Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Basis of Presentation

The interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present a fair statement of the financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of Customers Bancorp and subsidiaries for the interim periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements have been omitted from these interim unaudited consolidated financial statements as permitted by SEC rules and regulations. The December 31, 2022 consolidated balance sheet presented in this report has been derived from Customers Bancorp’s audited 2022 consolidated financial statements. Management believes that the disclosures are adequate to present fairly the consolidated financial statements as of the dates and for the periods presented. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the 2022 consolidated financial statements of Customers Bancorp and subsidiaries included in Customers' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on February 28, 2023 (the "2022 Form 10-K"). The 2022 Form 10-K describes Customers Bancorp’s significant accounting policies. There have been no material changes to Customers Bancorp's significant accounting policies noted above for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Presented below are recently issued accounting standards that Customers has adopted as well as those that the FASB has issued but are not yet effective.

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2022

Standard

Summary of Guidance

Effects on Financial Statements

ASU 2022-06,

Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) - Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848 and Amendments to the Definition of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate

Issued December 2022

• Defers the sunset date of ASC 848 that provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or derecognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. Specifically, ASC 848 provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. These relate only to those contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. Certain optional expedients and exceptions in ASC 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by the discounting transition, including derivative instruments that use an interest rate for margining, discounting, or contract price alignment that is modified as a result of reference rate reform.

• Amends the definition of the SOFR Overnight Index Swap Rate to any rate based on SOFR qualifies as a benchmark interest rate for purposes of applying fair value hedge accounting.

• Effective as of December 21, 2022 and ASC 848 can be adopted anytime during the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024.

• Customers adopted the guidance in ASC 848 during the adoption period for certain optional expedients.

• The adoption of ASC 848 did not have a material impact on Customers' financial condition, results of operations and consolidated financial statements.

• Customers elected to apply optional expedients for certain contract modifications during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, which did not have a material impact on Customers' financial condition, results of operations and consolidated financial statements. Customers plans to elect additional optional expedients in the future, which are not expected to have a material impact on Customers' financial condition, results of operations and consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2023

Standard

Summary of Guidance

Effects on Financial Statements

ASU 2022-02,

Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures

Issued March 2022

• Eliminates the accounting guidance for TDRs by creditors, and applies the loan refinancing and restructuring guidance when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty to determine whether a modification results in a new loan or a continuation of an existing loan.

• Provides enhanced disclosure requirements for certain loan refinancing and restructurings and disclosure of current-period gross write-offs by year of origination for financing receivables and net investments in leases within the scope of ASC 326.

• Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period, provided the amendments are adopted as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes the interim period of adoption. Early adoption is permitted separately for the amendments to TDRs and vintage disclosures.

• TDR and vintage disclosures are to be adopted prospectively. An entity may adopt TDR recognition and measurement guidance prospectively or elect to use a modified retrospective transition method, with a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings at the beginning of the period of adoption.

• Customers adopted this guidance on January 1, 2023 using a modified retrospective transition method for TDR recognition and measurement.

• This guidance did not have a material impact on Customers' financial condition, results of operations and consolidated financial statements.

• Additional disclosures related to gross write-offs by year of origination and certain loan modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty are presented in NOTE 7 – LOANS AND LEASES RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES.

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted

Standard

Summary of Guidance

Effects on Financial Statements

ASU 2022-03,

Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions

Issued June 2022

• Clarifies that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and not considered in measuring fair value.

• Prohibits recognition and measurement of a contractual sale restriction on the sale of an equity security as a separate unit of account.

• Provides disclosure requirements for the equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions.

• Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance.

• Customers will adopt this guidance on January 1, 2024. This guidance is not expected to have a material impact on Customers' financial condition, results of operations and consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2023-02,

Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method

Issued March 2023

• Provides an election to account for tax equity investments, regardless of the tax credit program, using the proportional amortization method provided that certain conditions are met.
• Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for any interim period, as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period.