{"url_path":"/sec/mfin/10-k/2026/item-7a","section_key":"item-7a","section_title":"Item 7A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-03-10","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/0001193125-26-100121-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-100121","cik":"0001000209","ticker":"MFIN","issuer_name":"MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/0001193125-26-100121-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001000209","primary_entity_name":"MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP"},"word_count":462,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK\n\nOur business activities contain elements of risk. We consider the principal types of risk to be fluctuations in interest rates and portfolio valuations. We consider the management of risk essential to conducting our businesses. Accordingly, our risk management systems and procedures are designed to identify and analyze our risks, to set appropriate policies and limits, and to continually monitor these risks and limits by means of reliable administrative and information systems and other policies and programs.\n\nIn addition, the illiquidity of portions of our loan portfolio and investments may adversely affect our ability to dispose of them at times when it may be advantageous for us to liquidate such portfolio or investments. In addition, if we were required to liquidate some or all of our portfolio, the proceeds of such liquidation may be significantly less than the current value of such investments. Because we borrow money to make loans and investments, our net operating income is dependent upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest these funds. As a result, there can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our interest income. In periods of sharply rising interest rates, our cost of funds would increase, which would reduce our net interest income. We use a combination of long-term and short-term borrowings and equity capital to finance our investing activities. Our long-term fixed-rate investments are financed primarily with long-term fixed-rate debt, and to a lesser extent by floating-rate debt. We may use interest rate risk management techniques in an effort to limit our exposure to interest rate fluctuations. We have analyzed the potential impact of changes in interest rates on net interest income. Assuming that the balance sheet were to remain constant and no actions were taken to alter the existing interest rate sensitivity a hypothetical immediate 1% increase in interest rates would result in an increase to net income as of December 31, 2025 by $1.3 million on an annualized basis, and the impact of such an immediate increase of 1% over a one year period would have been a reduction in net income by $5.4 million at December 31, 2025. Although management believes that this measure is indicative of our sensitivity to interest rate changes, it does not adjust for potential changes in credit quality, size, and composition of the assets on the balance sheet, and other business developments that could affect net income from operations in a particular quarter or for the year taken as a whole. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that actual results would not differ materially from the potential outcome simulated by these estimates.\n\n55"}