Lending to poorer borrowers
Of its 230 loans in 2025, 78.3% went to low- and moderate-income (LMI) borrowers. Among similar lenders, national banks making between half and twice as many loans, the typical share was 24.4%, and Sunrise Banks was higher than almost all 116 of them. Its share has risen from 42.4% in 2020. Its loans lean to poorer neighborhoods too: 43.7% were in LMI neighborhoods, against 15.8% for its peers.