1、FIDELITY D&D BANCORP,INC.2024 ANNUAL REPORTB U I LT T O L A S T2024BUILT TO LAST2024FIDELITY DFIDELITY D&D BANCORP,INC.2024 ANNUAL REPORTD BANCORP,INC.2024 ANNUAL REPORTMESSAGE TO OUR VALUED SHAREHOLDERS:As we r eflec t on 2024 and our leader s hi p as CEO and Chai r man of t he Boar d,we t ake i mm
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4、c ompet i t i on,and hei ght ened geopoli t i c al r i s ks.T hr ough i t all,we have s t ood by our pr omi s es t o all t hos e we s er ve.T he Bank c ont i nues t o mai nt ai n s t r ong c r edi t quali t y,manage expens es,and f oc us on s t r at egi c objec t i ves,ens ur i ng Fi deli t y Bank i
5、 s Bui lt t o L as t,t oday and i nt o t he f ut ur e.We have added new c apabi li t i es and r eac h whi le maki ng addi t i onal pr ogr es s on effor t s ac r os s t ec hnology,dat a analyt i c s,r i s k,and payment s.We ent er 2025 wi t h a r obus t balanc e s heet,a s t r ong depos i t f r anc h
6、i s e and s ubs t ant i al li qui di t y,pos i t i oni ng us t o navi gat e t he c ont i nui ng dynami c ext er nal envi r onment.At year s end,Fi deli t y D&D Banc or p,I nc.r epor t ed net i nc ome of$20.8 mi lli on,or$3.60 di lut ed ear ni ngs per s har e,r eflec t i ng a 14%i nc r eas e f r om$1