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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 22. Commitments and Contingencies

In the ordinary course of operations, the Company is party to legal proceedings. Based upon information currently available, management believes that such legal proceedings, in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Also, in the ordinary course of operations, the Company offers various financial products to its customers to meet their credit and liquidity needs. These instruments involve elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instruments for commitments to extend credit and stand-by letters of credit written is represented by the contractual amount of these instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional commitments as it does for on-balance sheet commitments.

Subject to its normal credit standards and risk monitoring procedures, the Company makes contractual commitments to extend credit. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require the payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments may expire without being completely drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had outstanding loan commitments of $480.8 million and $719.2 million, respectively. Of these amounts, $113.5 million and $107.9 million were unconditionally cancelable at the sole discretion of the Company as of the same respective dates.

Conditional commitments are issued by the Company in the form of financial stand-by letters of credit, which guarantee payment to the underlying beneficiary (i.e., third party) if the customer fails to meet its designated financial obligation. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, commitments under outstanding financial stand-by letters of credit totaled $12.6 million and $28.3 million, respectively. The credit risk of issuing stand-by letters of credit can be greater than the risk involved in extending loans to customers.

Upon the adoption of ASC 326 on January 1, 2023, the Company recorded an increase in its reserve for unfunded commitments of $3.7 million. Most of this increase was attributable to higher funding assumptions of the underlying credit commitments, based on industry data available. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded a reduction in the provision for credit losses for unfunded commitments of $2.4 million, which was primarily attributable to lower balances of loan commitments. Reserves for unfunded commitments to borrowers as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $3.1 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and are included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company invests in various partnerships, limited liability companies, and SBIC funds. Pursuant to these investments, the Company commits to an investment amount that may be fulfilled in future periods. At December 31, 2023, the Company had future commitments outstanding totaling $15.3 million related to these investments.