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Fulton Financial Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results
LANCASTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:FULT) (“Fulton” or the “Corporation”) reported net income available to common
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[{"type":"text","content":" LANCASTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nFulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:FULT) (“Fulton” or the “Corporation”) reported net income available to common shareholders of $77.0 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2023, an increase of $11.3 million, or 17.2%, in comparison to the first quarter of 2023. Operating net income available to common shareholders was $77.8 million, or $0.47 per diluted share(1).\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230718487757/en/\nFor the six months ended June 30, 2023, net income available to shareholders was $142.8 million, or $0.85 per diluted share, an increase of $13.6 million, or 10.6%, in comparison to the same period in 2022. Operating net income available to common shareholders was $143.9 million, or $0.86 per diluted share(1).\n\n\n\"We were pleased with our second quarter performance and results,\" said Curtis J. Myers, Chairman and CEO of Fulton. \"We saw credit metrics remain stable and credit losses return to historically low levels, strong non-interest income in many areas of our bank, and loan growth was solid and in line with expectations. Despite the challenges around deposit growth and mix the industry is facing, we meaningfully grew both deposit accounts and deposit households during the quarter.\"\n\n\n\n\n (1) Non-generally accepted accounting principles (\"non-GAAP\") financial measure. Refer to the calculation on the page titled \"Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures\" at the end of the press release.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNet Interest Income and Balance Sheet\n\n\nNet interest income for the second quarter of 2023 was $212.9 million, a decrease of $2.7 million in comparison to the first quarter of 2023. The net interest margin for the second quarter of 2023 decreased 13 basis points, to 3.40%, in comparison to 3.53% in the first quarter of 2023.\n\n\nThe linked-quarter decrease in net interest income was primarily due to an increase in the rate on interest-bearing deposits and a shift in funding mix from noninterest-bearing demand deposits to interest-bearing deposits. An increase in the average balance for net loans of $403.1 million and higher loan yields in the second quarter of 2023 primarily contributed to an increase in interest income of $25.1 million to $314.9 million in comparison...