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What Midland States Bancorp, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
Midland States' disclosures reflect a community bank working through a rough year. It reported a 2025 diluted loss of $(6.12) per share after material credit deterioration — $11.1 million of charge-offs tied to its GreenSky non-core consumer program and $14.2 million from selling its equipment-finance portfolio — and it exited those businesses, so further credit problems in remaining portfolios could pressure earnings again. Its lending is geographically concentrated in Illinois and Missouri, including $140.1 million of mostly suburban office loans, leaving it exposed to those regional real-estate markets. On funding, it depends on core deposits, which fell $772.9 million to $5.42 billion in 2025, and it operates under capital rules where slipping below the conservation buffer would restrict its dividends, buybacks, and distributions.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Liquidity & debt
- deposit-funding dependence amid a $772.9M (2025) deposit decline to $5.42B; reliance on deposits/borrowings/loan sales for liquiditymedium
Midland States depends on retail and commercial core deposits as its primary funding source, and total deposits fell $772.9 million to $5.42 billion in 2025; an inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings or loan/securities sales — or further deposit runoff — could jeopardize its liquidity, operations and financial condition.
“An inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings, the sale of loans a”
SEC filing →As of 2026 - elevated credit-loss/charge-off risk — 2025 diluted loss of $(6.12)/share driven by GreenSky non-core consumer program charge-offs ($11.1M) and equipment-finance portfolio exit ($14.2M)medium
Midland States reported a 2025 diluted loss of $(6.12) per share after material credit deterioration: $11.1 million of first-quarter charge-offs tied to its GreenSky non-core consumer loan program plus $14.2 million of fourth-quarter charge-offs related to selling substantially all of its equipment-finance portfolio; it sold $317.5M of GreenSky participations and exited equipment finance ($316.1M loans + $239.7M leases), underscoring that further credit-quality deterioration in remaining portfolios could again pressure earnings.
“Charge-offs related to the non-core loan program of $11.1 million during the first quarter of 2025 coupled with charge-offs related to the sale of the equipment finance portfolio of $14.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2025 resulted in a si”
Geographic concentration
- loan portfolio concentrated in Illinois and Missouri, including suburban IL/MO office and CRE/construction & land-development loansmedium
Midland States Bank (headquartered in Effingham, Illinois) concentrates its lending in Illinois and Missouri — its commercial-real-estate, construction and land-development book is its largest category, including $140.1 million of office-secured loans primarily in suburban Illinois and Missouri locations — so a downturn in those regional real-estate markets (office in particular) or local economies would disproportionately raise credit losses.
“Loans secured by office space totaled $140.1 million and $146.3 million at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, are primarily located in suburban locations in Illinois and Missouri.”
Regulatory & policy
- bank capital regulation — capital-conservation-buffer shortfalls constrain dividends/buybacks/bonuses; plus AML/sanctions and broad federal/state banking supervisionmedium
Midland States and its bank are subject to federal regulatory capital requirements: falling below the 2.5% capital-conservation buffer above minimums constrains dividends, stock repurchases and executive bonuses absent regulatory approval, and could block distributions from the bank to the holding company; the company is also subject to IRS tax rules, SEC securities laws and Treasury anti-money-laundering/sanctions laws, with regular bank-agency examinations.
“if the Bank or the Company fails to maintain the applicable minimum capital ratios and the capital conservation buffer, distributions by the Bank to the Company, or dividends or stock repurchases by the Company, may be prohibited or limited.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
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