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Relationship with BLG and Bayview Financial
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
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Relationship with BLG and Bayview Financial

15. Relationship with BLG and Bayview Financial

M&T holds a 20% minority interest in BLG, a privately-held commercial mortgage company. That investment had no remaining carrying value at March 31, 2024 as a result of cumulative losses recognized and cash distributions received in prior years. Cash distributions now received from BLG are recognized as income by M&T and included in "other revenues from operations" in the Consolidated Statement of Income. That income totaled $25 million and $20 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Bayview Financial, a privately-held specialty finance company, is BLG's majority investor. In addition to their common investment in BLG, the Company and Bayview Financial conduct other business activities with each other. The Company has obtained loan servicing rights for mortgage loans from BLG and Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances of $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Revenues from those servicing rights were $1 million and $2 million in the three-month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company sub-services residential mortgage loans for Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances of $112.0 billion and $115.3 billion at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans for Bayview Financial were $32 million in each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. In addition, the Company held $41 million and $42 million of mortgage-backed securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, that were securitized by Bayview Financial. At March 31, 2024, the Company held $674 million of Bayview Financial's $3.7 billion syndicated loan facility.