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Atlantic Bank of New York Announces 22 Percent Gain in 2nd Quarter 2005 Earnings.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- Atlantic Bank of New York
  • 1926 New York State chartered Bank of Athens Trust Company, a subsidiary of Bank of Athens.
  • 1952 The bank changed its name to Atlantic Bank of New York.
  • 1953 Atlantic Bank of New York acquired Hellenic Bank Trust Company, a subsidiary that National Bank of Greece had
 today announced the results of its operations for the second quarter and first six months of 2005. Net income for the quarter was $9.6 million, which was $1.7 million or 21.70% greater than the $7.9 million posted for the same period last year. Net income for the year to date increased to $17.9 million reflecting a $2.7 million or 17.50% increase over the $15.2 million reported for the comparable prior year period.

Net interest income for the quarter ended June June: see month.  30, 2005 was $23.8 million, a $.5 million or 2.11% decrease compared with the comparable quarter of 2004. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, net interest income was $48.4 million, a $.7 million or 1.50% increase over the comparable prior year period. The net interest margin was 3.37% for the second quarter and 3.38% for the first half of 2005, reflecting a .16% and a .17% increase respectively compared with the same periods last year. For the three months ended June 30, 2005, the Bank had a $1.4 million benefit for loan losses versus a $.8 million provision for the same period last year, reflecting continued improvement in the quality of the Bank's overall credit portfolio as more fully discussed below.

Non-interest income for the second quarter increased by $1.4 million or 22.70% to $7.6 million compared with the $6.2 million reported for the same period last year. Non-interest income for the year to date decreased to $12.9 million, representing a $.2 million or 1.80% reduction compared with $13.1 million posted the first half of 2004. The quarter and year to date variances in non-interest income were primarily due to gains resulting from the second quarter sale of the Boston Boston, town, England
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 branch business and office building, partially offset by a reduction in trading income as well as changes in recognized securities gains or losses reported for the comparable prior year periods.

Non-interest expense for the second quarter was $16.9 million, an increase of $.3 million or 1.80% over the comparable quarter last year. For the six months of 2005, non-interest expense was $33.9 million, a decrease of $.5 million or 1.40% compared with the same period last year.

Total loans, net of unearned income Unearned Income

Any income that comes from investments and other sources unrelated to employment services.

Notes:
Examples of unearned income include interest from a savings account, bond interest, tips, alimony, and dividends from stock.
, were $1,324.3 million at June 30, 2005, compared with $1,304.0 million at March 31, 2005 and $1,283.7 million at June 30, 2004. The increase in loans during the second quarter and over the same period last year is primarily attributable to continued expansion in the Bank's Corporate Lending and Commercial Real Estate Lending businesses, partially offset by runoff Runoff

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 in fixed rate Residential Mortgage loans.

As of June 30, 2005, total assets were $3.0 billion, reflecting decreases of $68.8 million or 2.20% over the prior quarter and $394.4 million or 11.60% compared with the prior year. Total deposits were $1,826.0 million at June 30, 2005, a decrease of $88.1 million or 4.60% over the prior quarter and a decrease of $131.3 million or 6.70% over the prior year. The reductions in deposits were primarily attributable to the Bank's branch office strategic rationalization rationalization, in psychology: see defense mechanism.  program, which included the sale of its Boston branch in June 2005, and the closing of its remaining three in-store branch locations in October October: see month.  2004.

Atlantic Bank's return on average total assets for the second quarter and first half of 2005 increased to 1.26% and 1.15% respectively. Return on average stockholder's equity Stockholder's equity

The residual claims that stockholders have against a firm's assets, calculated by subtracting all current liabilities and debt liabilities from total assets.
 was 14.40% for the quarter and 13.76% for the six months ended June 30, 2005. The Bank's efficiency ratio improved for both the second quarter and the year to date to 53.77% and 55.36% respectively. The Bank's Tier I leverage ratio was 7.77% at June 30, 2005. This ratio is well in excess of the current regulatory reg·u·late  
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 for a well-capitalized institution. The allowance for loan losses decreased in the quarter to $10.2 million, representing 407.32% of non-performing loans A non-performing loan is a loan that is in default or close to being in default. Many loans become non-performing after being in default for 3 months, but this can depend on the contract terms.  and .77% of total loans, net, at June 30, 2005. Non-performing loans declined from $8.4 million or .65% of total loans, net, as of June 30, 2004 to $2.5 million or .19% of total loans, net, as of the current quarter. The Bank's return on average tangible equity was 18.88% for the quarter and 18.28% for the six months ended June 30, 2005.

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, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  stated, "This quarter we again posted a significant increase in earnings over the comparable prior year period. We are proud of this achievement and believe that our company-wide focus on building relationships by profitably satisfying our clients' financial needs has been key to our ever-increasing profitability and growing value of our franchise."

