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UMB FINANCIAL CORP - Annual Report: 2020 (Form 10-K)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

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

For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2020

OR

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

For the transition period from         to         

Commission file number: 001-38481

 

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Missouri

43-0903811

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri

64106

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code): (816) 860-7000

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value

UMBF

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes      No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes      No

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 (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes      No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).    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 emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

  

Accelerated filer

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

  

  

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 has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issues its audit report.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes      No

As of June 30, 2020, the aggregate market value of common stock outstanding held by nonaffiliates of the registrant was approximately $2,226,284,007 based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on that date.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

Outstanding at February 19, 2021

Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value

48,180,607

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”) to be delivered to shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 27, 2021, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

 

 


 

INDEX

 

PART I

3

 

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

3

 

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

11

 

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

20

 

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

20

 

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

20

 

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

20

 

 

PART II

21

 

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

21

 

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

23

 

 

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

51

 

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

58

 

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

127

 

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

127

 

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

130

 

 

PART III

130

 

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

130

 

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

130

 

 

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

130

 

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

131

 

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

131

 

 

PART IV

132

 

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

132

 

 

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

133

 

 

SIGNATURES

134

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

 

 


 

 

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

General

UMB Financial Corporation (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise, the Company) is a financial holding company that is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The Company provides banking services and asset servicing to its customers in the United States and around the globe.

The Company was organized as a corporation under Missouri law in 1967 and is registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the BHCA) and a financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as amended (the GLBA). The Company currently owns all of the outstanding stock of one national bank and several nonbank subsidiaries.

The Company’s national bank, UMB Bank, National Association (the Bank), has its principal office in Missouri and also has branches in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Bank offers a full complement of banking products and other services to commercial, retail, government, and correspondent-bank customers, including a wide range of asset-management, trust, bankcard, and cash-management services.

The Company also owns UMB Fund Services, Inc. (UMBFS), which is a significant nonbank subsidiary that has offices in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and Ogden, Utah. UMBFS provides fund accounting, transfer agency, and other services to mutual fund and alternative-investment groups.

COVID-19

 

During the first quarter of 2020, the global economy began experiencing a downturn related to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic (the COVID-19 pandemic, or the pandemic).  Such impacts have included significant volatility in the global stock and fixed income markets, a 150-basis-point reduction in the target federal funds rate, the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) administered by the Small Business Administration, and a variety of rulings from the Company’s banking regulators.

 

The Company continues to actively monitor developments related to COVID-19 and its impact to its business, customers, employees, counterparties, vendors, and service providers. The COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home and similar mandates have necessitated certain actions related to the way the Company operates its business, including transitioning most of its workforce off-site or to work-from-home to help mitigate health risks. The Company is also carefully monitoring the activities of its vendors and other third-party service providers to mitigate the risks associated with any potential service disruptions. While the Company has not experienced material adverse disruptions to its internal operations due to the pandemic, it continues to review evolving risks and developments.  

 

See further details surrounding the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under “Human Capital” below and within Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, pages 23 through 50.

Business Segments

The Company’s products and services are grouped into three segments: Commercial Banking, Institutional Banking, and Personal Banking.

These segments and their financial results are described in detail in (i) the section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations entitled Business Segments, which can be found in Part II, Item 7, pages 37 through 39, of this report and (ii) Note 12, “Business Segment Reporting,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which can be found in Part II, Item 8, pages 105 through 106 of this report.

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Competition

The Company faces intense competition in each of its business segments and in all of the markets and geographic regions that the Company serves. Competition comes from both traditional and non-traditional financial-services providers, including banks, savings associations, finance companies, investment advisors, asset managers, mutual funds, private-equity firms, hedge funds, brokerage firms, mortgage-banking companies, credit-card companies, insurance companies, trust companies, securities processing companies, and credit unions.  Increasingly, financial-technology (fintech) companies are partnering with financial-services providers to compete with the Company for lending, payments, and other business. Many of the Company’s competitors are not subject to the same kind or degree of supervision and regulation as the Company.

Competition is based on a number of factors.  Banking customers are generally influenced by convenience, interest rates and pricing, personal experience, quality and availability of products and other services, lending limits, transaction execution, and reputation. Investment advisory services compete primarily on returns, expenses, third-party ratings, and the reputation and performance of managers.  Asset servicing competes primarily on price, quality of services, and reputation.  The Company and its competitors are all impacted to varying degrees by the overall economy and health of the financial markets. 

The Company’s ability to successfully compete in its chosen markets and regions also depends on its ability to attract, retain, and motivate talented employees, to invest in technology and infrastructure, and to innovate, all while effectively managing its expenses.  The Company expects that competition will likely intensify in the future.

Human Capital

UMB is dedicated to creating the Unparalleled Customer Experience, and its associates are critical to achieving this mission. As part of our efforts to recruit and retain top talent, the Company strives to offer competitive compensation and benefits programs, while fostering a culture rooted in inclusion of a diverse mix of associates who are empowered to be part of something more. We believe our associates, customers, and communities mutually benefit by our focus on providing opportunities for our associates to make an impact at work and in our communities.  On a full-time equivalent basis at December 31, 2020, the Company and its subsidiaries employed 3,591 associates across the country.

Compensation and Benefits Program. The Company’s compensation program is designed to allow it to attract, reward, and retain talented individuals who contribute significant value to the organization.  UMB’s compensation programs reward performance, reserving the highest rewards for the highest performers.  The Company’s incentive plans are intended to promote the interests of UMB and its shareholders by providing associates with incentives and rewards to encourage them to continue in service of the Company.  The Company provides employees with compensation packages that include base salary, annual short-term incentive bonuses, and long-term equity awards tied to management, growth, and protection of the business of the Company. In addition to cash and equity compensation, UMB offers a robust benefits program that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, health savings accounts and a variety of insurance options, including pet, life and long-term care.  UMB also offers associates benefits including paid time off, paid volunteer time off, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, a 401(k) plan, as well as profit sharing and an employee stock ownership plan. Additionally, the Company strives to engage and encourage associates to act and take personal responsibility for improving the health and well-being for themselves and their families.  To assist associates with their goals, UMB offers wellness incentives and wellness coaches for strategic wellness support strategies.  

Diversity and Inclusion. The Company believes that an equitable and inclusive environment with diverse teams produces more creative solutions, results in better products and services, and is crucial to our efforts to attract and retain key talent. UMB’s talent acquisition team focuses on building recruitment marketing strategies that are designed to identify and attract diverse associates. In 2019, the Company launched a diverse panel approach specifically targeting senior-level roles where diversity is underrepresented and encourages hiring managers to engage a diverse panel of candidates before making hiring decisions. UMB business resource groups (BRGs) also play a vital role in deepening the recruitment pipeline of diverse talent and refer candidates to UMB on a regular basis.  BRGs are structured to engage associates who share common interests, including associates from traditionally underrepresented groups.  Nearly 20% of UMB associates participate in one or more BRGs.

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Community Involvement. For more than a century, UMB has maintained a commitment to the prosperity of each community the Company serves.  In addition to providing financial products built for the needs of our customers, UMB uses associate volunteerism and corporate philanthropy to build strong community partnerships.  The Company encourages associates to give back to their local communities through various programs and initiatives, including paid volunteer time off and matching charitable gift programs.

COVID-19. The Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is rooted in supporting its associates while focusing on the safety and security of associates, customers, and vendors.  Beginning mid-March 2020, more than 85% of associates shifted to a remote work environment.  The remainder of associates were in roles that required them to be on-site.  For on-site associates, the Company provided five additional days of paid time off, company-provided lunches and supplemental pay through the second quarter of 2020.  The Company instituted social distancing signage and reconfigured spaces to limit the risk of exposure within its locations.  This allowed for additional associates to return on-site if they chose to, which increased on-site associates to approximately 35% as of December 31, 2020. 

For more information on our diversity and inclusion and community involvement initiatives, please see our Corporate Citizenship Report available at www.umb.com/corporatecitizenship.

Government Monetary and Fiscal Policies

In addition to the impact of general economic conditions, the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition, capital, liquidity, and prospects are significantly affected by government monetary and fiscal policies that are announced or implemented in the United States and abroad.

A sizeable influence is exerted, in particular, by the policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the FRB), which influences monetary and credit conditions in the economy in pursuit of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. Among the FRB’s policy tools are (1) open market operations (that is, purchases or sales of securities in the open market to adjust the supply of reserve balances in order to achieve targeted federal funds rates or to put pressure on longer-term interest rates in order to achieve more desirable levels of economic activity and job creation), (2) the discount rate charged on loans by the Federal Reserve Banks, (3) the level of reserves required to be held by depository institutions against specified deposit liabilities, (4) the interest paid or charged on balances maintained with the Federal Reserve Banks by depository institutions, including balances used to satisfy their reserve requirements, and (5) other deposit and loan facilities.

The FRB and its policies have a substantial impact on the availability and demand for loans and deposits, the rates and other aspects of pricing for loans and deposits, and the conditions in equity, fixed income, currency, and other markets in which the Company operates.  Policies announced or implemented by other central banks around the world have a meaningful effect as well and sometimes may be coordinated with those of the FRB.

Tax and other fiscal policies, moreover, impact not only general economic conditions but also give rise to incentives or disincentives that affect how the Company and its customers prioritize objectives, operate businesses, and deploy resources.

Regulation and Supervision

The Company is subject to regulatory frameworks in the United States at federal, State, and local levels. In addition, the Company is subject to the direct supervision of various government authorities charged with overseeing the kinds of financial activities conducted by its business segments.

This section summarizes certain provisions of the principal laws and regulations that apply to the Company. The descriptions, however, are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text and judicial or administrative interpretations of those laws and regulations and other laws and regulations that affect the Company.

Overview

The Company is a bank holding company under the BHCA and a financial holding company under the GLBA. As a result, the Company—including all of its businesses and operations—is subject to the regulation, supervision, and examination of the FRB and to restrictions on permissible activities. This framework of regulation, supervision, and examination is intended primarily for the protection and benefit of depositors and other customers of the Bank,

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the Deposit Insurance Fund (the DIF) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC), the banking and financial systems as a whole, and the broader economy, not for the protection or benefit of the Company’s shareholders or its non-deposit creditors.

Many of the Company’s subsidiaries are also subject to separate or related forms of regulation, supervision, and examination, including: (1) the Bank, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) under the National Banking Acts, the FDIC under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (the FDIA), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB) under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act); (2) UMBFS, UMB Distribution Services, LLC, UMB Financial Services, Inc., and Prairie Capital Management, LLC, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and State regulatory authorities under federal and State securities laws, and UMB Distribution Services, LLC and UMB Financial Services, Inc., by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); and (3) UMB Insurance, Inc., by State regulatory authorities under applicable State insurance laws. These regulatory schemes, like those overseen by the FRB, are designed to protect public or private interests that often are not aligned with those of the Company’s shareholders or non-deposit creditors.

The FRB possesses extensive authorities and powers to regulate the conduct of the Company’s businesses and operations. If the FRB were to take the position that the Company or any of its subsidiaries have violated any law or commitment or engaged in any unsafe or unsound practice, formal or informal corrective or enforcement actions could be taken by the FRB against the Company, its subsidiaries, and institution-affiliated parties (such as directors, officers, and agents). These enforcement actions could include an imposition of civil monetary penalties and could directly affect not only the Company, its subsidiaries, and institution-affiliated parties but also the Company’s counterparties, shareholders, and creditors and its commitments, arrangements, or other dealings with them. The OCC has similarly expansive authorities and powers over the Bank and its subsidiaries, as does the CFPB over matters involving consumer financial laws. The SEC, FINRA, and other domestic or foreign government authorities also have an array of means at their disposal to regulate and enforce matters within their jurisdiction that could impact the Company’s businesses and operations.

Restrictions on Permissible Activities and Corporate Matters

Under the BHCA, bank holding companies and their subsidiaries are generally limited to the business of banking and to closely related activities that are incidental to banking.

As a bank holding company that has elected to become a financial holding company under the GLBA, the Company is also able—directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries—to engage in activities that are financial in nature, that are incidental to a financial activity, or that are complementary to a financial activity and do not pose a substantial risk to the safety or soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally. Activities that are financial in nature include: (1) underwriting, dealing in, or making a market in securities, (2) providing financial, investment, or economic advisory services, (3) underwriting insurance, and (4) merchant banking.

The Company’s ability to directly or indirectly engage in these banking and financial activities, however, is subject to conditions and other limits imposed by law or the FRB and, in some cases, requires the approval of the FRB or other government authorities. These conditions or other limits may arise due to the particular type of activity or, in other cases, may apply to the Company’s business more generally. Examples of the former are the substantial restrictions on the timing, amount, form, substance, interconnectedness, and management of the Company’s merchant banking investments. An example of the latter is a condition that, in order for the Company to engage in broader financial activities, its depository institutions must remain “well capitalized” and “well managed” under applicable banking laws and must receive at least a “satisfactory” rating under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).  

Under amendments to the BHCA promulgated by the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 and the Dodd-Frank Act, the Company may acquire banks outside of its home State of Missouri, subject to specified limits and may establish new branches in other States to the same extent as banks chartered in those States. Under the BHCA, however, the Company must procure the prior approval of the FRB and possibly other government authorities to directly or indirectly acquire ownership or control of five percent or more of any class of voting securities of, or substantially all of the assets of, an unaffiliated bank, savings association, or bank holding company. In deciding whether to approve any acquisition or branch, the FRB, the OCC, and other government authorities will consider public or private interests that may not be aligned with those of the Company’s

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shareholders or non-deposit creditors. The FRB also has the power to require the Company to divest any depository institution that cannot maintain its “well capitalized” or “well managed” status.

The FRB maintains a targeted policy that requires a bank holding company to inform and consult with the staff of the FRB sufficiently in advance of (1) declaring and paying a dividend that could raise safety and soundness concerns (for example, a dividend that exceeds earnings in the period for which the dividend is being paid), (2) redeeming or repurchasing regulatory capital instruments when the holding company is experiencing financial weaknesses, or (3) redeeming or repurchasing common stock or perpetual preferred stock that would result in a net reduction as of the end of the quarter in the amount of those equity instruments outstanding compared with the beginning of the quarter in which the redemption or repurchase occurred.

Requirements Affecting the Relationships among the Company, Its Subsidiaries, and Other Affiliates

The Company is a legal entity separate and distinct from the Bank, UMBFS, and its other subsidiaries but receives the vast majority of its revenue in the form of dividends from those subsidiaries. Without the approval of the OCC, however, dividends payable by the Bank in any calendar year may not exceed the lesser of (1) the current year’s net income combined with the retained net income of the two preceding years and (2) undivided profits. In addition, under the Basel III capital-adequacy standards described below under the heading “Capital-Adequacy Standards,” the Bank is currently required to maintain a capital conservation buffer in excess of its minimum risk-based capital ratios and will be restricted in declaring and paying dividends whenever the buffer is breached. The authorities and powers of the FRB, the OCC, and other government authorities to prevent any unsafe or unsound practice also could be employed to further limit the dividends that the Bank or the Company’s other subsidiaries may declare and pay to the Company.  

The Dodd-Frank Act requires a bank holding company like the Company to serve as a source of financial strength for its depository-institution subsidiaries and to commit resources to support those subsidiaries in circumstances when the Company might not otherwise elect to do so. The functional regulator of any nonbank subsidiary of the Company, however, may prevent that subsidiary from directly or indirectly contributing its financial support, and if that were to preclude the Company from serving as an adequate source of financial strength, the FRB may instead require the divestiture of depository-institution subsidiaries and impose operating restrictions pending such a divestiture.

A number of laws, principally Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act (the FRA), and the FRB’s Regulation W, also exist to prevent the Company and its nonbank subsidiaries from taking improper advantage of the benefits afforded to the Bank as a depository institution, including its access to federal deposit insurance and the discount window. These laws generally require the Bank and its subsidiaries to deal with the Company and its nonbank subsidiaries only on market terms and, in addition, impose restrictions on the Bank and its subsidiaries in directly or indirectly extending credit to or engaging in other covered transactions with the Company or its nonbank subsidiaries. The Dodd-Frank Act extended the restrictions to derivatives and securities lending transactions and expanded the restrictions for transactions involving hedge funds or private-equity funds that are owned or sponsored by the Company or its nonbank subsidiaries.

In addition, under the Volcker Rule, the Company is subject to extensive limits on proprietary trading and on owning or sponsoring hedge funds and private-equity funds. The limits on proprietary trading are largely directed toward purchases or sales of financial instruments by a banking entity as principal primarily for the purpose of short-term resale, a benefit from actual or expected short-term price movements, or the realization of short-term arbitrage profits. The limits on owning or sponsoring hedge funds and private-equity funds are designed to ensure that banking entities generally maintain only small positions in managed or advised funds and are not exposed to significant losses arising directly or indirectly from them. The Volcker Rule also provides for increased capital charges, quantitative limits, rigorous compliance programs, and other restrictions on permitted proprietary trading and fund activities, including a prohibition on transactions with a covered fund that would constitute a covered transaction under Sections 23A and 23B of the FRA.

Stress Testing and Enhanced Prudential Standards

The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) was enacted in May 2018, amending requirements previously established in the Dodd-Frank Act, including stress testing and enhanced prudential standards.  Bank holding companies with assets of less than $100 billion, including the Company, are no longer subject to the requirement to conduct forward-looking, company-run stress testing, including publishing a summary of results.  The Company continues to run internal stress tests as a component of our comprehensive risk

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management and capital planning process.  In addition, the EGRRCPA increased the statutory asset threshold above which the Federal Reserve is required to apply enhanced prudential standards from $50 billion to $250 billion (subject to certain discretion by the Federal Reserve to apply any enhanced prudential standard requirement to any bank holding company with between $100 billion and $250 billion in total consolidated assets that would otherwise be exempt under EGRRCPA).  The Company remains exempt from applying the enhanced prudential standards.

Capital-Adequacy Standards

The FRB and the OCC have adopted risk-based capital and leverage guidelines that require the capital-to-assets ratios of bank holding companies and national banks, respectively, to meet specified minimum standards.

The risk-based capital ratios are based on a banking organization’s risk-weighted asset amounts (RWAs), which are generally determined under the standardized approach applicable to the Company and the Bank by (1) assigning on-balance-sheet exposures to broad risk-weight categories according to the counterparty or, if relevant, the guarantor or collateral (with higher risk weights assigned to categories of exposures perceived as representing greater risk) and (2) multiplying off-balance-sheet exposures by specified credit conversion factors to calculate credit equivalent amounts and assigning those credit equivalent amounts to the relevant risk-weight categories. The leverage ratio, in contrast, is based on an institution’s average on-balance-sheet exposures alone.

The capital ratios for the Company and the Bank as of December 31, 2020, are set forth below:

 

 

 

Tier 1

Leverage Ratio

 

 

Tier 1

Risk-Based

Capital Ratio

 

 

Common Equity Tier 1

Capital Ratio

 

 

Total

Risk-Based Capital Ratio

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

 

8.37

 

 

 

12.10

 

 

 

12.10

 

 

 

14.26

 

UMB Bank, n.a.

 

 

8.28

 

 

 

11.92

 

 

 

11.92

 

 

 

12.81

 

 

These capital-to-assets ratios also play a central role in prompt corrective action (PCA), which is an enforcement framework used by the federal banking agencies to constrain the activities of banking organizations based on their levels of regulatory capital. Five categories have been established using thresholds for the total risk-based capital ratio, the tier 1 risk-based capital ratio, the common-equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio, and the leverage ratio: (1) well capitalized, (2) adequately capitalized, (3) undercapitalized, (4) significantly undercapitalized, and (5) critically undercapitalized.  While bank holding companies are not subject to the PCA framework, the FRB is empowered to compel a holding company to take measures—such as the execution of financial or performance guarantees—when prompt corrective action is required in connection with one of its depository-institution subsidiaries. At December 31, 2020, the Bank was categorized as well capitalized under the PCA framework.

Basel III includes a number of more rigorous provisions applicable only to banking organizations that are larger or more internationally active than the Company and the Bank.  These include, for example, a supplementary leverage ratio incorporating off-balance-sheet exposures, a liquidity coverage ratio, and a net stable funding ratio. These standards may be informally applied or considered by the FRB and the OCC in their regulation, supervision, and examination of the Company and the Bank.

Deposit Insurance and Related Matters

The deposits of the Bank are insured by the FDIC in the standard insurance amount of $250 thousand per depositor for each account ownership category. This insurance is funded through assessments on the Bank and other insured depository institutions. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, each institution’s assessment base is determined based on its average consolidated total assets less average tangible equity, and there is a scorecard method for calculating assessments that combines CAMELS (an acronym that refers to the five components of a bank’s condition that are addressed:  capital adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings, and liquidity) ratings and specified forward-looking financial measures to determine each institution’s risk to the DIF.  The Dodd-Frank Act also requires the FDIC, in setting assessments, to offset the effect of increasing its reserve for the DIF on institutions with consolidated assets of less than $10 billion. The result of this revised approach to deposit-insurance assessments is generally an increase in costs, on an absolute or relative basis, for institutions with consolidated assets of $10 billion or more.

If an insured depository institution such as the Bank were to become insolvent or if other specified events were to occur relating to its financial condition or the propriety of its actions, the FDIC may be appointed as

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conservator or receiver for the institution. In that capacity, the FDIC would have the power to (1) transfer assets and liabilities of the institution to another person or entity without the approval of the institution’s creditors, (2) require that its claims process be followed and to enforce statutory or other limits on damages claimed by the institution’s creditors, (3) enforce the institution’s contracts or leases according to their terms, (4) repudiate or disaffirm the institution’s contracts or leases, (5) seek to reclaim, recover, or recharacterize transfers of the institution’s assets or to exercise control over assets in which the institution may claim an interest, (6) enforce statutory or other injunctions, and (7) exercise a wide range of other rights, powers, and authorities, including those that could impair the rights and interests of all or some of the institution’s creditors. In addition, the administrative expenses of the conservator or receiver could be afforded priority over all or some of the claims of the institution’s creditors, and under the FDIA, the claims of depositors (including the FDIC as subrogee of depositors) would enjoy priority over the claims of the institution’s unsecured creditors.

The FDIA also provides that an insured depository institution can be held liable for any loss incurred or expected to be incurred by the FDIC in connection with another commonly controlled insured depository institution that is in default or in danger of default. This cross-guarantee liability is generally superior in right of payment to claims of the institution’s holding company and its affiliates.  

Other Regulatory and Supervisory Matters

As a public company, the Company is subject to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and other federal and State securities laws. In addition, because the Company’s common stock is listed with The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ), the Company is subject to the listing rules of that exchange.

The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (commonly known as the Bank Secrecy Act), the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and related laws require all financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, to establish a risk-based system of internal controls reasonably designed to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism. These laws include a variety of recordkeeping and reporting requirements (such as currency and suspicious activity reporting) as well as know-your-customer and due-diligence rules.

Under the CRA, the Bank has a continuing and affirmative obligation to help meet the credit needs of its local communities—including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods—consistent with safe and sound banking practices. The CRA does not create specific lending programs but does establish the framework and criteria by which the OCC regularly assesses the Bank’s record in meeting these credit needs. The Bank’s ratings under the CRA are taken into account by the FRB and the OCC when considering merger or other specified applications that the Company or the Bank may submit from time to time.

The Bank is subject as well to a vast array of consumer-protection laws, such as qualified-mortgage and other mortgage-related rules under the jurisdiction of the CFPB. Lending limits, restrictions on tying arrangements, limits on permissible interest-rate charges, and other laws governing the conduct of banking or fiduciary activities are also applicable to the Bank. In addition, the GLBA imposes on the Company and its subsidiaries a number of obligations relating to financial privacy.

Statistical Disclosure

The information required by Guide 3, “Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies,” has been included in Part II, Items 7 and 7A, pages 23 through 57, of this report.

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Executive Officers of the Registrant.  The following are the executive officers of the Company, each of whom is appointed annually, and there are no arrangements or understandings between any of the executive officers and any other person pursuant to which such person was elected as an executive officer.

 

Name

Age

Position with Registrant

 

 

 

R. Brian Beaird

47

Mr. Beaird has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer since October 2019.  Prior to this time, he served as Senior Vice President/Director of Associate Experience and Rewards, Director Compensation and Systems, Manager Bank Strategy and Administration, and Manager Commercial Strategy and Administration. Mr. Beaird held these positions from July 2018 until October 2019, August 2017 until July 2018, September 2015 until August 2017, and December 2011 until September 2015, respectively.

James Cornelius

59

Mr. Cornelius has served as the President of Institutional Banking for the Bank since June 2015.  Prior to this time, he served as the President of Institutional Banking and Investor services from June 2012 until June 2015.

Shannon A. Johnson

41

Ms. Johnson has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since October 2019.  Ms. Johnson’s previous positions with the Company include Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer; Senior Vice President, Executive Director of Talent Management and Development; and Senior Vice President, Director of Talent Management.  Ms. Johnson held these positions from April 2015 to October 2019, May 2011 to April 2015, and December 2009 to May 2011, respectively.  

J. Mariner Kemper

48

Mr. Kemper has served as the President of the Company since November 2015 and as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 2004. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank between December 2012 and January 2014, and as the Chairman of UMB Bank Colorado, n.a. (a prior subsidiary of the Company) between 2000 and 2012. He was President of UMB Bank Colorado from 1997 to 2000.  Mr. Kemper is the brother of Mr. Alexander C. Kemper, who currently serves on the Company’s Board of Directors.

Stacy King

45

Ms. King has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of the Company since March 2020.  From May 2019 until March 2020, she served as Senior Director, Operations Management – Benefit Accounts for Willis Towers Watson. Prior to that time, she served as Senior Vice President, Director Healthcare Operations & Compliance; Senior Vice President/Vice President, Director Healthcare Services Risk & Compliance for the Bank; Vice President, Compliance Manager – Bank Operations & Healthcare Services; and Compliance Analyst-Corporate Risk for the Company. Ms. King held these positions from September 2018 until May 2019, October 2015 until September 2018, August 2014 until October 2015, and September 2013 until August 2014, respectively.

Kevin M. Macke

48

Mr. Macke has served as Executive Vice President and Director of Operations for the Bank since November 2015. In addition, beginning in January 2014 and ending in December 2015, Mr. Macke served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. Prior to this time, Mr. Macke held several other positions within the Company or the Bank, including Director of Strategic Technology Initiatives with the Bank from November 2010 to January 2014, and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis with the Company from August 2005 to November 2010.

Nikki Newton

49

Mr. Newton has served as the President of Private Wealth Management of the Bank, since May 2019.  From January 1998 until May 2018, Mr. Newton served in various capacities with Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. or its subsidiary, Ivy Distributors, Inc, including most recently, serving as President of Ivy Distributors, Inc. and Ivy Global from August 2017 to May 2018, and Head of Global Distribution and President of Ivy Global from January 2014 to August 2017.

David C. Odgers

51

Mr. Odgers has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since January 2020, and as the Company’s Controller since January 2014.  Mr. Odgers was previously the Company’s Assistant Controller from January 2005 to January 2014.

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John C. Pauls

56

Mr. Pauls has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company and the Bank since June 2016.  Mr. Pauls served as interim General Counsel from April 2016 until his full appointment in June of 2016.  He has been with UMB for over 25 years, having served as a top legal advisor for the Company and the Bank for over 18 years.

James D. Rine

50

Mr. Rine has served as Vice Chairman of the Company since November 2020 and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank since October 2018.  He served as President of Commercial Banking from December 2017 until October 2018 and as President of Commercial Banking/Western Region from October 2016 to December 2017.  Prior to this time, Mr. Rine served as the President of the Kansas City Region since October 2011.  Overall, Mr. Rine has over 20 years of commercial banking experience with the Bank.

Ram Shankar

48

Mr. Shankar was named as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective August 2016.  From September 2011 until his employment with the Company commenced, he worked at First Niagara Financial Group, most recently serving as managing director where he headed financial planning and analysis and investor relations. Prior to that, Shankar spent time at FBR Capital Markets as a senior research analyst and at M&T Bank Corporation in the financial planning measurement and corporate finance/mergers & acquisitions group.

Thomas S. Terry

57

Mr. Terry has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer since October 2019.  From January 2011 until October 2019, Mr. Terry served as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of the Company, and prior to this time, Mr. Terry served as Executive Vice President.  Mr. Terry first joined UMB in 1986, and subsequently joined the Commercial Lending department in 1987 where he worked as a loan officer until 2011.

Abigail Wendel

47

Ms. Wendel was named President of Consumer Banking of the Bank in September 2018.  She has also served as Chief Strategy Officer for the Company from June 2015 until September 2018, and as the Director of Investor and Government Relations for the Company from February 2013 through June 2015.

 

The Company makes available free of charge on its website at www.umb.com/investor, its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, proxy statements, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to such reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files or furnishes such material with or to the SEC.  These reports can also be found on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Financial-services companies routinely encounter and address risks and uncertainties. In the following paragraphs, the Company describes some of the principal risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect its business, results of operations, financial condition (including capital and liquidity), or prospects or the value of or return on an investment in the Company. These risks and uncertainties, however, are not the only ones faced by the Company. Other risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to the Company that it has failed to identify, or that it currently considers immaterial may adversely affect the Company as well. Except where otherwise noted, the risk factors address risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company as well as its subsidiaries. These risk factors should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (which can be found in Part II, Item 7 of this report beginning on page 23) and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (which can be found in Part II, Item 8 of this report beginning on page 58).

 

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the Company and its customers, counterparties, employees, and third-party service providers, and the continued impacts on its business, financial position, results of operations, and prospects could potentially be significant. The spread of COVID-19 has created a global public-health crisis that has resulted in widespread volatility and deteriorations in household, business, economic, and market conditions. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s capital, liquidity, and other financial positions and on its business, results of operations, and prospects will depend on a number of evolving factors, including:

 

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The duration, extent, and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 does not yet appear to be contained and could affect significantly more households and businesses. The duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be impossible to accurately predict.

 

The response of governmental and nongovernmental authorities. The actions of many governmental and nongovernmental authorities have been directed toward curtailing household and business activity to contain COVID-19 while simultaneously deploying fiscal- and monetary-policy measures to partially mitigate the adverse effects on individual households and businesses. These actions are not always coordinated or consistent across jurisdictions but, in general, have been rapidly expanding in scope and intensity.

 

The effect on the Company’s customers, counterparties, employees, and third-party service providers. COVID-19 and its associated consequences and uncertainties may affect individuals, households, and businesses differently and unevenly. In the near-term if not longer, however, the Company’s credit, operational, and other risks are generally expected to increase.

 

The effect on economies and markets. Whether the actions of governmental and nongovernmental authorities will be successful in mitigating the adverse effects of COVID-19 is unclear. National, regional, and local economies and markets could suffer disruptions that are lasting. An economic slowdown could adversely affect the Company’s origination of new loans and the performance of its existing loans. In addition, governmental actions are meaningfully influencing the interest-rate environment, which could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

 

We are unable to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business and operations at this time. The COVID-19 pandemic could cause the Company to experience higher credit losses in our lending portfolio, impairment of our goodwill and other financial assets, further reduced demand for its products and services, and other negative impacts on its financial position, results of operations, and prospects. Sustained adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may also prevent the Company from satisfying our minimum regulatory capital ratios and other supervisory requirements, failing to be able to sustain the paying of dividends to its shareholders, or result in downgrades in its credit ratings.  

 

Because of current expected credit loss (CECL), the Company’s financial results may be negatively affected as soon as weak or deteriorating economic conditions are forecasted and alter our expectations for credit losses. In addition, due to the expansion of the time horizon over which it is required to estimate future credit losses under CECL, the Company may experience increased volatility in its future provisions for credit losses. As a result, factoring in COVID-19, the Company incurred significant provision expense for credit losses in 2020 and may incur significant provision expense for credit losses in future periods as well.

 

The levels of, or changes in, interest rates could affect the Company’s business or performance. The Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition are highly dependent on net interest income, which is the difference between interest income on earning assets (such as loans and investments) and interest expense on deposits and borrowings. Net interest income is significantly affected by market interest rates, which in turn are influenced by monetary and fiscal policies, general economic conditions, the regulatory environment, competitive pressures, and expectations about future changes in interest rates. The policies and regulations of the federal government, in general, and the FRB, in particular, have a substantial impact on market interest rates. See “Government Monetary and Fiscal Policies” in Part I, Item 1 of this report beginning on page 5, which is incorporated by reference herein. Additionally, the Company has a significant number of loans, derivative contracts, borrowings and other financial instruments with attributes that are either directly or indirectly dependent on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). In 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that LIBOR is to be transitioned to alternative rates during the next four years. U.S. regulatory authorities have voiced similar support for phasing out LIBOR.  The transition from LIBOR could create considerable costs and additional risk. Since proposed alternative rates are calculated differently, payments under contracts referencing new rates will differ from those referencing LIBOR. Although we are currently unable to assess what the ultimate impact of the transition from LIBOR will be, failure to adequately manage the transition could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The Company may be adversely affected by policies, regulations, or events that have the effect of altering the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates (commonly known as the yield curve), depressing the interest rates associated with its earning assets to levels near the rates associated with its interest expense, or changing the spreads among different interest-rate indices. In addition, a rapid change in interest rates could result in interest expense increasing faster than interest income because of differences in the maturities of the Company’s

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assets and liabilities. Further, if laws impacting taxation and interest rates materially change, or if new laws are enacted, certain of the Company’s services and products, including municipal bonds, may be subject to less favorable tax treatment or otherwise adversely impacted.  The level of, and changes in, market interest rates—and, as a result, these risks and uncertainties—are beyond the Company’s control. The dynamics among these risks and uncertainties are also challenging to assess and manage. For example, while the highly accommodative monetary policy currently adopted by the FRB may benefit the Company to some degree by spurring economic activity among its customers, such a policy may ultimately cause the Company more harm by inhibiting its ability to grow or sustain net interest income. 

 

The Company’s customers and counterparties also may be negatively impacted by the levels of, or changes in, interest rates, which could increase the risk of delinquency or default on obligations to the Company. The levels of, or changes in, interest rates, moreover, may have an adverse effect on the value of the Company’s investment portfolio, which includes long-term municipal bonds with fixed interest rates, and other financial instruments, the return on or demand for loans, the prepayment speed of loans (including, without limitation, the pace of pay-downs expected or forecasted for commercial real estate and construction loans), the cost or availability of deposits or other funding sources, or the purchase or sale of investment securities.

 

See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk—Interest Rate Risk” in Part II, Item 7A of this report beginning on page 51 for a discussion of how the Company monitors and manages interest-rate risk.

Weak or deteriorating economic conditions, more liberal origination or underwriting standards, or financial or systemic shocks could increase the Company’s credit risk and adversely affect its lending or other banking businesses and the value of its loans or investment securities. The Company’s business and results of operations depend significantly on general economic conditions. When those conditions are weak or deteriorating in any of the markets or regions where the Company operates, its business or performance could be adversely affected. The Company’s lending and other banking businesses, in particular, are susceptible to weak or deteriorating economic conditions, which could result in reduced loan demand or utilization rates and at the same time increased delinquencies or defaults. These kinds of conditions also could dampen the demand for products and other services in the Company’s investment-management, asset-servicing, insurance, brokerage, or related businesses. Increased delinquencies or defaults could result as well from the Company adopting—for strategic, competitive, or other reasons—more liberal origination or underwriting standards for extensions of credit or other dealings with its customers or counterparties. If delinquencies or defaults on the Company’s loans or investment securities increase, their value and the income derived from them could be adversely affected, and the Company could incur administrative and other costs in seeking a recovery on its claims and any collateral. Weak or deteriorating economic conditions also may negatively impact the market value and liquidity of the Company’s investment securities, and the Company may be required to record additional impairment charges if investment securities suffer a decline in value that is determined to have resulted from a credit loss.  In addition, to the extent that loan charge-offs exceed estimates, an increase to the amount of provision expense related to the allowance for credit losses would reduce the Company’s income. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk—Credit Risk Management” in Part II, Item 7A of this report beginning on page 54 for a discussion of how the Company monitors and manages credit risk. A financial or systemic shock and a failure of a significant counterparty or a significant group of counterparties could negatively impact the Company, possibly to a severe degree, due to its role as a financial intermediary and the interconnectedness of the financial system.

A meaningful part of the Company’s loan portfolio is secured by real estate and, as a result, could be negatively impacted by deteriorating or volatile real-estate markets or associated environmental liabilities. At December 31, 2020, 48.8% of the Company’s aggregate loan portfolio—comprised of commercial real-estate loans (representing 36.7% of the aggregate loan portfolio) and consumer real-estate loans (representing 12.1% of the aggregate loan portfolio)—was primarily secured by interests in real estate located in the States where the Company operates. Other credit extended by the Company may be secured in part by real estate as well.  Real-estate values in the markets where this collateral is located may be different from, and in some instances worse than, real-estate values in other markets or in the United States as a whole and may be affected by general economic conditions and a variety of other factors outside of the control of the Company or its customers. Any deterioration or volatility in these real-estate markets could result in increased delinquencies or defaults, could adversely affect the value of the loans and the income to be derived from them, could give rise to unreimbursed recovery costs, and could reduce the demand for new or additional credit and related banking products and other services, all to the detriment of the Company’s business and performance. In addition, if hazardous or toxic substances were found on any real estate that the Company acquires in foreclosure or otherwise, the Company may incur substantial liability for compliance and remediation costs, personal injury, or property damage.

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Challenging business, economic, or market conditions could adversely affect the Company’s fee-based banking, investment-management, asset-servicing, or other businesses. The Company’s fee-based banking, investment-management, asset-servicing, and other businesses are driven by wealth creation in the economy, robust market activity, monetary and fiscal stability, and positive investor, business, and consumer sentiment. Economic downturns, market disruptions, high unemployment or underemployment, unsustainable debt levels, depressed real-estate markets, industry consolidations, or other challenging business, economic, or market conditions could adversely affect these businesses and their results. If the funds or other groups that are clients of UMBFS were to encounter similar difficulties, UMBFS’s revenue could suffer. The Company’s bank-card revenue is driven primarily by transaction volumes in business, healthcare, and consumer spending that generate interchange fees, and any of these conditions could dampen those volumes. Other fee-based banking businesses that could be adversely affected include trading, asset management, custody, trust, and cash and treasury management.

The Company’s investment-management and asset-servicing businesses could be negatively impacted by declines in assets under management or administration or by shifts in the mix of assets under management or administration.  The revenues of the Company’s investment-management businesses are highly dependent on advisory fee income.  These businesses generally earn higher fees on equity-based or alternative investments and strategies and lower fees on fixed income investments and strategies. Advisory-fee income may be negatively impacted by an absolute decline in assets under management or by a shift in the mix of assets under management from equities or alternatives to fixed income. Such a decline or shift could be caused or influenced by any number of factors, such as underperformance in absolute or relative terms, loss of key advisers or other talent, changes in investing preferences or trends, market downturns or volatility, drops in investor confidence, reputational damage, increased competition, or general economic conditions. Any of these factors also could affect clients of UMBFS, and if this were to cause a decline in assets under administration at UMBFS or an adverse shift in the mix of those assets, the performance of UMBFS could suffer.

To the extent that the Company continues to maintain a sizeable portfolio of available-for-sale investment securities, its income may be adversely affected and its reported equity more volatile. As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s securities portfolio totaled approximately $10.6 billion, which represented approximately 32.1% of its total assets.  Regulatory restrictions and the Company’s investment policies generally result in the acquisition of securities with lower yields than loans.  For the year-ended December 31, 2020, the weighted average yield of the Company’s securities portfolio was 2.5% as compared to 3.9% for its loan portfolio.  Accordingly, to the extent that the Company is unable to effectively deploy its funds to originate or acquire loans or other assets with higher yields than those of its investment securities, the Company’s income may be negatively impacted.  Additionally, approximately $9.3 billion, or 87.4%, of the Company’s investment securities are classified as available for sale and reported at fair value. Unrealized gains or losses on these securities are excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income, which in turn affects the Company’s reported equity.  As a result, to the extent that the Company continues to maintain a significant portfolio of available-for-sale securities, its reported equity may experience greater volatility.  

Cyber incidents and other security breaches at the Company, at the Company’s service providers or counterparties, or in the business community or markets may negatively impact the Company’s business or performance. In the ordinary course of its business, the Company collects, stores, and transmits sensitive, confidential, or proprietary data and other information, including intellectual property, business information, funds-transfer instructions, and the personally identifiable information of its customers and employees. The secure processing, storage, maintenance, and transmission of this information is critical to the Company’s operations and reputation, and if any of this information were mishandled, misused, improperly accessed, lost, or stolen or if the Company’s operations were disrupted, the Company could suffer significant financial, business, reputational, regulatory, or other damage.  For example, despite security measures, the Company’s information technology and infrastructure may be breached through cyber-attacks, computer viruses or malware, pretext calls, electronic phishing, or other means. These risks and uncertainties are rapidly evolving and increasing in complexity, and the Company’s failure to effectively mitigate them could negatively impact its business and operations.

Service providers and counterparties also present a source of risk to the Company if their own security measures or other systems or infrastructure were to be breached or otherwise fail. Likewise, a cyber-attack or other security breach affecting the business community, the markets, or parts of them may cycle or cascade through the financial system and adversely affect the Company or its service providers or counterparties. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the Company’s control.  

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Even when an attempted cyber incident or other security breach is successfully avoided or thwarted, the Company may need to expend substantial resources in doing so, may be required to take actions that could adversely affect customer satisfaction or behavior, and may be exposed to reputational damage. If a breach were to occur, moreover, the Company could be exposed to contractual claims, regulatory actions, and litigation by private plaintiffs, and would additionally suffer reputational harm.  Despite the Company’s efforts to safeguard the integrity of systems and controls and to manage third-party risk, the Company may not be able to anticipate or implement effective measures to prevent all security breaches or all risks to the sensitive, confidential, or proprietary information that it or its service providers or counterparties collect, store, or transmit.

The trading volume in the Company’s common stock at times may be low, which could adversely affect liquidity and stock price. Although the Company’s common stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the trading volume in the stock may at times be low and, in relative terms, less than that of other financial-services companies.  A public trading market that is deep, liquid, and orderly depends on the presence in the marketplace of a large number of willing buyers and sellers and narrow bid-ask spreads.  These market features, in turn, depend on a number of factors, such as the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions, over which the Company has no control.  During any period of lower trading volume in the Company’s common stock, the stock price could be more volatile, and the liquidity of the stock could suffer.

The Company operates in a highly regulated industry, and its business or performance could be adversely affected by the legal, regulatory and supervisory frameworks applicable to it, changes in those frameworks, and other legal and regulatory risks and uncertainties. The Company is subject to expansive legal and regulatory frameworks in the United States—at the federal, State, and local levels—and in the foreign jurisdictions where its business segments operate.  In addition, the Company is subject to the direct supervision of government authorities charged with overseeing the taxation of domestic companies and the kinds of financial activities conducted by the Company in its business segments.  These legal, regulatory, and supervisory frameworks are often designed to protect public or private interests that differ from the interests of the Company’s shareholders or non-deposit creditors. See “Government Monetary and Fiscal Policies” and “Regulation and Supervision” in Part I, Item 1 of this report beginning on page 5, which is incorporated by reference herein.  We believe that government scrutiny of all financial-services companies has increased, fundamental changes have been made to the banking, securities, and other laws that govern financial services (with the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III being two of the more prominent examples), and a host of related business practices have been reexamined and reshaped. As a result, the Company expects to continue devoting increased time and resources to risk management, compliance, and regulatory change management. Risks also exist that government authorities could judge the Company’s business or other practices as unsafe, unsound, or otherwise unadvisable and bring formal or informal corrective or enforcement actions against it, including fines or other penalties and directives to change its products or other services.  For practical or other reasons, the Company may not be able to effectively defend itself against these actions, and they in turn could give rise to litigation by private plaintiffs.  Further, if the laws, rules, and regulations materially adversely affect the Company, including any changes that would negatively impact the tax treatment of the Company, the Company’s products and services or the Company’s shareholders, the Company may be adversely impacted.  All of these and other regulatory risks and uncertainties could adversely affect the Company’s reputation, business, results of operations, financial condition, or prospects.

Regulatory or supervisory requirements, future growth, operating results, or strategic plans may prompt the Company to raise additional capital, but that capital may not be available at all or on favorable terms and, if raised, may be dilutive. The Company is subject to safety-and-soundness and capital-adequacy standards under applicable law and to the direct supervision of government authorities. See “Regulation and Supervision” in Part I, Item 1 of this report beginning on page 5. If the Company is not or is at risk of not satisfying these standards or applicable supervisory requirements—whether due to inadequate operating results that erode capital, future growth that outpaces the accumulation of capital through earnings, or otherwise—the Company may be required to raise capital, restrict dividends, or limit originations of certain types of commercial and mortgage loans. If the Company is required to limit originations of certain types of commercial and mortgage loans, it would thereby reduce the amount of credit available to borrowers and limit opportunities to earn interest income from the loan portfolio.  The Company also may be compelled to raise capital if regulatory or supervisory requirements change. In addition, the Company may elect to raise capital for strategic reasons even when it is not required to do so. The Company’s ability to raise capital on favorable terms or at all will depend on general economic and market conditions, which are outside of its control, and on the Company’s operating and financial performance.  Accordingly, the Company cannot be assured of its ability to raise capital when needed or on favorable terms.  An inability to raise capital when needed or on favorable terms could damage the performance and value of its business, prompt regulatory intervention, and harm its reputation, and if the condition were to persist for any appreciable

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period of time, its viability as a going concern could be threatened. If the Company is able to raise capital and does so by issuing common stock or convertible securities, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders could be diluted, and the market price of our common stock could decline.

