Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 13—Commitments and Contingencies

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financial needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, such as loan commitments and unused credit lines, and standby letters of credit, which are not reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company is required to estimate the expected credit losses for off-balance sheet credit exposures. The Company maintains an estimated liability for unfunded commitments, primarily related to commitments to extend credit, which is included in other liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The liability for unfunded commitments is reduced in the period in which the off-balance sheet financial instruments expire, loan funding occurs or is otherwise settled. The following presents the activity in the liability for unfunded commitments for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:

	Residential		Commercial				Commercial
Three Months Ended March 31, 2024	Real Estate		Real Estate		Construction		and Industrial		Total
Liability for unfunded commitments:
Balance at the beginning of the period	$	1	$	124	$	763	$	8	$	896
Increase (decrease) in provision for (recovery of) credit losses		—		(9)		107		90		188
Total ending balance	$	1	$	115	$	870	$	98	$	1,084

	Residential		Commercial				Commercial
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023	Real Estate		Real Estate		Construction		and Industrial		Total
Liability for unfunded commitments:
Balance at the beginning of the period	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Adoption of ASU 2016-13		53		125		398		3		579
Increase (decrease) in provision for (recovery of) credit losses		49		30		(190)		1		(110)
Total ending balance	$	102	$	155	$	208	$	4	$	469

Unfunded Commitments to Extend Credit

A commitment to extend credit, such as a loan commitment, credit line and overdraft protection, is a legally binding agreement to lend funds to a customer, usually at a stated interest rate and for a specific purpose. Such commitments have fixed expiration dates and generally require a fee. The extension of a commitment gives rise to credit risk. The actual liquidity requirements or credit risk that the Company may experience is expected to be lower than the contractual amount of commitments to extend credit because a significant portion of those commitments are expected to expire without being used. Certain commitments are subject to loan agreements containing covenants regarding the financial performance of the customer that must be met before the Company is required to fund the commitment. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments to extend credit as it does in making loans.

Unused Lines of Credit

The Company also issues unused lines of credit to meet customer financing needs. At March 31, 2024, the unused lines of credit include residential second mortgages of $9,370, construction loans of $5,536, commercial real estate of $2,165 and commercial and industrial loans of $13,279, totaling $30,350. These unused lines of credit consisted of a fixed rate loan of $5,000 with an interest rate of 6.00% and a maturity of two years and variable-rate loans of $25,350 with interest rates ranging from 4.54% to 10.88% and maturities ranging from five months to 22 years.

Standby Letters of Credit

Standby letters of credit are issued on behalf of customers in connection with construction contracts between the customers and third parties. Under standby letters of credit, the Company assures that the third parties will receive specified funds if customers fail to meet their contractual obligations. The credit risk to the Company arises from its obligation to make payment in the event of a customer’s contractual default. The maximum amount of potential future payments guaranteed by the Company is limited to the contractual amount of these letters. Collateral may be obtained at exercise of the commitment. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers.

The following is a summary of the total amount of unfunded commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2024		2023
Unused lines of credit	$	30,350	$	18,542
Standby letters of credit		24		24

Legal Proceedings

The Company and its subsidiaries may be subject to legal actions and claims arising from contracts or other matters from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Management is not aware of any pending or threatened legal proceedings that are considered other than routine legal proceedings. The Company believes that the ultimate disposition or resolution of its routine legal proceedings, in the aggregate, are not material to its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

The Bank has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in connection with its ongoing cooperation with the government investigations of certain individuals and the advancement or reimbursement of third parties for the legal costs pursuant to requests for indemnification and advancement of expenses, which are reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. In addition, the Company’s directors and officers insurance policies for matters related to the ongoing government investigations against selected individuals was exhausted in the fourth quarter of 2023. The Company understands that the government investigations into certain individuals are continuing, including calling individuals as witnessess. Therefore, the Company expects to continue to receive claims for advancement or reimbursement of legal fees and any future costs the Company incurs will not be reimbursed by its insurance carriers.

Mortgage Repurchase Liability

The Company has previously sold portfolio loans originated under the Advantage Loan Program to private investors in the secondary market. The Company also sold conventional residential real estate loans (which excludes Advantage Loan Program loans) in the secondary market primarily to Fannie Mae on an ongoing basis. In connection with these loans sold, the Company makes customary representations and warranties about various characteristics of each loan. The Company may be required pursuant to the terms of the applicable mortgage loan purchase and sale agreements to repurchase any previously sold loan or indemnify (make whole) the investor for which the representation or warranty of the Company proves to be inaccurate, incomplete or misleading. In the event of a repurchase, the Company is typically required to pay the unpaid principal balance, the proportionate premium received when selling the loan and certain expenses. As a result, the Company may incur a loss with respect to each repurchased loan.

Pursuant to the existing agreements with such investors, the Company also agreed to repurchase additional pools of Advantage Loan Program loans at the predetermined repurchase prices as stated in the agreements. At March 31, 2024, there is an outstanding agreement to repurchase an additional pool of Advantage Loan Program loans with an unpaid principal balance of $15,481 that extends to July 2025, with the final decision to effect any such repurchase, as determined by the applicable investor.

At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the mortgage repurchase liability was $749 and $750, respectively, which is included in other liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The unpaid principal balance of residential real estate loans sold that were subject to potential repurchase obligations in the event of breach of representations and warranties totaled $40,033 and $49,667 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, including Advantage Loan Program loans totaling $29,936 and $33,044 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Activity in the mortgage repurchase liability was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024		2023
Balance, beginning of period	$	750	$	809
Net provision (recovery)		(1)		120
Balance, end of the period	$	749	$	929