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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI - Quarter Report: 2018 June (Form 10-Q)

 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended
June 30, 2018

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From
(Not Applicable)
Commission File Number 001-36636
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(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
 
05-0412693
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
One Citizens Plaza, Providence, RI 02903
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(401) 456-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
[ü] Yes [ ] No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
[ü] Yes [ ] No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer
[ü]
Accelerated filer
[ ]
Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
[ ]
Smaller reporting company
[ ]
 
 
Emerging growth company
[ ]
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). [ ] Yes [ü] No
There were 475,946,441 shares of Registrant’s common stock ($0.01 par value) outstanding on August 1, 2018.




 
 
 
 
 
 
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Table of Contents
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND TERMS
The following listing provides a comprehensive reference of common acronyms and terms we regularly use in our financial reporting:
AFS
 
Available for Sale
ALLL
 
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses
AOCI
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
ASU
 
Accounting Standards Update
ATM
 
Automated Teller Machine
Board of Directors
 
The Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
bps
 
Basis Points
Capital Plan Rule
 
Federal Reserve’s Regulation Y Capital Plan Rule
CBNA
 
Citizens Bank, National Association
CBPA
 
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
CCAR
 
Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review
CCB
 
Capital Conservation Buffer
CET1
 
Common Equity Tier 1
Citizens or CFG or the Company
 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. and its Subsidiaries
CLTV
 
Combined Loan to Value
CMO
 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
DFAST
 
Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test
Dodd-Frank Act
 
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
EPS
 
Earnings Per Share
Exchange Act
 
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Fannie Mae (FNMA)
 
Federal National Mortgage Association
FDIA
 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act
FDIC
 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FHLB
 
Federal Home Loan Bank
FICO
 
Fair Isaac Corporation (credit rating)
FRB
 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and, as applicable, Federal Reserve Bank(s)

Freddie Mac (FHLMC)
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FTP
 
Funds Transfer Pricing
GAAP
 
Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America
Ginnie Mae (GNMA)
 
Government National Mortgage Association
HELOC
 
Home Equity Line of Credit
HTM
 
Held To Maturity
LCR
 
Liquidity Coverage Ratio
LIBOR
 
London Interbank Offered Rate
LIHTC
 
Low Income Housing Tax Credit
LTV
 
Loan to Value
MBS
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Mid-Atlantic
 
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
Midwest
 
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio
MD&A
 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
MSRs
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights
New England
 
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
NM
 
Not meaningful

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NSFR
 
Net Stable Funding Ratio
OCC
 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
OCI
 
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Parent Company
 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the Parent Company of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, Citizens Bank, National Association and other subsidiaries)
ROTCE
 
Return on Average Tangible Common Equity
RPA
 
Risk Participation Agreement
SBO
 
Serviced by Others portfolio
SEC
 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
SVaR
 
Stressed Value at Risk
TDR
 
Troubled Debt Restructuring
VaR
 
Value at Risk
VIE
 
Variable Interest Entities




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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 
 
Page
Forward-Looking Statements
 
 
 
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
 
Results of Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of Financial Condition
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS



FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains forward-looking statements within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding potential future share repurchases and future dividends are forward-looking statements. Also, any statement that does not describe historical or current facts is a forward-looking statement. These statements often include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “goals,” “targets,” “initiatives,” “potentially,” “probably,” “projects,” “outlook” or similar expressions or future conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” and “could.”

Forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management, and on information currently available to management. Our statements speak as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update these statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contained in such statements in light of new information or future events. We caution you, therefore, against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. They are neither statements of historical fact nor guarantees or assurances of future performance. While there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete, important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the following, without limitation:
Negative economic and political conditions that adversely affect the general economy, housing prices, the job market, consumer confidence and spending habits which may affect, among other things, the level of nonperforming assets, charge-offs and provision expense;
The rate of growth in the economy and employment levels, as well as general business and economic conditions, and changes in the competitive environment;
Our ability to implement our business strategy, including the cost savings and efficiency components, and achieve our financial performance goals;
Our ability to meet heightened supervisory requirements and expectations;
Liabilities and business restrictions resulting from litigation and regulatory investigations;
Our capital and liquidity requirements (including under regulatory capital standards, such as the U.S. Basel III capital rules) and our ability to generate capital internally or raise capital on favorable terms;
The effect of changes in interest rates on our net interest income, net interest margin and our mortgage originations, mortgage servicing rights and mortgages held for sale;
Changes in interest rates and market liquidity, as well as the magnitude of such changes, which may reduce interest margins, impact funding sources and affect the ability to originate and distribute financial products in the primary and secondary markets;
The effect of changes in the level of checking or savings account deposits on our funding costs and net interest margin;
Financial services reform and other current, pending or future legislation or regulation that could have a negative effect on our revenue and businesses, including the Dodd-Frank Act and other legislation and regulation relating to bank products and services;
A failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, or those of our third party vendors or other service providers, including as a result of cyber-attacks; and
Management’s ability to identify and manage these and other risks.
In addition to the above factors, we also caution that the amount and timing of any future common stock dividends or share repurchases will depend on our financial condition, earnings, cash needs, regulatory constraints, capital requirements (including requirements of our subsidiaries), and any other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant in making such a determination. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will repurchase shares or pay any dividends to holders of our common stock, or as to the amount of any such repurchases or dividends.

More information about factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the “Risk Factors” section in Part I, Item 1A. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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INTRODUCTION
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions with $155.4 billion in assets as of June 30, 2018. Our mission is to help our customers, colleagues and communities reach their potential. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, we offer a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. We help our customers reach their potential by listening to them and by understanding their needs in order to offer tailored advice, ideas and solutions. In Consumer Banking, we provide an integrated experience that includes mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,150 branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Consumer Banking products and services include a full range of banking, lending, savings, wealth management and small business offerings. In Commercial Banking, we offer corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest rate products, and asset finance. More information is available at www.citizensbank.com.
The following MD&A is intended to assist readers in their analysis of the accompanying unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements and supplemental financial information. It should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, as well as other information contained in this document and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Key Performance Metrics Used by Management and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
As a banking institution, we manage and evaluate various aspects of our results of operations and our financial condition. We evaluate the levels and trends of the line items included in our balance sheet and statement of operations, as well as various financial ratios that are commonly used in our industry. We analyze these ratios and financial trends against our own historical performance, our budgeted performance and the financial condition and performance of comparable banking institutions in our region and nationally.
The primary line items we use in our key performance metrics to manage and evaluate our statement of operations include net interest income, noninterest income, total revenue, provision for credit losses, noninterest expense, net income and net income available to common stockholders. The primary line items we use in our key performance metrics to manage and evaluate our balance sheet data include loans and leases, securities, allowance for credit losses, deposits, borrowed funds and derivatives.
We consider various measures when evaluating our performance and making day-to-day operating decisions, as well as evaluating capital utilization and adequacy, including:
Return on average common equity, which we define as annualized net income available to common stockholders divided by average common equity;
Return on average tangible common equity, which we define as annualized net income available to common stockholders divided by average common equity excluding average goodwill (net of related deferred tax liability) and average other intangibles;
Return on average total assets, which we define as annualized net income divided by average total assets;
Return on average total tangible assets, which we define as annualized net income divided by average total assets excluding average goodwill (net of related deferred tax liability) and average other intangibles;
Efficiency ratio, which we define as the ratio of our total noninterest expense to the sum of net interest income and total noninterest income. We measure our efficiency ratio to evaluate the efficiency of our operations as it helps us monitor how costs are changing compared to our income. A decrease in our efficiency ratio represents improvement;
Operating leverage, which we define as the percent change in total revenue, less the percent change in noninterest expense;
Net interest margin, which we calculate by dividing annualized net interest income for the period by average total interest-earning assets, is a key measure that we use to evaluate our net interest income; and
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio, represents CET1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S Basel III Standardized approach.
“Underlying” results, which are non-GAAP measures, exclude certain items, as applicable, that may occur in a reporting period which management does not consider indicative of on-going financial performance.

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We believe these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors because these are among the measures used by our management team to evaluate our operating performance and make day-to-day operating decisions. In addition, we believe our “Underlying” results in any period reflect our operational performance in that period and, accordingly, it is useful to consider our GAAP results and our “Underlying” results together. We believe this presentation also increases comparability of period-to-period results.
Other companies may use similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures that are calculated differently from the way we calculate such measures. Accordingly, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies. We caution investors not to place undue reliance on such non-GAAP measures, but instead to consider them with the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our results as reported under GAAP.
Non-GAAP measures are denoted throughout “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” by the use of the term “Underlying” and/or are followed by an asterisk (*). For additional information regarding our non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations, see “—Key Performance Metrics, Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations,” included in this report.


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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Second Quarter 2018 compared with Second Quarter 2017 - Key Highlights
Second quarter 2018 net income of $425 million increased 34% from $318 million in second quarter 2017, with earnings per diluted common share of $0.88, up 40% from $0.63 per diluted common share in second quarter 2017. Second quarter 2018 ROTCE of 12.9% improved from 9.6% in second quarter 2017.
There were no notable items recorded in second quarter 2018 compared with a $26 million pre-tax impact related to impairments on aircraft lease assets in second quarter 2017, which reduced second quarter noninterest income by $11 million and increased noninterest expense by $15 million, and in addition to provision expense of $70 million, resulted in total credit-related costs of $96 million as detailed in the table below.
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
(in millions)
Noninterest income
 
Noninterest expense
 
Credit-related costs
 
Net Income
 
Noninterest income
 
Noninterest expense
 
Credit-related costs
 
Net Income
Reported results (GAAP)

$388

 

$875

 

$85

 

$425

 

$370

 

$864

 

$70

 

$318

Less Notable items: Lease impairment credit-related costs

 

 

 

 
(11
)
 
15

 
(26
)
 

Underlying results* (non-GAAP)

$388

 

$875

 

$85

 

$425

 

$381

 

$849

 

$96

 

$318


* Comparison to second quarter 2017 Underlying results are before a pre-tax $26 million impact related to impairments on aircraft lease assets which, reduced noninterest income by $11 million and increased noninterest expense by $15 million and, in addition to provision expense of $70 million, resulted in total credit-related costs of $96 million. Where there is a reference to “Underlying” results in a paragraph, all measures that follow these references are on the same basis when applicable. For more information on the computation of key performance metrics and non-GAAP financial measures, see “—Introduction — Key Performance Metrics Used By Management and Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and “—Key Performance Metrics, Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations.”

Net income available to common stockholders of $425 million increased $107 million, or 34%, compared to $318 million in second quarter 2017, led by 8% revenue growth, with 9% growth in net interest income and noninterest income growth of 5%, and a 14% reduction in income tax expense largely related to the December 2017 Tax Legislation.
On an Underlying basis,* excluding the impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments, revenue increased 7% with 2% growth in noninterest income.
Total revenue of $1.5 billion increased $113 million, or 8%, driven by strength in both net interest income and noninterest income. On an Underlying basis,* total revenue increased 7%.
Net interest income of $1.1 billion increased $95 million, or 9%, compared to $1.0 billion in second quarter 2017, driven by a 21 basis point improvement in net interest margin and 3% average loan growth.
Net interest margin of 3.18% increased by 21 basis points, compared to 2.97% in second quarter 2017, reflecting higher interest-earning asset yields tied to higher short-term interest rates and improvement in loan mix towards higher-return categories, partially offset by higher deposit and funding costs.
Average loans and leases of $112.9 billion increased $3.7 billion, or 3%, from $109.1 billion in second quarter 2017, reflecting a $1.7 billion increase in retail loans and a $2.1 billion increase in commercial loans and leases.
Average deposits of $115.1 billion increased $4.4 billion, or 4%, from $110.8 billion in second quarter 2017, reflecting strength in term, checking with interest, savings and demand deposits.
Noninterest income of $388 million increased $18 million, or 5%, from second quarter 2017, including the $11 million impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments.
On an Underlying basis,* noninterest income increased $7 million, or 2%, driven by higher foreign exchange and interest rate products income and trust and investment services fees.
Noninterest expense of $875 million increased $11 million, or 1%, compared to $864 million in second quarter 2017, which included the $15 million impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments.

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On an Underlying basis,* noninterest expense increased 3%, driven by higher salaries and employee benefits costs and outside services expense, largely tied to continuing investment to drive top-line growth. Results also reflect lower other expense due to a reduction in insurance expense.
Strong focus on top-line growth and expense management helped drive positive operating leverage of 7.0% and a 4.0% improvement in the efficiency ratio.
On an Underlying basis,* excluding the impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments, operating leverage was 4.3% and the efficiency ratio improved 2.4% to 58.0%.
ROTCE of 12.9% improved from 9.6%.
Tangible book value per common share improved 4% to $27.67. Fully diluted average common shares outstanding decreased 4%, or 21.3 million shares.
Provision for credit losses of $85 million increased $15 million, or 21%, from $70 million in second quarter 2017.
On an Underlying basis,* including the second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments of $26 million, total credit-related costs improved $11 million from $96 million.
The effective income tax rate decreased to 22.6% from 31.1% in second quarter 2017, primarily driven by the impact of tax reform.
Net charge-offs of $76 million remained relatively stable compared to second quarter 2017. The ALLL of $1.3 billion increased $17 million compared to December 31, 2017. ALLL to total loans and leases of 1.10% as of June 30, 2018 compared with 1.12% as of December 31, 2017. ALLL to nonperforming loans and leases ratio of 148% as of June 30, 2018, compared with 142% as of December 31, 2017.
First Half 2018 compared with First Half 2017 - Key Highlights
First half 2018 net income of $813 million increased 27% from $638 million in first half 2017, with earnings per diluted common share of $1.65, up 33% from $1.24 per diluted common share in first half 2017. First half 2018 ROTCE of 12.3% improved from 9.6% in first half 2017.
There were no notable items recorded in first half 2018 compared with a first half 2017 $23 million benefit related to the settlement of certain state tax matters as well as a $26 million pre-tax impact related to impairments on aircraft lease assets, which reduced first half 2017 noninterest income by $11 million and increased noninterest expense by $15 million, and in addition to provision expense of $166 million, resulted in total credit-related costs of $192 million as detailed in the table below.
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
(in millions)
Noninterest income
 
Noninterest expense
 
Credit-related costs
 
Income tax expense
 
Net Income
 
Noninterest income
 
Noninterest expense
 
Credit-related costs
 
Income tax expense
 
Net Income
Reported results (GAAP)

$759

 

$1,758

 

$163

 

$237

 

$813

 

$749

 

$1,718

 

$166

 

$258

 

$638

Less: Notable items
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lease impairment credit-related costs

 

 

 

 

 
(11
)
 
15

 
(26
)
 

 

Settlement of certain state tax matters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(23
)
 
23

Total Notable items

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

($11
)
 

$15

 

($26
)
 

($23
)
 

$23

Underlying results* (non-GAAP)

$759

 

$1,758

 

$163

 

$237

 

$813

 

$760

 

$1,703

 

$192

 

$281

 

$615

* “Underlying” results, as applicable, exclude a first quarter 2017 $23 million benefit related to the settlement of certain state tax matters and are before a pre-tax $26 million impact related to impairments on aircraft lease assets which, reduced noninterest income by $11 million and increased noninterest expense by $15 million and, in addition to provision expense of $166 million, resulted in total credit-related costs of $192 million. Where there is a reference to “Underlying” results in a paragraph, all measures that follow these references are on the same basis when applicable. For more information on the computation of key performance metrics and non-GAAP financial measures, see “—Introduction — Key Performance Metrics Used By Management and Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and “—Key Performance Metrics, Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations.”

Net income available to common stockholders of $806 million increased $175 million, or 28%, compared to $631 million in first half 2017.
On an Underlying basis,* net income available to common stockholders increased by 33%, led by 6% revenue growth with 9% growth in net interest income, given 3% average loan growth and a 20 basis

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point increase in net interest margin. First half 2017 results included a $23 million benefit, or $0.05 per diluted common share, related to the settlement of certain state tax matters.
Total revenue of $3.0 billion increased $191 million, or 7%, driven by strong net interest income growth:
Net interest income of $2.2 billion increased $181 million, or 9%, compared to $2.0 billion in first half 2017, driven by a 20 basis point improvement in net interest margin and 3% average loan growth.
Net interest margin of 3.17% increased 20 basis points, compared to 2.97% in first half 2017, reflecting higher interest-earning asset yields tied to higher short-term interest rates and improving loan mix towards higher-return categories, partially offset by higher deposit and funding costs.
Average loans and leases of $112.0 billion increased $3.4 billion, or 3%, from $108.6 billion in first half 2017, reflecting a $2.1 billion increase in retail loans and a $1.3 billion increase in commercial loans and leases.
Average deposits of $114.3 billion increased $3.9 billion, or 4%, from $110.4 billion in first half 2017, reflecting strength in term, checking with interest, savings and demand deposits.
Noninterest income of $759 million increased $10 million, or 1%, from first half 2017, which included the $11 million impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments.
On an Underlying basis,* noninterest income decreased $1 million from $760 million in first half 2017, driven by a decrease in capital market fees and other income, partially offset by higher foreign exchange and interest rate products income and trust and investment services fees.
Noninterest expense of $1.8 billion increased $40 million, or 2%, compared to $1.7 billion in first half 2017, which included the $15 million impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments.
On an Underlying basis,* noninterest expense increased 3%, driven by higher salaries and employee benefits cost, higher outside services expense, largely tied to continuing investment to drive top-line growth, partially offset by lower other expense due to a reduction in insurance expense.
Generated positive operating leverage of 4.6%, a 2.6% improvement in the efficiency ratio to 59.2% and ROTCE of 12.3%, despite the impact of continued investing to drive future growth.
On an Underlying basis,* operating leverage was 3.2%, efficiency ratio improved 1.9% from 61.0% in first half 2017 and ROTCE increased 3.0% from 9.3%.
Return on average common equity was 8.2% compared to 6.5% for first half 2017.
On an Underlying basis,* return on average common equity improved 2.0% from 6.3% for first half 2017.
Diluted earnings per common share increased $0.41, or 33%.
On an Underlying basis,* diluted earnings per share increased $0.46, or 39%.
Tangible book value per common share improved 4% to $27.67. Fully diluted average common shares outstanding decreased by 21.7 million shares.
Provision for credit losses of $163 million decreased $3 million, or 2%, from $166 million.
On an Underlying basis,* total credit-related costs decreased $29 million, or 15%, from $192 million in first half 2017, driven primarily by the $26 million impact of aircraft lease impairments in first half 2017.
The effective income tax rate decreased to 22.6% from 28.8% in first half 2017, primarily driven by the impact of tax reform, partially offset by the prior year settlement of certain state tax matters.
On an Underlying basis,* the effective income tax rate decreased from 31.3% to 22.6%, primarily due to the impact of tax reform.
Net charge-offs of $146 million decreased $16 million, or 10%, from $162 million in first half 2017. The ALLL of $1.3 billion increased $17 million compared to December 31, 2017. ALLL to total loans and leases of 1.10% as of June 30, 2018 compared with 1.12% as of December 31, 2017. ALLL to nonperforming loans and leases ratio of 148% as of June 30, 2018, compared with 142% as of December 31, 2017.


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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The summary Consolidated Operating Data for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 and the summary Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are derived from our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements of this report. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for any future period.

 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions, except per-share amounts)
  2018

 
  2017

 
2018
 
2017
OPERATING DATA:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest income

$1,121

 

$1,026

 

$2,212

 

$2,031

Noninterest income
388

 
370

 
759

 
749

Total revenue
1,509

 
1,396

 
2,971

 
2,780

Provision for credit losses
85

 
70

 
163

 
166

Noninterest expense
875

 
864

 
1,758

 
1,718

Income before income tax expense
549

 
462

 
1,050

 
896

Income tax expense
124

 
144

 
237

 
258

Net income

$425

 

$318

 

$813

 

$638

Net income available to common stockholders

$425

 

$318

 

$806

 

$631

Net income per common share - basic

$0.88

 

$0.63

 

$1.66

 

$1.24

Net income per common share - diluted

$0.88

 

$0.63

 

$1.65

 

$1.24

OTHER OPERATING DATA:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average common equity
8.65
%
 
6.48
%
 
8.24
%
 
6.50
%
Return on average tangible common equity
12.93

 
9.57

 
12.32

 
9.62

Return on average total assets
1.11

 
0.85

 
1.08

 
0.86

Return on average total tangible assets
1.16

 
0.89

 
1.12

 
0.90

Efficiency ratio
57.95

 
61.94

 
59.17

 
61.81

Operating leverage
6.96

 
4.76

 
4.56

 
5.79

Net interest margin
3.18

 
2.97

 
3.17

 
2.97

Effective income tax rate
22.58

 
31.13

 
22.55

 
28.82





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(dollars in millions)
June 30,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
 
 
 
Total assets

$155,431

 

$152,336

Loans held for sale, at fair value
521

 
497

Other loans held for sale
189

 
221

Loans and leases
113,407

 
110,617

Allowance for loan and lease losses
(1,253
)
 
(1,236
)
Total securities
25,513

 
25,733

Goodwill
6,887

 
6,887

Total liabilities
134,964

 
132,066

Total deposits
117,073

 
115,089

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
326

 
815

Other short-term borrowed funds
1,499

 
1,856

Long-term borrowed funds
13,641

 
11,765

Total stockholders’ equity
20,467

 
20,270

OTHER BALANCE SHEET DATA:
 
 
 
Asset Quality Ratios:
 
 
 
Allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total loans and leases
1.10
%
 
1.12
%
Allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans and leases
148.20

 
141.96

Nonperforming loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases
0.75

 
0.79

Capital Ratios:
 
 
 
CET1 capital ratio (1)
11.2
%
 
11.2
%
Tier 1 capital ratio (2)
11.6

 
11.4

Total capital ratio (3)
13.8

 
13.9

Tier 1 leverage ratio (4)
10.2

 
10.0

(1) “Common equity tier 1 capital ratio” represents CET1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(2) “Tier 1 capital ratio” is tier 1 capital, which includes CET1 capital plus non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity that qualifies as additional tier 1 capital,
divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(3) “Total capital ratio” is total capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(4) “Tier 1 leverage ratio” is tier 1 capital divided by quarterly average total assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.




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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Net Income
Net income totaled $425 million, up $107 million, or 34%, from $318 million in second quarter 2017. Net income of $813 million increased $175 million, or 27%, from $638 million in first half 2017. The following table presents the significant components of our net income:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
Change

 
Percent

 
2018

 
2017

 
Change
 
Percent

Operating Data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest income

$1,121

 

$1,026

 

$95

 
9
%
 

$2,212

 

$2,031

 

$181

 
9
%
Noninterest income
388

 
370

 
18

 
5

 
759

 
749

 
10

 
1

Total revenue
1,509

 
1,396

 
113

 
8

 
2,971

 
2,780

 
191

 
7

Provision for credit losses
85

 
70

 
15

 
21

 
163

 
166

 
(3
)
 
(2
)
Noninterest expense
875

 
864

 
11

 
1

 
1,758

 
1,718

 
40

 
2

Income before income tax expense
549

 
462

 
87

 
19

 
1,050

 
896

 
154

 
17

Income tax expense
124

 
144

 
(20
)
 
(14
)
 
237

 
258

 
(21
)
 
(8
)
Net income

$425

 

$318

 

$107

 
34

 

$813

 

$638

 

$175

 
27

Net income available to common stockholders

$425

 

$318

 

$107

 
34
%
 

$806

 

$631

 

$175

 
28
%
Return on average common equity
8.65
%
 
6.48
%
 
217
 bps
 
 
 
8.24
%
 
6.50
%
 
174
 bps
 
 
Return on average tangible common equity 
12.93
%
 
9.57
%
 
336
 bps
 
 
 
12.32
%
 
9.62
%
 
270
 bps
 
 
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is our largest source of revenue and is the difference between the interest earned on interest-earning assets (usually loans and investment securities) and the interest expense incurred in connection with interest-bearing liabilities (usually deposits and borrowings). The level of net interest income is primarily a function of the average balance of interest-earning assets, the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities and the spread between the effective yield on such assets and the effective cost of such liabilities. These factors are influenced by the pricing and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities which, in turn, are impacted by external factors such as local economic conditions, competition for loans and deposits, the monetary policy of the FRB and market interest rates. For further discussion, refer to “—Market Risk — Non-Trading Risk,” included in this report and “—Risk Governance” as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
 

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The following table presents the major components of net interest income and net interest margin:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
(dollars in millions)
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
 
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
 
Average
Balances
Yields/
Rates
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-bearing cash and due from banks and deposits in banks

$1,801


$8

1.77
%
 

$2,081


$5

0.88
%
 

($280
)
89 bps
Taxable investment securities
25,197

165

2.62

 
25,732

154

2.39

 
(535
)
23

Non-taxable investment securities
6


2.60

 
7


2.60

 
(1
)

Total investment securities
25,203

165

2.62

 
25,739

154

2.39

 
(536
)
23

Commercial
39,399

405

4.07

 
37,846

326

3.40

 
1,553

67

Commercial real estate
12,071

134

4.39

 
11,086

97

3.47

 
985

92

Leases
3,073

21

2.69

 
3,557

22

2.50

 
(484
)
19

Total commercial loans and leases
54,543

560

4.06

 
52,489

445

3.35

 
2,054

71

Residential mortgages
17,488

156

3.57

 
15,646

140

3.57

 
1,842


Home equity loans
1,252

18

5.91

 
1,668

24

5.74

 
(416
)
17

Home equity lines of credit
13,112

144

4.40

 
13,765

126

3.68

 
(653
)
72

Home equity loans serviced by others
480

9

7.23

 
668

11

7.12

 
(188
)
11

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
130

1

3.62

 
188

2

4.24

 
(58
)
(62
)
Automobile
12,657

113

3.60

 
13,574

110

3.23

 
(917
)
37

Education
8,374

119

5.71

 
7,490

98

5.26

 
884

45

Credit cards
1,854

50

10.74

 
1,693

45

10.71

 
161

3

Other retail
2,966

60

8.10

 
1,959

39

8.01

 
1,007

9

Total retail loans
58,313

670

4.61

 
56,651

595

4.21

 
1,662

40

Total loans and leases
112,856

1,230

4.34

 
109,140

1,040

3.80

 
3,716

54

Loans held for sale, at fair value
470

5

4.15

 
465

4

3.60

 
5

55

Other loans held for sale
195

3

6.38

 
162

2

5.51

 
33

87

Interest-earning assets
140,525

1,411

4.00

 
137,587

1,205

3.49

 
2,938

51

Allowance for loan and lease losses
(1,246
)
 
 
 
(1,223
)
 
 
 
(23
)
 
Goodwill
6,887

 
 
 
6,882

 
 
 
5

 
Other noninterest-earning assets
7,087

 
 
 
6,632

 
 
 
455

 
Total assets

$153,253

 
 
 

$149,878

 
 
 

$3,375

 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Checking with interest

$22,185


$34

0.61
%
 

$21,751


$20

0.36
%
 

$434

25 bps
Money market accounts
36,396

79

0.87

 
36,912

45

0.49

 
(516
)
38
Regular savings
9,889

1

0.05

 
9,458

1

0.04

 
431

1
Term deposits
17,838

67

1.50

 
15,148

36

0.97

 
2,690

53
Total interest-bearing deposits
86,308

181

0.84

 
83,269

102

0.49

 
3,039

35
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (1)
504

1

0.73

 
808


0.37

 
(304
)
36
Other short-term borrowed funds
1,677

14

3.48

 
2,275

7

1.23

 
(598
)
225
Long-term borrowed funds
13,394

94

2.77

 
13,647

70

2.05

 
(253
)
72
Total borrowed funds
15,575

109

2.78

 
16,730

77

1.86

 
(1,155
)
92
Total interest-bearing liabilities
101,883

290

1.14

 
99,999

179

0.72

 
1,884

42
Demand deposits
28,834

 
 
 
27,521

 
 
 
1,313

 
Other liabilities
2,433

 
 
 
2,452

 
 
 
(19
)
 
Total liabilities
133,150

 
 
 
129,972

 
 
 
3,178

 
Stockholders’ equity
20,103

 
 
 
19,906

 
 
 
197

 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$153,253

 
 
 

$149,878

 
 
 

$3,375

 
Interest rate spread
 
 
2.87
%
 
 
 
2.77
%
 
 
10
Net interest income
 

$1,121

 
 
 

$1,026

 
 
 
 
Net interest margin
 
 
3.18
%
 
 
 
2.97
%
 
 
21 bps
Memo: Total deposits (interest-bearing and demand)

$115,142


$181

0.63
%
 

$110,790


$102

0.37
%
 

$4,352

26 bps
(1) Balances are net of certain short-term receivables associated with reverse repurchase agreements, as applicable. Interest expense includes the full cost of the repurchase agreements and certain hedging costs. See “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Derivatives” for further information.

Net interest income of $1.1 billion increased $95 million, or 9%, compared to $1.0 billion in second quarter 2017, reflecting 3% average loan growth and a 21 basis point improvement in net interest margin.
Average interest-earning assets of $140.5 billion increased $2.9 billion, or 2%, from second quarter 2017, driven by a $2.1 billion increase in average commercial loans and leases and a $1.7 billion increase in average retail

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loans, partially offset by a $816 million decrease in average investments and interest-bearing cash and due from banks and deposits in banks. Commercial loan growth was driven by strength in commercial and commercial real estate. Retail loan growth was driven by strength in residential mortgage, other retail, education and credit cards.
Average deposits of $115.1 billion increased $4.4 billion from second quarter 2017, reflecting growth in term deposits, checking with interest, savings and demand deposits. Total interest-bearing deposit costs of $181 million increased $79 million, or 77%, from $102 million in second quarter 2017, primarily due to the impact of rising rates and a shift in mix.
Average total borrowed funds of $15.6 billion decreased $1.2 billion from second quarter 2017, reflecting a decrease in other short-term borrowed funds, federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements and long-term borrowed funds. Total borrowed funds costs of $109 million increased $32 million from second quarter 2017. The total borrowed funds yield of 2.78% increased 92 basis points from 1.86% in second quarter 2017 due to the rise in benchmark interest rates and a mix shift to long-term borrowed funds.
Net interest margin of 3.18% increased 21 basis points compared to 2.97% in second quarter 2017, driven by higher interest-earning asset yields given higher interest rates and continued mix shift towards higher-yielding assets, partially offset by higher deposit and funding costs. Average interest-earning asset yields of 4.00% increased 51 basis points from 3.49% in second quarter 2017, while average interest-bearing liability costs of 1.14% increased 42 basis points from 0.72% in second quarter 2017.

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Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
(dollars in millions)
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
 
Average
Balances
Income/
Expense
Yields/
Rates
 
Average
Balances
Yields/
Rates
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-bearing cash and due from banks and deposits in banks

$1,622


$14

1.70
%
 

$2,023


$8

0.76
%
 

($401
)
94 bps
Taxable investment securities
25,315

333

2.63

 
25,760

314

2.44

 
(445
)
19

Non-taxable investment securities
6


2.60

 
8


2.60

 
(2
)

Total investment securities
25,321

333

2.63

 
25,768

314

2.44

 
(447
)
19

Commercial
38,683

762

3.92

 
37,682

638

3.36

 
1,001

56

Commercial real estate
11,812

253

4.25

 
10,955

184

3.34

 
857

91

Leases
3,093

41

2.65

 
3,626

45

2.49

 
(533
)
16

Total commercial loans and leases
53,588

1,056

3.92

 
52,263

867

3.30

 
1,325

62

Residential mortgages
17,326

309

3.56

 
15,466

276

3.56

 
1,860


Home equity loans
1,297

37

5.83

 
1,730

49

5.70

 
(433
)
13

Home equity lines of credit
13,232

282

4.30

 
13,860

244

3.55

 
(628
)
75

Home equity loans serviced by others
500

18

7.28

 
693

24

7.07

 
(193
)
21

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
136

2

3.81

 
198

4

3.98

 
(62
)
(17
)
Automobile
12,835

225

3.53

 
13,672

217

3.20

 
(837
)
33

Education
8,329

233

5.65

 
7,165

186

5.25

 
1,164

40

Credit cards
1,841

98

10.72

 
1,679

91

10.93

 
162

(21
)
Other retail
2,906

116

8.04

 
1,880

74

7.98

 
1,026

6

Total retail loans
58,402

1,320

4.55

 
56,343

1,165

4.16

 
2,059

39

Total loans and leases
111,990

2,376

4.25

 
108,606

2,032

3.75

 
3,384

50

Loans held for sale, at fair value
445

9

4.01

 
487

8

3.45

 
(42
)
56

Other loans held for sale
225

7

6.29

 
118

3

5.86

 
107

43

Interest-earning assets
139,603

2,739

3.93

 
137,002

2,365

3.46

 
2,601

47

Allowance for loan and lease losses
(1,241
)
 
 
 
(1,229
)
 
 
 
(12
)
 
Goodwill
6,887

 
 
 
6,879

 
 
 
8

 
Other noninterest-earning assets
7,144

 
 
 
6,683

 
 
 
461

 
Total assets

$152,393

 
 
 

$149,335



 
 

$3,058

 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Checking with interest

$21,927


$60

0.55
%
 

$21,228


$33

0.31
%
 

$699

24 bps
Money market accounts
36,738

144

0.79

 
37,390

86

0.46

 
(652
)
33
Regular savings
9,759

2

0.05

 
9,285

2

0.04

 
474

1
Term deposits
17,174

120

1.41

 
14,663

67

0.93

 
2,511

48
Total interest-bearing deposits
85,598

326

0.77

 
82,566

188

0.46

 
3,032

31
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (1)
574

2

0.70

 
845

1

0.30

 
(271
)
40
Other short-term borrowed funds
1,579

23

2.99

 
2,617

15

1.13

 
(1,038
)
186
Long-term borrowed funds
13,471

176

2.60

 
13,033

130

2.00

 
438

60
Total borrowed funds
15,624

201

2.57

 
16,495

146

1.77

 
(871
)
80
Total interest-bearing liabilities
101,222

527

1.05

 
99,061

334

0.68

 
2,161

37
Demand deposits
28,690

 
 
 
27,808

 
 
 
882


Other liabilities
2,440

 
 
 
2,659

 
 
 
(219
)

Total liabilities
132,352

 
 
 
129,528

 
 
 
2,824


Stockholders’ equity
20,041

 
 
 
19,807

 
 
 
234


Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$152,393

 
 
 

$149,335

 
 
 

$3,058


Interest rate spread
 
 
2.88
%
 
 
 
2.78
%
 
 
10
Net interest income
 

$2,212

 
 
 

$2,031

 
 
 

Net interest margin
 
 
3.17
%
 
 
 
2.97
%
 
 
20 bps
Memo: Total deposits (interest-bearing and demand)

$114,288


$326

0.57
%
 

$110,374


$188

0.34
%
 

$3,914

23 bps
(1) Balances are net of certain short-term receivables associated with reverse repurchase agreements, as applicable. Interest expense includes the full cost of the repurchase agreements and certain hedging costs. See “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Derivatives” for further information.