The market price of the Company’s common stock could be adversely impacted by banking, antitrust, or corporate laws that have or are perceived as having an anti-takeover effect. Banking and antitrust laws, including associated regulatory-approval requirements, impose significant restrictions on the acquisition of direct or indirect control over any bank holding company, including the Company. Acquisition of ten percent or more of any class of voting stock of a bank holding company or depository institution, including shares of our common stock, generally creates a rebuttable presumption that the acquirer “controls” the bank holding company or depository institution. Also, a bank holding company must obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve before, among other things, acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5 percent of the voting shares of any bank, including our bank.

In addition, a non-negotiated acquisition of control over the Company may be inhibited by provisions of the Company’s restated articles of incorporation and bylaws that have been adopted in conformance with applicable corporate law, such as the ability to issue shares of preferred stock and to determine the rights, terms, conditions and privileges of such preferred stock without stockholder approval. If any of these restrictions were to operate or be perceived as operating to hinder or deter a potential acquirer for the Company, the market price of the Company’s common stock could suffer.  

The Company’s business relies on systems, employees, service providers, and counterparties, and failures or errors by any of them or other operational risks could adversely affect the Company. The Company engages in a variety of businesses in diverse markets and relies on systems, employees, service providers, and counterparties to properly oversee, administer, and process a high volume of transactions. This gives rise to meaningful operational risk—including the risk of fraud by employees or outside parties, unauthorized access to its premises or systems, errors in processing, failures of technology, breaches of internal controls or compliance safeguards, inadequate integration of acquisitions, human error, and breakdowns in business continuity plans.  Significant financial, business, reputational, regulatory, or other harm could come to the Company as a result of these or related risks and uncertainties. For example, the Company could be negatively impacted if financial, accounting, data-processing, or other systems were to fail or not fully perform their functions. The Company also could be adversely affected if key personnel or a significant number of employees were to become unavailable due to a pandemic, natural disaster, war, act of terrorism, accident, or other reason. These same risks arise as well in connection with the systems and employees of the service providers and counterparties on whom the Company depends as well as their own third-party service providers and counterparties. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk—Operational Risk” in Part II, Item 7A of this report beginning on page 57 for a discussion of how the Company monitors and manages operational risk.

 

The soundness of other financial institutions could adversely affect us. The soundness of other financial institutions could adversely affect us. Financial services institutions are interrelated because of trading, clearing, counterparty and other relationships. We routinely execute transactions with counterparties in the financial services industry, including brokers and dealers, commercial banks, investment banks, payment processors, and other institutional clients, which may result in payment obligations to us or to our clients due to products we have arranged. Many of these transactions expose us to credit and market risk that may cause our counterparty or client to default. In addition, we are exposed to market risk when the collateral we hold cannot be realized or is liquidated at prices not sufficient to recover the full amount of the secured obligation. Any losses arising from such occurrences could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company is heavily reliant on technology, and a failure or delay in effectively implementing technology initiatives or anticipating future technology needs or demands could adversely affect the Company’s business or performance. Like most financial-services companies, the Company significantly depends on technology to deliver its products and other services and to otherwise conduct business. To remain technologically competitive and operationally efficient, the Company invests in system upgrades, new solutions, and other technology initiatives, including for both internally and externally hosted solutions.  Many of these initiatives are of significant duration, are tied to critical systems, and require substantial internal and external resources. Although the Company takes steps to mitigate the risks and uncertainties associated with these initiatives, there is no guarantee that they will be implemented on time, within budget, or without negative operational or customer impact. The Company also may not succeed in anticipating its future technology needs, the technology demands of its

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customers, or the competitive landscape for technology. In addition, the Company relies upon the expertise and support of service providers to help implement, maintain and/or service certain of its core technology solutions.  If the Company cannot effectively manage these service providers, the service parties fail to materially perform, or the Company was to falter in any of the other noted areas, its business or performance could be negatively impacted.

Negative publicity outside of the Company’s control, or its failure to successfully manage issues arising from its conduct or in connection with the financial-services industry generally, could damage the Company’s reputation and adversely affect its business or performance. The performance and value of the Company’s business could be negatively impacted by any reputational harm that it may suffer. This harm could arise from negative publicity outside of its control or its failure to adequately address issues arising from its conduct or in connection with the financial-services industry generally.  Risks to the Company’s reputation could arise in any number of contexts—for example, cyber incidents and other security breaches, mergers and acquisitions, lending or investment-management practices, actual or potential conflicts of interest, failures to prevent money laundering, corporate governance, and unethical behavior and practices committed by competitors in the financial services industry.

The Company faces intense competition from other financial-services and financial-services technology companies, and competitive pressures could adversely affect the Company’s business or performance. The Company faces intense competition in each of its business segments and in all of its markets and geographic regions, and the Company expects competitive pressures to intensify in the future—especially in light of recent legislative and regulatory initiatives, technological innovations that alter the barriers to entry, current economic and market conditions, and government monetary and fiscal policies.  Competition with financial-services technology companies, or technology companies partnering with financial-services companies, may be particularly intense, due to, among other things, differing regulatory environments. See “Competition” in Part I, Item 1 of this report beginning on page 4. Competitive pressures may drive the Company to take actions that the Company might otherwise eschew, such as lowering the interest rates or fees on loans or raising the interest rates on deposits in order to keep or attract high-quality customers. These pressures also may accelerate actions that the Company might otherwise elect to defer, such as substantial investments in technology or infrastructure. The Company has certain businesses that utilize wholesale models which can lead to customer concentrations for those businesses that, if negatively impacted by new entrants, competitive pressures, or consolidations, could affect the Company’s fee income. Whatever the reason, actions that the Company takes in response to competition may adversely affect its results of operations and financial condition. These consequences could be exacerbated if the Company is not successful in introducing new products and other services, achieving market acceptance of its products and other services, developing and maintaining a strong customer base, or prudently managing expenses.

The Company’s risk-management and compliance programs or functions may not be effective in mitigating risk and loss. The Company maintains an enterprise risk-management program that is designed to identify, quantify, monitor, report, and control the risks that it faces. These include interest-rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk, operational risk, reputational risk, and compliance risk. The Company also maintains a compliance program to identify, measure, assess, and report on its adherence to applicable law, policies, and procedures. While the Company assesses and improves these programs on an ongoing basis, there can be no assurance that its frameworks or models for risk management, compliance, and related controls will effectively mitigate risk and limit losses in its business. If conditions or circumstances arise that expose flaws or gaps in the Company’s risk-management or compliance programs or if its controls break down, the performance and value of the Company’s business could be adversely affected. The Company could be negatively impacted as well if, despite adequate programs being in place, its risk-management or compliance personnel are ineffective in executing them and mitigating risk and loss.

Liquidity is essential to the Company and its business or performance could be adversely affected by constraints in, or increased costs for, funding. The Company defines liquidity as the ability to fund increases in assets and meet obligations as they come due, all without incurring unacceptable losses.   Banks are especially vulnerable to liquidity risk because of their role in the maturity transformation of demand or short-term deposits into longer-term loans or other extensions of credit.  The Company, like other financial-services companies, relies to a significant extent on external sources of funding (such as deposits and borrowings) for the liquidity needed to conduct its business. A number of factors beyond the Company’s control, however, could have a detrimental impact on the availability or cost of that funding and thus on its liquidity. These factors include market disruptions, changes in its credit ratings or the sentiment of its investors, the state of the regulatory environment and monetary and fiscal policies, declines in the value of its investment securities, the loss of substantial deposits or customer relationships, financial or systemic shocks, significant counterparty failures, and reputational damage. Unexpected declines or limits on the

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dividends declared and paid by the Company’s subsidiaries also could adversely affect its liquidity position. While the Company’s policies and controls are designed to ensure that it maintains adequate liquidity to conduct its business in the ordinary course even in a stressed environment, there can be no assurance that its liquidity position will never become compromised. In such an event, the Company may be required to sell assets at a loss in order to continue its operations. This could damage the performance and value of its business, prompt regulatory intervention, and harm its reputation, and if the condition were to persist for any appreciable period of time, its viability as a going concern could be threatened. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk—Liquidity Risk” in Part II, Item 7A of this report beginning on page 56 for a discussion of how the Company monitors and manages liquidity risk.

If the Company’s subsidiaries are unable to make dividend payments or distributions to the Company, it may be unable to satisfy its obligations to counterparties or creditors or make dividend payments to its stockholders. The Company is a legal entity separate and distinct from its bank and nonbank subsidiaries and depends on dividend payments and distributions from those subsidiaries to fund its obligations to counterparties and creditors and its dividend payments to stockholders. See “Regulation and Supervision—Requirements Affecting the Relationships among the Company, Its Subsidiaries, and Other Affiliates” in Part I, Item 1 of this report beginning on page 7. Any of the Company’s subsidiaries, however, may be unable to make dividend payments or distributions to the Company, including as a result of a deterioration in the subsidiary’s performance, investments in the subsidiary’s own future growth, or regulatory or supervisory requirements. If any subsidiary were unable to remain viable as a going concern, moreover, the Company’s right to participate in a distribution of assets would be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary’s creditors (including, in the case of the Bank, its depositors and the FDIC).

An inability to attract, retain, or motivate qualified employees could adversely affect the Company’s business or performance.  Skilled employees are the Company’s most important resource, and competition for talented people is intense.  Even though compensation is among the Company’s highest expenses, it may not be able to locate and hire the best people, keep them with the Company, or properly motivate them to perform at a high level. Recent scrutiny of compensation practices, especially in the financial-services industry, has made this only more difficult. In addition, some parts of the Company’s business are particularly dependent on key personnel, including investment management, asset servicing, and commercial lending. If the Company were to lose and find itself unable to replace these personnel or other skilled employees or if the competition for talent drove its compensation costs to unsustainable levels, the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition could be negatively impacted.

The Company is subject to a variety of litigation and other proceedings, which could adversely affect its business or performance. The Company is involved from time to time in a variety of judicial, alternative-dispute, and other proceedings arising out of its business or operations. The Company establishes reserves for claims when appropriate under generally accepted accounting principles, but costs often can be incurred in connection with a matter before any reserve has been created. The Company also maintains insurance policies to mitigate the cost of litigation and other proceedings, but these policies have deductibles, limits, and exclusions that may diminish their value or efficacy. Despite the Company’s efforts to appropriately reserve for claims and insure its business and operations, the actual costs associated with resolving a claim may be substantially higher than amounts reserved or covered. Substantial legal claims, even if not meritorious, could have a detrimental impact on the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition and could cause reputational harm.

Changes in accounting standards could impact the Company’s financial statements and reported earnings. Accounting standard-setting bodies, such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board, periodically change the financial accounting and reporting standards that affect the preparation of the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. These changes are beyond the Company’s control and could have a meaningful impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company’s selection of accounting methods, assumptions, and estimates could impact its financial statements and reported earnings. To comply with generally accepted accounting principles, management must sometimes exercise judgment in selecting, determining, and applying accounting methods, assumptions, and estimates. This can arise, for example, in the determination of the allowance for credit losses or the determination of the fair value of assets or liabilities. Furthermore, accounting methods, assumptions and estimates are part of acquisition purchase accounting and the calculation of the fair value of assets and liabilities that have been purchased, including credit-impaired loans.  The judgments required of management can involve difficult, subjective, or complex matters with a high degree of uncertainty, and several different judgments could be reasonable under the circumstances and yet result in significantly different results being reported. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in Part II, Item 7 of this report beginning on page 49. If management’s

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judgments are later determined to have been inaccurate, the Company may experience unexpected losses that could be substantial.

The Company’s ability to successfully make opportunistic mergers and acquisitions is subject to significant risks, including the risk that government authorities will not provide the requisite approvals, the risk that integrating acquisitions may be more difficult, costly, or time consuming than expected, and the risk that the value of acquisitions may be less than anticipated. The Company may make opportunistic acquisitions of other financial-services companies or businesses from time to time. These acquisitions may be subject to regulatory approval, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain that approval in a timely manner or at all. Even when the Company is able to obtain regulatory approval, the failure of other closing conditions to be satisfied or waived could delay the completion of an acquisition for a significant period of time or prevent it from occurring altogether.  Any failure or delay in closing an acquisition could adversely affect the Company’s reputation, business, results of operations, financial condition, or prospects.

Additionally, acquisitions involve numerous risks and uncertainties, including lower-than-expected performance or higher-than-expected costs, difficulties related to integration, diversion of management’s attention from other business activities, changes in relationships with customers or counterparties, and the potential loss of key employees. An acquisition also could be dilutive to the Company’s current stockholders if preferred stock, common stock, or securities convertible into preferred stock or common stock were issued to fully or partially pay or fund the purchase price. The Company, moreover, may not be successful in identifying acquisition candidates, integrating acquired companies or businesses, or realizing the expected value from acquisitions. There is significant competition for valuable acquisition targets, and the Company may not be able to acquire other companies or businesses on attractive terms or at all.  There can be no assurance that the Company will pursue future acquisitions, and the Company’s ability to grow and successfully compete in its markets and regions may be impaired if it chooses not to pursue, or is unable to successfully complete, acquisitions.

 

We face risks in connection with our strategic undertakings and new business initiatives. We are engaged, and may in the future engage, in strategic activities including acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, investments or other business growth initiatives or undertakings. There can be no assurance that we will successfully identify appropriate opportunities, that we will be able to negotiate or finance such activities or that such activities, if undertaken, will be successful. We are focused on our long-term growth and have undertaken various strategic activities and business initiatives, some of which may involve activities that are new to us. For example, in the future we may engage in or focus on new lines of business, financial technologies, and other activities that are outside of our current product offerings. These new initiatives may subject us to, among other risks, increased business, reputational and operational risk, as well as more complex legal, regulatory and compliance costs and risks. Our ability to execute strategic activities and new business initiatives successfully will depend on a variety of factors. These factors likely will vary based on the nature of the activity but may include our success in integrating an acquired company or a new internally-developed growth initiative into our business, operations, services, products, personnel and systems, operating effectively with any partner with whom we elect to do business, meeting applicable regulatory requirements and obtaining applicable regulatory licenses or other approvals, hiring or retaining key employees, achieving anticipated synergies, meeting management's expectations, actually realizing the anticipated benefits of the activities, and overall general market conditions. Our ability to address these matters successfully cannot be assured. In addition, our strategic efforts may divert resources or management's attention from ongoing business operations and may subject us to additional regulatory scrutiny and potential liability. If we do not successfully execute a strategic undertaking, it could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation or growth prospects.

 

Climate change and related legislative and regulatory initiatives may result in operational changes and expenditures that could significantly impact the Company’s business. The current and anticipated effects of climate change are creating an increasing level of concern for the state of the global environment. As a result, political and social attention to the issue of climate change has increased. In recent years, governments across the world have entered into international agreements to attempt to reduce global temperatures, in part by limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The United States Congress, state legislatures and federal and state regulatory agencies have continued to propose and advance numerous legislative and regulatory initiatives seeking to mitigate the effects of climate change. These agreements and measures may result in the imposition of taxes and fees, the required purchase of emission credits, and the implementation of significant operational changes, each of which may require the Company to expend significant capital and incur compliance, operating, maintenance and remediation costs. Given the lack of empirical data on the credit and other financial risks posed by climate change, it is impossible to predict how climate change may impact the Company’s financial condition and operations; however, as a banking

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organization, the physical effects of climate change may present certain unique risks to the Company. For example, weather disasters, shifts in local climates and other disruptions related to climate change may adversely affect the value of real properties securing the Company’s loans, which could diminish the value of the Company’s loan portfolio. Such events may also cause reductions in regional and local economic activity that may have an adverse effect on the Company’s customers, which could limit the Company’s ability to raise and invest capital in these areas and communities, each of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

There are no unresolved comments from the staff of the SEC required to be disclosed herein as of the date of this report.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

The Company's headquarters building is located at 1010 Grand Boulevard in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.  The building opened in July 1986 and all 250,000 square feet are occupied by departments and customer service functions of the Bank, as well as administrative offices for the Company.  

Other main facilities of the Bank in downtown Kansas City, Missouri are located at 928 Grand Boulevard (185,000 square feet); and 1008 Oak Street (180,000 square feet). The 928 Grand building houses administrative support functions for the Bank.  The 928 Grand building is connected to the 1010 Grand building by an enclosed elevated pedestrian walkway.  The 1008 Oak building, which opened during the second quarter of 1999, houses the Company’s operations and data processing functions.  

The Bank leases 49,400 square feet in the Hertz Building located at 2 South Broadway in the heart of the commercial sector of downtown St. Louis, Missouri.  This location has a full-service banking center and is home to administrative support functions for the Bank.

The Bank also leases 34,681 square feet on the first, second, and fifth floors of the 1670 Broadway building located in the financial district of downtown Denver, Colorado.  The location has a full-service banking center and is home to operational and administrative support functions for the Bank.  

As of December 31, 2020, the Bank operated a total of 91 banking centers.

UMBFS leases 88,944 square feet at 235 West Galena Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for its fund services operations.  Additionally, UMBFS leases 37,300 square feet at 2225 Washington Boulevard in Ogden, Utah, and 13,689 square feet at 223 Wilmington West Chester Pike in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

Additional information with respect to properties, premises and equipment is presented in Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” and Note 8, “Premises, Equipment, and Leases,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, pages 68 and 97 of this report, and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

In the normal course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries are named defendants in various legal proceedings.  In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, none of these proceedings are expected to have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The Company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market under the symbol "UMBF." As of February 19, 2021, the Company had 1,978 shareholders of record.  

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table provides information about common stock repurchase activity by the Company during the quarter ended December 31, 2020:

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Period

 

Total Number of Shares Purchased

 

 

Average Price Paid per Share

 

 

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs

 

 

Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

 

October 1 - October 31, 2020

 

 

355

 

 

$

56.70

 

 

 

355

 

 

 

1,879,611

 

November 1 - November 30, 2020

 

 

67,767

 

 

 

61.60

 

 

 

67,767

 

 

 

1,811,844

 

December 1 - December 31, 2020

 

 

102

 

 

 

69.14

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

1,811,742

 

Total

 

 

68,224

 

 

$

61.58

 

 

 

68,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

On April 28, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board) authorized the repurchase of up to two million shares of the Company’s common stock, which will terminate on April 27, 2021 (a Repurchase Authorization).  The Company has not made any repurchases other than through this Repurchase Authorization. The Company is not currently engaging in repurchase.  In the future, it may determine to resume repurchases.  All share purchases pursuant to a Repurchase Authorization are intended to be within the scope of Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act.  Rule 10b-18 provides a safe harbor for purchases in a given day if the Company satisfies the manner, timing and volume conditions of the rule when purchasing its own shares of common stock.  

 

Performance Graph

 

The performance graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on UMB Financial Corporation Common Stock with the cumulative total return on the equity securities of companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and the SNL U.S. Bank Index, measured at the last trading day of each year shown. The graph assumes an investment of $100 on December 31, 2015 and reinvestment of dividends. The performance graph represents past performance and should not be considered to be an indication of future performance.

 

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Index

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

$

100.00

 

 

$

168.41

 

 

$

159.37

 

 

$

137.28

 

 

$

157.46

 

 

$

161.80

 

SNL US Banks

 

 

100.00

 

 

 

126.35

 

 

 

149.21

 

 

 

124.00

 

 

 

167.93

 

 

 

145.49

 

S&P 500 Index

 

 

100.00

 

 

 

111.96

 

 

 

136.40

 

 

 

130.42

 

 

 

171.49

 

 

 

203.04

 

 

 

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Management’s Discussion and Analysis

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis highlights the material changes in the results of operations and changes in financial condition for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020.  It should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and other financial statistics appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Results of operations for the periods included in this review are not necessarily indicative of results to be attained during any future period.

CAUTIONARY NOTICE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

From time to time the Company has made, and in the future will make, forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements often use words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “outlook,” “forecast,” “target,” “trend,” “plan,” “goal,” or other words of comparable meaning or future-tense or conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” or “could.” Forward-looking statements convey the Company’s expectations, intentions, or forecasts about future events, circumstances, results, or aspirations.

This report, including any information incorporated by reference in this report, contains forward-looking statements. The Company also may make forward-looking statements in other documents that are filed or furnished with the SEC. In addition, the Company may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing to investors, analysts, members of the media, or others.

All forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, which may change over time and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. You should not rely on any forward-looking statement as a prediction or guarantee about the future.  Actual future objectives, strategies, plans, prospects, performance, conditions, or results may differ materially from those set forth in any forward-looking statement. While no list of assumptions, risks, or uncertainties could be complete, some of the factors that may cause actual results or other future events, circumstances, or aspirations to differ from those in forward-looking statements include:

 

local, regional, national, or international business, economic, or political conditions or events;

 

changes in laws or the regulatory environment, including as a result of financial-services legislation or regulation;

 

changes in monetary, fiscal, or trade laws or policies, including as a result of actions by central banks or supranational authorities;

 

changes in accounting standards or policies;

 

shifts in investor sentiment or behavior in the securities, capital, or other financial markets, including changes in market liquidity or volatility or changes in interest or currency rates;

 

changes in spending, borrowing, or saving by businesses or households;

 

the Company’s ability to effectively manage capital or liquidity or to effectively attract or deploy deposits;

 

changes in any credit rating assigned to the Company or its affiliates;

 

adverse publicity or other reputational harm to the Company;

 

changes in the Company’s corporate strategies, the composition of its assets, or the way in which it funds those assets;

 

the Company’s ability to develop, maintain, or market products or services or to absorb unanticipated costs or liabilities associated with those products or services;

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the Company’s ability to innovate to anticipate the needs of current or future customers, to successfully compete in its chosen business lines, to increase or hold market share in changing competitive environments, or to deal with pricing or other competitive pressures;

 

changes in the credit, liquidity, or other condition of the Company’s customers, counterparties, or competitors;

 

the Company’s ability to effectively deal with economic, business, or market slowdowns or disruptions;

 

judicial, regulatory, or administrative investigations, proceedings, disputes, or rulings that create uncertainty for, or are adverse to, the Company or the financial-services industry;

 

the Company’s ability to address changing or stricter regulatory or other governmental supervision or requirements;

 

the Company’s ability to maintain secure and functional financial, accounting, technology, data processing, or other operating systems or facilities, including its capacity to withstand cyber-attacks;

 

the adequacy of the Company’s corporate governance, risk-management framework, compliance programs, or internal controls, including its ability to control lapses or deficiencies in financial reporting or to effectively mitigate or manage operational risk;

 

the efficacy of the Company’s methods or models in assessing business strategies or opportunities or in valuing, measuring, monitoring, or managing positions or risk;

 

the Company’s ability to keep pace with changes in technology that affect the Company or its customers, counterparties, or competitors;

 

mergers, acquisitions, or dispositions, including the Company’s ability to integrate acquisitions and divest assets;

 

the adequacy of the Company’s succession planning for key executives or other personnel;

 

the Company’s ability to grow revenue, control expenses, or attract and retain qualified employees;

 

natural disasters, war, terrorist activities, pandemics, or the outbreak of COVID-19 or similar outbreaks, and their effects on economic and business environment in which the Company operates;

 

adverse effects due to COVID-19 on the Company and its customers, counterparties, employees, and third-party service providers, and the adverse impacts to our business, financial position, results of operations, and prospects; or

 

other assumptions, risks, or uncertainties described in the Risk Factors (Item 1A), Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Item 7), or the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Item 8) in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or described in any of the Company’s annual, quarterly or current reports.

Any forward-looking statement made by the Company or on its behalf speaks only as of the date that it was made. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement to reflect the impact of events, circumstances, or results that arise after the date that the statement was made, except as required by applicable securities laws. You, however, should consult further disclosures (including disclosures of a forward-looking nature) that the Company may make in any subsequent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or Current Report on Form 8-K.

Results of Operations

Overview

 

During the first quarter of 2020, the global economy began experiencing a downturn related to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic.  Such impacts have included significant volatility in the global stock and fixed income markets, a 150-basis-point reduction in the target federal funds rate, the enactment of the CARES Act, including the PPP administered by the Small Business Administration, and a variety of rulings from the Company’s banking regulators.  

 

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The Company continues to actively monitor developments related to COVID-19 and its impact to its business, customers, employees, counterparties, vendors, and service providers. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company’s results of operations included building of the allowance for credit losses (ACL) and monitoring key macroeconomic variables utilized in the econometric models under the CECL accounting standard adopted on January 1, 2020 and $6.9 million of nonrecurring COVID-19 specific expenses.  Additionally, the Company continued to see impacts of the volatile equity and debt markets and low interest rate environment in its fee-based businesses.

 

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company formed a Pandemic Taskforce and a steering group comprised of associates across multiple lines of business and support functions and has taken several actions to offer various forms of support to our customers, employees, and communities that have experienced impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. As of December 31, 2020, approximately 65% of the Company’s associates are working remotely.  The Company has also increased purchases of computer hardware to support a remote workforce, as well as incurred additional cleaning and janitorial expense to disinfect branch and office locations.  In addition, the Company is actively working with customers impacted by the economic downturn by offering payment deferrals and other loan modifications where appropriate.  See further details under “Credit Risk Management” within “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.”  Additionally, the Company has recorded over 5,000 loans totaling $1.5 billion under the PPP.  

 

In light of volatility in the capital markets and economic disruptions, the Company continues to carefully monitor its capital and liquidity position. In March 2020, the U.S. banking agencies issued an interim final rule that provides banking organizations with an alternative option to delay for two years an estimate of CECL's effect on regulatory capital, relative to the incurred loss methodology’s effect on regulatory capital, followed by a three-year transition period. The Company elected this alternative in the first quarter of 2020.  The Company continues to anticipate that it will have sufficient capital levels to meet all applicable regulatory capital requirements.

The COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home and similar mandates have also necessitated certain actions related to the way the Company operates its business. As noted above, the Company transitioned most of its workforce off-site or to work-from-home to help mitigate health risks. The Company is also carefully monitoring the activities of its vendors and other third-party service providers to mitigate the risks associated with any potential service disruptions. The length of time it may be required to operate under such circumstances and future degrees of disruption remain uncertain. While the Company has not experienced material adverse disruptions to its internal operations due to the pandemic, it continues to review evolving risks and developments.

The Company focuses on the following four core financial objectives.  Management believes these objectives will guide its efforts to achieve its vision, to deliver the Unparalleled Customer Experience, all while seeking to improve net income and strengthen the balance sheet while undertaking prudent risk management.

The first financial objective is to continuously improve operating efficiencies. The Company has focused on identifying efficiencies that simplify our organizational and reporting structures, streamline back office functions and take advantage of synergies and newer technologies among various platforms and distribution networks. The Company has identified and expects to continue identifying ongoing efficiencies through the normal course of business that, when combined with increased revenue, will contribute to improved operating leverage.  For 2020, total revenue increased 17.6%, and noninterest expense also increased 5.5%, as compared to the previous year.  The Company continues to invest in technological advances that it believes will help management drive operating leverage in the future through improved data analysis and automation. The Company also continues to evaluate core systems and will invest in enhancements that it believes will yield operating efficiencies.

The second financial objective is to increase net interest income through profitable loan and deposit growth and the optimization of the balance sheet.  For 2020, net interest income increased $60.3 million, or 9.0%, as compared to the previous year. The Company has shown increased net interest income through the effects of increased volume and mix of average earning assets. Loans recorded under the PPP increased loan interest income by $29.5 million in 2020.  The additional increase in interest income was driven by an increase of $1.3 billion in PPP loans. These increases were offset by the recent interest rate reductions related to the pandemic.  Average loan balances increased $2.4 billion, or 18.5%, from prior year. Average PPP loans account for $1.0 billion of this increase. The funding for these assets was driven primarily by a 17.4% increase in average interest-bearing liabilities.  Net interest margin, on a tax-equivalent basis, decreased 31 basis points compared to the same period in 2019.

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The third financial objective is to grow the Company’s revenue from noninterest sources.  The Company seeks to grow noninterest revenues throughout all economic and interest rate cycles, while positioning itself to benefit in periods of economic growth.  Noninterest income increased $133.4 million, or 31.3%, to $560.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to the same period in 2019.  This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $118.4 million in Investment securities gains, net, principally driven by the $108.8 million gain on the Company’s investment in Tattooed Chef, Inc., as well as increased fund serving income, and trading and investment banking income.  These changes are discussed in greater detail below under Noninterest income. As of December 31, 2020, noninterest income represented 43.4% of total revenues, as compared to 38.9% for 2019.

The fourth financial objective is effective capital management.  The Company places a significant emphasis on maintaining a strong capital position, which management believes promotes investor confidence, provides access to funding sources under favorable terms, and enhances the Company’s ability to capitalize on business growth and acquisition opportunities. The Company continues to maximize shareholder value through a mix of reinvesting in organic growth, evaluating acquisition opportunities that complement the Company’s strategies, increasing dividends over time, and appropriately utilizing a share repurchase program.  At December 31, 2020, the Company had a total risk-based capital ratio of 14.26% and $3.0 billion in total shareholders’ equity, an increase of $410.5 million, or 15.7%, compared to total shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2019. The Company repurchased 1.2 million shares of common stock at an average price of $53.27 per share during 2020 and declared $60.7 million in dividends, which represents a 1.8% increase compared to dividends declared during 2019.

Earnings Summary

The Company recorded consolidated income from continuing operations of $286.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.  This represents a 17.6% increase over 2019.  Income from continuing operations for 2019 was $243.6 million, or an increase of 24.1% compared to 2018.  Basic earnings per share from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2020, were $5.95 per share compared to $4.99 per share in 2019, an increase of 19.2%.  Basic earnings per share from continuing operations were $3.98 per share in 2018, or an increase of 25.4% from 2018 to 2019. Fully diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increased 19.6% from 2019 to 2020 and increased 25.9% from 2018 to 2019.  

The Company’s net interest income increased to $731.2 million in 2020 compared to $670.9 million in 2019 and $610.4 million in 2018.  In total, a favorable volume variance, partially offset by an unfavorable rate variance, resulted in a $60.3 million increase in net interest income in 2020, compared to 2019.  See Table 2 on page 30.  The favorable volume variance on earning assets was predominantly driven by the increase in average loan balances of $2.4 billion, or 18.5%, for 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.  Net interest margin, on a tax-equivalent basis, decreased to 2.81% for 2020, compared to 3.12% for the same period in 2019, as the asset yields and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased, coupled with an increased balance sheet.  This created significant margin compression.  The Company has seen a decrease in the benefit from interest-free funds as compared to 2019 driven by the lower rate environment.  The impact of this benefit decreased 28 basis points compared to 2019 and is illustrated on Table 3 on page 31.  The magnitude and duration of this impact will be largely dependent upon the FRB’s policy decisions and market movements. See Table 20 in Item 7A on page 52 for an illustration of the impact of an interest rate increase or decrease on net interest income as of December 31, 2020.

The provision for credit losses totaled $130.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, which is an increase of $97.7 million, or 297.3%, compared to the same period in 2019.  This change is the result of the adoption of the CECL standard and applying this methodology for computing the allowance for credit losses, coupled with the impacts of the current and forecasted economic environment related to the COVID-19 pandemic. See further discussion in “Provision and Allowance for Credit Losses” on page 31.  

The Company had an increase of $133.4 million, or 31.3%, in noninterest income in 2020, as compared to 2019, and an increase of $25.1 million, or 6.2%, in 2019, compared to 2018.  The increase in 2020 is primarily attributable to an increase of $118.4 million in Investment securities gains, net, primarily driven by the $108.8 million gain on the Company’s investment in Tattooed Chef, Inc., as well as increased fund serving income, and trading and investment banking income.  These are offset by decreases in brokerage and bankcard income.  The change in noninterest income in 2020 from 2019, and 2019 from 2018 is illustrated in Table 6 on page 35.

Noninterest expense increased in 2020 by $43.1 million, or 5.5%, compared to 2019 and increased by $61.1 million, or 8.5%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  The increase in 2020 is primarily driven by increases in salary and employee benefits expense, operating losses, and equipment expense.  These increases were offset by a decrease in

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marketing and business development expense.  The increase in noninterest expense in 2020 from 2019, and 2019 from 2018 is illustrated in Table 7 on page 36.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income is a significant source of the Company’s earnings and represents the amount by which interest income on earning assets exceeds the interest expense paid on liabilities.  The volume of interest earning assets and the related funding sources, the overall mix of these assets and liabilities, and the interest rates paid on each affect net interest income.  Table 2 summarizes the change in net interest income resulting from changes in volume and rates for 2020, 2019 and 2018.  

Net interest margin, presented in Table 1 on page 28, is calculated as net interest income on a fully tax- equivalent basis (FTE) as a percentage of average earning assets.  Net interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis to adjust for the tax-exempt status of earnings from certain loans and investments, which are primarily obligations of state and local governments.  A critical component of net interest income and related net interest margin is the percentage of earning assets funded by interest-free sources.  Table 3 analyzes net interest margin for the three years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.  Net interest income, average balance sheet amounts and the corresponding yields earned and rates paid for the years 2018 through 2020 are presented in Table 1 below.

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The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the average earning assets and resulting yields, as well as the average interest-bearing liabilities and resulting yields, expressed in both dollars and rates.

Table 1

THREE YEAR AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS/YIELDS AND RATES (tax-equivalent basis)

(in millions) 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

Average Balance

 

 

Interest Income/ Expense (1)

 

 

Rate Earned/ Paid (1)

 

 

Average Balance

 

 

Interest Income/ Expense (1)

 

 

Rate Earned/ Paid (1)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans and loans held for sale (FTE) (2) (3)

 

$

15,126.1

 

 

$

586.0

 

 

 

3.87

%

 

$

12,764.6

 

 

$

637.9

 

 

 

5.00

%

Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

 

 

5,256.7

 

 

 

105.7

 

 

 

2.01

 

 

 

4,524.9

 

 

 

106.1

 

 

 

2.34

 

Tax-exempt (FTE)

 

 

4,226.4

 

 

 

126.3

 

 

 

2.99

 

 

 

3,797.0

 

 

 

113.7

 

 

 

3.00

 

Total securities

 

 

9,483.1

 

 

 

232.0

 

 

 

2.45

 

 

 

8,321.9

 

 

 

219.8

 

 

 

2.64

 

Federal funds sold and resell agreements

 

 

1,099.4

 

 

 

11.8

 

 

 

1.08

 

 

 

535.4

 

 

 

13.8

 

 

 

2.59

 

Interest-bearing due from banks

 

 

1,218.9

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

584.8

 

 

 

12.9

 

 

 

2.20

 

Other earning assets (FTE)

 

 

37.1

 

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

4.28

 

 

 

52.3

 

 

 

2.5

 

 

 

4.79

 

Total earning assets (FTE)

 

 

26,964.6

 

 

 

835.2

 

 

 

3.10

 

 

 

22,259.0

 

 

 

886.9

 

 

 

3.98

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

 

(184.5

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(107.4

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

 

440.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

454.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

1,347.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,178.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

28,568.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

23,784.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand and savings deposits

 

$

14,446.2

 

 

$

49.1

 

 

 

0.34

%

 

$

12,161.8

 

 

$

138.7

 

 

 

1.14

%

Time deposits under $250,000

 

 

488.3

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

1.02

 

 

 

366.3

 

 

 

5.6

 

 

 

1.53

 

Time deposits of $250,000 or more

 

 

402.0

 

 

 

4.1

 

 

 

1.02

 

 

 

644.1

 

 

 

9.9

 

 

 

1.54

 

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

15,336.5

 

 

 

58.2

 

 

 

0.38

 

 

 

13,172.2

 

 

 

154.2

 

 

 

1.17

 

Borrowed funds

 

 

137.0

 

 

 

7.3

 

 

 

5.30

 

 

 

69.8

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

 

7.51

 

Federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements

 

 

2,023.8

 

 

 

11.8

 

 

 

0.58

 

 

 

1,657.3

 

 

 

32.6

 

 

 

1.96

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

17,497.3

 

 

 

77.3

 

 

 

0.44

 

 

 

14,899.3

 

 

 

192.0

 

 

 

1.29

 

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

 

 

7,845.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,132.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

420.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

301.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

25,763.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,332.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

2,805.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,451.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

28,568.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

23,784.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income (FTE)

 

 

 

 

 

$

757.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

694.9

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest spread (FTE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.66

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.69

%

Net interest margin (FTE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.81

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.12

%

 

(1)

Interest income and yields are stated on a fully tax-equivalent (FTE) basis, using a marginal tax rate of 21% for 2020, 2019, and 2018.  The tax-equivalent interest income and yields give effect to tax-exempt interest income net of the disallowance of interest expense, for federal income tax purposes related to certain tax-free assets.  Rates earned/paid may not compute to the rates shown due to presentation in millions.  The tax-equivalent interest income totaled $26.7 million, $24.0 million, and $20.0 million in 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

(2)

Loan fees are included in interest income.  Such fees totaled $13.7 million, $14.5 million, and $17.0 million in 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

(3)

Loans on nonaccrual are included in the computation of average balances.  Interest income on these loans is also included in loan income.

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THREE YEAR AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS/YIELDS AND RATES (tax-equivalent basis)

(in millions)  

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

Average Balance

 

 

Interest Income/ Expense (1)

 

 

Rate Earned/ Paid (1)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans and loans held for sale (FTE) (2) (3)

 

$

11,606.5

 

 

$

559.4

 

 

 

4.82

%

Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

 

 

3,858.8

 

 

 

83.3

 

 

 

2.16

 

Tax-exempt (FTE)

 

 

3,505.6

 

 

 

94.1

 

 

 

2.68

 

Total securities

 

 

7,364.4

 

 

 

177.4

 

 

 

2.41

 

Federal funds sold and resell agreements

 

 

178.8

 

 

 

4.8

 

 

 

2.69

 

Interest-bearing due from banks

 

 

419.8

 

 

 

7.9

 

 

 

1.88

 

Other earning assets (FTE)

 

 

49.3

 

 

 

2.5

 

 

 

4.97

 

Total earning assets (FTE)

 

 

19,618.8

 

 

 

752.0

 

 

 

3.83

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

 

(100.9

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

 

396.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

1,085.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

20,999.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand and savings deposits

 

$

10,113.3

 

 

$

80.9

 

 

 

0.80

%

Time deposits under $250,000

 

 

355.3

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

 

1.07

 

Time deposits of $250,000 or more

 

 

687.4

 

 

 

7.4

 

 

 

1.08

 

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

11,156.0

 

 

 

92.1

 

 

 

0.83

 

Borrowed funds

 

 

68.9

 

 

 

4.7

 

 

 

6.80

 

Federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements

 

 

1,559.1

 

 

 

24.7

 

 

 

1.59

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

12,784.0

 

 

 

121.5

 

 

 

0.95

 

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

 

 

5,828.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

192.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

18,805.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

2,194.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

20,999.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income (FTE)

 

 

 

 

 

$

630.5

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest spread (FTE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.88

%

Net interest margin (FTE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.21

%

 

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Table 2

RATE-VOLUME ANALYSIS (in thousands)

This analysis attributes changes in net interest income either to changes in average balances or to changes in average interest rates for earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.  The change in net interest income that is due to both volume and interest rate has been allocated to volume and interest rate in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amount of the change in each.  All interest rates are presented on a tax-equivalent basis and give effect to tax-exempt interest income net of the disallowance of interest expense for federal income tax purposes, related to certain tax-free assets.  The loan average balances and rates include nonaccrual loans.

 

Average Volume

 

 

Average Rate

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020 vs. 2019

 

Volume

 

 

Rate

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in interest earned on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,126,110

 

 

$

12,764,623

 

 

 

3.87

%

 

 

5.00

%

 

Loans

 

$

106,011

 

 

$

(157,899

)

 

$

(51,888

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,256,715

 

 

 

4,524,955

 

 

 

2.01

 

 

 

2.34

 

 

Taxable

 

 

15,854

 

 

 

(16,206

)

 

 

(352

)

 

4,226,363

 

 

 

3,796,983

 

 

 

2.99

 

 

 

3.00

 

 

Tax-exempt

 

 

10,048

 

 

 

(292

)

 

 

9,756

 

 

1,099,447

 

 

 

535,393

 

 

 

1.08

 

 

 

2.59

 

 

Federal funds and resell agreements

 

 

9,107

 

 

 

(11,110

)

 

 

(2,003

)

 

1,218,919

 

 

 

584,756

 

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

2.20

 

 

Interest-bearing due from banks

 

 

7,267

 

 

 

(16,405

)

 

 

(9,138

)

 

37,086

 

 

 

52,306

 

 

 

4.28

 

 

 

4.79

 

 

Trading securities

 

 

(569

)

 

 

(209

)

 

 

(778

)

 

26,964,640

 

 

 

22,259,016

 

 

 

3.10

 

 

 

3.98

 

 

Total

 

 

147,718

 

 

 

(202,121

)

 

 

(54,403

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in interest incurred on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,336,492

 

 

 

13,172,181

 

 

 

0.38

 

 

 

1.17

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

21,986

 

 

 

(117,964

)

 

 

(95,978

)

 

2,023,813

 

 

 

1,657,283

 

 

 

0.58

 

 

 

1.96

 

 

Federal funds and repurchase agreements

 

 

5,988

 

 

 

(26,754

)

 

 

(20,766

)

 

136,957

 

 

 

69,809

 

 

 

5.30

 

 

 

7.51

 

 

Borrowed Funds

 

 

3,906

 

 

 

(1,889

)

 

 

2,017

 

$

17,497,262

 

 

$

14,899,273

 

 

 

0.44

%

 

 

1.29

%

 

Total

 

 

31,880

 

 

 

(146,607

)

 

 

(114,727

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

$

115,838

 

 

$

(55,514

)

 

$

60,324

 

 

Average Volume

 

 

Average Rate

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019 vs. 2018

 

Volume

 

 

Rate

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in interest earned on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,764,623

 

 

$

11,606,544

 

 

 

5.00

%

 

 

4.82

%

 

Loans

 

$

57,315

 

 

$

21,179

 

 

$

78,494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,524,955

 

 

 

3,858,829

 

 

 

2.34

 

 

 

2.16

 

 

Taxable

 

 

15,206

 

 

 

7,514

 

 

 

22,720

 

 

3,796,983

 

 

 

3,505,602

 

 

 

3.00

 

 

 

2.68

 

 

Tax-exempt

 

 

6,539

 

 

 

9,114

 

 

 

15,653

 

 

535,393

 

 

 

178,801

 

 

 

2.59

 

 

 

2.69

 

 

Federal funds and resell agreements

 

 

9,227

 

 

 

(192

)

 

 

9,035

 

 

584,756

 

 

 

419,768

 

 

 

2.20

 

 

 

1.88

 

 

Interest-bearing due from banks

 

 

3,477

 

 

 

1,495

 

 

 

4,972

 

 

52,306

 

 

 

49,345

 

 

 

4.79

 

 

 

4.97

 

 

Trading securities

 

 

146

 

 

 

(89

)

 

 

57

 

 

22,259,016

 

 

 

19,618,889

 

 

 

3.98

 

 

 

3.83

 

 

Total

 

 

91,910

 

 

 

39,021

 

 

 

130,931

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in interest incurred on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,172,181

 

 

 

11,156,002

 

 

 

1.17

 

 

 

0.83

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

18,745

 

 

 

43,346

 

 

 

62,091

 

 

1,657,283

 

 

 

1,559,149

 

 

 

1.96

 

 

 

1.59

 

 

Federal funds and repurchase agreements

 

 

1,635

 

 

 

6,181

 

 

 

7,816

 

 

69,809

 

 

 

68,814

 

 

 

7.51

 

 

 

6.80

 

 

Borrowed Funds

 

 

69

 

 

 

496

 

 

 

565

 

$

14,899,273

 

 

$

12,783,965

 

 

 

1.29

%

 

 

0.95

%

 

Total

 

 

20,449

 

 

 

50,023

 

 

 

70,472

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

$

71,461

 

 

$

(11,002

)

 

$

60,459

 

 

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Table 3

ANALYSIS OF NET INTEREST MARGIN (in thousands)

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Average earning assets

 

$

26,964,640

 

 

$

22,259,016

 

 

$

19,618,889

 

Interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

17,497,262

 

 

 

14,899,273

 

 

 

12,783,965

 

Interest-free funds

 

$

9,467,378

 

 

$

7,359,743

 

 

$

6,834,924

 

Free funds ratio (interest free funds to average earning assets)

 

 

35.11

%

 

 

33.06

%

 

 

34.84

%

Tax-equivalent yield on earning assets

 

 

3.10

%

 

 

3.98

%

 

 

3.83

%

Cost of interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

0.44

 

 

 

1.29

 

 

 

0.95

 

Net interest spread

 

 

2.66

%

 

 

2.69

%

 

 

2.88

%

Benefit of interest-free funds

 

 

0.15

 

 

 

0.43

 

 

 

0.33

 

Net interest margin

 

 

2.81

%

 

 

3.12

%

 

 

3.21

%

 

The Company experienced an increase in net interest income of $60.3 million, or 9.0%, for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to 2019.  This follows an increase of $60.5 million, or 9.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to 2018.  Average earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2020 increased by $4.7 billion, or 21.1%, compared to the same period in 2019.  Net interest margin, on a tax-equivalent basis, decreased to 2.81% for 2020 compared to 3.12% in 2019.    

