UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013
Commission File Number: 001-34084
POPULAR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
Popular Center Building
209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
(787) 765-9800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). x Yes ¨ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes x No
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 103,349,416 shares outstanding as of November 4, 2013.
INDEX
Part I – Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Part II – Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 6. Exhibits
Signatures
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Forward-Looking Information
The information included in this Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may relate to Popular, Inc.’s (the “Corporation”, “Popular”, “we, “us”, “our”) financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business, including, but not limited to, statements with respect to the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, delinquency trends, market risk and the impact of interest rate changes, capital markets conditions, capital adequacy and liquidity, and the effect of legal proceedings and new accounting standards on the Corporation’s financial condition and results of operations. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking, and the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continues,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “project” and similar expressions and future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “can,” “may,” or similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties, estimates and assumptions by management that are difficult to predict.
Various factors, some of which are beyond Popular’s control, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to:
Other possible events or factors that could cause results or performance to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements include the following: negative economic conditions that adversely affect the general economy, housing prices, the job market, consumer confidence and spending habits which may affect, among other things, the level of non-performing assets, charge-offs and provision expense; changes in interest rates and market liquidity which may reduce interest margins, impact funding sources and affect our ability to originate and distribute financial products in the primary and secondary markets; adverse movements and volatility in debt and equity capital markets; changes in market rates and prices which may adversely impact the value of financial assets and liabilities; liabilities resulting from litigation and regulatory investigations; changes in accounting standards, rules and interpretations; increased competition; our ability to grow our core businesses; decisions to downsize, sell or close units or otherwise change our business mix; and management’s ability to identify and manage these and other risks. Moreover, the outcome of legal proceedings, as discussed in “Part II, Item I. Legal Proceedings,” is inherently uncertain and depends on judicial interpretations of law and the findings of regulators, judges and juries. Investors should refer to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 as well as “Part II, Item 1A” of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of such factors and certain risks and uncertainties to which the Corporation is subject.
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All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to the Corporation as of the date of this document, and other than as required by law, including the requirements of applicable securities laws, we assume no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(UNAUDITED)
(In thousands, except share information)
Assets:
Cash and due from banks
Money market investments:
Federal funds sold
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
Time deposits with other banks
Total money market investments
Trading account securities, at fair value:
Pledged securities with creditors’ right to repledge
Other trading securities
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value:
Other investment securities available-for-sale
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost (fair value 2013 - $119,249; 2012 - $144,233)
Other investment securities, at lower of cost or realizable value (realizable value 2013 - $201,349; 2012 - $187,501)
Loans held-for-sale, at lower of cost or fair value
Loans held-in-portfolio:
Loans not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC
Loans covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC
Less - Unearned income
Allowance for loan losses
Total loans held-in-portfolio, net
FDIC loss share asset
Premises and equipment, net
Other real estate not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC
Other real estate covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC
Accrued income receivable
Mortgage servicing assets, at fair value
Other assets
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
Total assets
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Liabilities:
Deposits:
Non-interest bearing
Interest bearing
Total deposits
Federal funds purchased and assets sold under agreements to repurchase
Other short-term borrowings
Notes payable
Other liabilities
Total liabilities
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 21)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, 30,000,000 shares authorized; 2,006,391 shares issued and outstanding
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 170,000,000 shares authorized; 103,365,275 shares issued (2012 - 103,193,303) and 103,327,146 shares outstanding (2012 - 103,169,806)
Surplus
Retained earnings
Treasury stock - at cost, 38,129 shares (2012 - 23,497)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Total stockholders’ equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share information)
Interest income:
Loans
Money market investments
Investment securities
Trading account securities
Total interest income
Interest expense:
Deposits
Short-term borrowings
Long-term debt
Total interest expense
Net interest income
Provision for loan losses - non-covered loans
Provision for loan losses - covered loans
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
Service charges on deposit accounts
Other service fees
Mortgage banking activities
Net gain (loss) and valuation adjustments on investment securities
Trading account (loss) profit
Net gain (loss) on sale of loans, including valuation adjustments on loans held-for-sale
Adjustments (expense) to indemnity reserves on loans sold
FDIC loss share (expense) income
Other operating income
Total non-interest income
Operating expenses:
Personnel costs
Net occupancy expenses
Equipment expenses
Other taxes
Professional fees
Communications
Business promotion
FDIC deposit insurance
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
Other real estate owned (OREO) expenses
Other operating expenses
Amortization of intangibles
Total operating expenses
Income before income tax
Income tax expense (benefit)
Net Income
Net Income Applicable to Common Stock
Net Income per Common Share - Basic
Net Income per Common Share - Diluted
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Net income
Other comprehensive loss before tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Amortization of net losses of pension and postretirement benefit plans
Amortization of prior service cost of pension and postretirement benefit plans
Unrealized holding losses on investments arising during the period
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income
Unrealized net (losses) gains on cash flow hedges
Reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses included in net income
Other comprehensive loss before tax
Income tax benefit
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Comprehensive income, net of tax
Tax effect allocated to each component of other comprehensive loss:
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Balance at December 31, 2011
Issuance of stock
Dividends declared:
Preferred stock
Common stock purchases
Common stock reissuance
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Balance at September 30, 2012
Balance at December 31, 2012
Balance at September 30, 2013
Disclosure of changes in number of shares:
Preferred Stock:
Balance at beginning and end of period
Common Stock - Issued:
Balance at beginning of period
Balance at end of the period
Treasury stock
Common Stock - Outstanding
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Cash flows from operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for loan losses
Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment
Net accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums and deferred fees
Fair value adjustments on mortgage servicing rights
FDIC loss share expense
Amortization of prepaid FDIC assessment
Earnings from investments under the equity method
Deferred income tax benefit
(Gain) loss on:
Disposition of premises and equipment
Sale and valuation adjustments of investment securities
Sale of loans, including valuation adjustments on loans held-for-sale and mortgage banking activities
Sale of stock in equity method investee
Sale of other assets
Sale of foreclosed assets, including write-downs
Acquisitions of loans held-for-sale
Proceeds from sale of loans held-for-sale
Net disbursements on loans held-for-sale
Net (increase) decrease in:
Trading securities
Net increase (decrease) in:
Interest payable
Pension and other postretirement benefit obligation
Total adjustments
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net decrease in money market investments
Purchases of investment securities:
Available-for-sale
Held-to-maturity
Other
Proceeds from calls, paydowns, maturities and redemptions of investment securities:
Proceeds from sale of investment securities:
Net repayments on loans
Proceeds from sale of loans
Acquisition of loan portfolios
Net payments from FDIC under loss sharing agreements
Return of capital from equity method investments
Proceeds from sale of stock in equity method investee
Mortgage servicing rights purchased
Acquisition of premises and equipment
Proceeds from sale of:
Premises and equipment
Other productive assets
Foreclosed assets
Net cash provided by investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of notes payable
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
Dividends paid
Net payments for repurchase of common stock
Net cash used in financing activities
Net decrease in cash and due from banks
Cash and due from banks at beginning of period
Cash and due from banks at end of period
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Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Unaudited)
Note 1 -
Organization, consolidation and basis of presentation
Note 2 -
New accounting pronouncements
Note 3 -
Restrictions on cash and due from banks and certain securities
Note 4 -
Pledged assets
Note 5 -
Investment securities available-for-sale
Note 6 -
Investment securities held-to-maturity
Note 7 -
Note 8 -
Note 9 -
FDIC loss share asset and true-up payment obligation
Note 10 -
Note 11 -
Transfers of financial assets and mortgage servicing assets
Note 12 -
Note 13 -
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Note 14 -
Note 15 -
Borrowings
Note 16 -
Offsetting of financial assets and liabilities
Note 17 -
Trust preferred securities
Note 18 -
Stockholders’ equity
Note 19 -
Other comprehensive loss
Note 20 -
Guarantees
Note 21 -
Commitments and contingencies
Note 22 -
Non-consolidated variable interest entities
Note 23 -
Related party transactions with affiliated company / joint venture
Note 24 -
Fair value measurement
Note 25 -
Fair value of financial instruments
Note 26 -
Net income per common share
Note 27 -
Note 28 -
Note 29 -
Pension and postretirement benefits
Note 30 -
Stock-based compensation
Note 31 -
Income taxes
Note 32 -
Supplemental disclosure on the consolidated statements of cash flows
Note 33 -
Segment reporting
Note 34 -
Subsequent events
Note 35 -
Condensed consolidating financial information of guarantor and issuers of registered guaranteed securities
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Note 1 – Organization, consolidation and basis of presentation
Nature of Operations
Popular, Inc. (the “Corporation”) is a diversified, publicly-owned financial holding company subject to the supervision and regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Corporation has operations in Puerto Rico, the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. In Puerto Rico, the Corporation provides mortgage, retail and commercial banking services through its principal banking subsidiary, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (“BPPR”), as well as investment banking, broker-dealer, auto and equipment leasing and financing, and insurance services through specialized subsidiaries. In the U.S. mainland, the Corporation operates Banco Popular North America (“BPNA”), including its wholly-owned subsidiary E-LOAN. BPNA focuses efforts and resources on the core community banking business. BPNA operates branches in New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey and Florida. E-LOAN markets deposit accounts under its name for the benefit of BPNA. The BPNA branches operate under the name of Popular Community Bank. Note 33 to the consolidated financial statements presents information about the Corporation’s business segments.
Effective December 31, 2012, Popular Mortgage, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPPR prior to that date, was merged with and into BPPR as part of an internal reorganization. Popular Mortgage currently operates as a division of BPPR.
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared without audit. The consolidated statement of financial condition data at December 31, 2012 was derived from audited financial statements. The unaudited interim financial statements are, in the opinion of management, a fair statement of the results for the periods reported and include all necessary adjustments, all of a normal recurring nature, for a fair statement of such results.
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2012 consolidated financial statements and notes to the financial statements to conform with the 2013 presentation. During the second quarter of 2013, the Corporation discontinued the elimination of its proportionate ownership share of intercompany transactions with EVERTEC from their respective revenue and expense categories to reflect them as an equity pick-up adjustment in other operating income. Refer to Note 23 “Related party transactions with affiliated company / joint venture” for additional information.
Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted from the unaudited financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2012, included in the Corporation’s 2012 Annual Report (the “2012 Annual Report”). Operating results for the interim periods disclosed herein are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full year or any future period.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Note 2 – New accounting pronouncements
FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (“ASU 2013-11”)
The FASB issued ASU 2013-11 in July 2013 which requires that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. When a net operating loss, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction to settle any additional taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position, or the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purposes, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. The assessment of whether a deferred tax asset is available is based on the unrecognized tax benefit and deferred tax asset that exist at the reporting date and should be made presuming disallowance of the tax position at the reporting date. Currently, there is no explicit guidance under U.S. GAAP on the financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. The amendment of this guidance does not require new recurring disclosures.
ASU 2013-11 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments of this ASU should be applied prospectively to all unrecognized tax benefits that exist at the effective date. Retrospective application is permitted.
The Corporation does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material effect on its consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.
FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-10, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Fed Funds Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes (“ASU 2013-10”)
The FASB issued ASU 2013-10 in July 2013 which permits the use of the Overnight Index Swap Rate (OIS), also referred to as the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate as a U.S. GAAP benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815. Currently, only the interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the U.S. government (UST) and the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) swap rate are considered benchmark interest rates in the United States. This update also removes the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges. Including the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate as an acceptable U.S. benchmark interest rate in addition to UST and LIBOR will provide risk managers with a more comprehensive spectrum of interest rate resets to utilize as the designated interest risk component under the hedge accounting guidance in Topic 815.
The amendments of this ASU are effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013.
The adoption of this guidance has not had a material effect on its consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.
FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-05, Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment Upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity (“ASU 2013-05”)
The FASB issued ASU 2013-05 in March 2013 which clarifies the applicable guidance for the release of the cumulative translation adjustment. When a reporting entity ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a nonprofit activity or a business within a foreign entity, the parent is required to apply the guidance in ASC 830-30 to release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets has resided.
For an equity method investment that is a foreign entity, the partial sale guidance in ASC 830-30-40 still applies. As such, a pro rata portion of the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income upon a partial sale of such equity method investment. However, this treatment does not apply to an equity method investment that is not a foreign entity. In those instances, the cumulative translation adjustment is released into net income only if the partial sale represents a complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity that contains the equity method investment.
Additionally, the amendments in this ASU clarify that the sale of an investment in a foreign entity includes both: (1) events that result in the loss of a controlling financial interest in a foreign entity and (2) events that result in an acquirer obtaining control of an acquiree in which it held an equity interest immediately before the acquisition date. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income upon the occurrence of those events.
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ASU 2013-05 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after December 15, 2013. The amendments should be applied prospectively to derecognition events occurring after the effective date. Prior periods should not be adjusted. Early adoption is permitted. If an entity elects to early adopt the amendments of this ASU it should apply them as of the beginning of the entity’s fiscal year of adoption.
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Note 3 – Restrictions on cash and due from banks and certain securities
The Corporation’s banking subsidiaries, BPPR and BPNA, are required by federal and state regulatory agencies to maintain average reserve balances with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “Fed”) or other banks. Those required average reserve balances amounted to $963 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $952 million). Cash and due from banks, as well as other short-term, highly liquid securities, are used to cover the required average reserve balances.
At September 30, 2013 the Corporation held $44 million in restricted assets in the form of funds deposited in money market accounts, trading account securities and investment securities available for sale (December 31, 2012 - $41 million). The amounts held in trading account securities and investment securities available for sale consist primarily of restricted assets held for the Corporation’s non-qualified retirement plans and fund deposits guaranteeing possible liens or encumbrances over the title of insured properties.
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Note 4 – Pledged assets
Certain securities and loans were pledged to secure public and trust deposits, assets sold under agreements to repurchase, other borrowings and credit facilities available, derivative positions, and loan servicing agreements. The classification and carrying amount of the Corporation’s pledged assets, in which the secured parties are not permitted to sell or repledge the collateral, were as follows:
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost
Loans held-for-sale measured at lower of cost or fair value
Loans held-in-portfolio covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC
Loans held-in-portfolio not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC
Total pledged assets
Pledged securities that the creditor has the right by custom or contract to repledge are presented separately on the consolidated statements of financial condition.
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation had $ 1.0 billion in investment securities available-for-sale and $ 0.6 billion in loans that served as collateral to secure public funds (December 31, 2012 - $ 1.2 billion and $ 0.3 billion, respectively).
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s banking subsidiaries had short-term and long-term credit facilities authorized with the Federal Home Loan Bank system (the “FHLB”) aggregating to $2.8 billion (December 31, 2012 - $2.8 billion). Refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for borrowings outstanding under these credit facilities. At September 30, 2013, the credit facilities authorized with the FHLB were collateralized by $ 3.8 billion in loans held-in-portfolio (December 31, 2012 - $ 3.8 billion). Also, at September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s banking subsidiaries had a borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) discount window of $3.4 billion, which remained unused as of such date ( December 31, 2012 - $3.1 billion). The amount available under these credit facilities with the Fed is dependent upon the balance of loans and securities pledged as collateral. At September 30, 2013, the credit facilities with the Fed discount window were collateralized by $ 5.0 billion in loans held-in-portfolio (December 31, 2012 - $ 4.7 billion). These pledged assets are included in the above table and were not reclassified and separately reported in the consolidated statements of financial condition.
