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F&M Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Mary Pavlovskaya to Business Deposit Services Officer. Since 2011, Mary has served in a variety of roles at F&M Bank: retail, back office, and compliance. Her well-rounded experience in the banking industry is an asset as she transitions to a commercial role.
“I am excited to step into this new position and bring with me the experience and knowledge gained over the last 8 years to provide the community with flexible and responsive service. Growing up in the Shenandoah Valley, I have developed a strong passion for helping our community thrive, and I enthusiastically look forward to helping pave the way for a bright future with strong and loyal relationships”, said Ms. Pavlovskaya.
Raised in Bridgewater, Mary has strong ties to the Shenandoah Valley. She attended James Madison University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She also is bilingual and fluently speaks Russian. In her free time, Mary enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking and traveling.
F&M Bank is happy to welcome Matt Hill as Commercial Relationship Manager to the Augusta County Business Development team. Matt brings with him over 13 years of lending and credit experience including consumer, mortgage, agriculture and commercial.
“My banking and lending experience have always found me in smaller towns and more rural areas. I’m so happy to be joining the team at F&M where banking is still about the people of our communities and the lifestyles that exist in the Shenandoah Valley”, said Mr. Hill.
Matt most recently spent 8 years with a community bank in Montana and graduated from the Pacific Coast Banking School. Originally from Alabama, Matt has strong ties to the Shenandoah Valley. He spent 10 years of his life in Virginia, during which he lived in the Staunton and Weyers Cave area.
Mr. Hill currently resides with his wife and two golden retrievers in a project farmhouse in northern Rockbridge County. In his free time, Matt enjoys home renovation projects, horses, college football and classic cars.
F & M Bank Corp. (OTCQX:FMBM), parent company of Farmers & Merchants Bank, announces its financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2019.
Selected highlights for the quarter include:
Mark Hanna, President, commented “The Bank recognized a small net loss of $186,000 in the third quarter due mainly to increased provisions for loan losses resulting from higher levels of substandard loans. During the quarter, the Bank conducted an external loan review to identify and proactively address problem loans. As a result of these findings and the ongoing servicing of our loan portfolio, F&M Bank recorded a loan loss provision of $3.75 million. This provision represents a significant increase of $2.15 million over Q2 2019 and $3.3 million over Q3 2018. While the additional provisions to our Allowance for Loan Losses are burdensome, we feel that they fairly represent the current risk in our loan portfolio.”
“Despite these headwinds, pre-tax, pre-provision Income showed some positive momentum growing about 0.8% for the first nine months of 2019 over the same period in 2018. Core operating earnings continue to be fueled by a strong net interest margin of 4.39%. The margin has been negatively impacted by non-accrual adjustments and increases in the levels of short-term mortgage loans held for sale that offer lower yields than our longer-term portfolio. Non-Interest Income showed impressive growth of 17.5% during the first nine months of the year which reflects stronger results for both our mortgage and title company subsidiaries.”
Mr. Hanna continued, “We are perhaps most pleased with the growth in total deposits in general and non-interest bearing deposit balances in particular. As we work to change the composition of our deposit base, non-interest bearing deposits have increased 9.4% year to date ($15.1 million) while time deposits have declined 8.7% year to date ($13.5 million). Even with the decline in time deposits, total deposits have increased over 5% in the first nine months of 2019 which should create a stable, cost-effective funding source going forward.”
Mr. Hanna further stated, “We are excited to announce that our fourteenth branch located at 2782 Stuarts Draft Highway, Stuarts Draft, VA opened in September. As previously announced our board approved a quarterly dividend of $.26. This dividend is payable on November 15, 2019 to shareholders of record as of November 1, 2019”.
Highlights of our financial performance are included below.
F & M Bank Corp. is an independent, locally-owned, financial holding company, offering a full range of financial services, through its subsidiary, Farmers & Merchants Bank’s fourteen banking offices in Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page and Augusta Counties, Virginia. The Bank also provides additional services through a loan production office located in Penn Laird, VA and through its subsidiaries, F&M Mortgage and VSTitle, both of which are located in Harrisonburg, VA. Additional information may be found by contacting us on the internet at www.fmbankva.com or by calling (540) 896-8941.
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” as defined by federal securities laws, which may involve significant risks and uncertainties. These statements address issues that involve risks, uncertainties, estimates and assumptions made by management, and actual results could differ materially from the results contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates, general economic conditions, legislative and regulatory policies, and a variety of other matters. Other risk factors are detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Readers should consider these risks and uncertainties in evaluating forward-looking statements and should not place undue reliance on such statements. We undertake no obligation to update these statements following the date of this press release.
CONTACT:
Carrie A. Comer EVP/Chief Financial Officer
540-896-8941 or ccomer@fmbankva.com
SOURCE: F & M Bank Corp.
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