Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
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Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.	24. Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P. M&T holds a 20% minority interest in Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”), a privately-held commercial mortgage company. M&T recognizes income or loss from BLG using the equity method of accounting. The carrying value of that investment was $30 million at December 31, 2015. Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Bayview Financial”), a privately-held specialty mortgage 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 $4.1 billion and $4.8 billion at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Revenues from those servicing rights were $23 million, $26 million and $31 million during 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company sub-services residential real estate loans for Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances totaling $37.7 billion and $41.3 billion at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans for Bayview Financial were $115 million in each of 2015 and 2014 and $33 million in 2013. In addition, the Company held $181 million and $202 million of mortgage-backed securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, that were securitized by Bayview Financial.

24. Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.

M&T holds a 20% minority interest in Bayview Lending Group LLC (“BLG”), a privately-held commercial mortgage company. M&T recognizes income or loss from BLG using the equity method of accounting. The carrying value of that investment was $30 million at December 31, 2015.

Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Bayview Financial”), a privately-held specialty mortgage 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 $4.1 billion and $4.8 billion at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Revenues from those servicing rights were $23 million, $26 million and $31 million during 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company sub-services residential real estate loans for Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances totaling $37.7 billion and $41.3 billion at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans for Bayview Financial were $115 million in each of 2015 and 2014 and $33 million in 2013. In addition, the Company held $181 million and $202 million of mortgage-backed securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, that were securitized by Bayview Financial.