Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Note 12 — Commitments and Contingencies

Credit-Related Commitments

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into financial instruments, such as commitments to extend credit and letters of credit, to meet the financing needs of its customers. Such instruments are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements until they are funded, although they expose the Company to varying degrees of credit risk and interest rate risk in much the same way as funded loans.

Commitments to extend credit include revolving commercial credit lines, non-revolving loan commitments issued mainly to finance the merger and development or construction of real property or equipment, and credit card and personal credit lines. The availability of funds under commercial credit lines and loan commitments generally depends on whether the borrower continues to meet credit standards established in the underlying contract and has not violated other contractual conditions. Loan commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee by the borrower. Credit card and personal credit lines are generally subject to cancellation if the borrower’s credit quality deteriorates. A number of commercial and personal credit lines are used only partially or, in some cases, not at all before they expire, and the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements of the Company.

A substantial majority of the letters of credit are standby agreements that obligate the Company to fulfill a customer’s financial commitments to a third party if the customer is unable to perform. The Company issues standby letters of credit primarily to provide credit enhancement to its customers’ other commercial or public financing arrangements and to help them demonstrate financial capacity to vendors of essential goods and services.

The contract amounts of these instruments reflect the Company’s exposure to credit risk. The Company undertakes the same credit evaluation in making loan commitments and assuming conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments and may require collateral or other credit support.

The table below presents the Company’s commitments to extend credit by commitment expiration date for the dates indicated:


(Dollars in thousands) March 31, 2024
	Less than One Year		One-Three Years		Three-Five Years		Greater than Five Years		Total
Commitments to extend credit(1)	$	875,843	$	838,913	$	390,674	$	50,723	$	2,156,153
Standby letters of credit	106,056		46,885		32,957		—		185,898
Total off-balance sheet commitments	$	981,899	$	885,798	$	423,631	$	50,723	$	2,342,051
December 31, 2023
Commitments to extend credit(1)	$	955,486	$	990,690	$	349,918	$	58,954	$	2,355,048
Standby letters of credit	103,280		20,458		32,957		—		156,695
Total off-balance sheet commitments	$	1,058,766	$	1,011,148	$	382,875	$	58,954	$	2,511,743

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(1)Includes $867.5 million and $759.4 million of unconditionally cancellable commitments at March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively.

At March 31, 2024, the Company held 37 unfunded letters of credit from the FHLB totaling $745.0 million, with expiration dates ranging from April 17, 2024, to September 22, 2027. At December 31, 2023, the Company held 31 unfunded letters of credit from the FHLB totaling $693.6 million, with expiration dates ranging from January 14, 2024, to September 22, 2027.

Management establishes an asset-specific allowance for certain lending-related commitments and computes a formula-based allowance for performing consumer and commercial lending-related commitments. These are computed using a methodology similar to that used for the commercial loan portfolio, modified for expected maturities and probabilities of drawdown. The reserve for lending-related commitments was $3.6 million and $4.7 million at March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively, and is included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Loss Contingencies

From time to time, the Company is also party to various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. At this time, management does not expect that loss contingencies, if any, arising from any such proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or liquidity of the Company.