In addition, at September 30, 2013 trades receivables from brokers and counterparties amounting to $62 million were pledged to secure repurchase agreements (December 31, 2012 - $133 million).
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Note 5 – Investment securities available-for-sale
The following tables present the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, approximate fair value, weighted average yield and contractual maturities of investment securities available-for-sale.
U.S. Treasury securities
Within 1 year
After 1 to 5 years
Total U.S. Treasury securities
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities
After 5 to 10 years
After 10 years
Total obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities
Obligations of Puerto Rico, States and political subdivisions
Total obligations of Puerto Rico, States and political subdivisions
Collateralized mortgage obligations - federal agencies
Total collateralized mortgage obligations - federal agencies
Collateralized mortgage obligations - private label
Total collateralized mortgage obligations - private label
Mortgage-backed securities
Total mortgage-backed securities
Equity securities (without contractual maturity)
Total other
Total investment securities available-for-sale
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The weighted average yield on investment securities available-for-sale is based on amortized cost; therefore, it does not give effect to changes in fair value.
Securities not due on a single contractual maturity date, such as mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, are classified in the period of final contractual maturity. The expected maturities of collateralized mortgage obligations, mortgage-backed securities and certain other securities may differ from their contractual maturities because they may be subject to prepayments or may be called by the issuer.
There were no sales of investment securities available-for-sale during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Proceeds from the sale of investments available-for-sale for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were $8.0 million.
Gross realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities available-for-sale were as follows:
Gross realized gains
Gross realized losses
Net realized gains (losses) on sale of investment securities available-for-sale
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The following tables present the Corporation’s fair value and gross unrealized losses of investment securities available-for-sale, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.
Equity securities
Total investment securities available-for-sale in an unrealized loss position
As of September 30, 2013, the available-for-sale investment portfolio reflects gross unrealized losses of approximately $99 million, driven by obligations from the U.S. Government sponsored entities, US Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, and Obligations of the Puerto Rico Government and its political subdivisions. As part of its analysis for all US Agencies’ securities, management considers the US Agency guarantee. The portfolio of Obligations of the Puerto Rico Government is comprised of securities with specific sources of income or revenues identified for repayments. The Corporation performs periodic credit quality review on these issuers.
Management evaluates investment securities for other-than-temporary (“OTTI”) declines in fair value on a quarterly basis. Once a decline in value is determined to be other-than-temporary, the value of a debt security is reduced and a corresponding charge to earnings is recognized for anticipated credit losses. Also, for equity securities that are considered other-than-temporarily impaired, the excess of the security’s carrying value over its fair value at the evaluation date is accounted for as a loss in the results of operations. The OTTI analysis requires management to consider various factors, which include, but are not limited to: (1) the length of time and the extent to which fair value has been less than the amortized cost basis, (2) the financial condition of the issuer or issuers, (3) actual collateral attributes, (4) the payment structure of the debt security and the likelihood of the issuer being able to
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make payments, (5) any rating changes by a rating agency, (6) adverse conditions specifically related to the security, industry, or a geographic area, and (7) management’s intent to sell the debt security or whether it is more likely than not that the Corporation would be required to sell the debt security before a forecasted recovery occurs.
At September 30, 2013, management performed its quarterly analysis of all debt securities in an unrealized loss position. Based on the analyses performed, management concluded that no individual debt security was other-than-temporarily impaired as of such date. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation did not have the intent to sell debt securities in an unrealized loss position and it is not more likely than not that the Corporation will have to sell the investment securities prior to recovery of their amortized cost basis. Also, management evaluated the Corporation’s portfolio of equity securities at September 30, 2013. No other-than-temporary impairment losses on equity securities were recorded during the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012. Management has the intent and ability to hold the investments in equity securities that are at a loss position at September 30, 2013, for a reasonable period of time for a forecasted recovery of fair value up to (or beyond) the cost of these investments.
The following table states the name of issuers, and the aggregate amortized cost and fair value of the securities of such issuer (includes available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities), in which the aggregate amortized cost of such securities exceeds 10% of stockholders’ equity. This information excludes securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. Investments in obligations issued by a state of the U.S. and its political subdivisions and agencies, which are payable and secured by the same source of revenue or taxing authority, other than the U.S. Government, are considered securities of a single issuer.
FNMA
FHLB
Freddie Mac
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Note 6 – Investment securities held-to-maturity
The following tables present the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, approximate fair value, weighted average yield and contractual maturities of investment securities held-to-maturity.
Total investment securities held-to-maturity
Securities not due on a single contractual maturity date, such as collateralized mortgage obligations, are classified in the period of final contractual maturity. The expected maturities of collateralized mortgage obligations and certain other securities may differ from their contractual maturities because they may be subject to prepayments or may be called by the issuer.
The following tables present the Corporation’s fair value and gross unrealized losses of investment securities held-to-maturity, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Total investment securities held-to-maturity in an unrealized loss position
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As indicated in Note 5 to these consolidated financial statements, management evaluates investment securities for OTTI declines in fair value on a quarterly basis.
The “Obligations of Puerto Rico, States and political subdivisions” classified as held-to-maturity at September 30, 2013 are primarily associated with securities issued by municipalities of Puerto Rico and are generally not rated by a credit rating agency. This includes $64 million of securities issued by three Municipalities of Puerto Rico that are payable from the real and personal property taxes collected within such municipalities. These bonds have seniority to the payment of operating cost and expenses of the municipality. The portfolio also includes approximately $40 million in securities for which the underlying source of payment is not the central government, but in which it provides a guarantee in the event of default. The Corporation performs periodic credit quality reviews on these issuers. The Corporation does not have the intent to sell securities held-to-maturity and it is not more likely than not that the Corporation will have to sell these investment securities prior to recovery of their amortized cost basis.
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Note 7 – Loans
Covered loans acquired in the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction, except for lines of credit with revolving privileges, are accounted for by the Corporation in accordance with ASC Subtopic 310-30. Under ASC Subtopic 310-30, the acquired loans were aggregated into pools based on similar characteristics. Each loan pool is accounted for as a single asset with a single composite interest rate and an aggregate expectation of cash flows. The covered loans which are accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 by the Corporation are not considered non-performing and will continue to have an accretable yield as long as there is a reasonable expectation about the timing and amount of cash flows expected to be collected. The Corporation measures additional losses for this portfolio when it is probable the Corporation will be unable to collect all cash flows expected at acquisition plus additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimates after acquisition. Lines of credit with revolving privileges that were acquired as part of the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction are accounted for under the guidance of ASC Subtopic 310-20, which requires that any differences between the contractually required loan payment receivable in excess of the Corporation’s initial investment in the loans be accreted into interest income. Loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 are placed in non-accrual status when past due in accordance with the Corporation’s non-accruing policy and any accretion of discount is discontinued.
The risks on loans acquired in the FDIC-assisted transaction are significantly different from the risks on loans not covered under the FDIC loss sharing agreements because of the loss protection provided by the FDIC. Accordingly, the Corporation presents loans subject to the loss sharing agreements as “covered loans” in the information below and loans that are not subject to the FDIC loss sharing agreements as “non-covered loans”.
For a summary of the accounting policy related to loans, interest recognition and allowance for loan losses refer to the summary of significant accounting policies included in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in 2012 Annual Report.
The following table presents the composition of non-covered loans held-in-portfolio (“HIP”), net of unearned income, at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Commercial multi-family
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied
Commercial real estate owner occupied
Commercial and industrial
Construction
Mortgage
Leasing
Legacy[2]
Consumer:
Credit cards
Home equity lines of credit
Personal
Auto
Total loans held-in-portfolio[1]
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The following table presents the composition of covered loans at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Commercial real estate
Consumer
Total loans held-in-portfolio
The following table provides a breakdown of loans held-for-sale (“LHFS”) at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 by main categories.
Commercial
Legacy
Total loans held-for-sale
During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded purchases (including repurchases) of mortgage loans amounting to $199 million and $1.7 billion, respectively (September 30, 2012 - $453 million and $1.1 billion, respectively). Also, the Corporation recorded purchases of $42 million in consumer loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012 - $230 million). In addition, during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded purchases of commercial loans amounting to $5 million and $8 million, respectively, and there were no purchases during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012. There were no purchases of construction loans during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012 - $0.1 million and $1 million, respectively).
The Corporation performed whole-loan sales involving approximately $60 million and $614 million of residential mortgage loans during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively (September 30, 2012 - $94 million and $238 million, respectively). These sales included $435 million from the bulk sale of non-performing mortgage loans, completed during the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Also, the Corporation securitized approximately $ 200 million and $ 767 million of mortgage loans into Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) mortgage-backed securities during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively (September 30, 2012 - $ 181 million and $ 576 million, respectively). Furthermore, the Corporation securitized approximately $ 102 million and $ 354 million of mortgage loans into Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) mortgage-backed securities during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively (September 30, 2012 - $ 107 million and $ 238 million, respectively). Also, the Corporation securitized approximately $ 1 million and $ 28 million of mortgage loans into Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) mortgage-backed securities during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012 - $ 20 million and $ 20 million, respectively). The Corporation sold commercial and construction loans with a book value of approximately $6 million and $413 million during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively (September 30, 2012 - $9 million and $48 million, respectively). These sales included $401 million from the bulk sale of non-performing commercial and construction loans during the quarter ended March 31, 2013.
Non-covered loans
The following tables present non-covered loans held-in-portfolio by loan class that are in non-performing status or are accruing interest but are past due 90 days or more at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Accruing loans past due 90 days or more consist primarily of credit cards, FHA / VA and other insured mortgage loans, and delinquent mortgage loans which are included in the Corporation’s financial statements pursuant to GNMA’s buy-back option program. Servicers of loans underlying GNMA mortgage-backed securities must report as their own assets the defaulted loans that they have the option (but not the obligation) to repurchase, even when they elect not to exercise that option. Also, accruing loans past due 90 days or more include
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residential conventional loans purchased from another financial institution that, although delinquent, the Corporation has received timely payment from the seller / servicer, and, in some instances, have partial guarantees under recourse agreements. However, residential conventional loans purchased from another financial institution, which are in the process of foreclosure, are classified as non-performing mortgage loans.
At September 30, 2013
Mortgage[2][3]
Total[1]
At December 31, 2012
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The following tables present loans by past due status at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 for non-covered loans held-in-portfolio (net of unearned income).
September 30, 2013
Puerto Rico
Total
U.S. mainland
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Popular, Inc.
December 31, 2012
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The following table provides a breakdown of loans held-for-sale (“LHFS”) in non-performing status at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 by main categories.
The outstanding principal balance of non-covered loans accounted pursuant to ASC Subtopic 310-30, including amounts charged off by the Corporation, amounted to $175 million at September 30, 2013. At September 30, 2013, none of the acquired non-covered loans accounted under ASC Subtopic 310-30 were considered non-performing loans. Therefore, interest income, through accretion of the difference between the carrying amount of the loans and the expected cash flows, was recognized on all acquired loans.
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Changes in the carrying amount and the accretable yield for the non-covered loans accounted pursuant to the ASC Subtopic 310-30, for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were as follows:
Activity in the accretable discount - Non-covered loans ASC 310-30
Beginning balance
Additions
Accretion
Change in expected cash flows
Ending balance
Carrying amount of non-covered loans accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30
Collections and charge-offs
Allowance for loan losses ASC 310-30 non-covered loans
Ending balance, net of ALLL
Covered loans
The following table presents covered loans in non-performing status and accruing loans past-due 90 days or more by loan class at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
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The following tables present loans by past due status at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 for covered loans held-in-portfolio. The information considers covered loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 and ASC Subtopic 310-30.
Total covered loans
The carrying amount of the covered loans consisted of loans determined to be impaired at the time of acquisition, which are accounted for in accordance with ASC Subtopic 310-30 (“credit impaired loans”), and loans that were considered to be performing at the acquisition date, accounted for by analogy to ASC Subtopic 310-30 (“non-credit impaired loans”), as detailed in the following table.
Carrying amount
Carrying amount, net of allowance
The outstanding principal balance of covered loans accounted pursuant to ASC Subtopic 310-30, including amounts charged off by the Corporation, amounted to $3.9 billion at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $4.8 billion). At September 30, 2013, none of the acquired loans from the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 were considered non-performing loans. Therefore, interest income, through accretion of the difference between the carrying amount of the loans and the expected cash flows, was recognized on all acquired loans.
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Changes in the carrying amount and the accretable yield for the covered loans accounted pursuant to the ASC Subtopic 310-30, for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, were as follows:
ASC 310-30 covered loans
Collections and charge offs
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The Corporation accounts for lines of credit with revolving privileges under the accounting guidance of ASC Subtopic 310-20, which requires that any differences between the contractually required loans payment receivable in excess of the initial investment in the loans be accreted into interest income over the life of the loans, if the loan is accruing interest. Covered loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 amounted to $0.2 billion at September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012 - $0.3 billion).
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Note 8 – Allowance for loan losses
The Corporation’s assessment of the allowance for loan losses is determined in accordance with accounting guidance, specifically loss contingencies guidance in ASC Subtopic 450-20 and loan impairment guidance in ASC Section 310-10-35.
The accounting guidance provides for the recognition of a loss allowance for groups of homogeneous loans. The determination for general reserves of the allowance for loan losses includes the following principal factors:
During the second quarter of 2013, management revised the estimation process for evaluating the adequacy of the general reserve component of the allowance for loan losses. The enhancements to the ALLL methodology, which is described in the paragraphs below, was implemented as of June 30, 2013 and resulted in a net increase to the allowance for loan losses of $11.8 million for the non-covered portfolio and $7.5 million for the covered portfolio.
Management made the following principal changes to the methodology during the second quarter of 2013:
Incorporated risk ratings to establish a more granular stratification of the commercial, construction and legacy loan portfolios to enhance the homogeneity of the loan classes. Prior to the second quarter enhancements, the Corporation’s loan segmentation was based on product type, line of business and legal entity. During the second quarter
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of 2013, lines of business were simplified and a regulatory classification level was added. These changes increase the homogeneity of each portfolio and capture the higher potential for loan loss in the criticized and substandard accruing categories.
These refinements resulted in a decrease to the allowance for loan losses of $42.9 million at June 30, 2013, which consisted of a $35.7 million decrease in the non-covered BPPR segment and a $7.2 million reduction in the BPNA segment.
The combined effect of the aforementioned changes to the environmental factors adjustment resulted in an increase to the allowance for loan losses of $52.5 million at June 30, 2013, of which $56.1 million relate to the non-covered BPPR segment, offset in part by a $3.6 million reduction in the BPNA segment.
There were additional enhancements to the allowance for loan losses methodology which accounted for an increase of $9.7 million at June 30, 2013 at the BPPR segment. These enhancements included the elimination of the use of a cap for the commercial recent loss adjustment (12-month average), the incorporation of a minimum general reserve assumption for the commercial, construction and legacy portfolios with minimal or zero loss history, and the application of the enhanced ALLL framework to the covered loan portfolio.
The following tables present the changes in the allowance for loan losses for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013
Puerto Rico - Non-covered loans
Allowance for credit losses:
Provision (reversal of provision)
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Net write-down related to loans sold
Puerto Rico - Covered loans
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U.S. Mainland
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013
Net write-downs related to loans sold
Provision
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For the quarter ended September 30, 2012
Puerto Rico - Covered Loans
Net (write-down) recovery related to loans transferred to LHFS
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2012
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The following table provides the activity in the allowance for loan losses related to covered loans accounted for pursuant to ASC Subtopic 310-30.
