite rate-related headwinds, the changing dynamics of depositor behavior and a material shift in the bank's funding profile, we have continued to deploy our capital prudently and profitably. For the year, earnings per share were $6.91, and our book value per share at year-end was $58.69. As we transition to 2024, we are optimistic about the path of the economy and the direction of short-term interest rates. Even though many challenges remain, we believe that the 2024 earnings will show solid growth relative to 2023.
Quarter-over-quarter, we saw an increase of $270 million in the loan book, growth of approximately 5%. Net interest income was up $3.4 million, or about 6.4%, driving an increase in the net interest margin of 9 basis points. Our ability to reach an inflection point in the NIM is remarkable when you consider that we offloaded $475 million in crypto-related DDA balances during the year. Loan growth was funded primarily by deposit growth of $215 million. The deposit verticals that contributed the most to that growth were municipals, loan customer deposits, and EB-5 related deposits. The remainder of balance sheet growth during the year or during quarter, excuse me, which included increases in both cash and securities, was funded through wholesale channels. Liquidity risk management remains a key focus.
At year-end, total secured borrowing capacity was approximately 200% of our estimate of uninsured deposits. Our loan pipelines remain strong. A continued focus on pricing discipline resulted in a weighted average coupon, net of deferred fees, of 8.7% on fourth quarter new loan originations, versus a September loan portfolio yield of 6.73%. The loan book mix continues to shift towards fixed rate as the mix of recent originations has been more heavily weighted toward fixed. As well, recent payoffs have been weighted towards float. Now a few comments on credit. As Mark mentioned, asset quality remains strong, with no identifiable negative trends within the portfolio. We did, however, provision $6.5 million in the fourth quarter.
The increased provision was driven primarily by loan growth, as well as a specific reserve connected with outstandings to a single sponsor that went nonaccrual in December. All of that offset somewhat by improvements in the macroeconomic variables that underlie our CECL model. Although we saw an increase in NPLs in the fourth quarter, we are confident that the ultimate risk of loss in the NPL book is minimal because of strong sponsor guarantees and collateral values that are generally well aligned with outstandings. Non-interest income was flat over the quarter at $6.5 million. Within the non-interest income bucket, GPG revenues were also flat at $4.2 million. Importantly, due to an evolving regulatory environment that has challenged the cost-benefit equation related to the business-to-consumer or B2C, fintech business, the bank has decided to exit B2C.
The plan is to complete the B2C exit over the course of this year. The implications of the B2C exit are focused on the GPG fee revenue outlook and the impact from the outflow of low-cost deposits. The overall fee revenue decline related to the B2C exit should equate to approximately 2% to 3% of the current consensus 2024 revenue forecast. The related deposit outflows, which will also occur over the course of the year, are expected to be immaterial to 2024 results. We remain committed to growing the GPG business line, especially as a source of low-cost funding. But for the time being, we think a focus on the business-to-business, or B2B, is appropriate. We do not plan on any specific headcount reduction as a result of the B2C exit. As opportunities present themselves, existing employees will work to support new deposit gathering initiatives.
Now, let's talk about non-interest expenses. After adjusting for the regulatory settlement reversal of $3 million in the third quarter, quarter-over-quarter, non-interest expense was up approximately $3 million. The $1 million increase in fourth quarter comp and benefits reflects the timing of third quarter hires and some one-time charges related to placement fees and severance costs. We will continue to invest in human capital this year as we prepare for our continued approach towards $10 billion in balance sheet footings. The 2024 run rate for comp and benefits will reflect an increase to annualized fourth quarter expense of approximately 6% to 8%. Professional fees should trend down towards $4 million per quarter over the course of the year.