Net interest income of $2.2 billion increased $181 million, or 9%, compared to $2.0 billion in first half 2017, reflecting 3% average loan growth and a 20 basis point improvement in net interest margin.
Average interest-earning assets of $139.6 billion increased $2.6 billion, or 2%, from first half 2017, driven by a $1.3 billion increase in average commercial loans and leases and a $2.1 billion increase in average retail loans, partially offset by an $848 million decrease in average investments and interest-bearing cash and due from banks

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and deposits in banks. Commercial loan growth was driven by commercial and commercial real estate. Retail loan growth was driven by residential mortgage, education and other retail.
Average deposits of $114.3 billion increased $3.9 billion from first half 2017, reflecting growth in term deposits, checking with interest, savings and demand deposits. Total interest-bearing deposit costs of $326 million increased $138 million, or 73%, from $188 million in first half 2017, primarily due to rising rates and a shift in mix toward commercial deposits.
Average total borrowed funds of $15.6 billion decreased $871 million from first half 2017, reflecting a decrease in other short-term borrowed funds and a decrease in federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements, partially offset by an increase in long-term borrowed funds, primarily senior debt. Total borrowed funds costs of $201 million increased $55 million from first half 2017. The total borrowed funds cost of 2.57% increased 80 basis points from 1.77% in first half 2017 due to an increase in long-term rates and a mix shift to long-term senior debt.
Net interest margin of 3.17% increased 20 basis points compared to 2.97% in first half 2017, driven by higher interest-earning asset yields given higher interest rates and continued mix shift toward higher-yielding assets. These results were partially offset by the impact of higher deposit and funding costs. Average interest-earning asset yields of 3.93% increased 47 basis points from 3.46% in first half 2017, while average interest-bearing liability costs of 1.05% increased 37 basis points from 0.68% in first half 2017.
Noninterest Income
The following table presents the significant components of our noninterest income:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
Change

 
Percent

 
2018

 
2017

 
Change

 
Percent

Service charges and fees

$127

 

$129

 

($2
)
 
(2
%)
 

$251

 

$254

 

($3
)
 
(1
%)
Card fees
60

 
59

 
1

 
2

 
121

 
119

 
2

 
2

Capital markets fees
48

 
51

 
(3
)
 
(6
)
 
87

 
99

 
(12
)
 
(12
)
Trust and investment services fees
43

 
39

 
4

 
10

 
83

 
78

 
5

 
6

Letter of credit and loan fees
32

 
31

 
1

 
3

 
62

 
60

 
2

 
3

Foreign exchange and interest rate products
34

 
26

 
8

 
31

 
61

 
53

 
8

 
15

Mortgage banking fees
27

 
30

 
(3
)
 
(10
)
 
52

 
53

 
(1
)
 
(2
)
Securities gains, net
2

 
3

 
(1
)
 
(33
)
 
10

 
7

 
3

 
43

Other income (1)
15

 
2

 
13

 
NM

 
32

 
26

 
6

 
23

Noninterest income(2)

$388

 

$370

 

$18

 
5
%
 

$759

 

$749

 

$10

 
1
%
(1) Includes net securities impairment losses on debt securities available for sale recognized in earnings, bank-owned life insurance income and other income. Amounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 include $11 million of finance lease impairment charges.
(2) 2018 noninterest income amounts reflect the adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenue From Contracts With Customers (Topic 606).

Noninterest income of $388 million increased $18 million, or 5%, from second quarter 2017. Excluding the impact of 2017 finance lease impairments, Underlying noninterest income* increased $7 million, or 2%, reflecting growth in foreign exchange and interest rate product and trust and investment services fees partially offset by lower mortgage banking fees, driven by a reduction in loan sale gains, as well as a reduction in service charges and fees and capital markets fees.
Noninterest income of $759 million increased $10 million, or 1%, from first half 2017. Excluding the impact of 2017 finance lease impairments, Underlying noninterest income* decreased $1 million, driven by lower capital markets fees, primarily reflecting seasonality and an overall market reduction in middle market loan syndication activity. These lower capital markets fees and other income were offset by growth in foreign exchange and interest rate products and trust and investment services fees.
    

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Provision for Credit Losses
The provision for credit losses of $85 million increased $15 million, or 21%, from $70 million in second quarter 2017, reflecting strategic growth in high-quality commercial and retail assets. Second quarter 2018 results reflected a $9 million reserve build, compared to a $5 million reserve release in second quarter 2017, largely due to the loan growth experienced in second quarter 2018. Second quarter 2018 net charge-offs of $76 million were stable with second quarter 2017, primarily reflecting lower commercial losses but moderately higher retail losses. On an Underlying basis,* total credit-related costs, which include the impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments, decreased $11 million.
The provision for credit losses of $163 million decreased $3 million compared to $166 million in first half 2017, reflecting lower net charge-offs, partially offset by a higher reserve build. First half 2018 results reflected a $17 million reserve build, compared to a $4 million reserve build in first half 2017, largely due to loan growth. Net charge-offs for first half 2018 of $146 million were $16 million lower than first half 2017, due to lower commercial losses, partially offset by slightly higher retail losses. On an Underlying basis,* total credit-related costs decreased $29 million due to the impact of second quarter 2017 aircraft lease impairments.
The provision for loan and lease losses is the result of a detailed analysis performed to estimate an appropriate and adequate ALLL. The total provision for credit losses includes the provision for loan and lease losses as well as the provision for unfunded commitments. Refer to “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonperforming Assets” for more information.
Noninterest Expense
The following table presents the significant components of our noninterest expense:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
Change

 
Percent

 
2018

 
2017

 
Change

 
Percent

Salaries and employee benefits(1)

$453

 

$432

 

$21

 
5
%
 

$923

 

$878

 

$45

 
5
%
Outside services
106

 
96

 
10

 
10

 
205

 
187

 
18

 
10

Occupancy
79

 
79

 

 

 
160

 
161

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Equipment expense
64

 
64

 

 

 
131

 
131

 

 

Amortization of software
46

 
45

 
1

 
2

 
92

 
89

 
3

 
3

Other operating expense(1)(2)
127

 
148

 
(21
)
 
(14
)
 
247

 
272

 
(25
)
 
(9
)
Noninterest expense

$875

 

$864

 

$11

 
1
%
 

$1,758

 

$1,718

 

$40

 
2
%
(1) Salaries and employee benefits and other operating expense amounts reflect the impact of the adoption of ASU 2017-07, Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.
(2) Amounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 include $15 million of operating lease impairment charges.

Noninterest expense of $875 million increased $11 million, or 1%, from second quarter 2017. Excluding the impact of 2017 operating lease impairment charges, Underlying noninterest expense* increased $26 million, or 3%, driven by higher salaries and employee benefits, largely tied to continuing investments to drive growth, as well as higher outside services tied to strategic growth and efficiency initiatives, partially offset by lower other operating expense.
Noninterest expense of $1.8 billion increased $40 million, or 2%, from first half 2017. Excluding the impact of 2017 operating lease impairment charges, Underlying noninterest expense* increased $55 million, or 3%, compared to first half 2017, reflecting higher salaries and employee benefits, driven by higher revenue-based incentives and merit increases, as well as higher outside services expense, given investment in strategic initiatives, partially offset by lower other operating expense.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense was $124 million and $144 million in second quarter 2018 and 2017, respectively. Our effective tax rates in second quarter 2018 and 2017 were 22.6% and 31.1%, respectively. The decrease in the effective income tax rate was primarily driven by the impact of tax reform.
Income tax expense was $237 million and $258 million in first half 2018 and 2017, respectively. Our effective tax rates in first half 2018 and 2017 were 22.6% and 28.8%, respectively. The decrease in the effective income tax rate was primarily driven by the impact of tax reform, partially offset by the prior-year settlement of certain state tax matters.

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At June 30, 2018, our net deferred tax liability was $456 million, compared with $571 million at December 31, 2017. The decrease in the net deferred tax liability was primarily attributable to the tax effect of net unrealized losses on securities and derivatives. For further discussion, see Note 15 “Income Taxes” to our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements, included in this report.
Business Operating Segments
The following tables present certain financial data of our business operating segments, Other and consolidated:
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
(dollars in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other(4)

 
Consolidated

Net interest income (1)

$759

 

$376

 

($14
)
 

$1,121

Noninterest income
228

 
140

 
20

 
388

Total revenue
987

 
516

 
6

 
1,509

Noninterest expense
658

 
200

 
17

 
875

Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses
329

 
316

 
(11
)
 
634

Provision for credit losses
66

 
9

 
10

 
85

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
263

 
307

 
(21
)
 
549

Income tax expense (benefit)
66

 
70

 
(12
)
 
124

Net income (loss)

$197

 

$237

 

($9
)
 

$425

Loans and leases (period-end) (2)

$60,175

 

$51,503

 

$2,439

 

$114,117

Average Balances:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets

$61,232

 

$52,170

 

$39,851

 

$153,253

Total loans and leases (2)
59,830

 
51,202

 
2,489

 
113,521

Deposits
77,402

 
30,214

 
7,526

 
115,142

Interest-earning assets
59,880

 
51,404

 
29,241

 
140,525

Key Performance Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest margin (3)
5.08
%
 
2.93
%
 
NM

 
3.18
%
Efficiency ratio
66.68

 
38.80

 
NM

 
57.95

Loans-to-deposits ratio (average balances)(2)
77.30

 
169.47

 
NM

 
98.59

Return on average total tangible assets (3)
1.29

 
1.82

 
NM

 
1.16

(1) We periodically evaluate and refine our methodologies used to measure financial performance of our business operating segments. In first quarter 2018, we enhanced our assumptions for the liquidity and deposit components within our FTP methodology which provides a credit for sources of funds and a charge for the use of funds by each business operating segment. The enhancement largely provides increased credit for the stability of deposit composition, and an increased charge for unused commitments under lending arrangements. Prior periods have not been adjusted for this change.
(2) Includes loans held for sale.
(3) Ratios for the period ended June 30, 2018 are presented on an annualized basis.
(4) Includes the financial impact of non-core, liquidating loan portfolios and other non-core assets, our treasury activities, wholesale funding activities, securities portfolio, community development assets and other unallocated assets, liabilities, capital, revenues, provision for credit losses and expenses, including income tax expense, not attributed to our Consumer Banking or Commercial Banking segments. For a description of non-core assets, see “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonperforming Assets — Non-Core Assets.”


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As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
(dollars in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other(3)

 
Consolidated

Net interest income

$657

 

$344

 

$25

 

$1,026

Noninterest income
229

 
130

 
11

 
370

Total revenue
886

 
474

 
36

 
1,396

Noninterest expense
644

 
192

 
28

 
864

Profit before provision for credit losses
242

 
282

 
8

 
532

Provision for credit losses
60

 
1

 
9

 
70

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
182

 
281

 
(1
)
 
462

Income tax expense (benefit)
64

 
94

 
(14
)
 
144

Net income

$118

 

$187

 

$13

 

$318

Loans and leases (period-end) (1)

$58,537

 

$48,363

 

$2,853

 

$109,753

Average Balances:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets

$59,244

 

$49,731

 

$40,903

 

$149,878

Total loans and leases (1)
57,922

 
48,772

 
3,073

 
109,767

Deposits
75,107

 
28,744

 
6,939

 
110,790

Interest-earning assets
57,973

 
48,923

 
30,691

 
137,587

Key Performance Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest margin (2)
4.54
%
 
2.82
%
 
NM

 
2.97
%
Efficiency ratio
72.64

 
40.48

 
NM

 
61.94

Loans-to-deposits ratio (average balances)(1)
77.12

 
169.68

 
NM

 
99.08

Return on average total tangible assets (2)
0.80

 
1.51

 
NM

 
0.89

(1) Includes loans held for sale.
(2) Ratios for the period ended June 30, 2017 are presented on an annualized basis.
(3) Includes the financial impact of non-core, liquidating loan portfolios and other non-core assets, our treasury activities, wholesale funding activities, securities portfolio, community development assets and other unallocated assets, liabilities, capital, revenues, provision for credit losses and expenses, including income tax expense, not attributed to our Consumer Banking or Commercial Banking segments. For a description of non-core assets, see “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonperforming Assets — Non-Core Assets.”







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As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(dollars in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other(4)

 
Consolidated

Net interest income (1)

$1,492

 

$733

 

($13
)
 

$2,212

Noninterest income
450

 
265

 
44

 
759

Total revenue
1,942

 
998

 
31

 
2,971

Noninterest expense
1,314

 
408

 
36

 
1,758

Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses
628

 
590

 
(5
)
 
1,213

Provision for credit losses
138

 
5

 
20

 
163

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
490

 
585

 
(25
)
 
1,050

Income tax expense (benefit)
123

 
133

 
(19
)
 
237

Net income (loss)

$367

 

$452

 

($6
)
 

$813

Loans and leases (period-end) (2)

$60,175

 

$51,503

 

$2,439

 

$114,117

Average Balances:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets

$61,290

 

$51,286

 

$39,817

 

$152,393

Total loans and leases (2)
59,886

 
50,249

 
2,525

 
112,660

Deposits
76,414

 
30,488

 
7,386

 
114,288

Interest-earning assets
59,937

 
50,447

 
29,219

 
139,603

Key Performance Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest margin (3)
5.02
%
 
2.93
%
 
NM

 
3.17
%
Efficiency ratio
67.68

 
40.86

 
NM

 
59.17

Loans-to-deposits ratio (average balances)(2)
78.37

 
164.81

 
NM

 
98.58

Return on average total tangible assets (3)
1.21

 
1.78

 
NM

 
1.12

(1) We periodically evaluate and refine our methodologies used to measure financial performance of our business operating segments. In first quarter 2018, we enhanced our assumptions for the liquidity and deposit components within our FTP methodology which provides a credit for sources of funds and a charge for the use of funds by each business operating segment. The enhancement largely provides increased credit for the stability of deposit composition, and an increased charge for unused commitments under lending arrangements. Prior periods have not been adjusted for this change.
(2) Includes loans held for sale.
(3) Ratios for the period ended June 30, 2018 are presented on an annualized basis.
(4) Includes the financial impact of non-core, liquidating loan portfolios and other non-core assets, our treasury activities, wholesale funding activities, securities portfolio, community development assets and other unallocated assets, liabilities, capital, revenues, provision for credit losses and expenses, including income tax expense, not attributed to our Consumer Banking or Commercial Banking segments. For a description of non-core assets, see “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonperforming Assets — Non-Core Assets.”



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As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
(dollars in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other(3)

 
Consolidated
Net interest income

$1,295

 

$690

 

$46

 

$2,031

Noninterest income
449

 
264

 
36

 
749

Total revenue
1,744

 
954

 
82

 
2,780

Noninterest expense
1,291

 
382

 
45

 
1,718

Profit before provision for credit losses
453

 
572

 
37

 
1,062

Provision for credit losses
124

 
20

 
22

 
166

Income before income tax expense (benefit)
329

 
552

 
15

 
896

Income tax expense (benefit)
116

 
185

 
(43
)
 
258

Net income

$213

 

$367

 

$58

 

$638

Loans and leases (period-end) (1)

$58,537

 

$48,363

 

$2,853

 

$109,753

Average Balances:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets

$58,954

 

$49,488

 

$40,893

 

$149,335

Total loans and leases (1)
57,617


48,465

 
3,129

 
109,211

Deposits
74,623

 
28,858

 
6,893

 
110,374

Interest-earning assets
57,668

 
48,605

 
30,729

 
137,002

Key Performance Metrics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest margin (2)
4.53
%
 
2.86
%
 
NM

 
2.97
%
Efficiency ratio
74.00

 
40.14

 
NM

 
61.81

Loans-to-deposits ratio (average balances)(1)
77.21

 
167.94

 
NM

 
98.95

Return on average total tangible assets (2)
0.73

 
1.50

 
NM

 
0.90

(1) Includes loans held for sale.
(2) Ratios for the period ended June 30, 2017 are presented on an annualized basis.
(3) Includes the financial impact of non-core, liquidating loan portfolios and other non-core assets, our treasury activities, wholesale funding activities, securities portfolio, community development assets and other unallocated assets, liabilities, capital, revenues, provision for credit losses and expenses, including income tax expense, not attributed to our Consumer Banking or Commercial Banking segments. For a description of non-core assets, see “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonperforming Assets — Non-Core Assets.”


We operate through two business operating segments: Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking. Segment results are derived by specifically attributing managed assets, liabilities, capital and their related revenues, provision for credit losses and expenses. Non-segment operations are classified as Other, which includes corporate functions, the Treasury function, the securities portfolio, wholesale funding activities, intangible assets, community development, non-core assets (including legacy Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc aircraft loan and leasing), and other unallocated assets, liabilities, capital, revenues, provision for credit losses and expenses, including income tax expense. For a description of non-core assets, see “—Analysis of Financial Condition — Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonperforming Assets — Non-Core Assets.” In addition, Other includes goodwill and any associated goodwill impairment charges. For impairment testing purposes, we allocate goodwill to Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking reporting units. For management reporting purposes, we present the goodwill balance (and any related impairment charges) in Other.
Our capital levels are evaluated and managed centrally, however, capital is allocated to the business operating segments to support evaluation of business performance. Business operating segments are allocated capital on a risk-adjusted basis considering economic and regulatory capital requirements. Interest income and expense is determined based on the assets and liabilities managed by the business operating segment. Because funding and asset liability management is a central function, funds transfer pricing (“FTP”) methodologies are utilized to allocate a cost of funds used, or credit for the funds provided, to all business operating segment assets, liabilities and capital, respectively, using a matched-funding concept. The residual effect on net interest income of asset/liability management, including the residual net interest income related to the FTP process, is included in Other. We periodically evaluate and refine our methodologies used to measure financial performance of our business operating segments.
Provision for credit losses is allocated to each business operating segment based on actual net charge-offs that have been recognized by the business operating segment. The difference between the consolidated provision for credit losses and the business operating segments’ net charge-offs is reflected in Other.
Noninterest income and expense directly managed by each business operating segment, including fees, service charges, salaries and benefits, and other direct revenues and costs are accounted for within each business

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operating segment’s financial results in a manner similar to our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements. Occupancy costs are allocated based on utilization of facilities by each business operating segment. Noninterest expenses incurred by centrally managed operations or business operating segments that directly support another business operating segment’s operations are charged to the applicable business operating segment based on its utilization of those services.
Income taxes are assessed to each business operating segment at a standard tax rate with the residual tax expense or benefit to arrive at the consolidated effective tax rate included in Other.
Developing and applying methodologies used to allocate items among the business operating segments is a dynamic process. Accordingly, financial results may be revised periodically as management systems are enhanced, methods of evaluating performance or product lines change, or our organizational structure changes.
Consumer Banking
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
Change
 
Percent

 
2018


2017

              
Change

Percent

Net interest income (1)

$759

 

$657

 

$102

 
16
%
 

$1,492



$1,295



$197


15
%
Noninterest income
228

 
229

 
(1
)
 

 
450


449


1



Total revenue
987

 
886

 
101

 
11

 
1,942


1,744


198


11

Noninterest expense
658

 
644

 
14

 
2

 
1,314


1,291


23


2

Profit before provision for credit losses
329

 
242

 
87

 
36

 
628


453


175


39

Provision for credit losses
66

 
60

 
6

 
10

 
138


124


14


11

Income before income tax expense
263

 
182

 
81

 
45

 
490


329


161


49

Income tax expense
66

 
64

 
2

 
3

 
123


116


7


6

Net income

$197

 

$118

 

$79

 
67

 

$367



$213



$154


72

Loans (period-end) (2)

$60,175

 

$58,537

 

$1,638

 
3

 

$60,175



$58,537



$1,638


3

Average Balances:
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

 



Total assets

$61,232

 

$59,244

 

$1,988

 
3
%
 

$61,290



$58,954



$2,336


4
%
Total loans and leases (2)
59,830

 
57,922

 
1,908

 
3

 
59,886


57,617


2,269


4

Deposits
77,402

 
75,107

 
2,295

 
3

 
76,414


74,623


1,791


2

Interest-earning assets
59,880

 
57,973

 
1,907

 
3

 
59,937


57,668


2,269


4

Key Performance Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 




 
Net interest margin (3)
5.08
%
 
4.54
%
 
54
  bps
 
 
 
5.02
%

4.53
%

49
  bps

 
Efficiency ratio
66.68

 
72.64

 
(596
) bps
 
 
 
67.68


74.00


(632
) bps

 
Loans-to-deposits ratio (average balances)(2)
77.30

 
77.12

 
18
  bps
 
 
 
78.37


77.21


116
  bps

 
Return on average total tangible assets (3)
1.29

 
0.80

 
49
  bps
 
 
 
1.21


0.73


48
  bps

 
(1) We periodically evaluate and refine our methodologies used to measure financial performance of our business operating segments. In first quarter 2018, we enhanced our assumptions for the liquidity and deposit components within our FTP methodology which provides a credit for sources of funds and a charge for the use of funds by each business operating segment. The enhancement largely provides increased credit for the stability of deposit composition, and an increased charge for unused commitments under lending arrangements. Prior periods have not been adjusted for this change.
(2)  Includes loans held for sale.
(3) Ratios for the periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are presented on an annualized basis.

Consumer Banking net income of $197 million increased $79 million, or 67%, from $118 million in second quarter 2017, as the benefit of a $101 million increase in total revenue more than offset a $14 million increase in noninterest expense. Net interest income of $759 million increased $102 million, or 16%, from second quarter 2017, driven by the impact of the FTP methodology enhancement as well as the benefit of a $1.9 billion increase in average loans led by residential mortgage, education and unsecured retail with higher loan yields that included the benefit of higher rates and continued mix shift towards higher yielding assets, partially offset by an increase in deposit costs.
Noninterest income decreased $1 million from second quarter 2017, driven by lower service charges and fees and mortgage banking fees partially offset by higher trust and investment services fees. Noninterest expense of $658 million increased $14 million, or 2%, from second quarter 2017, driven by higher salaries and benefits and outside services. Provision for credit losses of $66 million increased $6 million, or 10%, reflecting balance growth and seasoning in unsecured retail and education.

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Consumer Banking net income of $367 million increased $154 million, or 72%, from $213 million in first half 2017, as the benefit of a $198 million increase in total revenue more than offset a $23 million increase in noninterest expense. Net interest income of $1.5 billion increased $197 million, or 15%, from first half 2017 driven by the impact of the FTP methodology enhancement as well as the benefit of a $2.3 billion increase in average loans led by residential mortgage, education and unsecured retail with higher loan yields that included the benefit of higher rates and continued mix shift towards higher yielding assets, partially offset by an increase in deposit costs.
Noninterest income was stable with first half 2017, reflecting higher trust and investment services fees, partially offset by lower service charges and fees and mortgage banking fees. Noninterest expense of $1.3 billion increased $23 million, or 2%, from first half 2017, driven by higher salaries and benefits and outside services. Provision for credit losses of $138 million increased $14 million, or 11%, reflecting balance growth and seasoning in unsecured retail and education.
On August 1, 2018, we completed the acquisition of certain net assets of Franklin American Mortgage Company, a Franklin, Tennessee-based national mortgage servicing and origination firm.
Commercial Banking
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
Change
 
Percent

 
2018

 
2017

 
Change
 
Percent

Net interest income (1)

$376

 

$344

 

$32

 
9
%
 

$733

 

$690

 

$43

 
6
%
Noninterest income
140

 
130

 
10

 
8

 
265

 
264

 
1

 

Total revenue
516

 
474

 
42

 
9

 
998

 
954

 
44

 
5

Noninterest expense
200

 
192

 
8

 
4

 
408

 
382

 
26

 
7

Profit before provision for credit losses
316

 
282

 
34

 
12

 
590

 
572

 
18

 
3

Provision for credit losses
9

 
1

 
8

 
NM

 
5

 
20

 
(15
)
 
(75
)
Income before income tax expense
307

 
281

 
26

 
9

 
585

 
552

 
33

 
6

Income tax expense
70

 
94

 
(24
)
 
(26
)
 
133

 
185

 
(52
)
 
(28
)
Net income

$237

 

$187

 

$50

 
27

 

$452

 

$367

 

$85

 
23

Loans and leases (period-end) (2)

$51,503

 

$48,363

 

$3,140

 
6

 

$51,503

 

$48,363

 

$3,140

 
6

Average Balances:
 
 
 
 


 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Total assets

$52,170

 

$49,731

 

$2,439

 
5
%
 

$51,286

 

$49,488

 

$1,798

 
4
%
Total loans and leases (2)
51,202

 
48,772

 
2,430

 
5

 
50,249

 
48,465

 
1,784

 
4

Deposits
30,214

 
28,744

 
1,470

 
5

 
30,488

 
28,858

 
1,630

 
6

Interest-earning assets
51,404

 
48,923

 
2,481

 
5

 
50,447

 
48,605

 
1,842

 
4

Key Performance Metrics:
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest margin (3)
2.93
%
 
2.82
%
 
11
  bps
 
 
 
2.93
%
 
2.86
%
 
7
  bps
 
 
Efficiency ratio
38.80

 
40.48

 
(168
) bps
 
 
 
40.86

 
40.14

 
72
  bps
 
 
Loans-to-deposits ratio (average balances)(2)
169.47

 
169.68

 
(21
) bps
 
 
 
164.81

 
167.94

 
(313
) bps
 
 
Return on average total tangible assets (3)
1.82

 
1.51

 
31
  bps
 
 
 
1.78

 
1.50

 
28
  bps
 
 
(1) We periodically evaluate and refine our methodologies used to measure financial performance of our business operating segments. In first quarter 2018, we enhanced our assumptions for the liquidity and deposit components within our FTP methodology which provides a credit for sources of funds and a charge for the use of funds by each business operating segment. The enhancement largely provides increased credit for the stability of deposit composition, and an increased charge for unused commitments under lending arrangements. Prior periods have not been adjusted for this change.
(2)  Includes loans held for sale.
(3) Ratios for the periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are presented on an annualized basis.

Commercial Banking net income of $237 million increased $50 million, or 27%, from $187 million in second quarter 2017, as the benefit of a $42 million increase in total revenue was partially offset by an $8 million increase in noninterest expense and an $8 million increase in provision for credit losses. Net interest income of $376 million increased $32 million, or 9%, from $344 million in second quarter 2017, reflecting a $2.4 billion increase in average loans and leases and a $1.5 billion increase in average deposits.
Noninterest income of $140 million increased $10 million, or 8%, from $130 million in second quarter 2017, reflecting higher foreign exchange and interest rate products fees and leasing fees. Noninterest expense of $200 million increased $8 million, or 4%, from $192 million in second quarter 2017, largely driven by higher salaries and employee benefits. Provision for credit losses increased $8 million from second quarter 2017 due to higher net charge-offs.

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Commercial Banking net income of $452 million increased $85 million, or 23%, from $367 million in first half 2017, as the benefit of a $44 million increase in total revenue and a $15 million decrease in provision for credit losses was partially offset by a $26 million increase in noninterest expense. Net interest income of $733 million increased $43 million, or 6%, from $690 million in first half 2017, reflecting a $1.8 billion increase in average loans and leases and a $1.6 billion increase in average deposits.
Noninterest income of $265 million was stable with first half 2017, reflecting higher foreign exchange and interest rate products fees and card fees offset by other income. Noninterest expense of $408 million increased $26 million, or 7%, from $382 million in first half 2017, largely driven by higher salaries and employee benefits. Provision for credit losses decreased $15 million from first half 2017, driven by lower net charge-offs.
Other
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
Change

 
Percent

 
2018

 
2017

 
Change

 
Percent

Net interest income (1)

($14
)
 

$25

 

($39
)
 
(156
%)
 

($13
)
 

$46

 

($59
)
 
(128
%)
Noninterest income
20

 
11

 
9

 
82

 
44

 
36

 
8

 
22

Total revenue
6

 
36

 
(30
)
 
(83
)
 
31

 
82

 
(51
)
 
(62
)
Noninterest expense
17

 
28

 
(11
)
 
(39
)
 
36

 
45

 
(9
)
 
(20
)
(Loss) profit before provision for credit losses
(11
)
 
8

 
(19
)
 
(238
)
 
(5
)
 
37

 
(42
)
 
(114
)
Provision for credit losses
10

 
9

 
1

 
11

 
20

 
22

 
(2
)
 
(9
)
(Loss) income before income tax benefit
(21
)
 
(1
)
 
(20
)
 
NM

 
(25
)
 
15

 
(40
)
 
NM

Income tax benefit
(12
)
 
(14
)
 
2

 
14

 
(19
)
 
(43
)
 
24

 
56

Net (loss) income

($9
)
 

$13

 

($22
)
 
(169
)
 

($6
)
 

$58

 

($64
)
 
(110
)
Loans and leases (period-end) (2)

$2,439

 

$2,853

 

($414
)
 
(15
)
 

$2,439

 

$2,853

 

($414
)
 
(15
)
Average Balances:
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 


 


Total assets

$39,851

 

$40,903

 

($1,052
)
 
(3
%)
 

$39,817

 

$40,893

 

($1,076
)
 
(3
%)
Total loans and leases (2)
2,489

 
3,073

 
(584
)
 
(19
)
 
2,525

 
3,129

 
(604
)
 
(19
)
Deposits
7,526

 
6,939

 
587

 
8

 
7,386

 
6,893

 
493

 
7

Interest-earning assets
29,241

 
30,691

 
(1,450
)
 
(5
)
 
29,219

 
30,729

 
(1,510
)
 
(5
)
(1) We periodically evaluate and refine our methodologies used to measure financial performance of our business operating segments. In first quarter 2018, we enhanced our assumptions for the liquidity and deposit components within our FTP methodology which provides a credit for sources of funds and a charge for the use of funds by each business operating segment. The enhancement largely provides increased credit for the stability of deposit composition, and an increased charge for unused commitments under lending arrangements. Prior periods have not been adjusted for this change.
(2)  Includes loans held for sale.

Other net loss of $9 million decreased from net income of $13 million in second quarter 2017, primarily driven by lower net interest income. Net interest income decreased $39 million due to higher funding costs, the declining benefit of swaps and non-core loan portfolio run-off, partially offset by residual FTP and higher investment portfolio income. Noninterest income increased $9 million, driven by a $7 million impact related to finance lease impairments in second quarter 2017. Noninterest expense decreased $11 million, driven by the $15 million impact of operating lease impairments in second quarter 2017. Results also reflected lower net charge-offs and a reserve build of $9 million in second quarter 2018, compared to a reserve release of $5 million in second quarter 2017.
Other net loss of $6 million decreased from net income of $58 million in first half 2017, primarily driven by a $23 million benefit related to the settlement of state tax matters in first half 2017 and lower net interest income. Net interest income decreased $59 million reflecting an FTP methodology enhancement in first quarter 2018, higher funding costs, the declining benefit of swaps and non-core loan portfolio run-off. Results also reflected lower net charge-offs and a reserve build of $17 million in first half 2018, compared to a reserve build of $4 million in first half 2017.

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ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
Securities
Our securities portfolio is managed to maintain prudent levels of liquidity, credit quality and market risk while achieving appropriate returns. The following table presents our securities AFS and HTM:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
(in millions)
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair Value
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair Value
 
Change in Fair Value
Debt Securities Available for Sale, At Fair Value:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and other

$12

 

$12

 

$12

 

$12

 

$—

 
%
State and political subdivisions
6

 
6

 
6

 
6

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities
20,559

 
19,871

 
20,065

 
19,828

 
43

 

Other/non-agency
269

 
268

 
311

 
311

 
(43
)
 
(14
)
Total mortgage-backed securities
20,828

 
20,139

 
20,376

 
20,139

 

 

   Total debt securities available for sale, at fair value

$20,846

 

$20,157

 

$20,394

 

$20,157

 

$—

 
%
Debt Securities Held to Maturity:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities

$3,632

 

$3,473

 

$3,853

 

$3,814

 

($341
)
 
(9
%)
Other/non-agency
785

 
787

 
832

 
854

 
(67
)
 
(8
)
Total mortgage-backed securities
4,417

 
4,260

 
4,685

 
4,668

 
(408
)
 
(9
)
   Total debt securities held to maturity

$4,417

 

$4,260

 

$4,685

 

$4,668

 

($408
)
 
(9
)
   Total debt securities available for sale and held to maturity

$25,263

 

$24,417

 

$25,079

 

$24,825

 

($408
)
 
(2
%)
Equity Securities:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity securities, at fair value

$170

 

$170

 

$169

 

$169

 

$1

 
1
%
Equity securities, at cost
769

 
769

 
722

 
722

 
47

 
7

   Total equity securities

$939

 

$939

 

$891

 

$891

 

$48

 
5
%
(1)As of January 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments, Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial assets on the balance sheet.

As of June 30, 2018, the fair value of the AFS and HTM debt securities portfolio decreased $408 million to $24.4 billion, compared with $24.8 billion as of December 31, 2017. The fair value of the AFS debt portfolio of $20.2 billion at June 30, 2018 remained stable with December 31, 2017 as a decrease in net unrealized losses on mortgage-backed securities of $452 million due to higher interest rates, was offset by net portfolio additions. The decline in the fair value of the HTM debt portfolio of $408 million was attributable to an increase in net unrealized losses on mortgage-backed securities of $140 million due to higher interest rates and $268 million in net attrition of the portfolio.

As of June 30, 2018, the portfolio’s average effective duration was 4.5 years compared with 3.9 years as of December 31, 2017, as higher long-term rates drove a decrease in securities prepayment speeds. We manage the securities portfolio duration and convexity risk through asset selection and securities structure, and maintain duration levels within our risk appetite in the context of the broader Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book framework and limits.

