All amounts are unaudited and in Canadian dollars and are based on financial
statements prepared in compliance with International Accounting Standard 34
Interim Financial Reporting, unless otherwise noted. Our first quarter 2026
("Q1 2026") unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the period
ended January 31, 2026 and Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A"), are
available online at www.versabank.com/investor-relations, SEDAR at
www.sedarplus.ca and EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar. Supplementary Financial
Information will also be available on our website at
www.versabank.com/investor-relations.
LONDON, ON, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - VersaBank (or the "Bank") (TSX: VBNK) $(VBNK)$, a North American leader in business-to-business digital banking, as well as technology solutions for cybersecurity, today reported its results for the first quarter ended January 31, 2026. All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY
(unaudited) As at or for the three months ended
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January 31 October 31 January 31
(thousands of
Canadian dollars
except per share
amounts) 2026 2025 Change 2025 Change
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Financial results
Total revenue $ 36,514 $ 35,092 4 % $ 27,827 31 %
Cost of funds* 3.14 % 3.15 % (0 %) 3.84 % (18 %)
Net interest
margin* 2.25 % 2.29 % (2 %) 2.08 % 8 %
Net interest
margin on credit
assets* 2.64 % 2.65 % (0 %) 2.36 % 12 %
Return on average
common equity* 8.16 % 3.89 % 110 % 7.02 % 16 %
Adjusted return
on average
common equity* 8.95 % 7.81 % 15 % 7.02 % 27 %
Net income 11,069 5,204 113 % 8,143 36 %
Adjusted net
income* 12,162 10,549 15 % 8,143 49 %
Net income per
common share
basic and
diluted 0.35 0.16 119 % 0.28 25 %
Adjusted net
income per
common share
basic and
diluted* 0.38 0.33 15 % 0.28 36 %
Balance sheet and
capital ratios**
Total assets $ 6,146,010 $ 5,808,475 6 % $ 4,971,732 24 %
Book value per
common share* 16.93 16.67 2 % 16.03 6 %
Common Equity
Tier 1 (CET1)
capital ratio 12.82 % 12.92 % (1 %) 14.61 % (12 %)
Total capital
ratio 15.47 % 15.72 % (2 %) 17.91 % (14 %)
Leverage ratio 8.17 % 8.47 % (4 %) 9.67 % (16 %)
* See definitions under 'Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures' in the
Q1 2026 Management's Discussion and Analysis.
** Capital management and leverage measures are in accordance with OSFI's
Capital Adequacy Requirements and Basel III Accord.
SEGMENTED FINANCIAL SUMMARY -- QUARTERLY
(thousands of
Canadian dollars)
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for the three
months ended January 31, 2026
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Digital Banking Digital Banking Digital Meteor DRTC Eliminations/ Consolidated
Canada USA Adjustments
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Net interest
income $ 27,107 $ 6,774 $ - $ - $ - $ 33,881
Non-interest
income 476 - 528 1,975 (346) 2,633
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Total revenue 27,583 6,774 528 1,975 (346) 36,514
Provision for
(recovery of)
credit losses 681 19 - - - 700
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26,902 6,755 528 1,975 (346) 35,814
Non-interest
expenses:
Salaries and
benefits 6,663 1,733 206 1,781 - 10,383
General and
administrative 7,378 799 30 506 (346) 8,367
Premises and
equipment 925 275 48 548 - 1,796
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14,966 2,807 284 2,835 (346) 20,546
Income (loss)
before income
taxes 11,936 3,948 244 (860) - 15,268
Income tax
provision 3,222 1,142 65 (230) - 4,199
Net income (loss) $ 8,714 $ 2,806 $ 179 $ (630) $ - $ 11,069
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Total assets $ 5,134,288 $ 1,009,961 $ 10,535 $ 16,139 $ (24,913) $ 6,146,010
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Total
liabilities $ 4,850,594 $ 754,775 $ 517 $ 28,263 $ (31,215) $ 5,602,934
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for the three
months ended October 31, 2025
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Digital Banking Digital Banking Digital Meteor DRTC Eliminations/ Consolidated
Canada USA Adjustments
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Net interest
income $ 27,399 $ 5,234 $ - $ - $ - $ 32,633
Non-interest
income 250 (15) 673 1,898 (347) 2,459
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Total revenue 27,649 5,219 673 1,898 (347) 35,092
Provision for
(recovery of)
credit losses 1,365 (46) - - - 1,319
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26,284 5,265 673 1,898 (347) 33,773
Non-interest
expenses:
Salaries and
benefits 7,446 1,213 130 1,327 - 10,116
