Income Statement
Net interest income was $2.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and $8.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $3.0 million and $9.3 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2023. The decrease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same periods in 2023 was primarily due to increases in interest expense on deposits, partially offset by increases in interest income on loans and cash and federal funds sold. The increases in both interest income and interest expense were as a result of the high interest rate environment and increases in average interest earning assets and average interest bearing liabilities.
The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $34,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and a reversal of provision for credit losses of $33,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to a provision for credit losses of $140,000 and $570,000, respectively, for the same periods in 2023. The decrease in provision for credit losses for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due to lower qualitative factor allocations within the Company’s current expected credit losses methodology and a lower required allowance for unfunded commitments due to a decline in volume of unfunded commitments. There was $115,000 of loan charge-offs during the third quarter of 2024, which was a partial charge-off on a development loan originated in 2014. There were no charge-offs for the third quarter of 2023. There was $115,000 and $144,000 of loan charge-offs during the first nine months of 2024 and 2023, respectively. In addition there were $6,000 of overdraft protection charge-offs during the first nine months of 2024 and none for the same period in 2023. Delinquencies remain benign, reserves are deemed to be adequate as of September 30, 2024 and the allowance coverage ratio has remained strong. The allowance for credit losses was $4.4 million, or 1.27%, of loans outstanding at September 30, 2024 as compared to $4.5 million, or 1.38%, of loans outstanding at December 31, 2023. Total non-performing loans decreased to $1.3 million at September 30, 2024 compared to $1.4 million at December 31, 2023. The non-performing loans to total loans ratio decreased by eight basis points to 0.36% at September 30, 2024 from 0.44% as of December 31, 2023.
Noninterest income was $274,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and $651,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $185,000 and $582,000, respectively, for the same periods in 2023. The primary reason for the increase in noninterest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the same prior year periods was due to an increase in the gain on equity securities as a result of the increase in market value. The increase in gain on equity securities was $41,000 and $53,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same periods in 2023, respectively. There was an increase in the loan related fee income earned for brokering interest rate swaps in the current three month period, increasing other income $25,000 as compared to the same period in 2023. There was an increase in bank owned life insurance income in the current nine month period, increasing $21,000 as compared to the same period in 2023.
Noninterest expense was $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and $7.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $2.4 million and $7.4 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2023. The increase for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due to increases in data and item processing as the Company