Financial Performance - Net income for Q3 2024 was 4.2million(0.95 per diluted share), a 39.1% increase from Q2 2024 and a 9.3% increase from Q3 2023[1] - Year-to-date net income for 2024 was 10.6million(2.41 per diluted share), up 4.8% from 10.1millioninthesameperiodof2023[1]−NoninterestincomeforQ32024was4.9 million, an 11.6% increase from Q2 2024 and a 20.9% increase from Q3 2023[2] - Noninterest expense for Q3 2024 was 13.9million,adecreaseof2.926,053,000, compared to 20,154,000inQ32023[8]−Netinterestincomeroseby6.714,652,000 for Q3 2024, up from 13,707,000inQ32023[8]−Noninterestincomegrewby24.44,853,000 for Q3 2024, compared to 4,013,000inQ32023[8]−NetincomeforQ32024was4,218,000, reflecting a 4.8% increase from 3,859,000inQ32023[8]−DilutedearningspershareforQ32024increasedby4.30.95, compared to 0.88inQ32023[8]AssetsandLiabilities−Totalassetsincreasedby17.22.151 billion as of September 30, 2024, compared to 1.836billionatDecember31,2023[1]−Totalnetloansroseby107.5 million (8.7%) to 1.348billionfrom1.241 billion at year-end 2023[1] - Total deposits increased by 185.5million(12.11.723 billion as of September 30, 2024, from 1.538billionatDecember31,2023[1]−TotalassetsasofSeptember30,2024,reached2,151,363,000, up from 1,827,910,000ayearearlier[8]−Shareholders′equityincreasedto149,928,000 as of September 30, 2024, compared to 114,769,000onthesamedatelastyear[10]CreditLossesandProvisions−Theprovisionforcreditlossesonloanswas474 thousand for Q3 2024, down from 560thousandinQ22024and866 thousand in Q3 2023[2] - Total provision for credit losses decreased by 23.4% to 485,000forQ32024,downfrom875,000 in Q3 2023[8] Stock and Dividends - The book value of the Corporation's common stock increased to 33.93pershareasofSeptember30,2024[2]−Tangiblebookvaluepershare(non−GAAP)roseto31.89 as of September 30, 2024, from $24.24 a year ago[10] - The current quarter dividend yield was 4.25%, slightly down from 4.53% in the previous quarter[8] Taxation - The effective federal income tax rate was 17.3% for Q3 2024 and 16.9% year-to-date[3]