The Company funds a significant portion of its balance sheet with noninterest-bearing demand deposits.  Noninterest-bearing demand deposits represented 36.5%, 32.1% and 34.6% of total outstanding deposits at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  As illustrated in Table 3, the impact from these interest-free funds was 15 basis points in 2020, as compared to 43 basis points in 2019 and 33 basis points in 2018.

The Company has experienced an increase in net interest income during 2020 due to a volume variance of $115.8 million, offset by a negative rate variance of $55.5 million.  The average rate on earning assets during 2020 has decreased by 88 basis points, while the average rate on interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 85 basis points, resulting in a three basis-point decrease in spread.  The volume of loans has increased from an average of $12.8 billion in 2019 to an average of $15.1 billion in 2020 driven both by organic loan growth and participation in the PPP loan program.  The volume of interest-bearing liabilities increased from $14.9 billion in 2019 to $17.5 billion in 2020.  The Company expects to see continued volatility in the economic markets and government responses to these changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  These changing conditions and governmental responses could have impacts on the balance sheet and income statement of the Company in 2021.  Loan-related earning assets tend to generate a higher spread than those earned in the Company’s investment portfolio.  By design, the Company’s investment portfolio is moderate in duration and liquid in its composition of assets.    

During 2021, approximately $1.8 billion of available-for-sale securities are expected to have principal repayments.  This includes approximately $592 million which will have principal repayments during the first quarter of 2021.  The available-for-sale investment portfolio had an average life of 70.1 months, 70.9 months, and 56.8 months as of December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively. 

Provision and Allowance for Credit Losses

The ACL represents management’s judgment of total expected losses included in the Company’s loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date.  The Company’s process for recording the ACL is based on the evaluation of the Company’s lifetime historical loss experience, management’s understanding of the credit quality inherent in the loan portfolio, and the impact of the current economic environment, coupled with reasonable and supportable economic forecasts.

A mathematical calculation of an estimate is made to assist in determining the adequacy and reasonableness of management’s recorded ACL.  To develop the estimate, the Company follows the guidelines in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (ASC 326).  The estimate reserves for assets held at amortized cost and any related credit deterioration in the Company’s available-for-sale debt security portfolio.  Assets held at amortized cost include the Company’s loan book and held-to-maturity security portfolio.

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The process involves the consideration of quantitative and qualitative factors relevant to the specific segmentation of loans.  These factors have been established over decades of financial institution experience and include economic observation and loan loss characteristics.  This process is designed to produce a lifetime estimate of the losses, at a reporting date, that includes evaluation of historical loss experience, current economic conditions, reasonable and supportable forecasts, and the qualitative framework outlined by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in the published 2020 Interagency Policy Statement.  This process allows management to take a holistic view of the recorded ACL reserve and ensure that all significant and pertinent information is considered.

The Company considers a variety of factors to ensure the safety and soundness of its estimate including a strong internal control framework, extensive methodology documentation, credit underwriting standards which encompass the Company’s desired risk profile, model validation, and ratio analysis.  If the Company’s total ACL estimate, as determined in accordance with the approved ACL methodology, is either outside a reasonable range based on review of economic indicators or by comparison of historical ratio analysis, the ACL estimate is an outlier and management will investigate the underlying reason(s).  Based on that investigation, issues or factors that previously had not been considered may be identified in the estimation process, which may warrant adjustments to estimated credit losses.

The ending result of this process is a recorded consolidated ACL that represents management’s best estimate of the total expected losses included in the loan portfolio, held-to-maturity securities, and credit deterioration in available-for-sale securities.

Table 4 presents the components of the allowance by loan portfolio segment.  The Company manages the ACL against the risk in the entire loan portfolio and therefore, the allocation of the ACL to a particular loan segment may change in the future.  Management of the Company believes the present ACL is adequate considering the Company’s loss experience, delinquency trends and current economic conditions.  Future economic conditions and borrowers’ ability to meet their obligations, however, are uncertainties which could affect the Company’s ACL and/or need to change its current level of provision.  For more information on loan portfolio segments and ACL methodology refer to Note 3, “Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Table 4

ALLOCATION OF ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (in thousands)

This table presents an allocation of the allowance for credit losses by loan portfolio segment, which represents the total expected losses derived by both quantitative and qualitative methods. The amounts presented are not necessarily indicative of actual future charge-offs in any particular category and are subject to change.  The disclosure as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are presented based on the loan classes upon adoption of ASC 326, while prior period amounts continue to be presented in accordance with the loan classes under previously applicable GAAP.

 

 

 

December 31,

 

Loan Category

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Commercial and industrial

 

$

122,700

 

 

$

63,313

 

Specialty lending

 

 

5,219

 

 

 

2,545

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

61,931

 

 

 

15,951

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

6,586

 

 

 

2,623

 

Consumer

 

 

1,480

 

 

 

543

 

Credit cards

 

 

15,786

 

 

 

15,739

 

Leases and other

 

 

2,271

 

 

 

1,074

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

 

2,610

 

 

 

 

Total allowance

 

$

218,583

 

 

$

101,788

 

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December 31,

 

Loan Category

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Commercial

 

$

80,888

 

 

$

81,156

 

 

$

71,657

 

Real estate

 

 

13,664

 

 

 

9,312

 

 

 

10,569

 

Consumer

 

 

9,071

 

 

 

10,083

 

 

 

9,311

 

Leases

 

 

12

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

112

 

Total allowance

 

$

103,635

 

 

$

100,604

 

 

$

91,649

 

 

Table 5 presents a five-year summary of the Company’s ACL.  Also, please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk – Credit Risk Management” on page 54 in this report for information relating to nonaccrual, past due, restructured loans, and other credit risk matters.  For more information on loan portfolio segments and ACL methodology refer to Note 3, “Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

As illustrated in Table 5 below, the ACL increased as a percentage of total loans to 1.34% as of December 31, 2020, compared to 0.76% as of December 31, 2019.  The provision for credit losses, including provision for off-balance sheet credit exposures, totaled $130.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, which is an increase of $97.7 million, or 297.3%, compared to the same period in 2019.  This increase is the result of the adoption of the CECL standard and applying this methodology for computing the allowance for credit losses, coupled with the impacts of the current and forecasted economic environment related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The provision for loan losses totaled $32.9 million and $70.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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Table 5

ANALYSIS OF ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (in thousands)

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Allowance – January 1

 

$

101,788

 

 

$

103,635

 

 

$

100,604

 

 

$

91,649

 

 

$

81,143

 

Cumulative effect adjustment(1)

 

 

9,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted allowance – January 1

 

 

110,818

 

 

 

103,635

 

 

 

100,604

 

 

 

91,649

 

 

 

81,143

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

127,890

 

 

 

32,850

 

 

 

70,750

 

 

 

41,000

 

 

 

32,500

 

Charge-offs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

(8,587

)

 

 

(19,267

)

 

 

(15,110

)

 

 

(26,708

)

 

 

(11,745

)

Specialty lending

 

 

 

 

 

(16,813

)

 

 

(48,828

)

 

 

(648

)

 

 

(513

)

Commercial real estate

 

 

(11,939

)

 

 

(392

)

 

 

(3,185

)

 

 

(534

)

 

 

(5,973

)

Consumer real estate

 

 

(219

)

 

 

(52

)

 

 

(243

)

 

 

(458

)

 

 

(783

)

Consumer

 

 

(607

)

 

 

(909

)

 

 

(1,143

)

 

 

(948

)

 

 

(843

)

Credit cards

 

 

(7,326

)

 

 

(8,647

)

 

 

(9,034

)

 

 

(9,310

)

 

 

(8,966

)

Leases and other

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total charge-offs

 

 

(28,689

)

 

 

(46,080

)

 

 

(77,543

)

 

 

(38,606

)

 

 

(28,823

)

Recoveries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

 

6,473

 

 

 

3,579

 

 

 

6,661

 

 

 

3,168

 

 

 

3,596

 

Specialty lending

 

 

 

 

 

3,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial real estate

 

91

 

 

738

 

 

197

 

 

681

 

 

839

 

Consumer real estate

 

69

 

 

384

 

 

248

 

 

285

 

 

146

 

Consumer

 

 

307

 

 

 

509

 

 

 

898

 

 

 

533

 

 

 

518

 

Credit cards

 

 

1,618

 

 

 

2,181

 

 

 

1,820

 

 

 

1,894

 

 

 

1,730

 

Leases and other

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recoveries

 

 

8,564

 

 

 

11,383

 

 

 

9,824

 

 

 

6,561

 

 

 

6,829

 

Net charge-offs

 

 

(20,125

)

 

 

(34,697

)

 

 

(67,719

)

 

 

(32,045

)

 

 

(21,994

)

Allowance for credit losses – end of period

 

$

218,583

 

 

$

101,788

 

 

$

103,635

 

 

$

100,604

 

 

$

91,649

 

Allowance for credit losses on loans

 

$

215,973

 

 

$

101,788

 

 

$

103,635

 

 

$

100,604

 

 

$

91,649

 

Allowance for credit losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

 

2,610

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans at end of year, net of unearned interest

 

 

16,103,651

 

 

 

13,431,722

 

 

 

12,178,150

 

 

 

11,280,514

 

 

 

10,540,383

 

Held-to-maturity securities at end of period

 

 

1,014,614

 

 

 

1,116,102

 

 

 

1,170,646

 

 

 

1,261,014

 

 

 

1,115,932

 

Total assets at amortized cost

 

 

17,118,265

 

 

 

14,547,824

 

 

 

13,348,796

 

 

 

12,541,528

 

 

 

11,656,315

 

Average loans, net of unearned interest

 

 

15,109,392

 

 

 

12,759,387

 

 

 

11,604,633

 

 

 

10,841,486

 

 

 

9,986,151

 

Allowance for credit losses on loans to loans at end of period

 

 

1.34

%

 

 

0.76

%

 

 

0.85

%

 

 

0.89

%

 

 

0.87

%

Allowance for credit losses – end of period to total assets at amortized cost

 

 

1.28

%

 

N/A(1)

 

 

N/A(1)

 

 

N/A(1)

 

 

N/A(1)

 

Allowance as a multiple of net charge-offs

 

10.86x

 

 

2.93x

 

 

1.53x

 

 

3.14x

 

 

4.17x

 

Net charge-offs to average loans

 

 

0.13

%

 

 

0.27

%

 

 

0.58

%

 

 

0.30

%

 

 

0.22

%

 

 

(1)

Related to the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13. See Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements”, for further detail.

Noninterest Income

A key objective of the Company is the growth of noninterest income to provide a diverse source of revenue not directly tied to interest rates.  Fee-based services are typically non-credit related and are not generally affected by fluctuations in interest rates.  Noninterest income increased in 2020 by $133.4 million, or 31.3%, compared to 2019 and increased in 2019 by $25.1 million, or 6.2%, compared to 2018.  The increase in 2020 is primarily attributable to an increase in investment securities gains, net, fund servicing income, and trading and investment banking income.  These are offset by decreases in brokerage and bankcard income.  The increase in 2019 is

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primarily attributable to trading and investment banking, brokerage, trust and securities processing, company-owned life insurance, and derivative income.

The Company’s fee-based services offer multiple products and services, which management believes will more closely align with customer product demands.  The Company is currently emphasizing fee-based services including trust and securities processing, bankcard, securities trading and brokerage and cash and treasury management.  Management believes that it can offer these products and services both efficiently and profitably, as most have common platforms and support structures.

Table 6

SUMMARY OF NONINTEREST INCOME (in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

Dollar Change

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

20-19

 

 

19-18

 

 

20-19

 

 

19-18

 

Trust and securities processing

 

$

194,646

 

 

$

176,913

 

 

$

172,163

 

 

$

17,733

 

 

$

4,750

 

 

 

10.0

%

 

 

2.8

%

Trading and investment banking

 

 

32,945

 

 

 

23,466

 

 

 

15,584

 

 

 

9,479

 

 

 

7,882

 

 

 

40.4

 

 

 

50.6

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

 

 

83,879

 

 

 

82,748

 

 

 

84,287

 

 

 

1,131

 

 

 

(1,539

)

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

(1.8

)

Insurance fees and commissions

 

 

1,369

 

 

 

1,634

 

 

 

1,292

 

 

 

(265

)

 

 

342

 

 

 

(16.2

)

 

 

26.5

 

Brokerage fees

 

 

24,350

 

 

 

31,261

 

 

 

25,807

 

 

 

(6,911

)

 

 

5,454

 

 

 

(22.1

)

 

 

21.1

 

Bankcard fees

 

 

60,544

 

 

 

66,727

 

 

 

68,520

 

 

 

(6,183

)

 

 

(1,793

)

 

 

(9.3

)

 

 

(2.6

)

Investment securities gains, net

 

 

120,634

 

 

 

2,245

 

 

 

3,521

 

 

 

118,389

 

 

 

(1,276

)

 

 

5,273.5

 

 

 

(36.2

)

Other

 

 

41,799

 

 

 

41,776

 

 

 

30,524

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

11,252

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

36.9

 

Total noninterest income

 

$

560,166

 

 

$

426,770

 

 

$

401,698

 

 

$

133,396

 

 

$

25,072

 

 

 

31.3

%

 

 

6.2

%

 

Noninterest income and the year-over-year changes in noninterest income are summarized in Table 6 above.  The dollar change and percent change columns highlight the respective net increase or decrease in the categories of noninterest income in 2020 compared to 2019, and in 2019 compared to 2018.

Trust and securities processing income consists of fees earned on personal and corporate trust accounts, custody of securities services, trust investments and wealth management services, and mutual fund assets servicing.  This income category increased by $17.7 million, or 10.0% in 2020, compared to 2019, and increased by $4.8 million, or 2.8%, in 2019, compared to 2018.  During 2020, fund services income increased $10.6 million and corporate trust income increased $7.2 million.  During 2019, corporate trust revenue increased $6.9 million, partially offset by a decrease of $1.4 million in fee income from fund services fees.

Trading and investment banking income increased $9.5 million, or 40.4%, in 2020 compared to 2019 and increased $7.9 million, or 50.6%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  The increase in 2020 compared to 2019 and the increase in 2019 compared to 2018 was driven by increased bond trading income.  

Brokerage fees decreased $6.9 million, or 22.1%, in 2020 compared to 2019 but increased $5.5 million, or 21.1%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  The decrease in 2020 was driven by lower 12b-1 fees related to the reduction in interest rates during the year.  The increase from 2018 to 2019 primarily due to an increase in money market and 12b-1 income driven by an increase in volume and interest rates.

Bankcard fees decreased $6.2 million, or 9.3%, in 2020 compared to 2019, and decreased $1.8 million, or 2.6%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  The decrease in 2020 compared to 2019 was primarily driven by decreased interchange income, offset by decreased rewards and rebate expense.  The decrease in 2019 compared to 2018 was primarily driven by increased rebate expense.  

Investment securities gains, net increased $118.4 million in 2020 compared to 2019 but decreased by $1.3 million in 2019 compared to 2018.  The increase in 2020 was driven by the $108.8 million gain on the Company’s investment in Tattooed Chef, Inc., an increase of $3.9 million in gains on equity securities without readily determinable fair values, and an increase of $3.8 million in gains on sales of available-for-sale securities.  The decrease in 2019 was driven by a decrease in gains on equity securities without readily determinable fair values of $3.9 million, offset by an increase in gains on sale of available-for-sale securities of $2.6 million.  

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Other noninterest income is flat in 2020 compared to 2019 and increased $11.3 million, or 36.9%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  The increase from 2018 to 2019 was primarily due to an increase in company-owned life insurance income and derivative income.  Changes in company-owned life insurance are offset by proportionate changes in deferred compensation expense noted below.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense increased in 2020 by $43.1 million, or 5.5%, compared to 2019 and increased in 2019 by $61.1 million, or 8.5%, compared to 2018.  From 2019 to 2020 the increases were driven by salary and employee benefits expense, other miscellaneous expense, and equipment expense, offset by a decrease in marketing and business development expense.  The main drivers of the increase from 2018 to 2019 were salary and employee benefits expense, processing fees, and equipment expense.  Table 7 below summarizes the components of noninterest expense and the respective year-over-year changes for each category.

Table 7 

SUMMARY OF NONINTEREST EXPENSE (in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

Dollar Change

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

20-19

 

 

19-18

 

 

20-19

 

 

19-18

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

$

495,464

 

 

$

461,445

 

 

$

419,091

 

 

$

34,019

 

 

$

42,354

 

 

 

7.4

%

 

 

10.1

%

Occupancy, net

 

 

47,476

 

 

 

47,771

 

 

 

45,239

 

 

 

(295

)

 

 

2,532

 

 

 

(0.6

)

 

 

5.6

 

Equipment

 

 

85,719

 

 

 

79,086

 

 

 

75,184

 

 

 

6,633

 

 

 

3,902

 

 

 

8.4

 

 

 

5.2

 

Supplies and services

 

 

15,537

 

 

 

18,699

 

 

 

16,103

 

 

 

(3,162

)

 

 

2,596

 

 

 

(16.9

)

 

 

16.1

 

Marketing and business development

 

 

14,679

 

 

 

26,257

 

 

 

24,372

 

 

 

(11,578

)

 

 

1,885

 

 

 

(44.1

)

 

 

7.7

 

Processing fees

 

 

54,213

 

 

 

52,198

 

 

 

46,977

 

 

 

2,015

 

 

 

5,221

 

 

 

3.9

 

 

 

11.1

 

Legal and consulting

 

 

29,765

 

 

 

31,504

 

 

 

29,859

 

 

 

(1,739

)

 

 

1,645

 

 

 

(5.5

)

 

 

5.5

 

Bankcard

 

 

18,954

 

 

 

17,750

 

 

 

17,514

 

 

 

1,204

 

 

 

236

 

 

 

6.8

 

 

 

1.3

 

Amortization of other intangible assets

 

 

6,517

 

 

 

5,506

 

 

 

5,764

 

 

 

1,011

 

 

 

(258

)

 

 

18.4

 

 

 

(4.5

)

Regulatory fees

 

 

10,279

 

 

 

11,489

 

 

 

12,695

 

 

 

(1,210

)

 

 

(1,206

)

 

 

(10.5

)

 

 

(9.5

)

Other

 

 

43,402

 

 

 

27,155

 

 

 

25,002

 

 

 

16,247

 

 

 

2,153

 

 

 

59.8

 

 

 

8.6

 

Total noninterest expense

 

$

822,005

 

 

$

778,860

 

 

$

717,800

 

 

$

43,145

 

 

$

61,060

 

 

 

5.5

%

 

 

8.5

%

 

Salaries and employee benefits expense increased $34.0 million, or 7.4%, in 2020 compared to 2019 and $42.4 million, or 10.1%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  In 2020, bonus and commission expense increased $23.6 million, or 25.3%, driven by business volumes and revenue growth, and higher company performance.  Salary and wage expense increased $12.1 million, or 4.3%.  These increases were offset by a decrease in employee benefits expense of $1.7 million, or 2.1%.  In 2019, employee benefit expense increased $16.1 million, or 23.8%, driven by higher deferred compensation expense.  Salary and wage expense increased $14.4 million, or 5.3%, and bonus and commission expense increased $11.9 million, or 14.6%.

Equipment expense increased $6.6 million, or 8.4%, and $3.9 million, or 5.2% in 2020 and 2019, respectively.  This increase is driven by increased computer hardware and software expenses for the ongoing investments in digital channel and integrated platform solutions to support business growth and the continued modernization of the Company’s core systems in both years.

Marketing and business development expense decreased $11.6 million, or 44.1%, in 2020 compared to 2019, but increased $1.9 million, or 7.7%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  The decrease in 2020 is driven by reduced travel and entertainment expenses and business development expense related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The increase in 2019 was driven by the timing of advertising and business development projects and higher travel expenses as compared to 2018.

Processing fees expense increased $2.0 million, or 3.9%, in 2020 compared to 2019, and increased $5.2 million, or 11.1%, in 2019 compared to 2018.  The increases in 2020 and 2019 are primarily driven by ongoing investments in digital channel and integrated platform solutions to support business growth and the continued modernization of the Company’s core systems.  

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Other noninterest expense increased $16.2 million, or 59.8%, and increased $2.2 million, or 8.6%, in 2020 and 2019, respectively.  The increase in 2020 is primarily driven by higher operational losses and derivative expense.  The increase in 2019 is primarily driven by higher operational losses, offset by lower other real estate and repossession expenses as compared to 2018.    

Income Taxes

Income tax expense for continuing operations totaled $52.4 million, $42.4 million, and $27.3 million in 2020, 2019, and 2018 respectively. These amounts equate to effective tax rates of 15.5%, 14.8%, and 12.2% for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate from 2019 to 2020 is primarily attributable to a smaller portion of pre-tax income being earned from tax-exempt municipal securities.  The increase in the effective tax rate from 2018 to 2019 is primarily attributable to a discrete tax benefit of $5.1 million related to 2017 federal provision-to-return adjustments recorded in 2018 with no corresponding adjustment in 2019.  Of this amount, $5.0 million was due to the remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities upon completion of the 2017 federal tax return during the fourth quarter of 2018.  

For further information on income taxes refer to Note 17, “Income Taxes,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Business Segments

The Company has strategically aligned its operations into the following three reportable segments: Commercial Banking, Institutional Banking, and Personal Banking (collectively, the Business Segments). Senior executive officers regularly evaluate Business Segment financial results produced by the Company’s internal reporting system in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance for individual Business Segments.  Prior to 2020, the Company had the following four Business Segments:  Commercial Banking, Institutional Banking, Personal Banking, and Healthcare Services.  In the first quarter of 2020, the Company merged the Healthcare Services segment into the Institutional Banking segment to better reflect how the Company’s core businesses, products and services are currently being evaluated by management. The management accounting system assigns balance sheet and income statement items to each Business Segment using methodologies that are refined on an ongoing basis. For comparability purposes, amounts in all periods are based on methodologies in effect at December 31, 2020.  Previously reported results have been reclassified in this Form 10-K to conform to the Company’s current organizational structure.

Table 8

COMMERCIAL BANKING OPERATING RESULTS (in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

Dollar

Change

 

 

Percent

Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

20-19

 

 

20-19

 

Net interest income

 

$

475,425

 

 

$

412,232

 

 

$

63,193

 

 

 

15.3

%

Provision for credit losses

 

 

119,424

 

 

 

26,159

 

 

 

93,265

 

 

 

356.5

 

Noninterest income

 

 

189,412

 

 

 

81,609

 

 

 

107,803

 

 

 

132.1

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

272,283

 

 

 

267,345

 

 

 

4,938

 

 

 

1.8

 

Income before taxes

 

 

273,130

 

 

 

200,337

 

 

 

72,793

 

 

 

36.3

 

Income tax expense

 

 

42,223

 

 

 

29,679

 

 

 

12,544

 

 

 

42.3

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

230,907

 

 

$

170,658

 

 

$

60,249

 

 

 

35.3

%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, Commercial Banking income from continuing operations increased by $60.2 million, or 35.3%, to $230.9 million compared to the same period in 2019.  Net interest income increased $63.2 million, or 15.3%, for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to the same period last year, primarily driven by strong loan growth, and earning asset mix changes.  Commercial Banking added loans with an average balance of $1.0 billion and loan interest income of $29.5 million related to the PPP during 2020.  Provision for credit losses increased by $93.3 million as compared to 2019 due to adoption of CECL, coupled with the current economic environment and reasonable and supportable economic forecasts.  The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are key elements of these forecasts.  Noninterest income increased $107.8 million, or 132.1%, over the same period in 2019 primarily due to a gain on Tattooed Chef, Inc. of $108.8 million, recognized in the fourth quarter of 2020.

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Additionally, there was an increase of $1.2 million in derivative income.  These increases were offset by a decrease of $2.7 million in bankcard fees due to driven by decreased interchange income. Noninterest expense increased $4.9 million, or 1.8%, as compared to the same period in 2019.  This increase was driven by an increase of $12.8 million in operational losses in 2020 and an increase of $1.1 million in salary and employee benefit expense.  These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $4.6 million in marketing and business development expense due to decreased travel and entertainment expense as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease of $2.7 million in technology, service, and overhead expenses, and a decrease of $1.1 million in processing fees.

Table 9

INSTITUTIONAL BANKING OPERATING RESULTS (in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

Dollar

Change

 

 

Percent

Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

20-19

 

 

20-19

 

Net interest income

 

$

106,856

 

 

$

126,591

 

 

$

(19,735

)

 

 

(15.6

)%

Provision for credit losses

 

 

882

 

 

 

975

 

 

 

(93

)

 

 

(9.5

)

Noninterest income

 

 

254,874

 

 

 

232,444

 

 

 

22,430

 

 

 

9.6

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

286,635

 

 

 

268,423

 

 

 

18,212

 

 

 

6.8

 

Income before taxes

 

 

74,213

 

 

 

89,637

 

 

 

(15,424

)

 

 

(17.2

)

Income tax expense

 

 

11,472

 

 

 

13,280

 

 

 

(1,808

)

 

 

(13.6

)

Income from continuing operations

 

$

62,741

 

 

$

76,357

 

 

$

(13,616

)

 

 

(17.8

)%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, Institutional Banking income from continuing operations decreased $13.6 million, or 17.8%, compared to the same period last year.  Net interest income decreased $19.7 million, or 15.6%, compared to the same period last year, due to a decrease in funds transfer pricing driven by lower interest rates.  Noninterest income increased $22.4 million, or 9.6%, primarily due to increases of $12.3 million in bond trading income, $8.0 million in fund services income and $7.2 million in corporate trust income, both recorded in trust and securities processing revenue, and $4.8 million in service charges on deposit accounts due to healthcare customer transfer and conversion fees. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $7.2 million in brokerage fees primarily due to lower 12b-1 fee income and a decrease of $4.0 million in bankcard fees driven by lower interchange income. Noninterest expense increased $18.2 million, or 6.8%, primarily driven by increases of $8.4 million in technology, service, and overhead expenses, $8.3 million in salary and employee benefits expense, $2.3 million in bankcard expense, and increased amortization expense of $1.7 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $2.6 million in marketing and business development expense due to decreased travel and entertainment expense as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Table 10

PERSONAL BANKING OPERATING RESULTS (in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

Dollar

Change

 

 

Percent

Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

20-19

 

 

20-19

 

Net interest income

 

$

148,948

 

 

$

132,082

 

 

$

16,866

 

 

 

12.8

%

Provision for credit losses

 

 

10,194

 

 

 

5,716

 

 

 

4,478

 

 

 

78.3

 

Noninterest income

 

 

115,880

 

 

 

112,717

 

 

 

3,163

 

 

 

2.8

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

263,087

 

 

 

243,092

 

 

 

19,995

 

 

 

8.2

 

Loss before taxes

 

 

(8,453

)

 

 

(4,009

)

 

 

(4,444

)

 

 

(110.9

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

(1,307

)

 

 

(594

)

 

 

(713

)

 

 

(120.0

)

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(7,146

)

 

$

(3,415

)

 

$

(3,731

)

 

 

(109.3

)%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, Personal Banking recognized a net loss from continuing operations of $7.1 million, a decrease of $3.7 million as compared to the same period last year.  Net interest income increased $16.9 million, or 12.8%, compared to the same period last year due to increased loan balances.  Provision for credit losses increased $4.5 million due to the adoption of CECL, coupled with the current economic environment and reasonable and supportable economic forecasts.  The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are key elements of these forecasts.  Noninterest income increased $3.2 million, or 2.8%, primarily driven by an increase of $3.1 million in

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equity earnings on alternative investments, and an increase of $2.9 million on gains on the sale of mortgage originations.  These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $2.6 million in deposit service charges. Noninterest expense increased $20.0 million, or 8.2%, primarily due to an increase of $11.1 million in technology, service, and overhead expense for investments to support growth across the segment’s lines of business, an increase of $8.1 million in salary and employee benefits expense, an increase of $2.3 million in other expense due to higher operational losses in 2020, and an increase of $2.3 million in legal expense.  These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $2.0 million in marketing and business development due to decreased travel and entertainment expense as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a decrease of $2.0 million in supplies and services expense.

Balance Sheet Analysis

Loans and Loans Held For Sale

Loans represent the Company’s largest source of interest income.  Loan balances held for investment increased by $2.7 billion, or 19.9%, in 2020.  This increase was primarily driven by an increase of $1.4 billion, or 24.7%, in commercial loans, $765.5 million, or 14.9%, in commercial real estate loans, and $551.7 million, or 39.6%, in consumer real estate loans.  The increase in commercial loans is largely driven by the Company’s participation in the PPP.  PPP loans totaled $1.3 billion as of December 31, 2020.  

Table 11

ANALYSIS OF LOANS BY TYPE (in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Commercial and industrial

 

$

7,062,074

 

 

$

5,661,464

 

 

$

5,042,697

 

 

$

4,412,391

 

 

$

4,233,341

 

Specialty lending

 

 

511,300

 

 

 

493,854

 

 

 

687,118

 

 

 

581,508

 

 

 

374,381

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

5,908,934

 

 

 

5,143,424

 

 

 

4,477,053

 

 

 

4,258,973

 

 

 

3,898,916

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

1,945,494

 

 

 

1,393,827

 

 

 

1,235,461

 

 

 

1,286,145

 

 

 

1,260,144

 

Consumer

 

 

117,986

 

 

 

133,474

 

 

 

144,785

 

 

 

151,783

 

 

 

139,562

 

Credit cards

 

 

366,968

 

 

 

408,980

 

 

 

397,316

 

 

 

424,988

 

 

 

416,833

 

Leases and other

 

 

190,895

 

 

 

196,699

 

 

 

193,720

 

 

 

164,725

 

 

 

217,206

 

Loans before allowance and loans held for sale

 

 

16,103,651

 

 

 

13,431,722

 

 

 

12,178,150

 

 

 

11,280,513

 

 

 

10,540,383

 

Allowance for credit losses on loans

 

 

(215,973

)

 

 

(101,788

)

 

 

(103,635

)

 

 

(100,604

)

 

 

(91,649

)

Net loans

 

 

15,887,678

 

 

 

13,329,934

 

 

 

12,074,515

 

 

 

11,179,909

 

 

 

10,448,734

 

Loans held for sale

 

 

6,708

 

 

 

7,803

 

 

 

3,192

 

 

 

1,460

 

 

 

5,279

 

Net loans and loans held for sale

 

$

15,894,386

 

 

$

13,337,737

 

 

$

12,077,707

 

 

$

11,181,369

 

 

$

10,454,013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a % of total loans and loans held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

 

43.84

%

 

 

42.13

%

 

 

41.40

%

 

 

39.11

%

 

 

40.14

%

Specialty lending

 

 

3.17

 

 

 

3.68

 

 

 

5.64

 

 

 

5.15

 

 

 

3.55

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

36.68

 

 

 

38.27

 

 

 

36.75

 

 

 

37.75

 

 

 

36.97

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

12.08

 

 

 

10.37

 

 

 

10.14

 

 

 

11.40

 

 

 

11.95

 

Consumer

 

 

0.73

 

 

 

0.99

 

 

 

1.19

 

 

 

1.35

 

 

 

1.33

 

Credit cards

 

 

2.28

 

 

 

3.04

 

 

 

3.26

 

 

 

3.77

 

 

 

3.95

 

Leases and other

 

 

1.18

 

 

 

1.46

 

 

 

1.59

 

 

 

1.46

 

 

 

2.06

 

Total

 

 

99.96

 

 

 

99.94

 

 

 

99.97

 

 

 

99.99

 

 

 

99.95

 

Loans held for sale

 

 

0.04

 

 

 

0.06

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.05

 

Total loans and loans held for sale

 

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

 

Included in Table 11 is a five-year breakdown of loans by type.  Commercial & industrial loans and commercial real estate loans continue to represent the largest segments of the Company’s loan portfolio, comprising

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approximately 43.8% and 36.7%, respectively, of total loans and loans held for sale at the end of 2020 and 42.1% and 38.3%, respectively, of total loans and loans held for sale at the end of 2019.  

Commercial loans represent the largest percent of total loans.  Commercial loans at December 31, 2020 have increased $1.4 billion, or 24.7%, as compared to December 31, 2019, to 43.8% of total loans.  Commercial loans represented 42.1% of total loans at December 31, 2019.  The increase in commercial loans is largely driven by the Company’s participation in the PPP.  PPP loans totaled $1.3 billion as of December 31, 2020.  

As a percentage of total loans, commercial real estate now comprises 36.7% of total loans compared to 38.3% in 2019.  Commercial real estate loans increased $765.5 million, or 14.9%, compared to 2019.  Generally, these loans are made for investment and real estate development or working capital and business expansion purposes and are primarily secured by real estate with a maximum loan-to-value of 80%.  Most of these properties are non-owner occupied and have guarantees as additional security.

Consumer real estate loans increased $551.7 million, or 39.6%, and represented 12.1% of total loans. Specialty lending loans increased $17.4 million, or 3.5%, and represented 3.2% of total loans as of December 31, 2020.  

Nonaccrual, past due and restructured loans are discussed under “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk – Credit Risk Management” in Item 7A on page 54 of this report.

Investment Securities

The Company’s investment portfolio contains trading, available-for-sale (AFS), and held-to-maturity (HTM) securities as well as FRB stock, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock, and other miscellaneous investments.  Investment securities totaled $10.6 billion as of December 31, 2020 and $8.7 billion as of December 31, 2019 and comprised 34.0% and 35.1% of the Company’s earning assets, respectively, as of those dates.  

The Company’s AFS securities portfolio comprised 87.4% of the Company’s investment securities portfolio at December 31, 2020, compared to 85.4% at December 31, 2019.  The Company’s AFS securities portfolio provides liquidity as a result of the composition and average life of the underlying securities.  This liquidity can be used to fund loan growth or to offset the outflow of traditional funding sources.  The average life of the AFS securities portfolio decreased from 70.9 months at December 31, 2019 to 70.1 months at December 31, 2020. In addition to providing a potential source of liquidity, the AFS securities portfolio can be used as a tool to manage interest rate sensitivity.  The Company’s goal in the management of its AFS securities portfolio is to maximize return within the Company’s parameters of liquidity goals, interest rate risk and credit risk.  

Management expects collateral pledging requirements for public funds, loan demand, and deposit funding to be the primary factors impacting changes in the level of AFS securities.  There were $7.8 billion of AFS securities pledged to secure U.S. Government deposits, other public deposits, certain trust deposits, derivative transactions, and repurchase agreements at December 31, 2020.  Of this amount, securities with a market value of $371.5 million at December 31, 2020 were pledged at the Federal Reserve Discount Window but were unencumbered as of that date.

The Company’s HTM securities portfolio consists of private placement bonds, which are issued primarily to refinance existing revenue bonds in the healthcare and education sectors.  The HTM portfolio totaled $1.0 billion as of December 31, 2020, a decrease of $101.5 million, or 9.1%, from December 31, 2019.  The average life of the HTM portfolio was 6.1 years at December 31, 2020, compared to 6.3 years at December 31, 2019.

The securities portfolio generates the Company’s second largest component of interest income.  The AFS and HTM securities portfolios achieved an average yield on a tax-equivalent basis of 2.45% for 2020, compared to 2.64% in 2019, and 2.41% in 2018.  Securities available for sale had a net unrealized gain of $412.0 million at year-end, compared to a net unrealized gain of $123.4 million the preceding year. This market value change primarily reflects the impact of a larger portfolio size and declining market interest rates as of December 31, 2020, compared to December 31, 2019.  These amounts are reflected, on an after-tax basis, in the Company’s Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity, as an unrealized gain of $314.5 million at year-end 2020, compared to an unrealized gain of $93.7 million for 2019. The AFS securities portfolio contains securities that have unrealized losses (see the table of these securities in Note 4, “Securities,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page 92 of this document).  The unrealized losses in the Company’s investments in Government

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Sponsored Entity (GSE) mortgage-backed securities, State and political subdivisions, and Corporates were caused by changes in interest rates, and not from a decline in credit of the underlying issuers.  The U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and GSE mortgage-backed securities are all considered to be agency-backed securities with no risk of loss as they are either explicitly or implicitly guaranteed by the U.S. government. The changes in fair value in the agency-backed portfolios are solely driven by change in interest rates caused by changing economic conditions. The Company has no knowledge of any underlying credit issues and the cash flows underlying the debt securities have not changed and are not expected to be impacted by changes in interest rates.  As of December 31, 2020, the Company does not believe the decline in value in these portfolios is related to credit impairments and instead is due to declining interest rates.  The Company does not have the intent to sell these securities and does not believe it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before a recovery of amortized cost.  As of December 31, 2020, there is no ACL related to the Company’s available-for-sale securities as the decline in fair value did not result from credit issues.

Included in Tables 12 and 13 are analyses of the cost, fair value and average yield (tax-equivalent basis) of securities available for sale and securities held to maturity.

Table 12

SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE (in thousands)

 

December 31, 2020

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

29,911

 

 

$

30,740

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

89,554

 

 

 

95,949

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

5,266,394

 

 

 

5,468,181

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

3,424,309

 

 

 

3,623,619

 

Corporates

 

 

77,566

 

 

 

81,199

 

Total

 

$

8,887,734

 

 

$

9,299,688

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

63,835

 

 

$

64,078

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

89,867

 

 

 

93,021

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

4,030,688

 

 

 

4,071,794

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

2,954,276

 

 

 

3,029,917

 

Corporates

 

 

185,314

 

 

 

188,552

 

Total

 

$

7,323,980

 

 

$

7,447,362

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

248,494

 

 

$

247,130

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

200

 

 

 

199

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

3,914,289

 

 

 

3,812,211

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

2,507,107

 

 

 

2,483,260

 

Total

 

$

6,670,090

 

 

$

6,542,800

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Securities

 

 

U.S. Agency Securities

 

December 31, 2020

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

20,102

 

 

 

1.03

%

 

$

202

 

 

 

1.89

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

10,638

 

 

 

2.59

 

 

 

95,747

 

 

 

2.68

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

30,740

 

 

 

1.55

%

 

$

95,949

 

 

 

2.67

%

 

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Mortgage-backed Securities

 

 

State and Political

Subdivisions

 

December 31, 2020

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

171,564

 

 

 

(3.18

)%

 

$

226,929

 

 

 

2.21

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

2,834,805

 

 

 

2.19

 

 

 

450,435

 

 

 

2.36

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

2,283,389

 

 

 

1.99

 

 

 

641,051

 

 

 

2.63

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

178,423

 

 

 

1.76

 

 

 

2,305,204

 

 

 

3.37

 

Total

 

$

5,468,181

 

 

 

1.93

%

 

$

3,623,619

 

 

 

3.02

%

 

 

 

Corporates

 

December 31, 2020

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

 

 

 

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

55,249

 

 

 

2.98

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

25,950

 

 

 

3.85

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

81,199

 

 

 

3.27

%

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Securities

 

 

U.S. Agency Securities

 

December 31, 2019

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

33,983

 

 

 

2.69

%

 

$

 

 

 

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

30,095

 

 

 

1.56

 

 

 

93,021

 

 

 

2.67

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

64,078

 

 

 

2.16

%

 

$

93,021

 

 

 

2.67

%

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed Securities

 

 

State and Political

Subdivisions

 

December 31, 2019

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

13,353

 

 

 

2.50

%

 

$

218,870

 

 

 

2.23

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

2,834,652

 

 

 

2.31

 

 

 

585,728

 

 

 

2.23

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

1,050,939

 

 

 

3.03

 

 

 

608,959

 

 

 

2.61

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

172,850

 

 

 

2.81

 

 

 

1,616,360

 

 

 

3.75

 

Total

 

$

4,071,794

 

 

 

2.52

%

 

$

3,029,917

 

 

 

3.11

%

 

 

 

Corporates

 

December 31, 2019

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

 

 

 

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

188,552

 

 

 

2.74

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

188,552

 

 

 

2.74

%

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Securities

 

 

U.S. Agency Securities

 

December 31, 2018

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

184,916

 

 

 

2.66

%

 

$

199

 

 

 

1.46

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

52,874

 

 

 

2.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

9,340

 

 

 

1.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

247,130

 

 

 

2.49

%

 

$

199

 

 

 

1.46

%

 

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Mortgage-backed Securities

 

 

State and Political

Subdivisions

 

December 31, 2018

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average Yield

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

32,859

 

 

 

2.26

%

 

$

349,303

 

 

 

1.97

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

2,756,639

 

 

 

2.27

 

 

 

877,224

 

 

 

2.24

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

983,288

 

 

 

2.80

 

 

 

699,227

 

 

 

2.48

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

39,425

 

 

 

3.49

 

 

 

557,506

 

 

 

3.66

 

Total

 

$

3,812,211

 

 

 

2.42

%

 

$

2,483,260

 

 

 

2.59

%

 

Table 13

SECURITIES HELD TO MATURITY (in thousands)

 

December 31, 2020

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average

Yield/Average

Maturity

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

4,907

 

 

$

4,936

 

 

 

1.78

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

123,643

 

 

 

126,901

 

 

 

2.30

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

423,759

 

 

 

435,038

 

 

 

2.47

 

Due over 10 years

 

 

462,305

 

 

 

462,569

 

 

 

2.30

 

Total

 

$

1,014,614

 

 

$

1,029,444

 

 

 

2.37

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average

Yield/Average

Maturity

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

15,323

 

 

$

15,268

 

 

 

3.38

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

100,623

 

 

 

100,298

 

 

 

2.46

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

394,591

 

 

 

386,580

 

 

 

2.37

 

Due over 10 years

 

 

605,565

 

 

 

580,199

 

 

 

2.61

 

Total

 

$

1,116,102

 

 

$

1,082,345

 

 

 

2.52

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Weighted

Average

Yield/Average

Maturity

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

3,386

 

 

$

3,395

 

 

 

2.02

%

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

115,162

 

 

 

107,641

 

 

 

2.64

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

380,108

 

 

 

357,381

 

 

 

2.38

 

Due over 10 years

 

 

671,990

 

 

 

602,115

 

 

 

2.74

 

Total

 

$

1,170,646

 

 

$

1,070,532

 

 

 

2.61

%

 

Table 14

OTHER SECURITIES (in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

FRB and FHLB stock

 

$

33,222

 

 

$

33,262

 

 

$

33,262

 

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values

 

 

134,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,385

 

Equity securities without readily determinable fair values

 

 

128,634

 

 

 

75,158

 

 

 

36,045

 

Total

 

$

296,053

 

 

$

108,420

 

 

$

73,692

 

 

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values are generally traded on an exchange and market prices are readily available.  As of December 31, 2020, equity securities with readily determinable fair values includes the

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Company’s investment in Tattooed Chef, Inc., which had a fair value of $106.9 million as of December 31, 2020.  Equity securities without readily determinable fair values are generally carried at cost less impairment.  Equity securities without readily determinable fair values also includes Prairie Capital Management (PCM) alternative investments in hedge funds and private equity funds, which are accounted for as equity-method investments.  

Other Earning Assets

Federal funds transactions essentially are overnight loans between financial institutions, which allow for either the daily investment of excess funds or the daily borrowing of another institution’s funds in order to meet short-term liquidity needs.  The net borrowed position was $65.6 million at December 31, 2020 compared to $28.9 million at December 31, 2019.  

The Bank buys and sells federal funds as agent for non-affiliated banks.  Because the transactions are pursuant to agency arrangements, these transactions do not appear on the balance sheet and averaged $362.5 million in 2020 and $239.2 million in 2019.

At December 31, 2020, the Company held securities purchased under agreements to resell of $1.7 billion compared to $1.6 billion at December 31, 2019.  The Company uses these instruments as short-term secured investments, in lieu of selling federal funds, or to acquire securities required for collateral purposes.  Balances will fluctuate based on the Company’s liquidity and investment decisions as well as the Company’s correspondent bank borrowing levels.  These investments averaged $1.1 billion in 2020 and $533.1 million in 2019.

The Company also maintains an active securities trading inventory.  The average holdings in the securities trading inventory in 2020 were $37.1 million, compared to $52.3 million in 2019, and were recorded at fair market value.  As discussed in “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk – Trading Account” in Part II, Item 7A on page 54, the Company offsets the trading account securities by the sale of exchange-traded financial futures contracts, with both the trading account and futures contracts marked to market daily.