General and
administrative 10,941 924 140 143 (347) 11,801
Premises and
equipment 929 323 276 426 - 1,954
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19,316 2,460 546 1,896 (347) 23,871
Income (loss)
before income
taxes 6,968 2,805 127 2 - 9,902
Income tax
provision 3,840 806 33 19 - 4,698
Net income (loss) $ 3,128 $ 1,999 $ 94 $ (17) $ - $ 5,204
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Total assets $ 5,050,922 $ 759,733 $ 10,207 $ 24,538 $ (36,925) $ 5,808,475
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Total
liabilities $ 4,777,508 $ 498,822 $ 8,006 $ 28,319 $ (36,853) $ 5,275,802
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for the three
months ended January 31, 2025
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Digital Banking Digital Banking Digital Meteor DRTC Eliminations/ Consolidated
Canada USA Adjustments
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Net interest
income $ 23,685 $ 2,039 $ - $ - $ - $ 25,724
Non-interest
income 125 1 342 1,989 (354) 2,103
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Total revenue 23,810 2,040 342 1,989 (354) 27,827
Provision for
(recovery of)
credit losses 1,033 (9) - - - 1,024
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22,777 2,049 342 1,989 (354) 26,803
Non-interest
expenses:
Salaries and
benefits 5,289 1,164 217 1,944 - 8,614
General and
administrative 4,716 597 44 486 (354) 5,489
Premises and
equipment 903 109 48 536 - 1,596
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10,908 1,870 309 2,966 (354) 15,699
Income (loss)
before income
taxes 11,869 179 33 (977) - 11,104
Income tax
provision 3,105 76 - (220) - 2,961
Net income (loss) $ 8,764 $ 103 $ 33 $ (757) $ - $ 8,143
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Total assets $ 4,707,062 $ 256,627 $ 11,236 $ 25,340 $ (28,533) $ 4,971,732
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Total
liabilities $ 4,350,601 $ 115,351 $ 8,922 $ 21,548 $ (45,985) $ 4,450,437
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NOTE REGARDING THE CHANGE IN NAME OF "RECEIVABLE PURCHASE PROGRAM" ("RPP") TO "STRUCTURED RECEIVEABLE PROGRAM" ("SRP")
As part of its previously announced Reorganization (see note below), VersaBank has changed the name of its Receivable Purchase Program ("RPP") to Structured Receivable Program ("SRP"). The underlying business model of the SRP has not changed in any way.
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY
"The first quarter of 2026 saw the acceleration of our Structured Receivable Program, or SRP (previously known as our Receivable Purchase Program) in the United States, which, combined with steady growth in Canada and a strengthened net interest margin, contributed to 31% year-over-year growth in revenue," said David Taylor, Founder and President, VersaBank. "Per our strategy, we are increasingly benefitting from the operating leverage in our business model. Our investment over the past several years in establishing and ramping up our U.S. business is yielding results in terms of improved operating leverage, with net income up 36% and adjusted net income up 49%, year-over-year. Notably, adjusted net income grew 15% sequentially."
"After surpassing our fiscal 2025 target, during the first quarter of fiscal 2026 we grew our U.S. SRP 55% sequentially. Our pace of funding has us firmly on track to achieve our target of growing our US SRP fundings by at least $1 billion in fiscal 2026. Notably, the efficiency of our U.S. banking operations has already surpassed that of our Canadian banking operations and, with substantially all of our U.S. cost structure in place, will expand meaningfully as we grow our U.S. portfolio."
"In addition to the expected continued strong growth in our core Digital Banking business, we are increasingly encouraged by the opportunity for our Real Bank Tokenized Deposits$(TM)$ (RBTD(TM)s) as digital assets gain adoption by the mainstream financial industry amidst a favourable regulatory environment. During the quarter, we continued to advance our RBTD(TM)s towards commercialization, with a specific focus on ensuring we position ourselves to fully capitalize on their specific advantage in the marketplace."
"The first quarter was also highlighted by our extension of our custody services to the stablecoin market and, subsequent to quarter end, we announced our first customer, Stablecorp Digital Currencies, for which the Bank will serve as the custodian for Stablecorp's QCAD stablecoin -- Canada's first regulatory compliant Canadian-dollar stablecoin. Stablecorp has an impressive list of investors including Coinbase, Circle, DeFi Technologies and FTP Ventures."