Established in 1926, Atlantic Bank of New York is one of the top 20 commercial banks serving the New York area. With $3.0 billion in assets, Atlantic Bank is a full-service full-ser·vice
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 to small and mid-sized businesses, commercial real estate investors A real estate investor is someone who actively or passively invests in real estate. An active investor may buy a property, make repairs and/or improvements to the property, and sell it later for a profit.  and consumers. The Bank operates branch offices in Manhattan Manhattan, indigenous people of North America
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, Queens, Brooklyn Brooklyn (brk`lĭn), borough of New York City (1990 pop. 2,300,664), 71 sq mi (184 sq km), coextensive with Kings co., SE N.Y. , Long Island and Westchester Westchester is the name of some places in the United States of America:
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, and offers Commercial Insurance Premium Financing Premium Financing involves the lending of funds to a person or company to cover the cost of an insurance premium. Premium finance loans are often provided by third party finance entity known as a "Premium Financing Company"; however insurance companies and brokerages occasionally  on a nationwide basis through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Standard Funding Corp. Atlantic Bank is a member of the NBG NBG National Bank of Greece
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 Group (NYSE NYSE

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: NBG), which has more than $73 billion in assets and operates in 18 countries. Additional information is available on the Bank's website at www.abny.com. The financial summary follows.
Atlantic Bank of New York
(In thousands, except ratios)

INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
                              Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended
                              UNAUDITED UNAUDITED  UNAUDITED UNAUDITED
                               June 30,  June 30,   June 30,  June 30,
                                 2005     2004        2005      2004
                              --------- --------    -------- ---------
Interest Income                $36,794  $35,817     $73,607   $69,842
Interest Expense                13,030   11,540      25,208    22,159
                                -------  -------     -------   -------
Net Interest Income             23,764   24,277      48,399    47,683
(Benefit) Provision for Loan
 Losses                         (1,434)     800      (2,405)    1,087
                                -------  -------     -------   -------
Net Interest Income after
 (Benefit) Provision for Loan
 Losses                         25,198   23,477      50,804    46,596

Non-Interest Income:
--------------------
Customer Related Fees &
 Service Charges                 1,298    1,413       2,749     2,957
Investment Management and
 Commissions                     2,538    2,938       5,762     5,823
Trading Income                     399    1,470       1,435     2,497
Other Operating Income           1,842    1,080       2,407     1,697
Gain on Sale of Assets           1,519      102       1,465       186
Net Securities Gains /
 (Losses)                           57     (766)       (926)      (34)
                                -------  -------     -------   -------
Total Non-Interest Income        7,653    6,237      12,892    13,126
                                -------  -------     -------   -------

Non-Interest Expense            16,894   16,596      33,933    34,400

Income Before Taxes             15,957   13,118      29,763    25,322
Provision for Income Taxes       6,381    5,247      11,905    10,128
                                -------  -------     -------   -------
Net Income                     $ 9,576  $ 7,871     $17,858   $15,194
                                =======  =======     =======   =======

Return on Average Total Assets    1.26%    0.96%       1.15%     0.95%
Return on Average
 Stockholder's Equity            14.40%   14.70%      13.76%    13.51%
Return on Average Tangible
 Equity                          18.88%   21.22%      18.28%    19.30%
Yield on Interest Earning
 Assets                           5.21%    4.73%       5.14%     4.71%
Cost of Funds                     2.37%    1.84%       2.26%     1.80%
Net Interest Margin               3.37%    3.21%       3.38%     3.21%
Efficiency Ratio                 53.77%   54.39%      55.36%    56.57%
Tangible Efficiency Ratio        50.72%   52.01%      52.46%    54.10%



Atlantic Bank of New York
(In thousands, except ratios)

BALANCE SHEET
 HIGHLIGHTS
                        UNAUDITED   UNAUDITED               UNAUDITED
                        June 30,    March 31,  December 31,  June 30,
                          2005        2005        2004         2004
                       ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total Assets           $2,998,799  $3,067,571  $3,181,830  $3,393,217
Loans, net              1,324,261   1,304,000   1,342,113   1,283,746
Allowance for Loan
 Losses                    10,183      11,628      13,494      17,301
Securities Available-
 For-Sale               1,433,151   1,520,944   1,597,888   1,794,357
Total Treasury
 Investments            1,458,781   1,549,565   1,632,566   1,877,373
Total Deposits          1,825,982   1,914,078   1,938,599   1,957,306
Borrowings                870,283     863,530     954,562   1,171,848
Stockholder's Equity -
 see Note to Financial
 Summary                  271,163     249,700     254,410     209,646


SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

CAPITAL RATIOS:
---------------
Risk Based Capital:
Tier I                      14.04%      12.54%      11.61%      10.04%
Total                       14.69%      13.23%      12.38%      10.98%
  Leverage Ratio             7.77%       7.14%       6.67%       5.92%

ASSET QUALITY
-------------
Non-Performing Loans        2,500  $    3,004  $    5,049  $    8,369
Other                           -           -           -           -
                        ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
  Total Non-Performing
   Assets                   2,500  $    3,004  $    5,049  $    8,369
                        ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========

Allowance for Loan
 Losses to Non-
 Performing Assets         407.32%     387.02%     267.26%     206.73%

Allowance for Loan
 Losses to Total Loans,
 Net                         0.77%       0.89%       1.01%       1.35%

Non-Performing Loans to
 Total Loans, Net            0.19%       0.23%       0.38%       0.65%


Note to Financial Summary
-------------------------
Stockholder's equity includes unrealized losses, net of tax effect on
the Available-for-Sale investment portfolio of $10,702 at June 30,
2005, $22,589 at March 31, 2005, $9,602 at December 31, 2004, and
$34,437 at June 30, 2004.
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