USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. (USCB) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to the USCB Financial Holdings Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, please press star, then two. Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Lou Della Aguilera, President and CEO. Please go ahead. Good morning, and thank you for joining us for USDB Financial Holdings' fourth quarter 2024 earnings call. With me today, reviewing our Q4 highlights, is CFO Rob Anderson and Chief Credit Officer Bill Turner, who will provide an overview of the bank's performance, the highlights of which commence on slide three. Our results in Q4 2024 highlight a record year for the bank as Team USAB outperformed our internal budget and delivered impressive results for our shareholders. A year ago, we posted 14 cents per share in diluted EPS in Q4 2023 and more than doubled these earnings this quarter to 34 cents per share Our continued focus on reducing deposit costs has contributed to net interest margin expansion, helping us maintain solid profitability. Benefiting from Florida's strong, resilient, and growing economy, USCB continues to pose strong gains in assets, deposits, diversified quality loan production, and profitability. Our performance underscores our disciplined execution of a business plan focused on commercial banking initiatives designed to profitably expand existing client relationships and grow new ones. In reviewing our Q4 highlights, I will comment on a select few da...