Finally, in the aggregate, it is reasonable to assume that total core non-interest expense will increase in the 10% to 12% area versus normalized 2023 expenses. A few comments on the banking modernization project. One-time costs associated with the core banking modernization project are expected to total approximately $9.5 million in 2024. These expenses will be somewhat lumpy throughout the year. We will make best efforts to report core as well as project-related expenses each quarter. The modernization project is planned to be implemented over a roughly 24-month period. Approximately 80% of the total project spend is expected to occur in 2024.
The returns on the project, which are measured largely through scalability, data mining ability, improved payment processing capabilities, and improved customer experience, will be evident as we integrate the new systems. I will now turn the call back to the operator for Q&A.
Operator (participant)
At this time, the floor is now open for your questions. If you have a question or comment, please press star one on your telephone keypad. If at any point your question has been answered, you may remove yourself from the queue by pressing star two. Again, we do ask that you pose your question, that you pick up your handset to provide optimal sound quality. Again, that's star one to ask a question. Our first question comes from Mark Fitzgibbon of Piper Sandler. Please go ahead.
Mark Fitzgibbon (Head of Financial Services Group Research and Senior Managing Director)
Hey, guys. Good morning.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Morning, Mark.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Good morning, Mark.
Mark Fitzgibbon (Head of Financial Services Group Research and Senior Managing Director)
First question I had for you, Dan, around the exit of the B2C business. You know, two questions related to that. First, what was sort of the impetus for exiting the business? And second, you know, of the $781 million of GPG deposits, roughly how much of that is connected to B2C?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
You know, this is Mark. I'll take the first half of that.
So, Mark, just to bring you up to date on this, MCB hasn't brought on a B2C client in GPG throughout all of 2022 and all of 2023. We just thought of socializing this and talking about it publicly. So we have not recognized any benefit from B2C business for the last two years. The reason for it is the economics. You know, at this point, the regulatory expectations for that oversight is extraordinary, and it's costly. And we're just fortunate enough to have other options to choose to grow the bank. So we have decided that the economics, the profit margins on that business used to be very substantial. They have served us well, and for everyone listening, we were in that business for two decades very successfully.
So it has served the bank well. It just no longer has the risk reward or the economics to support staying in the business. Dan, you want to take this one?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Yeah. So Mark, the deposits, the B2C deposits foot to about $250 million. Those will exit the bank. The plan is to exit the bank over the course of the 12 months of 2024.
Mark Fitzgibbon (Head of Financial Services Group Research and Senior Managing Director)
Okay, great. And then can you share with us any thoughts on the pipeline in the B2B business? How that's looking right now, shaping up?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Yeah, it's strong. It's strong, it's diverse, and we also have acquiring, which we stood up in 2023, which we expect 2024 for it to start to contribute meaningfully in 2024 as well. As far as the 250,000 in deposits mark, you know, we have already demonstrated over the last 24 months, we had the likes of about $1.5 billion of crypto-related deposits that fully left the bank, and we had replaced them very efficiently. So we would expect it to be a non-event on the $250 million. It will not happen in one moment. It will happen gradually over the year, and I don't think you, you'll end up noticing it at all.
Mark Fitzgibbon (Head of Financial Services Group Research and Senior Managing Director)
Okay. And then just two modeling things. One, on the margin, you mentioned the margin should rise throughout the course of 2024. Assuming you follow the forward curve, how much, how much NIM expansion does that imply? And, and also, if you could share any color on the effective tax rate going forward. Thank you.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
All right, Mike. So our forecast has two rate hikes in it for next year. They come in the middle to the back of the year. And we see another, you know, 10 to 15 basis points of NIM, well, actually, 20 basis points of NIM expansion through the course of the year based on that model.
Mark Fitzgibbon (Head of Financial Services Group Research and Senior Managing Director)
Okay, great. And then the effective rate was low this quarter, sort of back to 31 and change, you think is a more reasonable go-forward rate?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
That's a good assumption, yes.
Mark Fitzgibbon (Head of Financial Services Group Research and Senior Managing Director)
Okay. Thank you.