"We continue to make steady progress on our reorganization with the goal of including our shareholder vote on the matter as apart of our annual shareholders meeting in early April, subject to the timing of review of the required filings and approval by the requisite regulators. We continue to expect the benefits of the reorganization to meaningfully outweigh the investment in the process and allow the Bank to fully capitalize on its US SRP opportunity, as well as our Tokenized Deposit and Stablecoin Custody Services opportunities."
KEY OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
-- The Bank continued to realize rapid expansion of its credit asset
portfolio in the US through the successful ramp up of its SRP. Following
the achievement of its first-year target for SRP credit assets and the
signing of an agreement with its largest US SRP partner to date at the
end of the Q4 2025, the Bank grew its total US SRP credit assets to
US$472.0 million at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and is on
pace to achieve its target for additional US SRP fundings in fiscal 2026
of US$1 billion;
-- The Bank enhanced its Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation ("CMHC")
insured lending program such that the Bank will begin utilizing its
Canadian Mortgage Bond ("CMB") Program allocation capacity to invest in
CMHC-insured multi-unit residential ("MUR") term mortgages originated by
partners who are well-established leaders in the Canadian MUR mortgage
industry (the "Mortgage Originator") (the "Enhanced CMHC Program");
-- Following the Canadian federal government's announcement of planned
regulation of stablecoins in the 2025 Federal Budget, the Bank initiated
collaborations with third-party stablecoin issuers on national bank-based,
SOC2 Type 1-certified custody solutions that are consistent with the
government's planned regulation for stablecoins in Canada. Subsequent to
the end of the first quarter, the Bank announced its first stablecoin
custody customer, signing a definitive agreement with Stablecorp Digital
Currencies Inc. ("Stablecorp"), a pioneering Canadian digital asset
infrastructure company and servicer of the QCAD Digital Trust and whose
investors include Coinbase, Circle, DeFi Technologies and FTP Ventures,
under which the Bank will serve as the custodian for Stablecorp's QCAD
stablecoin. QCAD recently became Canada's first regulatory compliant
Canadian-dollar stablecoin; and,
-- The Bank continued to steadily progress on its Reorganization (see note
below) and in support of that Reorganization appointed Nicolas Ospina to
the newly created role of Global Chief Financial Officer with
responsibility for oversight of the Bank's finance function at the
corporate level and John Asma, previously Chief Financial Officer of the
Bank, to Executive Vice President with responsibilities for operation and
execution of strategy for Canadian Digital Banking operations.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL 2026
Consolidated (Canadian and US Digital Banking Operations, Digital Meteor and DRTC)
-- Total assets increased 24% year-over-year and 6% sequentially to a record
$6.1 billion, with the increase driven primarily by growth of the Digital
Banking operations' credit asset portfolios, in particular, the
Structured Receivable Program ("SRP") portfolio, in both the US and
Canada;
-- Consolidated total revenue increased 31% year-over-year and increased 4%
sequentially to a record $36.5 million, with the year-over-year and
sequential increases primarily due to the continued growth in credit
assets, which were up 23% year-over-year and 5% sequentially;
-- Consolidated net income was $11.1 million compared with $8.1 million for
the first quarter of last year and $5.2 million for the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2025. Consolidated net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2026
included $1.5 million of non-interest expenses related primarily to the
costs associated with the Reorganization (see note below), compared to
$5.4 million in the sequential quarter, which also had higher than
typical tax provision attributable to various one-time tax expense
adjustments;
-- Consolidated adjusted net income was $12.2 million, an increase of 49%
year-over-year and an increase of 15% sequentially;
-- Consolidated income per common share was $0.35 compared with $0.28 for
the first quarter of last year and $0.16 for the fourth quarter of 2025.
In addition to the impact of the items noted above, the variance to prior
year reflects the impact of the 25% higher number of shares outstanding
following the treasury common share offering in December 2024;
-- Consolidated adjusted income per common share was $0.38 compared with
$0.28 for the first quarter of 2025 and $0.33 for the fourth quarter of
2025; and,
-- As at January 31, 2026, the Bank has purchased and cancelled 573,251
common shares under its Normal Course Issuer Bid (NCIB), under which the
Bank may purchase for cancellation up to 2,000,000 of its common shares
representing approximately 8.99% of its public float (as of April 28,
2025).
