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SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
NOTE 3—SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES:
SBA 7(a) Loan Securitizations
In a securitization, the unguaranteed portions of SBA 7(a) loans are transferred to a special purpose vehicle (a “Trust”), which in turn issues notes against the Trust’s assets in private placements. The Trust’s primary source of income for repaying the securitization notes is the cash flows generated from the unguaranteed portion of SBA 7(a) loans owned by the Trust. A Trust is considered to be a VIE.
Assets owned by securitization Trusts, which are VIEs, are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements when the Company has concluded that it is the primary beneficiary of the Trust. The Company therefore consolidates the entities using the carrying amounts of the Trusts’ assets and liabilities and reflects the assets in Restricted cash and Loans held for investment, at fair value and reflects the associated financing in Borrowings on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. The creditors or other beneficial interest holders of Trusts for which the Company is the primary beneficiary generally have recourse only to the assets and cash flows of the Trust and do not have recourse to the Company.
From 2010 through June 2023, NSBF engaged in thirteen (13) securitizations of the unguaranteed portions of its SBA 7(a) loans where management determined the Company was the primary beneficiary and thus consolidated the Trusts. Three (3) of these securitizations remain consolidated as of December 31, 2025. Risks associated with the Company’s involvement with the consolidated Trusts includes potential losses of residual interests in the Trusts.
The following table presents the total assets and total liabilities associated with the Company’s variable interests in consolidated Trusts, as classified in the consolidated statements of financial condition:
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Restricted cash
$6,303 $6,303 
Loans held for investment, at fair value
198,434 257,179 
Total assets
$204,737 $263,482 
Borrowings
$127,050 $186,635 
Total liabilities
$127,050 $186,635 
ALP Loan Securitizations
Assets owned by securitization Trusts, which are VIEs, are not included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements when the Company has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of the Trust and the transfer of the financial assets meet the sale criteria of ASC 860. As the beneficial interests in these securitizations meet the definition of a debt security, pertain to securitized financial assets and based on other criteria met, it falls under the scope of ASC 325-40. This guidance also permits an entity to elect to account for the beneficial interests under the fair value option. The Company has made the irrevocable decision to measure the beneficial interests using the fair value option under ASC 825 with changes in fair value recognized in earnings each reporting period.
On April 23, 2025, the Company’s subsidiary Newtek ALP Holdings closed a securitization pursuant to which it sold $155.9 million of Class A Notes, $23.8 million of Class B Notes, and $4.3 million of a Class C Note (collectively, the “2025-1 Notes”) issued by NALP Business Loan Trust 2025-1 (the “Securitization Trust”). The 2025-1 Notes were backed by $216.6 million of collateral, consisting of Newtek ALP Holdings originated ALP loans. The Class A Notes received a Morningstar DBRS rating of “A (low) (sf)” and were priced at a yield of 6.338%; the Class B Notes received a Morningstar DBRS rating of “BBB (sf)” and were priced at a yield of 7.838%; and the Class C Note received a Morningstar DBRS rating of “BB (sf)” and was priced at a yield of 10.338%. The 2025-1 Notes had a weighted average yield of 6.62% and an 85% advance rate.
The 2025-1 Trust meets the definition of a VIE and the Company holds a variable interest in the 2025-1 Trust, however, the Company is not considered the primary beneficiary of the 2025-1 Trust, because the power over the activities that have the most significant impact on the economic performance of the Securitization Trust is held by a single noteholder who has the ability to remove the Company as decision maker over the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the 2025-1 Trust. Consequently the Company is not required to consolidate the 2025-1 Trust. The Company’s beneficial interest in the 2025-1 Trust is evidenced by sole ownership of the Ownership Certificate and its beneficial interest in the credit risk of the securitized ALP Loans. Newtek ALP Holdings, the sponsor of the Securitization Trust, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, therefore the Company effectively owns 100% of the equity interest in the 2025-1 Trust.
The Company’s continuing involvement with and exposure to loss from the VIEs includes the carrying value of the retained interest, and obligations under representations and warranties contained in the loan sale agreements. Creditors of the 2025-1 Trust have no recourse to the Company’s assets or general credit. The underlying performance of the ALP loans transferred to the Trust has a direct impact on the fair values and cash flows of the beneficial interests held and the servicing asset recognized.
The Company’s investments in the unconsolidated 2025-1 Trust is accounted for using the fair value option under ASC 825, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings each reporting period, and is classified in Residuals in securitizations, at fair value in the Company’s consolidated statements of financial condition, and consisted of the following:

December 31, 2025
Carrying ValueMaximum Exposure to LossTotal Assets in VIE
AssetsLiabilities
Transfer of loans - sale treatment
Retained interests$76,701 $— $76,701 $202,015