The securities portfolio includes high-quality, highly-liquid investments reflecting our ongoing commitment to maintaining appropriate contingent liquidity levels and pledging capacity. U.S. government-guaranteed notes and government-sponsored entity-issued mortgage-backed securities represent 96% of the fair value of the debt securities portfolio holdings. The portfolio composition is also dominated by holdings backed by mortgages to facilitate our ability to pledge them to the FHLBs, which has become increasingly important due to the enhanced liquidity requirements of the liquidity coverage ratio and the liquidity stress test. For further discussion of the liquidity

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coverage ratios, see “Regulation and Supervision — Liquidity Standards” in Part I — Business, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Loans and Leases
Our loans and leases are disclosed in portfolio segments and classes. Our loan and lease portfolio segments are commercial and retail. The classes of loans and leases are: commercial, commercial real estate, leases, residential mortgages, home equity loans, home equity lines of credit, home equity loans serviced by others, home equity lines of credit serviced by others, automobile, education, credit cards and other retail. Our SBO portfolio consists of purchased home equity loans and lines that were originally serviced by others, which we service a portion of internally. The following table shows the composition of loans and leases, including non-core loans, as of:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
Change
 
 Percent
Commercial

$39,278

 

$37,562

 

$1,716

 
5
 %
Commercial real estate
12,528

 
11,308

 
1,220

 
11

Leases
3,082

 
3,161

 
(79
)
 
(2
)
Total commercial loans and leases
54,888

 
52,031

 
2,857

 
5

Residential mortgages
17,814

 
17,045

 
769

 
5

Home equity loans
1,211

 
1,392

 
(181
)
 
(13
)
Home equity lines of credit
13,014

 
13,483

 
(469
)
 
(3
)
Home equity loans serviced by others
465

 
542

 
(77
)
 
(14
)
Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
124

 
149

 
(25
)
 
(17
)
Automobile
12,517

 
13,204

 
(687
)
 
(5
)
Education
8,450

 
8,134

 
316

 
4

Credit cards
1,877

 
1,848

 
29

 
2

Other retail
3,047

 
2,789

 
258

 
9

Total retail loans
58,519

 
58,586

 
(67
)
 

Total loans and leases (1) (2)

$113,407

 

$110,617

 

$2,790

 
3
%
(1) Excluded from the table above are loans held for sale totaling $710 million and $718 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
(2) Mortgage loans serviced for others by our subsidiaries are not included above and amounted to $21.6 billion and $20.3 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
Total loans and leases of $113.4 billion as of June 30, 2018 increased $2.8 billion from $110.6 billion as of December 31, 2017, reflecting growth in commercial loans and leases. Total commercial loans and leases of $54.9 billion increased $2.9 billion from $52.0 billion as of December 31, 2017, reflecting commercial loan growth of $1.7 billion and commercial real estate loan growth of $1.2 billion. Total retail loans of $58.5 billion decreased by $67 million from $58.6 billion as of December 31, 2017, driven by a $687 million decrease in automobile loans and a $469 million decrease in home equity lines of credit, partially offset by an increase of $769 million, $316 million and $258 million in residential mortgages, education and other retail, respectively.
Allowance for Credit Losses and Nonperforming Assets
The allowance for credit losses, which consists of an ALLL and a reserve for unfunded lending commitments, is created through charges to the provision for credit losses in order to provide appropriate reserves to absorb future estimated credit losses in accordance with GAAP. For further information on our processes to determine our allowance for credit losses, see “—Critical Accounting Estimates — Allowance for Credit Losses” and Note 5 “Allowance for Credit Losses, Nonperforming Assets, and Concentrations of Credit Risk” to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and Note 4 “Allowance for Credit Losses, Nonperforming Assets, and Concentrations of Credit Risk” to our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements, included in this report.
The allowance for credit losses totaled $1.3 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The ALLL represented 1.10% of total loans and leases and 148% of nonperforming loans and leases as of June 30, 2018 compared with 1.12% and 142%, respectively, as of December 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, there were no material changes in assumptions or estimation techniques compared with prior periods that impacted the determination of the current period’s reserves. As of December 31, 2017, we enhanced the method for assessing various qualitative risks, factors and events that may not be measured in the modeled results. As a result, the qualitative allowance was presented within each loan class.

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Overall credit quality remained strong, reflecting growth in higher-quality, lower-risk retail loans and a broadly stable risk profile in the commercial loan and lease portfolios. Nonperforming loans and leases of $845 million as of June 30, 2018, decreased $26 million from December 31, 2017, reflecting a decrease of $41 million in retail nonperforming loans driven by real estate secured portfolios, partially offset by a $15 million increase in commercial nonperforming loans and leases. Second quarter 2018 net charge-offs of $76 million were stable with the second quarter 2017, primarily reflecting lower commercial losses but moderately higher retail losses. Second quarter 2018 annualized net charge-offs of 27 basis points of average loans and leases was relatively stable compared with 28 basis points in second quarter 2017. Net charge-offs of $146 million for first half 2018 decreased $16 million, or 10%, from $162 million for first half 2017. Annualized net charge-offs as a percentage of total average loans of 0.26% decreased four basis points compared to first half 2017.
Commercial Loan Asset Quality
Our commercial loan and lease portfolio consists of traditional commercial loans and commercial real estate loans and leases. The portfolio is predominantly focused on customers in our footprint and adjacent states in which we have a physical presence where our local delivery model provides for strong client connectivity. Additionally, we also do business in certain specialized industry sectors on a national basis.
For commercial loans and leases, we utilize regulatory classification ratings to monitor credit quality. Loans with a “pass” rating are those that we believe will be fully repaid in accordance with the contractual loan terms. Commercial loans and leases that are “criticized” are those that have some weakness or potential weakness that indicate an increased probability of future loss. “Criticized” loans are grouped into three categories, “special mention,” “substandard” and “doubtful.” Special mention loans have potential weaknesses that, if left uncorrected, may result in deterioration of our credit position at some future date.  Substandard loans are inadequately protected loans; these loans have well-defined weaknesses that could hinder normal repayment or collection of the debt. Doubtful loans have the same weaknesses as substandard, with the added characteristics that the possibility of loss is high and collection of the full amount of the loan is improbable. These credit quality indicators for commercial loans are continually updated and monitored. See Note 4 “Allowance for Credit Losses, Nonperforming Assets, and Concentrations of Credit Risk” to our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements, included in this report.
As of June 30, 2018, nonperforming commercial loans and leases of $280 million increased $15 million from $265 million as of December 31, 2017. Total commercial nonperforming loans were 0.5% of the commercial loan portfolio as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Total commercial loan and lease portfolio net charge-offs of $12 million and $9 million for second quarter and first half 2018, respectively, compared to $14 million and $33 million for second quarter and first half 2017, respectively. The commercial loan and lease portfolio’s annualized net charge-off rate of nine and three basis points for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, compared to an annualized net charge-off rate of 10 and 13 basis points for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.
The recorded investment in commercial loans and leases based on regulatory classification ratings is presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Criticized
 
(in millions)
Pass

Special Mention
Substandard

Doubtful

Total

Commercial

$36,576


$1,694


$754


$254


$39,278

Commercial real estate
12,044

336

119

29

12,528

Leases
2,955

88

39


3,082

Total commercial loans and leases

$51,575


$2,118


$912


$283


$54,888



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December 31, 2017
 
 
Criticized
 
(in millions)
Pass

Special Mention
Substandard

Doubtful

Total

Commercial

$35,430


$1,143


$785


$204


$37,562

Commercial real estate
10,706

500

74

28

11,308

Leases
3,069

73

19


3,161

Total commercial loans and leases

$49,205


$1,716


$878


$232


$52,031


Total commercial criticized loans and leases of $3.3 billion at June 30, 2018 increased $487 million, or 17%, from $2.8 billion at December 31, 2017. The increase in criticized assets is largely focused on general restaurant portfolio loans, which reflects our prudent approach of moving loans to special mention where they receive heightened monitoring. We believe there are adequate reserves in place and there is not a high loss content in these loans.
Retail Loan Asset Quality
For retail loans, we primarily utilize payment and delinquency status to regularly review and monitor credit quality trends. Historical experience indicates that the longer a loan is past due, the greater the likelihood of future credit loss. The largest portion of the retail portfolio is represented by borrowers located in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, although we have continued to grow selectively in areas outside the footprint primarily in the auto finance, education lending and unsecured portfolios.
The credit composition of our retail loan portfolio at June 30, 2018 reflected an average FICO score of 763, compared to 762 at December 31, 2017. The real estate secured portfolio CLTV ratio is calculated as the mortgage and second lien loan balance divided by the most recently available value of the property and was 59% for June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Retail net charge-offs of $64 million in second quarter 2018 reflected an increase of $3 million compared to $61 million in second quarter 2017. The annualized net charge-off rate of 0.44% remained stable with second quarter 2017. In first half 2018, retail net charge-offs of $137 million reflected an increase of $8 million compared to first half 2017, reflecting balance growth and seasoning in unsecured retail and education. The annualized net charge-off rate of 0.47% was stable with first half 2017. Nonperforming retail loans as a percentage of total retail loans was 0.97% as of June 30, 2018, compared to 1.03% as of December 31, 2017.
We monitor the potential for increased exposure to credit losses associated with HELOCs that were originated during the period of rapid home price appreciation between 2003 and 2007. Industry-wide, many of the HELOCs originated during this timeframe were structured with an extended interest-only payment period, followed by a requirement to convert to a higher payment amount that would begin fully amortizing both principal and interest, beginning at a certain date in the future. To help manage this potential exposure, in September 2013, we launched a comprehensive program designed to provide heightened customer outreach to inform, educate and assist customers through the reset process as well as to offer alternative financing and forbearance options. Results of this program indicate that our efforts to assist customers at risk of default have successfully reduced delinquency and charge-off rates compared to our original expectations.
The largest retail portfolio subject to payment reset, borrowers ending an interest-only draw period and entering repayment of principal and interest, is the HELOC portfolio. As of June 30, 2018 the HELOC portfolio totaled $13.1 billion, with $335 million scheduled to reach the end of the interest-only draw period and enter repayment of principal and interest for the remainder of 2018, and $2.2 billion scheduled to reach the end of the interest-only draw period and enter repayment of principal and interest between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2021. The credit composition of the $2.2 billion scheduled to mature between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2021 is similar to the overall HELOC portfolio, with 52% secured by a first lien, a weighted average FICO score of 761, and a CLTV of 54%, compared to the overall $13.1 billion HELOC portfolio, with 52% secured by a first lien, a weighted average FICO of 767, and a CLTV of 58%. Factors that affect our future expectations for continued relatively low charge-off risk in the face of rising interest rates for the portion of our HELOC portfolio subject to reset in future periods include a relatively high level of first lien collateral positions, improved loan-to-value ratios resulting from continued home price appreciation, relatively stable portfolio credit score profiles and continued robust loss mitigation efforts.
The performances of our historical vintages that have entered repayment remains stable. As of June 30, 2018, for the $1.7 billion of our HELOC portfolio that reached the end of the interest-only draw period and entered repayment of principal and interest during 2014 and 2015, 94% of the balances had been refinanced, paid off or

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were current on payments, 2% were past due and 4% had been charged off. As of June 30, 2018, for the $738 million of our HELOC portfolio that reached the end of the interest-only draw period and entered repayment of principal and interest in 2016, 95% of the balances had been refinanced, paid off or were current on payments, 3% were past due and 2% had been charged off. As of June 30, 2018, for the $730 million of our HELOC portfolio that reached the end of the interest-only draw period and entered repayment of principal and interest in 2017, 95% of the balances had been refinanced, paid off or were current on payments, 4% were past due and 1% had been charged off.
Troubled Debt Restructurings
TDR is the classification given to a loan that has been restructured in a manner that grants a concession to a borrower experiencing financial hardship that we would not otherwise make. TDRs typically result from our loss mitigation efforts and are undertaken in order to improve the likelihood of recovery and continuity of the relationship. Our loan modifications are handled on a case by case basis and are negotiated to achieve mutually agreeable terms that maximize loan collectability and meet our borrower’s financial needs. The types of concessions include interest rate reductions, term extensions, principal forgiveness and other modifications to the structure of the loan that fall outside our lending policy. Depending on the specific facts and circumstances of the customer, restructuring can involve loans moving to nonaccrual, remaining on nonaccrual, or remaining on accrual status.
As of June 30, 2018, $742 million of retail loans were classified as TDRs, compared with $761 million as of December 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, $186 million of retail TDRs were in nonaccrual status with 54% current with payments, an improvement compared to $211 million in nonaccrual status with 51% current on payments at December 31, 2017. TDRs generally return to accrual status once repayment capacity and appropriate payment history can be established. TDRs are individually evaluated for impairment and loans, once classified as TDRs, remain classified as TDRs until paid off, sold or refinanced at market terms.
For additional information regarding TDRs, see “—Critical Accounting Estimates — Allowance for Credit Losses,” and Note 5 “Allowance for Credit Losses, Nonperforming Assets, and Concentrations of Credit Risk” to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and Note 4 “Allowance for Credit Losses, Nonperforming Assets, and Concentrations of Credit Risk” to our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements, included in this report.
The following tables present an aging of our retail TDRs:
 
June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Current
 
30-59 Days
Past Due
 
60-89 Days
Past Due
 
90+ Days
Past Due
 
Total
Recorded Investment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential mortgages

$111

 

$1

 

$6

 

$38

 

$156

Home equity loans
94

 
1

 
2

 
14

 
111

Home equity lines of credit
170

 
5

 
3

 
24

 
202

Home equity loans serviced by others
41

 
2

 
1

 
2

 
46

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
8

 

 

 
1

 
9

Automobile
21

 
2

 
1

 

 
24

Education
153

 
4

 
2

 
4

 
163

Credit cards
21

 
1

 
1

 
1

 
24

Other retail
7

 

 

 

 
7

Total

$626

 

$16

 

$16

 

$84

 

$742



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December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Current
 
30-59 Days
Past Due
 
60-89 Days
Past Due
 
90+ Days
Past Due
 
Total
Recorded Investment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential mortgages

$88

 

$17

 

$5

 

$41

 

$151

Home equity loans
95

 
7

 
2

 
17

 
121

Home equity lines of credit
158

 
11

 
3

 
25

 
197

Home equity loans serviced by others
45

 
3

 
1

 
2

 
51

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
8

 

 

 
1

 
9

Automobile
19

 
2

 
1

 
1

 
23

Education
163

 
5

 
3

 
4

 
175

Credit cards
22

 
1

 
1

 
1

 
25

Other retail
9

 

 

 

 
9

Total

$607

 

$46

 

$16

 

$92

 

$761


The following tables present the accrual status of our retail TDRs:
 
June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Accruing
 
Nonaccruing
 
Total
Recorded Investment:
 
 
 
 
 
Residential mortgages

$107

 

$49

 

$156

Home equity loans
83

 
28

 
111

Home equity lines of credit
142

 
60

 
202

Home equity loans serviced by others
35

 
11

 
46

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
4

 
5

 
9

Automobile
13

 
11

 
24

Education
142

 
21

 
163

Credit cards
23

 
1

 
24

Other retail
7

 

 
7

Total

$556

 

$186

 

$742


 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Accruing
 
Nonaccruing
 
Total
Recorded Investment:
 
 
 
 
 
Residential mortgages

$98

 

$53

 

$151

Home equity loans
86

 
35

 
121

Home equity lines of credit
128

 
69

 
197

Home equity loans serviced by others
38

 
13

 
51

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
4

 
5

 
9

Automobile
12

 
11

 
23

Education
152

 
23

 
175

Credit cards
24

 
1

 
25

Other retail
8

 
1

 
9

Total

$550

 

$211

 

$761


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Non-Core Assets    
The table below presents the composition of our non-core assets:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
Change
 
Percent
Commercial

$63

 

$56

 

$7

 
13
%
Commercial real estate
17

 
19

 
(2
)
 
(11
)
Leases
758

 
752

 
6

 
1

Total commercial loans and leases
838

 
827

 
11

 
1

Residential mortgages
123

 
136

 
(13
)
 
(10
)
Home equity loans
34

 
40

 
(6
)
 
(15
)
Home equity lines of credit
25

 
30

 
(5
)
 
(17
)
Home equity loans serviced by others
465

 
542

 
(77
)
 
(14
)
Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
124

 
149

 
(25
)
 
(17
)
Education
231

 
254

 
(23
)
 
(9
)
Total retail loans
1,002

 
1,151

 
(149
)
 
(13
)
Total non-core loans and leases
1,840

 
1,978

 
(138
)
 
(7
)
Other assets
100

 
112

 
(12
)
 
(11
)
Total non-core assets

$1,940

 

$2,090

 

($150
)
 
(7
%)

Non-core assets are primarily liquidating loan and lease portfolios inconsistent with our strategic priorities, generally as a result of geographic location, industry, product type or risk level and are included in Other. Non-core assets of $1.9 billion as of June 30, 2018 decreased $150 million, or 7%, from December 31, 2017.
Retail non-core loan balances of $1.0 billion decreased $149 million, or 13%, compared to December 31, 2017. The largest component of our retail non-core portfolio is the home equity serviced by others portfolio (“SBO”), which totaled $589 million as of June 30, 2018, compared to $691 million as of December 31, 2017. The SBO portfolio consists of home equity loans and lines of credit purchased between 2003 and 2007 that were initially serviced by others. We now service about half of this portfolio internally.
The credit profile of the SBO portfolio reflected a weighted-average refreshed FICO score of 711 and CLTV of 80% as of June 30, 2018. The proportion of the portfolio in a second lien position was 97%, with 69% of the portfolio in out-of-footprint geographies. SBO net recoveries of $2 million in second quarter 2018 were flat compared to second quarter 2017.
Commercial non-core loan and lease balances of $838 million increased $11 million, or 1%, from $827 million as of December 31, 2017 due to one short-term restructuring arrangement that is expected to largely pay off in third quarter 2018. The largest component of our commercial non-core portfolio is an aircraft-related lease portfolio tied to legacy Royal Bank of Scotland Group aircraft leasing borrowers, which totaled $758 million and $752 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

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Deposits
The table below presents the major components of our deposits:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
Change

 
Percent

Demand

$29,439

 

$29,279

 

$160

 
1
%
Checking with interest
22,775

 
22,229

 
546

 
2

Regular savings
9,902

 
9,518

 
384

 
4

Money market accounts
36,139

 
37,454

 
(1,315
)
 
(4
)
Term deposits
18,818

 
16,609

 
2,209

 
13

Total deposits

$117,073

 

$115,089

 

$1,984

 
2
%
    
Total deposits as of June 30, 2018 increased $2.0 billion, or 2%, to $117.1 billion, from $115.1 billion as of December 31, 2017, reflecting growth in term deposits, checking with interest, regular savings and demand deposits, partially offset by lower money market accounts. The increase in term deposits is due to increased demand driven by rising interest rates.
Borrowed Funds
Short-term borrowed funds
A summary of our short-term borrowed funds is presented below:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
Change

 
Percent

Federal funds purchased

$—

 

$460

 

($460
)
 
(100
%)
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
326

 
355

 
(29
)
 
(8
)
Other short-term borrowed funds (1)
1,499

 
1,856

 
(357
)
 
(19
)
Total short-term borrowed funds

$1,825

 

$2,671

 

($846
)
 
(32
%)
(1) June 30, 2018 includes $1.5 billion of debt issued under CBNA’s Global Bank Note Program maturing within one year, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($1) million and other basis adjustments of ($10) million. December 31, 2017 includes $750 million of debt issued under CBNA’s Global Bank Note Program maturing within one year, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($1) million and other basis adjustments of ($4) million.
    
Short-term borrowed funds of $1.8 billion as of June 30, 2018, decreased $846 million from December 31, 2017. The net decrease in other short-term borrowed funds of $357 million resulted from a reduction of $1.1 billion in short-term FHLB advances, partially offset by an increase of $743 million in senior bank debt, issued under CBNA’s Global Note Program, now maturing within one year.
Our advances, lines of credit, and letters of credit from the FHLB are collateralized by pledged mortgages and securities at least sufficient to satisfy the collateral maintenance level established by the FHLB. The utilized borrowing capacity for FHLB advances and letters of credit was $10.8 billion and $9.4 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Our available FHLB borrowing capacity was $7.0 billion and $8.0 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. We can also borrow from the FRB discount window to meet short-term liquidity requirements. Collateral, including certain loans, is pledged to support this borrowing capacity. At June 30, 2018, our unused secured borrowing capacity was approximately $39.1 billion, which included unencumbered securities, FHLB borrowing capacity, and FRB discount window capacity.

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Key data related to short-term borrowed funds is presented in the following table:
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

 
2017
Weighted-average interest rate at period-end:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
0.74
%
Other short-term borrowed funds
2.41

 
1.31

 
2.41

 
1.31

 
1.72

Maximum amount outstanding at month-end during the period:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase(2)

$1,045

 

$1,075

 

$1,045

 

$1,174

 

$1,174

Other short-term borrowed funds
2,247

 
2,507

 
2,247

 
3,508

 
3,508

Average amount outstanding during the period:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase(2)

$504

 

$808

 

$574

 

$845

 

$776

Other short-term borrowed funds
1,677

 
2,275

 
1,579

 
2,617

 
2,321

Weighted-average interest rate during the period:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
0.71
%
 
0.36
%
 
0.68
%
 
0.28
%
 
0.36
%
Other short-term borrowed funds
2.49

 
1.22

 
2.33

 
1.14

 
1.32

(1) Rates exclude certain hedging costs.
(2) Balances are net of certain short-term receivables associated with reverse repurchase agreements, as applicable.
Long-term borrowed funds
A summary of our long-term borrowed funds is presented below:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Parent Company:
 
 
 
2.375% fixed-rate senior unsecured debt, due 2021

$349

 

$349

4.150% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2022
348

 
348

5.158% fixed-to-floating rate callable subordinated debt, due 2023(1)

 
333

3.750% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2024
250

 
250

4.023% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2024
42

 
42

4.350% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2025
249

 
249

4.300% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2025
749

 
749

Banking Subsidiaries:
 
 
 
2.450% senior unsecured notes, due 2019 (2)
740

 
743

2.500% senior unsecured notes, due 2019 (2) (3)

 
741

2.250% senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
687

 
692

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
299

 
299

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
250

 
249

2.200% senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
499

 
498

2.250% senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
732

 
742

2.550% senior unsecured notes, due 2021 (2)
951

 
964

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2022 (2)
249

 
249

2.650% senior unsecured notes, due 2022 (2)
480

 
491

3.700% senior unsecured notes, due 2023 (2) 
496

 

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2023 (2)
249

 

Federal Home Loan advances due through 2038
6,010

 
3,761

Other
12

 
16

Total long-term borrowed funds

$13,641

 

$11,765

(1) Redeemed on June 29, 2018.
(2) Issued under CBNA’s Global Bank Note Program.
(3) Reclassified to short-term borrowed funds.


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Long-term borrowed funds of $13.6 billion as of June 30, 2018 increased $1.9 billion from December 31, 2017, reflecting an increase of $2.2 billion in long-term FHLB borrowings partially offset by the redemption of $333 million of Parent Company subordinated debt.
The Parent Company’s long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 included principal balances of $2.0 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($5) million in each period. The banking subsidiaries’ long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 include principal balances of $11.8 billion and $9.5 billion, respectively, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($18) million and ($19) million, respectively, and hedging basis adjustments of ($100) million and ($63) million, respectively. See Note 8 “Derivatives” for further information about our hedging of certain long-term borrowed funds.
On June 29, 2018, the Parent Company redeemed $333 million of its 5.158% fixed-to-floating rate callable subordinated debt due 2023.
CAPITAL AND REGULATORY MATTERS
As a bank holding company and a financial holding company, we are subject to regulation and supervision by the FRB. Our primary subsidiaries are our two insured depository institutions, CBNA, a national banking association whose primary federal regulator is the OCC, and CBPA, a Pennsylvania-charted savings bank regulated by the Department of Banking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and supervised by the FDIC, its primary federal regulator. Our regulation and supervision continues to evolve as the legal and regulatory frameworks governing our operations continue to change. The current operating environment reflects heightened regulatory expectations around many regulations including consumer compliance, the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering compliance, and increased internal audit activities. For more information, see “Regulation and Supervision” in Part I, Item 1 — Business included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

On July 3, 2018, we received regulatory approval from the OCC to consolidate our banking subsidiaries via a merger of CBPA into CBNA. We intend to consolidate our banking subsidiaries in January 2019 to streamline governance and enterprise risk management, improve the risk profile and gain operational efficiencies.
 
Dodd-Frank regulation
Under the Dodd-Frank requirements, we must submit our annual capital plan and the results of our annual company-run stress tests to the FRB by April 5th of each year and disclose certain results within 15 days after the FRB discloses the results of its supervisory-run tests. We publish estimated DFAST results under the supervisory severely adverse scenario on our regulatory filings and disclosures page on our Investor Relations website at http://investor.citizensbank.com. On April 5, 2018, we submitted our 2018 Capital Plan, Capital Policy and annual stress test results to the FRB as part of the 2018 CCAR process. On June 28, 2018, the FRB announced that it did not object to our 2018 Capital Plan or to our proposed capital actions for the period beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019. Our 2018 Capital Plan includes an increase in our quarterly common dividend from $0.22 to $0.27 per share in third quarter 2018, with the potential to raise quarterly common dividends to $0.32 per share beginning in 2019, and common share repurchases of up to $1.02 billion through second quarter 2019. The timing and exact amount of future dividends and share repurchases will depend on various factors, including capital position, financial performance and market conditions.
The Dodd-Frank Act also requires each of our bank subsidiaries to conduct stress tests on an annual basis and to disclose the stress test results. CBNA submitted its 2018 annual stress tests to the OCC on April 5, 2018 and published, on our Investor Relations website referenced above, a summary of those results along with the stress test results of the Parent Company on June 21, 2018. Given the amendments to the Dodd-Frank Act enacted on May 24, 2018 by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, the federal banking agencies have announced that they would extend the deadlines for DFAST stress testing and reporting requirements for depository institutions with total consolidated assets of less than $100 billion, including CBPA, until November 25, 2019, at which point a statutory exemption for those depository institutions will be in effect.
Similarly, we are required to submit the results of our mid-cycle company-run DFAST stress tests by October 5th of each year to the FRB and disclose the summary results of our internally developed stress tests under the internally developed severely adverse scenario between October 5th and November 4th. We submitted the results of

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our 2017 mid-cycle stress test to the FRB on October 3, 2017 and disclosed a summary of the results on October 5, 2017. We publish these company-run estimated impacts of stress on our Investor Relations website referenced above.
Capital Framework
Under the U.S. Basel III capital framework, we and our banking subsidiaries must meet specific minimum requirements for the following ratios: common equity tier 1 capital, tier 1 capital, total capital, and tier 1 leverage.
The U.S. adoption of the Basel III Standardized approach by the Federal bank regulators became effective for CFG, CBNA and CBPA, on January 1, 2015 subject to a phase-in period for certain provisions. In November 2017, the federal banking regulators issued a final rule that extended the 2017 transitions for certain U.S. Basel III capital rules for non-advanced approaches banking organizations, such as us. Effective January 1, 2018, the final rule retains the 2017 U.S. Basel III transitional treatment of certain DTAs, mortgage servicing assets, investments in non-consolidated financial entities and minority interests. As a result, effective January 1, 2018, our mortgage servicing assets retain their 2017 risk weight treatment until the federal banking regulators revise the extended transitional treatment under the November 2017 final rule, which may occur in connection with the finalization of the related September 2017 proposal to simplify the capital treatment of certain DTAs, mortgage servicing assets, investments in non-consolidated financial entities and minority interests.
The current U.S. Basel III rules also impose a capital conservation buffer (“CCB”) on top of the following three minimum risk-based capital ratios: CET1 capital of 4.5%, tier 1 capital of 6.0%, and total capital of 8.0%. The implementation of the CCB began on January 1, 2016 at the 0.625% level and increases by 0.625% on each subsequent January 1, until the buffer reaches its fully phased-in level of 2.5% on January 1, 2019. As such, the CCB for 2018 increased to 1.875% on January 1, 2018. Banking institutions for which any risk-based capital ratio falls below its effective minimum (required minimum plus the applicable CCB) will be subject to constraints on capital distributions, including dividends, repurchases and certain executive compensation based on the amount of the shortfall.
The table below presents our actual regulatory capital ratios under the U.S. Basel III Standardized rules:
 
Actual
Required Minimum plus Required CCB for Non-Leverage Ratios(5)(6)
FDIA Required Well-Capitalized Minimum for Purposes of Prompt Corrective Action(7)
(in millions, except ratio data)
Amount
Ratio
June 30, 2018
   Common equity tier 1 capital(1)

$14,604

11.2
%
6.4
%
6.5
%
   Tier 1 capital(2)
15,147

11.6

7.9

8.0

   Total capital(3)
18,056

13.8

9.9

10.0

   Tier 1 leverage(4)
15,147

10.2

4.0

5.0

   Risk-weighted assets
130,621

 
 
 
   Quarterly adjusted average assets
148,341

 
 
 
December 31, 2017
   Common equity tier 1 capital(1)

$14,309

11.2
%
5.8
%
6.5
%
   Tier 1 capital(2)
14,556

11.4

7.3

8.0

   Total capital(3)
17,781

13.9

9.3

10.0

   Tier 1 leverage(4)
14,556

10.0

4.0

5.0

   Risk-weighted assets
127,692

 
 
 
   Quarterly adjusted average assets
145,601

 
 
 
(1) “Common equity tier 1 capital ratio” is CET1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(2) “Tier 1 capital ratio” is tier 1 capital, which includes CET1 capital plus non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity that qualifies as additional tier 1 capital, divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(3) “Total capital ratio” is total capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(4) “Tier 1 leverage ratio” is tier 1 capital divided by quarterly average total assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(5) Required “Minimum Capital ratio” for 2018 and 2017 are: Common equity tier 1 capital of 4.5%; Tier 1 capital of 6.0%; Total capital of 8.0%; and Tier 1 leverage of 4.0%.
(6) Minimum Capital ratio” includes capital conservation buffer for Transitional Basel III of 1.875% for 2018 and 1.250% for 2017; N/A to Tier 1 leverage.
(7) Presented for informational purposes. Prompt corrective action provisions apply only to insured depository institutions, CBNA and CBPA.

At June 30, 2018, our CET1 capital, tier 1 capital and total capital ratios were 11.2%, 11.6% and 13.8%, respectively, as compared with with 11.2%, 11.4%, and 13.9% respectively, as of December 31, 2017. The CET1 capital ratio remained stable as net income for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was offset by risk-weighted asset growth and our 2017 Capital Plan actions over the period, which included common dividends of $215 million, preferred dividends of $7 million and the repurchase of $325 million of our outstanding common stock. The tier 1 capital ratio

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increased due to the issuance of preferred stock. The total capital ratio decreased as the issuance of preferred stock was more than offset by the redemption of subordinated debt. At June 30, 2018, our CET1 capital, tier 1 capital and total capital ratios were 418 basis points, 310 basis points and 332 basis points, respectively, above their regulatory minimums plus the fully phased-in capital conservation buffer. All ratios remained well above the U.S. Basel III minima.
Regulatory Capital Ratios and Capital Composition
CET1 capital under U.S. Basel III Standardized rules totaled $14.6 billion at June 30, 2018, and increased $295 million from $14.3 billion at December 31, 2017, as net income for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was partially offset by the impact of common share repurchases and dividend payments over the period. Tier 1 capital at June 30, 2018 totaled $15.1 billion, reflecting a $591 million increase from $14.6 billion at December 31, 2017, driven by the changes in CET1 capital noted above and the issuance of preferred stock. At June 30, 2018, we had $543 million of fixed-to-floating non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock issued and outstanding, an increase of $296 million from $247 million at December 31, 2017, as we issued 300,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock that qualified as additional tier 1 capital. Total capital of $18.1 billion at June 30, 2018, increased $275 million from December 31, 2017, driven by the changes in CET1 capital noted above and the issuance of preferred stock, partially offset by the redemption of subordinated debt.
Risk-weighted assets (“RWA”) totaled $130.6 billion at June 30, 2018, based on U.S. Basel III Standardized rules, up $2.9 billion from December 31, 2017. This increase was driven by growth in commercial loans and commitments, as well as growth in the residential mortgage, education and unsecured retail portfolios. These increases were partially offset by run-off in the auto and home equity portfolios.
As of June 30, 2018, the tier 1 leverage ratio was 10.2%, an increase of 21 basis points from 10.0% at December 31, 2017 due to the increase in tier 1 capital noted above, offset by a $2.7 billion increase in quarterly adjusted average assets.
The following table presents our capital composition under the U.S. Basel III capital framework:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Total common stockholders’ equity

$19,924

 

$20,023

Exclusions:(1)
 
 
 
Net unrealized losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax:
 
 
 
Debt and equity securities
575

 
236

Derivatives
200

 
143

Unamortized net periodic benefit costs
435

 
441

Deductions:
 
 
 
Goodwill
(6,887
)
 
(6,887
)
Deferred tax liability associated with goodwill
359

 
355

Other intangible assets
(2
)
 
(2
)
Total common equity tier 1
14,604

 
14,309

Qualifying preferred stock
543

 
247

Total tier 1 capital
15,147

 
14,556

Qualifying subordinated debt(2)
1,568

 
1,901

Allowance for loan and lease losses
1,253

 
1,236

Allowance for credit losses for off-balance sheet exposure
88

 
88

Total capital

$18,056

 

$17,781

(1) As a U.S. Basel III Standardized approach institution, we selected the one-time election to opt-out of the requirements to include all the components of AOCI.
(2) As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the amount of non-qualifying subordinated debt excluded from regulatory capital was $70 million.
Capital Adequacy Process
Our assessment of capital adequacy begins with our risk appetite and risk management framework. This framework provides for the identification, measurement and management of material risks. Capital requirements are determined for actual and forecasted risk portfolios using applicable regulatory capital methodologies. The assessment also considers the possible impacts of approved and proposed changes to regulatory capital requirements. Key analytical frameworks including stress testing, which enable the assessment of capital adequacy versus unexpected loss under a variety of stress scenarios, supplement our base case forecast. A robust governance

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framework supports our capital planning process. This process includes capital management policies and procedures that document capital adequacy metrics and limits, as well as our comprehensive capital contingency plan and the active engagement of both the legal entity boards and senior management in oversight and decision making.
Forward-looking assessments of capital adequacy feed development of a single capital plan covering us and our banking subsidiaries that is submitted to the FRB and to the bank regulators. We prepare this plan in full compliance with the FRB’s Capital Plan Rule and we participate annually in the FRB’s horizontal capital review (“HCR”), which is the FRB’s assessment of specific capital planning areas as part of their normal supervisory process. In addition to the stress test requirements under CCAR, we also perform semi-annual company-run stress tests required by the Dodd-Frank Act.
All distributions proposed under our Capital Plan are subject to consideration and approval by our Board of Directors prior to execution. The timing and exact amount of future dividends and share repurchases will depend on various factors, including our capital position, financial performance and market conditions.
Capital Transactions
The following capital actions were completed by the Company during the six months ended June 30, 2018:
Declared and paid quarterly common stock dividends of $0.22 per share for first and second quarter 2018, aggregating to common stock dividend payments of $215 million;
Declared and paid a semi-annual dividend of $27.50 per share on the 5.500% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series A Preferred Stock, aggregating to $7 million on April 6, 2018;
Issued 300,000 shares, of 6.000% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), par value of $25.00 per share with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, with net proceeds of $296 million;
Repurchased $325 million of our outstanding common stock; and
Redeemed $333 million of our 5.158% fixed-to-floating rate callable subordinated debt due June 29, 2023.

