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Nacogdoches, TX – May 8, 2026 – Portfolio Watch, a provider of advanced portfolio monitoring and credit risk management solutions for commercial lenders, today announced that it has become an Ally Member of the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading network of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs).Through this partnership, Portfolio Watch will support OFN’s mission to expand access to responsible, affordable financing in underserved communities by making its tools available to OFN members to enhance commercial loan portfolio oversight and early credit risk detection.OFN members – ranging from community loan funds to mission-driven lenders – play a critical role in financing small businesses, affordable housing, and community infrastructure projects that traditional capital markets often overlook. Their success depends not only on deploying capital effectively, but also on maintaining strong, resilient portfolios that can withstand economic uncertainty.“Joining OFN reflects our commitment to support lenders who are driving meaningful economic impact,” said Walt Postlewait, CEO at Portfolio Watch. “OFN members are on the front lines of community development. By strengthening credit risk management practices, we help ensure these organizations can continue to lend sustainably and scale their impact over time.” Portfolio Watch’s platform enables lenders to:<ul><li>Continuously monitor portfolio health across diverse loan assets</li><li>Reduce cost and burden on CDFI lending teams</li><li>Identify early warning signals of borrower distress</li><li>Improve transparency for stakeholders, including investors and boards</li></ul>Strong credit risk management is particularly important in today’s environment, where uncertain interest rates, market volatility, and uneven economic recovery can disproportionately affect small businesses and underserved borrowers. By adopting proactive portfolio monitoring practices, CDFIs can better anticipate challenges, mitigate losses, and preserve capital for future lending. “Healthy portfolios enable continuous lending,” added Postlewait. “When lenders can see risk clearly and act early, they create more stability for their organizations and more opportunity for the communities they serve.”Portfolio Watch looks forward to collaborating with OFN and its members to advance best practices in commercial credit risk management and support the continued growth of the community finance sector.About Portfolio WatchPortfolio Watch provides portfolio monitoring and credit risk management solutions tailored tocommercial lenders, private credit funds, and community finance institutions. Its platformdelivers actionable insights that help organizations proactively manage risk, improveperformance, and scale lending operations with confidence. About Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) is the nation's leading network and intermediary focused on community development investment, managing more than $1 billion in total assets and a membership of nearly 500 community development financial institutions (CDFIs), which includes community development loan funds, credit unions, green banks, banks, minority depository institutions, and venture capital funds. Our network of CDFIs works to ensure communities left behind by mainstream finance have access to affordable, responsible financial products and services, with a deep focus on serving rural, urban, and Native communities across the United States. OFN is a trusted investment partner to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors – foundations, corporations, banks, government agencies, and others – and, for more than 40 years, has helped partners invest in communities to catalyze change and create economic opportunities for all.Since its founding in 1986, OFN members have originated $136 billion in cumulative financing, helping to create or maintain nearly 3.8 million jobs, start or expand more than 1.2 million businesses and microenterprises, and support the development or rehabilitation of more than 3 million housing units and more than 16,000 community facility projects. &nbsp;

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Nacogdoches, Texas – March 25, 2026 – Portfolio Watch, an innovative commercial loan portfolio credit risk management platform headquartered in Nacogdoches, Texas, today announced that it has officially become a member of the Texas Bankers Association. This membership marks a significant milestone for Portfolio Watch as it scales its mission to provide community lenders with the sophisticated tools necessary to manage credit risk in an increasingly complex economic landscape.<blockquote>"Our membership in the Texas Bankers Association is a natural extension of Portfolio Watch's mission to strengthen community-based lending across our home state. By equipping lenders with powerful, transparent portfolio risk tools, we help ensure that businesses of all types have sustained access to the capital they need to thrive. Our goal is to provide the technical backbone that supports the vital relationship between a bank and its local business community."— Walt Postlewait, President &amp; CEO, Portfolio Watch</blockquote>The Portfolio Watch platform is designed to deliver real-time portfolio analytics and early warning indicators, allowing lenders to move away from manual oversight and toward data-driven strategy. By automating the heavy lifting of credit risk management, the tool significantly reduces the administrative workload on lending teams.