Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation

NOTE 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “our”) was incorporated under federal law on January 8, 2019 as part of the mutual holding company reorganization of PyraMax Bank, FSB (“PyraMax Bank”), for the purpose of becoming the savings and loan holding company of PyraMax Bank.

PyraMax Bank is a stock savings bank headquartered in Greenfield, Wisconsin. PyraMax Bank operates as a full-service financial institution, providing a full range of financial services, including the granting of commercial, residential, and consumer loans and acceptance of deposits from individual customers and small businesses in the metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. PyraMax Bank is subject to competition from other financial and nonfinancial institutions providing financial products. In addition, PyraMax Bank is subject to the regulations of certain regulatory agencies and undergoes periodic examination by those regulatory agencies.

The Bank has one subsidiary, PyraMax Insurance Services LLC, which offers a comprehensive set of insurance and risk products for personal and business needs.

The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements and the notes thereto have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim financial statements contain all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial positions results of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the audited annual financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2021.

In preparing financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses, the fair values of securities, financial instruments and mortgage servicing rights, and the valuation of deferred income tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, reduce certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies and define an “emerging growth company.” As an emerging growth company, the Company may delay adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that the standards are required to be adopted by non-issuer companies. If such standards would not apply to non-issuer companies, no deferral would be applicable. The Company intends to take advantage of the benefits of the extended transition periods allowed under the JOBS Act.

Accordingly, the Company’s financial statements may not be comparable to those of public companies that adopt new or revised financial accounting standards as of an earlier date. The effective dates of the following recent accounting standards reflect those that relate to non-issuer companies.

Impact of COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a global pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States and around the world. The declaration of a global pandemic indicates that almost all public commerce and related business activities must be, to varying degrees, curtailed with the goal of decreasing the rate of new infections. The outbreak of COVID-19 could continue to adversely impact a broad range of industries in which the Company’s customers operate and impair their ability to fulfill their financial obligations to the Company. On March 3, 2020, the Federal Open Market Committee reduced the target federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 1.00%. This rate was further reduced to a target range of 0% to 0.25% on March 16, 2020. These reductions in interest rates and other effects of the COVID-19 outbreak may continue to adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. As a result of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, economic uncertainties have arisen which may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Plan of Conversion and Reorganization

On March 2, 2021, the Boards of Directors of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC, 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. and the PyraMax Bank, FSB adopted a Plan of Conversion and Reorganization (the “Plan”). Pursuant to the Plan, 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC will convert from the mutual holding company form of organization to the fully public form. 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC will be merged into 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc., and 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC will no longer exist. 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. will then merge into a new Maryland corporation, also named 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. As part of the conversion, 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC’s ownership interest in 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. will be offered for sale in a public offering. The existing publicly held shares of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc., which represent the remaining ownership interest in 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc., will be exchanged for new shares of common stock of the new Maryland corporation.

The Plan provides for the establishment, upon the completion of the conversion, of special “liquidation accounts” for the benefit of certain depositors of the Bank in an amount equal to 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC’s ownership interest in the equity of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. as of the date of the latest balance sheet contained in the prospectus plus the value of the net assets of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC as of the date of the latest statement of financial condition of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, MHC prior to the consummation of the conversion (excluding its ownership of 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc.). The liquidation accounts will be reduced annually to the extent that eligible account holders have reduced their qualifying deposits. Direct costs of the conversion and public offering will be deferred and reduce the proceeds from the shares sold in the public offering.

Subsequent Events

Management has reviewed the Company’s operations for potential disclosure or financial statement impacts related to events occurring after March 31, 2021, but prior to the release of the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Based on the results of this review, no subsequent event disclosures or financial statement impacts to these unaudited consolidated financial statements are required.