Interest-bearing due from banks totaled $3.1 billion as of December 31, 2020 compared to $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2019 and includes amounts due from the FRB and interest-bearing accounts held at other financial institutions.  The amount due from the FRB averaged $1.2 billion and $560.9 million during December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  The increase in the FRB balance from 2019 to 2020 is primarily due to an increase in deposit balances as a result of the Company’s participation in the PPP.  The interest-bearing accounts held at other financial institutions totaled $43.1 million and $29.3 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.    

Deposits and Borrowed Funds

Deposits represent the Company’s primary funding source for its asset base.  In addition to the core deposits garnered by the Company’s retail branch structure, the Company continues to focus on its cash management services, as well as its asset management and mutual fund servicing businesses in order to attract and retain additional core deposits.  Deposits totaled $27.1 billion at December 31, 2020 and $21.6 billion at December 31, 2019, an increase of $5.4 billion, or 25.2%. Deposits averaged $23.2 billion in 2020, and $19.3 billion in 2019.

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits averaged $7.8 billion in 2020 and $6.1 billion in 2019.  These deposits represented 33.8% of average deposits in 2020, compared to 31.8% in 2019.  The Company’s large commercial customer base provides a significant source of noninterest-bearing deposits.  Many of these commercial accounts do not earn interest; however, they receive an earnings credit to offset the cost of other services provided by the Company.

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Table 15

MATURITIES OF TIME DEPOSITS OF $250,000 OR MORE (in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Maturing within 3 months

 

$

286,489

 

 

$

400,142

 

 

$

426,912

 

After 3 months but within 6 months

 

 

36,096

 

 

 

126,143

 

 

 

34,880

 

After 6 months but within 12 months

 

 

44,776

 

 

 

64,870

 

 

 

35,918

 

After 12 months

 

 

30,986

 

 

 

23,622

 

 

 

55,134

 

Total

 

$

398,347

 

 

$

614,777

 

 

$

552,844

 

 

Table 16

ANALYSIS OF AVERAGE DEPOSITS (in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Amount:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing demand

 

$

7,845,667

 

 

$

6,132,187

 

 

$

5,828,545

 

Interest-bearing demand and savings

 

 

14,446,164

 

 

 

12,161,786

 

 

 

10,113,263

 

Time deposits under $250,000

 

 

488,346

 

 

 

366,266

 

 

 

355,344

 

Total core deposits

 

 

22,780,177

 

 

 

18,660,239

 

 

 

16,297,152

 

Time deposits of $250,000 or more

 

 

401,982

 

 

 

644,129

 

 

 

687,395

 

Total deposits

 

$

23,182,159

 

 

$

19,304,368

 

 

$

16,984,547

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a % of total deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing demand

 

 

33.84

%

 

 

31.76

%

 

 

34.32

%

Interest-bearing demand and savings

 

 

62.32

 

 

 

63.00

 

 

 

59.54

 

Time deposits under $250,000

 

 

2.11

 

 

 

1.90

 

 

 

2.09

 

Total core deposits

 

 

98.27

 

 

 

96.66

 

 

 

95.95

 

Time deposits of $250,000 or more

 

 

1.73

 

 

 

3.34

 

 

 

4.05

 

Total deposits

 

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

 

Repurchase agreements are transactions involving the exchange of investment funds by the customer for securities by the Company, under an agreement to repurchase the same issues at an agreed-upon price and date.  Securities sold under agreements to repurchase and federal funds purchased totaled $2.3 billion at December 31, 2020, and $1.9 billion at December 31, 2019. These agreements averaged $2.0 billion in 2020 and $1.7 billion in 2019.  The Company enters into these transactions with its downstream correspondent banks, commercial customers, and various trust, mutual fund, and local government relationships.

The Company is a member bank with the FHLB of Des Moines, and through this relationship, the Company owns $10.0 million of FHLB stock and has access to additional liquidity and funding sources through FHLB advances.  The Company’s borrowing capacity is dependent upon the amount of collateral the Company places at the FHLB.  Based on the collateral pledged, the Company had $1.5 billion of borrowing capacity at the FHLB at December 31, 2020.  The Company had no outstanding advances at FHLB Des Moines as of December 31, 2020.  

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Table 17

SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS (in thousands)

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Rate

 

 

Amount

 

 

Rate

 

 

Amount

 

 

Rate

 

At December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

$

65,636

 

 

 

0.04

%

 

$

31,873

 

 

 

1.48

%

 

$

6,679

 

 

 

2.42

%

Repurchase agreements

 

 

2,249,861

 

 

 

0.52

 

 

 

1,864,635

 

 

 

1.52

 

 

 

1,512,241

 

 

 

2.08

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,315,497

 

 

 

0.51

%

 

$

1,896,508

 

 

 

1.52

%

 

$

1,518,920

 

 

 

2.09

%

Average for year:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

$

60,314

 

 

 

0.26

%

 

$

123,870

 

 

 

2.13

%

 

$

301,503

 

 

 

2.54

%

Repurchase agreements

 

 

1,963,499

 

 

 

0.59

 

 

 

1,533,413

 

 

 

1.95

 

 

 

1,257,646

 

 

 

1.53

 

Other

 

 

8,811

 

 

 

1.40

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,032,624

 

 

 

0.59

%

 

$

1,657,286

 

 

 

1.96

%

 

$

1,559,152

 

 

 

1.59

%

Maximum month-end balance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

$

105,678

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

147,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

631,578

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase agreements

 

 

2,469,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,864,635

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,512,241

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt totaled $270.0 million at December 31, 2020, compared to $70.4 million at December 31, 2019.  In September 2020, the Company issued $200.0 million in aggregate subordinated notes due in September 2030.  The Company received $197.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, and used the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including, among other uses, contributing Tier 1 capital into the Bank. The subordinated notes were issued with a fixed-to-fixed rate of 3.70% and an effective rate of 3.93%, due to issuance costs, with an interest rate reset date of September 2025.  The remainder of the Company’s long-term debt was assumed from the acquisition of Marquette and consists of debt obligations payable to four unconsolidated trusts (Marquette Capital Trust I, Marquette Capital Trust II, Marquette Capital Trust III, and Marquette Capital Trust IV) that previously issued trust preferred securities.  These long-term debt obligations had an aggregate contractual balance of $103.1 million and had a carrying value of $71.7 million at December 31, 2020.  Interest rates on trust preferred securities are tied to the three-month LIBOR with spreads ranging from 133 basis points to 160 basis points, and reset quarterly. The trust preferred securities have maturity dates ranging from January 2036 to September 2036.  For further information on long-term debt refer to Note 9, “Borrowed Funds,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

The Company places a significant emphasis on the maintenance of a strong capital position, which it believes promotes investor confidence, provides access to funding sources under favorable terms, and enhances the Company’s ability to capitalize on business growth and acquisition opportunities.  Higher levels of liquidity, however, bear corresponding costs, measured in terms of lower yields on short-term, more liquid earning assets and higher expenses for extended liability maturities.  The Company manages capital for each subsidiary based upon the subsidiary’s respective risks and growth opportunities as well as regulatory requirements.

Total shareholders’ equity increased $410.5 million, or 15.7% to $3.0 billion at December 31, 2020 as compared to December 31, 2019.

The Board authorized, at its April 28, 2020, April 23, 2019, and April 24, 2018 meetings, the repurchase of up to two million shares of the Company’s common stock during the twelve months following each meeting (each a Repurchase Authorization).  During 2020 and 2019, the Company acquired 1,208,623 shares and 67,923 shares, respectively, of its common stock pursuant to the applicable Repurchase Authorization. During March 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) to repurchase an aggregate of $30.0 million of the Company’s common stock through an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the ASR). Under the ASR, the Company repurchased a total of 653,498 shares, which was completed during the second quarter of 2020. The ASR was entered into pursuant to the April 23, 2019 Repurchase Authorization.  The Company has not made any repurchase of its securities other than pursuant to the Repurchase Authorizations.

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Through the Company’s relationship with the FHLB of Des Moines, the Company owns $10.0 million of FHLB stock and has access to additional liquidity and funding sources through FHLB advances.  The Company’s borrowing capacity is dependent upon the amount of collateral the Company places at the FHLB.  The Company’s borrowing capacity with the FHLB was $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2020.  The Company had no outstanding FHLB advances at FHLB of Des Moines as of December 31, 2020.  

Risk-based capital guidelines established by regulatory agencies set minimum capital standards based on the level of risk associated with a financial institution’s assets.  The Company has implemented the Basel III regulatory capital rules adopted by the FRB.  Basel III capital rules include a minimum ratio of common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of 4.5% and a minimum tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6%.  A financial institution’s total capital is also required to equal at least 8% of risk-weighted assets.  

The risk-based capital guidelines indicate the specific risk weightings by type of asset.  Certain off-balance sheet items (such as standby letters of credit and binding loan commitments) are multiplied by credit conversion factors to translate them into balance sheet equivalents before assigning them specific risk weightings.  The Company is also required to maintain a leverage ratio equal to or greater than 4%.  The leverage ratio is tier 1 core capital to total average assets less goodwill and intangibles.  The Company's capital position as of December 31, 2020 is summarized in the table below and exceeded regulatory requirements.

For further discussion of capital and liquidity, see the “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk – Liquidity Risk” in Item 7A on page 56 of this report.

Table 18

RISK-BASED CAPITAL (in thousands)

This table computes risk-based capital in accordance with current regulatory guidelines.  These guidelines as of December 31, 2020, excluded net unrealized gains or losses on securities available for sale from the computation of regulatory capital and the related risk-based capital ratios.

 

 

 

Risk-Weighted Category

 

 

 

0%

 

 

20%

 

 

50%

 

 

100%

 

 

150%

 

 

Total

 

Risk-Weighted Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans held for sale

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,708

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,708

 

Loans and leases

 

 

1,290,474

 

 

 

48,726

 

 

 

1,237,585

 

 

 

13,409,495

 

 

 

117,371

 

 

 

16,103,651

 

Securities available for sale

 

 

437,394

 

 

 

8,358,242

 

 

 

14,531

 

 

 

77,567

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,887,734

 

Securities held to maturity

 

 

 

 

 

29,676

 

 

 

984,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,014,615

 

Trading securities

 

 

651

 

 

 

1,571

 

 

 

18,545

 

 

 

14,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,020

 

Cash and due from banks

 

 

3,165,301

 

 

 

375,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,540,681

 

All other assets

 

 

23,352

 

 

 

21,867

 

 

 

36,220

 

 

 

1,305,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,387,298

 

Category totals

 

$

4,917,172

 

 

$

8,835,462

 

 

$

2,298,528

 

 

$

14,807,174

 

 

$

117,371

 

 

$

30,975,707

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted totals

 

$

 

 

$

1,767,092

 

 

$

1,149,264

 

 

$

14,807,174

 

 

$

176,057

 

 

$

17,899,587

 

Off-balance-sheet items (3)

 

 

 

 

 

280,469

 

 

 

17,484

 

 

 

2,857,538

 

 

 

177

 

 

 

3,155,668

 

Total risk-weighted assets

 

$

 

 

$

2,047,561

 

 

$

1,166,748

 

 

$

17,664,712

 

 

$

176,234

 

 

$

21,055,255

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Regulatory Capital

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

$

3,016,948

 

Less adjustments (1)

 

 

(469,314

)

Common equity Tier 1/Tier 1 capital

 

 

2,547,634

 

Additional Tier 2 capital (2)

 

 

454,911

 

Total capital

 

$

3,002,545

 

 

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Company

 

Capital ratios

 

 

 

 

Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets

 

 

12.10

%

Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets

 

 

12.10

%

Total capital to risk-weighted assets

 

 

14.26

%

Leverage ratio (Tier 1 capital to total average assets less adjustments (1))

 

 

8.37

%

 

(1)

Adjustments include a portion of goodwill and intangibles as well as unrealized gains/losses on available-for-sale securities, cash flow hedges, and the impact of the Company’s election to use the five-year CECL transition.

(2)

Includes the Company’s ACL (inclusive of the reserve for off-balance sheet arrangements), subordinated long-term debt, and trust preferred subordinated notes.  

(3)

After credit conversion factor and risk weighting is applied.  

For further discussion of regulatory capital requirements, see Note 10, “Regulatory Requirements” within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8 on pages 100 through 101.

Commitments, Contractual Obligations and Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company’s main off-balance sheet arrangements are loan commitments, commercial and standby letters of credit, futures contracts and forward exchange contracts, which have maturity dates rather than payment due dates.  These commitments and contingent liabilities are not required to be recorded on the Company’s balance sheet.  Since commitments associated with letters of credit and lending and financing arrangements may expire unused, the amounts shown do not necessarily reflect the actual future cash funding requirements.  See Table 19 below, as well as Note 15, “Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8 on pages 110 through 112 for detailed information and further discussion of these arrangements.  Management does not anticipate any material losses from its off-balance sheet arrangements.

Table 19

COMMITMENTS, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS (in thousands)

The table below details the contractual obligations for the Company as of December 31, 2020 and includes principal payments only.  The Company has no capital leases or long-term purchase obligations.

 

 

 

Payments due by Period

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Less than 1 year

 

 

1-3 years

 

 

3-5 years

 

 

More than 5 years

 

Contractual Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements

 

$

2,315,497

 

 

$

2,315,497

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Long-term debt obligations

 

 

271,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

271,714

 

Operating lease obligations

 

 

81,146

 

 

 

12,725

 

 

 

21,443

 

 

 

16,521

 

 

 

30,457

 

Time deposits

 

 

876,095

 

 

 

710,419

 

 

 

129,455

 

 

 

32,211

 

 

 

4,010

 

Total

 

$

3,544,452

 

 

$

3,038,641

 

 

$

150,898

 

 

$

48,732

 

 

$

306,181

 

 

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Maturities due by Period

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Less than 1 year

 

 

1-3 years

 

 

3-5 years

 

 

More than 5 years

 

Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments to extend credit for loans (excluding credit card loans)

 

$

8,851,333

 

 

$

4,241,863

 

 

$

2,696,300

 

 

$

1,163,132

 

 

$

750,038

 

Commitments to extend credit under credit card loans

 

 

3,472,339

 

 

 

3,472,339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial letters of credit

 

 

3,160

 

 

 

3,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby letters of credit

 

 

346,617

 

 

 

264,169

 

 

 

72,000

 

 

 

10,448

 

 

 

 

Forward contracts

 

 

51,273

 

 

 

51,273

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot foreign exchange contracts

 

 

680

 

 

 

680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

12,725,402

 

 

$

8,033,484

 

 

$

2,768,300

 

 

$

1,173,580

 

 

$

750,038

 

 

As of December 31, 2020, our total liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits were $6.7 million.  The Company cannot reasonably estimate the settlement of these liabilities.  Therefore, these liabilities have been excluded from the table above.  See Note 17, “Income Taxes,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding the liabilities associated with unrecognized tax benefits.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discusses the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).  The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates and judgments, including those related to customers and suppliers, allowance for credit losses, bad debts, investments, financing operations, long-lived assets, taxes, other contingencies and litigation.  Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which have formed the basis for making such judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Under different assumptions or conditions, actual results may differ from the recorded estimates.

Management believes that the Company’s critical accounting policies are those relating to: the allowance for credit losses and fair value measurements.  

Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company’s ACL represents management’s judgment of the total expected losses included in the Company’s assets held at amortized cost. The Company’s process for recording the ACL is based on the evaluation of the Company’s lifetime historical loss experience, management’s understanding of the credit quality inherent in the loan portfolio, and the impact of the current economic environment, coupled with reasonable and supportable economic forecasts.

 

A mathematical calculation of an estimate is made to assist in determining the adequacy and reasonableness of management’s recorded ACL.  To develop the estimate, the Company follows the guidelines in ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses.  The estimate reserves for assets held at amortized cost and any related credit deterioration in the Company’s available-for-sale debt security portfolio.  Assets held at amortized cost include the Company’s loan book and held-to-maturity security portfolio.  

 

The process involves the consideration of quantitative and qualitative factors relevant to the specific segmentation of loans.  These factors have been established over decades of financial institution experience and include economic observation and loan loss characteristics.  This process is designed to produce a lifetime estimate of the losses, at a reporting date, that includes evaluation of historical loss experience, current economic conditions, reasonable and supportable forecasts, and the qualitative framework outlined by the Office of the Comptroller of the

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Currency in the published 2020 Interagency Policy Statement.  This process allows management to take a holistic view of the recorded ACL reserve and ensure that all significant and pertinent information is considered.

 

The Company considers a variety of factors to ensure the safety and soundness of its estimate including a strong internal control framework, extensive methodology documentation, credit underwriting standards which encompass the Company’s desired risk profile, model validation, and ratio analysis.  If the Company’s total ACL estimate, as determined in accordance with the approved ACL methodology, is either outside a reasonable range based on review of economic indicators or by comparison of historical ratio analysis, the ACL estimate is an outlier and management will investigate the underlying reason(s).  Based on that investigation, issues or factors that previously had not been considered may be identified in the estimation process, which may warrant adjustments to estimated credit losses.

The ending result of this process is a recorded consolidated ACL that represents management’s best estimate of the total expected losses included in the loan portfolio, held-to-maturity securities, and credit deterioration in available-for-sale securities.

For more information on loan portfolio segments and ACL methodology refer to Note 3, “Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is measured in accordance with GAAP, which defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  Valuation techniques used to measure fair value include the market approach, income approach and cost approach.  The market approach uses prices or relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities.  The income approach involves discounting future amounts to a single present amount and is based on current market expectations about those future amounts.  The cost approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of the asset.  

GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels.  The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).  An instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the instrument’s fair value measurement.  The three levels within the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:

Level 1 - Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are available at the measurement date.

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability for which there is little, if any, market activity at the measurement date. Unobservable inputs reflect assumptions about what market participants would use to price the asset or liability. The inputs are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances, which might include the Company’s own financial data such as internally developed pricing models and discounted cash flow methodologies, as well as instruments for which the fair value determination requires significant management judgment.

The Company’s fair value measurements involve various valuation techniques and models, which involve inputs that are observable, when available, and the most significant of which include available-for-sale and trading securities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.  

Fair value pricing information obtained from third party data providers and pricing services for investment securities is reviewed for appropriateness on a periodic basis.  The third-party service providers are also analyzed to understand and evaluate the valuation methodologies utilized.  This review includes an analysis of current market prices compared to pricing provided by the third-party pricing service to assess the relative accuracy of the data provided.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Risk Management

Market risk is a broad term for the risk of economic loss due to adverse changes in the fair value of a financial instrument.  These changes may be the result of various factors, including interest rates, foreign exchange prices, commodity prices, or equity prices.  Financial instruments that are subject to market risk can be classified either as held for trading or held for purposes other than trading.

The Company is subject to market risk primarily through the effect of changes in interest rates of its assets held for purposes other than trading.  The following discussion of interest rate risk, however, combines instruments held for trading and instruments held for purposes other than trading because the instruments held for trading represent such a small portion of the Company’s portfolio that the interest rate risk associated with them is immaterial.

Interest Rate Risk

In the banking industry, a major risk exposure is changing interest rates.  To minimize the effect of interest rate changes to net interest income and exposure levels to economic losses, the Company manages its exposure to changes in interest rates through asset and liability management within guidelines established by its Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) and approved by the Board.  The ALCO is responsible for approving and ensuring compliance with asset/liability management policies, including interest rate exposure.  The Company’s primary method for measuring and analyzing consolidated interest rate risk is the Net Interest Income Simulation Analysis.  The Company also uses a Net Portfolio Value model to measure market value risk under various rate change scenarios and a gap analysis to measure maturity and repricing relationships between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities at specific points in time.  On a limited basis, the Company uses hedges such as swaps, rate floors, and futures contracts to manage interest rate risk on certain loans, trading securities, trust preferred securities, and deposits.  See further information in Note 18 “Derivatives and Hedging Activities” in the Notes to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Overall, the Company attempts to manage interest rate risk by positioning the balance sheet to maximize net interest income while maintaining an acceptable level of interest rate and credit risk, remaining mindful of the relationship among profitability, liquidity, interest rate risk and credit risk.

Net Interest Income Modeling

The Company’s primary interest rate risk tool, the Net Interest Income Simulation Analysis, measures interest rate risk and the effect of interest rate changes on net interest income and net interest margin.  This analysis incorporates all of the Company’s assets and liabilities together with assumptions that reflect the current interest rate environment.  Through these simulations, management estimates the impact on net interest income of a 300 basis point upward or a 200 basis point downward gradual change (e.g. ramp) and immediate change (e.g. shock) of market interest rates over a two year period.  In ramp scenarios, rates change gradually for a one year period and remain constant in year two.  In shock scenarios, rates change immediately and the change is sustained for the remainder of the two year scenario horizon.  Assumptions are made to project rates for new loans and deposits based on historical analysis, management outlook and repricing strategies.  Asset prepayments and other market risks are developed from industry estimates of prepayment speeds and other market changes.  The results of these simulations can be significantly influenced by assumptions utilized and management evaluates the sensitivity of the simulation results on a regular basis.    

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Table 20 shows the net interest income percentage increase or decrease over the next twelve and twenty-four month periods as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 based on hypothetical changes in interest rates and a constant sized balance sheet with runoff being replaced.    

Table 20

MARKET RISK

 

 

 

Hypothetical change in interest rate – Rate Ramp

 

 

 

Year One

 

 

Year Two

 

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

(basis points)

 

Percentage change

 

 

Percentage change

 

 

Percentage change

 

 

Percentage change

 

300

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

(1.7

)%

 

 

14.1

%

 

 

1.2

%

200

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

(0.9

)

 

 

9.7

 

 

 

1.4

 

100

 

 

0.3

 

 

 

(0.4

)

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

0.7

 

Static

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100)

 

 

(1.9

)

 

 

1.7

 

 

 

(5.7

)

 

 

(0.3

)

(200)

 

n/a

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

n/a

 

 

 

(6.3

)

 

 

 

Hypothetical change in interest rate – Rate Shock

 

 

 

Year One

 

 

Year Two

 

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

(basis points)

 

Percentage change

 

 

Percentage change

 

 

Percentage change

 

 

Percentage change

 

300

 

 

4.0

%

 

 

(0.3

)%

 

 

15.9

%

 

 

3.6

%

200

 

 

2.7

 

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

11.3

 

 

 

3.0

 

100

 

 

1.1

 

 

 

0.5

 

 

 

6.1

 

 

 

2.3

 

Static

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100)

 

 

(3.4

)

 

 

0.6

 

 

 

(6.3

)

 

 

(2.2

)

(200)

 

n/a

 

 

 

(2.9

)

 

n/a

 

 

 

(9.4

)

 

The Company is positioned slightly asset sensitive to changes in interest rates in the next year.  Net interest income is predicted to increase in all upward rate ramp and shock scenarios.  In down rate scenarios, income is predicted to decrease in all scenarios. The increase in net interest income in rising rate scenarios is due to the projections of yields on earning assets increasing more than the cost of paying liabilities.  In year two, net interest income is predicted to rise in all increasing rate scenarios and decrease in falling rate scenarios. The Company’s ability to price deposits in a rising rate environment consistent with our history is a key assumption in these scenarios. 

Repricing Mismatch Analysis

The Company also evaluates its interest rate sensitivity position in an attempt to maintain a balance between the amount of interest-bearing assets and interest-bearing liabilities which are expected to mature or reprice at any point in time.  While a traditional repricing mismatch analysis (gap analysis) provides a snapshot of interest rate risk, it does not take into consideration that assets and liabilities with similar repricing characteristics may not, in fact, reprice at the same time or the same degree.  Also, it does not necessarily predict the impact of changes in general levels of interest rates on net interest income.

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Table 21 is a static gap analysis, which presents the Company’s assets and liabilities, based on their repricing or maturity characteristics and reflecting principal amortization.  Table 22 presents the break-out of fixed and variable rate loans by repricing or maturity characteristics for each loan class.

Table 21

INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS (in millions)

 

 

 

1-90

 

 

91-180

 

 

181-365

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-5

 

 

Over 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Days

 

 

Days

 

 

Days

 

 

Total

 

 

Years

 

 

Years

 

 

Total

 

December 31, 2020 Earning assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

$

9,044.0

 

 

$

731.1

 

 

$

799.8

 

 

$

10,574.9

 

 

$

3,971.5

 

 

$

1,564.0

 

 

$

16,110.4

 

Securities

 

 

1,018.8

 

 

 

561.7

 

 

 

794.1

 

 

 

2,374.6

 

 

 

3,703.5

 

 

 

4,532.2

 

 

 

10,610.3

 

Federal funds sold and resell agreements

 

 

1,650.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,650.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,650.3

 

Other

 

 

3,145.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,145.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,145.1

 

Total earning assets

 

$

14,858.2

 

 

$

1,292.8

 

 

$

1,593.9

 

 

$

17,744.9

 

 

$

7,675.0

 

 

$

6,096.2

 

 

$

31,516.1

 

% of total earning assets

 

 

47.1

%

 

 

4.1

%

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

56.3

%

 

 

24.4

%

 

 

19.3

%

 

 

100.0

%

Funding sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand and savings

 

$

2,875.0

 

 

$

2,156.2

 

 

$

4,312.4

 

 

$

9,343.6

 

 

$

567.5

 

 

$

6,384.1

 

 

$

16,295.2

 

Time deposits

 

 

407.6

 

 

 

186.5

 

 

 

116.3

 

 

 

710.4

 

 

 

161.7

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

876.1

 

Federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements

 

 

2,315.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,315.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,315.5

 

Borrowed funds

 

 

71.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71.7

 

 

 

197.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

269.6

 

Noninterest-bearing sources

 

 

4,166.6

 

 

 

212.5

 

 

 

396.2

 

 

 

4,775.3

 

 

 

1,855.5

 

 

 

5,128.9

 

 

 

11,759.7

 

Total funding sources

 

$

9,836.4

 

 

$

2,555.2

 

 

$

4,824.9

 

 

$

17,216.5

 

 

$

2,782.6

 

 

$

11,517.0

 

 

$

31,516.1

 

% of total earning assets

 

 

31.2

%

 

 

8.1

%

 

 

15.3

%

 

 

54.6

%

 

 

8.9

%

 

 

36.5

%

 

 

100.0

%

Interest sensitivity gap

 

$

5,021.8

 

 

$

(1,262.4

)

 

$

(3,231.0

)

 

$

528.4

 

 

$

4,892.4

 

 

$

(5,420.8

)

 

 

 

 

Cumulative gap

 

 

5,021.8

 

 

 

3,759.4

 

 

 

528.4

 

 

 

528.4

 

 

 

5,420.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a % of total earning assets

 

 

15.9

%

 

 

11.9

%

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

17.2

%

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

Ratio of earning assets to funding sources

 

 

1.51

 

 

 

0.51

 

 

 

0.33

 

 

 

1.03

 

 

 

2.76

 

 

 

0.53

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative ratio of earning assets to funding sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

1.51

 

 

 

1.30

 

 

 

1.03

 

 

 

1.03

 

 

 

1.27

 

 

 

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

1.25

 

 

 

1.08

 

 

 

0.87

 

 

 

0.87

 

 

 

1.18

 

 

 

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Table 22

Maturities and Sensitivities to Changes in Interest Rates

This table details loan maturities by variable and fixed rates as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Due in one

year or less

 

 

Due after

one year

through five

years

 

 

Due after

five years

 

 

Total

 

Variable Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

$

5,001,692

 

 

$

134,821

 

 

$

13,517

 

 

$

5,150,030

 

Specialty lending

 

 

461,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

461,078

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

2,715,796

 

 

 

164,302

 

 

 

14,577

 

 

 

2,894,675

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

338,839

 

 

 

194,364

 

 

 

99,111

 

 

 

632,314

 

Consumer

 

 

79,789

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,884

 

Credit cards

 

 

364,451

 

 

 

2,517

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,968

 

Leases and other

 

 

157,596

 

 

 

1,647

 

 

 

 

 

 

159,243

 

Total variable rate loans

 

 

9,119,241

 

 

 

497,746

 

 

 

127,205

 

 

 

9,744,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

 

531,771

 

 

 

1,128,367

 

 

 

251,906

 

 

 

1,912,044

 

Specialty lending

 

 

 

 

 

50,222

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,222

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

736,619

 

 

 

1,759,046

 

 

 

518,594

 

 

 

3,014,259

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

174,815

 

 

 

482,634

 

 

 

662,439

 

 

 

1,319,888

 

Consumer

 

 

12,396

 

 

 

24,840

 

 

 

866

 

 

 

38,102

 

Credit cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leases and other

 

 

 

 

 

28,674

 

 

 

2,978

 

 

 

31,652

 

Total fixed rate loans

 

 

1,455,601

 

 

 

3,473,783

 

 

 

1,436,783

 

 

 

6,366,167

 

Total loans and loans held for sale

 

$

10,574,842

 

 

$

3,971,529

 

 

$

1,563,988

 

 

$

16,110,359

 

 

Trading Account

The Bank carries taxable governmental securities in a trading account that is maintained in accordance with Board-approved policy and procedures.  The policy limits the amount and type of securities that can be carried in the trading account and requires compliance with any limits under applicable law and regulations and mandates the use of a value-at-risk methodology to manage price volatility risks within financial parameters.  The risk associated with the carrying of trading securities is offset by the sale of exchange-traded financial futures contracts, with both the trading account and futures contracts marked to market daily.  This account had a balance of $35.0 million as of December 31, 2020, compared to $45.6 million as of December 31, 2019.

The Company is subject to market risk primarily through the effect of changes in interest rates of its assets held for purposes other than trading.  The discussion in Table 21 above of interest rate risk, however, combines instruments held for trading and instruments held for purposes other than trading, because the instruments held for trading represent such a small portion of the Company’s portfolio that the interest rate risk associated with them is immaterial.

Other Market Risk

The Company has minimal foreign currency risk as a result of foreign exchange contracts.  See Note 10, “Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Credit Risk Management

Credit risk represents the risk that a customer or counterparty may not perform in accordance with contractual terms.  The Company utilizes a centralized credit administration function, which provides information on the Bank’s risk levels, delinquencies, an internal risk grading system and overall credit exposure.  Loan requests are centrally

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reviewed to ensure the consistent application of the loan policy and standards.  In addition, the Company has an internal loan review staff that operates independently of the Bank.  This review team performs periodic examinations of the Bank’s loans for credit quality, documentation and loan administration.  The respective regulatory authority of the Bank also reviews loan portfolios.

A primary indicator of credit quality and risk management is the level of nonperforming loans.  Nonperforming loans include both nonaccrual loans and restructured loans on nonaccrual.  The Company’s nonperforming loans increased $31.5 million to $87.8 million at December 31, 2020, compared to December 31, 2019.  This increase was primarily driven by one credit for $17.9 million in the Commercial and industrial loan portfolio and one credit for $17.6 million in the Specialty lending loan portfolio, which were placed on nonaccrual during 2020.  There was an immaterial amount of interest recognized on nonperforming loans during 2020, 2019, and 2018.

The Company had $4.7 million and $2.9 million of other real estate owned as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  Loans past due more than 90 days and still accruing interest totaled $2.0 million as of December 31, 2020, compared to $2.1 million as of December 31, 2019.

A loan is generally placed on nonaccrual status when payments are past due 90 days or more and/or when management has considerable doubt about the borrower’s ability to repay on the terms originally contracted.  The accrual of interest is discontinued and recorded thereafter only when actually received in cash.

Certain loans are restructured to provide a reduction or deferral of interest or principal due to deterioration in the financial condition of the respective borrowers.  The Company had $10.8 million of restructured loans at December 31, 2020 and $19.8 million at December 31, 2019.  Those loans modified as part of the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic are not considered to be restructured loans and are discussed further below in Table 24.

Table 23

LOAN QUALITY (in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Nonaccrual loans

 

$

77,764

 

 

$

36,909

 

 

$

22,376

 

 

$

37,731

 

 

$

41,765

 

Restructured loans on nonaccrual

 

 

10,059

 

 

 

19,438

 

 

 

20,642

 

 

 

21,411

 

 

 

28,494

 

Total non-performing loans

 

 

87,823

 

 

 

56,347

 

 

 

43,018

 

 

 

59,142

 

 

 

70,259

 

Other real estate owned

 

 

4,740

 

 

 

2,935

 

 

 

3,338

 

 

 

1,501

 

 

 

194

 

Total non-performing assets

 

$

92,563

 

 

$

59,282

 

 

$

46,356

 

 

$

60,643

 

 

$

70,453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans past due 90 days or more

 

$

1,952

 

 

$

2,069

 

 

$

6,009

 

 

$

3,091

 

 

$

3,365

 

Restructured loans accruing

 

 

706

 

 

 

392

 

 

 

411

 

 

 

19,603

 

 

 

24,013

 

Allowance for credit losses on loans

 

 

215,973

 

 

 

101,788

 

 

 

103,635

 

 

 

100,604

 

 

 

91,649

 

Ratios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-performing loans as a % of loans

 

 

0.55

%

 

 

0.42

%

 

 

0.35

%

 

 

0.52

%

 

 

0.67

%

Non-performing assets as a % of loans plus other real estate owned

 

 

0.57

 

 

 

0.44

 

 

 

0.38

 

 

 

0.54

 

 

 

0.67

 

Non-performing assets as a % of total assets

 

 

0.28

 

 

 

0.22

 

 

 

0.20

 

 

 

0.28

 

 

 

0.34

 

Loans past due 90 days or more as a % of loans

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.05

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

0.03

 

Allowance for credit losses on loans as a % of loans

 

 

1.34

 

 

 

0.76

 

 

 

0.85

 

 

 

0.89

 

 

 

0.87

 

Allowance for credit losses on loans as a multiple of non-performing loans

 

2.46x

 

 

1.81x

 

 

2.41x

 

 

1.70x

 

 

1.30x

 

 

COVID-19 Loan Modifications

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company has taken two primary approaches in assisting our customers by modifying terms of existing loans and loans under the PPP.  The Company has taken a proactive approach to assisting its borrowers through individual evaluation and broad-based programs.  Modifications granted to borrowers have been payment deferrals taking the form of either full payment deferral or interest-only

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payments.  Based on the circumstances of the borrower, payments have been deferred either 90 days, with the option to extend, or 180 days.  Consistent with the Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus, modifications granted to borrowers that are related to COVID-19 are not required to be evaluated as TDRs under ASC 310-40. These modified loans are classified as performing and are not considered past due.  Loans are to be placed on nonaccrual when it becomes apparent that payment of interest or recovery of all principal is questionable, and the COVID-19 related modification is no longer considered short-term or the modification is deemed ineffective.  As of December 31, 2020, three modified loans were on nonaccrual, totaling $269 thousand.  The Company anticipates additional loans may be modified due to the effects of COVID-19 in the coming periods.  Any loans modified are segmented separately with specific prepayment and maturity assumptions within the Company’s ACL.  As of December 31, 2020, the Company had 136 COVID-19 related modifications remaining on loans with a total balance of $67.6 million.  Within the Company’s non-credit card loan portfolios, over 1,300 loan modifications were made since the COVID-19 pandemic began.  Of these loan modifications, approximately 96% of loans have resumed making principal or interest payments as of December 31, 2020.  There have been no charge-offs on modified loans.  See further discussion of the impacts of COVID-19 on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Table 24

COVID-19 LOAN MODIFICATIONS (in thousands)

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modification Type

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

Deferment

 

 

Interest Only

 

Commercial and industrial

 

$

15,507

 

 

$

15,507

 

 

$

 

Specialty lending

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

50,646

 

 

 

50,596

 

 

 

50

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

1,031

 

 

 

1,031

 

 

 

 

Consumer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit cards

 

 

398

 

 

 

388

 

 

 

10

 

Leases and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

67,582

 

 

$

67,522

 

 

$

60

 

 

Liquidity Risk

Liquidity represents the Company’s ability to meet financial commitments through the maturity and sale of existing assets or availability of additional funds.  The Company believes that the most important factor in the preservation of liquidity is maintaining public confidence that facilitates the retention and growth of a large, stable supply of core deposits and wholesale funds.  Ultimately, the Company believes public confidence is generated through profitable operations, sound credit quality and a strong capital position.  The primary source of liquidity for the Company is regularly scheduled payments on and maturity of assets, which include $9.3 billion of high-quality securities available for sale.  The liquidity of the Company and the Bank is also enhanced by its activity in the federal funds market and by its core deposits.  Additionally, management believes it can raise debt or equity capital on favorable terms in the future, should the need arise.

Another factor affecting liquidity is the amount of deposits and customer repurchase agreements that have pledging requirements.  All customer repurchase agreements require collateral in the form of a security.  The U.S. Government, other public entities, and certain trust depositors require the Company to pledge securities if their deposit balances are greater than the FDIC-insured deposit limitations.  These pledging requirements affect liquidity risk in that the related security cannot otherwise be disposed due to the pledging restriction.  At December 31, 2020, $7.8 billion, or 84.1%, of the securities available-for-sale were pledged or used as collateral, compared to $5.8 billion, or 77.5%, at December 31, 2019.  Of these amounts, securities with a market value of $371.5 million at December 31, 2020 and $481.2 million at December 31, 2019, were pledged at the Federal Reserve Discount Window but were unencumbered as of those dates.

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The Company also has other commercial commitments that may impact liquidity.  These commitments include unused commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit and financial guarantees, and commercial letters of credit.  The total amount of these commercial commitments at December 31, 2020 was $12.7 billion.  Since many of these commitments expire without being drawn upon, the total amount of these commercial commitments does not necessarily represent the future cash requirements of the Company.

The Company’s cash requirements consist primarily of dividends to shareholders, debt service, operating expenses, and treasury stock purchases.  Management fees and dividends received from bank and non-bank subsidiaries traditionally have been sufficient to satisfy these requirements and are expected to be sufficient in the future.  The Bank is subject to various rules regarding payment of dividends to the Company.  For the most part, the Bank can pay dividends at least equal to its current year’s earnings without seeking prior regulatory approval.  The Company also uses cash to inject capital into the Bank and its non-Bank subsidiaries to maintain adequate capital as well as to fund strategic initiatives.  

In September 2020, the Company issued $200.0 million in aggregate subordinated notes due in September 2030.  The Company received $197.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, and used the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including, among other uses, contributing Tier 1 capital into the Bank.  The subordinated notes were issued with a fixed-to-fixed rate of 3.70% and an effective rate of 3.93%, due to issuance costs, with an interest rate reset date of September 2025.  

To enhance general working capital needs, the Company has a revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which allows the Company to borrow up to $30.0 million for general working capital purposes.  The interest rate applied to borrowed balances will be at the Company’s option, either 1.25% above LIBOR or 1.75% below the prime rate on the date of an advance.  The Company pays a 0.4% unused commitment fee for unused portions of the line of credit.  The Company had no advances outstanding at December 31, 2020.

The Company is a member bank of the FHLB.  The Company owns $10.0 million of FHLB stock and has access to additional liquidity and funding sources through FHLB advances.  The Company has access to borrow up to $1.5 billion through advances at the FHLB of Des Moines, but had no outstanding FHLB Des Moines advances as of December 31, 2020.  

Operational Risk

Operational risk generally refers to the risk of loss resulting from the Company’s operations, including those operations performed for the Company by third parties.  This would include but is not limited to the risk of fraud by employees or persons outside the Company, the execution of unauthorized transactions by employees or others, errors relating to transaction processing, breaches of the internal control system and compliance requirements, and unplanned interruptions in service.  This risk of loss also includes the potential legal or regulatory actions that could arise as a result of an operational deficiency, or as a result of noncompliance with applicable regulatory standards.

The Company operates in many markets and relies on the ability of its employees and systems to properly process a high number of transactions.  In the event of a breakdown in internal control systems, improper operation of systems or improper employee actions, the Company could suffer financial loss, face regulatory action and suffer damage to its reputation.  In order to address this risk, management maintains a system of internal controls with the objective of providing proper transaction authorization and execution, safeguarding of assets from misuse or theft, and ensuring the reliability of financial and other data.

The Company maintains systems of internal controls that provide management with timely and accurate information about the Company’s operations.  These systems have been designed to manage operational risk at appropriate levels given the Company’s financial strength, the environment in which it operates, and considering factors such as competition and regulation.  The Company has also established procedures that are designed to ensure that policies relating to conduct, ethics and business practices are followed on a uniform basis.  In certain cases, the Company has experienced losses from operational risk.  Such losses have included the effects of operational errors that the Company has discovered and included as expense in the statement of income.  While there can be no assurance that the Company will not suffer such losses in the future, management continually monitors and works to improve its internal controls, systems and corporate-wide processes and procedures.

 

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

UMB Financial Corporation:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of UMB Financial Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 1, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Notes 1 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has changed its method of accounting for the recognition and measurement of credit losses as of January 1, 2020 due to the adoption of ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Allowance for credit losses on certain loans evaluated on a collective basis

As discussed in Notes 1 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s allowance for credit losses on loans evaluated on a collective basis for the commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, and consumer credit card loan segments (the collective ACL) was $195 million as of December 31, 2020.  The collective ACL represented 90% of the total recorded allowance for credit losses on loans as of December 31, 2020.  The collective ACL includes the measure of expected credit losses on a pool basis for loans where similar risk characteristics exist and is determined using relevant available information from internal and external sources related to historical credit loss experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable

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economic forecasts.  The Company uses probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) models for the commercial and industrial segment, commercial real estate segment, and revolver activity within the consumer credit card segment. For the commercial and industrial segment and revolver portion of the consumer credit card segment, the collective ACL is calculated by modeling PD over future periods multiplied by historical LGD multiplied by contractual exposure at default minus any modeled prepayments and charge offs.  For the commercial real estate segment, the collective ACL is calculated by modeling PD over future periods based on peer bank data. The PD loss rate is then multiplied by historical LGD multiplied by contractual exposure at default minus any modeled prepayments and charge offs.  The Company uses average historical loss rates across a defined lookback period to measure expected credit losses for the transactor activity within the consumer credit card segment. Primary risk drivers are segment specific and include macro-economic variables, risk ratings of the individual loans within the commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loan segments, and FICO ratings of individual card holders within the consumer credit card segment.  After the reasonable and supportable forecast periods, the Company reverts to historical loss experience for each portfolio using a cliff or straight-line reversion method.  A portion of the collective ACL is comprised of qualitative factors which represent adjustments to historical loss experience including concentrations of credit and results of internal loan review.

We identified the assessment of the collective ACL as a critical audit matter. A high degree of audit effort, including specialized skills and knowledge, and subjective and complex auditor judgment was involved in the assessment of the collective ACL. Specifically, the assessment encompassed the evaluation of the collective ACL methodology, including the methods and models used to estimate (1) the PD and LGD and historical loss rates and their significant assumptions, including recovery rates, portfolio segmentation, average prepayment rates, the economic forecast scenario, macro-economic variables, the reasonable and supportable forecast periods, lengths of time and methods of reversion, risk ratings on commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, and FICO ratings and the estimated life of the credit card receivables on consumer credit card loans, and (2) the qualitative factors and their significant assumptions, including concentrations of credit and results of internal loan review. The assessment also included an evaluation of the conceptual soundness and performance of the PD and LGD and historical loss rate models. In addition, auditor judgment was required to evaluate the sufficiency of audit evidence obtained.  

 

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the measurement of the collective ACL, including controls related to the:

development and approval of the collective ACL methodology

development of the PD and LGD and historical loss rate models

 

determination and measurement of the significant assumptions used in the PD and LGD and historical loss rate models

development of the qualitative factors, including concentrations of credit and results of internal loan review

analysis of the overall ACL results, trends, and ratios.

We evaluated the Company’s process to develop the collective ACL estimate by testing certain sources of data, factors, and assumptions that the Company used, and considered the relevance and reliability of such data, factors, and assumptions. In addition, we involved credit risk professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in:

 

evaluating the Company’s collective ACL methodology for compliance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles

 

evaluating judgments made by the Company relative to the development and performance monitoring of the PD and LGD and historical loss rate models by comparing them to relevant Company specific metrics and trends and the applicable industry and regulatory practices

 

assessing the conceptual soundness and performance testing of the PD and LGD and historical loss rate models by inspecting the model documentation to determine whether the models are suitable for their intended use

 

evaluating the methodology used to develop the economic forecast scenario and underlying assumptions by comparing it to the Company’s business environment and relevant industry practices

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testing the complete historical credit cycle period and evaluating the length of the reasonable and supportable forecast period by comparing to specific portfolio risk characteristics and trends

 

determining whether the loan portfolio is segmented by similar risk characteristics by comparing to the Company’s business environment and relevant industry practices

 

testing individual risk ratings for a selection of commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans by evaluating the financial performance of the borrower, sources of repayment, and any relevant guarantees or underlying collateral

 

evaluating the methodology used to develop the qualitative factors and the effect of those factors on the collective ACL compared with relevant credit risk factors and consistency with credit trends and identified limitations of the underlying quantitative models.