Net charge-offs
Balance at end of period
The following tables present information at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 regarding loan ending balances and the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment and whether such loans and the allowance pertains to loans individually or collectively evaluated for impairment.
Specific ALLL non-covered loans
General ALLL non-covered loans
ALLL - non-covered loans
Specific ALLL covered loans
General ALLL covered loans
ALLL - covered loans
Total ALLL
Impaired non-covered loans
Non-covered loans held-in-portfolio excluding impaired loans
Non-covered loans held-in-portfolio
Impaired covered loans
Covered loans held-in-portfolio excluding impaired loans
Covered loans held-in-portfolio
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Specific ALLL
General ALLL
Impaired loans
Loans held-in-portfolio, excluding impaired loans
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The following tables present loans individually evaluated for impairment at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Impaired Loans - With an
Allowance
Impaired Loans
With No Allowance
Total Puerto Rico
HELOCs
Total U.S. mainland
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Total Popular, Inc.
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The following tables present the average recorded investment and interest income recognized on impaired loans for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Helocs
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Modifications
Troubled debt restructurings related to non-covered loan portfolios amounted to $ 0.9 billion at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $ 1.2 billion). The amount of outstanding commitments to lend additional funds to debtors owing receivables whose terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings amounted $5 million related to the commercial loan portfolio at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $4 million). There were no outstanding commitments to lend additional funds to debtors owing loans whose terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings related to construction loan portfolio at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $120 thousand).
A modification of a loan constitutes a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and the modification constitutes a concession.
Commercial and industrial loans modified in a TDR often involve temporary interest-only payments, term extensions, and converting evergreen revolving credit lines to long-term loans. Commercial real estate (“CRE”), which includes multifamily, owner-occupied and non-owner occupied CRE, and construction loans modified in a TDR often involve reducing the interest rate for a limited period of time or the remaining term of the loan, extending the maturity date at an interest rate lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk, or reductions in the payment plan. Construction loans modified in a TDR may also involve extending the interest-only payment period.
Residential mortgage loans modified in a TDR are primarily comprised of loans where monthly payments are lowered to accommodate the borrowers’ financial needs for a period of time, normally five years to ten years. After the lowered monthly payment period ends, the borrower reverts back to paying principal and interest per the original terms with the maturity date adjusted accordingly.
Home equity loans modifications are made infrequently and are not offered if the Corporation also holds the first mortgage. Home equity loans modifications are uniquely designed to meet the specific needs of each borrower. Automobile loans modified in a TDR are primarily comprised of loans where the Corporation has lowered monthly payments by extending the term. Credit cards modified in a TDR are primarily comprised of loans where monthly payments are lowered to accommodate the borrowers’ financial needs for a period of time, normally up to 24 months.
As part of its NPL reduction strategy and in order to expedite the resolution of delinquent construction and commercial loans, commencing in 2012, the Corporation routinely enters into liquidation agreements with borrowers and guarantors through the regular legal process, bankruptcy procedures and in certain occasions, out of Court transactions. These liquidation agreements, in general, contemplate the following conditions: (1) consent to judgment by the borrowers and guarantors; (2) acknowledgement by the borrower of the debt, its liquidity and maturity; (3) acknowledgment of the default in payments. The contractual interest rate is not reduced and continues to accrue during the term of the agreement. At the end of the period, borrower is obligated to remit all amounts due or be subject to the Corporation’s exercise of its foreclosure rights and further collection efforts. Likewise, the borrower’s failure to make stipulated payments will grant the Corporation the ability to exercise its foreclosure rights. This strategy procures to expedite the foreclosure process, resulting in a more effective and efficient collection process. Although in general, these liquidation agreements do not contemplate the forgiveness of principal or interest as debtor is required to cover all outstanding amounts when the agreement becomes due, it could be construed that the Corporation has granted a concession by temporarily accepting a payment schedule that is different from the contractual payment schedule. Accordingly, loans under these program agreements are considered TDRs.
Loans modified in a TDR that are not accounted pursuant to ASC 310-30 are typically already in non-accrual status at the time of the modification and partial charge-offs have in some cases already been taken against the outstanding loan balance. The TDR loan continues in non-accrual status until the borrower has demonstrated a willingness and ability to make the restructured loan payments (generally at least six months of sustained performance after the modification (or one year for loans providing for quarterly or semi-annual payments)) and management has concluded that it is probable that the borrower would not be in payment default in the foreseeable future.
Loans modified in a TDR may have the financial effect to the Corporation of increasing the specific allowance for loan losses associated with the loan. Consumer and residential mortgage loans modified under the Corporation’s loss mitigation programs that are determined to be TDRs are individually evaluated for impairment based on an analysis of discounted cash flows.
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For consumer and mortgage loans that are modified with regard to payment terms and which constitute TDRs, the discounted cash flow value method is used as the impairment valuation is more appropriately calculated based on the ongoing cash flow from the individuals rather than the liquidation of the asset. The computations give consideration to probability of defaults and loss-given-foreclosure on the related estimated cash flows.
Commercial and construction loans that have been modified as part of loss mitigation efforts are evaluated individually for impairment. The vast majority of the Corporation’s modified commercial loans are measured for impairment using the estimated fair value of the collateral, as these are normally considered as collateral dependent loans. In very few instances, the Corporation measures modified commercial loans at their estimated realizable values determined by discounting the expected future cash flows. Construction loans that have been modified are also accounted for as collateral dependent loans. The Corporation determines the fair value measurement dependent upon its exit strategy for the particular asset(s) acquired in foreclosure.
The following tables present the non-covered and covered loans classified as TDRs according to their accruing status at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Leases
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The following tables present the loan count by type of modification for those loans modified in a TDR during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
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The following tables present by class, quantitative information related to loans modified as TDRs during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
(Dollars in thousands)
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, five loan comprising a recorded investment of approximately $14.3 million and four loans of $27 million, respectively, was restructured into multiple notes (“Note A / B split”). The Corporation recorded approximately $3.5 million and $7.0 million in loan charge-offs as part of the loan restructuring during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The renegotiations of this loan were made after analyzing the borrowers’ capacity to repay the debt, collateral and ability to perform under the modified terms. The recorded investment on these commercial TDRs amounted to approximately $1.9 million at September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012 - $21 million) with a related allowance for loan losses amounting to approximately $401 thousand (September 30, 2012 - $357 thousand).
The following tables present by class, TDRs that were subject to payment default and that had been modified as a TDR during the twelve months preceding the default date. Payment default is defined as a restructured loan becoming 90 days past due after being modified, foreclosed or charged-off, whichever occurs first. The recorded investment at September 30, 2013 is inclusive of all partial paydowns and charge-offs since the modification date. Loans modified as a TDR that were fully paid down, charged-off or foreclosed upon by period end are not reported.
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Commercial, consumer and mortgage loans modified in a TDR are closely monitored for delinquency as an early indicator of possible future default. If loans modified in a TDR subsequently default, the Corporation evaluates the loan for possible further impairment. The allowance for loan losses may be increased or partial charge-offs may be taken to further write-down the carrying value of the loan.
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Credit Quality
The following table presents the outstanding balance, net of unearned income, of non-covered loans held-in-portfolio based on the Corporation’s assignment of obligor risk ratings as defined at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Puerto Rico[1]
Total Commercial
Total Consumer
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The following table presents the weighted average obligor risk rating at September 30, 2013 for those classifications that consider a range of rating scales.
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The following table presents the weighted average obligor risk rating at December 31, 2012 for those classifications that consider a range of rating scales.
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Note 9 – FDIC loss share asset and true-up payment obligation
In connection with the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction, BPPR entered into loss share agreements with the FDIC with respect to the covered loans and other real estate owned. Pursuant to the terms of the loss share agreements, the FDIC’s obligation to reimburse BPPR for losses with respect to covered assets begins with the first dollar of loss incurred. The FDIC reimburses BPPR for 80% of losses with respect to covered assets, and BPPR reimburses the FDIC for 80% of recoveries with respect to losses for which the FDIC paid 80% reimbursement under loss share agreements. The loss share agreement applicable to single-family residential mortgage loans provides for FDIC loss and recoveries sharing for ten years expiring at the end of the quarter ending June 30, 2020. The loss share agreement applicable to commercial (including construction) and consumer loans provides for FDIC loss sharing for five years expiring at the end of the quarter ending June 30, 2015 and BPPR reimbursement to the FDIC for eight years expiring at the end of the quarter ending June 30, 2018, in each case, on the same terms and conditions as described above.
The following table sets forth the activity in the FDIC loss share asset for the periods presented.
Balance at beginning of year
Amortization of loss share indemnification asset
Credit impairment losses to be covered under loss sharing agreements
Decrease due to reciprocal accounting on amortization of contingent liability on unfunded commitments
Reimbursable expenses
Net payments to (from) FDIC under loss sharing agreements
Other adjustments attributable to FDIC loss sharing agreements
The following table presents the weighted average life of the loan portfolios subject to the FDIC loss sharing agreement for the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
As part of the loss share agreements, BPPR has agreed to make a true-up payment to the FDIC on the date that is 45 days following the last day (such day, the “true-up measurement date”) of the final shared-loss month, or upon the final disposition of all covered assets under the loss share agreements, in the event losses on the loss share agreements fail to reach expected levels. The estimated fair value of such true-up payment obligation is recorded as contingent consideration, which is included in the caption of other liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial condition. Under the loss sharing agreements, BPPR will pay to the FDIC 50% of the excess, if any, of: (i) 20% of the intrinsic loss estimate of $4.6 billion (or $925 million) (as determined by the FDIC) less (ii) the sum of: (A) 25% of the asset discount (per bid) (or ($1.1 billion)); plus (B) 25% of the cumulative shared-loss payments (defined as the aggregate of all of the payments made or payable to BPPR minus the aggregate of all of the payments made or payable to the FDIC); plus (C) the sum of the period servicing amounts for every consecutive twelve-month period prior to and ending on the true-up measurement date in respect of each of the loss sharing agreements during which the loss sharing provisions of the applicable loss sharing agreement is in effect (defined as the product of the simple average of the principal amount of shared loss loans and shared loss assets at the beginning and end of such period times 1%).
The following table provides the fair value and the undiscounted amount of the true-up payment obligation at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Carrying amount (fair value)
Undiscounted amount
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The loss share agreements contain specific terms and conditions regarding the management of the covered assets that BPPR must follow in order to receive reimbursement on losses from the FDIC. Under the loss share agreements, BPPR must:
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Note 10 – Mortgage Banking Activities
The caption of mortgage banking activities in the consolidated statements of operations consists of the following categories:
Mortgage servicing fees, net of fair value adjustments:
Mortgage servicing fees
Mortgage servicing rights fair value adjustments
Total mortgage servicing fees, net of fair value adjustments
Net gain on sale of loans, including valuation on loans
Trading account (loss) profit:
Unrealized losses on outstanding derivative positions
Realized gains (losses) on closed derivative positions
Total trading account (loss) profit
Total mortgage banking activities
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Note 11 – Transfers of financial assets and mortgage servicing assets
The Corporation typically transfers conforming residential mortgage loans in conjunction with GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC securitization transactions whereby the loans are exchanged for cash or securities and servicing rights. The securities issued through these transactions are guaranteed by the corresponding agency and, as such, under seller/service agreements the Corporation is required to service the loans in accordance with the agencies’ servicing guidelines and standards. Substantially all mortgage loans securitized by the Corporation in GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC securities have fixed rates and represent conforming loans. As seller, the Corporation has made certain representations and warranties with respect to the originally transferred loans and, in some instances, has sold loans with credit recourse to a government-sponsored entity, namely FNMA. Refer to Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements for a description of such arrangements.
No liabilities were incurred as a result of these securitizations during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 because they did not contain any credit recourse arrangements. During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded a net gain $6.5 million (September 30, 2012 - $18.0 million) related to the residential mortgage loans securitized. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded a net gain $33.0 million (September 30, 2012 - $45.6 million) related to the residential mortgage loans securitized.
The following tables present the initial fair value of the assets obtained as proceeds from residential mortgage loans securitized during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
Assets
Trading account securities:
Mortgage-backed securities - GNMA
Mortgage-backed securities - FNMA
Mortgage-backed securities - FHLMC
Total trading account securities
Mortgage servicing rights
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation retained servicing rights on whole loan sales involving approximately $116 million in principal balance outstanding (September 30, 2012 - $196 million), with realized gains of approximately $4.0 million (September 30, 2012 - gains of $8.9 million). All loan sales performed during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were without credit recourse agreements.
The Corporation recognizes as assets the rights to service loans for others, whether these rights are purchased or result from asset transfers such as sales and securitizations. These mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) are measured at fair value.
The Corporation uses a discounted cash flow model to estimate the fair value of MSRs. The discounted cash flow model incorporates assumptions that market participants would use in estimating future net servicing income, including estimates of prepayment speeds, discount rate, cost to service, escrow account earnings, contractual servicing fee income, prepayment and late fees, among other considerations. Prepayment speeds are adjusted for the Corporation’s loan characteristics and portfolio behavior.
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The following table presents the changes in MSRs measured using the fair value method for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Residential MSRs
Fair value at beginning of period
Purchases
Servicing from securitizations or asset transfers
Sale of servicing assets
Changes due to payments on loans[1]
Reduction due to loan repurchases
Changes in fair value due to changes in valuation model inputs or assumptions
Other disposals
Fair value at end of period
Residential mortgage loans serviced for others were $17.1 billion at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $16.7 billion).
Net mortgage servicing fees, a component of mortgage banking activities in the consolidated statements of operations, include the changes from period to period in the fair value of the MSRs, including changes due to collection / realization of expected cash flows. Mortgage servicing fees, excluding fair value adjustments, for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 amounted to $11.5 million and $34.1 million, respectively (September 30, 2012 - $12.2 million and $36.3 million, respectively). The banking subsidiaries receive servicing fees based on a percentage of the outstanding loan balance. At September 30, 2013, those weighted average mortgage servicing fees were 0.27% (September 30, 2012 - 0.28%). Under these servicing agreements, the banking subsidiaries do not generally earn significant prepayment penalty fees on the underlying loans serviced.
The section below includes information on assumptions used in the valuation model of the MSRs, originated and purchased.
Key economic assumptions used in measuring the servicing rights derived from loans securitized or sold by the Corporation during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
Prepayment speed
Weighted average life
Discount rate (annual rate)
Key economic assumptions used to estimate the fair value of MSRs derived from sales and securitizations of mortgage loans performed by the banking subsidiaries and the sensitivity to immediate changes in those assumptions were as follows as of the end of the periods reported:
Fair value of servicing rights
Weighted average prepayment speed (annual rate)
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change
Weighted average discount rate (annual rate)
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The banking subsidiaries also own servicing rights purchased from other financial institutions. The fair value of purchased MSRs, their related valuation assumptions and the sensitivity to immediate changes in those assumptions were as follows as of the end of the periods reported:
The sensitivity analyses presented in the tables above for servicing rights are hypothetical and should be used with caution. As the figures indicate, changes in fair value based on a 10 and 20 percent variation in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, in the sensitivity tables included herein, the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the retained interest is calculated without changing any other assumption. In reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another (for example, increases in market interest rates may result in lower prepayments and increased credit losses), which might magnify or counteract the sensitivities.