Digital Banking (Combined Canada and US)
-- Total Digital Banking operations (combined Canada and US) credit assets
increased 23% year-over-year and 5% sequentially to a record $5.33
billion, driven primarily by strong growth in each of the US and Canadian
SRP portfolios, which, combined, increased 29% year-over-year and 9%
sequentially;
-- Total Digital Banking operations revenue increased 33% year-over-year and
5% sequentially to a record $34.4 million, with the year-over-year and
sequential increases primarily due to the continued growth in credit
assets;
-- Total Digital Banking operations net interest margin on credit assets
increased 28 bps, or 12%, year-over-year, and decreased 1 bps
sequentially, to 2.64%. The year-over-year increase was primarily due to
the lower cost of funds, attributable to the renewal of maturing deposits
at lower interest rates and the diminished impact of the atypically
inverted yield curve that existed in the early part of fiscal 2025 and
which is no longer inverted. The sequential decrease reflects the planned
transition of some higher yielding, higher risk-weighted Multi-Family
Residential Loans ("MROL") to lower yielding, lower risk-weighted MROL as
part of the Bank's strategy to capitalize on opportunities for lower-risk
weighted credit assets with a higher return on capital and the continued
growth in the SRP portfolio, which is also composed of lower
risk-weighted, lower yielding assets, offset partially by lower cost of
funds;
-- Total Digital Banking operations overall net interest margin increased 17
bps, or 8%, year-over-year and decreased 4 bps, or 2%, sequentially to
2.25%. The Bank's net interest margin remained among the highest of the
publicly traded Canadian Schedule I (federally licensed) banks;
-- Total Digital Banking operations provision for credit losses as a
percentage of average credit assets remained negligible at 0.05%,
compared with a 12-quarter average of 0.04%, which remains among the
lowest of the publicly traded Canadian Schedule I (federally licensed)
banks;
-- Total Digital Banking operations net income was $11.5 million compared
with $8.9 million for the first quarter of last year and $5.1 million for
the fourth quarter of 2025. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal
2026 included $1.5 million (before tax) of non-interest expenses
primarily related to the Reorganization, compared to the sequential
quarter of $5.4 million, which also had one-time tax expense adjustments;
-- Total Digital Banking operations income per common share was $0.36
compared with $0.30 for the first quarter of last year and $0.16 for the
fourth quarter of 2025. In addition to the impact of the items noted
above, the variance to prior year reflects the impact of the 25% higher
number of shares outstanding following the treasury common share offering
in December 2024.
Digital Banking Canada
Note: The financial results for Digital Banking Canada contain certain non-interest expenses for general corporate administrative costs.
-- Canadian Digital Banking operations net income was $8.7 million compared
with $8.8 million for the first quarter of last year and $3.1 million for
the fourth quarter of 2025; and,
-- Canadian Digital Banking operations net income per common share was $0.28
compared with $0.30 for the first quarter of last year and $0.10 for the
fourth quarter of 2025. In addition to the impact of the items noted
above, the variance to prior year reflects the impact of the 25% higher
number of shares outstanding following the treasury common share offering
in December 2024;
Digital Banking US
-- US Digital Banking operations net income was $2.8 million compared with
$103,000 for the first quarter of last year and $2.0 million for the
fourth quarter of 2025. The sequential increase was primarily
attributable to the strong growth in the SRP portfolio. US Digital
Banking operations include expenses that are being incurred ahead of
asset growth and revenue generated by the ramp up of the US SRP
portfolio.
Digital Meteor
-- Digital Meteor's net income was $179,000 compared with net income of
$33,000 for the first quarter of last year and a net income of $94,000
for the fourth quarter of 2025;
-- The Bank started an internal pilot program in the United States for its
USDVBs, the US-dollar version of its proprietary Real Bank Tokenized
Deposits(TM) ("RBTDs"(TM)); and,
-- The Bank commenced a refresh of its previously completed pilot program
for its CADVBs, the Canadian-dollar version of its proprietary RBTDs(TM).
DRTC's Cybersecurity Services Operations
-- DRTC's net loss was $630,000 compared with a net loss of $757,000 for the
first quarter of last year and a net loss of $17,000 for the fourth
quarter of 2025.