We also assessed the sufficiency of the audit evidence obtained related to the collective ACL by evaluating the:

cumulative results of the audit procedures

qualitative aspects of the Company’s accounting practices

potential bias in the accounting estimates.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2014.

Kansas City, Missouri
March 1, 2021

 

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UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

$

16,103,651

 

 

$

13,431,722

 

Allowance for credit losses on loans(1)

 

 

(215,973

)

 

 

(101,788

)

Net loans

 

 

15,887,678

 

 

 

13,329,934

 

Loans held for sale

 

 

6,708

 

 

 

7,803

 

Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available for sale (amortized cost of $8,887,734 and $7,323,980, respectively)

 

 

9,299,688

 

 

 

7,447,362

 

Held to maturity, net of allowance for credit losses of $2,610 and $0, respectively (fair value of $1,029,444 and $1,082,345, respectively)

 

 

1,012,004

 

 

 

1,116,102

 

Trading securities

 

 

35,020

 

 

 

45,618

 

Other securities

 

 

296,053

 

 

 

108,420

 

Total securities

 

 

10,642,765

 

 

 

8,717,502

 

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

 

1,650,335

 

 

 

1,578,345

 

Interest-bearing due from banks

 

 

3,110,042

 

 

 

1,225,491

 

Cash and due from banks

 

 

430,638

 

 

 

472,958

 

Premises and equipment, net

 

 

293,095

 

 

 

300,334

 

Accrued income

 

 

139,892

 

 

 

124,508

 

Goodwill

 

 

180,867

 

 

 

180,867

 

Other intangibles, net

 

 

21,056

 

 

 

27,597

 

Other assets

 

 

764,428

 

 

 

596,016

 

Total assets

 

$

33,127,504

 

 

$

26,561,355

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing demand

 

$

9,879,970

 

 

$

6,944,465

 

Interest-bearing demand and savings

 

 

16,295,186

 

 

 

13,432,415

 

Time deposits under $250,000

 

 

477,748

 

 

 

611,587

 

Time deposits of $250,000 or more

 

 

398,347

 

 

 

614,777

 

Total deposits

 

 

27,051,251

 

 

 

21,603,244

 

Federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements

 

 

2,315,497

 

 

 

1,896,508

 

Long-term debt

 

 

269,595

 

 

 

70,372

 

Accrued expenses and taxes

 

 

319,676

 

 

 

232,200

 

Other liabilities

 

 

154,537

 

 

 

152,591

 

Total liabilities

 

 

30,110,556

 

 

 

23,954,915

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $1.00 par value; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 55,056,730 shares issued, 48,006,386 and 49,097,606 shares outstanding, respectively

 

 

55,057

 

 

 

55,057

 

Capital surplus

 

 

1,090,450

 

 

 

1,073,764

 

Retained earnings

 

 

1,891,246

 

 

 

1,672,438

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net

 

 

318,340

 

 

 

83,180

 

Treasury stock, 7,050,344 and 5,959,124 shares, at cost, respectively

 

 

(338,145

)

 

 

(277,999

)

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

3,016,948

 

 

 

2,606,440

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

33,127,504

 

 

$

26,561,355

 

 

(1)

As of December 31, 2019, this line represents the Allowance for loan losses. See further discussion of this change in Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements”

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

INTEREST INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

$

585,957

 

 

$

637,845

 

 

$

559,351

 

Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable interest

 

 

105,701

 

 

 

106,053

 

 

 

83,333

 

Tax-exempt interest

 

 

99,820

 

 

 

90,064

 

 

 

74,411

 

Total securities income

 

 

205,521

 

 

 

196,117

 

 

 

157,744

 

Federal funds and resell agreements

 

 

11,840

 

 

 

13,843

 

 

 

4,808

 

Interest-bearing due from banks

 

 

3,744

 

 

 

12,882

 

 

 

7,910

 

Trading securities

 

 

1,427

 

 

 

2,205

 

 

 

2,148

 

Total interest income

 

 

808,489

 

 

 

862,892

 

 

 

731,961

 

INTEREST EXPENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

58,214

 

 

 

154,192

 

 

 

92,101

 

Federal funds and repurchase agreements

 

 

11,787

 

 

 

32,553

 

 

 

24,737

 

Other

 

 

7,259

 

 

 

5,242

 

 

 

4,677

 

Total interest expense

 

 

77,260

 

 

 

191,987

 

 

 

121,515

 

Net interest income

 

 

731,229

 

 

 

670,905

 

 

 

610,446

 

Provision for credit losses(1)

 

 

130,500

 

 

 

32,850

 

 

 

70,750

 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

 

 

600,729

 

 

 

638,055

 

 

 

539,696

 

NONINTEREST INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust and securities processing

 

 

194,646

 

 

 

176,913

 

 

 

172,163

 

Trading and investment banking

 

 

32,945

 

 

 

23,466

 

 

 

15,584

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

 

 

83,879

 

 

 

82,748

 

 

 

84,287

 

Insurance fees and commissions

 

 

1,369

 

 

 

1,634

 

 

 

1,292

 

Brokerage fees

 

 

24,350

 

 

 

31,261

 

 

 

25,807

 

Bankcard fees

 

 

60,544

 

 

 

66,727

 

 

 

68,520

 

Investment securities gains, net

 

 

120,634

 

 

 

2,245

 

 

 

3,521

 

Other

 

 

41,799

 

 

 

41,776

 

 

 

30,524

 

Total noninterest income

 

 

560,166

 

 

 

426,770

 

 

 

401,698

 

NONINTEREST EXPENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

 

495,464

 

 

 

461,445

 

 

 

419,091

 

Occupancy, net

 

 

47,476

 

 

 

47,771

 

 

 

45,239

 

Equipment

 

 

85,719

 

 

 

79,086

 

 

 

75,184

 

Supplies and services

 

 

15,537

 

 

 

18,699

 

 

 

16,103

 

Marketing and business development

 

 

14,679

 

 

 

26,257

 

 

 

24,372

 

Processing fees

 

 

54,213

 

 

 

52,198

 

 

 

46,977

 

Legal and consulting

 

 

29,765

 

 

 

31,504

 

 

 

29,859

 

Bankcard

 

 

18,954

 

 

 

17,750

 

 

 

17,514

 

Amortization of other intangible assets

 

 

6,517

 

 

 

5,506

 

 

 

5,764

 

Regulatory fees

 

 

10,279

 

 

 

11,489

 

 

 

12,695

 

Other

 

 

43,402

 

 

 

27,155

 

 

 

25,002

 

Total noninterest expense

 

 

822,005

 

 

 

778,860

 

 

 

717,800

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

338,890

 

 

 

285,965

 

 

 

223,594

 

Income tax expense

 

 

52,388

 

 

 

42,365

 

 

 

27,334

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

286,502

 

 

 

243,600

 

 

 

196,260

 

Discontinued Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations before taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(917

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(170

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(747

)

NET INCOME

 

$

286,502

 

 

$

243,600

 

 

$

195,513

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PER SHARE DATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

5.95

 

 

$

4.99

 

 

$

3.98

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

Net income – basic

 

 

5.95

 

 

 

4.99

 

 

 

3.97

 

Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

5.93

 

 

 

4.96

 

 

 

3.94

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

Net income – diluted

 

 

5.93

 

 

 

4.96

 

 

 

3.93

 

Dividends

 

 

1.25

 

 

 

1.21

 

 

 

1.17

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – basic

 

 

48,137,791

 

 

 

48,779,263

 

 

 

49,334,937

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted

 

 

48,343,750

 

 

 

49,089,877

 

 

 

49,770,737

 

 

 

(1)

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, this line represents the Provision for loan losses. See further discussion of this change in Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements.”

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Net income

 

$

286,502

 

 

$

243,600

 

 

$

195,513

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains and losses on debt securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized holding gains and losses, net

 

 

295,552

 

 

 

253,891

 

 

 

(51,271

)

Less:  Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income

 

 

(6,980

)

 

 

(3,218

)

 

 

(578

)

Change in unrealized gains and losses on debt securities during the period

 

 

288,572

 

 

 

250,673

 

 

 

(51,849

)

Unrealized gains and losses on derivative hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized gains and losses on derivative hedges

 

 

20,979

 

 

 

(15,318

)

 

 

1,906

 

Less: Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income

 

 

(1,905

)

 

 

1,023

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized gains and losses on derivative hedges

 

 

19,074

 

 

 

(14,295

)

 

 

1,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax

 

 

307,646

 

 

 

236,378

 

 

 

(49,943

)

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

 

(72,486

)

 

 

(57,416

)

 

 

12,735

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications

 

 

235,160

 

 

 

178,962

 

 

 

(37,208

)

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income(1)(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,049

)

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

235,160

 

 

 

178,962

 

 

 

(50,257

)

Comprehensive income

 

$

521,662

 

 

$

422,562

 

 

$

145,256

 

 

(1)

See Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements,” for discussions of the Company’s adoption of ASU No. 2016-01.

 

(2)

See Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements,” for discussion of the Company’s adoption of ASU No. 2018-02.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Common

Stock

 

 

Capital

Surplus

 

 

Retained

Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

 

 

Treasury

Stock

 

 

Total

 

Balance January 1, 2018

 

$

55,057

 

 

$

1,046,095

 

 

$

1,338,110

 

 

$

(45,525

)

 

$

(212,206

)

 

$

2,181,531

 

Cumulative effect adjustments (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

145

 

Adjusted balance – January 1, 2018

 

 

55,057

 

 

 

1,046,095

 

 

 

1,338,255

 

 

 

(45,525

)

 

 

(212,206

)

 

 

2,181,676

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

195,513

 

 

 

(50,257

)

 

 

 

 

 

145,256

 

Reclassification of certain tax effects (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,917

 

Dividends ($1.17 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(58,264

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(58,264

)

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

(2,807

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(73,700

)

 

 

(76,507

)

Issuances of equity awards, net of forfeitures

 

 

 

 

 

(2,004

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,499

 

 

 

495

 

Recognition of equity based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

10,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,579

 

Sale of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

538

 

 

 

1,062

 

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

2,214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,042

 

 

 

11,256

 

Balance December 31, 2018

 

$

55,057

 

 

$

1,054,601

 

 

$

1,488,421

 

 

$

(95,782

)

 

$

(273,827

)

 

$

2,228,470

 

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

243,600

 

 

 

178,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

422,562

 

Dividends ($1.21 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(59,583

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(59,583

)

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,496

)

 

 

(4,496

)

Forfeitures of equity awards, net of issuances

 

 

 

 

 

3,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,204

)

 

 

616

 

Recognition of equity based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

14,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,234

 

Sale of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

487

 

 

 

831

 

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

3,806

 

Balance December 31, 2019

 

$

55,057

 

 

$

1,073,764

 

 

$

1,672,438

 

 

$

83,180

 

 

$

(277,999

)

 

$

2,606,440

 

Cumulative effect adjustment (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,039

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,039

)

Adjusted balance – January 1, 2020

 

 

55,057

 

 

 

1,073,764

 

 

 

1,665,399

 

 

 

83,180

 

 

 

(277,999

)

 

 

2,599,401

 

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

286,502

 

 

 

235,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

521,662

 

Dividends ($1.25 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(60,655

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(60,655

)

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

616

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(64,382

)

 

 

(63,766

)

Forfeitures of equity awards, net of issuances

 

 

 

 

 

624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

608

 

Recognition of equity based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

14,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,512

 

Sale of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

414

 

 

 

615

 

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

733

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,838

 

 

 

4,571

 

Balance December 31, 2020

 

$

55,057

 

 

$

1,090,450

 

 

$

1,891,246

 

 

$

318,340

 

 

$

(338,145

)

 

$

3,016,948

 

 

(1)

Related to the adoption of ASU Nos. 2016-01 and 2017-12.  See Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements,” for further detail.

 

(2)

Related to the adoption of ASU No. 2018-02.  See Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements,” for further detail.

 

(3)

Related to the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13.  See Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements,” for further detail.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

286,502

 

 

$

243,600

 

 

$

195,513

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses(1)

 

 

130,500

 

 

 

32,850

 

 

 

70,750

 

Net amortization (accretion) of premiums and discounts from acquisition

 

 

251

 

 

 

215

 

 

 

(398

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

62,803

 

 

 

56,258

 

 

 

53,116

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax benefit

 

 

(4,836

)

 

 

(153

)

 

 

(20,261

)

Net decrease (increase) in trading securities and other earning assets

 

 

10,598

 

 

 

15,393

 

 

 

(6,956

)

Gains on investment securities, net

 

 

(120,634

)

 

 

(2,245

)

 

 

(3,521

)

Gains on sales of assets

 

 

(797

)

 

 

(374

)

 

 

(2,721

)

Amortization of securities premiums, net of discount accretion

 

 

44,302

 

 

 

33,441

 

 

 

42,423

 

Originations of loans held for sale

 

 

(128,123

)

 

 

(216,334

)

 

 

(59,687

)

Gains on sales of loans held for sale, net

 

 

(3,964

)

 

 

(1,370

)

 

 

(1,183

)

Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale

 

 

133,182

 

 

 

213,093

 

 

 

59,138

 

Equity based compensation

 

 

15,120

 

 

 

14,850

 

 

 

11,074

 

Net tax benefit related to equity compensation plans

 

 

345

 

 

 

766

 

 

 

2,364

 

Changes in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued income

 

 

(15,384

)

 

 

(14,340

)

 

 

(11,305

)

Accrued expenses and taxes

 

 

91,693

 

 

 

76,846

 

 

 

(13,747

)

Other assets and liabilities, net

 

 

(128,091

)

 

 

(112,563

)

 

 

(18,903

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

373,598

 

 

 

339,933

 

 

 

295,696

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities held to maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturities, calls and principal repayments

 

 

193,629

 

 

 

208,009

 

 

 

114,427

 

Purchases

 

 

(92,141

)

 

 

(156,143

)

 

 

(24,059

)

Securities available for sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

315,890

 

 

 

411,981

 

 

 

95,525

 

Maturities, calls and principal repayments

 

 

2,455,185

 

 

 

1,251,051

 

 

 

1,016,139

 

Purchases

 

 

(4,373,394

)

 

 

(2,346,927

)

 

 

(1,486,486

)

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturities, calls and principal repayments

 

 

50,047

 

 

 

3,487

 

 

 

53

 

Purchases

 

 

(75,177

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity securities without readily determinable fair values:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturities, calls and principal repayments

 

 

16,735

 

 

 

1,979

 

 

 

2,561

 

Purchases

 

 

(9,145

)

 

 

(24,075

)

 

 

(5,190

)

Payment on low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) investment commitments

 

 

(42,995

)

 

 

(4,826

)

 

 

(1,653

)

Net increase in loans

 

 

(2,693,761

)

 

 

(1,284,818

)

 

 

(970,399

)

Net increase in fed funds sold and resell agreements

 

 

(71,990

)

 

 

(951,344

)

 

 

(435,400

)

Net cash activity from acquisitions and divestiture

 

 

24

 

 

 

(18,498

)

 

 

(8,907

)

Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing balances due from other financial institutions

 

 

(13,835

)

 

 

(10,447

)

 

 

9,389

 

Purchases of bank premises and equipment

 

 

(60,216

)

 

 

(72,313

)

 

 

(57,940

)

Proceeds from sales of bank premises and equipment

 

 

8,568

 

 

 

5,536

 

 

 

5,379

 

Purchases of bank-owned and company-owned life insurance

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from bank-owned and company-owned life insurance death benefit

 

 

1,489

 

 

 

2,187

 

 

 

16

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(4,491,087

)

 

 

(2,985,161

)

 

 

(1,746,545

)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66


 

Net increase in demand and savings deposits

 

 

5,798,276

 

 

 

2,242,368

 

 

 

1,402,119

 

Net (decrease) increase in time deposits

 

 

(350,269

)

 

 

79,616

 

 

 

(129,159

)

Net increase in fed funds purchased and repurchase agreements

 

 

418,989

 

 

 

377,588

 

 

 

258,216

 

Proceeds from short-term debt

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of short-term debt

 

 

(15,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from long-term debt

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

 

(2,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends paid

 

 

(60,281

)

 

 

(59,436

)

 

 

(58,279

)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and sales of treasury shares

 

 

5,186

 

 

 

4,637

 

 

 

12,318

 

Purchases of treasury stock

 

 

(63,766

)

 

 

(4,496

)

 

 

(76,507

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

5,945,885

 

 

 

2,640,277

 

 

 

1,408,708

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

1,828,396

 

 

 

(4,951

)

 

 

(42,141

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

 

1,669,170

 

 

 

1,674,121

 

 

 

1,716,262

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 

$

3,497,566

 

 

$

1,669,170

 

 

$

1,674,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax payments

 

$

34,068

 

 

$

2,245

 

 

$

63,127

 

Total interest payments

 

 

84,105

 

 

 

189,582

 

 

 

115,163

 

Noncash disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of low-income housing tax credit investments

 

$

59,072

 

 

$

18,602

 

 

$

4,000

 

Commitment to fund low-income housing tax credit investments

 

 

59,072

 

 

 

18,602

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

(1)

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, this line represents the Provision for loan losses. See further discussion of this change in Note 2, “New Accounting Pronouncements.”

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

UMB Financial Corporation is a bank holding company, which offers a wide range of banking and other financial services to its customers through its branches and offices in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Nebraska, Iowa, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Indiana, Utah, Minnesota, California, and Wisconsin. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements.  These estimates and assumptions also impact reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Following is a summary of the more significant accounting policies to assist the reader in understanding the financial presentation.

Consolidation

The Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries are included in the Consolidated Financial Statements (references hereinafter to the “Company” in these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements include wholly owned subsidiaries).  Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Revenue Recognition

Interest on loans and securities is recognized based on rate times the principal amount outstanding.  This includes the impact of amortization of premiums and discounts.  Interest accrual is discontinued when, in the opinion of management, the likelihood of collection becomes doubtful.  Other noninterest income is recognized when performance obligations are satisfied.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include Cash and due from banks and amounts due from the FRB.  Cash on hand, cash items in the process of collection, and amounts due from correspondent banks are included in Cash and due from banks.  Amounts due from the FRB are interest-bearing for all periods presented and are included in the Interest-bearing due from banks line on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

This table provides a summary of cash and cash equivalents as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Due from the FRB

 

$

3,066,928

 

 

$

1,196,212

 

Cash and due from banks

 

 

430,638

 

 

 

472,958

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 

$

3,497,566

 

 

$

1,669,170

 

 

Also included in the Interest-bearing due from banks line, but not considered cash and cash equivalents are interest-bearing accounts held at other financial institutions, which totaled $43.1 million and $29.3 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Loans and Loans Held for Sale

As further discussed below, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” on January 1, 2020.  The revised accounting policies are described below.

Loans are classified by the portfolio segments of commercial and industrial, specialty lending, commercial real estate, consumer real estate, consumer, credit cards, and leases and other.  

A loan is considered to be collateral dependent when management believes it is probable that it will be unable to collect all principal and interest due according to the contractual terms of the loan.  If a loan is collateral dependent, the Company records a valuation allowance equal to the carrying amount of the loan in excess of the

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present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective rate, based on the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral.  

A loan is accounted for as a troubled debt restructuring when a concession had been granted to a debtor experiencing financial difficulties.  The Company’s modifications generally include interest rate adjustments, and amortization and maturity date extensions.  These modifications allow the debtor short-term cash relief to allow them to improve their financial condition.  Restructured loans are considered to be collateral dependent and are individually evaluated for credit loss as part of the allowance for credit loss analysis.

Loans, including those that are considered to be collateral dependent or a troubled debt restructuring, are evaluated regularly by management.  Loans are considered delinquent when payment has not been received within 30 days of its contractual due date.  Loans are placed on nonaccrual status when the collection of interest or principal is 90 days or more past due, unless the loan is adequately secured and in the process of collection.  When a loan is placed on nonaccrual status, any interest previously accrued but not collected is reversed against current income. Loans may be returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.  Interest payments received on nonaccrual loans are applied to principal unless the remaining principal balance has been determined to be fully collectible.  

The adequacy of the ACL on loans is based on management’s judgment and continuous evaluation of the pertinent factors underlying the credit quality inherent in the loan portfolio. Consideration of quantitative and qualitative factors relevant to each specific segmentation of loans includes lifetime historical loss experience, the impact of the current economic environment, reasonable and supportable forecasts, and detailed analysis of loans determined to be collateral dependent.  The actual losses incurred over the lifetime of the portfolio, notwithstanding such considerations, however, could differ from the amounts estimated by management.

The Company maintains an allowance for off-balance sheet credit exposures, to address the credit risk to which the Company is exposed via a contractual obligation to extend credit, unless that obligation is unconditionally cancelable by the Company. The allowance for off-balance sheet credit exposure is included in the Accrued expenses and taxes line item in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  In order to maintain the allowance for off-balance sheet items at an appropriate level, a provision to increase or reduce the allowance is included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.  The allowance for off-balance sheet credit exposure is calculated by applying portfolio segment expected credit loss rates to the expected amount to be funded.

Loans held for sale are carried at the lower of aggregate cost or market value. Loan fees (net of certain direct loan origination costs) on loans held for sale are deferred until the related loans are sold or repaid. Gains or losses on loan sales are recognized at the time of sale and determined using the specific identification method.

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, loans were classified by the portfolio segments of commercial, real estate, consumer, and leases.  The portfolio segments were further disaggregated into loan classes of commercial, asset-based, factoring, commercial credit card, real estate – construction, real estate – commercial, real estate – residential, real estate – HELOC, consumer – credit card, consumer – other, and leases.  A loan was considered to be impaired when management believed it was probable that it would be unable to collect all principal and interest due according to the contractual terms of the loan.  Additionally, the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses was based on management’s evaluation of the inherent losses that had been incurred within the existing portfolio of loans.  Further, a reserve to address the risk of loss associated with loan contingencies was separately maintained.  This reserve was assessed by dividing the contingencies into pools of similar loan commitments and applying to factors to each pool.  The gross amount of contingent exposure was first multiplied by a potential factor to estimate the degree to which the unused commitments might reasonably be expected to be used in a time of high usage.  The resultant figure was then multiplied by a factor to estimate the risk of loss assuming funding of these loans.  The potential loss estimates for each segment of the portfolio were added to arrive at a total potential loss estimate that was used to set the reserve.

Securities

Debt securities available for sale principally include U.S. Treasury and agency securities, GSE mortgage-backed securities, certain securities of state and political subdivisions, and corporates.  Debt securities classified as available for sale are measured at fair value.  Unrealized holding gains and losses are excluded from earnings and reported in Accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) until realized.  

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Securities held to maturity are carried at amortized historical cost, net of the allowance for credit losses, based on management’s intention, and the Company’s ability to hold them to maturity.  The Company classifies certain securities of state and political subdivisions as held to maturity.  

Trading securities, acquired for subsequent sale to customers, are carried at fair value.  Market adjustments, fees and gains or losses on the sale of trading securities are considered to be a normal part of operations and are included in trading and investment banking income.  

Equity-method investments

The Company accounts for certain other investments using equity-method accounting.  For equity securities without readily determinable fair values, the Company’s proportionate share of the income or loss is recognized on a one-quarter lag.  When transparency in pricing exists, other investments are considered equity securities with readily determinable fair values.  

Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Goodwill is tested for impairment annually and more frequently whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value.  To test goodwill for impairment, the Company performs a qualitative assessment of each reporting unit.  If the Company determines, on the basis of qualitative factors, that the fair value of the reporting unit is more likely than not greater than the carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is not required.  Otherwise, the Company compares the fair value of its reporting units to their carrying amounts to determine if an impairment exists and the amount of impairment loss.  An impairment loss is measured as the excess of the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill over its fair value.  

No goodwill impairments were recognized in 2020, 2019, or 2018.  Other intangible assets, which relate to core deposits, non-compete agreements, and customer relationships, are amortized over their useful life. Intangible assets are evaluated for impairment when events or circumstances dictate.   No intangible asset impairments were recognized in 2020, 2019, or 2018.  The Company does not have any indefinite lived intangible assets.

Premises and Equipment

Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation, which is computed primarily on the straight line method.  Premises are depreciated over 15 to 40 year lives, while equipment is depreciated over lives of 3 to 20 years.  Gains and losses from the sale of Premises and equipment are included in Other noninterest income and Other noninterest expense, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, including Premises and equipment, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable.  The impairment review includes a comparison of future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or group of assets to their current carrying value.  If the carrying value of the asset or group of assets exceeds expected cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges), an impairment loss is recognized to the extent the carrying value exceeds fair value.  No impairments were recognized in 2020, 2019, or 2018.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements.  Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the periods in which the differences are expected to reverse.  The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.  The provision for deferred income taxes represents the change in the deferred income tax accounts during the year excluding the tax effect of the change in net unrealized gain (loss) on securities available for sale.

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The Company records deferred tax assets to the extent these assets will more likely than not be realized. All available evidence is considered in making such determination, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent financial operations. A valuation allowance is recorded for the portion of deferred tax assets that are not more-likely-than-not to be realized, and any changes to the valuation allowance are recorded in income tax expense.

The Company records the financial statement effects of an income tax position when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that it will be sustained upon examination. A tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is measured and recorded as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority. Previously recognized tax positions are derecognized in the first period in which it is no longer more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained. The benefit associated with previously unrecognized tax positions are generally recognized in the first period in which the more-likely-than-not threshold is met at the reporting date, the tax matter is ultimately settled through negotiation or litigation, or when the related statute of limitations for the relevant taxing authority to examine and challenge the tax position has expired. The recognition, derecognition and measurement of tax positions are based on management’s best judgment given the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date.  

The Company recognizes accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other noninterest expense.  Accrued interest and penalties are included within the related liability lines in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company has recognized an immaterial amount in interest and penalties related to the unrecognized tax benefits.

Derivatives

The Company records all derivatives on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value.  The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting, and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Currently, three of the Company’s derivatives are designated in qualifying hedging relationships.  The remainder of the Company’s derivatives are not designated in qualifying hedging relationships, as the derivatives are not used to manage risks within the Company’s assets or liabilities. All changes in fair value of the Company’s non-designated derivatives and fair value hedges are recognized directly in earnings.  Changes in fair value of the Company’s cash flow hedges are recognized in AOCI and are reclassified to earnings when the hedged transaction affects earnings.  

Per Share Data

Basic income per share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period.  Diluted year-to-date income per share includes the dilutive effect of 205,959, 310,614, and 435,800 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, nonvested restricted shares, and nonvested restricted stock units, granted by the Company that were outstanding at December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

Certain options, restricted stock and restricted stock units issued under employee benefit plans were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive.  Outstanding options, restricted stock and restricted stock units of 198,671, 114,130, and 125,765 for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted income per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the fair value of the award on the date of the grant.  For stock options, restricted stock, and service-based restricted stock unit awards, the grant date fair value is estimated using either an option-pricing model which is consistent with the terms of the award or an observed market price, if such a price exists.  For performance-based restricted stock unit awards, the grant date fair value is based on the quoted price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date less the present value of expected dividends not received during the vesting period.  Such cost is generally recognized over the vesting period during which an employee is required to provide service in

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exchange for the award and, in some cases, when performance metrics are met. The Company accounts for forfeitures of stock-based compensation on an actual basis as they occur.  

2. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Revenue Recognition In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.”  The ASU replaced most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it became effective. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, which deferred the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 to annual reporting periods that begin after December 15, 2017.  In March, April, and May 2016, the FASB issued implementation amendments to the May 2014 ASU (collectively, the amended guidance). The amended guidance affects any entity that enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods and services, unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards. The amended guidance specifically excludes interest income, as well as other revenues associated with financial assets and liabilities, including loans, leases, securities, and derivatives. The amended guidance permits the use of either the full retrospective approach or a modified retrospective approach. The Company adopted the amended guidance using the modified retrospective approach on January 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance had no impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, except for additional financial statement disclosures.  See Note 13, “Revenue Recognition” for related disclosures.

Financial Instruments In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, “Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.”  The amendment is intended to address certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of financial instruments. The amendments in this update were adopted on January 1, 2018.  Upon adoption, the Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets of $132 thousand as an increase to the opening balance of total shareholders’ equity.

Leases In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases” – ASC Topic 842. In January, July, and December 2018 and March 2019, the FASB issued implementation amendments to the February 2016 ASU (collectively, the amended guidance).  The amended guidance changed the accounting treatment of leases, in that lessees recognize most leases on-balance sheet.  This increased reported assets and liabilities, as lessees are required to recognize a right-of-use asset along with a lease liability, measured on a discounted basis. The amended guidance allows an entity to choose either the effective date, or the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, as its date of initial application.  The Company adopted the amended guidance on January 1, 2019, using the effective date as the date of initial application.  Adoption of the amended guidance resulted in the recording of a right-of-use asset of $58.2 million and a lease liability of $63.0 million to its Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 1, 2019.  The most significant effects of the adoption of the amended guidance are additional financial statement disclosures.  See Note 8, “Premises, Equipment, and Leases” for related disclosures.

Extinguishments of Liabilities In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-04, “Recognition of Breakage for Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products.” The amendment is intended to reduce the diversity in practice related to the recognition of breakage.  Breakage refers to the portion of a prepaid stored-value product, such as a gift card, that goes unused wholly or partially for an indefinite period of time.  This amendment requires that breakage be accounted for consistent with the breakage guidance within ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The amendments in this update were adopted January 1, 2018 in conjunction with the adoption of ASU No. 2014-09, and the adoption had no impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Statement of Cash Flows In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “Classification of Certain Receipts and Cash Payments.”  This amendment adds to and clarifies existing guidance regarding the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows with the intent of reducing diversity in practice with respect to eight types of cash flows.  The amendments in this update require full retrospective adoption.  The amendments in this update were adopted on January 1, 2018 and did not have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

Derivatives and Hedging In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, “Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.” The purpose of this updated guidance is to better align financial reporting for hedging activities with the economic objectives of those activities. The amendments in this update were adopted on January 1, 2018.  Upon adoption, the Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets of $13 thousand as an increase to the opening balance of total shareholders’ equity.

Comprehensive Income In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.”  Under existing U.S. GAAP, the effects of changes in tax

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rates and laws on deferred tax balances are recorded as a component of income tax expense in the period in which the law was enacted.  When deferred tax balances related to items originally recorded in AOCI are adjusted, certain tax effects become stranded in AOCI.  This amendment allows a reclassification from AOCI to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act), and requires certain disclosures about stranded tax effects.  The amendments in this update were adopted using a security-by-security approach on January 1, 2018.  Upon adoption, the Company reclassified stranded tax effects totaling $12.9 million from AOCI to retained earnings. 

Credit Losses In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.”  In April and November 2019, the FASB issued implementation amendments to the June 2016 ASU (collectively, the amended guidance).  The amended guidance replaced the current incurred loss methodology for recognizing credit losses with a current expected credit loss model, which requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts.  The amended guidance broadened the information that an entity must consider in developing its expected credit loss estimates.  Additionally, the updates amended the accounting for credit losses for available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with a more-than-insignificant amount of credit deterioration since origination.  The amended guidance required enhanced disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand significant estimates and judgments used in estimating credit losses, as well as the credit quality and underwriting standards of a company’s loan portfolio.  The Company adopted the amended guidance on January 1, 2020 using a modified retrospective approach for adoption.  Results for the reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2019 are presented under ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, while prior period amounts continue to be presented in accordance with previously applicable GAAP.  Upon adoption, the Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets of $9.0 million as an increase to the allowance for credit losses and $7.0 million as a reduction to retained earnings, net of deferred tax balances.  See Note 3, “Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses” for related disclosures.

3. LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

The Company adopted the CECL methodology for measuring credit losses as of January 1, 2020 using a modified retrospective approach for adoption.  All disclosures as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 are presented in accordance with ASC 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, while prior period amounts continue to be presented in accordance with previously applicable GAAP.

Loan Origination/Risk Management

The Company has certain lending policies and procedures in place that are designed to minimize the level of risk within the loan portfolio.  Diversification of the loan portfolio manages the risk associated with fluctuations in economic conditions.  Authority levels are established for the extension of credit to ensure consistency throughout the Company.  It is necessary that policies, processes and practices implemented to control the risks of individual credit transactions and portfolio segments are sound and adhered to.  The Company maintains an independent loan review department that reviews and validates the risk assessment on a continual basis.  Management regularly evaluates the results of the loan reviews.  The loan review process complements and reinforces the risk identification and assessment decisions made by lenders and credit personnel, as well as the Company’s policies and procedures.

Commercial and industrial loans are underwritten after evaluating and understanding the borrower’s ability to operate profitably and prudently expand its business.  Commercial loans are made based on the identified cash flows of the borrower and on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower.  The cash flows of the borrower, however, may not be as expected and the collateral securing these loans may fluctuate in value.  Most commercial loans are secured by the assets being financed or other business assets such as accounts receivable or inventory and may incorporate a personal guarantee.  In the case of loans secured by accounts receivable, the availability of funds for the repayment of these loans may be substantially dependent on the ability of the borrower to collect amounts from its customers.  

Specialty lending loans include Asset-based and Factoring loans. Asset-based loans are offered primarily in the form of revolving lines of credit to commercial borrowers that do not generally qualify for traditional bank financing.  Asset-based loans are underwritten based primarily upon the value of the collateral pledged to secure the loan, rather than on the borrower’s general financial condition.  The Company utilizes pre-loan due diligence techniques, monitoring disciplines, and loan management practices common within the asset-based lending industry

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to underwrite loans to these borrowers.  Factoring loans provide working capital through the purchase and/or financing of accounts receivable to borrowers in the transportation industry and to commercial borrowers that do not generally qualify for traditional bank financing.  

Commercial real estate loans are subject to underwriting standards and processes similar to commercial loans, in addition to those of real estate loans.  These loans are viewed primarily as cash flow loans and secondarily as loans secured by real estate.  Commercial real estate lending typically involves higher loan principal amounts, and the repayment of these loans is largely dependent on the successful operation of the property securing the loan or the business conducted on the property securing the loan.  The Company requires that an appraisal of the collateral be made at origination and on an as-needed basis, in conformity with current market conditions and regulatory requirements.  The underwriting standards address both owner and non-owner occupied real estate.  Also included in Commercial real estate are Construction loans that are underwritten using feasibility studies, independent appraisal reviews, sensitivity analysis or absorption and lease rates, and financial analysis of the developers and property owners.  Construction loans are based upon estimates of costs and value associated with the complete project.  Construction loans often involve the disbursement of substantial funds with repayment substantially dependent on the success of the ultimate project.  Sources of repayment for these types of loans may be pre-committed permanent loans, sales of developed property or an interim loan commitment from the Company until permanent financing is obtained.  These loans are closely monitored by on-site inspections and are considered to have higher risks than other real estate loans due to their repayment being sensitive to interest rate changes, governmental regulation of real property, economic conditions, and the availability of long-term financing.

Consumer real estate loans, including residential real estate and home equity loans, are underwritten based on the borrower’s loan-to-value percentage, collection remedies, and overall credit history.  

Consumer loans are underwritten based on the borrower’s repayment ability.  The Company monitors delinquencies on all of its consumer loans and leases.  The underwriting and review practices combined with the relatively small loan amounts that are spread across many individual borrowers, minimizes risk.  Consumer loans and leases that are 90 days past due or more are considered non-performing.

Credit cards include both commercial and consumer credit cards.  Commercial credit cards are generally unsecured and are underwritten with criteria similar to commercial loans, including an analysis of the borrower’s cash flow, available business capital, and overall creditworthiness of the borrower.  Consumer credit cards are underwritten based on the borrower’s repayment ability.  The Company monitors delinquencies on all of its consumer credit cards and periodically reviews the distribution of FICO scores relative to historical periods to monitor credit risk on its consumer credit card loans.  

Credit risk is a potential loss resulting from nonpayment of either the primary or secondary exposure.  Credit risk is mitigated with formal risk management practices and a thorough initial credit-granting process including consistent underwriting standards and approval process.  Control factors or techniques to minimize credit risk include knowing the client, understanding total exposure, analyzing the client and debtor’s financial capacity, and monitoring the client’s activities.  Credit risk and portions of the portfolio risk are managed through concentration considerations, average risk ratings, and other aggregate characteristics.      

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Loan Aging Analysis

This table provides a summary of loan classes and an aging of past due loans at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

30-89

Days Past

Due and

Accruing

 

 

Greater

than 90

Days Past

Due and

Accruing

 

 

Nonaccrual

Loans

 

 

Total

Past Due

 

 

Current

 

 

Total

Loans

 

Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

$

4,652

 

 

$

319

 

 

$

33,769

 

 

$

38,740

 

 

$

7,023,334

 

 

$

7,062,074

 

Specialty lending

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,437

 

 

 

19,437

 

 

 

491,863

 

 

 

511,300

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

2,351

 

 

 

225

 

 

 

28,386

 

 

 

30,962

 

 

 

5,877,972

 

 

 

5,908,934

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

524

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,345

 

 

 

5,869

 

 

 

1,939,625

 

 

 

1,945,494

 

Consumer

 

 

281

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

88

 

 

 

489

 

 

 

117,497

 

 

 

117,986

 

Credit cards

 

 

2,061

 

 

 

1,288

 

 

 

798

 

 

 

4,147

 

 

 

362,821

 

 

 

366,968

 

Leases and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

190,895

 

 

 

190,895

 

Total loans

 

$

9,869

 

 

$

1,952

 

 

$

87,823

 

 

$

99,644

 

 

$

16,004,007

 

 

$

16,103,651

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

30-89

Days Past

Due and

Accruing

 

 

Greater

than 90

Days Past

Due and

Accruing

 

 

Nonaccrual

Loans

 

 

Total

Past Due

 

 

Current

 

 

Total

Loans

 

Commercial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

$

10,491

 

 

$

250

 

 

$

25,592

 

 

$

36,333

 

 

$

5,805,669

 

 

$

5,842,002

 

Asset-based

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

292,231

 

 

 

292,231

 

Factoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

170,560

 

 

 

170,560

 

Commercial – credit card

 

 

760

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

836

 

 

 

181,402

 

 

 

182,238

 

Real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate – construction

 

 

3,933

 

 

 

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

4,028

 

 

 

838,318

 

 

 

842,346

 

Real estate – commercial

 

 

3,365

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

24,030

 

 

 

27,431

 

 

 

4,301,293

 

 

 

4,328,724

 

Real estate – residential

 

 

485

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,748

 

 

 

3,233

 

 

 

930,043

 

 

 

933,276

 

Real estate – HELOC

 

 

544

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,798

 

 

 

3,342

 

 

 

474,809

 

 

 

478,151

 

Consumer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer – credit card

 

 

1,835

 

 

 

1,681

 

 

 

803

 

 

 

4,319

 

 

 

222,423

 

 

 

226,742

 

Consumer – other

 

 

81

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

257

 

 

 

388

 

 

 

133,086

 

 

 

133,474

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,978

 

 

 

1,978

 

Total loans

 

$

21,494

 

 

$

2,069

 

 

$

56,347

 

 

$

79,910

 

 

$

13,351,812

 

 

$

13,431,722

 

 

The Company sold consumer real estate loans with proceeds of $133.2 million, $213.1 million, and $59.1 million in the secondary market without recourse during the periods ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

The Company has ceased the recognition of interest on loans with a carrying value of $87.8 million and $56.3 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  Restructured loans totaled $10.8 million and $19.8 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  Loans 90 days past due and still accruing interest amounted to $2.0 million and $2.1 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. All interest accrued but not received for loans placed on nonaccrual is reversed against interest income.  There was an insignificant amount of interest reversed related to loans on nonaccrual during 2020.  Nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for credit losses totaled $42.1 million at December 31, 2020.

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The following table provides the amortized cost of nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for credit losses by loan class at December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Nonaccrual

Loans

 

 

Amortized Cost of Nonaccrual Loans with no related Allowance

 

Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

$

33,769

 

 

$

9,916

 

Specialty lending

 

 

19,437

 

 

 

242

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

28,386

 

 

 

25,733

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

5,345

 

 

 

5,345

 

Consumer

 

 

88

 

 

 

88

 

Credit cards

 

 

798

 

 

 

798

 

Leases and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loans

 

$

87,823

 

 

$

42,122

 

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Amortized Cost

The following disclosure is presented in accordance with ASC 326.

The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance of each of the Company’s loan classes disaggregated by collateral type and origination year as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan Segment

and Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year - Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Prior

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Commercial and industrial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment/Accounts Receivable/Inventory

 

$

3,185,589

 

 

$

684,488

 

 

$

471,950

 

 

$

185,167

 

 

$

178,576

 

 

$

69,599

 

 

$

2,108,799

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,884,168

 

Agriculture

 

 

8,886

 

 

 

6,495

 

 

 

1,976

 

 

 

3,651

 

 

 

2,164

 

 

 

416

 

 

 

137,955

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

161,581

 

Overdrafts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,325

 

Total Commercial and industrial

 

 

3,194,475

 

 

 

690,983

 

 

 

473,926

 

 

 

188,818

 

 

 

180,740

 

 

 

70,015

 

 

 

2,263,079

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

7,062,074

 

Specialty lending:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-based lending

 

 

64,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

291,091

 

 

 

 

 

 

355,349

 

Factoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,951

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,951

 

Total Specialty lending

 

 

64,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

447,042

 

 

 

 

 

 

511,300

 

Commercial real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owner-occupied

 

 

579,212

 

 

 

334,098

 

 

 

233,192

 

 

 

170,913

 

 

 

120,603

 

 

 

176,377

 

 

 

18,880

 

 

 

51,910

 

 

 

1,685,185

 

Non-owner-occupied

 

 

846,030

 

 

 

630,457

 

 

 

230,549

 

 

 

169,193

 

 

 

333,215

 

 

 

115,753

 

 

 

49,384

 

 

 

97,954

 

 

 

2,472,535

 

Farmland

 

 

297,788

 

 

 

37,288

 

 

 

31,454

 

 

 

37,485

 

 

 

28,925

 

 

 

29,480

 

 

 

40,043

 

 

 

 

 

 

502,463

 

5+ Multi-family

 

 

190,922

 

 

 

80,293

 

 

 

2,835

 

 

 

32,498

 

 

 

39,802

 

 

 

6,298

 

 

 

2,418

 

 

 

94,789

 

 

 

449,855

 

1-4 Family construction

 

 

144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,275

 

General construction

 

 

20,452

 

 

 

3,082

 

 

 

1,215

 

 

 

514

 

 

 

358

 

 

 

2,738

 

 

 

733,952

 

 

 

6,310

 

 

 

768,621

 

Total Commercial real estate

 

 

1,934,548

 

 

 

1,085,218

 

 

 

499,245

 

 

 

410,603

 

 

 

522,903

 

 

 

330,646

 

 

 

874,808

 

 

 

250,963

 

 

 

5,908,934

 

Consumer real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELOC

 

 

82,410

 

 

 

11,236

 

 

 

4,263

 

 

 

241

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

2,561

 

 

 

294,390

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

395,169

 

First lien: 1-4 family

 

 

896,676

 

 

 

304,017

 

 

 

83,429

 

 

 

87,927

 

 

 

78,458

 

 

 

75,408

 

 

 

2,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,528,494

 

Junior lien: 1-4 family

 

 

9,142

 

 

 

6,383

 

 

 

2,360

 

 

 

1,247

 

 

 

948

 

 

 

1,470

 

 

 

281

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,831

 

Total Consumer real estate

 

 

988,228

 

 

 

321,636

 

 

 

90,052

 

 

 

89,415

 

 

 

79,469

 

 

 

79,439

 

 

 

297,250

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

1,945,494

 

Consumer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,215

 

Auto

 

 

12,470

 

 

 

9,846

 

 

 

2,960

 

 

 

1,645

 

 

 

680

 

 

 

348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,949

 

Other

 

 

5,017

 

 

 

3,200

 

 

 

2,131

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

1,005

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

13,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,822

 

Total Consumer

 

 

17,487

 

 

 

13,046

 

 

 

5,091

 

 

 

1,861

 

 

 

1,685

 

 

 

520

 

 

 

78,296

 

 

 

 

 

 

117,986

 

Credit cards:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,681

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,681

 

Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

178,287

 

 

 

 

 

 

178,287

 

Total Credit cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,968

 

Leases and other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

915

 

 

 

 

 

 

787

 

 

 

 

 

 

711

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,413

 

Other

 

 

33,626

 

 

 

10,758

 

 

 

7,659

 

 

 

2,611

 

 

 

1,323

 

 

 

646

 

 

 

131,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,482

 

Total Leases and other

 

 

33,626

 

 

 

11,673

 

 

 

7,659

 

 

 

3,398

 

 

 

1,323

 

 

 

1,357

 

 

 

131,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

190,895

 

Total loans

 

$

6,232,622

 

 

$

2,122,556

 

 

$

1,075,973

 

 

$

694,095

 

 

$

786,120

 

 

$

481,977

 

 

$

4,459,302

 

 

$

251,006

 

 

$

16,103,651

 

 

Accrued interest on loans totaled $58.8 million as of December 31, 2020 and is included in the Accrued income line on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The total amount of accrued interest is excluded from the amortized cost basis of loans presented above.  Further, the Company has elected not to measure an allowance for credit losses for accrued interest receivable.

