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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
Truist utilizes a variety of financial instruments to mitigate exposure to risks and meet the financing needs and provide investment opportunities for clients. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, letters of credit and financial guarantees, derivatives, and other investments. Truist also has commitments to fund certain affordable housing investments and contingent liabilities related to certain sold loans. Refer to “Note 16. Commitments and Contingencies” in Truist’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 for additional discussion of Truist’s tax credit and certain equity investments, total return swaps, and other commitments.
Tax Credit and Certain Equity Investments
The following table summarizes certain tax credit and equity investments:

(Dollars in millions)Balance Sheet LocationJun 30, 2026Dec 31, 2025
Investments in affordable housing projects, other qualified tax credits and other community development investments:
Carrying amountOther assets$8,655 $8,049 
Amount of future funding commitments included in carrying amountOther liabilities2,449 2,531 
Lending exposureLoans and leases for funded amounts2,203 2,341 
Renewable energy investments:
Carrying amountOther assets895 736 
Amount of future funding commitments not included in carrying amountNA1,071 719 
SBIC and certain other equity method investments:
Carrying amountOther assets1,173 1,015 
Amount of future funding commitments not included in carrying amountNA615 626 

The following table presents a summary of tax credits and amortization expense associated with the Company’s tax credit investment activity.

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
(Dollars in millions)Income Statement Location2026202520262025
Tax credits:
Investments in affordable housing projects, other qualified tax credits, and other community development investments(1)
Provision for income taxes$232 $209 $457 $420 
Amortization and other changes in carrying amount:
Investments in affordable housing projects and other qualified tax creditsProvision for income taxes$202 $186 $402 $374 
Other community development investmentsOther noninterest income
(1)Excludes renewable energy investment tax credits. These credits are recorded as a reduction to the carrying value of the underlying investments.

Letters of Credit and Financial Guarantees

In the normal course of business, Truist utilizes financial instruments to meet the financing needs of clients, including commitments to extend credit and certain contractual agreements such as letters of credit and financial guarantee arrangements.
The following is a summary of selected notional amounts of off-balance sheet financial instruments:

(Dollars in millions)Jun 30, 2026Dec 31, 2025
Commitments to extend, originate, or purchase credit and other commitments$234,101 $230,007 
Residential mortgage loans sold with recourse137 138 
Maximum recourse exposure from mortgage loans sold with recourse liability93 91 
Indemnification, recourse, and repurchase reserves18 18 
CRE mortgages serviced for others covered by recourse provisions9,217 9,421 
Maximum recourse exposure2,782 2,786 
Recorded reserves related to CRE mortgages recourse exposure10 10 
Other loans serviced for others covered by recourse provisions
3,028 2,803 
Maximum recourse exposure76 80 
Letters of credit and financial guarantees
9,864 9,347 

Total Return Swaps

The Company enters into TRS transactions with third-party clients, whereby a VIE purchases reference assets identified by a client.
The following table provides a summary of the TRS transactions with the associated VIE reference assets, which include trading loans and bonds:

(Dollars in millions)Jun 30, 2026Dec 31, 2025
Total return swaps:
VIE assets$1,951 $2,117 
Trading loans and bonds1,763 1,909 
VIE liabilities179 285 
Pledged Assets

Certain assets are pledged to secure municipal deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, certain derivative agreements, and borrowings or borrowing capacity, as well as to fund certain obligations related to nonqualified defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans and for other purposes as required or permitted by law. Assets pledged to the FHLB and Federal Reserve are subject to applicable asset discounts when determining borrowing capacity. The Company has capacity for secured financing from both the Federal Reserve and FHLB and letters of credit from the FHLB. The Company’s letters of credit from the FHLB can be used to secure various client deposits, including public fund relationships. Excluding assets related to nonqualified benefit plans, the majority of the agreements governing the pledged assets do not permit the other party to sell or repledge the collateral. The following table provides the total carrying amount of pledged assets by asset type:

(Dollars in millions)Jun 30, 2026Dec 31, 2025
Pledged securities$39,128 $40,144 
Pledged loans:
Federal Reserve105,490 108,214 
FHLB76,596 74,767 
Unused borrowing capacity:
Federal Reserve
81,004 84,160 
FHLB27,491 23,464 
Legal Proceedings and Other Legal Matters

Truist is routinely named as a defendant in or a party to numerous actual or threatened legal proceedings and other matters and is or may be subject to potential liability in connection with them. The legal proceedings and other matters may be formal or informal and include litigation and arbitration with one or more identified claimants, certified or purported class actions with yet-to-be-identified claimants, and regulatory or other governmental information-gathering requests, examinations, investigations, and enforcement proceedings. Claims may be based in law or equity—such as those arising under contracts or in tort and those involving banking, consumer-protection, securities, antitrust, tax, employment, and other laws—and some present novel legal theories, allegations of substantial or indeterminate damages, demands for injunctive or similar relief, and requests for fines, penalties, restitution, or alterations in Truist’s business practices. Our legal proceedings and other matters exist in varying stages of adjudication, arbitration, negotiation, or investigation and span our business lines and operations.