<blockquote>"When you reduce the operational burden of loan monitoring, you empower lenders to be more proactive community leaders. Portfolio Watch allows bankers to spend less time on spreadsheets and more time building the business relationships that drive local growth. We are eager to bring this efficiency to our fellow Texas community banks and CDFI loan funds."— Walt Postlewait, President &amp; CEO, Portfolio Watch</blockquote><blockquote>"We are pleased to welcome Portfolio Watch as a new Associate Member. Their focus on helping commercial lenders strengthen credit risk management through automated financial statement collection, covenant testing, annual review support, and early warning monitoring speaks directly to the kinds of practical, high value solutions Texas banks need. We are glad to have Portfolio Watch involved and look forward to their engagement with the TBA network."— Ben Buehler, President, Texas Bankers Association Services Company (TBASCO)</blockquote>Portfolio Watch is currently on the market and actively seeking interested commercial lenders, with a specific focus on Texas-based community banks and CDFI loan funds, to enroll for this groundbreaking commercial loan portfolio credit risk management tool. The platform is designed to streamline reporting and enhance portfolio visibility, ensuring that lenders can maintain high standards of credit quality while focusing on their primary mission of serving their communities.Lenders interested in learning more about Portfolio Watch or exploring enrollment opportunities are encouraged to contact the company for additional information and a platform demonstration.<h3>About Portfolio Watch</h3>Based in Nacogdoches, Texas, Portfolio Watch is a commercial loan portfolio credit risk management platform designed for community banks, CDFIs, and mission-aligned loan funds. The platform provides actionable portfolio analytics, concentration monitoring, and intuitive reporting tools that reduce operational burdens, allowing lenders to focus on relationship building and proactive community leadership.

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Nacogdoches, TX – February 24, 2026 – Portfolio Watch, an innovative provider of automated credit risk management solutions, today announced it has entered beta testing with Sabre Finance, a leading Certified Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Birmingham, Alabama. This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone as Portfolio Watch prepares for its official market launch on March 1, 2026.The collaboration allows Sabre Finance to integrate Portfolio Watch's intelligent monitoring tools into its lending operations. By automating the collection of financial statements and utilizing predictive analytics to flag emerging risks, the platform enables commercial lenders to detect weakening credit profiles before a borrower misses a payment.<blockquote>"We are thrilled to partner with Sabre Finance, an organization that shares our commitment to strengthening local economies with better access to capital. Our goal is to provide community banks and CDFI loan funds with a better way to assess and manage existing credit risk in their commercial loan portfolios making them more competitive against growing pressure from the large super regional and national banks. This beta phase is critical in ensuring our platform is market-ready to help lenders reduce costs and protect capital."— Walt Postlewait, President &amp; CEO, Portfolio Watch</blockquote>For community lenders, the net result of the Portfolio Watch platform is a triple-bottom-line benefit:<ul><li>Cost Reduction: Significant decrease in manual labor associated with portfolio oversight and annual review documentation.</li><li>Consistency: Standardized loan risk evaluation across the entire portfolio.</li><li>Loss Mitigation: A reduction in ultimate loan losses through early detection and proactive intervention.</li></ul><blockquote>"As a CDFI, our mission is to cultivate healthy local economies through smart lending and expert assistance. Partnering with Portfolio Watch allows us to enhance our portfolio management capabilities, ensuring we can continue to support Alabama's small businesses with even greater precision and stability."— Sam Kellett, Chief Operating Officer, Sabre Finance</blockquote>Portfolio Watch is currently on track to begin full services for community banks and CDFI loan funds nationwide starting March 1, 2026.<hr><h3>About Portfolio Watch</h3>Portfolio Watch is an intelligent, automated tool designed to modernize credit risk management. By automating financial statement collection, trend analysis, and the generation of annual review memos, Portfolio Watch frees lenders to focus on growth while ensuring proactive borrower monitoring. For more information, visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://portfoliowatch.co">portfoliowatch.co</a>.<h3>About Sabre Finance</h3>Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Sabre Finance is a nonprofit Certified Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and SBA lender. Sabre Finance promotes economic growth by providing financial and technical assistance to start-up and expanding businesses across Alabama and parts of Georgia. For more information, visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://sabrefinance.org">sabrefinance.org</a>.<hr>Media Contact: Ivelina Radkova Marketing Manager <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:iradkova@portfoliowatch.co">iradkova@portfoliowatch.co</a> (619) 512-3865