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation serviced $2.6 billion (December 31, 2012 - $2.9 billion) in residential mortgage loans with credit recourse to the Corporation.
Under the GNMA securitizations, the Corporation, as servicer, has the right to repurchase (but not the obligation), at its option and without GNMA’s prior authorization, any loan that is collateral for a GNMA guaranteed mortgage-backed security when certain delinquency criteria are met. At the time that individual loans meet GNMA’s specified delinquency criteria and are eligible for repurchase, the Corporation is deemed to have regained effective control over these loans if the Corporation was the pool issuer. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation had recorded $51 million in mortgage loans on its consolidated statements of financial condition related to this buy-back option program (December 31, 2012 - $56 million). As long as the Corporation continues to service the loans that continue to be collateral in a GNMA guaranteed mortgage-backed security, the MSR is recognized by the Corporation. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation repurchased approximately $ 155 million (December 31, 2012 - $255 million) of mortgage loans under the GNMA buy-back option program. The determination to repurchase these loans was based on the economic benefits of the transaction, which results in a reduction of the servicing costs for these severely delinquent loans, mostly related to principal and interest advances. Furthermore, due to their guaranteed nature, the risk associated with the loans is minimal. The Corporation places these loans under its loss mitigation programs and once brought back to current status, these may be either retained in portfolio or re-sold in the secondary market.
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Note 12 – Other assets
The caption of other assets in the consolidated statements of financial condition consists of the following major categories:
Net deferred tax assets (net of valuation allowance)
Investments under the equity method
Bank-owned life insurance program
Prepaid FDIC insurance assessment
Prepaid taxes
Other prepaid expenses
Derivative assets
Trades receivables from brokers and counterparties
Others
Total other assets
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Note 13 – Goodwill and other intangible assets
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, allocated by reportable segments, were as follows (refer to Note 33 for the definition of the Corporation’s reportable segments):
2013
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Banco Popular North America
2012
Purchase accounting adjustments consists of adjustments to the value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed resulting from the completion of appraisals or other valuations, adjustments to initial estimates recorded for transaction costs, if any, and contingent consideration paid during a contractual contingency period.
The following table presents the gross amount of goodwill and accumulated impairment losses by reportable segments.
At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Corporation had $ 6 million of identifiable intangible assets, with indefinite useful lives, mostly associated with E-LOAN’s trademark.
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The following table reflects the components of other intangible assets subject to amortization:
Core deposits
Other customer relationships
Other intangibles
Total other intangible assets
During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recognized $ 2.5 million in amortization expense related to other intangible assets with definite useful lives (September 30, 2012 - $ 2.5 million). During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recognized $ 7.4 million in amortization related to other intangible assets with definite useful lives (September 30, 2012 - $ 7.6 million).
The following table presents the estimated amortization of the intangible assets with definite useful lives for each of the following periods:
Remaining 2013
Year 2014
Year 2015
Year 2016
Year 2017
Year 2018
Results of the Goodwill Impairment Test
The Corporation’s goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets having an indefinite useful life are tested for impairment. Intangibles with indefinite lives are evaluated for impairment at least annually and on a more frequent basis if events or circumstances indicate impairment could have taken place. Such events could include, among others, a significant adverse change in the business climate, an adverse action by a regulator, an unanticipated change in the competitive environment and a decision to change the operations or dispose of a reporting unit.
Under applicable accounting standards, goodwill impairment analysis is a two-step test. The first step of the goodwill impairment test involves comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired; however, if the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step must be performed. The second step involves calculating an implied fair value of goodwill for each reporting unit for which the first step indicated possible impairment. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined in the same manner as the amount of goodwill recognized in a business combination, which is the excess of the fair value of the reporting unit, as determined in the first step, over the aggregate fair values of the individual assets, liabilities and identifiable intangibles (including any unrecognized intangible assets, such as unrecognized core deposits and trademark) as if the reporting unit was being acquired in a business combination and the fair value of the reporting unit was the price paid to acquire the reporting unit. The Corporation estimates the fair values of the assets and liabilities of a reporting unit, consistent with the
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requirements of the fair value measurements accounting standard, which defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value of the assets and liabilities reflects market conditions, thus volatility in prices could have a material impact on the determination of the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill at the impairment test date. The adjustments to measure the assets, liabilities and intangibles at fair value are for the purpose of measuring the implied fair value of goodwill and such adjustments are not reflected in the consolidated statement of condition. If the implied fair value of goodwill exceeds the goodwill assigned to the reporting unit, there is no impairment. If the goodwill assigned to a reporting unit exceeds the implied fair value of the goodwill, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess. An impairment loss recognized cannot exceed the amount of goodwill assigned to a reporting unit, and the loss establishes a new basis in the goodwill. Subsequent reversal of goodwill impairment losses is not permitted under applicable accounting standards.
The Corporation performed the annual goodwill impairment evaluation for the entire organization during the third quarter of 2013 using July 31, 2013 as the annual evaluation date. The reporting units utilized for this evaluation were those that are one level below the business segments, which are the legal entities within the reportable segment. The Corporation follows push-down accounting, as such all goodwill is assigned to the reporting units when carrying out a business combination.
In determining the fair value of a reporting unit, the Corporation generally uses a combination of methods, including market price multiples of comparable companies and transactions, as well as discounted cash flow analysis. Management evaluates the particular circumstances of each reporting unit in order to determine the most appropriate valuation methodology. The Corporation evaluates the results obtained under each valuation methodology to identify and understand the key value drivers in order to ascertain that the results obtained are reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances. Elements considered include current market and economic conditions, developments in specific lines of business, and any particular features in the individual reporting units.
The computations require management to make estimates and assumptions. Critical assumptions that are used as part of these evaluations include:
For purposes of the market comparable approach, valuations were determined by calculating average price multiples of relevant value drivers from a group of companies that are comparable to the reporting unit being analyzed and applying those price multiples to the value drivers of the reporting unit. Multiples used are minority based multiples and thus, no control premium adjustment is made to the comparable companies market multiples. While the market price multiple is not an assumption, a presumption that it provides an indicator of the value of the reporting unit is inherent in the valuation. The determination of the market comparables also involves a degree of judgment.
For purposes of the discounted cash flows (“DCF”) approach, the valuation is based on estimated future cash flows. The financial projections used in the DCF valuation analysis for each reporting unit are based on the most recent (as of the valuation date) financial projections presented to the Corporation’s Asset / Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”). The growth assumptions included in these projections are based on management’s expectations for each reporting unit’s financial prospects considering economic and industry conditions as well as particular plans of each entity (i.e. restructuring plans, de-leveraging, etc.). The cost of equity used to discount the cash flows was calculated using the Ibbotson Build-Up Method and ranged from 13.5% to 17.34% for the 2013 analysis. The Ibbotson Build-Up Method builds up a cost of equity starting with the rate of return of a “risk-free” asset (20-year U.S. Treasury note) and adds to it additional risk elements such as equity risk premium, size premium and industry risk premium. The resulting discount rates were analyzed in terms of reasonability given the current market conditions and adjustments were made when necessary.
For BPNA, the only reporting unit that failed Step 1, the Corporation determined the fair value of Step 1 utilizing a DCF approach and a market value approach. The market value approach is based on a combination of price multiples from comparable companies and multiples from capital raising transactions of comparable companies. The market multiples used included “price to book” and
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“price to tangible book”. The Step 1 fair value for BPNA under both valuation approaches (market and DCF) was below the carrying amount of its equity book value as of the valuation date (July 31), requiring the completion of Step 2. In accordance with accounting standards, the Corporation performed a valuation of all assets and liabilities of BPNA, including any recognized and unrecognized intangible assets, to determine the fair value of BPNA’s net assets. To complete Step 2, the Corporation subtracted from BPNA’s Step 1 fair value the determined fair value of the net assets to arrive at the implied fair value of goodwill. The results of the Step 2 indicated that the implied fair value of goodwill exceeded the goodwill carrying value of $402 million at July 31, 2013, resulting in no goodwill impairment. The reduction in BPNA’s Step 1 fair value was offset by a reduction in the fair value of its net assets, resulting in an implied fair value of goodwill that exceeds the recorded book value of goodwill.
The analysis of the results for Step 2 indicates that the reduction in the fair value of the reporting unit was mainly attributed to the deteriorated fair value of the loan portfolios and not to the fair value of the reporting unit as a going concern. The current negative performance of the reporting unit is principally related to deteriorated credit quality in its loan portfolio, which is consistent with the results of the Step 2 analysis. The fair value determined for BPNA’s loan portfolio in the July 31, 2013 annual test represented a discount of 15.1%, compared with 18.2% at July 31, 2012. The discount is mainly attributed to market participant’s expected rate of returns.
If the Step 1 fair value of BPNA declines further in the future without a corresponding decrease in the fair value of its net assets or if loan discounts improve without a corresponding increase in the Step 1 fair value, the Corporation may be required to record a goodwill impairment charge. The Corporation engaged a third-party valuator to assist management in the annual evaluation of BPNA’s goodwill (including Step 1 and Step 2) as well as BPNA’s loan portfolios as of the July 31, 2013 valuation date. Management discussed the methodologies, assumptions and results supporting the relevant values for conclusions and determined they were reasonable.
For the BPPR reporting unit, the average estimated fair value calculated in Step 1 using all valuation methodologies exceeded BPPR’s equity value by approximately $387 million in the July 31, 2013 annual test as compared with approximately $222 million at July 31, 2012. This result indicates there would be no indication of impairment on the goodwill recorded in BPPR at July 31, 2013. For the BPNA reporting unit, the estimated implied fair value of goodwill calculated in Step 2 exceeded BPNA’s goodwill carrying value by approximately $557 million as compared to approximately $338 million at July 31, 2012. The increase in the excess of the implied fair value of goodwill over its carrying amount for BPNA is mainly due to an increase in the fair value of the equity of BPNA as calculated in Step 1, which is mainly attributed to improvement in BPNA financial performance and increases in market price multiples of comparable companies and transactions. The goodwill balance of BPPR and BPNA, as legal entities, represented approximately 97% of the Corporation’s total goodwill balance as of the July 31, 2013 valuation date.
Furthermore, as part of the analyses, management performed a reconciliation of the aggregate fair values determined for the reporting units to the market capitalization of Popular, Inc. concluding that the fair value results determined for the reporting units in the July 31, 2013 annual assessment were reasonable.
The goodwill impairment evaluation process requires the Corporation to make estimates and assumptions with regard to the fair value of the reporting units. Actual values may differ significantly from these estimates. Such differences could result in future impairment of goodwill that would, in turn, negatively impact the Corporation’s results of operations and the reporting units where the goodwill is recorded. Declines in the Corporation’s market capitalization could increase the risk of goodwill impairment in the future.
Management monitors events or changes in circumstances between annual tests to determine if these events or changes in circumstances would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount.
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Note 14 – Deposits
Total interest bearing deposits as of the end of the periods presented consisted of:
Savings accounts
NOW, money market and other interest bearing demand deposits
Total savings, NOW, money market and other interest bearing demand deposits
Certificates of deposit:
Under $100,000
$100,000 and over
Total certificates of deposit
Total interest bearing deposits
A summary of certificates of deposit by maturity at September 30, 2013 follows:
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 and thereafter
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation had brokered deposits amounting to $ 2.5 billion (December 31, 2012 - $ 2.8 billion).
The aggregate amount of overdrafts in demand deposit accounts that were reclassified to loans was $34 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $17 million).
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Note 15 – Borrowings
Federal funds purchased and assets sold under agreements to repurchase as of the end of the periods presented were as follows:
Federal funds purchased
Assets sold under agreements to repurchase
Total federal funds purchased and assets sold under agreements to repurchase
The repurchase agreements outstanding at September 30, 2013 were collateralized by $ 1.4 billion (December 31, 2012 - $ 1.6 billion) in investment securities available-for-sale, $ 312 million (December 31, 2012 - $ 272 million) in trading securities and $ 62 million (December 31, 2012 - $ 133 million) in securities sold not yet delivered in other assets. It is the Corporation’s policy to maintain effective control over assets sold under agreements to repurchase; accordingly, such securities continue to be carried on the consolidated statements of financial condition.
In addition, there were repurchase agreements outstanding collateralized by $ 237 million in securities purchased under agreements to resell to which the Corporation has the right to repledge the securities (December 31, 2012 - $ 227 million). It is the Corporation’s policy to take possession of securities purchased under agreements to resell. However, the counterparties to such agreements maintain effective control over such securities; accordingly, these securities are not reflected in the Corporation’s consolidated statements of financial condition.
Other short-term borrowings as of the end of the periods presented consisted of:
Advances with the FHLB paying interest at maturity, at fixed rates ranging from 0.32% to 0.46%
Total other short-term borrowings
Note: Refer to the Corporation’s 2012 Annual Report for rates information corresponding to the short-term borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2012.
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Notes payable as of the end of the periods reported consisted of:
Advances with the FHLB with maturities ranging from 2014 through 2021 paying interest at monthly fixed rates ranging from 0.57% to 4.19 %
Term notes maturing in 2014 paying interest semiannually at a fixed rate of 7.47 %
Term notes with maturities ranging from 2013 to 2014 paying interest monthly at a floating rate of 3.00% over the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rate[1]
Junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (related to trust preferred securities) with maturities ranging from 2027 to 2034 with fixed interest rates ranging from 6.125% to 8.327% (Refer to Note 17)
Junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (related to trust preferred securities) ($936,000 less discount of $411,129 at September 30, 2013 and $436,530 at December 31, 2012), with no stated maturity and a fixed interest rate of 5.00% until, but excluding December 5, 2013 and 9.00% thereafter (Refer to Note 17)[2]
Total notes payable
Note: Refer to the Corporation’s 2012 Annual Report for rates information corresponding to the long-term borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2012.
A breakdown of borrowings by contractual maturities at September 30, 2013 is included in the table below.
Year
Later years
No stated maturity
Subtotal
Less: Discount
Total borrowings
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Note 16 – Offsetting of financial assets and liabilities
The following tables present the potential effect of rights of setoff associated with the Corporation’s recognized financial assets and liabilities at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
As of September 30, 2013
Derivatives
Reverse repurchase agreements
Repurchase agreements
As of December 31, 2012
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The Corporation’s derivatives are subject to agreements which allow a right of set-off with each respective counterparty. In addition, the Corporation’s Repurchase Agreements and Reverse Repurchase Agreements have a right of set-off with the respective counterparty under the supplemental terms of the Master Repurchase Agreements. In an event of default each party has a right of set-off against the other party for amounts owed in the related agreement and any other amount or obligation owed in respect of any other agreement or transaction between them.
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Note 17 – Trust preferred securities
At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, four statutory trusts established by the Corporation (BanPonce Trust I, Popular Capital Trust I, Popular North America Capital Trust I and Popular Capital Trust II) had issued trust preferred securities (also referred to as “capital securities”) to the public. The proceeds from such issuances, together with the proceeds of the related issuances of common securities of the trusts (the “common securities”), were used by the trusts to purchase junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (the “junior subordinated debentures”) issued by the Corporation. In August 2009, the Corporation established the Popular Capital Trust III for the purpose of exchanging the shares of Series C preferred stock held by the U.S. Treasury at the time for trust preferred securities issued by this trust. In connection with this exchange, the trust used the Series C preferred stock, together with the proceeds of issuance and sale of common securities of the trust, to purchase junior subordinated debentures issued by the Corporation.
