Bank Premises and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Bank Premises and Equipment

Bank Premises and Equipment

The following table provides a summary of bank premises and equipment as of:

($ in millions)	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Equipment	$	2,392	2,302
Buildings(a)	1,638		1,612
Land and improvements(a)	645		636
Leasehold improvements	483		467
Construction in progress(a)	124		108
Bank premises and equipment held for sale:
Land and improvements	18		27
Buildings	7		8
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(3,206)		(3,072)
Total bank premises and equipment	$	2,101	2,088

(a)Buildings, land and improvements and construction in progress included $49 and $46 associated with parcels of undeveloped land intended for future branch expansion at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The Bancorp monitors changing customer preferences associated with the channels it uses for banking transactions to evaluate the efficiency, competitiveness and quality of the customer service experience in its consumer distribution network. As part of this ongoing assessment, the Bancorp may determine that it is no longer fully committed to maintaining full-service banking centers at certain locations. Similarly, the Bancorp may also determine that it is no longer fully committed to building banking centers on certain parcels of land which had previously been held for future branch expansion. The Bancorp closed a total of 44 banking centers throughout its footprint during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

The Bancorp performs assessments of the recoverability of long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying values may not be recoverable. Impairment losses associated with such assessments and lower of cost or market adjustments were $3 million and $11 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $7 million and $25 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The recognized impairment losses were recorded in other noninterest income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.