Cornerstone Bancorp 2Q26 net income rises 14% to $3.15 million; NIM widens 0.32 percentage points to 3.97%

• Cornerstone Bancorp posted 2Q26 net income of $3.2 million, up 14% year over year.
• Net interest income rose 12.5% to $9.99 million; net interest margin widened 32 basis points to 3.97%.
• Noninterest income increased 30.7% to $1.86 million, including trust and wealth management revenue of $1.3 million.
• Noninterest expense climbed 6.5% to $6.94 million; provision for loan losses was $480,000.
• Loans grew 16% from a year earlier to $795.7 million; trust and wealth management assets rose 28.3% to $1.36 billion.

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