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Columbia Banking Systems Inc is a financial holding company whose Columbia Bank serves businesses and individuals, mainly in the western United States. The bank takes customer deposits and uses them to fund lending. Borrowers pay interest, and the bank also earns interest on securities; after paying interest on deposits and other funding, the remainder provides most of its revenue. Customers also pay fees for account services, payments and wealth management.
Commercial real estate accounts for most of the loan portfolio, with business lending another major part. The business therefore depends on borrowers’ cash flows and property conditions in its western markets, as well as its ability to keep customer deposits at a cost that leaves room to earn a lending margin.
Banking rules require appropriate capital and liquidity and can restrict lending or expansion if those requirements are not met. The holding company receives substantially all its operating cash from Columbia Bank through dividends and other payments, and federal and state laws limit the dividends the bank may send upstream.
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Zions Bancorporation competes with Columbia for borrowers, depositors and broader banking relationships across nearly all of Columbia’s western-state footprint. Its loan and deposit trends offer a read on competition for the business and household customers Columbia serves.
Cathay General Bancorp competes with Columbia for California business deposits and commercial property borrowers, especially in Southern California. Watch Cathay’s commercial property lending: Southern California accounted for 32% of Columbia’s commercial real estate portfolio at year-end 2025, up from 19% a year earlier.
Glacier Bancorp competes with Columbia for deposits and loans to businesses and property borrowers in overlapping western markets. Both banks seek customers who need business financing, real estate loans and a place to keep their deposits.
First Interstate BancSystem competes with Columbia for local depositors, business borrowers and mortgage customers in overlapping Pacific Northwest and other western markets. Both provide businesses and individuals with deposit accounts, business credit and home loans.
Valley National Bancorp and Columbia both lend against commercial property, while Valley’s nationwide banking services for homeowners associations compete for customers Columbia gained through Pacific Premier. Watch Valley’s homeowners-association business as Columbia expands this service: Columbia expected related costs of $10 million per quarter in 2026.
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Columbia earns interest on loans and leases and pays interest to fund them with deposits, so this report will show whether the gap is still supporting net interest income.
Read net interest income alongside net interest margin, which measures the net return on interest-earning assets after funding costs. Rising income with a stable or wider margin would show that loan and lease yields are holding up relative to deposit and other funding costs; weaker income with a narrower margin would show that funding costs or lower asset yields are squeezing the spread.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
For Columbia Bank, Fed rate decisions affect the interest it earns on loans and other assets and the interest it pays depositors, which reprice at different speeds and shape net interest income.
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If it comes in above expectations
If rates rise more than expected, Columbia Bank may pay more to retain interest-bearing deposits before loan yields catch up, squeezing net interest income; higher borrowing costs may also curb loan demand and make repayment harder for borrowers.
If it comes in below expectations
If rates fall more than expected, lower deposit costs may support Columbia Bank’s net interest income, but lower yields on loans and other earning assets can reduce interest income; cheaper borrowing may also encourage loan demand and ease borrowers’ repayment burden.