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Credit Quality Indicators

As part of the on-going monitoring of the credit quality of the Company’s loan portfolio, management tracks certain credit quality indicators including trends related to the risk grading of specified classes of loans, net charge-offs, non-performing loans, and general economic conditions.

The Company utilizes a risk grading matrix to assign a rating to each of its commercial, commercial real estate, and construction real estate loans. Changes in credit risk are monitored on a continuous basis and changes in risk ratings are made when identified.  The loan ratings are summarized into the following categories:  Non-watch list, Watch, Special Mention, Substandard, and Doubtful.  Any loan not classified in one of the categories described below is considered to be a Non-watch list loan.  A description of the general characteristics of the loan rating categories is as follows:

 

Watch – This rating represents credit exposure that presents higher than average risk and warrants greater than routine attention by Company personnel due to conditions affecting the borrower, the borrower’s industry or the economic environment.  These conditions have resulted in some degree of uncertainty that results in higher than average credit risk.  These loans are considered pass-rated credits.

 

Special Mention – This rating reflects a potential weakness that deserves management’s close attention.  If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the asset or the borrower’s credit position at some future date.  The rating is not adversely classified and does not expose an institution to sufficient risk to warrant adverse classification.

 

Substandard – This rating represents an asset inadequately protected by the current sound worth and paying capacity of the borrower or of the collateral pledged, if any.  Assets so classified must have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt.  Loans in this category are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.  Loss potential, while existing in the aggregate amount of substandard assets, does not have to exist in individual assets classified as substandard.

 

Doubtful – This rating represents an asset that has all the weaknesses inherent in an asset classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, based on currently existing facts, conditions and values, highly questionable and improbable.  The possibility of loss is extremely high, but because of certain important and reasonably specific pending factors, which may work to the advantage of strengthening the asset, its classification as an estimated loss is deferred until its more exact status may be determined.  Pending factors include proposed merger, acquisition, liquidation procedures, capital injection, or perfecting liens.

Commercial and industrial

A discussion of the credit quality indicators that impact each type of collateral securing Commercial and industrial loans is included below:

Equipment, accounts receivable, and inventory General commercial and industrial loans are secured by working capital assets and non-real estate assets.  The general purpose of these loans is for financing capital expenditures and current operations for commercial and industrial entities.  These assets are short-term in nature.  In the case of accounts receivable and inventories, the repayment of debt is reliant upon converting assets into cash or through goods and services being sold and collected.  Collateral based-risk is due to aged short-term assets, which can be indicative of underlying issues with the borrower and lead to the value of the collateral being overstated.

Agriculture Agricultural loans are secured by non-real estate agricultural assets.  These include shorter-term assets such as equipment, crops, and livestock.  The risks associated with loans to finance crops or livestock include the borrower’s ability to successfully raise and market the commodity.  Adverse weather conditions and other natural perils can dramatically affect farmers’ or ranchers’ production and ability to service debt.  Volatile commodity prices present another significant risk for agriculture borrowers.  Market price volatility and production cost volatility can affect both revenues and expenses.

Overdrafts Commercial overdrafts are typically short-term and unsecured.  Some commercial borrowers tie their overdraft obligation to their line of credit, so any draw on the line of credit will satisfy the overdraft.

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Based on the factors noted above for each type of collateral, the Company assigns risk ratings to borrowers based on their most recently assessed financial position.  

The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance by collateral type and risk rating as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk by Collateral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year - Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Prior

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Equipment/Accounts Receivable/Inventory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

2,975,305

 

 

$

664,016

 

 

$

439,460

 

 

$

171,409

 

 

$

165,321

 

 

$

67,442

 

 

$

1,948,261

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,431,214

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

89,746

 

 

 

10,400

 

 

 

9,309

 

 

 

5,126

 

 

 

11,044

 

 

 

1,592

 

 

 

70,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

197,985

 

Special Mention

 

 

53,334

 

 

 

9,788

 

 

 

15,524

 

 

 

1,898

 

 

 

2,158

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,187

 

Substandard

 

 

67,118

 

 

 

231

 

 

 

7,657

 

 

 

1,369

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

565

 

 

 

81,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

158,239

 

Doubtful

 

 

86

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,365

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,543

 

Total Equipment/Accounts Receivable/Inventory

 

$

3,185,589

 

 

$

684,488

 

 

$

471,950

 

 

$

185,167

 

 

$

178,576

 

 

$

69,599

 

 

$

2,108,799

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,884,168

 

Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

7,880

 

 

$

3,924

 

 

$

1,389

 

 

$

1,379

 

 

$

1,759

 

 

$

404

 

 

$

92,917

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

109,690

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

179

 

 

 

2,571

 

 

 

188

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

345

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,341

 

Special Mention

 

 

303

 

 

 

 

 

 

399

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

6,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,410

 

Substandard

 

 

524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,148

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,140

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Agriculture

 

$

8,886

 

 

$

6,495

 

 

$

1,976

 

 

$

3,651

 

 

$

2,164

 

 

$

416

 

 

$

137,955

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

161,581

 

 

Specialty lending

A discussion of the credit quality indicators that impact each type of collateral securing Specialty loans is included below:

Asset-based lending General asset-based loans are secured by accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, and real estate.  The purpose of these loans is for financing current operations for commercial customers.  The repayment of debt is reliant upon collection of the accounts receivable within 30 to 90 days or converting assets into cash or through goods and services being sold and collected.  The Company tracks each individual borrower credit risk based on their loan to collateral position.  Any borrower position where the underlying value of collateral is below the fair value of the loan is considered out-of-margin and inherently higher risk.

Factoring General factoring loans are secured by accounts receivable.  The purpose of these loans is for financing current operations for trucking or other commercial customers.  The repayment of debt is reliant upon collection of the accounts receivable within 30 to 90 days.  The Company tracks each individual borrower’s credit risk based on their loan to collateral position.  

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To assess credit risk, the portfolio is separated into two tiers and a specifically impaired category.  Tier 1 are loans that have not experienced collateral coverage rates falling below an internally tracked threshold at any time during their relationship history.  The internal threshold is lower than each customers’ actual contractual collateral coverage ratio.  Tier 2 are loans that have experienced collateral coverage rates falling below the same internally tracked threshold during their relationship history.  Loans evaluated for impairment are loans that have either experienced collateral coverage rates falling below an internally tracked threshold during their relationship history, have balances that are greater than an internally tracked threshold, or are on non-accrual.  The combination of these categories has created an associated allowance to this portfolio of $0.6 million as of December 31, 2020.

The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance by risk rating for asset-based loans as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Risk

 

Asset-based lending

 

In-margin

 

$

331,360

 

Out-of-margin

 

 

23,989

 

Total

 

$

355,349

 

 

The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance by risk rating for factoring loans as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Risk

 

Factoring

 

Tier 1

 

$

10,774

 

Tier 2

 

 

135,861

 

Evaluated for impairment

 

 

9,316

 

Total

 

$

155,951

 

 

Commercial real estate

A discussion of the credit quality indicators that impact each type of collateral securing Commercial real estate loans is included below:

Owner-occupied Owner-occupied loans are secured by commercial real estate.  These loans are often longer tenured and susceptible to multiple economic cycles.  The loans rely on the owner-occupied operations to service debt which cover a broad spectrum of industries.  Real estate debt can carry a significant amount of leverage for a borrower to maintain.

Non-owner-occupied Non-owner-occupied loans are secured by commercial real estate.  These loans are often longer tenured and susceptible to multiple economic cycles.  The key element of risk in this type of lending is the cyclical nature of real estate markets.  Although national conditions affect the overall real estate industry, the effect of national conditions on local markets is equally important.  Factors such as unemployment rates, consumer demand, household formation, and the level of economic activity can vary widely from state to state and among metropolitan areas.  In addition to geographic considerations, markets can be defined by property type.  While all sectors are influenced by economic conditions, some sectors are more sensitive to certain economic factors than others.

Farmland Farmland loans are secured by real estate used for agricultural purposes such as crop and livestock production. Assets used as collateral are long-term assets that carry the ability to have longer amortizations and maturities.  Longer terms carry the risk of added susceptibility to market conditions. The limited purpose of some Agriculture-related collateral affects credit risk because such collateral may have limited or no other uses to support values when loan repayment problems emerge.

5+ Multi-family 5+ multi-family loans are secured by a multi-family residential property. The primary risks associated with this type of collateral are largely driven by economic conditions. The national and local market conditions can change with unemployment rates or competing supply of multi-family housing.   Tenants may not be able to afford their housing or have better options and this can result in increased vacancy.  Rents may need to be lowered to fill apartment units.  Increased vacancy and lower rental rates not only drive the borrower’s ability to repay debt but also contribute to how the collateral is valued.

1-4 Family construction 1-4 family construction loans are secured by 1-4 family residential real estate and are in the process of construction or improvements being made. The predominant risk inherent to this portfolio is the risk associated with a borrower’s ability to successfully complete a project on time and within budget. Market conditions also play an important role in understanding the risk profile.  Risk from adverse changes in market conditions from the start of development to completion can result in deflated collateral values

General construction General construction loans are secured by commercial real estate in process of construction or improvements being made and their repayment is dependent on the collateral’s completion.  Construction lending presents unique risks not encountered in term financing of existing real estate. The

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predominant risk inherent to this portfolio is the risk associated with a borrower’s ability to successfully complete a project on time and within budget.  Commercial properties under construction are susceptible to market and economic conditions.  Demand from prospective customers may erode after construction begins because of a general economic slowdown or an increase in the supply of competing properties.

Based on the factors noted above for each type of collateral, the Company assigns risk ratings to borrowers based on their most recently assessed financial position.  

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The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance by collateral type and risk rating as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk by Collateral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year - Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Prior

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Owner-occupied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

568,636

 

 

$

327,579

 

 

$

227,581

 

 

$

141,758

 

 

$

118,593

 

 

$

163,292

 

 

$

15,052

 

 

$

51,910

 

 

$

1,614,401

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

1,712

 

 

 

6,413

 

 

 

4,761

 

 

 

1,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,581

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,661

 

Special Mention

 

 

1,424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,012

 

Substandard

 

 

7,440

 

 

 

106

 

 

 

850

 

 

 

27,961

 

 

 

422

 

 

 

4,504

 

 

 

3,828

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,111

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Owner-occupied

 

$

579,212

 

 

$

334,098

 

 

$

233,192

 

 

$

170,913

 

 

$

120,603

 

 

$

176,377

 

 

$

18,880

 

 

$

51,910

 

 

$

1,685,185

 

Non-owner-occupied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

802,078

 

 

$

525,246

 

 

$

205,484

 

 

$

156,290

 

 

$

294,979

 

 

$

101,616

 

 

$

49,384

 

 

$

81,499

 

 

$

2,216,576

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

43,769

 

 

 

45,748

 

 

 

25,065

 

 

 

12,903

 

 

 

1,936

 

 

 

7,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,455

 

 

 

153,577

 

Special Mention

 

 

183

 

 

 

32,953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,300

 

 

 

5,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,536

 

Substandard

 

 

 

 

 

26,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,846

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-owner-occupied

 

$

846,030

 

 

$

630,457

 

 

$

230,549

 

 

$

169,193

 

 

$

333,215

 

 

$

115,753

 

 

$

49,384

 

 

$

97,954

 

 

$

2,472,535

 

Farmland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

237,124

 

 

$

27,815

 

 

$

15,907

 

 

$

26,071

 

 

$

13,376

 

 

$

8,924

 

 

$

19,074

 

 

$

 

 

$

348,291

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

20,992

 

 

 

9,221

 

 

 

13,404

 

 

 

5,133

 

 

 

6,301

 

 

 

19,835

 

 

 

17,699

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,585

 

Special Mention

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

630

 

 

 

1,854

 

 

 

4,901

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

861

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,286

 

Substandard

 

 

39,672

 

 

 

252

 

 

 

1,513

 

 

 

4,427

 

 

 

4,347

 

 

 

681

 

 

 

2,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,301

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Farmland

 

$

297,788

 

 

$

37,288

 

 

$

31,454

 

 

$

37,485

 

 

$

28,925

 

 

$

29,480

 

 

$

40,043

 

 

$

 

 

$

502,463

 

5+ Multi-family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

190,922

 

 

$

77,846

 

 

$

2,835

 

 

$

31,173

 

 

$

39,802

 

 

$

6,298

 

 

$

2,418

 

 

$

94,789

 

 

$

446,083

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,325

 

Special Mention

 

 

 

 

 

2,447

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,447

 

Substandard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 5+ Multi-family

 

$

190,922

 

 

$

80,293

 

 

$

2,835

 

 

$

32,498

 

 

$

39,802

 

 

$

6,298

 

 

$

2,418

 

 

$

94,789

 

 

$

449,855

 

1-4 Family construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

144

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

30,131

 

 

$

 

 

$

30,275

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Mention

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substandard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 1-4 Family construction

 

$

144

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

30,131

 

 

$

 

 

$

30,275

 

General construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

20,452

 

 

$

2,996

 

 

$

1,215

 

 

$

514

 

 

$

358

 

 

$

2,738

 

 

$

730,616

 

 

$

6,310

 

 

$

765,199

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Mention

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substandard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,336

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86

 

Total General construction

 

$

20,452

 

 

$

3,082

 

 

$

1,215

 

 

$

514

 

 

$

358

 

 

$

2,738

 

 

$

733,952

 

 

$

6,310

 

 

$

768,621

 

 

Consumer real estate

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A discussion of the credit quality indicators that impact each type of collateral securing Consumer real estate loans is included below:

HELOC HELOC loans are revolving lines of credit secured by 1-4 family residential property. The primary risk is the borrower’s inability to repay debt.  Revolving notes are often associated with HELOCs that can be secured by real estate without a 1st lien priority.  Collateral is susceptible to market volatility impacting home values or economic downturns.

First lien: 1-4 family First lien 1-4 family loans are secured by a first lien on 1-4 family residential property. These term loans carry longer maturities and amortizations.  The longer tenure exposes the borrower to multiple economic cycles, coupled with longer amortizations that result in smaller principal reduction early in the life of the loan. Collateral is susceptible to market volatility impacting home values.

Junior lien: 1-4 family Junior lien 1-4 family loans are secured by a junior lien on 1-4 family residential property. The Company’s primary risk is the borrower’s inability to repay debt and not being in a first lien position. Collateral is susceptible to market volatility impacting home values or economic downturns.

A borrower is considered non-performing if the Company has ceased the recognition of interest and the loan is placed on non-accrual.  Charge-offs and borrower performance are tracked on a loan origination vintage basis. Certain vintages, based on their maturation cycle, could be at higher risk due to collateral-based risk factors.  

The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance by collateral type and risk rating as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk by Collateral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year - Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Prior

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

HELOC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

$

82,410

 

 

$

11,209

 

 

$

4,213

 

 

$

241

 

 

$

63

 

 

$

2,518

 

 

$

291,340

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

391,999

 

Non-performing

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43

 

 

 

3,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,170

 

Total HELOC

 

$

82,410

 

 

$

11,236

 

 

$

4,263

 

 

$

241

 

 

$

63

 

 

$

2,561

 

 

$

294,390

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

395,169

 

First lien: 1-4 family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

$

896,676

 

 

$

303,810

 

 

$

83,429

 

 

$

87,637

 

 

$

77,466

 

 

$

74,849

 

 

$

2,579

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,526,446

 

Non-performing

 

 

 

 

 

207

 

 

 

 

 

 

290

 

 

 

992

 

 

 

559

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,048

 

Total First lien: 1-4 family

 

$

896,676

 

 

$

304,017

 

 

$

83,429

 

 

$

87,927

 

 

$

78,458

 

 

$

75,408

 

 

$

2,579

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,528,494

 

Junior lien: 1-4 family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

$

9,142

 

 

$

6,374

 

 

$

2,317

 

 

$

1,225

 

 

$

908

 

 

$

1,456

 

 

$

281

 

 

$

 

 

$

21,703

 

Non-performing

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

43

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

128

 

Total Junior lien: 1-4 family

 

$

9,142

 

 

$

6,383

 

 

$

2,360

 

 

$

1,247

 

 

$

948

 

 

$

1,470

 

 

$

281

 

 

$

 

 

$

21,831

 

 

Consumer

A discussion of the credit quality indicators that impact each type of collateral securing Consumer loans is included below:

Revolving line Consumer Revolving lines of credit are secured by consumer assets other than real estate.  The primary risk associated with this collateral is related to market volatility and the value of the underlying financial assets.

Auto Direct consumer auto loans are secured by new and used consumer vehicles.  The primary risk with this collateral class is the rate at which the collateral depreciates.

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Other This category includes Other consumer loans made to an individual.  The primary risk for this category is for those loans where the loan is unsecured.  This collateral type also includes other unsecured lending such as consumer overdrafts.

A borrower is considered non-performing if the Company has ceased the recognition of interest and the loan is placed on non-accrual.  Charge-offs and borrower performance are tracked on a loan origination vintage basis. Certain vintages, based on their maturation cycle, could be at higher risk due to collateral-based risk factors.  

The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance by collateral type and risk rating as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans

 

 

Amortized Cost - Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk by Collateral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year - Term Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

Prior

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Revolving line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

65,215

 

 

$

 

 

$

65,215

 

Non-performing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revolving line

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

65,215

 

 

$

 

 

$

65,215

 

Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

$

12,465

 

 

$

9,784

 

 

$

2,960

 

 

$

1,645

 

 

$

680

 

 

$

347

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

27,881

 

Non-performing

 

 

5

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68

 

Total Auto

 

$

12,470

 

 

$

9,846

 

 

$

2,960

 

 

$

1,645

 

 

$

680

 

 

$

348

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

27,949

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

$

5,000

 

 

$

3,200

 

 

$

2,131

 

 

$

214

 

 

$

1,005

 

 

$

172

 

 

$

13,081

 

 

$

 

 

$

24,803

 

Non-performing

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

Total Other

 

$

5,017

 

 

$

3,200

 

 

$

2,131

 

 

$

216

 

 

$

1,005

 

 

$

172

 

 

$

13,081

 

 

$

 

 

$

24,822

 

 

Credit cards

A discussion of the credit quality indicators that impact Credit card loans is included below:

Consumer Consumer credit card loans are revolving loans made to individuals.  The primary risk associated with this collateral class is credit card debt is generally unsecured; therefore, repayment depends primarily on a borrower’s willingness and capacity to repay. The highly competitive environment for credit card lending provides consumers with ample opportunity to hold several credit cards from different issuers and to pay only minimum monthly payments on outstanding balances. In such an environment, borrowers may become over-extended and unable to repay, particularly in times of an economic downturn or a personal catastrophic event.

The consumer credit card portfolio is segmented by borrower payment activity.  Transactors are defined as accounts that pay off their balance by the end of each statement cycle.  Revolvers are defined as an account that carries a balance from statement cycle to the next.  These accounts incur monthly finance charges, and, sometimes, late fees.  Revolvers are inherently higher risk and are tracked by FICO score.

Commercial Commercial credit card loans are revolving loans made to small and commercial businesses.   The primary risk associated with this collateral class is credit card debt is generally unsecured; therefore, repayment depends primarily on a borrower’s willingness and capacity to repay. Borrowers may become over-extended and unable to repay, particularly in times of an economic downturn or a catastrophic event.

The commercial credit card portfolio is segmented by current and past due payment status.  A borrower is past due after 30 days.  In general, commercial credit card customers do not have incentive to hold a balance resulting in paying interest on credit card debt as commercial customers will typically have other debt obligations with lower interest rates in which they can utilize for capital.

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The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance of consumer credit cards by risk rating as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Risk

 

Consumer

 

Transactor accounts

 

$

51,017

 

Revolver accounts (by FICO score):

 

 

 

 

Less than 600

 

 

7,230

 

600-619

 

 

2,950

 

620-639

 

 

5,493

 

640-659

 

 

9,497

 

660-679

 

 

15,541

 

680-699

 

 

19,345

 

700-719

 

 

18,048

 

720-739

 

 

16,288

 

740-759

 

 

13,944

 

760-779

 

 

9,493

 

780-799

 

 

7,088

 

800-819

 

 

5,513

 

820-839

 

 

4,570

 

840+

 

 

2,664

 

Total

 

$

188,681

 

 

The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance of commercial credit cards by risk rating as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Risk

 

Commercial

 

Current

 

$

170,412

 

Past Due

 

 

7,875

 

Total

 

$

178,287

 

 

Leases and other

A discussion of the credit quality indicators that impact each type of collateral securing Leases and other loans is included below:

Leases Leases are either loans to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures or are loans related to all other direct financing and leveraged leases on property for leasing to lessees other than for household, family and other personal expenditure purposes.  All leases are secured by the lease between the lessor and the lessee. These assignments grant the creditor a security interest in the rent stream from any lease, an important source of cash to pay the note in case of the borrower’s default.

Other Other loans are loans that are obligations of states and political subdivisions in the U.S., loans to non-depository financial institutions, loans for purchasing or carrying securities, or all other non-consumer loans.  Risk associated with other loans is tied to the underlying collateral by each type of loan.  Collateral is generally equipment, accounts receivable, inventory, 1-4 family residential construction and susceptible to the same risks mentioned with those collateral types previously.  Other risks consist of collateral that is secured by the stock of a non-depository financial institution, which can be unlisted stock with a limited market for the stock, or volatility of asset values driven by market performance.

Based on the factors noted above for each type of collateral, the Company assigns risk ratings to borrowers based on their most recently assessed financial position.  

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The following table provides a summary of the amortized cost balance by collateral type and risk rating as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Risk

 

Leases

 

 

Other

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

2,413

 

 

$

187,924

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

 

 

 

350

 

Special Mention

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substandard

 

 

 

 

 

208

 

Doubtful

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,413

 

 

$

188,482

 

 

The following disclosures are presented under previously applicable GAAP.

The description of the general characteristics of the loan rating categories is as described above, however, in the prior period disclosures the Substandard loan rating category may also include loans where the collection of full principal is doubtful or remote.

All other classes of loans are generally evaluated and monitored based on payment activity.  Non-performing loans include restructured loans on non-accrual and all other non-accrual loans.

This table provides an analysis of the credit risk profile of each loan class at December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

Credit Exposure

Credit Risk Profile by Risk Rating

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

Asset-based

 

 

Factoring

 

 

Real estate – construction

 

 

Real estate – commercial

 

Non-watch list – Pass

 

$

5,380,205

 

 

$

230,526

 

 

$

127,310

 

 

$

837,836

 

 

$

4,078,673

 

Watch – Pass

 

 

257,040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

175

 

 

 

110,530

 

Special Mention

 

 

91,020

 

 

 

34,640

 

 

 

1,376

 

 

 

307

 

 

 

28,020

 

Substandard

 

 

113,737

 

 

 

27,065

 

 

 

41,874

 

 

 

4,028

 

 

 

111,501

 

Total

 

$

5,842,002

 

 

$

292,231

 

 

$

170,560

 

 

$

842,346

 

 

$

4,328,724

 

 

 

Credit Exposure

Credit Risk Profile Based on Payment Activity

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Commercial – credit card

 

 

Real estate – residential

 

 

Real estate – HELOC

 

 

Consumer – credit card

 

 

Consumer – other

 

 

Leases

 

Performing

 

$

182,214

 

 

$

926,312

 

 

$

468,228

 

 

$

225,939

 

 

$

132,414

 

 

$

1,978

 

Non-performing

 

 

24

 

 

 

6,964

 

 

 

9,923

 

 

 

803

 

 

 

1,060

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

182,238

 

 

$

933,276

 

 

$

478,151

 

 

$

226,742

 

 

$

133,474

 

 

$

1,978

 

 

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

The ACL is a valuation account that is deducted from loans’ and HTM securities’ amortized cost bases to present the net amount expected to be collected on the instrument.  Loans and HTM securities are charged off against the ACL when management believes the balance has become uncollectible.  Expected recoveries are included in the allowance and do not exceed the aggregate of amounts previously charged-off and expected to be charged-off.  

 

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Management estimates the allowance balance using relevant available information, from internal and external sources, related to past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable economic forecasts.  Historical credit loss experience provides the basis for the estimation of expected credit losses and is tracked over an economic cycle to capture a ‘through the cycle’ loss history.  Adjustments to historical loss information are made for differences in current loan-specific risk characteristics such as differences in portfolio industry-based segmentation, risk rating and FICO score changes, average prepayment rates, changes in environmental conditions, or other relevant factors.  For economic forecasts, the Company uses the Moody’s baseline scenario.  The Company has developed a dynamic reasonable and supportable forecast period that ranges from one to three years and changes based on economic conditions.  Due to current economic conditions, the Company’s reasonable and supportable forecast period is one year.  After the reasonable and supportable forecast period, the Company reverts to historical losses.  The reversion method applied to each portfolio can either be cliff or straight-line over four quarters.

  

The ACL is measured on a collective (pool) basis when similar risk characteristics exists.  The ACL also incorporates qualitative factors which represent adjustments to historical credit loss experience for items such as concentrations of credit and results of internal loan review.  The Company has identified the following portfolio segments and measures the allowance for credit losses using the following methods.  The Company’s portfolio segmentation consists of Commercial and industrial, Specialty lending, Commercial real estate, Consumer real estate, Consumer, Credit cards, Leases and other, and Held-to-maturity securities.  Multiple modeling techniques are used to measure credit losses based on the portfolio.  

 

The ACL for Commercial & industrial and Leases and other segments are measured using a probability of default and loss given default method.  Primary risk drivers within the segment are risk ratings of the individual loans along with changes of macro-economic variables such as interest rates and farm income. The ACL for commercial & industrial loans is calculated by modeling probability of default (PD) over future periods multiplied by historical loss given default rates (LGD) multiplied by contractual exposure at default minus any estimated prepayments and charge offs.

 

Collateral positions for Specialty lending loans are continuously monitored by the Company and the borrower is required to continually adjust the amount of collateral securing the loan.  Credit losses are measured for any position where the amortized cost basis is greater than the fair value of the collateral. The ACL for specialty lending loans is calculated by using a bottom up approach comparing collateral values to outstanding balances.

 

The ACL for the Commercial real estate segment is measured using a PD and LGD method.  Primary risk characteristics within the segment are risk ratings of the individual loans, along with changes of macro-economic variables, such as interest rates, CRE price index, median household income, construction activity, farm income, and vacancy rates. The ACL for commercial real estate loans is calculated by modeling PD over future periods based on peer bank data. The PD loss rate is then multiplied by historical LGD multiplied by contractual exposure at default minus any estimated prepayments and charge offs.

 

The ACL for the Consumer real estate and Consumer segments are measured using an origination vintage loss rate method applied to the loans’ amortized cost balance.  The primary risk driver within the segments is year of origination, along with changes of macro-economic variables such as unemployment and the home price index.

 

The Credit card segment contains both consumer and commercial credit cards.  The ACL for Consumer credit cards is measured using a PD and LGD method for Revolvers and average historical loss rates across a defined lookback period for Transactors.  The PD and LGD method used for Revolvers is similar in nature to the method used in the Commercial & industrial and Commercial real estate segments. Primary risk drivers within the segment are FICO ratings of the individual card holders along with changes of macro-economic variables such as unemployment and retail sales.  The ACL for Commercial credit cards is measured using roll-rate loss rate method based on days past due.

 

The ACL for the HTM securities segment is measured using a loss rate method based on historical bond rating transitions.  Primary risk drivers within the segment are bond ratings in the portfolio along with changes of macro-economic conditions.  For further discussion on these securities, including the aging and amortized cost balance of HTM securities, see Note 4, “Securities.”

 

See the credit quality indicators presented previously for a summary of current risk in the Company’s portfolio.  Changes in economic forecasts will affect all portfolio segments, updated financial records from borrowers will affect portfolio segments by risk rating, updated FICO scores will affect consumer credit cards,

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payment performance will affect consumer and commercial credit card portfolio segments, and updated bond credit ratings will affect held-to-maturity securities.  The Company actively monitors all credit quality indicators for risk changes that will influence the current estimate.

 

Expected credit losses are estimated over the contractual term of the loans, adjusted for prepayments when appropriate.  The contractual term excludes expected extensions, renewals, and modifications unless either of the following applies: management has a reasonable expectation at the reporting date that a troubled debt restructuring (TDR) will be executed with an individual borrower or the extension or renewal options are included in the original or modified contract at the reporting date and are not unconditionally cancelable by the Company.

 

Credit card receivables do not have stated maturities.  In determining the estimated life of a credit card receivable, management first estimates the future cash flows expected to be received and then applies those expected future cash flows to the credit card balance.  Expected credit losses for credit cards are determined by estimating the amount and timing of principal payments expected to be received as payment for the balance outstanding as of the reporting period until the expected payments have been fully allocated.  The ACL is recorded for the excess of the balance outstanding as of the reporting period over the expected principal payments.  

 

Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis.  Loans evaluated individually are excluded from the collective evaluation.  When management determines that foreclosure is probable, expected credit losses are based on the fair value of the collateral at the reporting date, adjusted for undiscounted selling costs as appropriate.  All loans are considered collateral dependent if placed on non-accrual or are considered to be a TDR.  

 

A loan modification is considered a TDR when a concession has been granted to a debtor experiencing financial difficulties.  The allowance for credit loss on a TDR is measured using the discounted cash flow method.  When the value of a concession is measured using the discounted cash flow method, the allowance for credit loss is determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at the original effective interest rate of the loan.

ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES AND RECORDED INVESTMENT IN LOANS

 

This table provides a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment for the year ended December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

 

Specialty lending

 

 

Commercial real estate

 

 

Consumer real estate

 

 

Consumer

 

 

Credit cards

 

 

Leases and other

 

 

Total - Loans

 

 

HTM

 

 

Total

 

Allowance for credit losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

63,313

 

 

$

2,545

 

 

$

15,951

 

 

$

2,623

 

 

$

543

 

 

$

15,739

 

 

$

1,074

 

 

$

101,788

 

 

$

 

 

$

101,788

 

ASU 2016-13 adjustment

 

 

3,677

 

 

 

148

 

 

 

926

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

914

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

5,910

 

 

 

3,120

 

 

 

9,030

 

Adjusted beginning balance

 

 

66,990

 

 

 

2,693

 

 

 

16,877

 

 

 

2,775

 

 

 

574

 

 

 

16,653

 

 

 

1,136

 

 

 

107,698

 

 

 

3,120

 

 

 

110,818

 

Charge-offs

 

 

(8,587

)

 

 

 

 

 

(11,939

)

 

 

(219

)

 

 

(607

)

 

 

(7,326

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(28,689

)

 

 

 

 

 

(28,689

)

Recoveries

 

 

6,473

 

 

 

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

69

 

 

 

307

 

 

 

1,618

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

8,564

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,564

 

Provision

 

 

57,824

 

 

 

2,526

 

 

 

56,902

 

 

 

3,961

 

 

 

1,206

 

 

 

4,841

 

 

 

1,140

 

 

 

128,400

 

 

 

(510

)

 

 

127,890

 

Ending balance - ACL

 

$

122,700

 

 

$

5,219

 

 

$

61,931

 

 

$

6,586

 

 

$

1,480

 

 

$

15,786

 

 

$

2,271

 

 

$

215,973

 

 

$

2,610

 

 

$

218,583

 

Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

2,263

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

257

 

 

$

102

 

 

$

22

 

 

$

 

 

$

211

 

 

$

2,908

 

 

$

70

 

 

$

2,978

 

Provision

 

 

1,596

 

 

 

234

 

 

 

190

 

 

 

43

 

 

 

359

 

 

 

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

2,625

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

2,610

 

Ending balance - ACL on off-balance sheet

 

$

3,859

 

 

$

287

 

 

$

447

 

 

$

145

 

 

$

381

 

 

$

 

 

$

414

 

 

$

5,533

 

 

$

55

 

 

$

5,588

 

 

The primary drivers for the increase in the Company’s ACL as of December 31, 2020 include the impact of the current and forecasted economic environment related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and overall growth in the loan portfolio.

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The allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures is recorded in the Accrued expenses and taxes line of the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, see Note 15 “Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees.”

 

This table provides a rollforward of the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment for the year ended December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

Real estate

 

 

Consumer

 

 

Leases

 

 

Total

 

Allowance for loan losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

80,888

 

 

$

13,664

 

 

$

9,071

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

103,635

 

Charge-offs

 

 

(36,716

)

 

 

(444

)

 

 

(8,920

)

 

 

 

 

 

(46,080

)

Recoveries

 

 

7,746

 

 

 

1,122

 

 

 

2,515

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,383

 

Provision

 

 

19,340

 

 

 

5,972

 

 

 

7,545

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

32,850

 

Ending Balance

 

$

71,258

 

 

$

20,314

 

 

$

10,211

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

101,788

 

Ending Balance: individually evaluated for impairment

 

$

271

 

 

$

467

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

738

 

Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment

 

 

70,987

 

 

 

19,847

 

 

 

10,211

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

101,050

 

Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending Balance: loans

 

$

6,487,031

 

 

$

6,582,497

 

 

$

360,216

 

 

$

1,978

 

 

$

13,431,722

 

Ending Balance: individually evaluated for impairment

 

 

25,769

 

 

 

26,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,816

 

Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment

 

 

6,461,262

 

 

 

6,556,450

 

 

 

360,216

 

 

 

1,978

 

 

 

13,379,906

 

 

This table provides a rollforward of the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment for the year ended December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

Real estate

 

 

Consumer

 

 

Leases

 

 

Total

 

Allowance for loan losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

81,156

 

 

$

9,312

 

 

$

10,083

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

100,604

 

Charge-offs

 

 

(64,371

)

 

 

(3,428

)

 

 

(9,744

)

 

 

 

 

 

(77,543

)

Recoveries

 

 

6,753

 

 

 

445

 

 

 

2,626

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,824

 

Provision

 

 

57,350

 

 

 

7,335

 

 

 

6,106

 

 

 

(41

)

 

 

70,750

 

Ending Balance

 

$

80,888

 

 

$

13,664

 

 

$

9,071

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

103,635

 

Ending Balance: individually evaluated for impairment

 

$

4,605

 

 

$

106

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

4,711

 

Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment

 

 

76,283

 

 

 

13,558

 

 

 

9,071

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

98,924

 

Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending Balance: loans

 

$

6,037,065

 

 

$

5,760,070

 

 

$

375,767

 

 

$

5,248

 

 

$

12,178,150

 

Ending Balance: individually evaluated for impairment

 

 

31,006

 

 

 

8,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,239

 

Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment

 

 

6,006,059

 

 

 

5,751,837

 

 

 

375,767

 

 

 

5,248

 

 

 

12,138,911

 

 

Collateral Dependent Financial Assets

The following disclosure is presented in accordance with ASC 326.

 

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This table provides the amortized cost balance of financial assets considered collateral dependent as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Loan Segment and Type

 

Amortized Cost of Collateral Dependent Assets

 

 

Related Allowance for Credit Losses

 

 

Amortized Cost of Collateral Dependent Assets with no related Allowance

 

Commercial and industrial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment/Accounts Receivable/Inventory

 

$

29,684

 

 

$

4,828

 

 

$

5,830

 

Agriculture

 

 

4,086

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,086

 

Total Commercial and industrial

 

 

33,770

 

 

 

4,828

 

 

 

9,916

 

Specialty lending:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-based lending

 

 

17,875

 

 

 

4,490

 

 

 

242

 

Factoring

 

 

1,561

 

 

 

173

 

 

 

 

Total Specialty lending

 

 

19,436

 

 

 

4,663

 

 

 

242

 

Commercial real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owner-occupied

 

 

16,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,539

 

Non-owner-occupied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farmland

 

 

8,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,625

 

5+ Multi-family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-4 Family construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General construction

 

 

3,423

 

 

 

582

 

 

 

770

 

Total Commercial real estate

 

 

28,587

 

 

 

582

 

 

 

25,934

 

Consumer real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELOC

 

 

3,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,170

 

First lien: 1-4 family

 

 

2,468

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

2,047

 

Junior lien: 1-4 family

 

 

212

 

 

 

 

 

 

212

 

Total Consumer real estate

 

 

5,850

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

5,429

 

Consumer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

69

 

Other

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

Total Consumer

 

 

88

 

 

 

 

 

 

88

 

Leases and other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Leases and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loans

 

$

87,731

 

 

$

10,127

 

 

$

41,609

 

 

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Impaired Loans

This table provides an analysis of impaired loans by class as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Unpaid

Principal

Balance

 

 

Recorded

Investment

with No

Allowance

 

 

Recorded

Investment

with

Allowance

 

 

Total

Recorded

Investment

 

 

Related

Allowance

 

 

Average

Recorded

Investment

 

Commercial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

$

32,301

 

 

$

20,986

 

 

$

856

 

 

$

21,842

 

 

$

271

 

 

$

31,271

 

Asset-based

 

 

948

 

 

 

948

 

 

 

 

 

 

948

 

 

 

 

 

 

190

 

Factoring

 

 

2,979

 

 

 

2,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,917

 

Commercial – credit card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate – construction

 

 

97

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

Real estate – commercial

 

 

28,258

 

 

 

19,314

 

 

 

4,928

 

 

 

24,242

 

 

 

387

 

 

 

19,826

 

Real estate – residential

 

 

1,751

 

 

 

1,617

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

1,710

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

846

 

Real estate – HELOC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer – credit card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer – other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

66,334

 

 

$

45,939

 

 

$

5,877

 

 

$

51,816

 

 

$

738

 

 

$

56,139

 

 

This table provides an analysis of impaired loans by class as of December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Unpaid

Principal

Balance

 

 

Recorded

Investment

with No

Allowance

 

 

Recorded

Investment

with

Allowance

 

 

Total

Recorded

Investment

 

 

Related

Allowance

 

 

Average

Recorded

Investment

 

Commercial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

$

40,402

 

 

$

16,470

 

 

$

14,536

 

 

$

31,006

 

 

$

4,605

 

 

$

43,335

 

Asset-based

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Factoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

275

 

Commercial – credit card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate – construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

Real estate – commercial

 

 

10,856

 

 

 

7,776

 

 

 

165

 

 

 

7,941

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

11,279

 

Real estate – residential

 

 

304

 

 

 

197

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

292

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

303

 

Real estate – HELOC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer – credit card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer – other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

51,562

 

 

$

24,443

 

 

$

14,796

 

 

$

39,239

 

 

$

4,711

 

 

$

55,247

 

 

 

Troubled Debt Restructurings

A loan modification is considered a TDR when a concession has been granted to a debtor experiencing financial difficulties.  The Company’s modifications generally include interest rate adjustments, principal reductions, and amortization and maturity date extensions.  These modifications allow the debtor short-term cash relief to allow them to improve their financial condition.  The Company’s restructured loans are considered collateral dependent and evaluated as part of the allowance for credit loss as described above in the Allowance for Credit Losses section of this note.   

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The Company had no commitments to lend to borrowers with loan modifications classified as TDRs as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.  The Company monitors loan payments on an on-going basis to determine if a loan is considered to have a payment default.  Determination of payment default involves analyzing the economic conditions that exist for each customer and their ability to generate positive cash flows during the loan term.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company added one consumer real estate TDR with a pre- and a post-modification loan balance of $441 thousand.  For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company added two commercial TDRs with aggregate pre- and post-modification loan balances of $11.5 million, and one commercial real estate TDR with a pre- and a post-modification loan balance of $3.1 million.  For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had no TDRs for which there was a payment default within the 12 months following the restructure date.        

4. SECURITIES

Securities Available for Sale

This table provides detailed information about securities available for sale at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair

 

2020

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

Losses

 

 

Value

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

29,911

 

 

$

829

 

 

$

 

 

$

30,740

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

89,554

 

 

 

6,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

95,949

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

5,266,394

 

 

 

202,944

 

 

 

(1,157

)

 

 

5,468,181

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

3,424,309

 

 

 

199,848

 

 

 

(538

)

 

 

3,623,619

 

Corporates

 

 

77,566

 

 

 

3,649

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

81,199

 

Total

 

$

8,887,734

 

 

$

413,665

 

 

$

(1,711

)

 

$

9,299,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair

 

2019

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

Losses

 

 

Value

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

63,835

 

 

$

408

 

 

$

(165

)

 

$

64,078

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

89,867

 

 

 

3,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,021

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

4,030,688

 

 

 

58,184

 

 

 

(17,078

)

 

 

4,071,794

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

2,954,276

 

 

 

78,867

 

 

 

(3,226

)

 

 

3,029,917

 

Corporates

 

 

185,314

 

 

 

3,259

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

188,552

 

Total

 

$

7,323,980

 

 

$

143,872

 

 

$

(20,490

)

 

$

7,447,362

 

 

The following table presents contractual maturity information for securities available for sale at December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Value

 

Due in 1 year or less

 

$

246,086

 

 

$

247,233

 

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

592,484

 

 

 

612,069

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

636,566

 

 

 

667,001

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

2,146,204

 

 

 

2,305,204

 

Total

 

 

3,621,340

 

 

 

3,831,507

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

5,266,394

 

 

 

5,468,181

 

Total securities available for sale

 

$

8,887,734

 

 

$

9,299,688

 

 

Securities may be disposed of before contractual maturities due to sales by the Company or because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

Proceeds from the sales of securities available for sale were $315.9 million, $412.0 million, and $95.5 million for 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.  Securities transactions resulted in gross realized gains of $7.3 million for

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2020, $4.6 million for 2019, and $581 thousand for 2018.  The gross realized losses were $274 thousand for 2020, $1.4 million for 2019, and $3 thousand for 2018.

Securities available for sale with a fair value of $7.8 billion and $5.8 billion at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, were pledged to secure U.S. Government deposits, other public deposits, certain trust deposits, derivative transactions, and repurchase agreements.  Of these amounts, securities with a fair value of $371.5 million at December 31, 2020 and $481.2 million at December 31, 2019 were pledged at the Federal Reserve Discount Window but were unencumbered as of those dates.

Accrued interest on securities available for sale totaled $42.6 million as of December 31, 2020 and is included in the Accrued income line on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The total amount of accrued interest is excluded from the amortized cost of available securities presented above.  Further, the Company has elected not to measure an ACL for accrued interest receivable.

The following table shows the Company’s available-for-sale investments’ gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

 

12 months or more

 

 

Total

 

2020

 

Count

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Count

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Count

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

Description of Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

16

 

 

 

174,234

 

 

 

(1,157

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

174,234

 

 

 

(1,157

)

State and political subdivisions

 

 

24

 

 

 

55,653

 

 

 

(279

)

 

 

6

 

 

 

2,833

 

 

 

(259

)

 

 

30

 

 

 

58,486

 

 

 

(538

)

Corporates

 

 

4

 

 

 

5,335

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

5,335

 

 

 

(16

)

Total

 

 

44

 

 

$

235,222

 

 

$

(1,452

)

 

 

6

 

 

$

2,833

 

 

$

(259

)

 

 

50

 

 

$

238,055

 

 

$

(1,711

)

 

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

 

12 months or more

 

 

Total

 

2019

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

Description of Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

19,863

 

 

$

(165

)

 

$

19,863

 

 

$

(165

)

U.S. Agencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

947,415

 

 

 

(5,236

)

 

 

517,824

 

 

 

(11,842

)

 

 

1,465,239

 

 

 

(17,078

)

State and political subdivisions

 

 

361,440

 

 

 

(3,084

)

 

 

27,501

 

 

 

(142

)

 

 

388,941

 

 

 

(3,226

)

Corporates

 

 

13,685

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,685

 

 

 

(21

)

Total

 

$

1,322,540

 

 

$

(8,341

)

 

$

565,188

 

 

$

(12,149

)

 

$

1,887,728

 

 

$

(20,490

)

 

 

The unrealized losses in the Company’s investments in GSE mortgage-backed securities, State and political subdivisions, and Corporates were caused by changes in interest rates, and not from a decline in credit of the underlying issuers.  The U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and GSE mortgage-backed securities are all considered to be agency-backed securities with no risk of loss as they are either explicitly or implicitly guaranteed by the U.S. government. The changes in fair value in the agency-backed portfolios are solely driven by change in interest rates caused by changing economic conditions. The Company has no knowledge of any underlying credit issues and the cash flows underlying the debt securities have not changed and are not expected to be impacted by changes in interest rates.  

For the State and political subdivision portfolio, the majority of the Company’s holdings are in general obligation bonds, which have a very low historical default rate due to issuers generally having unlimited taxing authority to service the debt.  For both the State and political and Corporate portfolios, the Company has a robust process for monitoring credit risk, including both pre-purchase and ongoing post-purchase credit reviews and analysis.  The Company monitors credit ratings of all bond issuers in these segments and reviews available financial data, including market and sector trends.

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As of December 31, 2020, there is no ACL related to the Company’s available-for-sale securities as the decline in fair value did not result from credit issues.