The sole assets of the five trusts consisted of the junior subordinated debentures of the Corporation and the related accrued interest receivable. These trusts are not consolidated by the Corporation pursuant to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The junior subordinated debentures are included by the Corporation as notes payable in the consolidated statements of financial condition, while the common securities issued by the issuer trusts are included as other investment securities. The common securities of each trust are wholly-owned, or indirectly wholly-owned, by the Corporation.
The following table presents financial data pertaining to the different trusts at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Issuer
Capital securities
Distribution rate
Common securities
Junior subordinated debentures aggregate liquidation amount
Stated maturity date
Reference notes
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In July 2013, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System approved final rules (“New Capital Rules”) to establish a new comprehensive regulatory capital framework for all U.S. banking organizations. The New Capital Rules generally implement the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (the “Basel Committee”) December 2010 final capital framework referred to as “Basel III” for strengthening international capital standards and several changes to the U.S. regulatory capital regime required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection on Act (“Dodd-Frank”). The New Capital Rules require that capital instruments such as trust preferred securities be phased-out of Tier 1 capital. The Corporation’s Tier I capital level at September 30, 2013 included $ 427 million of trust preferred securities that are subject to the phase-out provisions of the New Capital Rules. The Corporation would be allowed to include only 25% of such trust preferred securities in Tier I capital as of January 1, 2015 and 0% as of January 1, 2016 and thereafter. The New Capital Rules also permanently grandfathers as Tier 2 capital such trust preferred securities. The trust preferred securities issued to the U.S. Treasury pursuant to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 are exempt from the phase-out provision.
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Note 18 – Stockholders’ equity
Reverse stock split
On May 29, 2012, the Corporation effected a 1-for-10 reverse split of its common stock previously approved by the Corporation’s stockholders on April 27, 2012. Upon the effectiveness of the reverse split, each 10 shares of authorized and outstanding common stock were reclassified and combined into one new share of common stock. Popular, Inc.’s common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on May 30, 2012. All share and per share information in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes were retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-10 reverse stock split.
In connection with the reverse stock split, the Corporation amended its Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the number of shares of its authorized common stock from 1,700,000,000 to 170,000,000.
The reverse stock split did not affect the par value of a share of the Corporation’s common stock.
At the effective date of the reverse stock split, the stated capital attributable to common stock on the Corporation’s consolidated statement of financial condition was reduced by dividing the amount of the stated capital prior to the reverse stock split by 10, and the additional paid-in capital (surplus) was credited with the amount by which the stated capital was reduced. This was also reflected retroactively for prior periods presented in the financial statements.
BPPR statutory reserve
The Banking Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico requires that a minimum of 10% of BPPR’s net income for the year be transferred to a statutory reserve account until such statutory reserve equals the total of paid-in capital on common and preferred stock. Any losses incurred by a bank must first be charged to retained earnings and then to the reserve fund. Amounts credited to the reserve fund may not be used to pay dividends without the prior consent of the Puerto Rico Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The failure to maintain sufficient statutory reserves would preclude BPPR from paying dividends. BPPR’s statutory reserve fund amounted to $432 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $432 million). There were no transfers between the statutory reserve account and the retained earnings account during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012.
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Note 19 – Other comprehensive loss
The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component[1]
Foreign currency translation
Beginning Balance
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
Net change
Adjustment of pension and postretirement benefit plans
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for amortization of net losses
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for amortization of prior service cost
Unrealized net holding gains (losses) on investments
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
Unrealized net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from other accumulated other comprehensive loss
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The following table presents the amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Affected Line Item in theConsolidated Statements of Operations
Amortization of net losses
Amortization of prior service cost
Total before tax
Total net of tax
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on investments
Realized loss on sale of securities
Forward contracts
Income tax (expense) benefit
Total reclassification adjustments, net of tax
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Note 20 – Guarantees
At September 30, 2013 the Corporation recorded a liability of $0.5 million (December 31, 2012 - $0.6 million), which represents the unamortized balance of the obligations undertaken in issuing the guarantees under the standby letters of credit. Management does not anticipate any material losses related to these instruments.
From time to time, the Corporation securitized mortgage loans into guaranteed mortgage-backed securities subject to limited, and in certain instances, lifetime credit recourse on the loans that serve as collateral for the mortgage-backed securities. The Corporation has not sold any mortgage loans subject to credit recourse since 2009. At September 30, 2013 the Corporation serviced $ 2.6 billion (December 31, 2012 - $ 2.9 billion) in residential mortgage loans subject to credit recourse provisions, principally loans associated with FNMA and FHLMC residential mortgage loan securitization programs. In the event of any customer default, pursuant to the credit recourse provided, the Corporation is required to repurchase the loan or reimburse the third party investor for the incurred loss. The maximum potential amount of future payments that the Corporation would be required to make under the recourse arrangements in the event of nonperformance by the borrowers is equivalent to the total outstanding balance of the residential mortgage loans serviced with recourse and interest, if applicable. During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation repurchased approximately $ 29 million and $ 95 million, respectively, of unpaid principal balance in mortgage loans subject to the credit recourse provisions (September 30, 2012 -$ 33 million and $ 115 million, respectively). In the event of nonperformance by the borrower, the Corporation has rights to the underlying collateral securing the mortgage loan. The Corporation suffers ultimate losses on these loans when the proceeds from a foreclosure sale of the property underlying a defaulted mortgage loan are less than the outstanding principal balance of the loan plus any uncollected interest advanced and the costs of holding and disposing the related property. At September 30, 2013 the Corporation’s liability established to cover the estimated credit loss exposure related to loans sold or serviced with credit recourse amounted to $ 44 million (December 31, 2012 - $ 52 million).
The following table shows the changes in the Corporation’s liability of estimated losses related to loans serviced with credit recourse provisions during the quarters and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Balance as of beginning of period
Additions for new sales
Provision for recourse liability
Net charge-offs / terminations
Balance as of end of period
The estimated losses to be absorbed under the credit recourse arrangements are recorded as a liability when the loans are sold or credit recourse is assumed as part of acquired servicing rights, and are updated by accruing or reversing expense (categorized in the line item “adjustments (expense) to indemnity reserves on loans sold” in the consolidated statements of operations) throughout the life of the loan, as necessary, when additional relevant information becomes available. The methodology used to estimate the recourse liability is a function of the recourse arrangements given and considers a variety of factors, which include actual defaults and historical loss experience, foreclosure rate, estimated future defaults and the probability that a loan would be delinquent. Statistical methods are used to estimate the recourse liability. Expected loss rates are applied to different loan segmentations. The expected loss, which represents the amount expected to be lost on a given loan, considers the probability of default and loss severity. The probability of default represents the probability that a loan in good standing would become 90 days delinquent within the following twelve-month period. Regression analysis quantifies the relationship between the default event and loan-specific characteristics, including credit scores, loan-to-value ratios, and loan aging, among others.
When the Corporation sells or securitizes mortgage loans, it generally makes customary representations and warranties regarding the characteristics of the loans sold. The Corporation’s mortgage operations in Puerto Rico group conforming mortgage loans into pools which are exchanged for FNMA and GNMA mortgage-backed securities, which are generally sold to private investors, or are sold directly to FNMA or other private investors for cash. As required under the government agency programs, quality review procedures are performed by the Corporation to ensure that asset guideline qualifications are met. To the extent the loans do not meet specified characteristics, the Corporation may be required to repurchase such loans or indemnify for losses and bear any
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subsequent loss related to the loans. Repurchases under BPPR’s representation and warranty arrangements approximated $ 1.0 million and $ 4.0 million, in unpaid principal balance, respectively, with losses amounting to $ 0.3 million and $ 0.8 million, respectively, during the quarter and nine months period ended September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012 - $ 0.5 million and $ 3.1 million, and $ 0.1 million and $ 0.5 million, respectively). A substantial amount of these loans reinstate to performing status or have mortgage insurance, and thus the ultimate losses on the loans are not deemed significant.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2013, the Corporation established a reserve for certain specific representation and warranties made in connection with BPPR’s sale of non-performing mortgage loans. The purchaser’s sole remedy under the indemnity clause is to seek monetary damages from BPPR, for a maximum of $16.3 million. BPPR recognized a reserve of approximately $3.0 million, representing its best estimate of the loss that would be incurred in connection with this indemnification. BPPR’s obligations under this clause end one year after the closing except to any claim asserted prior to such termination date.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Corporation established a reserve for certain specific representation and warranties made in connection with BPPR’s sale of commercial and construction loans, and commercial and single family real estate owned. The purchaser’s sole remedy under the indemnity clause is to seek monetary damages from BPPR, for a maximum of $18.0 million. BPPR is not required to repurchase any of the assets. BPPR recognized a reserve of approximately $10.7 million, representing its best estimate of the loss that would be incurred in connection with this indemnification. BPPR’s obligations under this clause end one year after the closing except to any claim asserted prior to such termination date.
Also, during the quarter ended June 30, 2011, the Corporation’s banking subsidiary, BPPR, reached an agreement (the “June 2011 agreement”) with the FDIC, as receiver for a local Puerto Rico institution, and the financial institution with respect to a loan servicing portfolio that BPPR services since 2008, related to FHLMC and GNMA pools. The loans were originated and sold by the financial institution and the servicing rights were transferred to BPPR in 2008. As part of the 2008 servicing agreement, the financial institution was required to repurchase from BPPR any loans that BPPR, as servicer, was required to repurchase from the investors under representation and warranty obligations. As part of the June 2011 agreement, the Corporation received cash to discharge the financial institution from any repurchase obligation and other claims over the serviced portfolio. At September 30, 2013, the related representation and warranty reserve amounted to $ 5.8 million, and the related serviced portfolio approximated $2.5 billion (December 31, 2012 - $ 7.6 million and $2.9 billion, respectively).
The following table presents the changes in the Corporation’s liability for estimated losses associated with indemnifications and representations and warranties related to loans sold by BPPR for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Provision (reversal) for representation and warranties
In addition, at September 30, 2013, the Corporation has reserves for customary representation and warranties related to loans sold by its U.S. subsidiary E-LOAN prior to 2009. These loans were sold to investors on a servicing released basis subject to certain representation and warranties. Although the risk of loss or default was generally assumed by the investors, the Corporation made certain representations relating to borrower creditworthiness, loan documentation and collateral, which if not correct, may result in requiring the Corporation to repurchase the loans or indemnify investors for any related losses associated with these loans. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s reserve for estimated losses from such representation and warranty arrangements amounted to $ 7 million, which was included as part of other liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial condition (December 31, 2012 - $ 8 million). E-LOAN is no longer originating and selling loans since the subsidiary ceased these activities in 2008 and most of the outstanding agreements with major counterparties were settled during 2010 and 2011. On a quarterly basis, the Corporation reassesses its estimate for expected losses associated with E-LOAN’s customary representation and warranty arrangements. The analysis incorporates expectations on future disbursements based on quarterly repurchases and make-whole events. The analysis also considers factors such as the average length-time between the loan’s funding date and the loan
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repurchase date, as observed in the historical loan data. Make-whole events are typically defaulted cases in which the investor attempts to recover by collateral or guarantees, and the seller is obligated to cover any impaired or unrecovered portion of the loan. Claims have been predominantly for first mortgage agency loans and principally consist of underwriting errors related to undisclosed debt or missing documentation. The following table presents the changes in the Corporation’s liability for estimated losses associated with customary representations and warranties related to loans sold by E-LOAN for the quarters and nine months periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Servicing agreements relating to the mortgage-backed securities programs of FNMA and GNMA, and to mortgage loans sold or serviced to certain other investors, including FHLMC, require the Corporation to advance funds to make scheduled payments of principal, interest, taxes and insurance, if such payments have not been received from the borrowers. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation serviced $ 17.1 billion in mortgage loans for third-parties, including the loans serviced with credit recourse (December 31, 2012 - $ 16.7 billion). The Corporation generally recovers funds advanced pursuant to these arrangements from the mortgage owner, from liquidation proceeds when the mortgage loan is foreclosed or, in the case of FHA/VA loans, under the applicable FHA and VA insurance and guarantees programs. However, in the meantime, the Corporation must absorb the cost of the funds it advances during the time the advance is outstanding. The Corporation must also bear the costs of attempting to collect on delinquent and defaulted mortgage loans. In addition, if a defaulted loan is not cured, the mortgage loan would be canceled as part of the foreclosure proceedings and the Corporation would not receive any future servicing income with respect to that loan. At September 30, 2013, the outstanding balance of funds advanced by the Corporation under such mortgage loan servicing agreements was approximately $29 million (December 31, 2012 - $19 million). To the extent the mortgage loans underlying the Corporation’s servicing portfolio experience increased delinquencies, the Corporation would be required to dedicate additional cash resources to comply with its obligation to advance funds as well as incur additional administrative costs related to increases in collection efforts.
Popular, Inc. Holding Company (“PIHC”) fully and unconditionally guarantees certain borrowing obligations issued by certain of its wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries amounting to $ 0.2 billion at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $ 0.5 billion). In addition, at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, PIHC fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a subordinated basis $ 1.4 billion of capital securities (trust preferred securities) issued by wholly-owned issuing trust entities to the extent set forth in the applicable guarantee agreement. Refer to Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements for further information on the trust preferred securities.
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Note 21 – Commitments and contingencies
Off-balance sheet risk
The Corporation is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet credit risk in the normal course of business to meet the financial needs of its customers. These financial instruments include loan commitments, letters of credit, and standby letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated statements of financial condition.
The Corporation’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit and financial guarantees written is represented by the contractual notional amounts of those instruments. The Corporation uses the same credit policies in making these commitments and conditional obligations as it does for those reflected on the consolidated statements of financial condition.
Financial instruments with off-balance sheet credit risk, whose contract amounts represent potential credit risk as of the end of the periods presented were as follows:
Commitments to extend credit:
Credit card lines
Commercial lines of credit
Other unused credit commitments
Commercial letters of credit
Standby letters of credit
Commitments to originate or fund mortgage loans
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation maintained a reserve of approximately $4 million for potential losses associated with unfunded loan commitments related to commercial and consumer lines of credit (December 31, 2012 - $5 million).
Other commitments
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation also maintained other non-credit commitments for $10 million, primarily for the acquisition of other investments (December 31, 2012 - $10 million).
Business concentration
Since the Corporation’s business activities are currently concentrated primarily in Puerto Rico, its results of operations and financial condition are dependent upon the general trends of the Puerto Rico economy and, in particular, the residential and commercial real estate markets. The concentration of the Corporation’s operations in Puerto Rico exposes it to greater risk than other banking companies with a wider geographic base. Its asset and revenue composition by geographical area is presented in Note 33 to the consolidated financial statements.
The Corporation’s loan portfolio is diversified by loan category. However, approximately $14.2 billion, or 67% of the Corporation’s loan portfolio not covered under the FDIC loss sharing agreements, excluding loans held-for-sale, at September 30, 2013, consisted of real estate related loans, including residential mortgage loans, construction loans and commercial loans secured by commercial real estate (December 31, 2012 - $13.3 billion, or 64%).
