{"id":413091,"date":"2021-01-12T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=413091"},"modified":"2021-01-12T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T14:03:12","slug":"dime-community-bancshares-inc-provides-status-update-on-loan-deferrals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/dime-community-bancshares-inc-provides-status-update-on-loan-deferrals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. Provides Status Update on Loan Deferrals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan.  12, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCOM) (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cDime\u201d or \u201cits\u201d), the parent company of Dime Community Bank (the \u201cBank\u201d), announced today a status update on loan deferrals within its portfolio. The Company is seeing positive trends as loans continue to exit deferment.<\/p>\n<p>As of December 31, 2020, Principal and Interest (\u201cP&amp;I\u201d) deferrals decreased to $37.1 million or 0.7% of the total loan portfolio. An additional 3.4% of our portfolio is comprised of loans that are paying full interest and escrow, and only deferring principal payments.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kenneth J. Mahon, Chief Executive Officer (\u201cCEO\u201d) of the Company, commented, \u201cWe are encouraged by the positive trends we are seeing in our loan portfolio. The decrease in our deferrals is a result of our ability to work closely with our borrowers towards reasonable resolutions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>ABOUT DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>The Company had $6.62 billion in consolidated assets as of September 30, 2020. The Bank was founded in 1864, is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and currently has 28 retail branches located throughout Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York. More information on the Company and the Bank can be found on Dime&#8217;s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dime.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>www.dime.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <strong>Contact: Avinash Reddy<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>Senior Executive Vice President \u2013 Chief Financial Officer<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>718-782-6200 extension 5909<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEyNDIwNSMzOTE0NjAzIzIwMTk0NjI=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/fad28485-ac08-41a5-b619-69068588bad9\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCOM) (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cDime\u201d or \u201cits\u201d), the parent company of Dime Community Bank (the \u201cBank\u201d), announced today a status update on loan deferrals within its portfolio. The Company is seeing positive trends as loans continue to exit deferment. As of December 31, 2020, Principal and Interest (\u201cP&amp;I\u201d) deferrals decreased to $37.1 million or 0.7% of the total loan portfolio. An additional 3.4% of our portfolio is comprised of loans that are paying full interest and escrow, and only deferring principal payments. Mr. Kenneth J. Mahon, Chief Executive Officer (\u201cCEO\u201d) of the Company, commented, \u201cWe are encouraged by the positive trends we are seeing in our loan &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/dime-community-bancshares-inc-provides-status-update-on-loan-deferrals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. Provides Status Update on Loan Deferrals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. 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