Operator (participant)
Thank you. Our next question comes from Nick Cucharale with Hovde Group. You can please go ahead.
Nick Cucharale (Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst)
Good morning, everyone. How are you?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Morning, Nick.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Good morning, Nick.
Nick Cucharale (Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst)
Just to follow up on the expense commentary, are the project-related expenses that you mentioned incorporated into the 10%-12% projected growth rate?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
They are not.
Nick Cucharale (Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst)
If you were to include those, what does the projected growth rate for 2024 versus 2023 look like?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
I have to come back to you on that one, Nick. I don't have it handy in front of me. I could do quick math, but let me, let me follow up with you on that.
Nick Cucharale (Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst)
No problem. No problem. On the deposit front, you know, as you mentioned, nice growth in the municipal book. We had a similar dynamic in the year-ago quarter. Is this mainly due to seasonality, or have you added significant new relationships into that vertical?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Well, mostly new relationships, Nick. Primarily driven by new relationships.
That's right.
Nick Cucharale (Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst)
Wonderful. Loan growth was again strong, and even in spite of strong deposit growth, it looks like you added more wholesale funding to support that rise. You know, when do you anticipate you'll be able to drive down borrowings to levels that are more in line with your history?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
The plan is yesterday, of course, but you know, remember, at year-end, our cash position was elevated, and that was intentional. So those dollars can quickly leave the bank. I don't need to run a cash balance quite that high. So I would think, you know, that should be pretty quick over the course of the year, that we drive this thing back towards the current minimum, which is around $300 million, which is actually swapped out. So that's going to stick with us for the duration of those swaps, which expire in mid-2025, I believe. And so, yeah, again, I think it should happen relatively quickly as we ramp up our deposit gathering process.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
But Nick, year-over-year, if you look at the difference between core funding and net new loan growth, it was minimal. You know, we didn't really rely at all, heavily at all on wholesale funding to fund that growth.
Nick Cucharale (Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst)
Right. Right. Okay. And, and then lastly, another solid rise in the healthcare portfolio this quarter. Where are you comfortable bringing that book as an overall percentage of total loans?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
We're studying that right now. We're having stress tests. As you know, we do stress testing of the entire portfolio twice a year. We're having a targeted stress test done on the healthcare. I have a sense of where that's going to come out. It will be very positive. You know, we like the risk profile there. So, we will announce some new numbers at some point, but we're going through that analysis now in the first quarter. But we do like the risk profile and the economics around healthcare. Remember, it's a very diversified portfolio. It's just not skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Nick Cucharale (Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst)
I appreciate the color, and thank you for taking my questions.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Thanks, Nick.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Thanks, Nick.
Operator (participant)
Thank you. Our next question comes from Chris O'Connell with KBW. Please go ahead.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Hey, good morning.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Morning, Chris.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
So, just wanted to circle back to the NIM guide of 20 basis points and just confirm that's off of the 4Q 2023 to 4Q 2024 timeline numbers, not off of the annual NIM?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
It's off, actually off the annual NIM.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
So that's 2024.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
20.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
20 basis points above the 3.48?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
That's correct.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. And how much does that change, you know, if the rate, if there's no Fed cuts next year?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
I don't have that handy, happy to run the model and let you know.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
One other way of looking at that too, Nick, is, you know, we have some very big deposit initiatives that should drive lower cost deposits throughout 2024. So, you know, we're not just relying on the Fed to give us some expansion here. We're driving it ourselves, as we have historically, and you saw in this year that just passed, we had only two quarters of compression with the kind of tightening that we faced. So we're not relying on the Fed. The Fed has many more cuts predicted. We only have two in our projections, but it is not the underpinning of that margin expansion. It's our deposit initiatives.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Yeah. So the NIM forecast that my team has produced has relatively conservative assumptions related to core deposit growth. So, yeah, you know, if anything, there should be upside there, assuming that the path of administered rates is generally aligned with what we've talked about.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. And on the B2C exit, you know, I appreciate all the color that you guys gave. As far as just the actual impact to the GPG fee line, do you have what that is on an annual basis once the exit's complete? And then any sense of just even if it's, you know, rough, you know, the timing of that, how that will play out?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Again, the exit's going to happen during the course of 2024. The reason I couched it in terms of forecasted revenue for next year is to emphasize the fact that it's a relatively small number. It's 2% to 3% of consensus right now for 2024. So you know, that you can do the math, I can do the math. It's, let's call it $5 million to $6 million going to be the delta there.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Got it. Great. And then.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
This is Chris.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Oh, Chris.