Banking Subsidiaries’ Capital
The following table presents our banking subsidiaries’ capital ratios under U.S. Basel III Standardized rules:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(dollars in millions, except ratio data)
Amount

Ratio

 
Amount

Ratio

Citizens Bank, National Association
 
 
 
 
 
Common equity tier 1 capital(1)

$11,899

11.0
%
 

$11,917

11.4
%
Tier 1 capital (2)
11,899

11.0

 
11,917

11.4

Total capital(3)
14,142

13.1

 
14,127

13.5

Tier 1 leverage(4)
11,899

10.1

 
11,917

10.3

Risk-weighted assets
107,829

 
 
104,767

 
Quarterly adjusted average assets
117,457

 
 
115,291

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
 
 
 
 
 
Common equity tier 1 capital(1)

$2,990

12.8
%
 

$3,045

12.9
%
Tier 1 capital (2)
2,990

12.8

 
3,045

12.9

Total capital(3)
3,213

13.7

 
3,284

13.9

Tier 1 leverage(4)
2,990

8.5

 
3,045

8.7

Risk-weighted assets
23,388

 
 
23,659

 
Quarterly adjusted average assets
35,044

 
 
34,821

 

(1) “Common equity tier 1 capital ratio” is CET1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(2) “Tier 1 capital ratio” is tier 1 capital, which includes CET1 capital plus non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity that qualifies as additional tier 1 capital, divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(3) “Total capital ratio” is total capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(4) “Tier 1 leverage ratio” is tier 1 capital divided by quarterly average total assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.

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CBNA CET1 capital totaled $11.9 billion at June 30, 2018, down $18 million from $11.9 billion at December 31, 2017, reflecting the impact of dividend payments, partially offset by net income. At June 30, 2018, CBNA held minimal additional tier 1 capital. Total capital was $14.1 billion at June 30, 2018, an increase of $15 million from $14.1 billion at December 31, 2017, primarily driven by the increase in the allowance for credit losses, partially offset by the decrease in CET1 capital noted above.
CBNA had RWA of $107.8 billion at June 30, 2018, an increase of $3.1 billion from December 31, 2017, driven by growth in commercial loans and commitments, as well as growth in the residential mortgage, education and unsecured retail portfolios. These increases were partially offset by run-off in the auto and home equity portfolios.
As of June 30, 2018, the CBNA tier 1 leverage ratio decreased 21 basis points to 10.1% from 10.3% as of December 31, 2017, driven by a $2.2 billion increase in quarterly adjusted average assets that drove a 19 basis point decline in the ratio, as well as a two basis point decrease from lower CET1 capital described above.
CBPA CET1 capital totaled $3.0 billion at June 30, 2018, a decrease of $55 million from December 31, 2017, as dividend payments exceeded net income. At June 30, 2018, there was no additional tier 1 capital. Total capital was $3.2 billion at June 30, 2018, a decrease of $71 million from December 31, 2017, driven by the decrease in CET1 capital noted above, and a decrease in the allowance for credit losses.
CBPA had RWA of $23.4 billion at June 30, 2018, a decrease of $271 million from December 31, 2017, driven by decreases in the auto, education and home equity portfolios. These decreases were partially offset by increases in commercial loans and mortgage backed securities.
As of June 30, 2018, the CBPA tier 1 leverage ratio decreased 21 basis points to 8.5% from 8.7% as of December 31, 2017, driven by a 15 basis point decrease from lower CET1 capital described above, and a $223 million increase in quarterly adjusted average assets that drove a six basis point decrease in the ratio.
LIQUIDITY
Liquidity is defined as our ability to meet our cash-flow and collateral obligations in a timely manner, at a reasonable cost. An institution must maintain operating liquidity to meet its expected daily and forecasted cash-flow requirements, as well as contingent liquidity to meet unexpected (stress scenario) funding requirements. As noted earlier, reflecting the importance of meeting all unexpected and stress-scenario funding requirements, we identify and manage contingent liquidity (consisting of cash balances at the FRB, unencumbered high-quality and liquid securities, and unused FHLB borrowing capacity). Separately, we also identify and manage asset liquidity as a subset of contingent liquidity (consisting of cash balances at the FRB and unencumbered high-quality securities). We consider the effective and prudent management of liquidity to be fundamental to our health and strength.
We manage liquidity at the consolidated enterprise level and at each material legal entity, including at the Parent Company, CBNA and CBPA.
Parent Company Liquidity
Our Parent Company’s primary sources of cash are (i) dividends and interest received from our banking subsidiaries as a result of investing in bank equity and subordinated debt; and (ii) externally issued senior and subordinated debt. Uses of cash include the following: (i) routine cash flow requirements as a bank holding company, including periodic share repurchases and payments of dividends, interest and expenses; (ii) needs of subsidiaries, including banking subsidiaries, for additional equity and, as required, their needs for debt financing; and (iii) support for extraordinary funding requirements when necessary. To the extent that the Parent Company has relied on wholesale borrowings, uses also include payments of related principal and interest.
On May 24, 2018, the Parent Company issued $300 million, or 300,000 shares, of 6.000% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series B Preferred Stock, par value of $25.00 per share with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. For further discussion, see Note 10 “Stockholders’ Equity” to our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements, included in this report.
On June 29, 2018, the Parent Company redeemed $333 million of its 5.158% fixed-to-floating rate callable subordinated debt due June 29, 2023.
During the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Parent Company declared and paid dividends on common stock of $107 million and $71 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Parent Company declared and paid dividends on common stock of $215 million and $143 million, respectively, and declared and paid semi-annual preferred dividends of $7 million for both periods.

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During three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Parent Company repurchased $150 million and $130 million of its outstanding common stock, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Parent Company repurchased $325 million and $260 million of its outstanding common stock, respectively.
Our Parent Company’s cash and cash equivalents represent a source of liquidity that can be used to meet various needs and totaled $809 million as of June 30, 2018 compared with $443 million as of December 31, 2017. The Parent Company’s double-leverage ratio (the combined equity investment in Parent Company subsidiaries divided by Parent Company equity) is a measure of reliance on equity cash flows from subsidiaries to fund Parent Company obligations. At June 30, 2018, the Parent Company’s double-leverage ratio was 99.5%.
Banking Subsidiaries’ Liquidity
In the ordinary course of business, the liquidity of CBNA and CBPA is managed by matching sources and uses of cash. The primary sources of bank liquidity include (i) deposits from our consumer and commercial customers; (ii) payments of principal and interest on loans and debt securities; and (iii) wholesale borrowings, as needed, and as described under “—Liquidity Risk Management and Governance.” The primary uses of bank liquidity include (i) withdrawals and maturities of deposits; (ii) payment of interest on deposits; (iii) funding of loans and related commitments; and (iv) funding of securities purchases. To the extent that the banks have relied on wholesale borrowings, uses also include payments of related principal and interest.
Our banking subsidiaries’ major businesses involve taking deposits and making loans. Hence, a key role of liquidity management is to ensure that customers have timely access to funds from deposits and loans. Liquidity management also involves maintaining sufficient liquidity to repay wholesale borrowings, pay operating expenses and support extraordinary funding requirements when necessary.
On March 29, 2018, CBNA issued $750 million in five-year senior notes, consisting of $500 million in fixed-rate notes and $250 million in floating-rate notes.
Liquidity Risk
We define liquidity risk as the risk that an entity will be unable to meet its payment obligations in a timely manner, at a reasonable cost. Liquidity risk can arise due to contingent liquidity risk and/or funding liquidity risk.
Contingent liquidity risk is the risk that market conditions may reduce an entity’s ability to liquidate, pledge and/or finance certain assets and thereby substantially reduce the liquidity value of such assets. Drivers of contingent liquidity risk include general market disruptions as well as specific issues regarding the credit quality and/or valuation of a security or loan, issuer or borrower and/or asset class.
Funding liquidity risk is the risk that market conditions and/or entity-specific events may reduce an entity’s ability to raise funds from depositors and/or wholesale market counterparties. Drivers of funding liquidity risk may be idiosyncratic or systemic, reflecting impediments to operations and/or damaged market confidence.
Factors Affecting Liquidity
Given the composition of their assets and borrowing sources, contingent liquidity risk at both CBNA and CBPA would be materially affected by such events as deterioration of financing markets for high-quality securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities and other instruments issued by the GNMA, FNMA and the FHLMC), by any inability of the FHLBs to provide collateralized advances, and/or by a refusal of the FRB to act as lender of last resort in systemic stress.
Similarly, given the structure of their balance sheets, the funding liquidity risk of CBNA and CBPA would be materially affected by an adverse idiosyncratic event (e.g., a major loss, causing a perceived or actual deterioration in its financial condition), an adverse systemic event (e.g., default or bankruptcy of a significant capital markets participant), or a combination of both (e.g., the financial crisis of 2008-2010). However, during the financial crisis, our banking subsidiaries reduced their dependence on unsecured wholesale funding to virtually zero. Consequently, and despite ongoing exposure to a variety of idiosyncratic and systemic events, we view our contingent liquidity risk and our funding liquidity risk to be relatively modest.

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An additional variable affecting our access, and the access of our banking subsidiaries, to unsecured wholesale market funds and to large denomination (i.e., uninsured) customer deposits is the credit ratings assigned by such agencies as Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. The following table presents our credit ratings:
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Moody’s  
 
Standard and
Poor’s
 
Fitch  
 
 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term issuer
NR
 
BBB+
 
BBB+
 
Short-term issuer
NR
 
A-2
 
F2
 
Subordinated debt
NR
 
BBB
 
BBB
 
Preferred Stock
NR
 
BB+
 
BB-
 
Citizens Bank, National Association:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term issuer
Baa1
 
A-
 
BBB+
 
Short-term issuer
NR
 
A-2
 
F2
 
Long-term deposits
A1
 
NR
 
A-
 
Short-term deposits
P-1
 
NR
 
F2
 
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term issuer
Baa1
 
A-
 
BBB+
 
Short-term issuer
NR
 
A-2
 
F2
 
Long-term deposits
A1
 
NR
 
A-
 
Short-term deposits
P-1
 
NR
 
F2
 
 NR = Not rated
 
 
 
 
 
Changes in our public credit ratings could affect both the cost and availability of our wholesale funding. As a result and in order to maintain a conservative funding profile, our banking subsidiaries continue to minimize reliance on unsecured wholesale funding. At June 30, 2018, our wholesale funding consisted primarily of secured borrowings from the FHLBs collateralized by high-quality residential mortgages, and term debt issued by the Parent Company and CBNA.
Existing and evolving regulatory liquidity requirements, such as the LCR and NSFR, represent another key driver of systemic liquidity conditions and liquidity management practices. The FRB, the OCC, and the FDIC regularly evaluate our liquidity as part of the overall supervisory process.
The LCR was developed to ensure banks have sufficient high-quality liquid assets to cover expected net cash outflows over a 30-day liquidity stress period. In September 2014, the U.S. federal banking regulators published the final rule to implement the LCR. This rule also introduced a modified version of the LCR in the U.S., which generally applies to bank holding companies not active internationally (institutions with less than $10 billion of on-balance sheet foreign exposure), with total assets of greater than $50 billion but less than $250 billion. Under this definition we are designated as a modified LCR financial institution and were compliant beginning in January 2017. Achieving sustainable LCR compliance may require changes in the size and/or composition of our investment portfolio, the configuration of our discretionary wholesale funding portfolio, and our average cash position. We remain fully compliant with the LCR as of June 30, 2018.
The U.S. federal bank regulatory agencies have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement the NSFR, along with a modified version with similar parameters as the LCR, that would designate us as a modified NSFR financial institution. The NSFR is one of the two Basel III-based liquidity measures, distinctly separate from the LCR, and is designed to promote medium- and long-term stable funding of the assets and off-balance sheet activities of banks and bank holding companies over a one-year time horizon. Generally consistent with the Basel Committee’s framework, under the proposed rule banking organizations would be required to hold an amount of available stable funding (“ASF”) over a one-year time horizon that equals or exceeds the institution’s amount of required stable funding (“RSF”), with the ASF representing the numerator and the RSF representing the denominator of the NSFR. The banking organizations subject to the modified NSFR would multiply the RSF amount by 70%, such that the RSF amount required for these companies would be required to maintain ASF of at least 70% of its RSF. Generally, these modified NSFR companies are defined as institutions with total assets of greater than $50 billion but less than $250 billion, and less than $10 billion of on-balance sheet foreign exposure. The proposed rule includes detailed descriptions of the items that would comprise ASF and RSF and standardized factors that would apply to ASF and RSF items, and would require any institution whose applicable modified NSFR falls under 100% to notify the appropriate federal regulator and develop a remediation plan.

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We are currently evaluating the impact of the U.S. federal bank regulatory agencies’ NSFR framework. If ultimately adopted as currently proposed, the implementation of the NSFR could impact our liquidity and funding requirements and practices in the future.
We continue to review and monitor these liquidity requirements to develop appropriate implementation plans and liquidity strategies. We expect to be fully compliant with the final rules on or prior to their applicable effective date.
Liquidity Risk Management and Governance
Liquidity risk is measured and managed by the Funding and Liquidity Unit within our Treasury unit in accordance with policy guidelines promulgated by our Board and the Asset and Liability Management Committee. In managing liquidity risk, the Funding and Liquidity Unit delivers regular and comprehensive reporting, including current levels versus threshold limits for a broad set of liquidity metrics and early warning indicators, explanatory commentary relating to emerging risk trends and, as appropriate, recommended remedial strategies.
The mission of our Funding and Liquidity Unit is to deliver and otherwise maintain prudent levels of operating liquidity (to support expected and projected funding requirements), and contingent liquidity (to support unexpected funding requirements resulting from idiosyncratic, systemic, and combination stress events, and regulatory liquidity requirements). Additionally, we will deliver this liquidity from stable funding sources, in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost, without significant adverse consequences.
We seek to accomplish this mission by funding loans with stable deposits; by prudently controlling dependence on wholesale funding, particularly short-term unsecured funding; and by maintaining ample available liquidity, including a contingent liquidity buffer of unencumbered high-quality loans and securities. As of June 30, 2018:
Core deposits continued to be our primary source of funding and our consolidated period end loan-to-deposit ratio was 97.5%;
Our cash position (which is defined as cash balance held at the FRB) totaled $2.9 billion;
Contingent liquidity was $29.0 billion, consisting of unencumbered high-quality liquid assets of $19.1 billion, unused FHLB capacity of $7.0 billion, and our cash position (defined above) of $2.9 billion. Asset liquidity (a component of contingent liquidity) was $22.0 billion consisting of our cash position of $2.9 billion and unencumbered high-quality and liquid securities of $19.1 billion; and
Available discount window capacity, defined as available total borrowing capacity from the FRB based on identified collateral, is secured by non-mortgage commercial and retail loans and totaled $13.0 billion. Use of this borrowing capacity would be considered only during exigent circumstances.
The Funding and Liquidity Unit monitors a variety of liquidity and funding metrics and early warning indicators and metrics, including specific risk thresholds limits. These monitoring tools are broadly classified as follows:
Current liquidity sources and capacities, including cash at the FRBs, free and liquid securities and available and secured FHLB borrowing capacity;
Liquidity stress sources, including idiosyncratic, systemic and combined stresses, in addition to evolving regulatory requirements such as the LCR and the NSFR; and
Current and prospective exposures, including secured and unsecured wholesale funding and spot and cumulative cash-flow gaps across a variety of horizons.
Further, certain of these metrics are monitored individually for our banking subsidiaries and for our consolidated enterprise on a daily basis, including cash position, unencumbered securities, asset liquidity, and available FHLB borrowing capacity. In order to identify emerging trends and risks and inform funding decisions, specific metrics are also forecasted over a one-year horizon.
Cash flows from operating activities contributed $1.4 billion in first half 2018, primarily driven by net income of $813 million. Net cash used by investing activities was $3.4 billion, primarily reflecting a net increase in loans and leases of $3.0 billion and purchases of debt securities available for sale of $2.3 billion, partially offset by proceeds from maturities, paydowns and sales of debt securities available for sale of $1.9 billion. Cash provided by financing activities was $2.8 billion, driven by proceeds from issuance of long-term borrowed funds of $11.5 billion, a net increase in deposits of $2.0 billion and net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock of $296 million, partially offset by repayments of long-term FHLB advances of $7.6 billion and a net decrease in other short-term borrowed funds of $2.4 billion. The $11.5 billion proceeds from issuances of long-term borrowed funds included $750 million

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from issuances of medium-term debt and $10.8 billion in FHLB advances. These activities resulted in a cumulative increase in cash and cash equivalents of $833 million, which when added to the cash and cash equivalents balance of $3.0 billion at the beginning of the year, resulted in an ending balance of cash and cash equivalents of $3.9 billion as of June 30, 2018.
Cash flows from operating activities contributed $537 million in first half 2017, driven by net income of $638 million, a net decrease in loans held for sale activity of $95 million. Net cash used by investing activities was $1.9 billion, primarily reflecting purchases in the securities available for sale portfolio of $2.3 billion and a net increase in loans and leases of $1.8 billion, partially offset by proceeds from maturities, paydowns and sales of securities available for sale of $2.1 billion. Cash provided by financing activities was $1.8 billion, driven by proceeds from issuance of long-term borrowed funds of $10.1 billion and a net increase in deposits of $3.8 billion, partially offset by a net decrease in other short-term borrowed funds of $1.2 billion, and repayments of long-term FHLB advances of $9.8 billion. The $10.1 billion proceeds included $2.5 billion from issuances of medium-term debt and $7.6 billion in FHLB advances. These activities represented a cumulative increase in cash and cash equivalents of $463 million, which, when added to the cash and cash equivalents balance of $3.7 billion at the beginning of the year, resulted in an ending balance of cash and cash equivalents of $4.2 billion as of June 30, 2017.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
The following table presents our outstanding off-balance sheet arrangements. See Note 11 “Commitments and Contingencies” to our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements, included in this report.
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
Change

 
Percent

Undrawn commitments to extend credit

$65,389

 

$62,959

 

$2,430

 
4
%
Financial standby letters of credit
1,974

 
2,036

 
(62
)
 
(3
)
Performance letters of credit
120

 
47

 
73

 
155

Commercial letters of credit
56

 
53

 
3

 
6

Marketing rights
39

 
41

 
(2
)
 
(5
)
Risk participation agreements
14

 
16

 
(2
)
 
(13
)
Residential mortgage loans sold with recourse
6

 
7

 
(1
)
 
(14
)
Total

$67,598

 

$65,159

 

$2,439

 
4
%
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
Our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements, which are included in this report, are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to establish accounting policies and make estimates that affect amounts reported in our audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
An accounting estimate requires assumptions and judgments about uncertain matters that could have a material effect on our unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements. Estimates are made using facts and circumstances known at a point in time. Changes in those facts and circumstances could produce results substantially different from those estimates. Our most significant accounting policies and estimates are related to the ALLL, fair value, and income taxes. For additional information regarding these accounting policies and estimates and their related application, see “—Critical Accounting Estimates” to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. No material changes were made to these significant accounting policies or estimates during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

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RISK GOVERNANCE
We are committed to maintaining a strong, integrated and proactive approach to the management of all risks to which we are exposed in pursuit of our business objectives. A key aspect of our Board’s responsibility as the main decision making body is setting our risk appetite to ensure that the levels of risk that we are willing to accept in the attainment of our strategic business and financial objectives are clearly understood.
To enable our Board to carry out its objectives, it has delegated authority for risk management activities, as well as governance and oversight of those activities, to a number of Board and executive management level risk committees. The Executive Risk Committee (“ERC”), chaired by the Chief Risk Officer, is responsible for oversight of risk across the enterprise and actively considers our inherent material risks, analyzes our overall risk profile and seeks confirmation that the risks are being appropriately identified, assessed and mitigated. Reporting to the ERC are the following additional committees, covering specific areas of risk: Compliance and Operational Risk Committee, Model Risk Committee, Credit Policy Committee, Asset/Liability Committee, Business Initiatives Review Committee, and the Ethics Oversight Committee.
There have been no significant changes in our risk governance practices, risk framework, risk appetite, or credit risk as described in “—Risk Governance” to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
MARKET RISK
Market risk refers to potential losses arising from changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices, commodity prices and/or other relevant market rates or prices. Modest market risk arises from trading activities that serve customer needs, including hedging of interest rate and foreign exchange risk. As described below, more material market risk arises from our non-trading banking activities, such as loan origination and deposit-gathering. We have established enterprise-wide policies and methodologies to identify, measure, monitor and report market risk. We actively manage both trading and non-trading market risks.
Non-Trading Risk
We are exposed to market risk as a result of non-trading banking activities. This market risk is substantially composed of interest rate risk, as we have no direct currency or commodity risk and de minimis equity risk. We also have market risk related to capital markets loan originations, as well as the valuation of our mortgage servicing rights.
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk emerges from the balance sheet after the aggregation of our assets, liabilities and equity. We refer to this non-trading risk embedded in the balance sheet as “structural interest rate risk” or “interest rate risk in the banking book.”
A major source of structural interest rate risk is a difference in the repricing of assets, on the one hand, and liabilities and equity, on the other. First, there are differences in the timing and drivers of rate changes reflecting the maturity and/or repricing of assets and liabilities. For example, the rate earned on a commercial loan may reprice monthly with changes in LIBOR while the rate paid on debt or certificates of deposit may be fixed for a longer period. There are differences in the drivers of rate changes as well. Loans may be tied to a specific index rate such as LIBOR or Prime, while deposits may be only loosely correlated with LIBOR and depend on competitive demand. Due to these basis differences, net interest income is sensitive to changes in spreads between certain indices or repricing rates.
Another important source of structural interest rate risk relates to the potential exercise of explicit or embedded options. For example, most consumer loans can be prepaid without penalty; and most consumer deposits can be withdrawn without penalty. The exercise of such options by customers can exacerbate the timing differences discussed above.
A primary source of our structural interest rate risk relates to faster repricing of floating rate loans relative to the retail deposit funding. This source of asset sensitivity is more biased to the short end of the yield curve. For the past eight years with the Federal Funds rate near zero, this risk had been asymmetrical with significantly more upside benefit than potential exposure. As interest rates have begun to rise, the risk position has become more symmetrical as rates can decline further before becoming floored at zero.

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The secondary source of our interest rate risk is driven by longer term rates comprising the rollover or reinvestment risk on fixed rate loans as well as the prepayment risk on mortgage related loans and securities funded by non-rate sensitive deposits and equity.
The primary goal of interest rate risk management is to control exposure to interest rate risk within policy limits approved by the Board. These limits and guidelines reflect our tolerance for interest rate risk over both short-term and long-term horizons. To ensure that exposure to interest rate risk is managed within this risk appetite, we must both measure the exposure and, as necessary, hedge it. The Treasury Asset and Liability Management team is responsible for measuring, monitoring and reporting on the structural interest rate risk position. These exposures are reported on a monthly basis to the Asset and Liability Committee (“ALCO”) and at Board meetings.
We measure structural interest rate risk through a variety of metrics intended to quantify both short-term and long-term exposures. The primary method that we use to quantify interest rate risk is simulation analysis in which we model net interest income from assets, liabilities and hedge derivative positions under various interest rate scenarios over a three-year horizon. Exposure to interest rate risk is reflected in the variation of forecasted net interest income across scenarios.
Key assumptions in this simulation analysis relate to the behavior of interest rates and spreads, the changes in product balances and the behavior of loan and deposit clients in different rate environments. The most material of these behavioral assumptions relate to the repricing characteristics and balance fluctuations of deposits with indeterminate (i.e., non-contractual) maturities as well as the pace of mortgage prepayments. Assessments are periodically made by running sensitivity analysis of the impact of key assumptions. The results of these analyses are reported to ALCO.
As the future path of interest rates cannot be known in advance, we use simulation analysis to project net interest income under various interest rate scenarios including a “most likely” (implied forward) scenario as well as a variety of deliberately extreme and perhaps unlikely scenarios. These scenarios may assume gradual ramping of the overall level of interest rates, immediate shocks to the level of rates and various yield curve twists in which movements in short- or long-term rates predominate. Generally, projected net interest income in any interest rate scenario is compared to net interest income in a base case where market forward rates are realized.
The table below reports net interest income exposures against a variety of interest rate scenarios. Our policies involve measuring exposures as a percentage change in net interest income over the next year due to either instantaneous or gradual parallel changes in rates relative to the market implied forward yield curve. With rates rising from historically low levels due to Federal Open Market Committee rate increases, exposure to falling rates has increased. As the following table illustrates, our balance sheet is asset-sensitive: net interest income would benefit from an increase in interest rates. Exposure to a decline in interest rates is within limit. While an instantaneous and severe shift in interest rates was used in this analysis, we believe that any actual shift in interest rates would likely be more gradual and would therefore have a more modest impact as demonstrated in the following table.
The table below presents the sensitivity of net interest income to various parallel yield curve shifts from the market implied forward yield curve:
 
Estimated % Change in Net Interest Income over 12 Months
Basis points
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Instantaneous Change in Interest Rates
 
 
 
+200
8.7
 %
 
9.6
 %
+100
4.4

 
4.9

-100
(5.1
)
 
(5.9
)
Gradual Change in Interest Rates
 
 
 
+200
4.6

 
5.1

+100
2.4

 
2.7

-100
(2.1
)
 
(1.8
)
Asset sensitivity against a 200 basis point gradual increase in rates was 4.6% at June 30, 2018, a decrease from 5.1% at December 31, 2017. As the Fed has begun to normalize rates given improved economic growth and data, this upward trend in rates has benefited our net interest income and net interest margin as a result of the asset sensitivity. The risk position can be affected by changes in interest rates which impact the repricing sensitivity

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or beta of the deposit base as well as the cash flows on prepayable assets. The risk position is managed within our risk limits through occasional adjustments to securities investments, interest rate swaps and mix of funding.
We use a valuation measure of exposure to structural interest rate risk, Economic Value of Equity (“EVE”), as a supplement to net interest income simulations. EVE complements net interest income simulation analysis as it estimates risk exposure over a long-term horizon. EVE measures the extent to which the economic value of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet instruments may change in response to fluctuation in interest rates. This analysis is highly dependent upon assumptions applied to assets and liabilities with non-contractual maturities. The change in value is expressed as a percentage of regulatory capital.
We use interest rate swap contracts to manage the interest rate exposure to variability in the interest cash flows on our floating-rate assets and floating-rate wholesale funding, and to hedge market risk on fixed-rate capital markets debt issuances. The table below summarizes the related hedging activities.

 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(dollars in millions)
Notional Value
Avg Maturity (Yrs)
Float Index
Rate Range Fixed Leg
 
Notional Value
Avg Maturity (Yrs)
Float Index
Rate Range Fixed Leg
Receive-fixed:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flow - floating-rate commercial loans(1)

$7,600

2.5
1mL
0.92% - 1.87%
 

$7,600

3.0
1mL
0.92% - 1.87%
Cash flow - floating-rate commercial loans(1)
775

11.4
3mL
2.95% - 3.18%
 



Fair value - senior debt issuance(2)
3,450

2.9
3mL
1.17% - 2.80%
 
5,200

2.4
3mL
1.06% - 1.92%
Total receive-fixed
11,825

 
 
 
 
12,800

 
 
 
Pay-fixed:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flow - floating-rate wholesale funding(3)
500

0.5
1mL
1.32%
 
500

1.0
1mL
1.32%
Cash flow - floating-rate wholesale funding(3)
365

2.1
3mL
2.79% - 2.91%
 



Total pay-fixed
865

 
 
 
 
500

 
 
 
Total

$12,690

 
 
 
 

$13,300

 
 
 
(1) We use receive-fixed swaps to minimize the exposure to variability in the interest cash flows on our floating-rate assets.
(2) We use receive-fixed swaps to hedge market risk on fixed rate capital markets debt issuances.
(3) We use pay-fixed swaps to hedge floating-rate wholesale funding.

During second quarter 2018, we purchased $775 million of receive-fixed swaps, with an average maturity of 11.4 years and fixed leg rates ranging from 2.95% to 3.18% and $365 million of pay-fixed swaps with an average maturity of 2.1 years and fixed leg rates ranging from 2.79% to 2.91%.

Capital Markets
A key component of our capital markets activities is the underwriting and distribution of corporate credit facilities to partially finance mergers and acquisitions transactions for our clients. We have a rigorous risk management process around these activities, including a limit structure capping our underwriting risk, our potential loss, and sub limits for specific asset classes.  Further, the ability to approve underwriting exposure is delegated only to senior level individuals in the credit risk management and capital markets organizations with each transaction adjudicated in a formal committee meeting.
Mortgage Servicing Rights    
We have market risk associated with the value of the mortgage servicing right assets, which are impacted by the level of interest rates. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, our mortgage servicing rights had a book value of $217 million and $198 million, respectively, and were carried at the lower of cost or fair value. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights was $254 million and $218 million, respectively, which exceeded the carrying value at those dates. Depending on the interest rate environment, hedges may be used to stabilize the market value of the mortgage servicing right asset.

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Trading Risk
We are exposed to market risk primarily through client facilitation activities including derivatives and foreign exchange products as well as underwriting and market making activities. Exposure is created as a result of changes in interest rates and related basis spreads and volatility, foreign exchange rates, and credit spreads on a select range of interest rates, foreign exchange and secondary loan instruments. These trading activities are conducted through our two banking subsidiaries, CBNA and CBPA.
Client facilitation activities consist primarily of interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange contracts where we enter into offsetting trades with a separate counterparty or exchange to manage our market risk exposure. In addition to the aforementioned activities, we operate a secondary loan trading desk with the objective to meet secondary liquidity needs of our issuing clients’ transactions and investor clients. We do not engage in any trading activities with the intent to benefit from short-term price differences.
We record interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange contracts as derivative assets and liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Trading assets and liabilities are carried at fair value with income earned related to these activities included in net interest income. Changes in fair value of trading assets and liabilities are reflected in other income, a component of noninterest income on the unaudited interim Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Market Risk Governance
The market risk limit setting process is established in line with the formal enterprise risk appetite process and policy. This appetite reflects the strategic and enterprise level articulation of opportunities for creating franchise value set to the boundaries of how much market risk to take. Dealing authorities represent the key control tool in the management of market risk that allows the cascading of the risk appetite throughout the enterprise. A dealing authority sets the operational scope and tolerances within which a business and/or trading desk is permitted to operate and this is reviewed at least annually. Dealing authorities are structured to accommodate the client facing trades and hedges needed to manage the risk profile. Primary responsibility for keeping within established tolerances resides with the business. Key risk indicators, including VaR, open foreign currency positions, and single name risk, are monitored on a daily basis and reported against tolerances consistent with our risk appetite and business strategy to relevant business line management and risk counterparts.
Market Risk Measurement
We use VaR as a statistical measure for estimating potential exposure of our traded market risk in normal market conditions. Our VaR framework for risk management and regulatory reporting is the same. Risk management VaR is based on a one day holding period to a 99% confidence level, whereas regulatory VaR is based on a ten day holding period to the same confidence level. Additional to VaR, non-statistical measurements for measuring risk are employed, such as sensitivity analysis, market value and stress testing.
Our market risk platform and associated market risk and valuation models for our foreign exchange, interest rate products, and traded loans capture correlation effects and allow for aggregation of market risk across risk types, business lines and legal entities. We measure, monitor and report market risk for both management and regulatory capital purposes.
VaR Overview
    The market risk measurement model is based on historical simulation. The VaR measure estimates the extent of any fair value losses on trading positions that may occur due to broad market movements (General VaR) such as changes in the level of interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices and commodity prices. It is calculated on the basis that current positions remain broadly unaltered over the course of a given holding period. It is assumed that markets are sufficiently liquid to allow the business to close its positions, if required, within this holding period. VaR’s benefit is that it captures the historic correlations of a portfolio. Based on the composition of our “covered positions,” we also use a standardized add-on approach for the loan trading desk’s Specific Risk capital which estimates the extent of any losses that may occur from factors other than broad market movements. The General VaR approach is expressed in terms of a confidence level over the past 500 trading days. The internal VaR measure (used as the basis of the main VaR trading limits) is a 99% confidence level with a one day holding period, meaning that a loss greater than the VaR is expected to occur, on average, on only one day in 100 trading days (i.e., 1% of the time). Theoretically, there should be a loss event greater than VaR two to three times per year. The regulatory measure of VaR is done at a 99% confidence level with a ten-day holding period. The historical market data applied to calculate the VaR is updated on a two business day lag. Refer to “Market Risk Regulatory Capital” below for details

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of our ten-day VaR metrics for second quarters 2018 and 2017, respectively, including high, low, average and period end VaR for interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks, as well as total VaR.
Market Risk Regulatory Capital
The U.S. banking regulators’ “Market Risk Rule” covers the calculation of market risk capital and substantially modified the determination of market risk-weighted assets and implemented a more risk sensitive methodology for the risk inherent in certain trading positions categorized as “covered positions.” For the purposes of the Market Risk Rule, all of our client facing trades and associated hedges need to maintain a low risk profile to qualify, and do qualify, as “covered positions.” For the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, we were not subject to the reporting threshold under the Market Risk Rule. As a result, the $767 million and $596 million of calculated market risk-weighted assets as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, were not included in our risk-weighted assets. As such, our covered trading activities were risk-weighted under U.S. Basel III Standardized credit risk rules. While not subject to the determination requirements of market risk-weighted assets, we nevertheless comply with the Market Risk Rule’s other requirements. The internal management VaR measure is calculated based on the same population of trades that is utilized for regulatory VaR. The following table presents the results of our modeled and non-modeled measures for regulatory capital calculations:
(in millions)
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
Market Risk Category 
 
Period End
 
Average 
 
High
 
Low
 
Period End
 
Average
 
High
 
Low
Interest Rate
 

$2

 

$2

 

$2

 

$1

 

$1

 

$1

 

$2

 

$—

Foreign Exchange Currency Rate
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Spread
 
3

 
2

 
3

 
2

 
3

 
2

 
3

 
2

General VaR
 
4

 
3

 
4

 
3

 
3

 
3

 
4

 
2

Specific Risk VaR
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total VaR
 

$4

 

$3

 

$4

 

$3

 

$3

 

$3

 

$4

 

$2

Stressed General VaR
 

$15

 

$13

 

$15

 

$10

 

$11

 

$9

 

$11

 

$8

Stressed Specific Risk VaR
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Stressed VaR
 

$15

 

$13

 

$15

 

$10

 

$11

 

$9

 

$11

 

$8

Market Risk Regulatory Capital
 

$47

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$35

 
 
 
 
 
 
Specific Risk Not Modeled Add-on
 
14

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11

 
 
 
 
 
 
de Minimis Exposure Add-on
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Market Risk Regulatory Capital
 

$61

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$48

 
 
 
 
 
 
Market Risk-Weighted Assets
 

$767

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$596

 
 
 
 
 
 
Market Risk-Weighted Assets (included in our FR Y-9C regulatory filing) (1)
 

$—

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$—

 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) For the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, we did not meet the reporting threshold prescribed by Market Risk Capital Guidelines.
Stressed VaR
SVaR is an extension of VaR, but uses a longer historical look-back horizon that is fixed from January 3, 2005. This is done not only to identify headline risks from more volatile periods, but also to provide a counter-balance to VaR which may be low during periods of low volatility. The holding period for profit and loss determination is ten days. In addition to risk management purposes, SVaR is also a component of market risk regulatory capital. We calculate SVaR daily under its own dynamic window regime. In a dynamic window regime, values of the ten-day, 99% VaR are calculated over all possible 260-day periods that can be obtained from the complete historical data set. Refer to “Market Risk Regulatory Capital” above for details of SVaR metrics, including high, low, average and period end SVaR for the combined portfolio.
Sensitivity Analysis
Sensitivity analysis is the measure of exposure to a single risk factor, such as a one basis point change in rates or credit spread. We conduct and monitor sensitivity on interest rates, basis spreads, foreign exchange exposures, option prices, and credit spreads. Whereas VaR is based on previous moves in market risk factors over recent periods, it may not be an accurate predictor of future market moves. Sensitivity analysis complements VaR, as it provides an indication of risk relative to each factor irrespective of historical market moves, and is an effective tool in evaluating the appropriateness of hedging strategies and concentrations.

