---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-093989"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RM"
cik: "0001519401"
company_name: "Regional Management Corp."
filed_at: "2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T19:36:46.393683+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Regional Management signs PMA with Column for new installment lending program

## Summary
- Column acts as lender of secured/unsecured loans; RM serves as program manager and servicer.
- RM receives marketing, processing, and servicing fees; RM pays monthly platform and usage fees to Column.
- Column retains ultimate control over lending terms, underwriting, and product documents; RM must maintain compliance system.
- Loans held by Column for a hold period; Column may then offer loans to RM, who must purchase except limited circumstances.
- PMA initial term ends March 31, 2031, auto-renews for two-year periods; includes monthly financial covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-093989
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RM
- cik: 0001519401
- company_name: Regional Management Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519401/000119312526093989/0001193125-26-093989-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519401/000119312526093989/rm-20260302.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Regional Management Corp. entered into Program Management Agreement with Column National Association valued at Initial term ending March 31, 2031; automatic renewal for successive two-year terms (effective 2026-03-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Column National Association
  - Value: Initial term ending March 31, 2031; automatic renewal for successive two-year terms
  - Effective: 2026-03-02
  source text: On March 2, 2026, Regional Management Corp. (the “ Company ”) and Column National Association, a national banking association (“ Column ”), entered into a Program Management Agreement (the “ PMA ”) to create a new lending program under which Column will serve as the lender of secured and unsecured installment lending products in select states.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519401/000119312526093989/0001193125-26-093989-index.htm

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