Year-to-date, the provision for credit losses decreased by $192,000, or 76.2%, from $252,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 to $60,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026. The decrease in the provision was primarily due to lower loan balances, particularly indirect automobile loans. Net charge-offs increased $49,000, or 8.2% to $650,000 for the first six months of 2026 as compared to $601,000 for the first six months of 2025. The increase was primarily due to increased net charge-offs in indirect automobile loans of $223,000, substantially offset by a decrease of $182,000 in net charge-offs of commercial loans. The percentage of overdue account balances to total loans decreased to 1.03% as of June 30, 2026 from 1.52% as of December 31, 2025, while non-performing assets decreased $312,000, or 8.4%, to $3.4 million at June 30, 2026.
Non-interest income totaled $1.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, an increase of $141,000, or 8.8%, from the comparable period in 2025, due primarily to an increase of $155,000, or 57.6%, in investment advisory fee income offset by a $69,000 decrease in net gain on sale of loans as we discontinued originating residential mortgage loans directly.
Non-interest income totaled $3.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, a decrease of $144,000, or 4.3%, from the comparable period in 2025, driven primarily by a decrease of $207,000, or 27.3%, in other non-interest income and a $107,000 decrease in net gain on sales of loans. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in investment advisory income of $122,000.
For the three months ended June 30, 2026, non-interest expense totaled $10.0 million, an increase of $301,000, or 3.1%, compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was primarily driven by higher salaries and employee benefits of $296,000, higher professional fees of $144,000, and a rise in data processing costs of $71,000. These increases were partially offset by decreases in other non-interest expenses of $85,000, marketing expenses of $85,000, and FDIC deposit insurance and other insurance of $42,000.
For the six months ended June 30, 2026, non-interest expense totaled $19.7 million, an increase of $531,000, or 2.8%, compared to $19.2 million for the same period in 2025. The variance was primarily driven by a $695,000, or 6.7%, increase in salaries and employee benefits, reflecting increased compensation and medical insurance costs, and higher occupancy and data processing expenses, which rose $164,000 and $155,000, respectively. These operational increases were partially offset by a $260,000 decrease in other expenses, a $140,000 decrease in marketing expenses, and a $120,000 decrease in FDIC deposit insurance costs.
Balance Sheet Analysis
Total assets increased by $168.3 million, or 12.9%, to $1.47 billion at June 30, 2026, compared to $1.30 billion at December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to a $202.6 million, or 198.6%, increase in cash and cash equivalents reflecting $156.0 million in stock subscriptions awaiting the closing of the stock offering. Available-for-sale securities increased by $9.2 million, or 5.7%, primarily due to $22.4 million in purchases, partially offset by $12.7 million in paydowns, calls, and maturities and a $740,000 increase in unrealized losses. The increase in total assets was partially offset by a decrease in loans receivable of $34.9 million, reflecting a $25.7 million reduction in indirect automobile loans in line with a strategic decision to reduce their concentration in the portfolio and an $11.6 million reduction in commercial real estate loans and a $4.4 million reduction in commercial and industrial loans, partially offset by an increase of $6.7 million in residential real estate loans. Other assets decreased by $7.2 million, largely due to a decrease in the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps.
Past due loans decreased $5.0 million, or 34.6%, between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, to $9.5 million, or 1.03% of total loans, from $14.5 million, or 1.52% of total loans at year-end 2025. The decrease was most notable in indirect automobile loans, reflecting the positive impact of more conservative underwriting standards as well as a decrease in these loan balances. The allowance for credit losses was 0.83% of total loans and 227.06% of non-performing loans at June 30, 2026 as compared to 0.87% of total loans and 225.76% of non-performing loans at December 31, 2025. Non-performing assets totaled $3.4 million at June 30, 2026, a decrease of $312,000 from $3.7 million at December 31, 2025.