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Stress Testing
Conducting a stress test of a portfolio consists of running risk models with the inclusion of key variables that simulate various historical or hypothetical scenarios. For historical stress tests, profit and loss results are simulated for selected time periods corresponding to the most volatile underlying returns while hypothetical stress tests aim to consider concentration risk, illiquidity under stressed market conditions and risk arising from our trading activities that may not be fully captured by our other models. Hypothetical scenarios also assume that market moves happen simultaneously and no repositioning or hedging activity takes place to mitigate losses as events unfold. We generate stress tests of our trading positions on a daily basis. For example, we currently include a stress test that simulates a “Lehman-type” crisis scenario by taking the worst 20-trading day peak to trough moves for the various risk factors that go into VaR from that period, and assumes they occurred simultaneously.
VaR Model Review and Validation
Market risk measurement models used are independently reviewed and subject to ongoing performance analysis by the model owner. The independent review and validation focuses on the model methodology, market data, and performance. Independent review of market risk measurement models is the responsibility of Citizens’ Model Risk Management and Validation team. Aspects covered include challenging the assumptions used, the quantitative techniques employed and the theoretical justification underpinning them, and an assessment of the soundness of the required data over time. Where possible, the quantitative impact of the major underlying modeling assumptions will be estimated (e.g., through developing alternative models). Results of such reviews are shared with the U.S. banking regulators. The market risk models may be periodically enhanced due to changes in market price levels and price action regime behavior. The Market Risk Management and Validation team will conduct internal validation before a new or changed model element is implemented and before a change is made to a market data mapping.
VaR Backtesting
Backtesting is one form of validation of the VaR model and is run daily. The Market Risk Rule requires a comparison of our internal VaR measure to the actual net trading revenue (excluding fees, commissions, reserves, intra-day trading and net interest income) for each day over the preceding year (the most recent 250 business days). Any observed loss in excess of the VaR number is taken as an exception. The level of exceptions determines the multiplication factor used to derive the VaR and SVaR-based capital requirement for regulatory reporting purposes, when applicable. We perform sub-portfolio backtesting as required under the Market Risk Rule, and as approved by our banking regulators, for interest rate, credit spread, and foreign exchange positions. The following graph shows our daily net trading revenue and total internal, modeled VaR for the twelve months ended June 30, 2018.
Daily VaR Backtesting
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KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS, NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RECONCILIATIONS
For more information on the computation of key performance metrics and non-GAAP financial measures, see “—Introduction — Key Performance Metrics Used by Management and Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” included in this report. The following table presents computations of key performance metrics used throughout “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”:
 
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except share, per-share and ratio data)
Ref.
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Total revenue (GAAP)
A

$1,509

 

$1,396

 

$2,971

 

$2,780

Noninterest expense (GAAP)
B
875

 
864

 
1,758

 
1,718

Net income (GAAP)
C
425

 
318

 
813

 
638

Net income available to common stockholders (GAAP)
D
425

 
318

 
806

 
631

Return on average common equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average common equity (GAAP)
E

$19,732

 

$19,659

 

$19,732

 

$19,560

Return on average common equity
D/E
8.65
%
 
6.48
%
 
8.24
%
 
6.50
%
Return on average tangible common equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average common equity (GAAP)
E

$19,732

 

$19,659

 

$19,732

 

$19,560

Less: Average goodwill (GAAP)
 
6,887

 
6,882

 
6,887

 
6,879

Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP)
 
2

 
2

 
2

 
1

Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP)
 
357

 
534

 
356

 
533

Average tangible common equity
F

$13,200

 

$13,309

 

$13,199

 

$13,213

Return on average tangible common equity
D/F
12.93
%
 
9.57
%
 
12.32
%
 
9.62
%
Return on average total assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets (GAAP)
G

$153,253

 

$149,878

 

$152,393

 

$149,335

Return on average total assets
C/G
1.11
%
 
0.85
%
 
1.08
%
 
0.86
%
Return on average total tangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets (GAAP)
G

$153,253

 

$149,878

 

$152,393

 

$149,335

Less: Average goodwill (GAAP)
 
6,887

 
6,882

 
6,887

 
6,879

Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP)
 
2

 
2

 
2

 
1

Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP)
 
357

 
534

 
356

 
533

Average tangible assets
H

$146,721

 

$143,528

 

$145,860

 

$142,988

Return on average total tangible assets
C/H
1.16
%
 
0.89
%
 
1.12
%
 
0.90
%
Efficiency ratio:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Efficiency ratio
B/A
57.95
%
 
61.94
%
 
59.17
%
 
61.81
%
Operating leverage:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase in total revenue
 
8.15
%
 
9.23
%
 
6.86
%
 
10.67
%
Increase in noninterest expense
 
1.19

 
4.47

 
2.30

 
4.88

Operating leverage
 
6.96
%
 
4.76
%
 
4.56
%
 
5.79
%
Effective income tax rate:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense
I

$549

 

$462

 

$1,050

 

$896

Income tax expense
J
124

 
144

 
237

 
258

Effective income tax rate
J/I
22.58
%
 
31.13
%
 
22.55
%
 
28.82
%
Net income per average common share - basic and diluted:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average common shares outstanding - basic (GAAP)
K
484,744,354

 
506,371,846

 
486,114,872

 
507,903,141

Average common shares outstanding - diluted (GAAP)
L
486,141,695

 
507,414,122

 
487,683,216

 
509,362,055

Net income per average common share - basic (GAAP)
D/K

$0.88

 

$0.63

 

$1.66

 

$1.24

Net income per average common share - diluted (GAAP)
D/L
0.88

 
0.63

 
1.65

 
1.24

Dividend payout ratio:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash dividends declared and paid per common share
M

$0.22

 

$0.14

 

$0.44

 

$0.28

Dividend payout ratio
M/(D/K)
25.06
%
 
22.32
%
 
26.52
%
 
22.55
%


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As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
(in millions, except ratio data)
Ref.
Consumer
Banking
Commercial
Banking
Other
Consolidated
 
Consumer
Banking
Commercial
Banking
Other
Consolidated
Net income available to common stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) (GAAP)
N

$197


$237


($9
)

$425

 

$118


$187


$13


$318

Less: Preferred stock dividends
 




 




Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
O

$197


$237


($9
)

$425

 

$118


$187


$13


$318

Efficiency ratio:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue (GAAP)
P

$987


$516


$6


$1,509

 

$886


$474


$36


$1,396

Noninterest expense (GAAP)
Q
658

200

17

875

 
644

192

28

864

Efficiency ratio
Q/P
66.68
%
38.80
%
NM

57.95
%
 
72.64
%
40.48
%
NM

61.94
%
Return on average total tangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets (GAAP)
 

$61,232


$52,170


$39,851


$153,253

 

$59,244


$49,731


$40,903


$149,878

Less: Average goodwill (GAAP)
 


6,887

6,887

 


6,882

6,882

Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP)
 


2

2

 


2

2

Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP)
 


357

357

 


534

534

Average total tangible assets
R

$61,232


$52,170


$33,319


$146,721

 

$59,244


$49,731


$34,553


$143,528

Return on average total tangible assets
N/R
1.29
%
1.82
%
NM

1.16
%
 
0.80
%
1.51
%
NM

0.89
%

 
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
(in millions, except ratio data)
Ref.
Consumer
Banking
Commercial
Banking
Other
Consolidated
 
Consumer
Banking
Commercial
Banking
Other
Consolidated
Net income available to common stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) (GAAP)
N

$367


$452


($6
)

$813

 

$213


$367


$58


$638

Less: Preferred stock dividends
 


7

7

 


7

7

Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
O

$367


$452


($13
)

$806

 

$213


$367


$51


$631

Efficiency ratio:
 

 
 
 

 

 

 

Total revenue (GAAP)
P

$1,942


$998


$31


$2,971

 

$1,744


$954


$82


$2,780

Noninterest expense (GAAP)
Q
1,314

408

36

1,758

 
1,291

382

45

1,718

Efficiency ratio
Q/P
67.68
%
40.86
%
NM

59.17
%
 
74.00
%
40.14
%
NM

61.81
%
Return on average total tangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets (GAAP)
 

$61,290


$51,286


$39,817


$152,393

 

$58,954


$49,488


$40,893


$149,335

Less: Average goodwill (GAAP)
 


6,887

6,887

 


6,879

6,879

Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP)
 


2

2

 


1

1

Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP)
 


356

356

 


533

533

Average total tangible assets
R

$61,290


$51,286


$33,284


$145,860

 

$58,954


$49,488


$34,546


$142,988

Return on average total tangible assets
N/R
1.21
%
1.78
%
NM

1.12
%
 
0.73
%
1.50
%
NM

0.90
%



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The following table presents computations of non-GAAP financial measures representing our “Underlying” results used throughout “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”:
 
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except share, per-share and ratio data)
Ref.
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Noninterest income, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noninterest income (GAAP)
 

$388

 

$370

 

$759

 

$749

Less: Lease impairment credit-related costs
 

 
(11
)
 

 
(11
)
Noninterest income, Underlying (non-GAAP)
 

$388

 

$381

 

$759

 

$760

Total revenue, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue (GAAP)
A

$1,509

 

$1,396

 

$2,971

 

$2,780

Less: Lease impairment credit-related costs
 

 
(11
)
 

 
(11
)
Total revenue, Underlying (non-GAAP)
S

$1,509

 

$1,407

 

$2,971

 

$2,791

Noninterest expense, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noninterest expense (GAAP)
B

$875

 

$864

 

$1,758

 

$1,718

Less: Lease impairment credit-related costs
 

 
15

 

 
15

Noninterest expense, Underlying (non-GAAP)
T

$875

 

$849

 

$1,758

 

$1,703

Pre-provision profit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue (GAAP)
A
1,509

 
1,396

 
2,971

 
2,780

Less: Noninterest expense (GAAP)
B
875

 
864

 
1,758

 
1,718

Pre-provision profit (GAAP)
 

$634

 

$532

 

$1,213

 

$1,062

Pre-provision profit, Underlying
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue, Underlying (non-GAAP)
S

$1,509

 

$1,407

 

$2,971

 

$2,791

Less: Noninterest expense, Underlying (non-GAAP)
T
875

 
849

 
1,758

 
1,703

Pre-provision profit, Underlying (non-GAAP)
 

$634

 

$558

 

$1,213

 

$1,088

Total credit-related costs, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision for credit losses (GAAP)
 

$85

 

$70

 

$163

 

$166

Add: Lease impairment credit-related costs
 

 
26

 

 
26

Total credit-related costs, Underlying (non-GAAP)
 

$85

 

$96

 

$163

 

$192

Income before income tax expense, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before tax expense (GAAP)
I

$549

 

$462

 

$1,050

 

$896

Less: Notable items
 

 

 

 

Income before income tax expense, Underlying (non-GAAP)
U

$549

 

$462

 

$1,050

 

$896

Income tax expense and effective income tax rate, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense (GAAP)
J

$124

 

$144

 

$237

 

$258

Less: Settlement of certain state tax matters
 

 

 

 
(23
)
Income tax expense, Underlying (non-GAAP)
V

$124

 

$144

 

$237

 

$281

Effective income tax rate (GAAP)
J/I
22.58
%
 
31.13
%
 
22.55
%
 
28.82
%
Effective income tax rate, Underlying (non-GAAP)
V/U
22.58

 
31.13

 
22.55

 
31.34

Net income, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (GAAP)
C

$425

 

$318

 

$813

 

$638

Less: Settlement of certain state tax matters
 

 

 

 
(23
)
Net income, Underlying (non-GAAP)
W

$425

 

$318

 

$813

 

$615

Net income available to common stockholders, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income available to common stockholders (GAAP)
D

$425

 

$318

 

$806

 

$631

Less: Settlement of certain state tax matters
 

 

 

 
(23
)
Net income available to common stockholders, Underlying (non-GAAP)
X

$425

 

$318

 

$806

 

$608

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except share, per-share and ratio data)
Ref.
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Return on average common equity and return on average common equity, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average common equity (GAAP)
E

$19,732

 

$19,659

 

$19,732

 

$19,560

Return on average common equity
D/E
8.65
%
 
6.48
%
 
8.24
%
 
6.50
%
Return on average common equity, Underlying (non-GAAP)
X/E
8.65

 
6.48

 
8.24

 
6.27

Return on average tangible common equity and return on average common equity, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average common equity (GAAP)
E

$19,732

 

$19,659

 

$19,732

 

$19,560

Less: Average goodwill (GAAP)
 
6,887

 
6,882

 
6,887

 
6,879

Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP)
 
2

 
2

 
2

 
1

Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP)
 
357

 
534

 
356

 
533

Average tangible common equity
F

$13,200

 

$13,309

 

$13,199

 

$13,213

Return on average tangible common equity
D/F
12.93
%
 
9.57
%
 
12.32
%
 
9.62
%
Return on average tangible common equity, Underlying (non-GAAP)
X/F
12.93

 
9.57

 
12.32

 
9.28

Return on average total assets and return on average total assets, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets (GAAP)
G

$153,253

 

$149,878

 

$152,393

 

$149,335

Return on average total assets
C/G
1.11
%
 
0.85
%
 
1.08
%
 
0.86
%
Return on average total assets, Underlying (non-GAAP)
W/G
1.11

 
0.85

 
1.08

 
0.83

Return on average total tangible assets and return on average total tangible assets, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets (GAAP)
G

$153,253

 

$149,878

 

$152,393

 

$149,335

Less: Average goodwill (GAAP)
 
6,887

 
6,882

 
6,887

 
6,879

Less: Average other intangibles (GAAP)
 
2

 
2

 
2

 
1

Add: Average deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill (GAAP)
 
357

 
534

 
356

 
533

Average tangible assets
H

$146,721

 

$143,528

 

$145,860

 

$142,988

Return on average total tangible assets
C/H
1.16
%
 
0.89
%
 
1.12
%
 
0.90
%
Return on average total tangible assets, Underlying (non-GAAP)
W/H
1.16

 
0.89

 
1.12

 
0.87

Efficiency ratio and efficiency ratio, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Efficiency ratio
B/A
57.95
%
 
61.94
%
 
59.17
%
 
61.81
%
Efficiency ratio, Underlying (non-GAAP)
T/S
57.95

 
60.36

 
59.17

 
61.02

Operating leverage and operating leverage, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase in total revenue
 
8.15
%
 
9.23
%
 
6.86
%
 
10.67
%
Increase in noninterest expense
 
1.19

 
4.47

 
2.30

 
4.88

Operating leverage
 
6.96
%
 
4.76
%
 
4.56
%
 
5.79
%
Increase in total revenue, Underlying (non-GAAP)
 
7.29
%
 
10.09
%
 
6.43
%
 
11.11
%
Increase in noninterest expense, Underlying (non-GAAP)
 
3.01

 
2.66

 
3.22

 
3.97

Operating leverage, Underlying (non-GAAP)
 
4.28
%
 
7.43
%
 
3.21
%
 
7.14
%
Net income per average common share - basic and diluted and net income per average common share - basic and diluted, Underlying:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average common shares outstanding - basic (GAAP)
K
484,744,354

 
506,371,846

 
486,114,872

 
507,903,141

Average common shares outstanding - diluted (GAAP)
L
486,141,695

 
507,414,122

 
487,683,216

 
509,362,055

Net income per average common share - basic (GAAP)
D/K
0.88

 
0.63

 

$1.66

 

$1.24

Net income per average common share - diluted (GAAP)
D/L
0.88

 
0.63

 
1.65

 
1.24

Net income per average common share - basic, Underlying (non-GAAP)
X/K
0.88

 
0.63

 
1.66

 
1.20

Net income per average common share - diluted, Underlying (non-GAAP)
X/L
0.88

 
0.63

 
1.65

 
1.19












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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA


ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


55

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(in millions, except share data)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
ASSETS:
 
 
 
Cash and due from banks

$997

 

$987

Interest-bearing cash and due from banks
2,868

 
2,045

Interest-bearing deposits in banks
114

 
192

Debt securities available for sale, at fair value (including $393 and $91 pledged to creditors, respectively)(1)
20,157

 
20,157

Debt securities held to maturity (fair value of $4,260 and $4,668, respectively)
4,417

 
4,685

Equity securities, at fair value
170

 
169

Equity securities, at cost
769

 
722

Loans held for sale, at fair value
521

 
497

Other loans held for sale
189

 
221

Loans and leases
113,407

 
110,617

Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses
(1,253
)
 
(1,236
)
Net loans and leases
112,154

 
109,381

Derivative assets
224

 
617

Premises and equipment, net
720

 
685

Bank-owned life insurance
1,677

 
1,656

Goodwill
6,887

 
6,887

Due from broker

 
6

Other assets
3,567

 
3,429

TOTAL ASSETS

$155,431

 

$152,336

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
 
 
 
LIABILITIES:
 
 
 
Deposits:
 
 
 
Noninterest-bearing

$29,439

 

$29,279

Interest-bearing
87,634

 
85,810

          Total deposits
117,073

 
115,089

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
326

 
815

Other short-term borrowed funds
1,499

 
1,856

Derivative liabilities
425

 
310

Deferred taxes, net
456

 
571

Long-term borrowed funds
13,641

 
11,765

Other liabilities
1,544

 
1,660

TOTAL LIABILITIES
134,964

 
132,066

Contingencies (refer to Note 11)


 


STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $25.00 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized
543

 
247

Common stock:
 
 
 
$0.01 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 566,579,431 shares issued and 484,055,194 shares outstanding at June 30, 2018 and 565,850,984 shares issued and 490,812,912 shares outstanding at December 31, 2017
6

 
6

Additional paid-in capital
18,806

 
18,781

Retained earnings
4,755

 
4,164

Treasury stock, at cost, 82,524,237 and 75,038,072 shares at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively
(2,433
)
 
(2,108
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(1,210
)
 
(820
)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$20,467

 

$20,270

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$155,431

 

$152,336


(1) Includes only collateral pledged by the Company where counterparties have the right to sell or pledge the collateral.

The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 (in millions, except share and per-share data)
2018

2017

 
2018

2017

INTEREST INCOME:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and fees on loans and leases

$1,230


$1,040

 

$2,376


$2,032

Interest and fees on loans held for sale, at fair value
5

4

 
9

8

Interest and fees on other loans held for sale
3

2

 
7

3

Investment securities
165

154

 
333

314

Interest-bearing deposits in banks
8

5

 
14

8

Total interest income
1,411

1,205

 
2,739

2,365

INTEREST EXPENSE:
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits
181

102

 
326

188

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
1


 
2

1

Other short-term borrowed funds
14

7

 
23

15

Long-term borrowed funds
94

70

 
176

130

Total interest expense
290

179

 
527

334

Net interest income
1,121

1,026

 
2,212

2,031

Provision for credit losses
85

70

 
163

166

Net interest income after provision for credit losses
1,036

956

 
2,049

1,865

NONINTEREST INCOME:
 
 
 
 
 
Service charges and fees
127

129

 
251

254

Card fees
60

59

 
121

119

Capital markets fees
48

51

 
87

99

Trust and investment services fees
43

39

 
83

78

Letter of credit and loan fees
32

31

 
62

60

Foreign exchange and interest rate products
34

26

 
61

53

Mortgage banking fees
27

30

 
52

53

Securities gains, net
2

3

 
10

7

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings on debt securities
(1
)
(4
)
 
(2
)
(5
)
Other income
16

6

 
34

31

Total noninterest income
388

370

 
759

749

NONINTEREST EXPENSE:
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries and employee benefits
453

432

 
923

878

Outside services
106

96

 
205

187

Occupancy
79

79

 
160

161

Equipment expense
64

64

 
131

131

Amortization of software
46

45

 
92

89

Other operating expense
127

148

 
247

272

Total noninterest expense
875

864

 
1,758

1,718

Income before income tax expense
549

462

 
1,050

896

Income tax expense
124

144

 
237

258

NET INCOME

$425


$318

 

$813


$638

Net income available to common stockholders

$425


$318

 

$806


$631

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
484,744,354

506,371,846

 
486,114,872

507,903,141

Diluted
486,141,695

507,414,122

 
487,683,216

509,362,055

Per common share information:
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings

$0.88


$0.63

 

$1.66


$1.24

Diluted earnings
0.88

0.63

 
1.65

1.24

Dividends declared and paid
0.22

0.14

 
0.44

0.28


The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

2017

 
2018

2017

Net income

$425


$318

 

$813


$638

Other comprehensive (loss) income:
 
 
 
 
 
Net unrealized derivative instrument (losses) gains arising during the periods, net of income taxes of ($4), $16, ($22) and $14, respectively
(13
)
26

 
(65
)
23

Reclassification adjustment for net derivative losses (gains) included in net income, net of income taxes of $3, ($2), $3 and ($6), respectively
6

(5
)
 
8

(11
)
Net unrealized debt securities (losses) gains arising during the periods, net of income taxes of ($19), $33, ($105) and $36, respectively
(60
)
56

 
(332
)
61

Other-than-temporary impairment not recognized in earnings on debt securities, net of income taxes of $1, $6, $0 and ($1), respectively

10

 
(1
)
(2
)
Reclassification of net debt securities (gains) losses to net income, net of income taxes of $0, $0, ($2) and ($1), respectively
(1
)
1

 
(6
)
(1
)
Amortization of actuarial loss, net of income taxes of $1, $2, $2 and $4, respectively
3

2

 
6

5

Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of income taxes
(65
)
90

 
(390
)
75

Total comprehensive income

$360


$408

 

$423


$713


The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

58

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
 
Preferred
 Stock
 
Common
 Stock
Additional Paid-in Capital
Retained Earnings
Treasury Stock, at Cost
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Total
(in millions)
Shares
Amount
 
Shares
Amount
Balance at January 1, 2017


$247

 
512


$6


$18,722


$2,703


($1,263
)

($668
)

$19,747

Dividends to common stockholders


 



(143
)


(143
)
Dividends to preferred stockholders






(7
)


(7
)
Treasury stock purchased


 
(7
)

25


(285
)

(260
)
Share-based compensation plans


 
1


8




8

Employee stock purchase plan shares purchased


 


6




6

Total comprehensive income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income


 



638



638

Other comprehensive income


 





75

75

Total comprehensive income


 



638


75

713

Balance at June 30, 2017


$247

 
506


$6


$18,761


$3,191


($1,548
)

($593
)

$20,064

Balance at January 1, 2018


$247

 
491


$6


$18,781


$4,164


($2,108
)

($820
)

$20,270

Dividends to common stockholders


 



(215
)


(215
)
Dividends to preferred stockholders


 



(7
)


(7
)
Preferred stock issued
1

296

 






296

Treasury stock purchased


 
(8
)



(325
)

(325
)
Share-based compensation plans


 
1


18




18

Employee stock purchase plan shares purchased


 


7




7

Total comprehensive income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income


 



813



813

Other comprehensive loss


 





(390
)
(390
)
Total comprehensive income


 



813


(390
)
423

Balance at June 30, 2018
1


$543

 
484


$6


$18,806


$4,755


($2,433
)

($1,210
)

$20,467


The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

2017

OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 
 
Net income

$813


$638

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
Provision for credit losses
163

166

Originations of mortgage loans held for sale
(1,345
)
(1,394
)
Proceeds from sales of mortgage loans held for sale
1,325

1,544

Purchases of commercial loans held for sale
(1,024
)
(1,001
)
Proceeds from sales of commercial loans held for sale
1,039

946

Depreciation, amortization and accretion
243

258

Mortgage servicing rights valuation recovery
(3
)
(1
)
Debt securities impairment
2

5

Deferred income taxes
10

(20
)
Share-based compensation
28

27

Net gain on sales of:
 
 
Debt securities
(10
)
(7
)
Equity securities

(1
)
Decrease in other assets
283

32

Decrease in other liabilities
(109
)
(655
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
1,415

537

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 
 
Investment securities:
 
 
Purchases of debt securities available for sale
(2,343
)
(2,282
)
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of debt securities available for sale
1,636

1,670

Proceeds from sales of debt securities available for sale
273

407

Purchases of debt securities held to maturity

(171
)
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of debt securities held to maturity
271

277

Purchases of equity securities, at fair value
(80
)
(174
)
Proceeds from sales of equity securities, at fair value
78

172

Purchases of equity securities, at cost
(334
)
(243
)
Proceeds from sales of equity securities, at cost
287

409

Net decrease in interest-bearing deposits in banks
78

6

Purchases of mortgage servicing rights
(16
)

Net increase in loans and leases
(2,992
)
(1,785
)
Net increase in bank-owned life insurance
(21
)
(24
)
Premises and equipment:
 
 
Purchases
(94
)
(64
)
Capitalization of software
(116
)
(83
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(3,373
)
(1,885
)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 
 
Net increase in deposits
1,984

3,809

Net decrease in federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
(489
)
(719
)
Net decrease in other short-term borrowed funds
(2,356
)
(1,208
)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term borrowed funds
11,500

10,109

Repayments of long-term borrowed funds
(7,584
)
(9,751
)
Treasury stock purchased
(325
)
(260
)
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
296


Dividends declared and paid to common stockholders

(215
)
(143
)
Dividends declared and paid to preferred stockholders
(7
)
(7
)
Payments of employee tax withholding for share-based compensation

(13
)
(19
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
2,791

1,811

Increase in cash and cash equivalents (1)
833

463

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period (1)
3,032

3,704

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period (1)

$3,865


$4,167


(1) Cash and cash equivalents includes cash and due from banks and interest-bearing cash and due from banks as reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The accompanying Notes to unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

60

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements, including the Notes thereto of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., have been prepared in accordance with GAAP interim reporting requirements, and therefore do not include all information and Notes included in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP. These unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. The Company’s principal business activity is banking, conducted through its subsidiaries, Citizens Bank, National Association and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania.
The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The Company has evaluated its unconsolidated entities and does not believe that any entity in which it has an interest, but does not currently consolidate, meets the requirements to be consolidated as a variable interest entity.
The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near-term relate to the determination of the allowance for credit losses, evaluation of unrealized losses on securities for other-than-temporary impairment, accounting for income taxes, the valuation of AFS and HTM securities, and derivatives.
Significant Accounting Policies
For further information regarding the Company’s significant accounting policies, see Note 1 “Basis of Presentation” to the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in 2018
Pronouncement
Summary of Guidance
Effects on Financial Statements
Revenue Recognition: Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Issued May 2014



Requires that revenue from contracts with customers be recognized upon transfer of control of a good or service in the amount of consideration expected to be received.

Changes the accounting for certain contract costs including whether they may be offset against revenues in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Requires new qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including information about disaggregation of revenue and performance obligations.

May be adopted using a full retrospective approach or a modified cumulative effect approach wherein the guidance is applied only to existing contracts as of the date of initial adoption and to new contracts transacted after that date.
The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018 under the modified retrospective method. Net interest income on financial assets and liabilities is explicitly excluded from the scope of the pronouncement.

Adoption of the new standard did not result in a change in the timing or amount of revenue recognized from contracts with customers. The Company did not recognize a cumulative adjustment to Retained Earnings upon adoption.

Effective January 1, 2018, underwriting fees are presented on a gross basis in capital market fees, while underwriting costs are presented in other operating expense.  Prior to adoption, such costs were presented net of the related underwriting fees.
Stock Compensation

Issued May 2017
Requires modification accounting unless the fair value, vesting conditions, and classification of the modified award are the same as the original award immediately before the modification.

Applied prospectively to all modifications of share-based awards after the adoption date.

The Company adopted the new standard as of January 1, 2018.

Adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost


Issued March 2017
Requires the service cost component of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost to be reported separately in the Consolidated Statements of Operations from the other components (e.g., expected return on assets, interest costs, amortization of gains/losses and prior service costs).

Requires presentation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations of the service cost component in the same line item as other employee compensation costs and presentation of the other components in a different line item from the service cost component.

Retrospective application is required for all periods presented.

The Company retrospectively adopted the new standard as of January 1, 2018.

Adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s net income.
 
The Company reclassified prior period amounts in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, which resulted in an immaterial increase in salaries and employee benefits and a corresponding decrease in other operating expense.
Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

Issued January 2016

Requires equity securities with readily determinable fair values to be measured at fair value on the balance sheet, with changes in the fair value recognized through earnings.

Requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial assets on the balance sheet or in the notes to the financial statements.

Makes several other targeted amendments to the existing accounting and disclosure requirements for financial instruments, including revised guidance related to valuation allowance assessments when recognizing deferred tax assets on unrealized losses on debt securities available for sale.

The Company adopted the new standard as of January 1, 2018.

Adoption had an immaterial impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments

Issued August 2016

Amends guidance on specific cashflows to determine the appropriate classification as operating, investing or financing activities which has required significant judgment.

The application of judgment has resulted in diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are classified.

The Company adopted the new standard as of January 1, 2018.

Adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.


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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)



Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption
Pronouncement
Summary of Guidance
Effects on Financial Statements
Derivatives and Hedging

Issued August 2017
Reduces the complexity and operational burdens of the current hedge accounting model and portrays more clearly the effects of hedge accounting in the financial statements.

Modifies current requirements to facilitate the application of hedge accounting to partial-term hedges, hedges of prepayable financial instruments, and other strategies. Adoption of these optional changes would occur on a prospective basis.

Requires the effects of fair value hedges to be classified in the same income statement line as the earnings effect of the hedged item. Adoption of this change will occur on a prospective basis.

Requires all effects of cash flow hedges to be deferred in other comprehensive income until the hedged cash flows affect earnings. Periodic hedge ineffectiveness will no longer be recognized in earnings. Adoption of this change will occur on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption.
Required effective date: January 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not intend to early adopt this guidance prior to the required effective date.

The transition entries required upon adoption are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Leases

Issued February 2016


Requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability for all leases with a lease term of greater than one year.

Requires lessees and lessors to classify most leases using principles similar to existing lease accounting, but eliminates the “bright line” classification tests.

Requires that for finance leases, a lessee recognize interest expense on the lease liability separately from the amortization of the right-of-use asset in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, while for operating leases, such amounts should be recognized as a combined expense.

Requires expanded disclosures about the nature and terms of lease agreements.

Requires adoption using a modified cumulative effect approach wherein the guidance is applied to all periods presented.

Requires companies with land easements to assess whether the easement meets the definition of a lease before applying other accounting guidance.
Required effective date: January 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not intend to adopt the guidance prior to the effective date.

The Company occupies certain banking offices and equipment under non-cancelable operating lease agreements, which currently are not reflected on its Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Upon adoption, the Company expects to recognize a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability in the approximate range of $550 million to $700 million in its Consolidated Balance Sheets for non-cancelable operating lease agreements.

The evaluation of the impact of the leasing pronouncement will be adjusted based on execution of new leases, termination of existing leases prior to the effective date, and any changes to key lease assumptions such as renewals, extensions and discount rates.

The Company does not expect a material change to the timing of expense recognition on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


Financial Instruments - Credit Losses

Issued June 2016

Replaces existing incurred loss impairment guidance and establishes a single allowance framework for financial assets carried at amortized cost (including securities HTM), which will reflect management’s estimate of credit losses over the full remaining expected life of the financial assets.

Amends existing impairment guidance for securities AFS to incorporate an allowance, which will allow for reversals of impairment losses in the event that the credit of an issuer improves.

Requires a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the reporting period of adoption.



Required effective date: January 1, 2020. Early adoption permitted on January 1, 2019. The Company does not intend to adopt the guidance prior to the effective date.

The Company established a company-wide, cross-discipline governance structure to implement the new standard. The Company is currently identifying and researching key interpretive issues and is in the process of developing models that meet the requirements of the new guidance. The implementation team is also in the process of assessing forecast accuracy and potential macroeconomic factors that will be used to determine the reasonable and supportable forecast period.