Chris, keep in mind, just one thing that shouldn't be, you know, not focused on. As I mentioned earlier, we didn't bring in, we haven't onboarded a B2C client, and GPG's revenues not only absorbed the material reduction in crypto-related transaction revenues, we not only replaced that seamlessly, we replaced the lack of revenue coming from B2C as well by adding new B2B clients. So the underpinning of that business is strong, and it's unfortunate that we're replacing some opportunities there for a lot of different reasons. But we are not coming out of a hole because we are replacing it as we speak, and we demonstrated that again in 2023.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. And just on the multifamily, you know, provision, you know, how big was that, you know, credit? And can you give any color just around, you know, the overall, you know, circumstances, you know, what the total reserve to the loan size is, and just any other, you know, details surrounding the credit?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
It's multifamily outside of New York. I think it's Ohio.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Louisiana.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
And Louisiana.
As we understand, it's a dispute between partners, and the lack of willingness to put capital into the projects to bring them to be stabilized. So it's not something we haven't seen in our careers before. Considering the sponsorship behind it, we're a little bit surprised that, considering how wealthy they are and how experienced they are in this asset class, that they would run the risk of litigation, but they are. But we are confident. We believe the risk of loss here is minimal. I actually believe the risk of loss here is zero.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. And do you have, you know, what the LTV or debt service coverage ratio, you know, was on the credit going in or most recent?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Well, they were properties in transition, so they were not highly occupied. That was the value proposition of acquiring it at a very high cap rate, going in, renovate, stabilize. And, you know, the typical model of multifamily is you go in, you acquire, you stabilize, you renovate, you stabilize, rates come down, cap rates come down, you refinance or sell at a higher return. And they just, rates are likely to come down, but they're not finishing the renovation. So the debt service coverage is almost irrelevant because of the guarantee and the global cash flow of the guarantors, which supported the projects on the way in. The LTVs were 70, I'm sure, within policy guidelines of 70% to 75%, I'm sure.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. And just last one on this, do you know or when it was originated?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
I think on the inside of two years, 2022, 2021, 2022?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
2021.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
2021.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
2021, I believe.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
2021.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. And just, you know, do you view this as a read through to any other parts of the portfolio, and you know, how are you guys, you know, seeing, you know, credit transform, you know, over the past quarter and kind of the outlook going forward? And does it impact, you know, any of your appetite, you know, for loan growth going forward?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
No, just as I said in my prepared remarks, this isn't indicative of any trend or anything that's happening in the portfolio from an asset class perspective or geography. This is a one-off situation. Keep in mind, you know, we do a fair amount of lending here. You will have NPLs from time to time. The question is, you know, your underwriting will get tested when you have NPLs. And you'll see throughout the course of the year how our underwriting did as a result of remediating this problem. I can tell you the clients are fully engaged now, and they are talking to us, so I would expect this to get resolved one way or the other pretty soon.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. Thank you, guys. Appreciate the time.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Thanks, Chris.