Except for the Corporation’s exposure to the Puerto Rico Government sector, no individual or single group of related accounts is considered material in relation to our total assets or deposits, or in relation to our overall business. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation had approximately $0.9 billion of credit facilities granted to the Puerto Rico Government, its municipalities and public corporations, of which $25 million were uncommitted lines of credit (December 31, 2012 - $0.8 billion and $75 million, respectively). Of the total credit facilities granted, $681 million was outstanding at September 30, 2013, of which none were uncommitted lines of credit (December 31, 2012 - $681 billion and $61 million respectively). As part of its investment securities portfolio, the Corporation had $204 million in obligations issued or guaranteed by the Puerto Rico Government, its municipalities and public corporations (December 31, 2012 - $217 million).
Additionally, the Corporation holds consumer mortgage loans with an outstanding balance of $272 million at September 30, 2013 that are guaranteed by the Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority (December 31, 2012 - $294 million). These mortgage loans are secured by the underlying properties and the guarantees serve to cover shortfalls in collateral in the event of a borrower default.
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Other contingencies
As indicated in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, as part of the loss sharing agreements related to the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction, the Corporation agreed to make a true-up payment to the FDIC on the date that is 45 days following the last day of the final shared loss month, or upon the final disposition of all covered assets under the loss sharing agreements in the event losses on the loss sharing agreements fail to reach expected levels. The fair value of the true-up payment obligation was estimated at $124 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $112 million).
Legal Proceedings
The nature of Popular’s business ordinarily results in a certain number of claims, litigation, investigations, and legal and administrative cases and proceedings. When the Corporation determines it has meritorious defenses to the claims asserted, it vigorously defends itself. The Corporation will consider the settlement of cases (including cases where it has meritorious defenses) when, in management’s judgment, it is in the best interest of both the Corporation and its shareholders to do so.
On at least a quarterly basis, Popular assesses its liabilities and contingencies in connection with outstanding legal proceedings utilizing the latest information available. For matters where it is probable that the Corporation will incur a material loss and the amount can be reasonably estimated, the Corporation establishes an accrual for the loss. Once established, the accrual is adjusted on at least a quarterly basis as appropriate to reflect any relevant developments. For matters where a material loss is not probable or the amount of the loss cannot be estimated, no accrual is established.
In certain cases, exposure to loss exists in excess of the accrual to the extent such loss is reasonably possible, but not probable. Management believes and estimates that the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses (with respect to those matters where such limits may be determined, in excess of amounts accrued), for current legal proceedings ranges from $0 to approximately $15.4 million as of September 30, 2013. For certain other cases, management cannot reasonably estimate the possible loss at this time. Any estimate involves significant judgment, given the varying stages of the proceedings (including the fact that many of them are currently in preliminary stages), the existence of multiple defendants in several of the current proceedings whose share of liability has yet to be determined, the numerous unresolved issues in many of the proceedings, and the inherent uncertainty of the various potential outcomes of such proceedings. Accordingly, management’s estimate will change from time-to-time, and actual losses may be more or less than the current estimate.
While the final outcome of legal proceedings is inherently uncertain, based on information currently available, advice of counsel, and available insurance coverage, management believes that the amount it has already accrued is adequate and any incremental liability arising from the Corporation’s legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Corporation’s consolidated financial position as a whole. However, in the event of unexpected future developments, it is possible that the ultimate resolution of these matters, if unfavorable, may be material to the Corporation’s consolidated financial position in a particular period.
Ongoing Class Action Litigation
Banco Popular North America is currently a defendant in two class action lawsuits arising from its consumer and commercial banking activity:
On November 21, 2012, BPNA was served with a putative class action complaint captioned Valle v. Popular Community Bank filed in the New York State Supreme Court (New York County). Plaintiffs, existing BPNA customers, allege among other things that BPNA has engaged in unfair and deceptive acts and trade practices relative to the assessment of overdraft fees and payment processing on consumer deposit accounts. The complaint further alleges that BPNA improperly disclosed its consumer overdraft policies and, additionally, that the overdraft rates and fees assessed by BPNA violate New York’s usury laws. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, including punitive damages, interest, disbursements, and attorneys’ fees and costs.
BPNA removed the case to federal court (S.D.N.Y.), and plaintiffs subsequently filed a motion to remand the action to state court, which the Court has granted on August 6, 2013. A motion to dismiss was filed on September 9, 2013. On October 25, 2013, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint seeking to limit the putative class to New York account holders.
On August 22, 2013, BPNA was served with a putative class action complaint captioned Crissen v. Gupta, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The complaint alleges that BPNA, together with a BPNA commercial customer, purportedly engaged in a conspiracy to fraudulently inflate the amounts of money required to redeem property tax lien certificates in connection with certain Indiana real properties. Plaintiff is seeking actual damages against defendants in excess of $2 million, in addition to treble and punitive damages, based on alleged violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) Act and various other state law claims. A motion to dismiss the complaint was filed on October 21, 2013.
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Other Significant Proceedings
As described under “Note 9 – FDIC loss share asset and true-up payment obligation”, in connection with the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction, on April 30, 2010, BPPR entered into loss share agreements with the FDIC with respect to the covered loans and other real estate owned that it acquired in the transaction. Pursuant to the terms of the loss share agreements, the FDIC’s obligation to reimburse BPPR for losses with respect to covered assets begins with the first dollar of loss incurred. The FDIC reimburses BPPR for 80% of losses with respect to covered assets, and BPPR reimburses the FDIC for 80% of recoveries with respect to losses for which the FDIC paid 80% reimbursement under those loss share agreements. The loss share agreements contain specific terms and conditions regarding the management of the covered assets that BPPR must follow in order to receive reimbursement for losses from the FDIC. BPPR believes that it has complied with such terms and conditions. The loss share agreement applicable to the commercial late stage real-estate collateral-dependent loans described below provides for loss sharing by the FDIC through the quarter ending June 30, 2015 and for reimbursement to the FDIC through the quarter ending June 30, 2018.
For the quarters ended June 30, 2010 through March 31, 2012, BPPR received reimbursement for loss-share claims submitted to the FDIC, including charge-offs for certain commercial late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans calculated in accordance with BPPR’s charge-off policy for non-covered assets. When BPPR submitted its shared-loss claim in connection with the June 30, 2012 quarter, however, the FDIC refused to reimburse BPPR for a portion of the claim because of a difference related to the methodology for the computation of charge-offs for certain commercial late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans. In accordance with the terms of the commercial loss share agreement, BPPR applied a methodology for charge-offs for late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans that conforms to its regulatory supervisory criteria and is calculated in accordance with BPPR’s charge-off policy for non-covered assets. The FDIC has stated that it believes that BPPR should use a different methodology for those charge-offs. Notwithstanding the FDIC’s refusal to reimburse BPPR for certain shared-loss claims, BPPR has continued to submit shared-loss claims for quarters subsequent to June 30, 2012. As of September 30, 2013, BPPR had unreimbursed shared-loss claims of $541.3 million under the commercial loss share agreement with the FDIC. On October 21, 2013, BPPR received a payment of $143.1 million related to reimbursable shared-loss claims from the FDIC. After giving effect to this payment, BPPR has unreimbursed shared-loss claims amounting to $398.2 million, including $248.1 million related to commercial late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans, determined in accordance with BPPR’s regulatory supervisory criteria and BPPR’s charge-off policy for non-covered assets. If the reimbursement amount for these claims were calculated in accordance with the FDIC’s preferred methodology for late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans, the amount of such claims would be reduced by approximately $123.6 million.
BPPR’s loss share agreements with the FDIC specify that disputes can be submitted to arbitration before a review board under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. On July 31, 2013, BPPR filed a statement of claim with the American Arbitration Association requesting that the review board determine certain matters relating to the loss-share claims under the commercial loss share agreement with the FDIC, including that the review board award BPPR the amounts owed under its unpaid quarterly certificates. The statement of claim also requests reimbursement of certain valuation adjustments for costs to sell troubled assets. The review board is comprised of one arbitrator appointed by BPPR, one arbitrator appointed by the FDIC and a third arbitrator selected either by those arbitrators or by the American Arbitration Association.
To the extent we are not able to successfully resolve this matter through the arbitration process described above, a material difference could result in the timing and amount of charge-offs recorded by us and the amount of charge-offs reimbursed by the FDIC under the commercial loss share agreement. No assurance can be given that we would be able to claim reimbursement from the FDIC for such difference prior to the expiration, in the quarter ending June 30, 2015, of the FDIC’s obligation to reimburse BPPR under the commercial loss share agreement, which could require us to make a material adjustment to the value of our loss share assets and the related true up payment obligation to the FDIC, and could have a material adverse effect on our financial results for the period in which such adjustment is taken.
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Note 22 – Non-consolidated variable interest entities
The Corporation is involved with four statutory trusts which it established to issue trust preferred securities to the public. Also, it established Popular Capital Trust III for the purpose of exchanging Series C preferred stock shares held by the U.S. Treasury for trust preferred securities issued by this trust. These trusts are deemed to be variable interest entities (“VIEs”) since the equity investors at risk have no substantial decision-making rights. The Corporation does not hold any variable interest in the trusts, and therefore, cannot be the trusts’ primary beneficiary. Furthermore, the Corporation concluded that it did not hold a controlling financial interest in these trusts since the decisions of the trusts are predetermined through the trust documents and the guarantee of the trust preferred securities is irrelevant since in substance the sponsor is guaranteeing its own debt.
Also, the Corporation is involved with various special purpose entities mainly in guaranteed mortgage securitization transactions, including GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC. These special purpose entities are deemed to be VIEs since they lack equity investments at risk. The Corporation’s continuing involvement in these guaranteed loan securitizations includes owning certain beneficial interests in the form of securities as well as the servicing rights retained. The Corporation is not required to provide additional financial support to any of the variable interest entities to which it has transferred the financial assets. The mortgage-backed securities, to the extent retained, are classified in the Corporation’s consolidated statements of financial condition as available-for-sale or trading securities. The Corporation concluded that, essentially, these entities (FNMA, GNMA, and FHLMC) control the design of their respective VIEs, dictate the quality and nature of the collateral, require the underlying insurance, set the servicing standards via the servicing guides and can change them at will, and can remove a primary servicer with cause, and without cause in the case of FNMA and FHLMC. Moreover, through their guarantee obligations, agencies (FNMA, GNMA, and FHLMC) have the obligation to absorb losses that could be potentially significant to the VIE.
ASU 2009-17 requires that an ongoing primary beneficiary assessment should be made to determine whether the Corporation is the primary beneficiary of any of the VIEs it is involved with. The conclusion on the assessment of these trusts and guaranteed mortgage securitization transactions has not changed since their initial evaluation. The Corporation concluded that it is still not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs, and therefore, these VIEs are not required to be consolidated in the Corporation’s financial statements at September 30, 2013.
The Corporation holds variable interests in these VIEs in the form of agency mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, including those securities originated by the Corporation and those acquired from third parties. Additionally, the Corporation holds agency mortgage-backed securities, agency collateralized mortgage obligations and private label collateralized mortgage obligations issued by third party VIEs in which it has no other form of continuing involvement. Refer to Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the debt securities outstanding at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, which are classified as available-for-sale and trading securities in the Corporation’s consolidated statements of financial condition. In addition, the Corporation may retain the right to service the transferred loans in those government-sponsored special purpose entities (“SPEs”) and may also purchase the right to service loans in other government-sponsored SPEs that were transferred to those SPEs by a third-party. Pursuant to ASC Subtopic 810-10, the servicing fees that the Corporation receives for its servicing role are considered variable interests in the VIEs since the servicing fees are subordinated to the principal and interest that first needs to be paid to the mortgage-backed securities’ investors and to the guaranty fees that need to be paid to the federal agencies.
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The following table presents the carrying amount and classification of the assets related to the Corporation’s variable interests in non-consolidated VIEs and the maximum exposure to loss as a result of the Corporation’s involvement as servicer with non-consolidated VIEs at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Servicing assets:
Total servicing assets
Other assets:
Servicing advances
Maximum exposure to loss
The size of the non-consolidated VIEs, in which the Corporation has a variable interest in the form of servicing fees, measured as the total unpaid principal balance of the loans, amounted to $9.2 billion at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $9.2 billion).
Maximum exposure to loss represents the maximum loss, under a worst case scenario, that would be incurred by the Corporation, as servicer for the VIEs, assuming all loans serviced are delinquent and that the value of the Corporation’s interests and any associated collateral declines to zero, without any consideration of recovery. The Corporation determined that the maximum exposure to loss includes the fair value of the MSRs and the assumption that the servicing advances at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, will not be recovered. The agency debt securities are not included as part of the maximum exposure to loss since they are guaranteed by the related agencies.
In September of 2011, BPPR sold construction and commercial real estate loans with a fair value of $148 million, and most of which were non-performing, to a newly created joint venture, PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC. The joint venture is majority owned by Caribbean Property Group (“CPG”), Goldman Sachs & Co. and East Rock Capital LLC. The joint venture was created for the limited purpose of acquiring the loans from BPPR; servicing the loans through a third-party servicer; ultimately working out, resolving and/or foreclosing the loans; and indirectly owning, operating, constructing, developing, leasing and selling any real properties acquired by the joint venture through deed in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure, or by resolution of any loan.
BPPR provided financing to the joint venture for the acquisition of the loans in an amount equal to the sum of 57% of the purchase price of the loans, or $84 million, and $2 million of closing costs, for a total acquisition loan of $86 million (the “acquisition loan”). The acquisition loan has a 5-year maturity and bears a variable interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 300 basis points and is secured by a pledge of all of the acquiring entity’s assets. In addition, BPPR provided the joint venture with a non-revolving advance facility (the “advance facility”) of $68.5 million to cover unfunded commitments and costs-to-complete related to certain construction projects, and a revolving working capital line (the “working capital line”) of $20 million to fund certain operating expenses of the joint venture. Cash proceeds received by the joint venture are first used to cover debt service payments for the acquisition loan, advance facility, and the working capital line described above which must be paid in full before proceeds can be used for other purposes. The distributable cash proceeds are determined based on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the respective equity ownership percentages. BPPR’s equity interest in the joint venture ranks pari-passu with those of other parties involved. As part of the transaction executed in September 2011, BPPR received $ 48 million in cash and a 24.9% equity interest in the joint venture. The Corporation is not required to provide any other financial support to the joint venture.
BPPR accounted for this transaction as a true sale pursuant to ASC Subtopic 860-10 and thus recognized the cash received, its equity investment in the joint venture, and the acquisition loan provided to the joint venture and derecognized the loans sold.
The Corporation has determined that PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC is a VIE but the Corporation is not the primary beneficiary. All decisions are made by CPG (or an affiliate thereof) (the “Manager”), except for certain limited material decisions which would require the unanimous consent of all members. The Manager is authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the joint venture any and all documents, contracts, certificates, agreements and instruments, and to take any action deemed necessary in the benefit of the joint venture. Also, the Manager delegates the day-to-day management and servicing of the loans to CPG Island Servicing, LLC, an affiliate of CPG, which contracted Archon, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, to act as subservicer, but it has the responsibility to oversee such servicing responsibilities.
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The Corporation holds variable interests in this VIE in the form of the 24.9% equity interest (the “Investment in PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC”) and the financing provided to the joint venture. The equity interest is accounted for under the equity method of accounting pursuant to ASC Subtopic 323-10.
The following table presents the carrying amount and classification of the assets and liabilities related to the Corporation’s variable interests in the non-consolidated VIE, PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC, and its maximum exposure to loss at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Acquisition loan
Advances under the working capital line
Advances under the advance facility
Accrued interest receivable
Investment in PRLP 2011 Holdings LLC
Total net assets
The Corporation determined that the maximum exposure to loss under a worst case scenario at September 30, 2013 would be not recovering the carrying amount of the acquisition loan, the advances on the advance facility and working capital line, if any, and the equity interest held by the Corporation, net of the deposits.