The Company expects the standard will result in earlier recognition of credit losses and an increase in the allowance for credit losses, as it will cover credit losses over the full remaining expected life of loans and commitments and will consider future reasonable and supportable changes in macroeconomic conditions. Since the magnitude of the increase in the Company’s allowance for credit losses will be impacted by economic conditions, forecasted economic conditions, credit quality and trends in the Company’s portfolio at the time of adoption, the quantitative impact cannot yet be reasonably estimated.



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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


NOTE 2 - SECURITIES
The following table presents the major components of securities at amortized cost and fair value:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
 
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Debt Securities Available for Sale, At Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and other

$12


$—


$—


$12

 

$12


$—


$—


$12

State and political subdivisions
6



6

 
6



6

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities
20,559

17

(705
)
19,871

 
20,065

40

(277
)
19,828

Other/non-agency
269

5

(6
)
268

 
311

7

(7
)
311

Total mortgage-backed securities
20,828

22

(711
)
20,139

 
20,376

47

(284
)
20,139

Total debt securities available for sale, at fair value

$20,846


$22


($711
)

$20,157

 

$20,394


$47


($284
)

$20,157

Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities

$3,632


$—


($159
)

$3,473

 

$3,853


$7


($46
)

$3,814

Other/non-agency
785

5

(3
)
787

 
832

22


854

Total mortgage-backed securities
4,417

5

(162
)
4,260

 
4,685

29

(46
)
4,668

Total debt securities held to maturity

$4,417


$5


($162
)

$4,260

 

$4,685


$29


($46
)

$4,668

Equity Securities, at Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market mutual fund investments

$170


$—


$—


$170

 

$165


$—


$—


$165

Other investments




 
4



4

Total equity securities, at fair value

$170


$—


$—


$170

 

$169


$—


$—


$169

Equity Securities, at Cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Reserve Bank stock

$463


$—


$—


$463

 

$463


$—


$—


$463

Federal Home Loan Bank stock
299



299

 
252



252

Other equity securities
7



7

 
7



7

Total equity securities, at cost

$769


$—


$—


$769

 

$722


$—


$—


$722



65

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities by contractual maturity as of June 30, 2018 are presented below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without incurring penalties.
 
June 30, 2018
 
Distribution of Maturities
(in millions)
1 Year or Less
1-5 Years
5-10 Years
After 10 Years
Total

Amortized Cost:
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities available for sale
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and other

$12


$—


$—


$—


$12

State and political subdivisions



6

6

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities

326

1,402

18,831

20,559

Other/non-agency
2

13


254

269

Total debt securities available for sale
14

339

1,402

19,091

20,846

Debt securities held to maturity
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities



3,632

3,632

Other/non-agency



785

785

Total debt securities held to maturity



4,417

4,417

Total amortized cost of debt securities

$14


$339


$1,402


$23,508


$25,263

 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair Value:
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities available for sale
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and other

$12


$—


$—


$—


$12

State and political subdivisions



6

6

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities

321

1,372

18,178

19,871

Other/non-agency
2

13


253

268

Total debt securities available for sale
14

334

1,372

18,437

20,157

Debt securities held to maturity
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities



3,473

3,473

Other/non-agency



787

787

Total debt securities held to maturity



4,260

4,260

Total fair value of debt securities

$14


$334


$1,372


$22,697


$24,417


Taxable interest income from investment securities as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations was $165 million and $154 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and was $333 million and $314 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Realized gains and losses on securities are presented below:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Gains on sale of debt securities

$2

 

$3

 

$10

 

$7

Losses on sale of debt securities

 

 

 

Debt securities gains, net

$2

 

$3

 

$10

 

$7

Equity securities gains

$—

 

$1

 

$—

 

$1

    

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities pledged are presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Amortized Cost
Fair Value

 
Amortized Cost
Fair Value

Pledged against repurchase agreements

$341


$328

 

$358


$357

Pledged against FHLB borrowed funds
791

792

 
839

861

Pledged against derivatives, to qualify for fiduciary powers, and to secure public and other deposits as required by law
4,136

3,978

 
3,113

3,082


The Company regularly enters into security repurchase agreements with unrelated counterparties. Repurchase agreements are financial transactions that involve the transfer of a security from one party to another and a subsequent transfer of substantially the same security back to the original party. The Company’s repurchase agreements are typically short-term transactions and accounted for as secured borrowed funds on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. When permitted by GAAP, the Company offsets short-term receivables associated with its reverse repurchase agreements against short-term payables associated with its repurchase agreements. The Company recognized no offsetting of short-term receivables or payables as of June 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017. The Company offsets certain derivative assets and derivative liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. For further information see Note 8 “Derivatives.”
Securitizations of mortgage loans retained in the investment portfolio for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were $29 million and $22 million, respectively, and $55 million and $44 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These securitizations include a substantive guarantee by a third party. In 2018 and 2017, the guarantors were Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae. The debt securities received from the guarantors are classified as AFS.
The following tables present mortgage-backed debt securities whose fair values are below carrying values, segregated by those that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve months and those that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer:
 
June 30, 2018
 
Less than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Longer
 
Total
(dollars in millions)
Number of Issues
Fair Value
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Number of Issues
Fair Value
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Number of Issues
Fair Value
Gross Unrealized Losses
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities
434


$14,384


($434
)
 
155


$7,358


($430
)
 
589


$21,742


($864
)
Other/non-agency
11

285

(3
)
 
10

76

(6
)
 
21

361

(9
)
Total
445


$14,669


($437
)
 
165


$7,434


($436
)
 
610


$22,103


($873
)

 
December 31, 2017
 
Less than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Longer
 
Total
(dollars in millions)
Number of Issues
Fair Value
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Number of Issues
Fair Value
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Number of Issues
Fair Value
Gross Unrealized Losses
Federal agencies and U.S. government sponsored entities
294


$10,163


($97
)
 
152


$8,061


($226
)
 
446


$18,224


($323
)
Other/non-agency
6

55

(1
)
 
10

84

(6
)
 
16

139

(7
)
Total
300


$10,218


($98
)
 
162


$8,145


($232
)
 
462


$18,363


($330
)

67

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


The following table presents the cumulative credit-related losses recognized in earnings on debt securities held by the Company:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Cumulative balance at beginning of period

$80

 

$75

 

$80

 

$75

Credit impairments recognized in earnings on debt securities that have been previously impaired
1

 
4

 
2

 
5

Reductions due to increases in cash flow expectations on impaired debt securities(1)

 

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Cumulative balance at end of period

$81

 

$79

 

$81

 

$79

(1) Reported in interest income from investment securities on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Cumulative credit losses recognized in earnings for impaired AFS debt securities held as of June 30, 2018 and 2017 were $81 million and $79 million, respectively. There were no credit losses recognized in earnings for the Company’s HTM portfolio as of June 30, 2018 and 2017.
For the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company incurred non-agency MBS credit-related other-than-temporary impairment losses in earnings of $1 million and $4 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company incurred non-agency MBS credit-related other-than-temporary impairment losses in earnings of $2 million and $5 million, respectively.
There were no credit-impaired debt securities sold during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. The Company does not currently have the intent to sell these impaired debt securities, and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these debt securities prior to the recovery of their amortized cost bases.
The Company has determined that credit losses are not expected to be incurred on the remaining agency and non-agency MBS identified with unrealized losses as of June 30, 2018. The unrealized losses on these debt securities reflect non-credit-related factors such as changing interest rates and market liquidity. Therefore, the Company has determined that these debt securities are not other-than-temporarily impaired because the Company does not currently have the intent to sell these debt securities, and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these debt securities prior to the recovery of their amortized cost bases. Any subsequent increases in the valuation of impaired debt securities do not impact their recorded cost bases.

68

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


NOTE 3 - LOANS AND LEASES
The Company’s loans and leases are disclosed in portfolio segments and classes. The Company’s loan and lease portfolio segments are commercial and retail. The classes of loans and leases are: commercial, commercial real estate, leases, residential mortgages, home equity loans, home equity lines of credit, home equity loans serviced by others, home equity lines of credit serviced by others, automobile, education, credit cards and other retail. The Company’s SBO portfolio consists of purchased home equity loans and lines that were originally serviced by others, which the Company services a portion of internally. A summary of the loans and leases portfolio is presented below:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Commercial

$39,278

 

$37,562

Commercial real estate
12,528

 
11,308

Leases
3,082

 
3,161

Total commercial loans and leases
54,888

 
52,031

Residential mortgages
17,814

 
17,045

Home equity loans
1,211

 
1,392

Home equity lines of credit
13,014

 
13,483

Home equity loans serviced by others
465

 
542

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
124

 
149

Automobile
12,517

 
13,204

Education
8,450

 
8,134

Credit cards
1,877

 
1,848

Other retail
3,047

 
2,789

Total retail loans
58,519

 
58,586

Total loans and leases (1) (2)

$113,407

 

$110,617


(1) Excluded from the table above are loans held for sale totaling $710 million and $718 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
(2) Mortgage loans serviced for others by the Company’s subsidiaries are not included above, and amounted to $21.6 billion and $20.3 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
Loans held for sale at fair value as of June 30, 2018 totaled $521 million and consisted of residential mortgages originated for sale of $365 million and loans in the commercial trading portfolio of $156 million. Loans held for sale at fair value as of December 31, 2017 totaled $497 million and consisted of residential mortgages originated for sale of $326 million and loans in the commercial trading portfolio of $171 million. Other loans held for sale totaled $189 million and $221 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, and consisted of commercial loans associated with the Company’s syndication business.
Loans pledged as collateral for FHLB borrowed funds, primarily residential mortgages and home equity loans, totaled $25.3 billion and $24.9 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Loans pledged as collateral to support the contingent ability to borrow at the FRB discount window, if necessary, was primarily comprised of auto and commercial loans, and totaled $18.0 billion and $18.1 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
During the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company sold $353 million of commercial loans. During the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Company sold $206 million of residential mortgage loans and $596 million of commercial loans.
During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company sold $553 million of commercial loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company sold $206 million of residential mortgage loans and $596 million of commercial loans.
NOTE 4 - ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES, NONPERFORMING ASSETS, AND CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
The allowance for credit losses consists of the ALLL and the reserve for unfunded commitments. It is increased through a provision for credit losses that is charged to earnings, based on the Company’s quarterly evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio and related commitments, and is reduced by net charge-offs and the ALLL associated with sold loans. See Note 5 “Allowance for Credit Losses, Nonperforming Assets, and Concentrations of Credit Risk” to the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, for a detailed discussion of the ALLL reserve methodology and estimation techniques.

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


On a quarterly basis, the Company reviews and refines its estimate of the allowance for credit losses, taking into consideration changes in portfolio size and composition, historical loss experience, internal risk ratings, current economic conditions, industry performance trends and other pertinent information. As of June 30, 2018, there were no material changes in assumptions or estimation techniques compared with prior periods that impacted the determination of the current period’s ALLL and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments. As of December 31, 2017, the Company enhanced the method for assessing various qualitative risks, factors and events that may not be measured in the modeled results. The new methodology includes a statistical analysis of prior charge-off rates on a historical basis combined with a qualitative assessment based on quantitative measures affecting the determination of incurred losses in the loan and lease portfolio, and provides better alignment of the qualitative ALLL to the commercial and retail loan portfolios. The impact of the change was an increase of approximately $50 million to the commercial ALLL with a corresponding decrease to the retail ALLL; there was not a significant impact on the total qualitative ALLL as of December 31, 2017.
A summary of changes in the allowance for credit losses is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Commercial

Retail

Total

 
Commercial

Retail

Total

Allowance for loan and lease losses, beginning of period

$711


$535


$1,246

 

$685


$551


$1,236

Charge-offs
(14
)
(106
)
(120
)
 
(17
)
(219
)
(236
)
Recoveries
2

42

44

 
8

82

90

Net charge-offs
(12
)
(64
)
(76
)
 
(9
)
(137
)
(146
)
Provision charged to income
16

67

83

 
39

124

163

Allowance for loan and lease losses, end of period
715

538

1,253

 
715

538

1,253

Reserve for unfunded lending commitments, beginning of period
86


86

 
88


88

Provision for unfunded lending commitments
2


2

 



Reserve for unfunded lending commitments, end of period
88


88

 
88


88

Total allowance for credit losses, end of period

$803


$538


$1,341

 

$803


$538


$1,341

 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
(in millions)
Commercial

Retail

Total

 
Commercial

Retail

Total

Allowance for loan and lease losses, beginning of period

$653


$571


$1,224

 

$663


$573


$1,236

Charge-offs
(24
)
(104
)
(128
)
 
(48
)
(213
)
(261
)
Recoveries
10

43

53

 
15

84

99

Net charge-offs
(14
)
(61
)
(75
)
 
(33
)
(129
)
(162
)
Provision charged to income
(25
)
95

70

 
(16
)
161

145

Allowance for loan and lease losses, end of period
614

605

1,219

 
614

605

1,219

Reserve for unfunded lending commitments, beginning of period
93


93

 
72


72

Provision for unfunded lending commitments



 
21


21

Reserve for unfunded lending commitments, end of period
93


93

 
93


93

Total allowance for credit losses, end of period

$707


$605


$1,312

 

$707


$605


$1,312


The recorded investment in loans and leases based on the Company’s evaluation methodology is presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Commercial

Retail

Total

 
Commercial

Retail

Total

Individually evaluated

$426


$742


$1,168

 

$370


$761


$1,131

Formula-based evaluation
54,462

57,777

112,239

 
51,661

57,825

109,486

Total loans and leases

$54,888


$58,519


$113,407

 

$52,031


$58,586


$110,617


70

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)



A summary of the allowance for credit losses by evaluation method is presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Commercial

Retail

Total

 
Commercial

Retail

Total

Individually evaluated

$62


$28


$90

 

$47


$34


$81

Formula-based evaluation
741

510

1,251

 
726

517

1,243

Allowance for credit losses

$803


$538


$1,341

 

$773


$551


$1,324


For commercial loans and leases, the Company utilizes regulatory classification ratings to monitor credit quality. Loans with a “pass” rating are those that the Company believes will be fully repaid in accordance with the contractual loan terms. Commercial loans and leases that are “criticized” are those that have some weakness or potential weakness that indicate an increased probability of future loss. “Criticized” loans are grouped into three categories, “special mention,” “substandard” and “doubtful.” Special mention loans have potential weaknesses that, if left uncorrected, may result in deterioration of the Company’s credit position at some future date. Substandard loans are inadequately protected loans; these loans have well-defined weaknesses that could hinder normal repayment or collection of the debt. Doubtful loans have the same weaknesses as substandard, with the added characteristics that the possibility of loss is high and collection of the full amount of the loan is improbable. For retail loans, the Company primarily uses the loan’s payment and delinquency status to monitor credit quality. The further a loan is past due, the greater the likelihood of future credit loss. These credit quality indicators for both commercial and retail loans are continually updated and monitored.
The recorded investment in commercial loans and leases based on regulatory classification ratings is presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Criticized
 
(in millions)
Pass

Special Mention
Substandard

Doubtful

Total

Commercial

$36,576


$1,694


$754


$254


$39,278

Commercial real estate
12,044

336

119

29

12,528

Leases
2,955

88

39


3,082

Total commercial loans and leases

$51,575


$2,118


$912


$283


$54,888


 
December 31, 2017
 
 
Criticized
 
(in millions)
Pass

Special Mention
Substandard

Doubtful

Total

Commercial

$35,430


$1,143


$785


$204


$37,562

Commercial real estate
10,706

500

74

28

11,308

Leases
3,069

73

19


3,161

Total commercial loans and leases

$49,205


$1,716


$878


$232


$52,031



71

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


The recorded investment in classes of retail loans, categorized by delinquency status is presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Days Past Due
(in millions)
Current

1-29
30-59
60-89
90 or More
Total

Residential mortgages

$17,557


$104


$30


$9


$114


$17,814

Home equity loans
1,083

73

8

3

44

1,211

Home equity lines of credit
12,397

361

51

16

189

13,014

Home equity loans serviced by others
413

27

7

2

16

465

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
98

15

3

1

7

124

Automobile
11,267

977

174

47

52

12,517

Education
8,274

132

21

11

12

8,450

Credit cards
1,795

46

11

8

17

1,877

Other retail
2,936

65

20

14

12

3,047

Total retail loans

$55,820


$1,800


$325


$111


$463


$58,519


 
December 31, 2017
 
 
Days Past Due
(in millions)
Current

1-29
30-59
60-89
90 or More
Total

Residential mortgages

$16,714


$147


$46


$18


$120


$17,045

Home equity loans
1,212

102

20

4

54

1,392

Home equity lines of credit
12,756

438

78

23

188

13,483

Home equity loans serviced by others
477

29

10

4

22

542

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
116

21

4

1

7

149

Automobile
11,596

1,273

220

55

60

13,204

Education
7,898

160

23

12

41

8,134

Credit cards
1,747

63

12

9

17

1,848

Other retail
2,679

68

20

12

10

2,789

Total retail loans

$55,195


$2,301


$433


$138


$519


$58,586



72

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


Nonperforming Assets
The following table presents nonperforming loans and leases and loans accruing and 90 days or more past due:
 
Nonperforming
 
Accruing and 90 days or more past due
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Commercial

$249

 

$238

 

$3

 

$5

Commercial real estate
31

 
27

 

 
3

Leases

 

 

 

Total commercial loans and leases
280

 
265

 
3

 
8

Residential mortgages (1)
119

 
128

 
14

 
16

Home equity loans
59

 
72

 

 

Home equity lines of credit
225

 
233

 

 

Home equity loans serviced by others
19

 
25

 

 

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
17

 
18

 

 

Automobile
62

 
70

 

 

Education
40

 
38

 
3

 
3

Credit card
17

 
17

 

 

Other retail
7

 
5

 
6

 
5

Total retail loans
565

 
606

 
23

 
24

Total

$845

 

$871

 

$26

 

$32

(1) Nonperforming balances exclude first lien residential mortgage loans that are 100% guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration. These loans, which are accruing and 90 days or more past due, totaled $11 million and $15 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Nonperforming balances also exclude guaranteed residential mortgage loans sold to GNMA for which the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase. These loans totaled $23 million and $30 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. These loans are included in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Other nonperforming assets consisted primarily of other real estate owned and was presented in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Other real estate owned, net of valuation allowance, was $29 million and $36 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

A summary of nonperforming loan and lease key performance indicators is presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Nonperforming commercial loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases
0.25
%
 
0.24
%
Nonperforming retail loans as a percentage of total loans and leases
0.50

 
0.55

Total nonperforming loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases
0.75
%
 
0.79
%
 
 
 
 
Nonperforming commercial assets as a percentage of total assets
0.18
%
 
0.17
%
Nonperforming retail assets as a percentage of total assets
0.38
%
 
0.43
%
Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets
0.56
%
 
0.60
%

The recorded investment in mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process was $175 million and $181 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

73

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


An analysis of the age of both accruing and nonaccruing loan and lease past due amounts is presented below:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
Days Past Due
 
Days Past Due
(in millions)
30-59
60-89
 90 or More
 Total

 
30-59
60-89
 90 or More
 Total

Commercial

$32


$50


$78


$160

 

$26


$4


$243


$273

Commercial real estate
1

5

28

34

 
38

20

30

88

Leases
3



3

 
4

1


5

Total commercial loans and leases
36

55

106

197

 
68

25

273

366

Residential mortgages
30

9

114

153

 
46

18

120

184

Home equity loans
8

3

44

55

 
20

4

54

78

Home equity lines of credit
51

16

189

256

 
78

23

188

289

Home equity loans serviced by others
7

2

16

25

 
10

4

22

36

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
3

1

7

11

 
4

1

7

12

Automobile
174

47

52

273

 
220

55

60

335

Education
21

11

12

44

 
23

12

41

76

Credit cards
11

8

17

36

 
12

9

17

38

Other retail
20

14

12

46

 
20

12

10

42

Total retail loans
325

111

463

899

 
433

138

519

1,090

Total

$361


$166


$569


$1,096

 

$501


$163


$792


$1,456


Impaired Loans
Impaired loans include nonaccruing larger balance (greater than $3 million carrying value), non-homogeneous commercial and commercial real estate loans, and restructured loans that are deemed TDRs. A summary of impaired loans by class is presented below:

June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Impaired Loans With a Related Allowance
Allowance on Impaired Loans
Impaired Loans Without a Related Allowance
Unpaid Contractual Balance
Total Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans
Commercial

$278


$57


$113


$451


$391

Commercial real estate
25

5

10

49

35

Leases





Total commercial loans and leases
303

62

123

500

426

Residential mortgages
29

2

127

201

156

Home equity loans
36

3

75

150

111

Home equity lines of credit
17

1

185

247

202

Home equity loans serviced by others
25

2

21

60

46

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
2


7

12

9

Automobile
2


22

30

24

Education
140

12

23

164

163

Credit cards
24

7


25

24

Other retail
4

1

3

9

7

Total retail loans
279

28

463

898

742

Total

$582


$90


$586


$1,398


$1,168




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December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Impaired Loans With a Related Allowance
Allowance on Impaired Loans
Impaired Loans Without a Related Allowance
Unpaid Contractual Balance
Total Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans
Commercial

$183


$42


$159


$403


$342

Commercial real estate
25

5

3

40

28

Leases





Total commercial loans and leases
208

47

162

443

370

Residential mortgages
25

2

126

197

151

Home equity loans
41

4

80

162

121

Home equity lines of credit
16

1

181

241

197

Home equity loans serviced by others
29

2

22

67

51

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
2


7

14

9

Automobile
2


21

30

23

Education
154

17

21

175

175

Credit cards
24

7

1

25

25

Other retail
5

1

4

10

9

Total retail loans
298

34

463

921

761

Total

$506


$81


$625


$1,364


$1,131


Additional information on impaired loans is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
(in millions)
Interest Income Recognized
Average Recorded Investment
 
Interest Income Recognized
Average Recorded Investment
Commercial

$2


$332

 

$1


$431

Commercial real estate

36

 

38

Leases


 


Total commercial loans and leases
2

368

 
1

469

Residential mortgages
2

152

 
2

182

Home equity loans
1

112

 
1

141

Home equity lines of credit
2

198

 
1

203

Home equity loans serviced by others

46

 
1

54

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others

9

 

9

Automobile

22

 

20

Education
2

165

 
2

146

Credit cards
1

24

 
1

25

Other retail

8

 

10

Total retail loans
8

736

 
8

790

Total

$10


$1,104

 

$9


$1,259


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Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
(in millions)
Interest Income Recognized
Average Recorded Investment
 
Interest Income Recognized
Average Recorded Investment
Commercial

$4


$311

 

$2


$414

Commercial real estate

32

 

41

Leases


 


Total commercial loans and leases
4

343

 
2

455

Residential mortgages
3

149

 
3

178

Home equity loans
3

112

 
3

140

Home equity lines of credit
4

192

 
3

197

Home equity loans serviced by others
1

47

 
2

54

Home equity lines of credit serviced by others

9

 

9

Automobile

21

 

18

Education
4

165

 
4

146

Credit cards
1

23

 
1

24

Other retail

8

 

10

Total retail loans
16

726

 
16

776

Total

$20


$1,069

 

$18


$1,231

Troubled Debt Restructurings
In situations where, for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties, the Company grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider, the related loan is classified as a TDR. TDRs typically result from the Company’s loss mitigation efforts and are undertaken in order to improve the likelihood of recovery and continuity of the relationship. The Company’s loan modifications are handled on a case-by-case basis and are negotiated to achieve mutually agreeable terms that maximize loan collectability and meet the borrower’s financial needs. Concessions granted in TDRs for all classes of loans may include lowering the interest rate, forgiving a portion of principal, extending the loan term, lowering scheduled payments for a specified period of time, waiving or delaying a scheduled payment of principal or interest for other than an insignificant time period, or capitalizing past due amounts. A rate increase can be a concession if the increased rate is lower than a market rate for debt with risk similar to that of the restructured loan. TDRs for commercial loans and leases may also involve creating a multiple note structure, accepting non-cash assets, accepting an equity interest, or receiving a performance-based fee. In some cases, a TDR may involve multiple concessions. The financial effects of TDRs for all loan classes may include lower income (either due to a lower interest rate or a delay in the timing of cash flows), larger loan loss provisions, and accelerated charge-offs if the modification renders the loan collateral-dependent. In some cases, interest income throughout the term of the loan may increase if, for example, the loan is extended or the interest rate is increased as a result of the restructuring.
Because TDRs are impaired loans, the Company measures impairment by comparing the present value of expected future cash flows, or when appropriate, the fair value of collateral less costs to sell, to the loan’s recorded investment. Any excess of recorded investment over the present value of expected future cash flows or collateral value is included in the ALLL. Any portion of the loan’s recorded investment the Company does not expect to collect as a result of the modification is charged off at the time of modification. For Retail TDR accounts where the expected value of cash flows is utilized, any recorded investment in excess of the present value of expected cash flows is recognized by creating or increasing the ALLL. For Retail TDR accounts assessed based on the fair value of collateral, any portion of the loan’s recorded investment in excess of the collateral value less costs to sell is charged off at the time of modification or at the time of subsequent and regularly recurring valuations.
The table below summarizes TDRs by class and total unfunded commitments:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Commercial

$244

 

$129

Retail
742

 
761

Unfunded commitments tied to TDRs
35

 
39


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The table below summarizes how loans were modified during the three months ended June 30, 2018, the charge-offs related to the modifications, and the impact on the ALLL. The reported balances can include loans that became TDRs during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and were paid off in full, charged off, or sold prior to June 30, 2018.
 
Primary Modification Types
 
Interest Rate Reduction (1)
 
Maturity Extension (2)
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Commercial
4


$1


$1

 
4


$—


$—

Commercial real estate



 



Leases



 



Total commercial loans and leases
4

1

1

 
4



Residential mortgages
16

1

2

 
23

3

3

Home equity loans
11

1

1

 
1



Home equity lines of credit
13

1

1

 
47

6

6

Home equity loans serviced by others



 



Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
2



 
1



Automobile
41

1

1

 
16



Education



 



Credit cards
559

3

3

 



Other retail



 



Total retail loans
642

7

8

 
88

9

9

Total
646


$8


$9

 
92


$9


$9

 
Primary Modification Types
 
 
 
 
Other (3)
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Net Change to ALLL Resulting from Modification
Charge-offs Resulting from Modification
Commercial
17


$59


$59

 

$—


$—

Commercial real estate
2

31

31

 


Leases



 


Total commercial loans and leases
19

90

90

 


Residential mortgages
33

4

5

 


Home equity loans
34

1

1

 


Home equity lines of credit
113

8

7

 


Home equity loans serviced by others
8



 


Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
2



 


Automobile
309

5

5

 

1

Education
139

3

3

 


Credit cards



 
1


Other retail



 


Total retail loans
638

21

21

 
1

1

Total
657


$111


$111

 

$1


$1

(1) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is an interest rate reduction.
(2) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is a maturity extension (unless one of the other concessions was an interest rate reduction).
(3) Includes modifications other than interest rate reductions or maturity extensions, such as lowering scheduled payments for a specified period of time, principal forgiveness, and capitalizing arrearages. Also included are the following: deferrals, trial modifications, certain bankruptcies, loans in forbearance and prepayment plans. Modifications can include the deferral of accrued interest resulting in post modification balances being higher than pre-modification.

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The table below summarizes how loans were modified during the three months ended June 30, 2017, the charge-offs related to the modifications, and the impact on the ALLL. The reported balances can include loans that became TDRs during the three months ended June 30, 2017 and were paid off in full, charged off, or sold prior to June 30, 2017.
 
Primary Modification Types
 
Interest Rate Reduction (1)
 
Maturity Extension (2)
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Commercial
2


$—


$—

 
11


$13


$13

Commercial real estate



 



Leases



 



Total commercial loans and leases
2



 
11

13

13

Residential mortgages
25

4

3

 
25

5

5

Home equity loans
22

1

2

 



Home equity lines of credit
14



 
67

9

9

Home equity loans serviced by others
5



 



Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
2



 



Automobile
25



 
7



Education



 



Credit cards
624

4

4

 



Other retail



 



Total retail loans
717

9

9

 
99

14

14

Total
719


$9


$9

 
110


$27


$27

 
Primary Modification Types
 
 
 
 
Other (3)
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Net Change to ALLL Resulting from Modification
Charge-offs Resulting from Modification
Commercial
4


$32


$31

 

$1


$—

Commercial real estate



 


Leases



 


Total commercial loans and leases
4

32

31

 
1


Residential mortgages
44

6

6

 


Home equity loans
42

2

2

 


Home equity lines of credit
112

8

7

 


Home equity loans serviced by others
16



 


Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
2



 


Automobile
349

6

6

 

1

Education
7

1

1

 
1


Credit cards



 
1


Other retail
2



 
(1
)

Total retail loans
574

23

22

 
1

1

Total
578


$55


$53

 

$2


$1

(1) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is an interest rate reduction.
(2) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is a maturity extension (unless one of the other concessions was an interest rate reduction).
(3) Includes modifications other than interest rate reductions or maturity extensions, such as lowering scheduled payments for a specified period of time, principal forgiveness, and capitalizing arrearages. Also included are the following: deferrals, trial modifications, certain bankruptcies, loans in forbearance and prepayment plans. Modifications can include the deferral of accrued interest resulting in post modification balances being higher than pre-modification.



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The table below summarizes how loans were modified during the six months ended June 30, 2018, the charge-offs related to the modifications, and the impact on the ALLL. The reported balances can include loans that became TDRs during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and were paid off in full, charged off, or sold prior to June 30, 2018.
 
Primary Modification Types
 
Interest Rate Reduction (1)
 
Maturity Extension (2)
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Commercial
5


$1


$1

 
10


$1


$1

Commercial real estate



 
1



Leases



 



Total commercial loans and leases
5

1

1

 
11

1

1

Residential mortgages
23

2

3

 
30

4

4

Home equity loans
22

2

2

 
1



Home equity lines of credit
28

2

2

 
89

11

11

Home equity loans serviced by others
1



 



Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
4



 
1



Automobile
77

2

2

 
33

1

1

Education



 



Credit cards
1,153

6

6

 



Other retail
1



 



Total retail loans
1,309

14

15

 
154

16

16

Total
1,314


$15


$16

 
165


$17


$17

 
Primary Modification Types
 
 
 
 
Other (3)
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Net Change to ALLL Resulting from Modification
Charge-offs Resulting from Modification
Commercial
35


$133


$134

 

$—


$—

Commercial real estate
2

31

31

 


Leases



 


Total commercial loans and leases
37

164

165

 


Residential mortgages
86

10

11

 


Home equity loans
66

3

3

 


Home equity lines of credit
206

15

14

 


Home equity loans serviced by others
15



 


Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
5



 


Automobile
578

10

9

 

2

Education
251

4

4

 


Credit cards



 
2


Other retail
4



 


Total retail loans
1,211

42

41

 
2

2

Total
1,248


$206


$206

 

$2


$2

(1) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is an interest rate reduction.
(2) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is a maturity extension (unless one of the other concessions was an interest rate reduction).
(3) Includes modifications other than interest rate reductions or maturity extensions, such as lowering scheduled payments for a specified period of time, principal forgiveness, and capitalizing arrearages. Also included are the following: deferrals, trial modifications, certain bankruptcies, loans in forbearance and prepayment plans. Modifications can include the deferral of accrued interest resulting in post modification balances being higher than pre-modification.

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The table below summarizes how loans were modified during the six months ended June 30, 2017, the charge-offs related to the modifications, and the impact on the ALLL. The reported balances can include loans that became TDRs during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and were paid off in full, charged off, or sold prior to June 30, 2017.
 
Primary Modification Types
 
Interest Rate Reduction (1)
 
Maturity Extension (2)
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Commercial
4


$1


$1

 
18


$14


$14

Commercial real estate



 



Leases



 



Total commercial loans and leases
4

1

1

 
18

14

14

Residential mortgages
43

5

5

 
36

8

8

Home equity loans
43

2

3

 
1



Home equity lines of credit
30

1

1

 
118

15

15

Home equity loans serviced by others
11

1

1

 



Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
3



 
2



Automobile
65

1

1

 
15



Education



 



Credit cards
1,189

7

7

 



Other retail
1



 



Total retail loans
1,385

17

18

 
172

23

23

Total
1,389


$18


$19

 
190


$37


$37

 
Primary Modification Types
 
 
 
 
Other (3)
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
 
Net Change to ALLL Resulting from Modification
Charge-offs Resulting from Modification
Commercial
4


$32


$31

 

$1


$—

Commercial real estate



 


Leases
1

4

4

 


Total commercial loans and leases
5

36

35

 
1


Residential mortgages
92

10

10

 


Home equity loans
144

8

8

 


Home equity lines of credit
187

14

13

 


Home equity loans serviced by others
30

1

1

 


Home equity lines of credit serviced by others
13

1

1

 


Automobile
625

11

10

 

2

Education
22

2

2

 
1


Credit cards



 
2


Other retail
3



 
(1
)

Total retail loans
1,116

47

45

 
2

2

Total
1,121


$83


$80

 

$3


$2

(1) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is an interest rate reduction.
(2) Includes modifications that consist of multiple concessions, one of which is a maturity extension (unless one of the other concessions was an interest rate reduction).
(3) Includes modifications other than interest rate reductions or maturity extensions, such as lowering scheduled payments for a specified period of time, principal forgiveness, and capitalizing arrearages. Also included are the following: deferrals, trial modifications, certain bankruptcies, loans in forbearance and prepayment plans. Modifications can include the deferral of accrued interest resulting in post modification balances being higher than pre-modification.

