LORIS, S.C.–(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)–HCSB Financial Corporation (OTC Pink:HCFB) (the “Company”), the holding company for Horry County State Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that the Bank received notification on October 26, 2016 from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions (the “Supervisory Authorities”) that the Consent Order previously entered into with the Bank on February 10, 2011 was terminated. “We are pleased with the removal of the Consent Order and believe this reflects the hard work of management and our employees over the past several years. This demonstrates the Bank’s return to a healthy financial condition.” commented Jan Hollar, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank. Although the Consent Order has been terminated, certain regulatory requirements and restrictions remain, including requirements to continue to improve credit quality and earnings, restriction prohibiting dividend payments without prior approval from Supervisory Authorities, and the maintenance of a specified leverage capital ratio.
The Company also announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016, including net losses per share available to common shareholders of $0.00 per share, a decrease from earnings of $0.03 per share at the end of the second quarter of 2016.
“The third quarter has been yet another quarter of progress at Horry County State Bank. We are pleased with our significant reduction in nonperforming assets following the completion of our asset disposition plan. The completion of this plan did result in some one-time legal costs which impacted our profitability this quarter, but we believe that with these costs now behind us, we can look toward positive earnings in the fourth quarter. We continue to see an uptick in our loan production, as we add quality, in-market commercial loans to our portfolio, and our asset quality is in line with our internal goals. The key focus areas for our team as we finish out 2016 are quality loan production, continued improvement in asset quality, and meaningful earnings per share,” remarked Jan Hollar, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank.
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