Reorganization (previously referred to as the Proposed Corporate Realignment)
In May 2025, the Bank announced its intention, subject to the approval of VersaBank's shareholders, the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) ("OSFI"), the Minister of Finance (Canada), the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX"), the Nasdaq Global Select Market ("Nasdaq"), and other applicable approvals, to implement a series of transactions that would result in, among other things, a new entity (the "Parent"), a newly incorporated Delaware corporation, succeeding VersaBank as the publicly traded entity in which existing shareholders hold their equity interests, thereby domesticating that public company as a U.S. reporting issuer incorporated in Delaware (the "Reorganization"). Under the proposed terms of the Reorganization, among other things, VersaBank will adopt an amendment to its by-laws and effect certain transactions to exchange all of its outstanding common shares for shares of the Parent (the "Share Exchange"). Following the Share Exchange, VersaBank will sell all of its shares of VersaHoldings US Corp. to the Parent in exchange for a promissory note equal to the aggregate fair market value of those shares (the "Parent Note"), which will subsequently be distributed to the Parent as a return of capital.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
(unaudited) For the three months ended
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January 31 October 31 January 31
(thousands of
Canadian dollars
except per share
amounts) 2026 2025 2025
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Results of
operations
Interest income $ 81,216 $ 77,471 $ 73,246
Net interest
income 33,881 32,633 25,724
Non-interest
income 2,633 2,459 2,103
Total revenue 36,514 35,092 27,827
Provision for
(recovery of)
credit losses 700 1,319 1,024
Non-interest
expenses 20,546 23,871 15,699
Digital Banking 17,773 21,776 12,788
DRTC 2,835 2,525 2,966
Digital Meteor 284 (83) 309
Net income 11,069 5,204 8,143
Adjusted net
income* 12,162 10,549 8,143
Income per common
share:
Basic $ 0.35 $ 0.16 $ 0.28
Diluted $ 0.35 $ 0.16 $ 0.28
Adjusted income
per common share
basic and
diluted* $ 0.38 $ 0.33 $ 0.28
Dividends paid on
common shares $ 799 $ 802 $ 813
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Yield* 5.39 % 5.45 % 5.92 %
Cost of funds* 3.14 % 3.15 % 3.84 %
Net interest
margin* 2.25 % 2.29 % 2.08 %
Net interest
margin on credit
assets* 2.64 % 2.65 % 2.36 %
Return on average
common equity* 8.16 % 3.89 % 7.02 %
Adjusted return on
average common
equity* 8.95 % 7.81 % 7.02 %
Book value per
common share* $ 16.93 $ 16.67 $ 16.03
Efficiency ratio* 56 % 68 % 56 %
Adjusted
efficiency
ratio* 52 % 52 % 56 %
Return on average
total assets* 0.73 % 0.37 % 0.66 %
Provision for
(recovery of)
credit losses as a
% of average
credit
assets* 0.05 % 0.11 % 0.09 %
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As at
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Balance Sheet
Summary
Cash $ 628,002 $ 581,710 $ 386,693
Securities 101,276 80,923 158,546
Credit assets, net
of allowance for
credit losses 5,333,279 5,066,378 4,346,748
Average credit
assets 5,199,829 4,922,347 4,291,432
Total assets 6,146,010 5,808,475 4,971,732
Deposits 5,248,955 4,860,863 4,133,438
Subordinated notes
payable 100,160 103,516 106,824
Shareholders'
equity 543,076 532,673 521,295
Capital ratios**
Risk-weighted
assets $ 4,031,913 $ 3,943,657 $ 3,422,768
Common Equity Tier
1 capital 516,815 509,650 500,158
Total regulatory
capital 623,825 619,890 613,021
Common Equity Tier
1 (CET1) capital
ratio 12.82 % 12.92 % 14.61 %
Tier 1 capital
ratio 12.82 % 12.92 % 14.61 %
Total capital
ratio 15.47 % 15.72 % 17.91 %
Leverage ratio 8.17 % 8.47 % 9.67 %
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* See definition under 'Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures' in the
Q1 2026 Management's Discussion
and Analysis.
** Capital management and leverage measures are in accordance with
OSFI's Capital Adequacy Requirements
and Basel III
Accord.
This news release is intended to be read in conjunction with the Bank's Consolidated Financial Statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) for the three months ended January 31, 2026, which are available on VersaBank's website at www.versabank.com, SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.
Conference Call
VersaBank will host a conference call and webcast today, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. $(ET)$ to discuss its fourth quarter results, featuring a presentation by David Taylor, President & CEO and Nicolas Ospina, Global CFO, followed by a question-and-answer period. To join the conference call by telephone without operator assistance, you may register and enter your phone number in advance at: https://emportal.ink/4qKHiM1 to receive an instant automated call back. Alternatively, you may also dial direct and be entered into the call by an Operator at: 1-416-945-7677 or 1-888-699-1199 (toll free).
