Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On October 6, 2026, SHF Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Safe Harbor (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing certain preliminary, unaudited deposit information for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.…
Filed Oct 6, 2026Accepted Oct 6, 2026, 8:30 AM EDTCIK 1854963Accession 0001493152-26-045868
The Company was founded in 2015 as a solution to a major problem that plagued the nascent legalized cannabis industry in Colorado - access to reliable and compliant financial services. Cannabis-related funds were already finding their way into the financial system, including via hidden, misrepresented accounts and unlawful banking practices. Based upon our research, we determined that the appropriate step was to protect the financial system from criminal activity and provide legitimacy to the legal state CRBs. From decades of regulatory and banking experience, we created a detailed compliance program to assist financial institutions desiring to provide safe and sound financial services that would accomplish industry accountability and protect the financial system. The compliance program provides onboarding, validation and monitoring services to financial institutions desiring to provide traditional banking services to all types of marijuana, hemp, and CBD businesses, and to ancillary businesses that provide services to the cannabis industry. These ancillary businesses include payroll companies, payment processors, and professionals providing services to and receiving payment from CRBs. As the lawful cannabis industry grew beyond Colorado, the Company evolved its business practices to build a national footprint and currently provides services to financial institutions that provide banking services in 41 states and territories of the United States of America (the “United States
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Item 2.02Item 2.02 - Results of Operations
Item
2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
October 6, 2026, SHF Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Safe Harbor (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing certain preliminary,
unaudited deposit information for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The
preliminary information included in Exhibit 99.1 is based on information available to the Company as of the date of this report, has
not been audited or reviewed by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and remains subject to completion
of the Company’s normal quarter-end closing and review procedures. Final results may differ from these preliminary estimates. The
deposit metrics described in Exhibit 99.1 represent deposits of the Company’s clients held at the Company’s partner financial
institutions; they are not deposits of the Company, are not recorded as assets or liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance
sheet, and are not a measure of the Company’s revenue or financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles.
The
information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities
of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the expected effect of changes in interest rates on the Company’s
investment income and expectations regarding deposit trends. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those
described under “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in Exhibit 99.1 and under “Risk Factors”
in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and actual results may differ
materially. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law
Filed exhibits (1)
EX-99.1 (by filename) ex99-1.htm
Exhibit 99.1
Safe
Harbor Announces Preliminary Third Quarter
2026 Deposit Results
Trailing
14-day average deposits reach approximately $119.3 million as of quarter end, up 7.4% year-over-year and approximately 25% above the
May 2025 low, as deposit growth accelerates for the second consecutive quarter
Recent
Federal Reserve rate increase expected to add approximately $150,000 investment income annually
DENVER,
October 6, 2026 - SHF Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Safe Harbor (the “Company” or “Safe Harbor”)
(NASDAQ: SHFS), a leading fintech platform serving the banking, lending and financial services needs of the regulated cannabis and hemp
industries, today announced certain preliminary deposit information for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, ahead of its third
quarter 2026 earnings release.
Safe
Harbor’s trailing 14-day average deposit balance was approximately $119.3 million as of September 30, 2026, compared with approximately
$111.1 million as of September 30, 2025, up 7.4% and approximately 25% above the trailing 14-day average low of approximately $95.3 million recorded in May 2025. The quarter-end trailing 14-day balance is the Company’s highest since April 2024.
The…