On February 5, 2024, Jason Stock of M3F Inc. announced that during BankFinancial Corporation's 2023 fourth-quarter earnings call held on February 2, 2024, Jason Stock stated that the Company?s management has ?done a great job building and maintaining what he'd say is a really attractive deposit franchise,? and that it should ?find a partner that can take the bank forward from here.? Jason Stock expressed his view that it would probably be irresponsible of him not to pipe in and say that he agrees with all the comments that have been made about the outlook for the bank as an independent entity.

Jason Stock added that his comments came after a handful of other investors pushed executives for details on how the bank could improve its financial performance while also pushing for a sale.