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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Financial Institutions, Inc. (the “Company”) is a financial holding company organized in 1931 under the laws of New York State (“New York”). The Company provides diversified financial services through its subsidiaries, Five Star Bank (the “Bank”) and Courier Capital, LLC (“Courier Capital”). The Company offers a broad array of deposit, lending and other financial services to individuals, municipalities and businesses in Western and Central New York through its wholly owned New York chartered banking subsidiary, the Bank. The Bank also has commercial loan production offices in Ellicott City (Baltimore), Maryland and Syracuse, New York, and indirect lending network relationships with franchised automobile dealers in the Capital District of New York. Effective January 1, 2024, the Company exited the Pennsylvania automobile market to align our focus more fully around its core Upstate New York market. The Company’s Banking-as-a-Service (“BaaS”) business offers banking capabilities to non-bank financial service providers and other financial technology firms (“FinTechs”), allowing them to provide banking services to their end users. These BaaS partnerships allow the Bank to offer banking services and products beyond our traditional footprint. Courier Capital provides customized investment management, investment consulting and retirement plan services to individuals, businesses, institutions, foundations and retirement plans.

On April 1, 2024, the Company announced and closed the sale of the assets of its former subsidiary SDN Insurance Agency, LLC (“SDN”), which provided a broad range of insurance services to personal and business clients, to NFP Property & Casualty Services, Inc., a subsidiary of NFP Corp. The sale generated $27 million in proceeds, or a pre-tax gain of $13.5 million, after selling costs, which was recorded to net gain (loss) on other assets on the Company’s statement of income. The all-cash transaction value represented approximately four times our 2023 insurance revenue. Following the sale of the assets of SDN, the Company changed the name of the entity to Five Star Advisors LLC and expects to utilize it to serve as a conduit to refer insurance business to NFP.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accounting and reporting policies conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, in the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated statements of financial condition, income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods indicated and contain adequate disclosures to make the information presented not misleading. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. The results of operations for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results which may be expected for the entire year or any other period.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications of previously reported amounts have been made to conform to the current year’s presentation. Such reclassifications did not impact net income or shareholders’ equity as previously reported.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates relate to the determination of the allowance for credit losses, the carrying value of goodwill and deferred tax assets, and assumptions used in the defined benefit pension plan accounting.

Cash Flow Reporting

Supplemental cash flow information is summarized as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):


	2024		2023
Supplemental information:
Cash paid for interest	$	83,951	$	61,108
Cash paid for income taxes		3,107		4,678
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Real estate and other assets acquired in settlement of loans		63		163
Accrued and declared unpaid dividends		5,002		4,975

Fraudulent Activity

In early March 2024, the Company discovered fraudulent activity associated with deposit transactions conducted over the course of several business days by an in-market business customer of the Bank, which resulted in an $18.2 million pre-tax loss for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The fraud exposure arose from non-contractual, external fraud, and was treated as an operational loss, recorded in deposit-related charged-off items, in noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2024, with a small recovery of $143 thousand being recorded for the second quarter of 2024.

The Bank is working with the appropriate law enforcement authorities in connection with this matter and is aggressively pursuing all legal recourse available to recover additional funds and minimize the loss. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to recover any further offset to the deposit loss. The ultimate financial impact could be lower and will depend, in part, on the Bank’s success in its efforts to recover the funds.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-02, Investments — Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method. The ASU allows for entities to consistently account for tax credit equity investments utilizing the proportional amortization method across all types of tax credits when certain requirements are met. The election of proportional amortization method must be made on a programmatic basis rather than an individual investment basis. For previously held tax credit investments, the amendments will be applied either on a modified retrospective basis or a retrospective basis. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Standards Not Yet Effective

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The amendments expand the disclosure requirements of segment expenses, as well as adding disclosure of the title and position of the chief operation decision maker “CODM” and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measures of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources is also required. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance may require additional disclosure in the Company’s financial statement related to segments.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Tax (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments expand the disclosure requirements of income taxes, primarily related to the income tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The guidance also eliminates certain existing disclosure requirements related to uncertain tax positions and unrecognized deferred income tax liabilities. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.