# CONNECTIONS BANK
ASHLAND, MO · FDIC certificate 13585 · asset band <$300M · latest filing 2018-09 · stopped filing (departed)

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *funding-stretched*. Composite score 3 (one point per flag, capital below 5% counted twice; 7 or more is where departures cluster).

## What the filing shows (filed dollars, derived ratios; band percentiles in parentheses)

| Measure | Value | Band median |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | $42.6M | |
| Deposits | $36.2M | |
| Loans and leases | $29.4M | |
| Total equity | $4.3M | |
| Loans / deposits | 80.52% (p54 of band) | 78.40% |
| Liquid assets / assets | 21.78% (p32 of band) | |
| Uninsured deposits / deposits | 7.76% (p16 of band) | 15.34% |
| Brokered deposits | 13.32% | |
| Wholesale funding | 18.02% (p94 of band) | |
| FHLB advances / assets | 4.70% | |
| Tier 1 leverage | 9.12% (p14 of band) | 11.34% |
| Unrealized securities loss / equity | -4.53% (p38 of band) | -3.15% |
| AOCI / equity | -3.97% (p25 of band) | |
| ROA (annualized) | 0.45% (p15 of band) | 1.02% |
| Net interest margin | 4.11% (p68 of band) | 3.82% |
| Efficiency ratio | 84.93% (p85 of band) | |
| Noncurrent loans | 0.00% (p7 of band) | 0.57% |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | 0.06% (p74 of band) | |
| Reserve coverage of noncurrent | – | |
| Real estate % of loans | 79% | |
| Construction % of loans | 44.15% (p75 of band) | |
| Auto loans | $192,000 (0.65% of loans; DQ 10.94%, NCO 0.00%) | |
| Loans to nondepository financials | $0 (0% of equity) (p48 of band) | |
| Deposits YoY | 4.0% | |
| Employees | 12 | |

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **brokered >10%** (`liq_brokered`)
- **wholesale funding >15%** (`liq_wholesale`)
- **capital falling** (`cap_falling`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03 | 3 | brokered >10%, wholesale funding >15%, charge-offs p90 |  |
| 2011-06 | 3 |  |  |
| 2011-09 | 3 |  |  |
| 2011-12 | 2 |  | charge-offs p90 |
| 2012-03 | 5 | losing money, charge-offs p90, reserve under noncurrent |  |
| 2012-06 | 6 | capital falling, deposits shrinking, assets shrinking | charge-offs p90, reserve under noncurrent |
| 2012-09 | 6 | charge-offs p90 | capital falling |
| 2012-12 | 6 |  |  |
| 2013-03 | 2 |  | losing money, deposits shrinking, assets shrinking, charge-offs p90 |
| 2013-06 | 2 |  |  |
| 2013-09 | 2 |  |  |
| 2013-12 | 2 |  |  |
| 2014-03 | 2 |  |  |
| 2014-06 | 6 | noncurrent p90, reserve under noncurrent, deposits shrinking, assets shrinking |  |
| 2014-09 | 6 |  |  |
| 2014-12 | 9 | losing money, expense ratio p90, charge-offs p90 |  |
| 2015-03 | 6 |  | losing money, expense ratio p90, charge-offs p90 |
| 2015-06 | 6 | charge-offs p90 | reserve under noncurrent |
| 2015-09 | 8 | reserve under noncurrent, uninsured deposits leaving |  |
| 2015-12 | 9 | expense ratio p90, NIM <2.5% | charge-offs p90 |
| 2016-03 | 6 |  | uninsured deposits leaving, expense ratio p90, NIM <2.5% |
| 2016-06 | 5 | uninsured deposits leaving | brokered >10%, noncurrent p90 |
| 2016-09 | 3 |  | wholesale funding >15%, assets shrinking |
| 2016-12 | 1 |  | deposits shrinking, uninsured deposits leaving |
| 2017-03 | 3 | deposits shrinking, assets shrinking, uninsured deposits leaving | reserve under noncurrent |
| 2017-06 | 2 | wholesale funding >15%, charge-offs p90 | deposits shrinking, assets shrinking, uninsured deposits leaving |
| 2017-09 | 2 | brokered >10% | charge-offs p90 |
| 2017-12 | 2 |  |  |
| 2018-03 | 2 | charge-offs p90 | wholesale funding >15% |
| 2018-06 | 3 | capital falling, uninsured deposits leaving | charge-offs p90 |
| 2018-09 | 3 | wholesale funding >15% | uninsured deposits leaving |

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## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/bank-desk/#bank=13585 (click any number for its formula and FFIEC field codes)
- Latest row, JSON: https://getbookiq.com/bank-desk/data/summary.json · history: https://getbookiq.com/bank-desk/data/h/17.json (key "13585", columns cycle, ASSET, DEP, LNLSGR, EQTOT, ltd, liquid_pct, unins_pct, lev, aoci_pct_eq, sec_loss_eq, roa, nim, eff, nc_pct, nco_pct, LNAUTO, auto_dq, auto_nco, LNNDEPD, ndfi_eq, wholesale_pct, dep_yoy, score, flags)
- Field definitions: https://getbookiq.com/dictionary/#bank-LNNDEPD and the rest of the bank dictionary
- Source: FDIC call report via BankFind, dollars in thousands as filed. Departed means stopped filing, which is usually a merger; FAILED is the FDIC's own list.

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