The course and outcome of legal matters are inherently unpredictable. This is especially so when a matter is still in its early stages, the damages sought are indeterminate or unsupported, significant facts are unclear or disputed, novel questions of law or other meaningful legal uncertainties exist, a request to certify a proceeding as a class action is outstanding or granted, multiple parties are named, or regulatory or other governmental entities are involved. As a result, we often are unable to determine how or when actual or threatened legal proceedings and other matters will be resolved and what losses may be incrementally and ultimately incurred. It is possible that the ultimate resolution of these matters, if unfavorable, may be material to the consolidated financial position, consolidated results of operations, or consolidated cash flows of Truist, or cause significant reputational consequences.

Truist establishes accruals for legal proceedings and other matters when potential losses become probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. Accruals are evaluated each quarter and may be adjusted, upward or downward, based on our best judgment after consultation with counsel and others. No assurance exists that our accruals will not need to be adjusted in the future. Actual losses may be higher or lower than any amounts accrued, possibly to a significant degree.

Truist also provides estimates of reasonably possible losses, including for disclosed matters, when potential losses become reasonably possible and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company estimates reasonably possible losses, in excess of amounts accrued, of up to approximately $150 million in the aggregate as of June 30, 2026. This estimate does not represent Truist’s maximum loss exposure, and actual losses may vary significantly. Also, the outcome of a particular matter may be one that the Company did not take into account in its estimate because the Company judged the likelihood of that outcome to be remote. In addition, the matters underlying this estimate may change from time to time. Estimated losses, like accruals, are based upon currently available information and involve considerable uncertainties and judgment.

For certain matters, Truist may be unable to estimate the loss or range of loss, even if it believes that a loss is probable or reasonably possible, until developments in the matter provide additional information sufficient to support such an estimate. These matters are not accrued for and are not reflected in the estimate of reasonably possible losses.
The following is a description of a legal proceeding in which Truist is involved:

Bickerstaff v. SunTrust Bank

This class action case was filed in Fulton County State Court on July 12, 2010, and an amended complaint was filed on August 9, 2010. Plaintiff alleged that all overdraft fees charged to his account which related to debit card and ATM transactions were actually interest charges and therefore subject to the usury laws of Georgia. The amended complaint asserted claims for violations of civil and criminal usury laws, conversion, and money had and received, and sought damages on a class-wide basis, including refunds of challenged overdraft fees and pre-judgment interest. On October 6, 2017, the trial court granted plaintiff’s motion for class certification and defined the class as “Every Georgia citizen who had or has one or more accounts with SunTrust Bank and who, from July 12, 2006, to October 6, 2017 (i) had at least one overdraft of $500.00 or less resulting from an ATM or debit card transaction (the “Transaction”); (ii) paid any Overdraft Fees as a result of the Transaction; and (iii) did not receive a refund of those Fees,” and the granting of a certified class was affirmed on appeal. The class sought a return of up to $452 million in paid overdraft fees plus prejudgment interest, which based on this amount of claimed fees would have been estimated at approximately $478 million as of June 30, 2026.

On March 4, 2024, the trial court issued an order granting in part and denying in part Truist’s motions to amend the class definition to narrow the scope of the class, to compel arbitration against certain class members, and for summary judgment. Truist and the class separately appealed to the Georgia Court of Appeals, which affirmed the order in part and reversed it in part on February 20, 2025. Truist’s petitions seeking further review by the Georgia Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court were denied. As a result of all of these rulings, the amount of paid overdraft fees and prejudgment interest at issue in the case was reduced.

On January 20, 2026, without any admission of liability or wrongdoing, Truist entered into a settlement agreement with the class to resolve the case. Under the settlement, Truist will contribute up to $240 million to a settlement fund that will be used to pay fees and expenses of class counsel, costs of settlement administration, an incentive payment for the class representative, and valid claims submitted by class members. The court granted final approval of the settlement on May 26, 2026, and class members have until September 14, 2026 to submit claims to the settlement administrator.