For those preferring to listen to the presentation via the Internet, a live webcast will be available at https://app.webinar.net/GjAar8prvln or on the Bank's web site at: https://www.versabank.com/investor-relations/events-presentations/. The slide presentation management will use during the conference call/webcast will be available on the Bank's web site at: https://www.versabank.com/investor-relations/financial-results/.
The archived webcast presentation will be available for 90 days following the live event at https://app.webinar.net/GjAar8prvln and on the Bank's web site at: https://www.versabank.com/investor-relations/events-presentations/. Replay of the teleconference will be available until April 4, 2026 by calling 289-819-1450 or 1-888-660-6345 (toll free) and the passcode is: 79538#
About VersaBank
VersaBank is a North American bank with a difference. Federally chartered in both Canada and the US, VersaBank has a branchless, digital, business-to-business model based on its proprietary state-of-the-art technology that enables it to profitably address underserved segments of the banking industry in a significantly risk mitigated manner. Because VersaBank obtains substantially all of its deposits and undertakes the majority of its funding activities electronically through financial intermediary partners, it benefits from significant operating leverage that drives efficiency and return on common equity. In August 2024, VersaBank launched its unique Receivable Purchase Program funding solution for point-of-sale finance companies, which has been highly successful in Canada for over 15 years, to the underserved multi-trillion-dollar US market. VersaBank also owns Minnesota-based DRT Cyber Inc., a North America leader in the provision of cyber security services to address the rapidly growing volume of cyber threats challenging financial institutions, multi-national corporations and government entities. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, DBG Inc., VersaBank owns proprietary intellectual property and technology to enable the next generation of digital assets for the banking and financial community, including the Bank's revolutionary and proprietary Real Bank Tokenized Deposits(TM)).
VersaBank's Common Shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol VBNK.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws ("forward-looking statements") including statements regarding the ability to obtain shareholder, regulatory and other approvals of the Reorganization; the expected realization of additional shareholder value, the simplification of the regulatory structure and the reduction of costs as a result of the Reorganization; the key elements of the Reorganization; the ability to obtain inclusion on stock indices, including the Russell 2000; the ability to continue to grow the US Receive Purchase Program; the ability to expand our net interest margin; and the ability to continue to grow the CMHC residential construction loan program. Forward-looking statements of this type are included in this document and may be included in other filings and with Canadian securities regulators or the US Securities and Exchange Commission, or in other communications. All such statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of, and are intended to be forward-looking statements under, the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and any applicable Canadian securities legislation. The statements in this press release that relate to the future are forward-looking statements. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, many of which are out of VersaBank's control. Risks exist that predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the strength of the Canadian and US economies in general and the strength of the local economies within Canada and the US in which VersaBank conducts operations; the effects of changes in monetary and fiscal
policy, including changes in interest rate policies of the Bank of Canada and the US Federal Reserve; global commodity prices; the effects of competition in the markets in which VersaBank operates; changes in trade laws and tariffs; inflation; capital market fluctuations; the timely development and introduction of new products in receptive markets; the impact of changes in the laws and regulations pertaining to financial services; changes in tax laws; technological changes; unexpected judicial or regulatory proceedings; unexpected changes in consumer spending and savings habits; the impact of wars or conflicts and the impact of both on global supply chains and markets; the impact of outbreaks of disease or illness that affect local, national or international economies; the possible effects on our business of terrorist activities; natural disasters and disruptions to public infrastructure, such as transportation, communications, power or water supply; and VersaBank's anticipation of and success in managing the risks implicated by the foregoing.
Completion of VersaBank's plan to realign its corporate structure to a standard US bank framework is subject to numerous factors, many of which are beyond the Bank's control, including but not limited to, the failure to obtain required shareholder, regulatory and other approvals, and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in the Bank's filings with the SEC and the securities commissions or similar securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces or territories of Canada.
The foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. The forward-looking information contained in the management's discussion and analysis is presented to assist VersaBank shareholders and others in understanding VersaBank's financial position and may not be appropriate for any other purposes.
For a detailed discussion of certain key factors that may affect VersaBank's future results, please see VersaBank's annual MD&A for the year ended October 31, 2026. Except as required by securities law, VersaBank does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that is contained in this press release or made from time to time by VersaBank or on its behalf.
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March 03, 2026 20:23 ET (01:23 GMT)