On March 25, 2013, BPPR completed a sale of assets with a book value of $509.0 million, of which $500.6 million were in non-performing status, comprised of commercial and construction loans, and commercial and single family real estate owned, with a combined unpaid principal balance on loans and appraised value of other real estate owned of approximately $987.0 million to a newly created joint venture, PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC. The joint venture is majority owned by Caribbean Property Group LLC (“CPG”) and certain affiliates of Perella Weinberg Partners’ Asset Based Value Strategy. The joint venture was created for the limited purpose of acquiring the loans from BPPR; servicing the loans through a third-party servicer; ultimately working out, resolving and/or foreclosing the loans; and indirectly owning, operating, constructing, developing, leasing and selling any real properties acquired by the joint venture through deed in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure, or by resolution of any loan.
BPPR provided financing to the joint venture for the acquisition of the assets in an amount equal to the sum of 57% of the purchase price of the assets, and closing costs, for a total acquisition loan of $182.4 million (the “acquisition loan”). The acquisition loan has a 5-year maturity and bears a variable interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 300 basis points and is secured by a pledge of all of the acquiring entity’s assets. In addition, BPPR provided the joint venture with a non-revolving advance facility (the “advance facility”) of $35.0 million to cover unfunded commitments and costs-to-complete related to certain construction projects, and a revolving working capital line (the “working capital line”) of $30.0 million to fund certain operating expenses of the joint venture. Cash proceeds received by the joint venture are first used to cover debt service payments for the acquisition loan, advance facility, and the working capital line described above which must be paid in full before proceeds can be used for other purposes. The distributable cash proceeds are determined based on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the respective equity ownership percentages. BPPR’s equity interest in the joint venture ranks pari-passu with those of other parties involved. As part of the transaction executed in March 2013, BPPR received $92.3 million in cash and a 24.9% equity interest in the joint venture. The Corporation is not required to provide any other financial support to the joint venture.
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BPPR accounted for this transaction as a true sale pursuant to ASC Subtopic 860-10 and thus recognized the cash received, its equity investment in the joint venture, and the acquisition loan provided to the joint venture and derecognized the loans and real estate owned sold.
The Corporation has determined that PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC is a VIE but the Corporation is not the primary beneficiary. All decisions are made by CPG (or an affiliate thereof) (the “Manager”), except for certain limited material decisions which would require the unanimous consent of all members. The Manager is authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the joint venture any and all documents, contracts, certificates, agreements and instruments, and to take any action deemed necessary in the benefit of the joint venture. Also, the Manager delegates the day-to-day management and servicing of the loans to PR Asset Portfolio Servicing International, LLC, an affiliate of CPG.
The initial fair value of the Corporation’s equity interest in the joint venture was determined based on the fair value of the loans and real estate owned transferred to the joint venture of $306 million which represented the purchase price of the loans agreed by the parties and was an arm’s-length transaction between market participants in accordance with ASC Topic 820, reduced by the acquisition loan provided by BPPR to the joint venture, for a total net equity of $124 million. Accordingly, the 24.9% equity interest held by the Corporation was valued at $31 million. Thus, the fair value of the equity interest is considered a Level 2 fair value measurement since the inputs were based on observable market inputs.
The Corporation holds variable interests in this VIE in the form of the 24.9% equity interest (the “Investment in PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC”) and the financing provided to the joint venture. The equity interest is accounted for under the equity method of accounting pursuant to ASC Subtopic 323-10.
The following table presents the carrying amount and classification of the assets and liabilities related to the Corporation’s variable interests in the non-consolidated VIE, PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC, and its maximum exposure to loss at September 30, 2013.
Investment in PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC
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Note 23 – Related party transactions with affiliated company / joint venture
EVERTEC
On September 30, 2010, the Corporation completed the sale of a 51% majority interest in EVERTEC, Inc. (“EVERTEC”) to an unrelated third-party, including the Corporation’s merchant acquiring and processing and technology businesses (the “EVERTEC transaction”), and retained a 49% ownership interest in Carib Holdings, the holding company of EVERTEC. EVERTEC continues to provide various processing and information technology services to the Corporation and its subsidiaries and gives BPPR access to the ATH network owned and operated by EVERTEC. The investment in EVERTEC is accounted for under the equity method and is evaluated for impairment if events or circumstances indicate that a decrease in value of the investment has occurred that is other than temporary. Refer to Note 30 “Related party transactions” to the consolidated financial statements included in the Corporation’s 2012 Annual Report for details on this sale to an unrelated third-party.
On April 12, 2013, EVERTEC completed an initial public offering (“IPO”) of 28.8 million shares of common stock, generating proceeds of approximately $575.8 million. In connection with the IPO, EVERTEC sold 6.3 million shares of newly issued common stock and Apollo Global Management LLC (“Apollo”) and Popular sold 13.7 million and 8.8 million shares of EVERTEC retaining stakes of 29.1% and 33.5%, respectively. As of June 30, 2013, Popular’s stake in EVERTEC was reduced to 32.4% due to exercise by EVERTEC’s management of certain stock options that became fully vested as a result of the IPO. A portion of the proceeds received by EVERTEC from the IPO was used to repay and refinance its outstanding debt. In connection with the refinancing, Popular received payment in full for its portion of the EVERTEC debt held by it at that time. As a result of these transactions, Popular recognized an after-tax gain of approximately $156.6 million during the second quarter of 2013.
On September 18, 2013, EVERTEC completed a secondary public offering (“SPO”) of 20.0 million shares of common stock to the public at $22.50 per share. Apollo sold 10,808,759 shares and Popular sold 9,057,000 shares of EVERTEC, retaining respective stakes after the sale of 14.9% and 21.3%. As a result of this transaction, Popular recognized an after-tax gain of approximately $167.8 million during the third quarter of 2013 and received proceeds of approximately $197 million.
The Corporation received $ 2.7 million in dividend distributions during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from its investments in EVERTEC’s holding company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, net capital distributions received from EVERTEC amounted to $ 131 million, which included $ 1.4 million in dividend distributions. The Corporation’s equity in EVERTEC is presented in the table which follows and is included as part of “other assets” in the consolidated statements of financial condition.
Equity investment in EVERTEC
The Corporation had the following financial condition balances outstanding with EVERTEC at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Items that represent liabilities to the Corporation are presented with parenthesis.
Accounts receivables (Other assets)
Accounts payable (Other liabilities)
Net total
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The Corporation’s proportionate share of income or loss from EVERTEC is included in other operating income in the consolidated statements of operations since October 1, 2010. The following table presents the Corporation’s proportionate share of EVERTEC’s income (loss) and changes in stockholders’ equity for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Share of income (loss) from the investment in EVERTEC
Share of other changes in EVERTEC’s stockholders’ equity
Share of EVERTEC’s changes in equity recognized in income
Share of income from the investment in EVERTEC
The following tables present the transactions and service payments between the Corporation and EVERTEC (as an affiliate) and their impact on the results of operations for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. Items that represent expenses to the Corporation are presented with parenthesis.
Category
Interest income on loan to EVERTEC
Interest income on investment securities issued by EVERTEC
Interest expense on deposits
ATH and credit cards interchange income from services to EVERTEC
Debt prepayment penalty paid by EVERTEC
Consulting fee paid by EVERTEC
Rental income charged to EVERTEC
Processing fees on services provided by EVERTEC
Other services provided to EVERTEC
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At December 31, 2012, EVERTEC had certain performance bonds outstanding, which were guaranteed by the Corporation under a general indemnity agreement between the Corporation and the insurance companies issuing the bonds. EVERTEC’s performance bonds guaranteed by the Corporation amounted to approximately $ 1.0 million at December 31, 2012 and expired during the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Also, EVERTEC has a letter of credit issued by BPPR, for an amount of $ 3.6 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $ 2.9 million). As part of the merger agreement, the Corporation also agreed to maintain outstanding this letter of credit for a 5-year period. EVERTEC and the Corporation entered into a Reimbursement Agreement, in which EVERTEC will reimburse the Corporation for any losses incurred by the Corporation in connection with the performance bonds and the letter of credit. Possible losses resulting from these agreements are considered insignificant.
During the second quarter of 2013, the Corporation discontinued the elimination of its proportionate ownership share of intercompany transactions with EVERTEC from their respective revenue and expense categories to reflect them as an equity pick-up adjustment in other operating income. The consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented have been adjusted to reflect this change. This change had no impact on the Corporation’s net income and did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements. The following tables present the impact of the change in the Corporation’s results for all comparative prior period presented.
Intra-company eliminations considered in other operating income (detailed in next table)
Share of EVERTEC’s changes in equity, net of eliminations
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PRLP 2011 Holdings LLC
As indicated in Note 22 to the consolidated financial statements, the Corporation holds a 24.9% equity interest in PRLP 2011 Holdings LLC and currently provides certain financing to the joint venture as well as holds certain deposits from the entity.
The Corporation’s equity in PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC is presented in the table which follows and is included as part of “other assets” in the consolidated statements of financial condition.
Equity investment in PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC
The Corporation had the following financial condition balances outstanding with PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC at September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Deposits (non-interest bearing)
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The Corporation’s proportionate share of income or loss from PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC is included in other operating income in the consolidated statements of operations. The following table presents the Corporation’s proportionate share of income (loss) from PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Share of (loss) income from the equity investment in PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC
Share of income from the equity investment in PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC
The following table presents transactions between the Corporation and PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC and their impact on the Corporation’s results of operations for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Interest income on loan to PRLP 2011 Holdings, LLC
PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC
As indicated in Note 22 to the consolidated financial statements, effective March 2013 the Corporation holds a 24.9% equity interest in PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC and currently provides certain financing to the joint venture as well as holds certain deposits from the entity.
The Corporation’s equity in PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC is presented in the table which follows and is included as part of “other assets” in the consolidated statements of financial condition.
Equity investment in PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC
The Corporation had the following financial condition balances outstanding with PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC, at September 30, 2013.
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The Corporation’s proportionate share of income or loss from PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC is included in other operating income in the consolidated statements of operations. The following table presents the Corporation’s proportionate share of income (loss) from PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Share of loss from the equity investment in PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC
The following table presents transactions between the Corporation and PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC and their impact on the Corporation’s results of operations for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Interest income on loan to PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC
Servicing fee paid by PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC
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Note 24 – Fair value measurement
ASC Subtopic 820-10 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels in order to increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and disclosures. The hierarchy is broken down into three levels based on the reliability of inputs as follows:
The Corporation maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the observable inputs be used when available. Fair value is based upon quoted market prices when available. If listed prices or quotes are not available, the Corporation employs internally-developed models that primarily use market-based inputs including yield curves, interest rates, volatilities, and credit curves, among others. Valuation adjustments are limited to those necessary to ensure that the financial instrument’s fair value is adequately representative of the price that would be received or paid in the marketplace. These adjustments include amounts that reflect counterparty credit quality, the Corporation’s credit standing, constraints on liquidity and unobservable parameters that are applied consistently. There have been no changes in the Corporation’s methodologies used to estimate the fair value of assets and liabilities since December 31, 2012. Refer to the Critical Accounting Policies / Estimates in the 2012 Annual Report for additional information on the accounting guidance and the Corporation’s policies or procedures related to fair value measurements.
The estimated fair value may be subjective in nature and may involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment for certain financial instruments. Changes in the underlying assumptions used in calculating fair value could significantly affect the results.
Fair Value on a Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
The following fair value hierarchy tables present information about the Corporation’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and on a nonrecurring basis in periods subsequent to initial recognition for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Investment securities available-for-sale:
Trading account securities, excluding derivatives:
Collateralized mortgage obligations
Mortgage-backed securities - federal agencies
Total assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Liabilities
Contingent consideration
Total liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
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Nine months ended September 30, 2013
NONRECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Loans[1]
Loans held-for-sale[2]
Other real estate owned[3]
Other foreclosed assets[3]
Total assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
Nine months ended September 30, 2012
Long-lived assets held-for-sale[4]
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The following tables present the changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Quarter ended September 30, 2013
Balance at June 30, 2013
Gains (losses) included in earnings
Gains (losses) included in OCI
Sales
Settlements
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings relating to assets still held at September 30, 2013
Balance at January 1, 2013
Quarter ended September 30, 2012
Balance at June 30, 2012
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings relating to assets still held at September 30, 2012
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Balance at January 1, 2012
Transfers into Level 3
Transfers out of Level 3
There were no transfers in and / or out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis during the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and nine months ended September 30, 2013. There were no transfers in and / or out of Level 1 for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. There were $ 2 million in transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 and $ 8 million in transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 of trading mortgage-backed securities were the result of a change in valuation technique to a matrix pricing model, based on indicative prices provided by brokers. The transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 of trading mortgage-backed securities resulted from observable market data becoming available for these securities. The Corporation’s policy is to recognize transfers as of the end of the reporting period.
Gains and losses (realized and unrealized) included in earnings for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 for Level 3 assets and liabilities included in the previous tables are reported in the consolidated statement of operations as follows:
Interest income
Trading account profit (loss)
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The following table includes quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used to derive the fair value of Level 3 instruments, excluding those instruments for which the unobservable inputs were not developed by the Corporation such as prices of prior transactions and/or unadjusted third-party pricing sources.
Unobservable
Inputs
Weighted
Average
(Range)
Collateralized mortgage obligations - trading
Other - trading
Loans held-in-portfolio
Other real estate owned
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Corporation’s collateralized mortgage obligations and interest-only collateralized mortgage obligation (reported as “other”), which are classified in the “trading” category, are yield, constant prepayment rate, and weighted average life. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation would result in significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. Generally, a change in the assumption used for the constant prepayment rate will generate a directionally opposite change in the weighted average life. For example, as the average life is reduced by a higher constant prepayment rate, a lower yield will be realized, and when there is a reduction in the constant prepayment rate, the average life of these collateralized mortgage obligations will extend, thus resulting in a higher yield. These particular financial instruments are valued internally by the Corporation’s investment banking and broker-dealer unit utilizing internal valuation techniques. The unobservable inputs incorporated into the internal discounted cash flow models used to derive the fair value of collateralized mortgage obligations and interest-only collateralized mortgage obligation (reported as “other”), which are classified in the “trading” category, are reviewed by the Corporation’s Corporate Treasury unit on a quarterly basis. In the case of Level 3 financial instruments which fair value is based on broker quotes, the Corporation’s Corporate Treasury unit reviews the inputs used by the broker-dealers for reasonableness utilizing information available from other published sources and validates that the fair value measurements were developed in accordance with ASC Topic 820. The Corporate Treasury unit also substantiates the inputs used by validating the prices with other broker-dealers, whenever possible.