Operator (participant)
Thank you. Our next question comes from Alex Lau with JP Morgan. Please go ahead.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Hi, good morning.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
Morning, Alex.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Good morning, Alex.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
I wanted to start off with deposits. Which deposit verticals drove the increase in non-interest-bearing deposits on a period-end basis? And what are your expectations for DDA growth outside of the B2C runoff in 2024?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
The increase in DDA was driven through GPG clients. We've got, excuse me, a modest assumption in our model that we'll see, you know, fairly limited DDA growth going forward. I think DDA is becoming kind of a unicorn out there. It's hard to find non-interest-bearing deposits at this juncture in the market. But we do have a small, a relatively small growth in our models.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Thank you. And also, thank you for the breakout of the $230 million in deposits from the new deposit initiatives. Can you talk about the opportunities for these deposit verticals to increase their contribution to the funding base this year?
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
I think you're going to continue to see stable increase. I mean, there are projections out there that, you know, that are reasonably opportunistic. But, you know, I think they're going to continue to contribute. And our goal is, as we said in the past, and as we have been historically, that our funding will be our loan growth will be funded specifically by core funding, and they will continue to contribute. How much in any one quarter or year? It's hard to say. But that's our goal, to continue to stay a core-funded institution.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Thank you. And then a question on deposit costs. Given your higher pay rate on deposit costs, how do you think about the beta moving downwards as the Fed cuts the funds rate and the timing, given your deposit mix? For example, do you have the mix of index deposits, or how much is exception pricing? Thanks.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Our assumptions trend toward a very conservative 65%, inclusive of the derivatives that we have on the balance sheet. We take the derivatives off, it gets closer to 75%. I think we're pretty hopeful that, in fact, it'll be higher than that, as the short rates move down.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Thanks. And then on one follow-up on expenses. You mentioned the 10% to 12% growth on core non-interest expense. What is the normalized expense base you were referring to for 2023?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
I believe I quoted that as Q4 annualized, and then grossed up with the 10% to 12%.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Got it. Were there any project expenses in 2023 already? On the project expenses as well, is there a sense of timing? Will it be more front-loaded or pretty spread out throughout the year?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
There were some modest expenses in 2023. 2024 is going to be quite lumpy. It's very difficult to say. They will be spread out through the year, but it's going to be quite lumpy as these sub-projects, if you will, come online.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Thank you. Just another follow-up on the B2C fee income loss over 2024. Was that $5 million-$6 million in exit run rate for 4Q 2024, or is that the full-year impact versus consensus for full year 2024?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
$5 million to $6 million is for the full-year. Remember, when you look at the 2023 results, you got to back out the crypto from there. That's obviously not going to be recurring, and then the adjustment, as we just mentioned, over the course of the year, will be approximately $5 million to $6 million. And of course, and I, and Mark touched on this, it's really important. Our B2B pipeline is strong. We have a strong commitment to growing that book of business, and we remain quite hopeful that, you know, that will continue to grow and provide some low-cost, a significant amount of low-cost funding.
Alex Lau (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Great. Thanks for taking my questions.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
All right.
Operator (participant)
Thank you. And we do have a follow-up question from Chris O'Connell with KBW.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Yeah, I just wanted to confirm the expense guide. I had it at the Q4 annualized, so $37 million annualized, +6% to 8%, and then the 2023 normalized OpEx +10% to 12%. Is that correct? Not the Q4 annualized +10% to 12%?
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
It's overall. Overall is the comp and benefit, 68% off Q4. That's kind of a specific quote there. But overall, 10% to12% off fourth quarter annualized.
Christopher O'Connell (VP and Equity Research Analyst)
Thank you.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
You're welcome.
Operator (participant)
Thank you. This does conclude the allotted time we have for questions. I will now turn the call back to Mark DeFazio for any additional or closing remarks.
Mark DeFazio (President and CEO)
I don't have any closing remarks, other than thank you all for attending and your continued support into MCB.
Daniel Dougherty (EVP and CFO)
Thanks, everybody.
Operator (participant)
Thank you. This does conclude today's conference call and webcast. A webcast archive of this call can be found at www.mcbankny.com. Please disconnect your line at this time, and have a wonderful day.