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The table below summarizes TDRs that defaulted within 12 months of their modification date during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. For purposes of this table, a payment default refers to a loan that becomes 90 days or more past due under the modified terms. Amounts represent the loan’s recorded investment at the time of payment default. If a TDR of any loan type becomes 90 days past due after being modified, the loan is written down to the fair value of collateral less cost to sell. The amount written off is charged to the ALLL.
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
(dollars in millions)
Number of Contracts
Balance Defaulted
 
Number of Contracts
Balance Defaulted
 
Number of Contracts
Balance Defaulted
 
Number of Contracts
Balance Defaulted
Commercial
3


$17

 
4


$1

 
6


$20

 
5


$1

Commercial real estate
1


 


 
1


 
1

4

Leases


 


 


 


Total commercial loans and leases
4

17

 
4

1

 
7

20

 
6

5

Residential mortgages
44

5

 
41

4

 
70

8

 
86

10

Home equity loans
7


 
14

1

 
18

1

 
23

1

Home equity lines of credit
40

3

 
65

4

 
106

8

 
100

7

Home equity loans serviced by others
5


 
9


 
10


 
10


Home equity lines of credit serviced by others


 
1


 
1


 
4


Automobile
30

1

 
27

1

 
76

1

 
61

1

Education
7

1

 
9


 
12

1

 
16


Credit cards
102


 
102

1

 
221

1

 
228

2

Other retail


 


 


 
2


Total retail loans
235

10

 
268

11

 
514

20

 
530

21

Total
239


$27

 
272


$12

 
521


$40

 
536


$26

Concentrations of Credit Risk
Most of the Company’s lending activity is with customers located in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Generally, loans are collateralized by assets including real estate, inventory, accounts receivable, other personal property and investment securities. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had a significant amount of loans collateralized by residential and commercial real estate. There were no significant concentration risks within the commercial loan or retail loan portfolios. Exposure to credit losses arising from lending transactions may fluctuate with fair values of collateral supporting loans, which may not perform according to contractual agreements. The Company’s policy is to collateralize loans to the extent necessary; however, unsecured loans are also granted on the basis of the financial strength of the applicant and the facts surrounding the transaction.
Certain loan products, including residential mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit, and credit cards, have contractual features that may increase credit exposure to the Company in the event of an increase in interest rates or a decline in housing values. These products include loans that exceed 90% of the value of the underlying collateral (high LTV loans), interest-only and negative amortization residential mortgages, and loans with low introductory rates. Certain loans have more than one of these characteristics. The following tables present balances of loans with these characteristics:
 
June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Residential Mortgages
Home Equity Loans and Lines of Credit
Home Equity Products Serviced by Others
Credit Cards

Education

Total

High loan-to-value

$430


$145


$205


$—


$—


$780

Interest-only/negative amortization
1,770





1,770

Low introductory rate



197


197

Multiple characteristics and other
1





1

Total

$2,201


$145


$205


$197


$—


$2,748


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December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Residential Mortgages
Home Equity Loans and Lines of Credit
Home Equity Products Serviced by Others
Credit Cards

Education

Total

High loan-to-value

$366


$166


$264


$—


$—


$796

Interest-only/negative amortization
1,763




1

1,764

Low introductory rate



197


197

Multiple characteristics and other
1





1

Total

$2,130


$166


$264


$197


$1


$2,758

NOTE 5 - MORTGAGE BANKING
In its mortgage banking business, the Company sells residential mortgages to government-sponsored entities and other parties, who may issue securities backed by pools of such loans. The Company retains no beneficial interests in these sales, but may retain the servicing rights for the loans sold. The Company is obligated to subsequently repurchase a loan if the purchaser discovers a standard representation or warranty violation such as noncompliance with eligibility requirements, customer fraud, or servicing violations. This primarily occurs during a loan file review.
Information related to residential mortgage loan sales and the Company's mortgage banking activity is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

2018

 
2017

Residential mortgage loan sale proceeds

$670

 

$729


$1,325

 

$1,544

Gain on sales
17

 
19

30

 
29

Mortgage servicing fees
16

 
14

31

 
27

Repurchased residential mortgages

 

2

 
1

Valuation recoveries

 
1

3

 
1

MSRs are presented in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Changes related to MSRs are presented below:
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

MSRs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as of beginning of period

$201

 

$170

 

$201

 

$168

Amount capitalized
8

 
8

 
15

 
18

Purchases
16

 

 
16

 

Amortization
(8
)
 
(8
)
 
(15
)
 
(16
)
Carrying amount before valuation allowance
217

 
170

 
217

 
170

Valuation allowance for servicing assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as of beginning of period

 
5

 
3

 
5

Valuation recoveries

 
(1
)
 
(3
)
 
(1
)
Balance at end of period

 
4

 

 
4

Net carrying value of MSRs

$217

 

$166

 

$217

 

$166


The fair value of MSRs is estimated using a valuation model that calculates the present value of estimated future net servicing cash flows, taking into consideration actual and expected mortgage loan prepayment rates, discount rates, contractual servicing fee income, servicing costs, default rates, ancillary income, and other economic factors, which are determined based on current market conditions. The valuation model uses a static discounted cash flow methodology incorporating current market interest rates. A static model does not attempt to forecast or predict the future direction of interest rates; rather it estimates the amount and timing of future servicing cash flows using current market interest rates. The current mortgage interest rate influences the expected prepayment rate and therefore, the length of the cash flows associated with the servicing asset, while the discount rate determines

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the present value of those cash flows. Expected mortgage loan prepayment assumptions are obtained using the QRM Multi-Component prepayment model. The Company periodically obtains third-party valuations of its MSRs to assess the reasonableness of the fair value calculated by the valuation model.
The key economic assumptions used to estimate the value of MSRs are presented in the following table:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
Weighted Average
 
 
Weighted Average
 
(dollars in millions)
Range
 
Range
Fair value
$254
Min
Max
 
$218
Min
Max
Weighted average life (in years)
6.4
2.4
8.7
 
5.9
2.3
8.4
Weighted average constant prepayment rate
9.4%
6.0%
20.8%
 
10.0%
6.6%
20.1%
Weighted average discount rate
9.8%
9.1%
12.1%
 
9.9%
9.1%
12.1%

The key economic assumptions used in estimating the fair value of MSRs capitalized during the period are presented below:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Weighted average life (in years)
7.3
 
6.2
 
7.4
 
6.6
Weighted average constant prepayment rate
7.6%
 
11.1%
 
7.5%
 
  9.9%
Weighted average discount rate
  9.8%
 
  9.9%
 
  9.8%
 
  9.9%

The sensitivity analysis below presents the impact to current fair value of an immediate 50 basis point and 100 basis point adverse change in the key economic assumptions and presents the decline in fair value that would occur if the adverse change were realized. These sensitivities are hypothetical, with the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the mortgage servicing rights calculated independently without changing any other assumption. In reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another (e.g., changes in interest rates, which drive changes in prepayment rates, could result in changes in the discount rates), which may amplify or counteract the sensitivities. The primary risk inherent in the Company’s MSRs is an increase in prepayments of the underlying mortgage loans serviced, which is dependent upon market movements of interest rates.
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Prepayment rate:
 
 
 
Decline in fair value from a 50 basis point decrease in interest rates

$16

 

$22

Decline in fair value from a 100 basis point decrease in interest rates
47

 
46

Weighted average discount rate:
 
 
 
Decline in fair value from a 50 basis point increase in weighted average discount rate

$5

 

$4

Decline in fair value from a 100 basis point increase in weighted average discount rate
9

 
8


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


NOTE 6 - VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
The Company is involved in various entities that are considered VIEs, including investments in limited partnerships that sponsor affordable housing projects, limited liability companies that sponsor renewable energy projects and lending to special purpose entities. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with these entities is limited to the balance sheet carrying amount of its equity investment and outstanding loans to special purpose entities. A summary of these investments is presented below:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
LIHTC investment included in other assets

$1,057

 

$951

LIHTC unfunded commitments included in other liabilities
548

 
491

Renewable energy investments included in other assets
326

 
335

Lending to special purpose entities included in loans and leases
354

 

Low Income Housing Tax Credit Partnerships
The purpose of the Company’s equity investments is to assist in achieving the goals of the Community Reinvestment Act and to earn an adequate return of capital. LIHTC partnerships are managed by unrelated general partners that have the power to direct the activities which most significantly affect the performance of the partnerships. The Company is therefore not the primary beneficiary of any LIHTC partnerships. Accordingly, the Company does not consolidate these VIEs and accounts for these investments in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company applies the proportional amortization method to account for its LIHTC investments. Under the proportional amortization method, the Company applies a practical expedient and amortizes the initial cost of the investment in proportion to the tax credits received in the current period as compared to the total tax credits expected to be received over the life of the investment. The amortization and tax benefits are included as a component of income tax expense. The tax credits received are reported as a reduction of income tax expense (or an increase to income tax benefit) related to these transactions.
The following table presents other information related to the Company’s affordable housing tax credit investments:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Tax credits included in income tax expense

$26

 

$22

 

$51

 

$43

Amortization expense included in income tax expense
28

 
22

 
55

 
45

Other tax benefits included in income tax expense
6

 
8

 
12

 
15

No LIHTC investment impairment losses were recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Renewable Energy Entities
The Company’s investments in renewable energy entities provide benefits from a return generated by government incentives plus other tax attributes that are associated with tax ownership (e.g., tax depreciation). As a tax equity investor, the Company does not have the power to direct the activities which most significantly affect the performance of these entities and therefore is not the primary beneficiary of any renewable energy entities. Accordingly, the Company does not consolidate these VIEs and accounts for these investments in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Lending to Special Purpose Entities
The Company provides lending facilities to third-party sponsored special purpose entities. Because the sponsor for each respective entity has the power to direct how proceeds from the Company are utilized, as well as maintains responsibility for any associated servicing commitments, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of these entities. Accordingly, the Company does not consolidate these VIEs on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of June 30, 2018, the lending facilities had aggregate unpaid principal balances of $354 million and undrawn

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commitments to extend credit of $279 million. The Company did not provide these lending facilities as of December 31, 2017.
NOTE 7 - BORROWED FUNDS
A summary of the Company’s short-term borrowed funds is presented below:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Federal funds purchased

$—

 

$460

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
326

 
355

Other short-term borrowed funds (1)
1,499

 
1,856

Total short-term borrowed funds

$1,825

 

$2,671

(1) June 30, 2018 includes $1.5 billion of debt issued under CBNA’s Global Bank Note Program maturing within one year, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($1) million and other basis adjustments of ($10) million. December 31, 2017 includes $750 million of debt issued under CBNA’s Global Bank Note Program maturing within one year, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($1) million and other basis adjustments of ($4) million.

Key data related to short-term borrowed funds is presented in the following table:
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

 
2017
Weighted-average interest rate at period-end:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
0.74
%
Other short-term borrowed funds
2.41

 
1.31

 
2.41

 
1.31

 
1.72

Maximum amount outstanding at month-end during the period:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase(2)

$1,045

 

$1,075

 

$1,045

 

$1,174

 

$1,174

Other short-term borrowed funds
2,247

 
2,507

 
2,247

 
3,508

 
3,508

Average amount outstanding during the period:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase(2)
 

$504

 

$808

 

$574

 

$845

 

$776

Other short-term borrowed funds
1,677

 
2,275

 
1,579

 
2,617

 
2,321

Weighted-average interest rate during the period:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
0.71
%
 
0.36
%
 
0.68
%
 
0.28
%
 
0.36
%
Other short-term borrowed funds
2.49

 
1.22

 
2.33

 
1.14

 
1.32

(1) Rates exclude certain hedging costs.
(2) Balances are net of certain short-term receivables associated with reverse repurchase agreements, as applicable.



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A summary of the Company’s long-term borrowed funds is presented below:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Parent Company:
 
 
 
2.375% fixed-rate senior unsecured debt, due 2021

$349

 

$349

4.150% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2022
348

 
348

5.158% fixed-to-floating rate callable subordinated debt, due 2023(1)

 
333

3.750% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2024
250

 
250

4.023% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2024
42

 
42

4.350% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2025
249

 
249

4.300% fixed-rate subordinated debt, due 2025
749

 
749

Banking Subsidiaries:
 
 
 
2.450% senior unsecured notes, due 2019 (2)
740

 
743

2.500% senior unsecured notes, due 2019 (2) (3)

 
741

2.250% senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
687

 
692

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
299

 
299

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
250

 
249

2.200% senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
499

 
498

2.250% senior unsecured notes, due 2020 (2)
732

 
742

2.550% senior unsecured notes, due 2021 (2)
951

 
964

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2022 (2)
249

 
249

2.650% senior unsecured notes, due 2022 (2)
480

 
491

3.700% senior unsecured notes, due 2023 (2)
496

 

Floating-rate senior unsecured notes, due 2023 (2)
249

 

Federal Home Loan advances due through 2038
6,010

 
3,761

Other
12

 
16

Total long-term borrowed funds

$13,641

 

$11,765

(1) Redeemed on June 29, 2018.
(2) Issued under CBNA’s Global Bank Note Program.
(3) Reclassified to short-term borrowed funds.


The Parent Company’s long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 included principal balances of $2.0 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($5) million for each period. The banking subsidiaries’ long-term borrowed funds as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 included principal balances of $11.8 billion and $9.5 billion, respectively, with unamortized deferred issuance costs and/or discounts of ($18) million and ($19) million, respectively, and hedging basis adjustments of ($100) million and ($63) million, respectively. See Note 8 “Derivatives” for further information about the Company’s hedging of certain long-term borrowed funds.
Advances, lines of credit, and letters of credit from the FHLB are collateralized by pledged mortgages and pledged securities at least sufficient to satisfy the collateral maintenance level established by the FHLB. The utilized borrowing capacity for FHLB advances and letters of credit was $10.8 billion and $9.4 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company’s available FHLB borrowing capacity was $7.0 billion and $8.0 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company can also borrow from the FRB discount window to meet short-term liquidity requirements. Collateral, including certain loans, is pledged to support this borrowing capacity. At June 30, 2018, the Company’s unused secured borrowing capacity was approximately $39.1 billion, which includes unencumbered securities, FHLB borrowing capacity, and FRB discount window capacity.
On June 29, 2018, the Parent Company redeemed $333 million of its 5.158% fixed-to-floating rate callable subordinated debt due 2023.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


A summary of maturities for the Company’s long-term borrowed funds at June 30, 2018 is presented below:
(in millions)
Parent Company
Banking Subsidiaries
Consolidated

Year
 
 
 
2019

$—


$6,743


$6,743

2020

2,471

2,471

2021
349

954

1,303

2022
348

734

1,082

2023

745

745

2024 and thereafter
1,290

7

1,297

Total

$1,987


$11,654


$13,641

NOTE 8 - DERIVATIVES
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into a variety of derivative transactions in order to meet the financing needs of its customers and to reduce its own exposure to fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. These transactions include interest rate swap contracts, interest rate options, foreign exchange contracts, residential loan commitment rate locks, forward sale contracts and purchase options. The Company monitors the results of each transaction to ensure that management’s intent is satisfied. The Company does not use derivatives for speculative purposes.
The Company’s derivative instruments are recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. Information regarding the valuation methodology and inputs used to estimate the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments is described in Note 12 “Fair Value Measurements.”
The following table presents derivative instruments included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in derivative assets and derivative liabilities:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Notional Amount(1)
Derivative Assets
Derivative Liabilities
 
Notional Amount(1)
Derivative Assets
Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts

$12,690


$4


$1

 

$13,300


$—


$—

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts
99,182

202

435

 
80,180

538

379

Foreign exchange contracts
10,320

143

126

 
9,882

148

149

Other contracts
1,343

8

6

 
1,039

7

5

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
353

567

 
 
693

533

Gross derivative fair values
 
357

568

 
 
693

533

Less: Gross amounts offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (2)
 
(93
)
(93
)
 
 
(72
)
(72
)
Less: Cash collateral applied (2)
 
(40
)
(50
)
 
 
(4
)
(151
)
Total net derivative fair values presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
 

$224


$425

 
 

$617


$310

(1) The notional or contractual amount of interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange contracts is the amount upon which interest and other payments under the contract are based. For interest rate contracts, the notional amount is typically not exchanged. Therefore, notional amounts should not be taken as the measure of credit or market risk, as they do not measure the true economic risk of these contracts.
(2) Amounts represent the impact of enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Company to net settle positive and negative positions.


The Company’s derivative transactions are internally divided into three sub-groups: institutional, customer and residential loan. The Company has certain derivative transactions which are designated as fair value or cash flow hedges, described as follows:
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
The Company’s institutional derivatives portfolio qualifies for hedge accounting treatment. This includes interest rate swaps that are designated as highly effective fair value and cash flow hedging relationships. The Company formally documents at inception all hedging relationships, as well as risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking various accounting hedges. Additionally, the Company uses dollar offset or regression

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analysis at the hedge’s inception, and monthly thereafter, to assess whether the derivatives are expected to be, or have been, highly effective in offsetting changes in the hedged item’s expected cash flows. The Company discontinues hedge accounting treatment when it is determined that a derivative is not expected to be, or has ceased to be, effective as a hedge and then reflects changes in fair value in earnings after termination of the hedge relationship.
Fair value hedges
The Company has outstanding interest rate swap agreements to manage the interest rate exposure on its medium-term borrowings. The change in value of fair value hedges, to the extent that the hedging relationship is effective, is recorded through other income and offset against the change in the fair value of the hedged item.
The following table presents the effect on other income of fair value hedges described above:
 
Amounts Recognized in Other Income for the
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
(in millions)
Derivative
Hedged Item
Hedge Ineffectiveness
 
Derivative
Hedged Item
Hedge Ineffectiveness
Hedges of interest rate risk on borrowings using interest rate swaps

$12


($13
)

($1
)
 

$16


($15
)

$1

 
Amounts Recognized in Other Income for the
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
(in millions)
Derivative
Hedged Item
Hedge Ineffectiveness
 
Derivative
Hedged Item
Hedge Ineffectiveness
Hedges of interest rate risk on borrowings using interest rate swaps

($26
)

$24


($2
)
 

$10


($9
)

$1

Cash flow hedges
The Company has outstanding interest rate swap agreements designed to hedge a portion of the Company’s floating rate assets and financing liabilities (including its borrowed funds). All of these swaps have been deemed as highly effective cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the hedging gains and losses associated with these hedges are recorded in OCI; the ineffective portion of the hedging gains and losses is recorded in earnings (other income). Hedging gains and losses on derivative contracts reclassified from OCI to current period earnings are included in the line item in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations in which the hedged item is recorded and in the same period that the hedged item affects earnings. During the next 12 months, there are $7 million in pre-tax net losses on derivative instruments included in OCI expected to be reclassified to net interest income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Hedging gains and losses associated with the Company’s cash flow hedges are immediately reclassified from OCI to current period earnings (other income) if it becomes probable that the hedged forecasted transactions will not occur during the originally specified time period.
The following table presents the effect of cash flow hedges on net income and stockholders' equity:
 
Amounts Recognized for the
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Effective portion of (loss) gain recognized in OCI (1)

($17
)
 

$42

 

($87
)
 

$37

Amounts reclassified from OCI to interest income (2)
(13
)
 
8

 
(19
)
 
20

Amounts reclassified from OCI to interest expense (2)
4

 
(1
)
 
8

 
(3
)
(1) The cumulative effective gains and losses on the Company’s cash flow hedging activities are included on the accumulated other comprehensive loss line item on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(2) This amount includes both (i) the amortization of effective gains and losses associated with the Company’s terminated cash flow hedges and (ii) the current reporting period’s interest settlements realized on the Company’s active cash flow hedges. Both (i) and (ii) were previously included on the accumulated other comprehensive loss line item on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and were subsequently recorded as adjustments to the interest income or expense of the underlying hedged item.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Economic hedges
The Company’s customer derivatives are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. These include interest rate and foreign exchange derivative contracts that are designed to meet the hedging and financing needs of the Company’s customers. Mark-to-market adjustments to the fair value of these contracts are included in foreign exchange and interest rate products on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The mark-to-market gains and losses associated with the customer derivatives are mitigated by the mark-to-market gains and losses on the offsetting interest rate and foreign exchange derivative contracts transacted.
The Company’s residential loan derivatives (including residential loan commitments and forward sales contracts) are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. Mark-to-market adjustments to the fair value of residential loan commitments and forward sale contracts are included in noninterest income under mortgage banking fees.
The following table presents the effect of customer derivatives and economic hedges on noninterest income:
 
Amounts Recognized in
Noninterest Income for the
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Customer derivative contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer interest rate contracts (1)

($75
)
 

$83

 

($279
)
 

$80

Customer foreign exchange contracts (1)
(68
)
 
78

 
(57
)
 
96

Residential loan commitments (2)
1

 
(2
)
 

 
3

Economic hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Offsetting derivatives transactions to hedge interest rate risk on customer interest rate contracts (1)
90

 
(71
)
 
306

 
(56
)
Offsetting derivatives transactions to hedge foreign exchange risk on customer foreign exchange contracts (1)
92

 
(71
)
 
75

 
(85
)
Forward sale contracts (2)
(2
)
 
5

 
(2
)
 
(6
)
Total

$38

 

$22

 

$43

 

$32

(1) Reported in foreign exchange and interest rate products on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(2) Reported in mortgage banking fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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NOTE 9 - RECLASSIFICATIONS OUT OF ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
The following table presents the changes in the balances, net of income taxes, of each component of AOCI:

 
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
Net Unrealized (Losses) Gains on Derivatives
 
Net Unrealized (Losses) Gains on Debt Securities
 
Employee Benefit Plans
 
Total AOCI

Balance at April 1, 2017

($97
)
 

($195
)
 

($391
)
 

($683
)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications
26

 
56

 

 
82

Other-than-temporary impairment not recognized in earnings on debt securities

 
10

 

 
10

Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations
(5
)
 
1

 
2

 
(2
)
Net other comprehensive income
21

 
67

 
2

 
90

Balance at June 30, 2017

($76
)
 

($128
)
 

($389
)
 

($593
)
Balance at April 1, 2018

($193
)
 

($514
)
 

($438
)
 

($1,145
)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
(13
)
 
(60
)
 

 
(73
)
Other-than-temporary impairment not recognized in earnings on debt securities

 

 

 

Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations
6

 
(1
)
 
3

 
8

Net other comprehensive loss
(7
)
 
(61
)
 
3

 
(65
)
Balance at June 30, 2018

($200
)
 

($575
)
 

($435
)
 

($1,210
)

 
 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
Net Unrealized (Losses) Gains on Derivatives
 
Net Unrealized (Losses) Gains on Debt Securities
 
Employee Benefit Plans
 
Total AOCI

Balance at January 1, 2017

($88
)
 

($186
)
 

($394
)
 

($668
)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications
23

 
61

 

 
84

Other-than-temporary impairment not recognized in earnings on debt securities

 
(2
)
 

 
(2
)
Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations
(11
)
 
(1
)
 
5

 
(7
)
Net other comprehensive income
12

 
58

 
5

 
75

Balance at June 30, 2017

($76
)
 

($128
)
 

($389
)
 

($593
)
Balance at January 1, 2018

($143
)
 

($236
)
 

($441
)
 

($820
)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
(65
)
 
(332
)
 

 
(397
)
Other-than-temporary impairment not recognized in earnings on debt securities

 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
Amounts reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations
8

 
(6
)
 
6

 
8

Net other comprehensive loss
(57
)
 
(339
)
 
6

 
(390
)
Balance at June 30, 2018

($200
)
 

($575
)
 

($435
)
 

($1,210
)



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)



The following table presents the amounts reclassified out of each component of AOCI and into the Consolidated Statements of Operations:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

 
Details about AOCI Components
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
Reclassification adjustment for net derivative (losses) gains included in net income:

($13
)
 

$8

 

($19
)
 

$20

Interest income
 
4

 
(1
)
 
8

 
(3
)
Interest expense
 
(9
)
 
7

 
(11
)
 
17

Income before income tax expense
 
(3
)
 
2

 
(3
)
 
6

Income tax expense
 

($6
)
 

$5

 

($8
)
 

$11

Net income
Reclassification of net debt securities gains (losses) to net income:

$2

 

$3

 

$10

 

$7

Securities gains, net
 
(1
)
 
(4
)
 
(2
)
 
(5
)
Net debt securities impairment losses recognized in earnings
 
1

 
(1
)
 
8

 
2

Income before income tax expense
 

 

 
2

 
1

Income tax expense
 

$1

 

($1
)
 

$6

 

$1

Net income
Reclassification of changes related to the employee benefit plan:

($4
)
 

($4
)
 

($8
)
 

($9
)
Other operating expense
 
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
(8
)
 
(9
)
Income before income tax expense
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(4
)
Income tax expense
 

($3
)
 

($2
)
 

($6
)
 

($5
)
Net income
Total reclassification (losses) gains

($8
)
 

$2

 

($8
)
 

$7

Net income
The following table presents the effects on net income of the amounts reclassified out of AOCI:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Net interest income (includes ($9), $7, ($11) and $17 of AOCI reclassifications, respectively)

$1,121

 

$1,026

 

$2,212

 

$2,031

Provision for credit losses
85

 
70

 
163

 
166

Noninterest income (includes $1, ($1), $8 and $2 of AOCI reclassifications, respectively)
388

 
370

 
759

 
749

Noninterest expense (includes $4, $4, $8 and $9 of AOCI reclassifications, respectively)
875

 
864

 
1,758

 
1,718

Income before income tax expense
549

 
462

 
1,050

 
896

Income tax expense (includes ($4), $0, ($3) and $3 income tax net expense from reclassification items, respectively)
124

 
144

 
237

 
258

Net income

$425

 

$318

 

$813

 

$638

NOTE 10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Stock
The Company had 100,000,000 shares authorized of $25.00 par value undesignated preferred stock as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had 550,000 and 250,000 shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding, respectively, with carrying amounts of $543 million and $247 million, respectively.
On May 24, 2018, the Company issued $300 million, or 300,000 shares, of 6.000% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series B Preferred Stock, par value of $25.00 per share with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). As a result of this issuance, the Company received net proceeds of $296 million after the underwriting discount and other expenses. The Series B Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or other obligation of the Company. Dividends, if declared, will accrue and be payable semi-annually, in arrears, at a rate equal to 6.000% from the date of issuance to, but excluding, January 6, 2023, and thereafter at a floating rate per annum equal to three-month LIBOR plus 3.003%, payable quarterly, in arrears, beginning October 6, 2023.

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The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, on any dividend payment date, on or after July 6, 2023 or, in whole but not in part, at any time within the 90 days following a regulatory capital treatment event at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends. The Company may not redeem shares of the Series B Preferred Stock without obtaining the prior approval of the FRB if then required under applicable capital guidelines. Except in certain limited circumstances, the Series B Preferred Stock does not have any voting rights.
At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had 250,000 shares of 5.500% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding with liquidation preference of $1,000 per share and a carrying amount of $247 million. For further detail regarding the terms and conditions of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock see Note 16 “Stockholders’ Equity” to the Company’s audited Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Treasury Stock
During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company repurchased $325 million, or 7,486,165 shares, of its outstanding common stock. The repurchased shares are held in treasury stock.
NOTE 11 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
A summary of outstanding off-balance sheet arrangements is presented below:
(in millions)
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Undrawn commitments to extend credit

$65,389

 

$62,959

Financial standby letters of credit
1,974

 
2,036

Performance letters of credit
120

 
47

Commercial letters of credit
56

 
53

Marketing rights
39

 
41

Risk participation agreements
14

 
16

Residential mortgage loans sold with recourse
6

 
7

Total

$67,598

 

$65,159

Commitments to Extend Credit
Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to customers in accordance with conditions contractually agreed upon in advance. Generally, the commitments have fixed expiration dates or termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of these commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements.
Letters of Credit
Standby letters of credit, both financial and performance, are issued by the Company for its customers. They are used as conditional guarantees of payment to a third party in the event the customer either fails to make specific payments (financial) or fails to complete a specific project (performance). Commercial letters of credit are used to facilitate the import of goods. The commercial letter of credit is used as the method of payment to the Company’s customers’ suppliers. The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of counterparty nonperformance in connection with the above instruments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments, net of the value of collateral held. Standby letters of credit and commercial letters of credit are issued for terms of up to ten years and one year, respectively.
Generally, letters of credit are collateralized by cash, accounts receivable, inventory or investment securities. Credit risk associated with letters of credit is considered in determining the appropriate amounts of reserves for unfunded commitments.
The Company recognizes a liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets representing its obligation to stand ready to perform over the term of the standby letters of credit in the event that the specified triggering events occur. The liability for these guarantees was $3 million at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
Marketing Rights
During 2003, the Company entered into a 25-year agreement to acquire the naming and marketing rights of a baseball stadium in Pennsylvania. The Company paid $2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and

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paid $3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, the Company is obligated to pay $39 million over the remainder of the contract.
Risk Participation Agreements
RPAs are guarantees issued by the Company to other parties for a fee, whereby the Company agrees to participate in the credit risk of a derivative customer of the other party. Under the terms of these agreements, the “participating bank” receives a fee from the “lead bank” in exchange for the guarantee of reimbursement if the customer defaults on an interest rate swap. The interest rate swap is transacted such that any and all exchanges of interest payments (favorable and unfavorable) are made between the lead bank and the customer. In the event that an early termination of the swap occurs and the customer is unable to make a required close out payment, the participating bank assumes that obligation and is required to make this payment.
RPAs where the Company acts as the lead bank are referred to as “participations-out,” in reference to the credit risk associated with the customer derivatives being transferred out of the Company. Participations-out generally occur concurrently with the sale of new customer derivatives. RPAs where the Company acts as the participating bank are referred to as “participations-in,” in reference to the credit risk associated with the counterparty’s derivatives being assumed by the Company. The Company’s maximum credit exposure is based on its proportionate share of the settlement amount of the referenced interest rate swap. Settlement amounts are generally calculated based on the fair value of the swap plus outstanding accrued interest receivable from the customer. The Company’s estimate of the credit exposure associated with its risk participations-in as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is $14 million and $16 million, respectively. The current amount of credit exposure is spread out over 84 counterparties. RPAs generally have terms ranging from one to five years; however, certain outstanding agreements have terms as long as ten years.
Residential Loans Sold with Recourse
The Company is an originator and servicer of residential mortgages and routinely sells such mortgage loans in the secondary market and to government-sponsored entities. In the context of such sales, the Company makes certain representations and warranties regarding the characteristics of the underlying loans and, as a result, may be contractually required to repurchase such loans or indemnify certain parties against losses for certain breaches of those representations and warranties.
Other Commitments    
In second quarter 2018, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase education loans on a quarterly basis beginning with second quarter 2018 and ending with fourth quarter 2018. The total minimum and maximum amount of the aggregate purchase principal balance of loans under the terms of the agreement are $425 million and $700 million, respectively, and the remaining maximum purchase commitment is $375 million as of June 30, 2018. The agreement may be extended by written agreement of the parties for an additional four quarters. The agreement will terminate immediately if at any time during its term the aggregate purchase principal balance of loans equals the maximum amount. The Company may also terminate the agreement at will with payment of a termination fee equal to the product of $1 million times the number of quarters remaining under the agreement.
The Company’s commercial loan trading desk provides ongoing secondary market support and liquidity to its clients. Unsettled loan trades (i.e., loan purchase contracts) represent firm commitments to purchase loans from a third party at an agreed-upon price. Principal amounts associated with unsettled commercial loan trades are off-balance sheet commitments until delivery of the loans has taken place. Fair value adjustments associated with each unsettled loan trade are recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and classified within other assets or other liabilities, depending on whether the fair value of the unsettled trade represents an unrealized gain or unrealized loss. The principal balances of unsettled commercial loan trade purchases and sales were $202 million and $186 million, respectively, at June 30, 2018 and $65 million and $132 million, respectively, at December 31, 2017. Settled loans purchased by the trading desk are classified as loans held for sale, at fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Refer to Note 12 “Fair Value Measurements” for further information.
Contingencies
The Company operates in a legal and regulatory environment that exposes it to potentially significant risks. A certain amount of litigation ordinarily results from the nature of the Company’s banking and other businesses. The Company is a party to legal proceedings, including class actions. The Company is also the subject of investigations, reviews, subpoenas, and regulatory matters arising out of its normal business operations, which, in some instances, relate to concerns about fair lending, unfair and/or deceptive practices, mortgage-related issues, and mis-selling

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of certain products. In addition, the Company engages in discussions with relevant governmental and regulatory authorities on a regular and ongoing basis regarding various issues, and any issues discussed or identified may result in investigatory or other action being taken. Litigation and regulatory matters may result in settlements, damages, fines, penalties, public or private censure, increased costs, required remediation, restrictions on business activities, or other impacts on the Company.
In these disputes and proceedings, the Company contests liability and the amount of damages as appropriate. Given their complex nature, and based on the Company's experience, it may be years before some of these matters are finally resolved. Moreover, before liability can be reasonably estimated for a claim, numerous legal and factual issues may need to be examined, including through potentially lengthy discovery and determination of important factual matters, and by addressing novel or unsettled legal issues relevant to the proceedings in question.
The Company cannot predict with certainty if, how, or when such claims will be resolved or what the eventual settlement, fine, penalty or other relief, if any, may be, particularly for claims that are at an early stage in their development or where claimants seek substantial or indeterminate damages. The Company recognizes a provision for a claim when, in the opinion of management after seeking legal advice, it is probable that a liability exists and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. In many proceedings, however, it is not possible to determine whether any loss is probable or to estimate the amount of any loss.
Based on information currently available, the advice of legal counsel and other advisers, and established reserves, management believes that the aggregate liabilities, if any, potentially arising from these proceedings will not have a materially adverse effect on the Company’s unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
As previously reported, CBNA entered into a consent order with the OCC in November 2015 in connection with past billing practices. All financial penalties and remediation associated with this legacy matter have been paid and completed. Since the Company’s last quarterly report, the OCC notified CBNA that they had terminated the consent order after determining that CBNA had satisfied the required actions under the consent order.
NOTE 12 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
As discussed in Note 19 “Fair Value Measurements,” to the Company’s audited Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company measures or monitors many of its assets and liabilities on a fair value basis. Fair value is used on a recurring basis for assets and liabilities for which fair value is the required or elected measurement basis of accounting. Additionally, fair value is used on a nonrecurring basis to evaluate assets for impairment or for disclosure purposes. Nonrecurring fair value adjustments typically involve the application of lower of cost or market accounting or write-downs of individual assets. The Company also applies the fair value measurement guidance to determine amounts reported for certain disclosures in this Note for assets and liabilities that are not required to be reported at fair value in the financial statements.
The Company elected to account for residential mortgage loans held for sale and certain commercial and commercial real estate loans held for sale at fair value. Applying fair value accounting to the residential mortgage loans held for sale better aligns the reported results of the economic changes in the value of these loans and their related economic hedge instruments. Certain commercial and commercial real estate held for sale loans are managed by a commercial secondary loan desk that provides liquidity to banks, finance companies and institutional investors. Applying fair value accounting to this portfolio is appropriate because the Company holds these loans with the intent to sell within the near-term periods.
Fair Value Option
Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
The fair value of residential mortgage loans held for sale is derived from observable mortgage security prices and includes adjustments for loan servicing value, agency guarantee fees, and other loan level attributes which are mostly observable in the marketplace. Credit risk does not significantly impact the valuation since these loans are sold shortly after origination. Therefore, the Company classifies the residential mortgage loans held for sale in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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The election of the fair value option for financial assets and financial liabilities is optional and irrevocable. The residential mortgage loans accounted for under the fair value option are initially measured at fair value (i.e., acquisition cost) when the financial asset is acquired. Subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in mortgage banking fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company recognized changes in fair value in mortgage banking income of $4 million and $3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company recognized changes in fair value in mortgage banking income of $1 million and $10 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Interest income on residential mortgage loans held for sale is calculated based on the contractual interest rate of the loan and is recorded in interest income.
Commercial and Commercial Real Estate Loans Held for Sale
The fair value of commercial and commercial real estate loans held for sale is estimated using observable prices of similar loans that transact in the marketplace. In addition, the Company uses external pricing services that provide estimates of fair values based on quotes from various dealers transacting in the market, sector curves or benchmarking techniques. Therefore, the Company classifies the commercial and commercial real estate loans managed by the commercial secondary loan desk in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy given the observable market inputs.
There were no loans in this portfolio that were 90 days or more past due or nonaccruing as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The loans accounted for under the fair value option are initially measured at fair value when the financial asset is recognized. Subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in other noninterest income on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Since all loans in the Company’s commercial trading portfolio consist of floating rate obligations, all changes in fair value are due to changes in credit risk. Such credit-related fair value changes may include observed changes in overall credit spreads and/or changes to the creditworthiness of an individual borrower. Unsettled trades within the commercial trading portfolio are not recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and represent off-balance sheet commitments. Refer to Note 11 “Commitments and Contingencies” for further information.
Interest income on commercial and commercial real estate loans held for sale is calculated based on the contractual interest rate of the loan and is recorded in interest income. The Company recognized ($1) million in other noninterest income related to its commercial trading portfolio for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017.The Company recognized no other noninterest income related to its commercial trading portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017.
The following table presents the difference between the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale measured at fair value:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Aggregate Fair Value
Aggregate Unpaid Principal
Aggregate Fair Value Less Aggregate Unpaid Principal
 