Securities Held to Maturity

The following table shows the Company’s held-to-maturity investments’ amortized cost, fair value, and gross unrealized gains and losses at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair

 

2020

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

Losses

 

 

Value

 

State and political subdivisions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in 1 year or less

 

$

4,907

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

 

 

$

4,936

 

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

123,643

 

 

 

3,402

 

 

 

(144

)

 

 

126,901

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

423,759

 

 

 

12,845

 

 

 

(1,566

)

 

 

435,038

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

462,305

 

 

 

13,447

 

 

 

(13,183

)

 

 

462,569

 

Total state and political subdivisions

 

$

1,014,614

 

 

$

29,723

 

 

$

(14,893

)

 

$

1,029,444

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

 

(2,610

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total state and political subdivisions, net of allowance for credit losses

 

$

1,012,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair

 

2019

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

Losses

 

 

Value

 

State and political subdivisions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in 1 year or less

 

$

15,323

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

(60

)

 

$

15,268

 

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

 

100,623

 

 

 

374

 

 

 

(699

)

 

 

100,298

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

 

394,591

 

 

 

389

 

 

 

(8,400

)

 

 

386,580

 

Due after 10 years

 

 

605,565

 

 

 

494

 

 

 

(25,860

)

 

 

580,199

 

Total state and political subdivisions

 

$

1,116,102

 

 

$

1,262

 

 

$

(35,019

)

 

$

1,082,345

 

 

Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

There were no sales of securities held to maturity during 2020, 2019, or 2018.

The following table shows the Company’s held-to-maturity investments’ gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

 

12 months or more

 

 

Total

 

2020

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

State and political subdivisions

 

$

132,271

 

 

$

(4,591

)

 

$

109,712

 

 

$

(10,302

)

 

$

241,983

 

 

$

(14,893

)

Total

 

$

132,271

 

 

$

(4,591

)

 

$

109,712

 

 

$

(10,302

)

 

$

241,983

 

 

$

(14,893

)

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

 

12 months or more

 

 

Total

 

2019

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

State and political subdivisions

 

$

471,544

 

 

$

(12,424

)

 

$

546,572

 

 

$

(22,595

)

 

$

1,018,116

 

 

$

(35,019

)

Total

 

$

471,544

 

 

$

(12,424

)

 

$

546,572

 

 

$

(22,595

)

 

$

1,018,116

 

 

$

(35,019

)

The unrealized losses in the Company’s held-to-maturity portfolio were caused by changes in the interest rate environment.  The underlying bonds are evaluated for credit losses in conjunction with management’s estimate of the ACL based on credit rating.

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The following table shows the amortized cost basis by credit rating of the Company’s held-to-maturity investments at December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis by Credit Rating - HTM Debt Securities

 

2020

 

A

 

 

BBB

 

 

BB

 

 

CCC-C

 

 

Total

 

State and political subdivisions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Competitive

 

$

340,290

 

 

$

558,786

 

 

$

18,078

 

 

$

8,135

 

 

$

925,289

 

Utilities

 

 

56,232

 

 

 

33,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,325

 

Total state and political subdivisions

 

$

396,522

 

 

$

591,879

 

 

$

18,078

 

 

$

8,135

 

 

$

1,014,614

 

Competitive held-to-maturity securities include not-for-profit enterprises that provide public functions such as housing, higher education or healthcare, but do so in a competitive environment.  It also includes project financings that can have relatively high enterprise risk, such as deals backed by revenues from sports or convention facilities or start-up transportation revenues.

Utilities are public enterprises providing essential services with a monopoly or near-monopoly over the service area.  This includes environmental utilities (water, sewer, solid waste), power utilities (electric distribution and generation, gas), and transportation utilities (airports, parking, toll roads, mass transit, ports).

All held-to-maturity securities were current and not past due at December 31, 2020.

Accrued interest on securities held to maturity totaled $5.3 million as of December 31, 2020 and is included in the Accrued income line on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The total amount of accrued interest is excluded from the amortized cost of available-for-sale securities presented above.  Further, the Company has elected not to measure an ACL for accrued interest receivable.

Trading Securities

The net unrealized gain on trading securities at December 31, 2020 was $13 thousand.  The net unrealized gain on trading securities at December 31, 2019 was $1 thousand and the net unrealized loss on trading securities at December 31, 2018 was $18 thousand.  Net unrealized gains/losses are included in trading and investment banking income on the Consolidated Statements of Income.  Securities sold not yet purchased totaled $2.2 million and $14.6 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are classified within the Other liabilities line of the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Other Securities

The table below provides detailed information for Other securities at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

FRB and FHLB stock

 

$

33,222

 

 

$

33,262

 

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values

 

 

134,197

 

 

 

 

Equity securities without readily determinable fair values

 

 

128,634

 

 

 

75,158

 

Total

 

$

296,053

 

 

$

108,420

 

 

Investment in FRB stock is based on the capital structure of the investing bank, and investment in FHLB stock is mainly tied to the level of borrowings from the FHLB. These holdings are carried at cost.  Equity securities with readily determinable fair values are generally traded on an exchange and market prices are readily available.  Equity securities without readily determinable fair values include PCM alternative investments in hedge funds and private equity funds, which are accounted for as equity-method investments.  Also included in this category are equity investments which are held by a subsidiary qualified as a Small Business Investment Company, as well as investments in low-income housing partnerships within the areas the Company serves.  Unrealized gains or losses on equity securities with and without readily determinable fair values are recognized in the Investment securities gains, net line of the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.  

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Investment Securities Gains, Net

The following table presents the components of Investment securities gains, net for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Investment securities gains, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale debt securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains realized on sales

 

$

7,255

 

 

$

4,636

 

 

$

581

 

Losses realized on sales

 

 

(274

)

 

 

(1,418

)

 

 

(3

)

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments, net

 

 

110,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity securities without readily determinable fair values:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments, net

 

 

2,885

 

 

 

(973

)

 

 

2,943

 

Total investment securities gains, net

 

$

120,634

 

 

$

2,245

 

 

$

3,521

 

 

5. SECURITIES PURCHASED UNDER AGREEMENTS TO RESELL

The Company regularly enters into agreements for the purchase of securities with simultaneous agreements to resell (resell agreements).  The agreements permit the Company to sell or repledge these securities.  Resell agreements were $1.7 billion and $1.6 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  The Company obtains possession of collateral with a market value equal to or in excess of the principal amount loaned under resell agreements.

6. LOANS TO OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Certain executive officers and directors of the Company and the Bank, including companies in which those persons are principal holders of equity securities or are general partners, borrow in the normal course of business from the Bank.  All such loans have been made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the same time for comparable transactions with unrelated parties.  In addition, all such loans are current as to repayment terms.  

For the years 2020 and 2019, an analysis of activity with respect to such aggregate loans to related parties appears below (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Balance – beginning of year

 

$

207,734

 

 

$

257,575

 

New loans

 

 

39,217

 

 

 

32,923

 

Repayments

 

 

(81,556

)

 

 

(77,692

)

Reduction due to change in reportable loans

 

 

 

 

 

(5,072

)

Balance – end of year

 

$

165,395

 

 

$

207,734

 

 

7. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 by operating segment are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Commercial Banking

 

 

Institutional Banking

 

 

Personal Banking

 

 

Total

 

Balances as of January 1, 2020

 

$

59,419

 

 

$

51,332

 

 

$

70,116

 

 

$

180,867

 

Balances as of December 31, 2020

 

$

59,419

 

 

$

51,332

 

 

$

70,116

 

 

$

180,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances as of January 1, 2019

 

$

59,419

 

 

$

51,332

 

 

$

70,116

 

 

$

180,867

 

Balances as of December 31, 2019

 

$

59,419

 

 

$

51,332

 

 

$

70,116

 

 

$

180,867

 

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Following are the intangible assets that continue to be subject to amortization as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

As of December 31, 2020

 

 

Core Deposit Intangible Assets

 

 

Customer Relationships

 

 

Total

 

Gross carrying amount

$

50,059

 

 

$

89,928

 

 

$

139,987

 

Accumulated amortization

 

48,746

 

 

 

70,185

 

 

 

118,931

 

Net carrying amount

$

1,313

 

 

$

19,743

 

 

$

21,056

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2019

 

 

Core Deposit Intangible Assets

 

 

Customer Relationships

 

 

Total

 

Gross carrying amount

$

50,059

 

 

$

89,952

 

 

$

140,011

 

Accumulated amortization

 

47,140

 

 

 

65,274

 

 

 

112,414

 

Net carrying amount

$

2,919

 

 

$

24,678

 

 

$

27,597

 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company acquired two corporate trust businesses with aggregate customer relationship intangibles of $18.1 million.  During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded a $24 thousand post-closing purchase adjustment related to one of these acquisitions.

Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 was $6.5 million, $5.5 million and $5.8 million, respectively.

The following table discloses the estimated amortization expense of intangible assets in future years (in thousands):

 

For the year ending December 31, 2021

 

$

5,344

 

For the year ending December 31, 2022

 

 

4,468

 

For the year ending December 31, 2023

 

 

3,713

 

For the year ending December 31, 2024

 

 

2,939

 

For the year ending December 31, 2025

 

 

2,732

 

 

8. PREMISES, EQUIPMENT, AND LEASES

Premises and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Land

 

$

42,323

 

 

$

42,987

 

Buildings and leasehold improvements

 

 

351,957

 

 

 

358,291

 

Equipment

 

 

176,018

 

 

 

164,029

 

Software

 

 

264,251

 

 

 

238,315

 

Total

 

 

834,549

 

 

 

803,622

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(341,379

)

 

 

(330,677

)

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(200,075

)

 

 

(172,611

)

Premises and equipment, net

 

$

293,095

 

 

$

300,334

 

 

Premises and equipment depreciation and amortization expenses were $56.1 million in 2020, $50.8 million in 2019, and $47.4 million in 2018.  Rental and operating lease expense was $14.8 million in 2018.  

The Company adopted ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, and used the effective date as the date of initial application of ASC 842 and did not recast comparative financial periods.  

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The Company primarily has leases of real estate, including buildings, or portions of buildings, used for bank branches or general office operations.  These leases have remaining lease terms that range from less than one year to 27 years and most leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from one month to 40 years or more. The exercise of lease renewal options is at the Company’s sole discretion.  No renewal options were included in the Company’s calculation of its lease liabilities or right of use assets since it is not reasonably certain that the Company will exercise these options. No leases include options to purchase the leased property.  The lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.  An insignificant number of leases include variable lease payments that are based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).  For the calculation of the lease liability and right of use asset for these leases, the Company has included lease payments based on CPI as of the effective date of ASC 842.  The Company has made the election not to separate lease and non-lease components for existing real estate leases when determining consideration within the lease contract. All of the Company’s lease agreements are classified as operating leases under ASC 842.

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, right-of-use assets of $63.4 million and $66.8 million, respectively, were included as part of Other assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, lease liabilities of $71.7 million and $73.0 million were included as part of Other liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, lease expense of $12.8 million and $12.3 million, respectively, was recognized as part of Occupancy expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.  For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, cash payments of $12.3 million and $12.1 million, respectively, were made for leases included in the measurement of lease liabilities, and are classified as cash flows from operating activities in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.  For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities were $7.2 million and $19.2 million, respectively.  As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the weighted average remaining lease terms of the Company’s leases were 8.2 years and 8.6 years, respectively, and the weighted average discount rates were 2.85% and 3.06%, respectively.

As of December 31, 2020, future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases were as follows (in thousands):

 

2021

 

$

12,725

 

2022

 

 

11,647

 

2023

 

 

9,796

 

2024

 

 

8,715

 

2025

 

 

7,806

 

Thereafter

 

 

30,457

 

Total lease payments

 

 

81,146

 

Less: Interest

 

 

9,466

 

Present value of lease liabilities

 

$

71,680

 

 

 

9. BORROWED FUNDS

The components of the Company's long-term debt are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Trust Preferred Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marquette Capital Trust I Subordinated Debentures 1.57% due 2036

 

$

17,553

 

 

$

17,195

 

Marquette Capital Trust II Subordinated Debentures 1.57% due 2036

 

 

18,149

 

 

 

17,814

 

Marquette Capital Trust III Subordinated Debentures 1.74% due 2036

 

 

7,139

 

 

 

7,008

 

Marquette Capital Trust IV Subordinated Debentures 1.82% due 2036

 

 

28,873

 

 

 

28,355

 

Subordinated notes 3.70% due 2030, net of issuance costs

 

 

197,881

 

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

 

$

269,595

 

 

$

70,372

 

 

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The aggregate repayment of long-term debt of $271.7 million is due after December 31, 2025.

 

The Company assumed long-term debt obligations from the acquisition of Marquette and consists of debt obligations payable to four unconsolidated trusts (Marquette Capital Trust I, Marquette Capital Trust II, Marquette Capital Trust III, and Marquette Capital Trust IV) that previously issued trust preferred securities.  These long-term debt obligations had an aggregate contractual balance of $103.1 million and had a carrying value of $71.7 million as of December 31, 2020. Interest rates on trust preferred securities are tied to the three-month LIBOR rate with spreads ranging from 133 basis points to 160 basis points and reset quarterly. The trust preferred securities have maturity dates ranging from January 2036 to September 2036.

In September 2020, the Company issued $200.0 million of 3.70% fixed-to-fixed rate subordinated notes that mature on September 17, 2030.  The notes bear interest at the rate of 3.70% per annum, payable semi-annually on each March 17 and September 17.  The Company may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, on September 17, 2025, or on any interest payment date thereafter.  Unamortized debt issuance costs related to these notes totaled $2.1 million as of December 31, 2020.  Proceeds from the issuance of the notes were used for general corporate purposes, including contributing Tier 1 capital into the Bank.

The Company is a member bank of the FHLB of Des Moines.  Through this relationship, the Company purchased $10.0 million of FHLB stock and has access to additional liquidity and funding sources through FHLB advances.  The Company’s borrowing capacity is dependent upon the amount of collateral the Company places at the FHLB.  The Company’s borrowing capacity with the FHLB was $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2020.  The Company had no outstanding FHLB advances at FHLB Des Moines as of December 31, 2020.

The Company has a revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which allows the Company to borrow up to $30.0 million for general working capital purposes.  The interest rate applied to borrowed balances will be at the Company’s option either 1.25% above LIBOR or 1.75% below the prime rate on the date of an advance.  The Company pays 0.4% unused commitment fee for unused portions of the line of credit.  The Company currently has no outstanding balance on this line of credit.

The Company enters into sales of securities with simultaneous agreements to repurchase (repurchase agreements).  The Company utilizes repurchase agreements to facilitate the needs of customers and to facilitate secured short-term funding needs. Repurchase agreements are stated at the amount of cash received in connection with the transaction. The Company monitors collateral levels on a continuous basis and may be required to provide additional collateral based on the fair value of the underlying securities. Securities pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements are maintained with the Company’s safekeeping agents.  The amounts received under these agreements represent short-term borrowings.  The amount outstanding at December 31, 2020, was $2.2 billion, with accrued interest payable of $326 thousand.  The amount outstanding at December 31, 2019, was $1.9 billion, with accrued interest payable of $220 thousand.  

The carrying amounts and market values of the securities and the related repurchase liabilities and weighted average interest rates of the repurchase liabilities (grouped by maturity of the repurchase agreements) were as follows as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Securities Fair Market Value

 

 

Repurchase

Liabilities

 

 

Weighted Average

Interest Rate

 

Maturity of the Repurchase Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 to 29 days

 

$

1,625,230

 

 

$

1,759,559

 

 

 

0.34

%

30 to 90 Days

 

 

504,435

 

 

 

489,302

 

 

 

1.17

 

Over 90 Days

 

 

1,005

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,130,670

 

 

$

2,249,861

 

 

 

0.52

%

 

 

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As of December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Securities Fair Market Value

 

 

Repurchase

Liabilities

 

 

Weighted Average

Interest Rate

 

Maturity of the Repurchase Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 to 29 days

 

$

1,772,820

 

 

$

1,753,870

 

 

 

1.44

%

30 to 90 Days

 

 

114,190

 

 

 

110,765

 

 

 

2.72

 

Total

 

$

1,887,010

 

 

$

1,864,635

 

 

 

1.52

%

 

The table below presents the remaining contractual maturities of repurchase agreements outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019, in addition to the various types of marketable securities that have been pledged as collateral for these borrowings (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Remaining Contractual Maturities of the Agreements

 

 

 

2-29 days

 

 

30-90 days

 

 

Over 90 Days

 

 

Total

 

Repurchase agreements, secured by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

2,440

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

2,440

 

U.S. Agency

 

 

1,757,119

 

 

 

489,302

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

2,247,421

 

Total repurchase agreements

 

$

1,759,559

 

 

$

489,302

 

 

$

1,000

 

 

$

2,249,861

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Remaining Contractual Maturities of the Agreements

 

 

 

2-29 days

 

 

30-90 days

 

 

Total

 

Repurchase agreements, secured by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Agency

 

$

1,753,870

 

 

$

110,765

 

 

$

1,864,635

 

Total repurchase agreements

 

$

1,753,870

 

 

$

110,765

 

 

$

1,864,635

 

 

 

 

10. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

Payment of dividends by the Bank to the parent company is subject to various regulatory restrictions.  For national banks, the governing regulatory agency must approve the declaration of any dividends generally in excess of the sum of net income for that year and retained net income for the preceding two years.  

The Bank maintains a reserve balance with the FRB as required by law.  During 2020, this amount averaged $1.2 billion, compared to $560.9 million in 2019.

At December 31, 2020, the Company is required to have minimum common equity tier 1, tier 1, and total capital ratios of 4.5%, 6.0% and 8.0%, respectively.  The Company’s actual ratios at that date were 12.10%, 12.10% and 14.26%, respectively.  The Company is required to have a minimum leverage ratio of 4.0%, and the leverage ratio at December 31, 2020, was 8.37%.

As of December 31, 2020, the most recent notification from the OCC categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  To be categorized as well-capitalized the Bank must maintain total risk-based, tier 1 risk-based, common equity tier 1, and tier 1 leverage ratios of 10.0%, 8.0%, 6.5%, and 5.0%, respectively.  There are no conditions or events that have occurred since the receipt of the most recent notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s categorization.

In addition, under amendments to the BHCA introduced by the Dodd-Frank Act and commonly known as the Volcker Rule, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to extensive limits on proprietary trading and on owning or sponsoring hedge funds and private-equity funds. The limits on proprietary trading are largely focused on purchases or sales of financial instruments by a banking entity as principal primarily for the purpose of short-term resale, benefitting from actual or expected short-term price movements, or realizing short-term arbitrage profits. The limits on owning or sponsoring hedge funds and private-equity funds are designed to ensure that banking entities

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generally maintain only small positions in managed or advised funds and are not exposed to significant losses arising directly or indirectly from them. The Volcker Rule also provides for increased capital charges, quantitative limits, rigorous compliance programs, and other restrictions on permitted proprietary trading and fund activities, including a prohibition on transactions with a covered fund that would constitute a covered transaction under Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act. The fund activities of the Company and its subsidiaries are in conformance with the Volcker Rule.  

Actual capital amounts as well as required and well-capitalized common equity tier 1, tier 1, total and tier 1 leverage ratios as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 for the Company and the Bank are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

Actual

 

 

For Capital Adequacy Purposes

 

 

To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

Common Equity Tier 1 Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

$

2,547,634

 

 

 

12.10

%

 

$

947,486

 

 

 

4.50

%

 

$

N/A

 

 

 

N/A

%

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,492,571

 

 

 

11.92

 

 

 

941,036

 

 

 

4.50

 

 

 

1,359,275

 

 

 

6.50

 

Tier 1 Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

 

2,547,634

 

 

 

12.10

 

 

 

1,263,315

 

 

 

6.00

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,492,571

 

 

 

11.92

 

 

 

1,254,715

 

 

 

6.00

 

 

 

1,672,954

 

 

 

8.00

 

Total Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

 

3,002,545

 

 

 

14.26

 

 

 

1,684,420

 

 

 

8.00

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,679,844

 

 

 

12.81

 

 

 

1,672,954

 

 

 

8.00

 

 

 

2,091,192

 

 

 

10.00

 

Tier 1 Leverage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

 

2,547,634

 

 

 

8.37

 

 

 

1,217,386

 

 

 

4.00

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,492,571

 

 

 

8.28

 

 

 

1,203,559

 

 

 

4.00

 

 

 

1,504,449

 

 

 

5.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

Common Equity Tier 1 Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

$

2,330,533

 

 

 

12.33

%

 

$

850,304

 

 

 

4.50

%

 

$

N/A

 

 

 

N/A

%

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,128,608

 

 

 

11.36

 

 

 

843,544

 

 

 

4.50

 

 

 

1,218,453

 

 

 

6.50

 

Tier 1 Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

 

2,330,533

 

 

 

12.33

 

 

 

1,133,738

 

 

 

6.00

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,128,608

 

 

 

11.36

 

 

 

1,124,726

 

 

 

6.00

 

 

 

1,499,635

 

 

 

8.00

 

Total Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

 

2,505,397

 

 

 

13.26

 

 

 

1,511,651

 

 

 

8.00

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,233,100

 

 

 

11.91

 

 

 

1,499,635

 

 

 

8.00

 

 

 

1,874,543

 

 

 

10.00

 

Tier 1 Leverage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMB Financial Corporation

 

 

2,330,533

 

 

 

9.37

 

 

 

995,000

 

 

 

4.00

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

UMB Bank, n. a.

 

 

2,128,608

 

 

 

8.62

 

 

 

987,983

 

 

 

4.00

 

 

 

1,234,978

 

 

 

5.00

 

 

11. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The Company has a discretionary noncontributory profit sharing plan, which features an employee stock ownership plan.  This plan is for the benefit of substantially all eligible officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.  The Company has accrued and anticipates making a discretionary payment of $2.0 million in March 2021, for 2020.  A $2.0 million contribution was paid in 2020, for 2019.  A $1.5 million contribution was paid in 2019, for 2018.

The Company has a qualified 401(k) profit sharing plan that permits participants to make contributions by salary deduction, to which the Company makes matching contributions.  The Company recognized expense related to matching contributions of $11.0 million, $10.6 million, and $8.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Company recognized $0.6 million, $1.3 million, and $1.5 million in expense related to outstanding stock options and $3.4 million, $6.9 million, and $8.2 million in expense related to outstanding restricted stock grants for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively. The Company also recognized $10.5 million, $6.0 million, and $807 thousand in expense related to outstanding restricted stock unit grants for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The Company had $46 thousand of unrecognized compensation expense related to the outstanding stock options, $2.2 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock, and $13.3 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock unit grants at December 31, 2020.  

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Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan

At the April 26, 2005 shareholders’ meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (LTIP) which became effective as of January 1, 2005. The LTIP permits the issuance to selected officers of the Company service-based restricted stock grants, performance-based restricted stock grants and non-qualified stock options. Service-based restricted stock grants contain a service requirement.  The performance-based restricted grants contain performance and service requirements.  The non-qualified stock option grants contain a service requirement.

At the April 23, 2013 shareholders’ meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved amendments to the LTIP Plan, including increasing the number of shares of the Company’s stock reserved for issuance under the Plan from 5.25 million shares to 7.44 million shares. Additionally, the shareholders approved increasing the maximum benefits any one eligible employee may receive under the plan during any one fiscal year from $1 million to $2 million taking into account the value of all stock options and restricted stock received. 

The service-based restricted stock grants contain a service requirement with varying vesting schedules.  The majority of these grants issued prior to 2016 utilize a vesting schedule in which 50% of the shares vest after three years of service, 75% after four years of service and 100% after five years of service.  The majority of these grants issued in 2016 and beyond utilize a vesting schedule in which 50% of the shares vest after two years of service, 75% after three years of service and 100% after four years of service.  Certain other grants utilize vesting schedules in which the grants vest ratably over the requisite service period or contain a three-year cliff vesting.

The performance-based restricted stock grants contain a service and a performance requirement.  The performance requirement is based on a predetermined performance requirement over a three-year period.  The service requirement portion is a three-year cliff vesting.  If the minimum performance requirement is not met, the participants do not receive the shares.  

The dividends on service and performance-based restricted stock grants are treated as two separate transactions.  First, cash dividends are paid on the restricted stock.  Those cash dividends are then paid to purchase additional shares of restricted stock.  Dividends earned as additional shares of restricted stock have the same terms as the associated grant.  The dividends paid on the stock are recorded as a reduction to retained earnings, similar to all dividend transactions.

The table below discloses the status of the service-based restricted shares during 2020:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

Service-Based Restricted Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2019

 

 

210,538

 

 

$

66.65

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canceled

 

 

(7,345

)

 

 

72.11

 

Vested

 

 

(136,895

)

 

 

63.30

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2020

 

 

66,298

 

 

$

72.98

 

 

As of December 31, 2020, there was $2.2 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested shares.  The cost is expected to be recognized over a period of 1.0 years.  Total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 was $9.2 million, $8.7 million, and $14.5 million, respectively.    

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The table below discloses the status of the performance-based restricted shares during 2020:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

Performance-Based Restricted Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2019

 

 

30,545

 

 

$

75.25

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canceled

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

(30,545

)

 

 

75.25

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

Total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, was $2.0 million, $3.0 million, and $2.6 million, respectively.  

The non-qualified stock options carry a service requirement and grants issued prior to 2016 will vest 50% after three years, 75% after four years and 100% after five years, while grants issued in 2016 and beyond will vest 50% after two years, 75% after three years and 100% after four years.

The table below discloses the information relating to non-qualified option activity in 2020 under the LTIP:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Price Per Share

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term

 

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

 

Stock Options Under the LTIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - December 31, 2019

 

 

643,319

 

 

$

53.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canceled

 

 

(1,632

)

 

 

75.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

(14,620

)

 

 

60.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(99,126

)

 

 

46.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding - December 31, 2020

 

 

527,941

 

 

$

54.89

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

$

7,446,101

 

Exercisable - December 31, 2020

 

 

501,826

 

 

$

53.83

 

 

 

3.9

 

 

$

7,609,581

 

 

There were no options granted during 2020, 2019, or 2018.  The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, was $2.0 million, $1.6 million and $6.1 million, respectively.  As of December 31, 2020, there was $46 thousand of unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested options. The cost is expected to be recognized over a period of 0.1 years.

Cash received from options exercised under all share based compensation plans was $4.6 million, $3.8 million, and $11.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.  The tax benefit realized for stock options exercised was $345 thousand, $766 thousand, and $2.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

The Company has no specific policy to repurchase common shares to mitigate the dilutive impact of options; however, the Company has historically made adequate discretionary repurchases of common shares in an amount that exceeds stock option exercise activity.  See a description of the Company’s Repurchase Authorizations in Note 14, “Common Stock and Earnings Per Share,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements provided in Item 8, pages 109 through 110 of this report.

Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan

At the April 24, 2018 shareholders’ meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved the UMB Financial Corporation Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (OICP) which became effective as of April 24, 2018. The OICP permits the issuance to key employees of the Company various types of awards, including stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units, performance awards and other stock-based awards. Service-based restricted stock unit awards contain a service requirement and the performance-based restricted stock unit awards contain performance and service requirements. The number of shares of the Company’s stock reserved for issuance under the OICP is 5.40 million shares.

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The service-based restricted stock unit awards are payable in shares of stock and the majority contain a service requirement with a four-year graded vesting schedule in which 50% of the units are vested after two years, 75% are vested after three years, and 100% are vested after four years.  Certain other grants contain a service requirement with either a two-year cliff vesting or a three-year graded vesting schedule in which 50% of the units vest after two years of service and the remaining 50% vest after three years of service.

The performance-based restricted stock unit awards are payable in shares of stock and contain a service and a performance requirement.  The performance requirement is based on two predetermined performance requirements over a three-year period. The service requirement portion is a three-year cliff vesting.  If the minimum performance requirement is not met, the participants do not receive the shares.

The dividends on service-based restricted stock grants and service-based restricted stock units are treated as two separate transactions.  First, cash dividends are paid on the restricted stock or stock units.  Those cash dividends are then paid to purchase additional shares of restricted stock or stock units.  Dividends earned as additional shares of restricted stock or stock units have the same terms as the associated grant. The dividends paid on the stock are recorded as a reduction to retained earnings, similar to all dividend transactions.  Dividends are not paid on performance-based restricted stock units.

As of December 31, 2020, there were no nonvested service-based restricted stock awards outstanding, and no awards were granted, cancelled, or vested during 2020. As of December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock awards. Total fair value of shares vested during the year ended December 31, 2018, was $18 thousand.

The table below discloses the status of the service-based restricted stock units during 2020:

 

 

 

Number of Units

 

 

Weighted Average Price Per Unit

 

Service Based Restricted Stock Units Under the OICP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2019

 

 

179,278

 

 

$

66.03

 

Granted

 

 

169,671

 

 

 

66.70

 

Canceled

 

 

(22,930

)

 

 

66.38

 

Vested

 

 

(6,221

)

 

 

71.76

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2020

 

 

319,798

 

 

$

66.25

 

As of December 31, 2020, there was $10.7 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested service-based restricted stock units. The cost is expected to be recognized over a period of 2.7 years. Total fair value of units vested during the year ended December 31, 2020 was $0.3 million. There were no units vested during 2019 or 2018.

The table below discloses the status of the performance-based restricted stock units during 2020:

 

 

 

Number of Units

 

 

Weighted Average Price Per Unit

 

Performance Based Restricted Stock Units Under the OICP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2019

 

 

84,886

 

 

$

67.30

 

Granted

 

 

65,093

 

 

 

61.67

 

Canceled

 

 

(1,906

)

 

 

68.16

 

Vested

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonvested - December 31, 2020

 

 

148,073

 

 

$

64.82

 

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As of December 31, 2020, there was $2.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested performance-based restricted stock units. The cost is expected to be recognized over a period of 1.8 years. There were no units vested during 2020, 2019, or 2018.

12. BUSINESS SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company has strategically aligned its operations into the following three reportable segments: Commercial Banking, Institutional Banking, and Personal Banking (collectively, the Business Segments, and each, a Business Segment).  The Company’s senior executive officers regularly evaluate Business Segment financial results produced by the Company’s internal reporting system in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance for individual Business Segments. Prior to 2020, the Company had the following four Business Segments:  Commercial Banking, Institutional Banking, Personal Banking, and Healthcare Services. In the first quarter of 2020, the Company merged the Healthcare Services segment into the Institutional Banking segment to better reflect how the core businesses, products and services are currently being evaluated by management.  The Company’s Healthcare Services leadership structure and financial performance assessments are now included in the Institutional Banking segment, and accordingly, the reportable segments were realigned to reflect these changes. The Company’s reportable Business Segments include certain corporate overhead, technology and service costs that are allocated based on methodologies that are applied consistently between periods. For comparability purposes, amounts in all periods are based on methodologies in effect at December 31, 2020. Previously reported results have been reclassified in this filing to conform to the current organizational structure.

The following summaries provide information about the activities of each segment:

Commercial Banking serves the commercial banking and treasury management needs of the Company’s small to mid-market businesses through a variety of products and services.  Such services include commercial loans, commercial real estate financing, commercial credit cards, letters of credit, loan syndication services, consultative services.  In addition, our specialty lending group offers a variety of business solutions including asset-based lending, accounts receivable financing, mezzanine debt and minority equity investments.  Treasury management services include depository services, account reconciliation and cash management tools such as, accounts payable and receivable solutions, electronic fund transfer and automated payments, controlled disbursements, lockbox services, and remote deposit capture services.

Institutional Banking is a combination of banking services, fund services, asset management services, and healthcare services provided to institutional clients.  This segment also provides fixed income sales, trading and underwriting, corporate trust and escrow services, as well as institutional custody.  Institutional Banking includes UMBFS, which provides fund administration and accounting, investor services and transfer agency, marketing and distribution, custody, and alternative investment services.  Healthcare services provides healthcare payment solutions including custodial services for health savings accounts (HSAs) and private label, multipurpose debit cards to insurance carriers, third-party administrators, software companies, employers, and financial institutions.

Personal Banking combines consumer banking and wealth management services offered to clients and delivered through personal relationships and the Company’s bank branches, ATM network and internet banking.  Products offered include deposit accounts, retail credit cards, private banking, installment loans, home equity lines of credit, residential mortgages, and small business loans.  The range of client services extends from a basic checking account to estate planning and trust services and includes private banking, brokerage services, and insurance services in addition to a full spectrum of investment advisory, trust, and custody services.

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BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment financial results were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Commercial Banking

 

 

Institutional Banking

 

 

Personal Banking

 

 

Total

 

Net interest income

 

$

475,425

 

 

$

106,856

 

 

$

148,948

 

 

$

731,229

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

119,424

 

 

 

882

 

 

 

10,194

 

 

 

130,500

 

Noninterest income

 

 

189,412

 

 

 

254,874

 

 

 

115,880

 

 

 

560,166

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

272,283

 

 

 

286,635

 

 

 

263,087

 

 

 

822,005

 

Income (loss) before taxes

 

 

273,130

 

 

 

74,213

 

 

 

(8,453

)

 

 

338,890

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

42,223

 

 

 

11,472

 

 

 

(1,307

)

 

 

52,388

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

230,907

 

 

$

62,741

 

 

$

(7,146

)

 

$

286,502

 

Average assets

 

$

12,614,000

 

 

$

9,746,000

 

 

$

6,208,000

 

 

$

28,568,000

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Commercial Banking

 

 

Institutional Banking

 

 

Personal Banking

 

 

Total

 

Net interest income

 

$

412,232

 

 

$

126,591

 

 

$

132,082

 

 

$

670,905

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

26,159

 

 

 

975

 

 

 

5,716

 

 

 

32,850

 

Noninterest income

 

 

81,609

 

 

 

232,444

 

 

 

112,717

 

 

 

426,770

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

267,345

 

 

 

268,423

 

 

 

243,092

 

 

 

778,860

 

Income (loss) before taxes

 

 

200,337

 

 

 

89,637

 

 

 

(4,009

)

 

 

285,965

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

29,679

 

 

 

13,280

 

 

 

(594

)

 

 

42,365

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

170,658

 

 

$

76,357

 

 

$

(3,415

)

 

$

243,600

 

Average assets

 

$

10,740,000

 

 

$

7,714,000

 

 

$

5,331,000

 

 

$

23,785,000

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Commercial Banking

 

 

Institutional Banking

 

 

Personal Banking

 

 

Total

 

Net interest income

 

$

380,266

 

 

$

105,135

 

 

$

125,045

 

 

$

610,446

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

63,841

 

 

 

1,335

 

 

 

5,574

 

 

 

70,750

 

Noninterest income

 

 

74,931

 

 

 

208,423

 

 

 

118,344

 

 

 

401,698

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

253,740

 

 

 

238,654

 

 

 

225,406

 

 

 

717,800

 

Income before taxes

 

 

137,616

 

 

 

73,569

 

 

 

12,409

 

 

 

223,594

 

Income tax expense

 

 

16,824

 

 

 

8,993

 

 

 

1,517

 

 

 

27,334

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

120,792

 

 

$

64,576

 

 

$

10,892

 

 

$

196,260

 

Average assets

 

$

9,858,000

 

 

$

6,184,000

 

 

$

4,958,000

 

 

$

21,000,000

 

 

 

13. REVENUE RECOGNITION

 

The following is a description of the principal activities from which the Company generates revenue that are within the scope of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers:

 

Trust and securities processing – Trust and securities processing income consists of fees earned on personal and corporate trust accounts, custody of securities services, trust investments and wealth management services, and mutual fund and alternative asset servicing.  The performance obligations related to this revenue include items such as performing full bond trustee service administration, investment advisory services, custody and record-keeping services, and fund administrative and accounting services.  These fees are part of long-term contractual agreements and the performance obligations are satisfied upon completion of service and fees are generally a fixed flat monthly rate or based on a percentage of the account’s market value per the contract with the customer.  These fees are primarily recorded within the Company’s Institutional and Personal Banking segments.  

 

Trading and investment banking – Trading and investment banking income consists of income earned related to the Company’s trading securities portfolio, including futures hedging, dividends, bond underwriting, and other securities incomes.  The vast majority of this revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC 320, Debt and Equity

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Securities, and is out of the scope of ASC 606. A portion of trading and investment banking represents fees earned for management fees, commissions, and underwriting of corporate bond issuances.  The performance obligations related to these fees include reviewing the credit worthiness of the customer, ensuring appropriate regulatory approval and participating in due diligence.  The fees are fixed per the bond prospectus and the performance obligations are satisfied upon registration approval of the bonds by the applicable regulatory agencies.  Revenue is recognized at the point in time upon completion of service and when approval is granted by the regulators.

 

Service charges on deposits – Service charges on deposit accounts represent monthly analysis fees recognized for the services related to customer deposit accounts, including account maintenance and depository transactions processing fees.  Commercial Banking and Institutional Banking depository accounts charge fees in accordance with the customer’s pricing schedule while Personal Banking account holders are generally charged a flat service fee per month.  Deposit service charges for the healthcare accounts included in the Institutional Banking segment are priced according to either standard pricing schedules with individual account holders or according to service agreements between the Company and employer groups or third-party administrators.  The Company satisfies the performance obligation related to providing depository accounts monthly as transactions are processed and deposit service charge revenue is recorded monthly.  These fees are recognized within all Business Segments.  

 

Insurance fees and commissions – Insurance fees and commissions includes all insurance-related fees earned, including commissions for individual life, variable life, group life, health, group health, fixed annuity, and variable annuity insurance contracts. The performance obligations related to these revenues primarily represent the placement of insurance policies with the insurance company partners.  The fees are based on the contracts with insurance company partners and the performance obligations are satisfied when the terms of the policy have been agreed to and the insurance policy becomes effective.

 

Brokerage fees – Brokerage fees represent income earned related to providing brokerage transaction services, including commissions on equity and commodity trades, and fees for investment management, advisory and administration.  The performance obligations related to transaction services are executing the specified trade and are priced according to the customer’s fee schedule.  Such income is recognized at a point in time as the trade occurs and the performance obligation is fulfilled.  The performance obligations related to investment management, advisory and administration include allocating customer assets across a wide range of mutual funds and other investments, on-going account monitoring and re-balancing of the portfolio.  These performance obligations are satisfied over time and the related revenue is calculated monthly based on the assets under management of each customer.  All material performance obligations are satisfied as of the end of each accounting period.

 

Bankcard fees – Bankcard fees primarily represent income earned from interchange revenue from MasterCard and Visa for the Company’s processing of debit, credit, HSA, and flexible spending account transactions.  Additionally, the Company earns income and incentives related to various referrals of customers to card programs.  The performance obligation for interchange revenue is the processing of each transaction through the Company’s access to the banking system.  This performance obligation is completed for each individual transaction and income is recognized per transaction in accordance with interchange rates established by MasterCard and Visa.  The performance obligations for various referral and incentive programs include either referring customers to certain card products or issuing exclusively branded cards for certain customer segments.  The pricing of these incentive and referral programs are in accordance with the agreement with the individual card partner.  These performance obligations are completed as the referrals are made or over a period of time when the Company is exclusively issuing branded cards.  For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company also has approximately $30.0 million, $38.1 million, and $36.0 million of expense, respectively, recorded within the Bankcard fees line on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income related to rebates and rewards programs that are outside of the scope of ASC 606.  All material performance obligations are satisfied as of the end of each accounting period.

 

Investment securities gains, net – In the regular course of business, the Company recognizes gains on the sale of available-for-sale securities.  Additionally, the Company recognizes gains and losses on equity securities with readily determinable fair values and equity securities without readily determinable fair values. These gains and losses are recognized in accordance with ASC 320, Debt and Equity Securities, and are outside of the scope of ASC 606.

 

Other income – The Company recognizes other miscellaneous income through a variety of other revenue streams, the most material of which include letter of credit fees, certain loan origination fees, gains on the sale of assets, derivative income, and bank-owned and company-owned life insurance income.  These revenue streams are

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outside of the scope of ASC 606 and are recognized in accordance with the applicable U.S. GAAP.  The remainder of Other income is primarily earned through transactions with personal banking customers, including wire transfer service charges, stop payment charges, and fees for items like money orders and cashier’s checks.  The performance obligations of these types of fees are satisfied as transactions are completed and revenue is recognized upon transaction execution according to established fee schedules with the customers.  

 

The Company had no material contract assets, contract liabilities, or remaining performance obligations as of December 31, 2020 or 2019.  Total receivables from revenue recognized under the scope of ASC 606 were $62.1 million and $58.0 million as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  These receivables are included as part of the Other assets line on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

The following tables depict the disaggregation of revenue according to revenue stream and Business Segment for the three years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018.  As stated in Note 12, “Business Segment Reporting,” for comparability purposes, amounts in all periods are based on methodologies in effect at December 31, 2020 and previously reported results have been reclassified in this filing to conform to the current organizational structure.  

Disaggregated revenue is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

NONINTEREST INCOME

 

Commercial Banking

 

 

Institutional Banking

 

 

Personal Banking

 

 

Revenue (Expense) out of Scope of ASC 606

 

 

Total

 

Trust and securities processing

 

$

 

 

$

131,249

 

 

$

63,397

 

 

$

 

 

$

194,646

 

Trading and investment banking

 

 

 

 

 

755

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,190

 

 

 

32,945

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

 

 

28,736

 

 

 

46,611

 

 

 

8,321

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

83,879

 

Insurance fees and commissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,369

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,369

 

Brokerage fees

 

 

245

 

 

 

16,075

 

 

 

8,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,350

 

Bankcard fees

 

 

51,755

 

 

 

17,731

 

 

 

20,123

 

 

 

(29,065

)

 

 

60,544

 

Investment securities gains, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120,634

 

 

 

120,634

 

Other

 

 

1,135

 

 

 

1,469

 

 

 

2,603

 

 

 

36,592

 

 

 

41,799

 

Total noninterest income

 

$

81,871

 

 

$

213,890

 

 

$

103,843

 

 

$

160,562

 

 

$

560,166

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

NONINTEREST INCOME

 

Commercial Banking

 

 

Institutional Banking

 

 

Personal Banking

 

 

Revenue (Expense) out of Scope of ASC 606

 

 

Total

 

Trust and securities processing

 

$

 

 

$

113,313

 

 

$

63,600

 

 

$

 

 

$

176,913

 

Trading and investment banking

 

 

 

 

 

741

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,725

 

 

 

23,466

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

 

 

29,716

 

 

 

41,923

 

 

 

10,964

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

82,748

 

Insurance fees and commissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,634

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,634

 

Brokerage fees

 

 

214

 

 

 

23,231

 

 

 

7,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,261

 

Bankcard fees

 

 

60,375

 

 

 

21,386

 

 

 

21,911

 

 

 

(36,945

)

 

 

66,727

 

Investment securities gains, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,245

 

 

 

2,245

 

Other

 

 

1,196

 

 

 

1,469

 

 

 

3,190

 

 

 

35,921

 

 

 

41,776

 

Total noninterest income

 

$

91,501

 

 

$

202,063

 

 

$

109,115

 

 

$

24,091

 

 

$

426,770

 

 

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

NONINTEREST INCOME

 

Commercial Banking

 

 

Institutional Banking

 

 

Personal Banking

 

 

Revenue (Expense) out of Scope of ASC 606

 

 

Total

 

Trust and securities processing

 

$

 

 

$

107,237

 

 

$

64,926

 

 

$

 

 

$

172,163

 

Trading and investment banking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,584

 

 

 

15,584

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

 

 

30,313

 

 

 

42,297

 

 

 

11,551

 

 

 

126

 

 

 

84,287

 

Insurance fees and commissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,292

 

Brokerage fees

 

 

194

 

 

 

17,026

 

 

 

8,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,807

 

Bankcard fees

 

 

59,596

 

 

 

22,080

 

 

 

22,080

 

 

 

(35,236

)

 

 

68,520

 

Investment securities gains, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,521

 

 

 

3,521

 

Other

 

 

2,082

 

 

 

1,346

 

 

 

3,519

 

 

 

23,577

 

 

 

30,524

 

Total noninterest income

 

$

92,185

 

 

$

189,986

 

 

$

111,955

 

 

$

7,572

 

 

$

401,698

 

 

 

14. COMMON STOCK AND EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table summarizes the share transactions for the three years ended December 31, 2020 (in thousands, except for share data):

 

 

 

Shares Issued

 

 

Shares in Treasury

 

Balance January 1, 2018

 

 

55,056,730

 

 

 

(5,161,740

)

Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

 

 

 

 

 

(780,321

)

Purchase of Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

(401,038

)

Sale of Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

14,631

 

Issued for stock options and restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

388,960

 

Balance December 31, 2018

 

 

55,056,730

 

 

 

(5,939,508

)

Purchase of Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

(124,109

)

Sale of Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

12,968

 

Issued for stock options and restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

91,525

 

Balance December 31, 2019

 

 

55,056,730

 

 

 

(5,959,124

)

Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

 

 

 

 

 

(653,498

)

Purchase of Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

(563,830

)

Sale of Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

11,372

 

Issued for stock options and restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

114,736

 

Balance December 31, 2020

 

 

55,056,730

 

 

 

(7,050,344

)

The Board authorized the repurchase of up to 2 million shares of common stock annually at its 2018, 2019 and 2020 meetings.  During 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with BAML to repurchase an aggregate of $50.0 million of the Company’s common stock through an ASR.  Under the ASR, the Company repurchased a total of 780,321 shares.  The final settlement of the transactions under the ASR occurred in December 2018.  Additionally, during 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with BAML to repurchase an aggregate of $30.0 million of the Company’s common stock through an ASR.  Under the ASR, the Company repurchased a total of 653,498 shares.  The final settlement of the transactions under the ASR occurred in the second quarter of 2020. Other than purchases pursuant to the ASR, all share purchases pursuant to the Repurchase Authorizations are intended to be within the scope of Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act.  Rule 10b-18 provides a safe harbor for purchases in a given day if the Company satisfies the manner, timing and volume conditions of the rule when purchasing its own common shares. The Company has not made any repurchase of its securities other than pursuant to the Repurchase Authorizations.

Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year.  Diluted earnings per share gives effect to all potential common shares that were outstanding during the year.

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The shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share, are shown below:

 

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Weighted average basic common shares outstanding

 

 

48,137,791

 

 

 

48,779,263

 

 

 

49,334,937

 

Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock

 

 

205,959

 

 

 

310,614

 

 

 

435,800

 

Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding

 

 

48,343,750

 

 

 

49,089,877

 

 

 

49,770,737

 

 

15. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND GUARANTEES

In the normal course of business, the Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in order to meet the financing needs of its customers and to reduce its own exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, commercial letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and futures contracts.  These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The contract or notional amount of those instruments reflects the extent of involvement the Company has in particular classes of financial instruments.  Many of the commitments expire without being drawn upon; therefore, the total amount of these commitments does not necessarily represent the future cash requirements of the Company.

The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instruments for commitments to extend credit, commercial letters of credit, and standby letters of credit is represented by the contract or notional amount of those instruments.  The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the agreement.  These conditions generally include, but are not limited to, each customer being current as to repayment terms of existing loans and no deterioration in the customer’s financial condition.  Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee.  The interest rate is generally a variable rate.  If the commitment has a fixed interest rate, the rate is generally not set until such time as credit is extended.  For credit card customers, the Company has the right to change or terminate terms or conditions of the credit card account at any time.  Since a large portion of the commitments and unused credit card lines are never actually drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.  The Company evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on an individual basis.  The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Company upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation.  Collateral pledged by customers varies but may include accounts receivable, inventory, real estate, plant and equipment, stock, securities and certificates of deposit.

Commercial letters of credit are issued specifically to facilitate trade or commerce.  Under the terms of a commercial letter of credit, as a general rule, drafts will be drawn when the underlying transaction is consummated as intended.

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company payable upon the non-performance of a customer’s obligation to a third party.  The Company issues standby letters of credit for terms ranging from three months to six years.  The Company generally requires the customer to pledge collateral to support the letter of credit.  The maximum liability to the Company under standby letters of credit at December 31, 2020 and 2019, was $346.6 million and $299.9 million, respectively.  As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, standby letters of credit totaling $3.8 million and $3.7 million, respectively, were with related parties to the Company.

The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities.  The Company holds collateral supporting those commitments when deemed necessary.  Collateral varies but may include such items as those described for commitments to extend credit.

Futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of securities or money market instruments in which the seller agrees to make delivery at a specified future date, of a specified instrument, at a specified yield.  Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movement in securities values and interest rates.  Instruments used in trading activities are carried at fair value and gains and losses on futures contracts are settled in cash daily.  Any changes in the fair value are recognized in trading and investment banking income.

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The Company uses contracts to offset interest rate risk on specific securities held in the trading portfolio.  As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no notional amounts outstanding for these contracts.   There were no open futures contract positions during the year ended December 31, 2020 or 2019.  There was no net futures activity for the year ended December 31, 2020.  Net futures activity resulted in gains of $5 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2019.  There was no net futures activity for the year ended December 31, 2018.  The Company controls the credit risk of its futures contracts through credit approvals, limits and monitoring procedures.

The Company also enters into foreign exchange contracts on a limited basis.  For operating purposes, the Company maintains certain balances in foreign banks. Foreign exchange contracts are purchased on a monthly basis to avoid foreign exchange risk on these foreign balances.  The Company will also enter into foreign exchange contracts to facilitate foreign exchange needs of customers.  The Company will enter into a contract to buy or sell a foreign currency at a future date only as part of a contract to sell or buy the foreign currency at the same future date to a customer.  During 2020, contracts to purchase and to sell foreign currency averaged approximately $21.0 million compared to $18.4 million during 2019.  The net gains on these foreign exchange contracts for 2020, 2019 and 2018 were $1.9 million, $1.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively.

With respect to group concentrations of credit risk, most of the Company’s business activity is with customers in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona, Illinois, and Texas.  At December 31, 2020, the Company did not have any significant credit concentrations in any particular industry.

The following table summarizes the Company’s off-balance sheet financial instruments as described above (in thousands):

 

 

 

Contract or Notional Amount December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Commitments to extend credit for loans (excluding credit card loans)

 

$

8,851,333

 

 

$

7,409,338

 

Commitments to extend credit under credit card loans

 

 

3,472,339

 

 

 

3,188,905

 

Commercial letters of credit

 

 

3,160

 

 

 

4,460

 

Standby letters of credit

 

 

346,617

 

 

 

299,933

 

Forward contracts

 

 

51,273

 

 

 

58,287

 

Spot foreign exchange contracts

 

 

680

 

 

 

1,980

 

 

Allowance for Credit Losses on Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposure

The Company estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the Company is exposed to credit risk via a contractual obligation to extend credit, unless that obligation is unconditionally cancelable by the Company.  The estimate includes consideration of the likelihood that funding will occur and an estimate of expected credit losses on commitments expected to be funded over its estimated life.  The estimate is based on expected utilization rates by portfolio segment.  Utilization rates are influenced by historical trends and current conditions.  The expected utilization rates are applied to the total commitment to determine the expected amount to be funded.  The allowance for off-balance sheet credit exposure is calculated by applying portfolio segment expected credit loss rates to the expected amount to be funded.

The following categories of off-balance sheet credit exposures have been identified:

Revolving Lines of Credit: includes commercial, construction, agricultural, personal, and home-equity.  Risk inherent to revolving lines of credit often are related to the susceptibility of an individual or business experiencing unpredictable cash flow or financial troubles, thus leading to payment default.  During these financial troubles, the borrower could have less than desirable assets collateralizing the revolving line of credit.  The financial strain the borrower is experiencing could lead to drawing against the line without the ability to pay the line down.

Non-Revolving Lines of Credit: include commercial and personal.  Lines that do not carry a revolving feature are generally associated with a specific expenditure or project, such as to purchase equipment or the construction of real estate.  The predominate risk associated with non-revolving lines is the diversion of funds for other expenditures.  If the funds get diverted, the contributory value to collateral suffers.

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Letters of Credit: includes standby letters of credit.  Generally, a standby letter of credit is established to provide assurance to the beneficiary that the applicant will perform certain obligations arising out of a separate transaction between the beneficiary and the applicant.  These obligations might be the performance of a service or delivery of a product  If the obligations are not met, it gives the beneficiary the right to draw on the letter of credit.

As of December 31, 2020, the ACL for off-balance sheet credit exposures was $5.6 million and was recorded in the Accrued expenses and taxes line of the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Provision for off-balance sheet credit exposures of $2.6 million was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2020 and was recorded in the Provision for credit losses line of the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

16. DIVESTITURES

On November 17, 2017, the Company closed the sale of all of the outstanding stock of Scout, its institutional investment management subsidiary, for $172.5 million in cash, which was subject to customary post-closing purchase adjustments. The gain recorded on the disposal of Scout was $103.6 million.

This table summarizes the components of income from discontinued operations, net of taxes, for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 presented in the Consolidated Statements of Income (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Total noninterest income

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Total noninterest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

917

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(917

)

Gain on the disposal of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(917

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(170

)

Net loss on discontinued operations

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(747

)

 

The components of net cash provided by operating and investing activities of discontinued operations included in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(747

)

Gain on the disposal of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(747

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds on disposal of discontinued operations

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

17. INCOME TAXES

Income taxes from continuing operations produce effective income tax rates of 15.5% in 2020, 14.8% in 2019, and 12.2% in 2018.  These percentages are computed by dividing income tax expense by Income from continuing operations before income taxes.

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Income tax expense from continuing operations includes the following components (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Current tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

49,053

 

 

$

37,134

 

 

$

43,027

 

State

 

 

8,171

 

 

 

5,384

 

 

 

4,568

 

Total current tax expense

 

 

57,224

 

 

 

42,518

 

 

 

47,595

 

Deferred tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

(4,045

)

 

 

(177

)

 

 

(19,355

)

State

 

 

(791

)

 

 

24

 

 

 

(906

)

Total deferred tax benefit

 

 

(4,836

)

 

 

(153

)

 

 

(20,261

)

Total tax expense

 

$

52,388

 

 

$

42,365

 

 

$

27,334

 

 

Income taxes from discontinued operations produced an effective income tax rate of 18.5% in 2018. This percentage is computed by dividing income tax expense by Income from discontinued operations before income taxes.

 

Income tax expense from discontinued operations includes the following components (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Current tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(154

)

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

Total current tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(170

)

Deferred tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deferred tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total tax benefit

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(170

)

 

The reconciliation between the income tax expense and the amount computed by applying the statutory federal tax rate of 21% for income from continuing operations before income taxes is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Statutory federal income tax expense

 

$

71,167

 

 

$

60,053

 

 

$

46,955

 

Tax-exempt interest income

 

 

(20,914

)

 

 

(18,725

)

 

 

(15,525

)

Tax-exempt life insurance related income

 

 

(3,420

)

 

 

(4,007

)

 

 

(1,744

)

Meals, entertainment and related expenses

 

 

924

 

 

 

1,647

 

 

 

1,547

 

State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefits

 

 

5,835

 

 

 

4,273

 

 

 

2,767

 

Impacts related to the 2017 Tax Act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,974

)

Equity-based compensation

 

 

(299

)

 

 

(597

)

 

 

(2,364

)

Federal tax credits, net of amortization of LIHTC investments

 

 

(1,772

)

 

 

(980

)

 

 

(1,135

)

Other

 

 

867

 

 

 

701

 

 

 

1,807

 

Total tax expense

 

$

52,388

 

 

$

42,365

 

 

$

27,334

 

 

 

In preparing its tax returns, the Company is required to interpret tax laws and regulations to determine its taxable income.  Periodically, the Company is subject to examinations by various taxing authorities that may give rise to differing interpretations of these laws.  Upon examination, agreement of tax liabilities between the Company and the multiple tax jurisdictions in which the Company files tax returns may ultimately be different.  The Company is in the examination process with the Internal Revenue Service for tax years 2014 and 2015 and with one state taxing authority for tax years 2016, 2017, and 2018.  The Company believes the aggregate amount of any additional

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liabilities that may result from these examinations, if any, will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.

Deferred income taxes result from differences between the carrying value of assets and liabilities measured for financial reporting and the tax basis of assets and liabilities for income tax return purposes.

The significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans, principally due to allowance for credit losses

 

$

52,583

 

 

$

23,765

 

Equity-based compensation

 

 

6,293

 

 

 

5,809

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

19,878

 

 

 

12,471

 

Deferred compensation

 

 

14,830

 

 

 

14,234

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

6,471

 

 

 

6,499

 

Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowance

 

 

100,055

 

 

 

62,778

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(3,278

)

 

 

(2,332

)

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

96,777

 

 

 

60,446

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain on securities available for sale

 

 

(97,434

)

 

 

(29,668

)

Securities

 

 

(13,462

)

 

 

(23

)

Land, buildings and equipment

 

 

(41,339

)

 

 

(32,382

)

Original issue discount

 

 

(1,969

)

 

 

(2,455

)

Partnership investments

 

 

(6,948

)

 

 

(2,091

)

Trust preferred securities

 

 

(7,538

)

 

 

(7,833

)

Intangibles

 

 

(15,215

)

 

 

(12,503

)

Miscellaneous

 

 

(8,430

)

 

 

(3,669

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(192,335

)

 

 

(90,624

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(95,558

)

 

$

(30,178

)

 

Included in the miscellaneous deferred tax assets line item above are state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1.1 million as of December 31, 2020.  Most of these net operating losses expire at various times between 2020 and 2040 and some have an indefinite carryforward.  The Company has a full valuation allowance for a majority of these state net operating losses as they are not expected to be realized.  In addition, the Company has a valuation allowance of $2.2 million to reduce certain other state deferred tax assets to the amount of tax benefit management believes it will more likely than not realize.

The net deferred tax liability is included in the Accrued expenses and taxes line of the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various states.  With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for tax years prior to 2014 in the jurisdictions in which it files.  

Liabilities Associated With Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits totaled $6.7 million and $5.8 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, net of associated deferred tax benefit, that would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized, would be $5.3 million and $4.6 million at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The unrecognized tax benefits relate to state tax positions that have a corresponding federal tax benefit. While it is expected that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next twelve months, the Company does not expect this change to have a material impact on the financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.  

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Unrecognized tax benefits - opening balance

 

$

5,802

 

 

$

4,859

 

Gross decreases - tax positions in prior period

 

 

(96

)

 

 

(434

)

Gross increases - current-period tax positions

 

 

1,656

 

 

 

1,882

 

Lapse of statute of limitations

 

 

(645

)

 

 

(505

)

Unrecognized tax benefits - ending balance

 

$

6,717

 

 

$

5,802

 

 

18. DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions.  The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of its assets and liabilities.  Specifically, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates.  The Company’s derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing, and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally related to the Company’s loans and borrowings. The Company also has interest rate derivatives that result from a service provided to certain qualifying customers and, therefore, are not used to manage interest rate risk of the Company’s assets or liabilities. The Company has entered into an offsetting position for each of these derivative instruments with a matching instrument from another financial institution in order to minimize its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions.  

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets  

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.  The Company’s derivative assets and derivative liabilities are located within Other assets and Other liabilities, respectively, on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Derivative fair values are determined using valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows from each derivative.  This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates, and implied volatilities.  The Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements.  In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees.

This table provides a summary of the fair value of the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Derivative Assets

 

 

Derivative Liabilities

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

Fair Value

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Interest Rate Products:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

$

103,506

 

 

$

47,458

 

 

$

9,375

 

 

$

5,997

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

48

 

 

 

7,818

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

103,554

 

 

$

55,276

 

 

$

9,375

 

 

$

5,997

 

 

Fair Value Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company is exposed to changes in the fair value of certain of its fixed-rate assets and liabilities due to changes in the benchmark interest rate, LIBOR.  Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges involve making

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fixed rate payments to a counterparty in exchange for the Company receiving variable rate payments over the life of the agreements without the exchange of the underlying notional amount.  As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had one interest rate swap that was designated as a fair value hedge of interest rate risk associated with the Company’s fixed rate loan assets.  This swap had a notional amount of $5.0 million and $5.3 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

For derivatives designated and that qualify as fair value hedges, the gain or loss on the derivative as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings.  

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s objective in using interest rate derivatives is to manage its exposure to interest rate movements.  To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps and floors as part of its interest rate risk management strategy.  Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.  As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had two interest rate swaps that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk associated with the Company’s variable-rate subordinated debentures issued by Marquette Capital Trusts III and IV.  These swaps had an aggregate notional amount of $51.5 million at both December 31, 2020 and 2019.  Interest rate floors designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty if interest rates fall below the strike rate on the contract in exchange for an upfront premium.  As of December 31, 2019, the Company had one interest rate floor with a notional amount of $750.0 million that was designated as a cash flow hedge of interest rate risk.  On August 28, 2020, the Company terminated this interest rate floor.  At the date of termination, the interest rate floor had a net asset fair value of $34.1 million.  As of December 31, 2020, the gross unrealized gain on the terminated interest rate floor remaining in AOCI was $17.0 million, or $12.9 million net of tax.  The unrealized gain will be reclassified into Interest income as the underlying forecasted transactions impact earnings through the original maturity of the hedged forecasted transactions.  The total remaining term over which the unrealized gain will be reclassified into earnings is 3.7 years.

For derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk, the gain or loss on the derivative is recorded in AOCI and is subsequently reclassified into interest expense and interest income in the period during which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.  Amounts reported in AOCI related to interest rate swap derivatives will be reclassified to Interest expense as interest payments are received or paid on the Company’s derivatives. Amounts reported in AOCI related to interest rate floor derivatives will be reclassified to Interest income as interest payments are received or paid on the Company’s derivatives.  The Company expects to reclassify $1.3 million from AOCI to Interest expense and $4.7 million from AOCI to Interest income during the next 12 months.  As of December 31, 2020, the Company is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions over a maximum period of 15.7 years.

Non-designated Hedges

The remainder of the Company’s derivatives are not designated in qualifying hedging relationships.  Derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and result from a service the Company provides to certain customers.  The Company executes interest rate swaps with commercial banking customers to facilitate their respective risk management strategies.  Those interest rate swaps are simultaneously offset by interest rate swaps that the Company executes with a third party, such that the Company minimizes its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions.  As the interest rate swaps associated with this program do not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer swaps and the offsetting swaps are recognized directly in earnings.  As of December 31, 2020, the Company had 176 interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $2.5 billion related to this program.  As of December 31, 2019, the Company had 142 interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $1.9 billion.  

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Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

This table provides a summary of the amount of gain or loss recognized in Other noninterest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 related to the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities (in thousands):

 

 

 

Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Interest Rate Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

$

(720

)

 

$

464

 

 

$

(94

)

Total

 

$

(720

)

 

$

464

 

 

$

(94

)

Interest Rate Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments on derivatives

 

$

(139

)

 

$

(150

)

 

$

59

 

Fair value adjustments on hedged items

 

 

139

 

 

 

150

 

 

 

(58

)

Total

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

This table provides a summary of the effect of hedges on AOCI in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 related to the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

 

Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative

 

 

Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI Included Component

 

 

Loss Recognized in OCI Excluded Component

 

 

Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings

 

 

Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings Included Component

 

 

Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings Excluded Component

 

Interest rate floor

 

$

28,390

 

 

$

34,917

 

 

$

(6,527

)

 

$

2,943

 

 

$

5,398

 

 

$

(2,455

)

Interest rate swaps

 

 

(7,411

)

 

 

(7,411

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,038

)

 

 

(1,038

)

 

 

 

Total

 

$

20,979

 

 

$

27,506

 

 

$

(6,527

)

 

$

1,905

 

 

$

4,360

 

 

$

(2,455

)

 

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

 

Loss Recognized in OCI on Derivative

 

 

Loss Recognized in OCI Included Component

 

 

Loss Recognized in OCI Excluded Component

 

 

Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings

 

 

Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings Included Component

 

 

Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings Excluded Component

 

Interest rate floor

 

$

(9,278

)

 

$

(4,245

)

 

$

(5,033

)

 

$

(874

)

 

$

 

 

$

(874

)

Interest rate swaps

 

 

(6,040

)

 

 

(6,040

)

 

 

 

 

 

(149

)

 

 

(149

)

 

 

 

Total

 

$

(15,318

)

 

$

(10,285

)

 

$

(5,033

)

 

$

(1,023

)

 

$

(149

)

 

$

(874

)

 

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

 

Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivative

 

 

Gain Recognized in OCI Included Component

 

 

Gain Recognized in OCI Excluded Component

 

 

Gain Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings

 

 

Gain Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings Included Component

 

 

Gain Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings Excluded Component

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

1,906

 

 

$

1,906

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Total

 

$

1,906

 

 

$

1,906

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

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Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision that if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness, including default where repayment of the indebtedness has not been accelerated by the lender, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

As of December 31, 2020, the termination value of derivatives in a net liability position, which includes accrued interest, related to these agreements was $9.2 million. The Company has minimum collateral posting thresholds with certain of its derivative counterparties. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had posted $12.4 million of collateral. If the Company had breached any of these provisions at December 31, 2020, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at the termination value.

19. DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such fair value.

Fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the Company has the ability to access.  Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.  Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability.  In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the hierarchy.  In such cases, the fair value is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.  

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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2020 Using

 

Description

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury

 

$

651

 

 

$

651

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

1,568

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,568

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

18,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,545

 

 

 

 

Corporates

 

 

711

 

 

 

711

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading – other

 

 

13,541

 

 

 

13,541

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

 

35,020

 

 

 

14,903

 

 

 

20,117

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury

 

 

30,740

 

 

 

30,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

95,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

95,949

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

5,468,181

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,468,181

 

 

 

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

3,623,619

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,623,619

 

 

 

 

Corporates

 

 

81,199

 

 

 

81,199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities available for sale

 

 

9,299,688

 

 

 

111,939

 

 

 

9,187,749

 

 

 

 

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values

 

 

134,197

 

 

 

134,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company-owned life insurance

 

 

63,575

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,575

 

 

 

 

Bank-owned life insurance

 

 

387,513

 

 

 

 

 

 

387,513

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

 

103,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,554

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

10,023,547

 

 

$

261,039

 

 

$

9,762,508

 

 

$

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

$

9,375

 

 

$

 

 

$

9,375

 

 

$

 

Securities sold not yet purchased

 

 

2,177

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,177

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

11,552

 

 

$

 

 

$

11,552

 

 

$

 

 

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Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2019 Using

 

Description

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Agencies

 

$

1,246

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,246

 

 

$

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

392

 

 

 

 

 

 

392

 

 

 

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

21,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,764

 

 

 

 

Corporates

 

 

5,649

 

 

 

5,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading – other

 

 

16,567

 

 

 

16,567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

 

45,618

 

 

 

22,216

 

 

 

23,402

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury

 

 

64,078

 

 

 

64,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Agencies

 

 

93,021

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,021

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed

 

 

4,071,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,071,794

 

 

 

 

State and political subdivisions

 

 

3,029,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,029,917

 

 

 

 

Corporates

 

 

188,552

 

 

 

188,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities available for sale

 

 

7,447,362

 

 

 

252,630

 

 

 

7,194,732

 

 

 

 

Company-owned life insurance

 

 

63,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,900

 

 

 

 

Bank-owned life insurance

 

 

280,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

280,709

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

 

55,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,276

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

7,892,865

 

 

$

274,846

 

 

$

7,618,019

 

 

$

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

$

5,997

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,997

 

 

$

 

Securities sold not yet purchased

 

 

14,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,599

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

20,596

 

 

$

 

 

$

20,596

 

 

$

 

 

Valuation methods for instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments measured on a recurring basis:

Trading Securities Fair values for trading securities (including financial futures), are based on quoted market prices where available.  If quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on quoted market prices for similar securities.

Securities Available for Sale Fair values are based on quoted market prices or dealer quotes, if available.  If a quoted market price is not available, fair value is estimated using quoted market prices for similar securities.  Prices are provided by third-party pricing services and are based on observable market inputs. On an annual basis, the Company compares a sample of these prices to other independent sources for the same securities. Additionally, throughout the year, if securities are sold, comparisons are made between the pricing services prices and the market prices at which the securities were sold.  Variances are analyzed, and, if appropriate, additional research is conducted with the third-party pricing services. Based on this research, the pricing services may affirm or revise their quoted price. No significant adjustments have been made to the prices provided by the pricing services. The pricing services also provide documentation on an ongoing basis that includes reference data, inputs and methodology by asset class, which is reviewed to ensure that security placement within the fair value hierarchy is appropriate.

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values Fair values are based on quoted market prices.

Company-owned Life Insurance Fair value is equal to the cash surrender value of the life insurance policies.  

Bank-owned Life Insurance Fair value is equal to the cash surrender value of the life insurance policies.

Derivatives Fair values are determined using valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows from each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves, foreign

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exchange rates, and implied volatilities. The Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements.  In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees.

Securities sold not yet purchased Fair values are based on quoted market prices or dealer quotes, if available. If a quoted market price is not available, fair value is estimated using quoted market prices for similar securities. Prices are provided by third-party pricing services and are based on observable market inputs.

Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2020 Using

 

Description

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

 

Total Gains Recognized During the Twelve Months Ended December 31

 

Collateral dependent assets

 

$

35,995

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

35,995

 

 

$

(9,389

)

Other real estate owned

 

 

2,798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,798

 

 

 

(938

)

Total

 

$

38,793

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

38,793

 

 

$

(10,327

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2019 Using

 

Description

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

 

Total Gains Recognized During the Twelve Months Ended December 31

 

Impaired loans

 

$

5,139

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,139

 

 

$

3,973

 

Other real estate owned

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

7

 

Total

 

$

5,194

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,194

 

 

$

3,980

 

 

Valuation methods for instruments measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments measured on a non-recurring basis:

Collateral Dependent Assets/Impaired loans With the adoption of CECL, collateral dependent assets are assets evaluated as part of the ACL on an individual basis.  Those assets for which there is an associated allowance are considered financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.  Prior to the adoption of CECL, loans identified as impaired were considered financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.  The valuation method for collateral dependent assets and impaired loans is the same.  Adjustments are recorded on certain assets to reflect write-downs that are based on the external appraised value of the underlying collateral.  The external appraisals are generally based on recent sales of comparable properties which are then adjusted for the unique characteristics of the property being valued.  In the case of non-real estate collateral, reliance is placed on a variety of sources, including external estimates of value and judgments based on the experience and expertise of internal specialists within the Company’s property management group and the Company’s credit department. The valuation of collateral dependent assets and impaired loans are reviewed on a quarterly basis.  Because many of these inputs are not observable, the measurements are classified as Level 3.  

Other real estate owned Other real estate owned consists of loan collateral which has been repossessed through foreclosure. This collateral is comprised of commercial and residential real estate and other non-real estate property, including auto, recreational and marine vehicles. Other real estate owned is recorded as held for sale initially at the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs.  The initial valuation of the foreclosed property is obtained through an appraisal process similar to the process described in the collateral dependent/impaired loans paragraph above. Subsequent to foreclosure, valuations are reviewed quarterly and updated periodically, and the

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assets may be marked down further, reflecting a new cost basis. Fair value measurements may be based upon appraisals, third-party price opinions, or internally developed pricing methods and those measurements are classified as Level 3.

Fair value disclosures require disclosure of the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities, including those financial assets and financial liabilities that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis or non-recurring basis.

The estimated fair value of the Company’s financial instruments at December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2020 Using

 

 

 

Carrying Amount

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

 

Total Estimated Fair Value

 

FINANCIAL ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and short-term investments

 

$

5,191,015

 

 

$

3,540,680

 

 

$

1,650,335

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,191,015

 

Securities available for sale

 

 

9,299,688

 

 

 

111,939

 

 

 

9,187,749

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,299,688

 

Securities held to maturity (exclusive of allowance for credit losses)

 

 

1,014,614

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,029,444

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,029,444

 

Trading securities

 

 

35,020

 

 

 

14,903

 

 

 

20,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,020

 

Other securities

 

 

296,053

 

 

 

134,197

 

 

 

161,856

 

 

 

 

 

 

296,053

 

Loans (exclusive of allowance for credit losses)

 

 

16,110,359

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,413,132

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,413,132

 

Derivatives

 

 

103,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,554

 

FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand and savings deposits

 

 

26,175,156

 

 

 

26,175,156

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,175,156

 

Time deposits

 

 

876,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

879,841

 

 

 

 

 

 

879,841

 

Other borrowings

 

 

2,315,497

 

 

 

65,636

 

 

 

2,249,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,315,497

 

Long-term debt

 

 

269,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

299,858

 

 

 

 

 

 

299,858

 

Derivatives

 

 

9,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,375

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments to extend credit for loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,405

 

Commercial letters of credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

 

Standby letters of credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,365

 

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Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2019 Using

 

 

 

Carrying Amount

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

 

Total Estimated Fair Value

 

FINANCIAL ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and short-term investments

 

$

3,276,794

 

 

$

1,701,449

 

 

$

1,575,345

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,276,794

 

Securities available for sale

 

 

7,447,362

 

 

 

252,630

 

 

 

7,194,732

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,447,362

 

Securities held to maturity

 

 

1,116,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,082,345

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,082,345

 

Trading securities

 

 

45,618

 

 

 

22,216

 

 

 

23,402

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,618

 

Other securities

 

 

108,420

 

 

 

 

 

 

108,420

 

 

 

 

 

 

108,420

 

Loans (exclusive of allowance for loan loss)

 

 

13,439,525

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,601,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,601,595

 

Derivatives

 

 

55,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,276

 

FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand and savings deposits

 

 

20,376,880

 

 

 

20,376,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,376,880

 

Time deposits

 

 

1,226,364

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,226,646

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,226,646

 

Other borrowings

 

 

1,896,508

 

 

 

31,873

 

 

 

1,864,635

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,896,508

 

Long-term debt

 

 

70,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,713

 

Derivatives

 

 

5,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,997

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments to extend credit for loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,908

 

Commercial letters of credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

113

 

Standby letters of credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,966

 

 

Cash and short-term investments The carrying amounts of cash and due from banks, federal funds sold and resell agreements are reasonable estimates of their fair values.

Securities held to maturity Fair value of held-to-maturity securities are estimated by discounting the future cash flows using current market rates.

Other securities Amount consists of FRB and FHLB stock held by the Company, equity securities with readily determinable fair values, and equity securities without readily determinable fair values, including PCM and other equity-method investments and other miscellaneous investments.  The carrying amount of the FRB and FHLB stock equals its fair value because the shares can only be redeemed by the FRB and FHLB at their carrying amount. The equity securities with readily determinable fair values are measured at fair value using quoted market prices.  For PCM and other equity-method investments, the Company’s proportionate share of the income or loss is recognized on a one-quarter lag based on the valuation of the underlying investment(s).  Other equity securities without readily determinable fair values are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.

Loans Fair values are estimated for portfolios with similar financial characteristics.  Loans are segregated by type, such as commercial, real estate, consumer, and credit card.  Each loan category is further segmented into fixed and variable interest rate categories.  The fair value of loans are estimated by discounting the future cash flows. The discount rates used are estimated using comparable market rates for similar types of instruments adjusted to be commensurate with the credit risk, overhead costs, and optionality of such instruments.

Demand and savings deposits The fair value of demand deposits and savings accounts was the amount payable on demand at December 31, 2020 and 2019.  

Time deposits The fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the rates that are currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.

Other borrowings The carrying amounts of federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and other short-term debt are reasonable estimates of their fair value because of the short-term nature of their maturities.

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Long-term debt Rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities are used to estimate fair value of existing debt.

Other off-balance sheet instruments The fair value of loan commitments and letters of credit are determined based on the fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreement and the present creditworthiness of the counterparties.  Neither the fees earned during the year on these instruments nor their fair value at period-end are significant to the Company’s consolidated financial position.

20. PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

$

2,902,559

 

 

$

2,338,718

 

Non-banks

 

 

138,450

 

 

 

149,561

 

Total investment in subsidiaries

 

 

3,041,009

 

 

 

2,488,279

 

Goodwill on purchased affiliates

 

 

5,011

 

 

 

5,011

 

Cash

 

 

172,745

 

 

 

143,193

 

Investment securities and other

 

 

135,609

 

 

 

98,799

 

Total assets

 

$

3,354,374

 

 

$

2,735,282

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

$

269,595

 

 

$

70,372

 

Accrued expenses and other

 

 

67,831

 

 

 

58,470

 

Total liabilities

 

 

337,426

 

 

 

128,842

 

Shareholders' equity

 

 

3,016,948

 

 

 

2,606,440

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

3,354,374

 

 

$

2,735,282

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and income received from subsidiaries

 

$

78,360

 

 

$

56,500

 

 

$

47,250

 

Service fees from subsidiaries

 

 

49,191

 

 

 

52,416

 

 

 

50,858

 

Other

 

 

9,241

 

 

 

11,249

 

 

 

651

 

Total income

 

 

136,792

 

 

 

120,165

 

 

 

98,759

 

EXPENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

 

56,919

 

 

 

57,487

 

 

 

46,707

 

Other

 

 

22,657

 

 

 

21,124

 

 

 

19,149

 

Total expense

 

 

79,576

 

 

 

78,611

 

 

 

65,856

 

Income before income taxes and equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries

 

 

57,216

 

 

 

41,554

 

 

 

32,903

 

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

 

(6,230

)

 

 

12,201

 

 

 

(4,432

)

Income before equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries

 

 

63,446

 

 

 

29,353

 

 

 

37,335

 

Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

234,014

 

 

 

221,215

 

 

 

156,771

 

Non-Banks

 

 

(10,958

)

 

 

(6,968

)

 

 

2,154

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

286,502

 

 

 

243,600

 

 

 

196,260

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(747

)

Net income

 

$

286,502

 

 

$

243,600

 

 

$

195,513

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

235,160

 

 

 

178,962

 

 

 

(50,257

)

Comprehensive income

 

$

521,662

 

 

$

422,562

 

 

$

145,256

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

286,502

 

 

$

243,600

 

 

$

195,513

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in earnings of subsidiaries

 

 

(301,415

)

 

 

(270,747

)

 

 

(206,175

)

Dividends received from subsidiaries

 

 

78,360

 

 

 

56,500

 

 

 

47,250

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

15

 

 

 

(78

)

 

 

486

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity based compensation

 

 

15,120

 

 

 

14,850

 

 

 

11,073

 

Net tax benefit related to equity compensation plans

 

 

345

 

 

 

766

 

 

 

2,364

 

Changes in other assets and liabilities, net

 

 

(2,069

)

 

 

(7,864

)

 

 

(5,994

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

76,989

 

 

 

37,027

 

 

 

44,517

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net capital investment in subsidiaries

 

 

(96,678

)

 

 

(331

)

 

 

(17,961

)

Net (increase) decrease in investment securities

 

 

(29,648

)

 

 

21

 

 

 

1,062

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(126,326

)

 

 

(310

)

 

 

(16,899

)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends paid

 

 

(60,281

)

 

 

(59,436

)

 

 

(58,279

)

Proceeds from short-term debt

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of short-term debt

 

 

(15,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from long-term debt

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

 

(2,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and sales of treasury stock

 

 

5,186

 

 

 

4,637

 

 

 

12,318

 

Purchases of treasury stock

 

 

(63,766

)

 

 

(4,496

)

 

 

(76,507

)

Net cash provided by (used) in financing activities

 

 

78,889

 

 

 

(59,295

)

 

 

(122,468

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 

 

29,552

 

 

 

(22,578

)

 

 

(94,850

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

143,193

 

 

 

165,771

 

 

 

260,621

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

172,745

 

 

$

143,193

 

 

$

165,771

 

 

21. SUMMARY OF OPERATING RESULTS BY QUARTER (unaudited) (in thousands except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

2020

 

March 31

 

 

June 30

 

 

September 30

 

 

December 31

 

Interest income

 

$

211,411

 

 

$

192,769

 

 

$

197,017

 

 

$

207,292

 

Interest expense

 

 

37,470

 

 

 

14,540

 

 

 

12,633

 

 

 

12,617

 

Net interest income

 

 

173,941

 

 

 

178,229

 

 

 

184,384

 

 

 

194,675

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

88,000

 

 

 

21,500

 

 

 

16,000

 

 

 

5,000

 

Noninterest income

 

 

98,424

 

 

 

120,456

 

 

 

112,996

 

 

 

228,290

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

188,619

 

 

 

208,533

 

 

 

197,995

 

 

 

226,858

 

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

 

(815

)

 

 

8,123

 

 

 

10,293

 

 

 

34,787

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

 

$

(3,439

)

 

$

60,529

 

 

$

73,092

 

 

$

156,320

 

 

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2019

 

March 31

 

 

June 30

 

 

September 30

 

 

December 31

 

Interest income

 

$

211,307

 

 

$

216,662

 

 

$

219,103

 

 

$

215,820

 

Interest expense

 

 

47,439

 

 

 

50,248

 

 

 

50,843

 

 

 

43,457

 

Net interest income

 

 

163,868

 

 

 

166,414

 

 

 

168,260

 

 

 

172,363

 

Provision for loan losses

 

 

12,350

 

 

 

11,000

 

 

 

7,500

 

 

 

2,000

 

Noninterest income

 

 

107,382

 

 

 

105,398

 

 

 

103,635

 

 

 

110,355

 

Noninterest expense

 

 

190,626

 

 

 

193,387

 

 

 

191,397

 

 

 

203,450

 

Income tax expense

 

 

10,530

 

 

 

10,466

 

 

 

10,616

 

 

 

10,753

 

Net income from continuing operations

 

$

57,744

 

 

$

56,959

 

 

$

62,382

 

 

$

66,515

 

 

Per Share

 

Three Months Ended

 

2020

 

March 31

 

 

June 30

 

 

September 30

 

 

December 31

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations - basic

 

$

(0.07

)

 

$

1.26

 

 

$

1.52

 

 

$

3.26

 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations - diluted

 

 

(0.07

)

 

 

1.26

 

 

 

1.52

 

 

 

3.24

 

Dividend

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

0.32

 

Book value

 

 

55.33

 

 

 

57.84

 

 

 

59.43

 

 

 

62.84

 

 

Per Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

March 31

 

 

June 30

 

 

September 30

 

 

December 31

 

Net income from continuing operations - basic

 

$

1.19

 

 

$

1.17

 

 

$

1.28

 

 

$

1.36

 

Net income from continuing operations - diluted

 

 

1.18

 

 

 

1.16

 

 

 

1.27

 

 

 

1.35

 

Dividend

 

 

0.30

 

 

 

0.30

 

 

 

0.30

 

 

 

0.31

 

Book value

 

 

47.92

 

 

 

50.50

 

 

 

52.23

 

 

 

53.09

 

 

  

 

22. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On February 25, 2021, the Company executed an agreement to sell all of the membership interests in Prairie Capital Management, LLC and UMB Merchant Banc, LLC subsidiaries, including its membership interests in all PCM limited partnerships.  The transaction is expected to close on or before March 31, 2021 and is expected to have an immaterial impact to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures  At the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have each evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s “Disclosure Controls and Procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) and have concluded that the Company’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting  Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate “internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act.  Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and effected by the Board, management and other personnel, an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting was conducted based on the criteria established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission's Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013).  

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls

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may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.  In addition, given the Company’s size, operations and footprint, lapses or deficiencies in internal controls may occur from time to time.

Based on the evaluation under the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013), management (with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) under the oversight of the Board of Directors, has concluded that internal control over financial reporting was effective at the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  KPMG LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included within this report, has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting at the end of the period covered by this report.  KPMG LLP's attestation report is set forth below.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting  No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the last quarter of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
UMB Financial Corporation:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited UMB Financial Corporation’s (and subsidiaries) (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.  

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated March 1, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Kansas City, Missouri

March 1, 2021

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required by this item relating to executive officers is included in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (pages 10 and 11) under the caption "Executive Officers of the Registrant."

The information required by this item regarding Directors is incorporated herein by reference to information to be included under the caption "Proposal #1:  Election of Directors" of the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 27, 2021 (the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders), which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020.

The information required by this item regarding the Audit Committee and the Audit Committee financial experts is incorporated herein by reference to information to be included under the caption "Corporate Governance – Committees of the Board of Directors – Audit Committee" of the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020.

The information required by this item concerning Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance is incorporated herein by reference to information to be included under the caption "Stock Ownership – Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" of the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020.

The Company has adopted a code of ethics that applies to all directors, officers and employees, including its chief executive officer, chief financial officer and chief accounting officer.  You can find the Company's code of ethics on its website by going to the following address:  http://investorrelations.umb.com.  The Company will post on its website any amendments or waivers to its code of ethics that are required to be disclosed under the rules of either the SEC or NASDAQ.  A copy of the code of ethics will be provided, at no charge, to any person requesting the same, by written notice sent to the Company's Corporate Secretary, 6th floor, 1010 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to information to be included under the Executive Compensation sections of the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to information to be included under the caption "Stock Ownership - Principal Shareholders," which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020.

Security Ownership of Management

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020, under the caption "Stock Ownership – Stock Owned by Directors, Nominees, and Executive Officers."

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The following table summarizes shares authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2020.

 

Plan Category

 

Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights

(a)

 

 

Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights

(b)

 

 

Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))

(c)

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005 Long Term Incentive Plan

 

 

572,941

 

 

$

54.89

 

 

None

 

2018 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan

 

None

 

 

None

 

 

 

1,945,276

 

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

 

None

 

 

None

 

 

None

 

Total

 

 

572,941

 

 

$

54.89

 

 

 

1,945,276

 

 

For additional information concerning the Company’s equity compensation plans, see Note 11, “Employee Benefits,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements provided in Item 8, pages 101 through 105 of this report.

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information to be provided under the captions “Corporate Governance – Transactions with Related Persons”, “Corporate Governance – The Board of Directors – Independent Directors” and “Corporate Governance – Committees of the Board of Directors” of the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information to be provided under the caption "Proposal #3: Ratification of the Corporate Audit Committee’s Engagement of KPMG LLP as UMB’s Independent Public Accounting Firm for 2021” of the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be provided to shareholders within 120 days after December 31, 2020.

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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules

The following Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company are included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019

Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Years Ended December 31, 2020

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three Years Ended December 31, 2020

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the Three Years Ended December 31, 2020

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Years Ended December 31, 2020

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the parent company only may be found in Item 8 above. All other schedules have been omitted because the required information is presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements or in the notes thereto, the amounts involved are not significant or the required subject matter is not applicable.

Exhibits

The following Exhibit Index lists the Exhibits to Form 10-K:

 

3.1

Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and filed with the Commission on May 9, 2006).

3.2

Bylaws, amended as of October 28, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 and filed with the Commission on August 2, 2016).

4.1

Description of the capital stock included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated May 1, 2018 and filed with the Commission on May 1, 2018).

4.2

Description of the capital stock included in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 ASR dated April 9, 2019 and filed with the Commission on April 9, 2019).

4.3

Description of UMB Financial Corporation’s Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Form 10-K for December 31, 2019 and filed with the Commission on February 27, 2020).

4.4

Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2020, by and between UMB Financial Corporation and Wells Fargo, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 17, 2020 and filed with the Commission on September 22, 2020).

4.5

Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2020, by and between UMB Financial Corporation and Wells Fargo, National Association, as Trustee, with respect to the 3.700% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 17, 2020 and filed with the Commission on September 22, 2020).

4.6

Form of 3.700% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 17, 2020 and filed with the Commission on September 22, 2020).

10.1

UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan amended and restated as of April 23, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Company’s April 23, 2013 Annual Meeting filed with the Commission on March 13, 2013).

10.2

Deferred Compensation Plan, dated as of December 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 10-K for December 31, 2017 and filed with the Commission on February 22, 2018).

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10.3

UMBF 2005 Short-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Form 10-K for December 31, 2004 and filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005).

10.4

Form of 2016 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement for the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10Q filed with the Commission on August 2, 2016).

10.5

Form of 2016 Service-Based Restricted Stock Award Agreement for the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10Q filed with the Commission on August 2, 2016).

10.6

Form of 2016 Stock Option Award Agreement for the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10Q filed with the Commission on August 2, 2016).

10.7

UMBF Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Company’s April 24, 2018 Annual Meeting filed with the Commission on March 13, 2018).

10.8

Performance Share Unit Award Agreement with James D. Rine (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 18, 2020).

21.1

Subsidiaries of the Registrant filed herewith.

23.1

Consent of Independent Auditors – KPMG LLP filed herewith.

24.1

Power of Attorney filed herewith.

31.1

CEO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act filed herewith.

31.2

CFO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act filed herewith.

32.1

CEO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act filed herewith.

32.2

CFO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act filed herewith.

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document – The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document filed herewith.

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Document filed herewith.

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document filed herewith.

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document filed herewith.

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document filed herewith.

104

The cover page of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, formatted in iXBRL.

 

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, as of March 1, 2021.

 

 

 

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ J. Mariner Kemper

 

 

J. Mariner Kemper

 

 

Chairman of the Board,

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ram Shankar

 

 

Ram Shankar

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David C. Odgers

 

 

David C. Odgers

 

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

Date: March 1, 2021

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities on the date indicated.

 

Robin C. Beery

Director

Leroy J. Williams

Director

Robin C. Beery

Leroy J. Williams

 

 

 

 

Janine A. Davidson

Director

Kevin C. Gallagher

Director

Janine A. Davidson

 

Kevin C. Gallagher

 

 

 

 

 

Greg M. Graves

Director

Alexander C. Kemper

Director

Greg M. Graves

Alexander C. Kemper

 

 

 

 

Gordon E. Lansford III

Director

Timothy R. Murphy

Director

Gordon E. Lansford III

Timothy R. Murphy

 

 

 

 

Tamara M. Peterman

Director

Kris A. Robbins

Director

Tamara M. Peterman

Kris A. Robbins

 

 

 

 

L. Joshua Sosland

Director

Paul Uhlmann III

Director

L. Joshua Sosland

Paul Uhlmann III

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ J. Mariner Kemper

Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

 

J. Mariner Kemper

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact for each director

 

 

 

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