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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 20. Commitments and Contingencies

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, 2024 and 2023, the Company had outstanding loan commitments of $283.2 million and $480.8 million, respectively. The majority of the decline in 2024 was attributable to lower loan commitments for construction and commercial and industrial borrowers, as the Company actively worked to reduce these commitments. Of the December 31, 2024 and 2023 amounts, $108.4 million and $113.5 million, respectively, 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, 2024 and 2023, commitments under outstanding financial stand-by letters of credit totaled $12.5 million and $12.6 million, respectively. The credit risk of issuing stand-by letters of credit can be greater than the risk involved in extending loans to customers.

For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company reported a recovery of credit losses for unfunded commitments of $2.2 million and $2.4 million, respectively, which was primarily attributable to lower balances of loan commitments. Reserves for unfunded commitments to borrowers as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $924 thousand and $3.1 million, respectively, and are included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

As of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a recourse reserve of $1.8 million for estimated putbacks and transition costs as part of the sale of substantially all of its MSR asset portfolio in the same period. This amount is included in the loss on sale of MSR assets and other liabilities on the consolidated statement of operations and consolidated balance sheet, respectively. The putbacks relate to industry-standard items, including prepayments or early delinquencies of the underlying mortgages, as well as any deficiencies in the underlying documentation, all of which are subject to term limits per the respective sales agreements.

The Company has investments in various partnerships and limited liability companies. Pursuant to these investments, the Company commits to an investment amount that may be fulfilled in future periods. At December 31, 2024, the Company had future commitments outstanding totaling $7.1 million related to these investments.