Aggregate Fair Value
Aggregate Unpaid Principal
Aggregate Fair Value Less Aggregate Unpaid Principal
Residential mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value

$365


$365


$—

 

$326


$326


$—

Commercial and commercial real estate loans held for sale, at fair value
156

156


 
171

171




Recurring Fair Value Measurements
The Company utilizes a variety of valuation techniques to measure its assets and liabilities at fair value. The valuation methodologies used for significant assets and liabilities carried on the balance sheet at fair value on a recurring basis are presented below:
Debt securities available for sale
The fair value of debt securities classified as AFS is based upon quoted prices, if available. Where observable quoted prices are available in an active market, the security is classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

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Classes of instruments that are valued using this market approach include debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. If quoted market prices are not available, the fair value for the security is estimated under the market or income approach using pricing models. These instruments are classified as Level 2 because they currently trade in active markets and the inputs to the valuations are observable. The pricing models used to value securities generally begin with market prices (or rates) for similar instruments and make adjustments based on the characteristics of the instrument being valued. These adjustments reflect assumptions made regarding the sensitivity of each security’s value to changes in interest rates and prepayment speeds. Classes of instruments that are valued using this market approach include specified pool mortgage “pass-through” securities and other debt securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored entities and state and political subdivisions. The pricing models used to value securities under the income approach generally begin with the contractual cash flows of each security and make adjustments based on forecasted prepayment speeds, default rates, and other market-observable information. The adjusted cash flows are then discounted at a rate derived from observed rates of return for comparable assets or liabilities that are traded in the market. Classes of instruments that are valued using this market approach include residential and commercial CMOs.
A significant majority of the Company’s Level 1 and 2 debt securities are priced using an external pricing service. The Company verifies the accuracy of the pricing provided by its primary outside pricing service on a quarterly basis. This process involves using a secondary external vendor to provide valuations for the Company’s securities portfolio for comparison purposes. Any valuation discrepancies beyond a certain threshold are researched and, if necessary, corroborated by an independent outside broker.
In certain cases where there is limited activity or less transparency around inputs to the valuation model, securities are classified as Level 3.
Residential loans held for sale
See the “Fair Value Option, Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale” discussion above.
Commercial loans held for sale
See the “Fair Value Option, Commercial and Commercial Real Estate Loans Held for Sale” discussion above.
Derivatives
The vast majority of the Company’s derivatives portfolio is composed of “plain vanilla” interest rate swaps, which are traded in over-the-counter markets where quoted market prices are not readily available. For these interest rate derivatives, fair value is determined utilizing models that primarily use market observable inputs, such as swap rates and yield curves. The pricing models used to value interest rate swaps calculate the sum of each instrument’s fixed and variable cash flows, which are then discounted using an appropriate yield curve (i.e., LIBOR or Overnight Index Swap curve) to arrive at the fair value of each swap. The pricing models do not contain a high level of subjectivity as the methodologies used do not require significant judgment. The Company also considers certain adjustments to the modeled price that market participants would make when pricing each instrument, including a credit valuation adjustment that reflects the credit quality of the swap counterparty. The Company incorporates the effect of exposure to a particular counterparty’s credit by netting its derivative contracts with the available collateral and calculating a credit valuation adjustment on the basis of the net position with the counterparty where permitted. The determination of this adjustment requires judgment on behalf of Company management; however, the total amount of this portfolio-level adjustment is not material to the total fair value of the interest rate swaps in their entirety. Therefore, interest rate swaps are classified as Level 2 in the valuation hierarchy.
The Company’s other derivatives include foreign exchange contracts. The fair value of foreign exchange derivatives uses the mid-point of daily quoted currency spot prices. A valuation model estimates fair value based on the quoted spot rates together with interest rate yield curves and forward currency rates. Since all of these inputs are observable in the market, foreign exchange derivatives are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

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Money Market Mutual Fund Investments
Fair value is determined based upon unadjusted quoted market prices and is considered a Level 1 fair value measurement.
Other equity securities
The fair values of the Company’s other equity securities are based on security prices in markets that are not active; therefore, these investments are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value, including gross derivative assets and liabilities on a recurring basis at June 30, 2018:
(in millions)
Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Debt securities available for sale:
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities

$20,139


$—


$20,139


$—

State and political subdivisions
6


6


U.S. Treasury and other
12

12



Total debt securities available for sale
20,157

12

20,145


Loans held for sale, at fair value:
 
 
 
 
Residential loans held for sale
365


365


Commercial loans held for sale
156


156


Total loans held for sale, at fair value
521


521


Derivative assets:
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
206


206


Foreign exchange contracts
143


143


Other contracts
8


8


Total derivative assets
357


357


Equity securities, at fair value:
 
 
 
 
Money market mutual fund investments
170

170



Other investments




Total equity securities, at fair value
170

170



Total assets

$21,205


$182


$21,023


$—

Derivative liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps

$436


$—


$436


$—

Foreign exchange contracts
126


126


Other contracts
6


6


Total derivative liabilities
568


568


Total liabilities

$568


$—


$568


$—



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The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value, including gross derivative assets and liabilities on a recurring basis at December 31, 2017:
(in millions)
Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Debt securities available for sale:
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities

$20,139


$—


$20,139


$—

State and political subdivisions
6


6


U.S. Treasury and other
12

12



Total debt securities available for sale
20,157

12

20,145


Loans held for sale, at fair value:
 
 
 
 
Residential loans held for sale
326


326


Commercial loans held for sale
171


171


Total loans held for sale, at fair value
497


497


Derivative assets:
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
538


538


Foreign exchange contracts
148


148


Other contracts
7


7


Total derivative assets
693


693


Equity securities, at fair value:
 
 
 
 
Money market mutual fund investments
165

165



Other investments
4


4


Total equity securities, at fair value
169

165

4


Total assets

$21,516


$177


$21,339


$—

Derivative liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps

$379


$—


$379


$—

Foreign exchange contracts
149


149


Other contracts
5


5


Total derivative liabilities
533


533


Total liabilities

$533


$—


$533


$—


There were no Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is also used on a nonrecurring basis to evaluate certain assets for impairment or for disclosure purposes. Examples of nonrecurring uses of fair value include MSRs accounted for by the amortization method and loan impairments for certain loans and leases.
The following valuation techniques are utilized to measure significant assets for which the Company utilizes fair value on a nonrecurring basis:
Impaired Loans
The carrying amount of collateral-dependent impaired loans is compared to the appraised value of the collateral less costs to dispose and is classified as Level 2. Any excess of carrying amount over the appraised value is charged to the ALLL.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
MSRs do not trade in an active market with readily observable prices. MSRs are classified as Level 3 since the valuation methodology utilizes significant unobservable inputs. The fair value was calculated using a discounted cash flow model which used assumptions, including weighted-average life, weighted-average constant prepayment rate and weighted-average discount rate. Refer to Note 8 “Mortgage Banking” to the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and Note 5 “Mortgage Banking” for more information.

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Foreclosed assets
Foreclosed assets consist primarily of residential properties. Foreclosed assets are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. Fair value is based upon independent market prices or appraised values of the collateral and is classified as Level 2.
Leased assets
The fair value of assets under operating leases is determined using collateral specific pricing digests, external appraisals, broker opinions, recent sales data from industry equipment dealers, and discounted cash flows derived from the underlying lease agreement. As market data for similar assets and lease agreements is available and used in the valuation, these assets are classified as Level 2 fair value measurement.
The following table presents gains (losses) on assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and recorded in earnings:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Impaired collateral-dependent loans

($4
)
 

($8
)
 

($6
)
 

($27
)
MSRs

 
1

 
3

 
1

Foreclosed assets

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
Leased assets
(2
)
 
(15
)
 
(2
)
 
(15
)

The following table presents assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis:
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
(in millions)
Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

 
Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Impaired collateral-dependent loans

$408


$—


$408


$—

 

$393


$—


$393


$—

MSRs
254



254

 
218



218

Foreclosed assets
25


25


 
31


31


Leased assets
108


108


 
112


112



Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Following is a description of valuation methodologies used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes (these instruments are not recorded in the financial statements at fair value):
Debt securities held to maturity
The fair values of debt securities classified as HTM are estimated under the market or income approach using the same pricing models as those used to measure the fair value of the Company’s AFS securities. For more information, see “Recurring Fair Value Measurements — Debt securities Available for Sale,” within this Note.
Equity securities, at cost
The cost basis of equity securities, at cost, such as FHLB stock and FRB stock, is assumed to approximate the fair value of these securities. As a member of the FHLB and FRB, the Company is required to hold FHLB and FRB stock. The stock can be sold only to the FHLB and FRB upon termination of membership, or redeemed at the FHLB’s or FRB’s sole discretion. The stock may only be sold or redeemed at par, and therefore the cost basis represents the best estimate of fair value.
Loans and leases
For loans and leases not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis that are not accounted for as collateral-dependent impaired loans, fair value is estimated by using one of two methods: a discounted cash flow method or a securitization method. The discounted cash flow method involves discounting the expected future cash flows using current rates which a market participant would likely use to value similar pools of loans. Inputs used in this method include observable information such as contractual cash flows (net of servicing cost) and unobservable information such as estimated prepayment speeds, credit loss exposures, and discount rates. The securitization method involves utilizing market securitization data to value the assets as if a securitization transaction had been executed. Inputs

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used include observable market-based MBS data and pricing adjustments based on unobservable data reflecting the liquidity risk, credit loss exposure and other characteristics of the underlying loans. The internal risk-weighted balances of loans are grouped by product type for purposes of these estimated valuations. For nonaccruing loans, fair value is estimated by discounting management’s estimate of future cash flows with a discount rate commensurate with the risk associated with such assets. Fair value of collateral-dependent loans is primarily based on the appraised value of the collateral.
Other loans held for sale
Balances represent loans that were transferred to other loans held for sale and are reported at the lower of cost or fair value. When applicable, the fair value of other loans held for sale is estimated using one of two methods: a discounted cash flow method or a securitization method (as described above).
Deposits
The fair value of demand deposits, checking with interest accounts, regular savings, money market accounts and other deposits is the amount payable on demand at the balance sheet date. The fair value of term deposits is estimated by discounting the expected future cash flows using rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, other short-term borrowed funds, and long-term borrowed funds
Rates currently available to the Company for debt of similar terms and remaining maturities are used to discount the expected cash flows of existing debt.
The following table presents the estimated fair value for financial instruments not recorded at fair value in the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements. The carrying amounts are recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the indicated captions:
 
June 30, 2018
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
(in millions)
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
Financial Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Securities held to maturity

$4,417


$4,260

 

$—


$—

 

$4,417


$4,260

 

$—


$—

Equity securities, at cost
769

769

 


 
769

769

 


Other loans held for sale
189

189

 


 


 
189

189

Loans and leases
113,407

112,637

 


 
408

408

 
112,999

112,229

Financial Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits
117,073

116,907

 


 
117,073

116,907

 


Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
326

326

 


 
326

326

 


Other short-term borrowed funds
1,499

1,499

 


 
1,499

1,499

 


Long-term borrowed funds
13,641

13,643

 


 
13,641

13,643

 



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December 31, 2017
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
(in millions)
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value
Financial Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Securities held to maturity

$4,685


$4,668

 

$—


$—

 

$4,685


$4,668

 

$—


$—

Equity securities, at cost
722

722

 


 
722

722

 


Other loans held for sale
221

221

 


 


 
221

221

Loans and leases
110,617

111,168

 


 
393

393

 
110,224

110,775

Financial Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits
115,089

115,039

 


 
115,089

115,039

 


Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
815

815

 


 
815

815

 


Other short-term borrowed funds
1,856

1,856

 


 
1,856

1,856

 


Long-term borrowed funds
11,765

11,891

 


 
11,765

11,891

 


NOTE 13 - NONINTEREST INCOME
The following table presents noninterest income, segregated between revenue from contracts with customers and revenue from other sources:
(in millions)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
Revenue from contracts with customers

$283


$548

Revenue from other sources
105

211

Noninterest income

$388


$759


Revenues from Contracts with Customers
The Company recognizes revenue from contracts with customers in the amount of consideration it expects to receive upon the transfer of control of a good or service. The timing of recognition is dependent on whether the Company satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control of the product or service to a customer over time or at a point in time. Judgments are made in the recognition of income including the timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and determination of the transaction price.
The following table presents the components of revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by revenue stream and business operating segment:
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Consumer Banking
Commercial Banking
Consolidated (1)
Consumer Banking
Commercial Banking
Consolidated (1)
Service charges and fees

$100


$27


$127


$198


$53


$251

Card fees
51

9

60

103

18

121

Capital markets fees

51

51


88

88

Trust and investment services fees
43


43

83


83

Other banking fees

2

2


5

5

Total revenue from contracts with customers

$194


$89


$283


$384


$164


$548

(1) There is no revenue from contracts with customers included in Other non-segment operations.
The Company does not have any material contract assets, liabilities, or other receivables recorded on its Consolidated Balance Sheets related to revenues from contracts with customers as of June 30, 2018. A description of the above components of revenue from contracts with customers is presented below:
Service Charges and Fees
Service charges and fees include fees earned from deposit products in lieu of compensating balances, service charges for transactions performed upon depositors’ request, as well as fees earned from performing cash management activities. Service charges on deposit products are recognized over the period in which the related

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service is provided, typically monthly. Service fees are recognized at a point in time upon completion of the requested service transaction. Fees on cash management products are recognized over time (typically monthly) as services are provided.
Card Fees
Card fees include interchange income from credit and debit card transactions and are recognized at a point in time upon settlement by the association network. Interchange rates are generally set by the association network based on purchase volume and other factors. Other card-related fees are recognized at a point in time upon completion of the transaction. Costs related to card rewards programs are recognized in current earnings as the rewards are earned by the customer and are presented as a reduction to card fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Capital Markets Fees
Capital markets fees include fees received from leading or participating in loan syndications, underwriting services and advisory fees. Loan syndication and underwriting fees are recognized as revenue at a point in time when the Company has rendered all services to, and is entitled to collect the fee from, the borrower or the issuer, and there are no other contingencies associated with the fee. Underwriting expenses passed through from the lead underwriter are recognized within other operating expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Advisory fees for merger and acquisitions are recognized over time, while valuation services and fairness opinions are recognized at a point in time upon completion of the advisory service.
Trust and Investment Services Fees
Trust and investment services fees include fees from investment management services and brokerage services. Fees from investment management services are based on asset market values and are recognized over the period in which the related service is provided. Brokerage services include custody fees, commission income, trailing commissions and other investment securities. Custody fees are recognized on a monthly basis for customers that are assessed custody fees. Commission income is recognized at a point in time on trade date. Trailing commissions such as 12b-1 fees, insurance renewal income, and income based on asset or investment levels in future periods are recognized at a point in time when the asset balance is known, or the renewal occurs and the income is no longer constrained. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized trailing commissions of $4 million and $8 million, respectively, related to services provided in previous reporting periods. Fees from other investment services are recognized at a point in time upon completion of the service.
Other Banking Fees
Other banking fees include fees for various transactional banking activities such as letter of credit fees, foreign wire transfers and other transactional services. These fees are recognized in a manner that reflects the timing of when transactions occur and as services are provided.
Revenue from Other Sources
Letter of Credit and Loan Fees
Letter of credit and loan fees primarily includes fees received related to letter of credit agreements as well as loan fees received from lending activities that are not deferrable. These fees are generally recognized upon execution of the contract.
Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Products
Foreign exchange and interest rate products primarily includes the fees received from foreign exchange and interest rate derivative contracts executed with customers to meet their hedging and financing needs. These fees are generally recognized upon execution of the contracts. Foreign exchange and interest rate products also include the mark-to-market gains and losses recognized on (i) these customer contracts and (ii) offsetting derivative contracts that are executed with external counterparties to hedge the foreign exchange and interest rate risk associated with the customer contracts.
Mortgage Banking Fees
Mortgage banking fees primarily include gains on sales of residential mortgages originated with the intent to sell and servicing fees on mortgages where the Company is the servicer. Mortgage banking fees also include valuation adjustments for mortgage loans held-for-sale that are measured at the lower of cost or fair value, as well as mortgage loans originated with the intent to sell that are measured at fair value under the fair value option.

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Changes in the value of MSRs are reported in mortgage fees and related income. For a further discussion of MSRs, see Note 5 “Mortgage Banking.” Net interest income from mortgage loans is recorded in interest income.
Other Income
Bank-owned life insurance is stated at its cash surrender value. The Company is the beneficiary of the life insurance policies on current and former officers and selected employees of the Company. Net changes in the carrying amount of the cash surrender value are an adjustment of premiums paid in determining the expense or income to be recognized under the life insurance policy for the period.
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Bank-owned life insurance

$14

 

$14

 

$28

 

$26

NOTE 14 - OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE
The following table presents the details of other operating expense:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Deposit insurance

$28

 

$36

 

$59

 

$68

Promotional expense
34

 
29

 
59

 
55

Settlements and operating losses
12

 
12

 
24

 
25

Other
53

 
71

 
105

 
124

Other operating expense

$127

 

$148

 

$247

 

$272

NOTE 15 - INCOME TAXES
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense was $124 million and $144 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, resulting in effective tax rates of 22.6% and 31.1%, respectively. Income tax expense was $237 million and $258 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, resulting in effective tax rates of 22.6% and 28.8%, respectively.
For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the effective tax rate of 22.6% was higher than the statutory rate of 21% primarily as a result of state taxes, partially offset by permanent benefits from tax credits and tax-exempt income. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the effective tax rate of 28.8% compared favorably to the statutory rate of 35% primarily as a result of the impact of the settlement of certain state tax matters and the permanent benefits from tax credits and tax-exempt income.
Deferred Tax Liability
At June 30, 2018, the Company reported a net deferred tax liability of $456 million, compared to $571 million as of December 31, 2017. The decrease in the net deferred tax liability was primarily attributable to the tax effect of net unrealized losses on securities and derivatives.

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NOTE 16 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except share and per-share data)
2018

 
2017

 
2018

 
2017

Numerator (basic and diluted):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income

$425

 

$318

 

$813

 

$638

Less: Preferred stock dividends

 

 
7

 
7

Net income available to common stockholders

$425

 

$318

 

$806

 

$631

Denominator:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic
484,744,354

 
506,371,846

 
486,114,872

 
507,903,141

Dilutive common shares: share-based awards
1,397,341

 
1,042,276

 
1,568,344

 
1,458,914

Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted
486,141,695

 
507,414,122

 
487,683,216

 
509,362,055

Earnings per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic

$0.88

 

$0.63

 

$1.66

 

$1.24

Diluted
0.88

 
0.63

 
1.65

 
1.24

Potential dilutive common shares are excluded from the computation of diluted EPS in the periods where the effect would be antidilutive. The diluted EPS computation for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 did not have any antidilutive shares. The diluted EPS computation for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 excluded 530,781 and 343,692 average share-based awards, respectively, because their inclusion would have been antidilutive.

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NOTE 17 - REGULATORY MATTERS
As a bank holding company, the Company is subject to regulation and supervision by the FRB. The primary subsidiaries of the Company are its two insured depository institutions CBNA, a national banking association whose primary federal regulator is the OCC, and CBPA, a Pennsylvania-chartered savings bank regulated by the Department of Banking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and supervised by the FDIC, its primary federal regulator. Under the U.S. Basel III capital framework, the Company and its banking subsidiaries must meet specific minimum requirements for the following ratios: common equity tier 1 capital, tier 1 capital, total capital, and tier 1 leverage. In addition, the Company must not be subject to a written agreement, order or capital directive with any of its regulators. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can result in the initiation of certain actions that, if undertaken, could have a material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
The following table presents the Company’s capital and capital ratios under U.S. Basel III Standardized rules. The Company has declared itself as an “AOCI opt-out” institution, which means the Company is not required to recognize in regulatory capital the impacts of net unrealized gains and losses included within AOCI for securities that are available for sale or held to maturity, accumulated net gains and losses on cash-flow hedges, and certain defined benefit pension plan assets.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FDIA Requirements
 
Actual
 
Minimum Capital Adequacy
 
Classification as Well-capitalized(6)
(in millions, except ratio data)
Amount

Ratio

 
Amount

Ratio(5)

 
Amount

Ratio

June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Common equity tier 1 capital(1)

$14,604

11.2
%
 

$8,327

6.375
%
 

$8,490

6.5
%
   Tier 1 capital(2)
15,147

11.6

 
10,286

7.875

 
10,450

8.0

   Total capital(3)
18,056

13.8

 
12,899

9.875

 
13,062

10.0

   Tier 1 leverage(4)
15,147

10.2

 
5,934

4.000

 
7,417

5.0

December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Common equity tier 1 capital(1)

$14,309

11.2
%
 

$7,342

5.750
%
 

$8,300

6.5
%
   Tier 1 capital(2)
14,556

11.4

 
9,258

7.250

 
10,215

8.0

   Total capital(3)
17,781

13.9

 
11,812

9.250

 
12,769

10.0

   Tier 1 leverage(4)
14,556

10.0

 
5,824

4.000

 
7,280

5.0

(1) “Common equity tier 1 capital ratio” represents CET1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(2) “Tier 1 capital ratio” is tier 1 capital, which includes CET1 capital plus non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity that qualifies as additional tier 1 capital, divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(3) “Total capital ratio” is total capital divided by total risk-weighted assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(4) “Tier 1 leverage ratio” is tier 1 capital divided by quarterly average total assets as defined under U.S. Basel III Standardized approach.
(5) “Minimum Capital ratio” includes capital conservation buffer of 1.875% for 2018 and 1.250% for 2017; N/A to Tier 1 leverage.
(6) Presented for informational purposes. Prompt corrective action provisions apply only to the Company’s insured depository institutions - CBNA and CBPA.

Under the FRB’s Capital Plan Rule, the Company may only make capital distributions, including payment of dividends and share repurchases, in accordance with a capital plan that has been reviewed by the FRB with no objection. In accordance with federal and state banking regulations, dividends paid by the Company’s banking subsidiaries to the Parent Company are generally limited to the retained earnings of the respective banking subsidiaries unless specifically approved by the appropriate bank regulator.
On April 5, 2018, the Company submitted its 2018 Capital Plan, Capital Policy and annual stress test results to the FRB as part of the 2018 CCAR process. On June 28, 2018, the FRB did not object to the Company’s 2018 Capital Plan or its proposed capital actions in the period beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019. The Company’s 2018 Capital Plan includes an increase in quarterly common dividends from $0.22 to $0.27 per share in the third quarter of 2018, with the potential to raise quarterly common dividends to $0.32 per share beginning in 2019, and common share repurchases of up to $1.02 billion through the second quarter of 2019. All future capital distributions are subject to consideration and approval by the Board of Directors prior to execution. The timing and exact amount of future dividends and share repurchases will depend on various factors, including the Company’s capital position, financial performance and market conditions.
On June 29, 2018, the Company redeemed $333 million of its 5.158% fixed-to-floating rate callable subordinated debt due 2023. On May 24, 2018, the Company issued 300,000 shares of 6.000% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual Series B Preferred Stock, par value of $25.00 per share with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, with net proceeds of $296 million.


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During the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company declared and paid dividends on common stock of $107 million and $71 million, respectively, and paid semi-annual preferred dividends of $7 million for both periods. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company declared and paid dividends on common stock of $215 million and $143 million, respectively, and declared and paid semi-annual preferred dividends of $7 million for both periods.

During the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Parent Company repurchased $150 million and $130 million of its outstanding common stock, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Parent Company repurchased $325 million and $260 million of its outstanding common stock, respectively.
NOTE 18 - BUSINESS OPERATING SEGMENTS
The Company is managed by its Chief Executive Officer on a segment basis. The Company’s two business segments are Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking. The business segments are determined based on the products and services provided, or the type of customer served. Each segment has one or more segment heads who report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer has final authority over resource allocation decisions and performance assessment. The business segments reflect this management structure and the manner in which financial information is currently evaluated by the Chief Executive Officer.
Reportable Segments
Segment results are determined based upon the Company’s management reporting system, which assigns balance sheet and statement of operations items to each of the business segments. The process is designed around the Company’s organizational and management structure and accordingly, the results derived are not necessarily comparable with similar information published by other financial institutions. A description of each reportable segment and table of financial results is presented below:
Consumer Banking
The Consumer Banking segment focuses on retail customers and small businesses with annual revenues of up to $25 million. It offers traditional banking products and services, including checking, savings, home loans, education loans, credit cards, business loans, and unsecured product finance and personal loans in addition to financial management services. It also operates an indirect auto financing business, providing financing for both new and used vehicles through auto dealerships. The segment’s distribution channels include a branch network, ATMs and a work force of experienced specialists ranging from financial consultants, mortgage loan officers and business banking officers to private bankers. The Company’s Consumer Banking value proposition is based on providing simple, easy to understand product offerings and a convenient banking experience with a more personalized approach.
Commercial Banking
The Commercial Banking segment primarily targets companies with annual revenues from $25 million to $2.5 billion and provides a full complement of financial products and solutions, including loans, leases, trade financing, deposits, cash management, commercial cards, foreign exchange, interest rate risk management, corporate finance and capital markets advisory capabilities. It focuses on middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions and has dedicated teams with industry expertise in government banking, not-for-profit, healthcare, technology, professionals, oil and gas, asset finance, franchise finance, asset-based lending, commercial real estate, private equity and sponsor finance. While the segment’s business development efforts are predominantly focused in the Company’s footprint, some of its specialized industry businesses also operate selectively on a national basis (such as healthcare, asset finance and franchise finance). A key component of Commercial Banking’s growth strategy is to bring ideas to clients that help their businesses thrive, and in doing so, expand the loan portfolio and ancillary product sales.
Non-segment Operations
Other
Non-segment operations are classified as Other, which includes corporate functions, the Treasury function, the securities portfolio, wholesale funding activities, intangible assets, community development, non-core assets (including legacy Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc aircraft loans and leases placed in runoff in the third quarter of 2016), and other unallocated assets, liabilities, capital, revenues, provision for credit losses and expenses, including income tax expense. In addition to non-segment operations, Other includes goodwill and any associated goodwill

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impairment charges. For impairment testing purposes, the Company allocates goodwill to its Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking reporting units. For management reporting purposes, the Company presents the goodwill balance (and any related impairment charges) in Other.

 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other
 
Consolidated
Net interest income

$759

 

$376

 

($14
)
 

$1,121

Noninterest income
228

 
140

 
20

 
388

Total revenue
987

 
516

 
6

 
1,509

Noninterest expense
658

 
200

 
17

 
875

Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses
329

 
316

 
(11
)
 
634

Provision for credit losses
66

 
9

 
10

 
85

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
263

 
307

 
(21
)
 
549

Income tax expense (benefit)
66

 
70

 
(12
)
 
124

Net income (loss)

$197

 

$237

 

($9
)
 

$425

Total average assets

$61,232

 

$52,170

 

$39,851

 

$153,253

 
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
(in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other
 
Consolidated
Net interest income

$657

 

$344

 

$25

 

$1,026

Noninterest income
229

 
130

 
11

 
370

Total revenue
886

 
474

 
36

 
1,396

Noninterest expense
644

 
192

 
28

 
864

Profit before provision for credit losses
242

 
282

 
8

 
532

Provision for credit losses
60

 
1

 
9

 
70

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
182

 
281

 
(1
)
 
462

Income tax expense (benefit)
64

 
94

 
(14
)
 
144

Net income

$118

 

$187

 

$13

 

$318

Total average assets

$59,244

 

$49,731

 

$40,903

 

$149,878

 
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other
 
Consolidated
Net interest income

$1,492

 

$733

 

($13
)
 

$2,212

Noninterest income
450

 
265

 
44

 
759

Total revenue
1,942

 
998

 
31

 
2,971

Noninterest expense
1,314

 
408

 
36

 
1,758

Profit (loss) before provision for credit losses
628

 
590

 
(5
)
 
1,213

Provision for credit losses
138

 
5

 
20

 
163

Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
490

 
585

 
(25
)
 
1,050

Income tax expense (benefit)
123

 
133

 
(19
)
 
237

Net income (loss)

$367

 

$452

 

($6
)
 

$813

Total average assets

$61,290

 

$51,286

 

$39,817

 

$152,393


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As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
(in millions)
Consumer Banking
 
Commercial Banking
 
Other
 
Consolidated
Net interest income

$1,295

 

$690

 

$46

 

$2,031

Noninterest income
449

 
264

 
36

 
749

Total revenue
1,744

 
954

 
82

 
2,780

Noninterest expense
1,291

 
382

 
45

 
1,718

Profit before provision for credit losses
453

 
572

 
37

 
1,062

Provision for credit losses
124

 
20

 
22

 
166

Income before income tax expense (benefit)
329

 
552

 
15

 
896

Income tax expense (benefit)
116

 
185

 
(43
)
 
258

Net income

$213

 

$367

 

$58

 

$638

Total average assets

$58,954

 

$49,488

 

$40,893

 

$149,335

Management accounting practices utilized by the Company as the basis of presentation for segment results include the following:
FTP adjustments
The Company utilizes an FTP system to eliminate the effect of interest rate risk from the segments’ net interest income because such risk is centrally managed within the Treasury function. The FTP system credits (or charges) the segments with the economic value of the funds created (or used) by the segments. The FTP system provides a funds credit for sources of funds and a funds charge for the use of funds by each segment. The sum of the interest income/expense and FTP charges/credits for each segment is its designated net interest income. The variance between the Company’s cumulative FTP charges and cumulative FTP credits is offset in Other. The Company periodically evaluates and refines its methodologies used to measure financial performance of its business operating segments. In the first quarter of 2018, the Company enhanced its assumptions for the liquidity and deposit component within its FTP methodology. The enhancement largely provides increased credit for the stability of deposit composition, and an increased charge for unused commitments under lending arrangements. Prior periods have not been adjusted for this change.
Provision for credit losses allocations
Provision for credit losses is allocated to each business segment based on actual net charge-offs recognized by the business segment. The difference between the consolidated provision for credit losses and the business segments’ net charge-offs is reflected in Other.
Income tax allocations
Income taxes are assessed to each line of business at a standard tax rate with the residual tax expense or benefit to arrive at the consolidated effective tax rate included in Other.
Expense allocations
Noninterest expenses incurred by centrally managed operations or business lines that directly support another business line’s operations are charged to the applicable business line based on its utilization of those services.
Substantially all revenues generated and long-lived assets held by the Company’s business segments are derived from clients that reside in the United States. Neither business segment earns revenue from a single external customer that represents ten percent or more of the Company’s total revenues.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The information presented in the “Market Risk” section of Part I, Item 2 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company maintains a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In accordance with Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management's evaluation pursuant to Rules13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act during the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
    

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In addition to the matters described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, information required by this item is set forth in Note 11 “Commitments and Contingencies” in the Notes to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should consider the risks described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A. of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Details of the repurchases of the Company’s common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2018 are included in the following table:
Period
Total Number of Shares Repurchased
Weighted Average Price Paid Per Share
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(1)
Maximum Dollar Amount of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased As Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)
April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018
2,825,172
$41.68
2,825,172
$32,256,438
May 1, 2018 - May 31, 2018
$—
$32,256,438
June 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018
773,970
$41.68
773,970
$—
(1) On June 29, 2017, the Company announced that its 2017 Capital Plan, submitted as part of the CCAR process and not objected to by the FRB, included share repurchases of CFG common stock of up to $850 million for the four-quarter period ending with the second quarter of 2018. This share repurchase plan, which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors at the time of the announcement, allowed for share repurchases that may be executed in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including under Rule 10b5-1 plans. All shares repurchased by the Company during the second quarter were executed pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase transaction, which was completed by June 30, 2018. The timing and exact amount of future share repurchases will be subject to various factors, including the Company’s capital position, financial performance and market conditions.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant as in effect on the date hereof (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed May 8, 2015)

3.2 Certificate of Designations of the Registrant with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, dated May 22, 2018, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and effective May 22, 2018 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 24, 2018)

3.3 Bylaws of the Registrant (as amended and restated on October 20, 2016) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 24, 2016)

4.1 Certificate of Designations of the Registrant with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, dated May 22, 2018, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and effective May 22, 2018 (filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2)

4.2 Form of certificate representing the Series B Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 24, 2018)

10.1 Executive Employment Agreement, dated June 18, 2018, between the Registrant and C. Jack Read†*

11.1 Statement re: computation of earnings per share (filed herewith as Note 16 “Earnings Per Share” to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference)

12.1 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges*

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12.2 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends*

31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

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The following materials from the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements*

† Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
* Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on August 6, 2018.

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
By:
/s/ Randall J. Black
 
Name: Randall J. Black
 
Title: Executive Vice President
 
(Principal Accounting Officer and Authorized Officer)


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