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The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Corporation’s mortgage servicing rights are constant prepayment rates and discount rates. Increases in interest rates may result in lower prepayments. Discount rates vary according to products and / or portfolios depending on the perceived risk. Increases in discount rates result in a lower fair value measurement. The Corporation’s Corporate Comptroller’s unit is responsible for determining the fair value of MSRs, which is based on discounted cash flow methods based on assumptions developed by an external service provider, except for prepayment speeds, which are adjusted internally for the local market based on historical experience. The Corporation’s Corporate Treasury unit validates the economic assumptions developed by the external service provider on a quarterly basis. In addition, an analytical review of prepayment speeds is performed quarterly by the Corporate Comptroller’s unit. Significant variances in prepayment speeds are investigated by the Corporate Treasury unit. The Corporation’s MSR Committee analyzes changes in fair value measurements of MSRs and approves the valuation assumptions at each reporting period. Changes in valuation assumptions must also be approved by the MSR Committee. The fair value of MSRs are compared with those of the external service provider on a quarterly basis in order to validate if the fair values are within the materiality thresholds established by management to monitor and investigate material deviations. Back-testing is performed to compare projected cash flows with actual historical data to ascertain the reasonability of the projected net cash flow results.
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Note 25 – Fair value of financial instruments
The fair value of financial instruments is the amount at which an asset or obligation could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time based on the type of financial instrument and relevant market information. Many of these estimates involve various assumptions and may vary significantly from amounts that could be realized in actual transactions.
The information about the estimated fair values of financial instruments presented hereunder excludes all nonfinancial instruments and certain other specific items.
For those financial instruments with no quoted market prices available, fair values have been estimated using present value calculations or other valuation techniques, as well as management’s best judgment with respect to current economic conditions, including discount rates, estimates of future cash flows, and prepayment assumptions.
The fair values reflected herein have been determined based on the prevailing interest rate environment at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, as applicable. In different interest rate environments, fair value estimates can differ significantly, especially for certain fixed rate financial instruments. In addition, the fair values presented do not attempt to estimate the value of the Corporation’s fee generating businesses and anticipated future business activities, that is, they do not represent the Corporation’s value as a going concern. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying value of the Corporation.
Following is a description of the Corporation’s valuation methodologies and inputs used to estimate the fair values for each class of financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value, but for which the fair value is disclosed. The disclosure requirements exclude certain financial instruments and all non-financial instruments. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts of the financial instruments disclosed do not represent management’s estimate of the underlying value of the Corporation. For a description of the valuation methodologies and inputs used to estimate the fair value for each class of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value, refer to the Critical Accounting Policies / Estimates in the 2012 Annual Report.
Cash and due from banks include cash on hand, cash items in process of collection, and non-interest bearing deposits due from other financial institutions. The carrying amount of cash and due from banks is a reasonable estimate of its fair value. Cash and due from banks are classified as Level 1.
Investments in money market instruments include highly liquid instruments with an average maturity of three months or less. For this reason, they carry a low risk of changes in value as a result of changes in interest rates, and the carrying amount approximates their fair value. Money market investments include federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell, time deposits with other banks, and cash balances, including those held at the Federal Reserve. These money market investments are classified as Level 2, except for cash balances which generate interest, including those held at the Federal Reserve, which are classified as Level 1.
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Other investment securities
Loans held-for-sale
The fair value of certain impaired loans held-for-sale was based on a discounted cash flow model that assumes that no principal payments are received prior to the effective average maturity date, that the outstanding unpaid principal balance is reduced by a monthly net loss rate, and that the remaining unpaid principal balance is received as a lump sum principal payment at the effective average maturity date. The remaining unpaid principal balance expected to be received, which is based on the prior 12-month cash payment experience of these loans and their expected collateral recovery, was discounted using the interest rate currently offered to clients for the origination of comparable loans. These loans were classified as Level 3. As of September 30, 2013, no loans were valued under this methodology. For loans held-for-sale originated with the intent to sell in the secondary market, its fair value was determined using similar characteristics of loans and secondary market prices assuming the conversion to mortgage-backed securities. Given that the valuation methodology uses internal assumptions based on loan level data, these loans are classified as Level 3. The fair value of certain other loans held-for-sale is based on bids received from potential buyers; binding offers; or external appraisals, net of internal adjustments and estimated costs to sell. Loans held-for-sale based on binding offers are classified as Level 2. Loans held-for-sale based on indicative offers and/or external appraisals are classified as Level 3.
The fair values of the loans held-in-portfolio have been determined for groups of loans with similar characteristics. Loans were segregated by type such as commercial, construction, residential mortgage, consumer, and credit cards. Each loan category was further segmented based on loan characteristics, including interest rate terms, credit quality and vintage. Generally, fair values were estimated based on an exit price by discounting expected cash flows for the segmented groups of loans using a discount rate that considers interest, credit and expected return by market participant under current market conditions. Additionally, prepayment, default and recovery assumptions have been applied in the mortgage loan portfolio valuations. Generally accepted accounting principles do not require a fair valuation of the lease financing portfolio, therefore it is included in the loans total at its carrying amount. Loans held-in-portfolio are classified as Level 3.
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Fair value of the FDIC loss share asset was estimated using projected net losses related to the loss sharing agreements, which are expected to be reimbursed by the FDIC. The projected net losses were discounted using the U.S. Government agency curve. The loss share asset is classified as Level 3.
The carrying amount of other short-term borrowings approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of those instruments or because they carry interest rates which approximate market. Thus, these other short-term borrowings are classified as Level 2.
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Commitments to extend credit and letters of credit
Commitments to extend credit were valued using the fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements. For those commitments where a future stream of fees is charged, the fair value was estimated by discounting the projected cash flows of fees on commitments. Since the fair value of commitments to extend credit varies depending on the undrawn amount of the credit facility, fees are subject to constant change, and cash flows are dependent on the creditworthiness of borrowers, commitments to extend credit are classified as Level 3. The fair value of letters of credit was based on fees currently charged on similar agreements. Given that the fair value of letters of credit constantly vary due to fees being subject to constant change and whether the fees are received depends on the creditworthiness of the account parties, letters of credit are classified as Level 3.
The following tables present the carrying or notional amounts, as applicable, and estimated fair values for financial instruments with their corresponding level in the fair value hierarchy.
Financial Assets:
Trading account securities, excluding derivatives[1]
Investment securities available-for-sale[1]
Investment securities held-to-maturity:
Collateralized mortgage obligation-federal agency
Other investment securities:
FHLB stock
FRB stock
Other investments
Total other investment securities
Loans not covered under loss sharing agreement with the FDIC
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Financial Liabilities:
Demand deposits
Time deposits
Assets sold under agreements to repurchase:
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Structured repurchase agreements
Total assets sold under agreements to repurchase
Other short-term borrowings[2]
Notes payable:
FHLB advances
Medium-term notes
Junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (related to trust preferred securities)
Junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (Troubled Asset Relief Program)
Commitments to extend credit
Letters of credit
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Note 26 – Net income per common share
The following table sets forth the computation of net income per common share (“EPS”), basic and diluted, for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
Preferred stock dividends
Net income applicable to common stock
Average common shares outstanding
Average potential dilutive common shares
Average common shares outstanding - assuming dilution
Basic EPS
Diluted EPS
Potential common shares consist of common stock issuable under the assumed exercise of stock options and restricted stock awards using the treasury stock method. This method assumes that the potential common shares are issued and the proceeds from exercise, in addition to the amount of compensation cost attributed to future services, are used to purchase common stock at the exercise date. The difference between the number of potential shares issued and the shares purchased is added as incremental shares to the actual number of shares outstanding to compute diluted earnings per share. Warrants, stock options, and restricted stock awards that result in lower potential shares issued than shares purchased under the treasury stock method are not included in the computation of dilutive earnings per share since their inclusion would have an antidilutive effect in earnings per common share.
For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, there were 101,755 and 103,047 weighted average antidilutive stock options outstanding, respectively (September 30, 2012 - 164,195 and 166,810). Additionally, the Corporation has outstanding a warrant issued to the U.S. Treasury to purchase 2,093,284 shares of common stock, which had an antidilutive effect at September 30, 2013.
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Note 27 – Other service fees
The caption of other services fees in the consolidated statements of operations consists of the following major categories:
Debit card fees
Insurance fees
Credit card fees
Sale and administration of investment products
Trust fees
Processing fees
Other fees
Total other services fees
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Note 28 – FDIC loss share (expense) income
The caption of FDIC loss share (expense) income in the consolidated statements of operations consists of the following major categories:
80% mirror accounting on credit impairment losses[1]
80% mirror accounting on reimbursable expenses
80% mirror accounting on recoveries on covered assets, including rental income on OREOs, subject to reimbursement to the FDIC
80% mirror accounting on amortization of contingent liability on unfunded commitments
Change in true-up payment obligation
Total FDIC loss share (expense) income
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Note 29 – Pension and postretirement benefits
The Corporation has a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan and supplementary pension benefit restoration plans for regular employees of certain of its subsidiaries. The accrual of benefits under the plans is frozen to all participants.
The components of net periodic pension cost for the periods presented were as follows:
Interest Cost
Expected return on plan assets
Amortization of net loss
Total net periodic pension cost (benefit)
The Corporation did not make any contributions to the pension and benefit restoration plans during the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The total contributions expected to be paid during the year 2013 for the pension and benefit restoration plans amount to approximately $51 thousand.
The Corporation also provides certain postretirement health care benefits for retired employees of certain subsidiaries. The table that follows presents the components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost.
Service cost
Interest cost
Total net periodic postretirement benefit cost
Contributions made to the postretirement benefit plan for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 amounted to approximately $1.7 million. The total contributions expected to be paid during the year 2013 for the postretirement benefit plan amount to approximately $6.8 million.
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Note 30 – Stock-based compensation
The Corporation maintained a Stock Option Plan (the “Stock Option Plan”), which permitted the granting of incentive awards in the form of qualified stock options, incentive stock options, or non-statutory stock options of the Corporation. In April 2004, the Corporation’s shareholders adopted the Popular, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), which replaced and superseded the Stock Option Plan. The adoption of the Incentive Plan did not alter the original terms of the grants made under the Stock Option Plan prior to the adoption of the Incentive Plan.
Stock Option Plan
Employees and directors of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries were eligible to participate in the Stock Option Plan. The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee of the Board had the absolute discretion to determine the individuals that were eligible to participate in the Stock Option Plan. This plan provided for the issuance of Popular, Inc.’s common stock at a price equal to its fair market value at the grant date, subject to certain plan provisions. The shares are to be made available from authorized but unissued shares of common stock or treasury stock. The Corporation’s policy has been to use authorized but unissued shares of common stock to cover each grant. The maximum option term is ten years from the date of grant. Unless an option agreement provides otherwise, all options granted are 20% exercisable after the first year and an additional 20% is exercisable after each subsequent year, subject to an acceleration clause at termination of employment due to retirement.
(Not in thousands)
There was no intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2013 and 2012.
The following table summarizes the stock option activity and related information:
Outstanding at December 31, 2011
Granted
Exercised
Forfeited
Expired
Outstanding at December 31, 2012
Outstanding at September 30, 2013
There was no stock option expense recognized for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Incentive Plan
The Incentive Plan permits the granting of incentive awards in the form of Annual Incentive Awards, Long-term Performance Unit Awards, Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Units or Performance Shares. Participants in the Incentive Plan are designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (or its delegate as determined by the Board). Employees and directors of the Corporation and/or any of its subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the Incentive Plan.
Under the Incentive Plan, the Corporation has issued restricted shares, which become vested based on the employees’ continued service with Popular. Unless otherwise stated in an agreement, the compensation cost associated with the shares of restricted stock
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is determined based on a two-prong vesting schedule. The first part is vested ratably over five years commencing at the date of grant and the second part is vested at termination of employment after attainment of 55 years of age and 10 years of service. The five-year vesting part is accelerated at termination of employment after attaining 55 years of age and 10 years of service. The restricted shares granted consistent with the requirements of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) Interim Final Rule vest in two years from grant date.
The following table summarizes the restricted stock activity under the Incentive Plan for members of management.
Non-vested at December 31, 2011
Vested
Non-vested at December 31, 2012
Non-vested at September 30, 2013
During the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, no shares of restricted stock were awarded to management under the Incentive Plan. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, 229,131 shares of restricted stock (September 30, 2012 - 359,427) were awarded to management under the Incentive Plan, from which 165,304 shares (September 30, 2012 - 253,170) were awarded to management consistent with the requirements of the TARP Interim Final Rule.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recognized $ 1.4 million of restricted stock expense related to management incentive awards, with a tax benefit of $ 0.4 million (September 30, 2012 - $ 1.1 million, with a tax benefit of $ 0.3 million). For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recognized $ 3.9 million of restricted stock expense related to management incentive awards, with a tax benefit of $ 1.2 million (September 30, 2012 - $ 3.2 million, with a tax benefit of $ 0.8 million). During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, there was no vesting of restricted stock. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the fair market value of the restricted stock vested was $4.0 million at grant date and $3.6 million at vesting date. This triggers a shortfall, net of windfalls, of $0.1 million that was recorded as an additional income tax expense at the applicable income tax rate. No income tax expense was recorded for the U.S. employees due to the valuation allowance of the deferred tax asset. The total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock awards and performance shares to members of management at September 30, 2013 was $ 7.8 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2 years.
The following table summarizes the restricted stock activity under the Incentive Plan for members of the Board of Directors:
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During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation granted 1,669 shares of restricted stock to members of the Board of Directors of Popular, Inc., which became vested at grant date (September 30, 2012 - 3,322). During this period, the Corporation recognized $0.1 million of restricted stock expense related to these restricted stock grants, with a tax benefit of $46 thousand (September 30, 2012 - $0.1 million, with a tax benefit of $32 thousand). For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation granted 18,885 shares of restricted stock to members of the Board of Directors of Popular, Inc., which became vested at grant date (September 30, 2012 - 37,800). During this period, the Corporation recognized $0.4 million of restricted stock expense related to these restricted stock grants, with a tax benefit of $0.1 million (September 30, 2012 - $0.3 million, with a tax benefit of $0.1 million). The fair value at vesting date of the restricted stock vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 for directors was $ 0.6 million.
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Note 31 – Income taxes
The reason for the difference between the income tax (benefit) expense applicable to income before provision for income taxes and the amount computed by applying the statutory tax rate in Puerto Rico, were as follows:
Computed income tax at statutory rates
Net benefit of net tax exempt interest income
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance
Non-deductible expenses
Difference in tax rates due to multiple jurisdictions
Effect of income subject to preferential tax rate
Unrecognized tax benefits
Income tax expense
Adjustment in deferred tax due to change in tax rate
Effect of income subject to preferential tax rate[1]
Income tax (benefit) expense
Income tax expense amounted to $17.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with an income tax expense of $ 15.4 million for the same quarter of 2012. The increase in income tax expense was primarily due to the gain recognized during the third quarter of 2013 on the sale of a portion of Evertec‘s shares which was taxable at a preferential tax rate according to Act Number 73 of May 28, 2008, known as “ Economic Incentives Act for the Development of Puerto Rico”.
The increase in income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to the same period of 2012 was mainly due to the recognition during the year 2013 of a tax benefit and a corresponding increase in the net deferred tax assets of the Puerto Rico operations as a result of the increase in the marginal tax rate from 30% to 39%. On June 30, 2013, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed Act Number 40 which includes among the most significant changes to the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code an increase in the marginal tax rate from 30% to 39% effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. In addition, income tax benefit increased due to the loss generated in the Puerto Rico operations by the sale of non-performing assets that took place during the first and second quarter of 2013, net of the gain realized on the sale of Evertec’s shares that took place during the second and third quarter of 2013.
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The following table presents the components of the Corporation’s deferred tax assets and liabilities.
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credits available for carryforward
Net operating loss and other carryforward available
Postretirement and pension benefits
Deferred loan origination fees
Deferred gains
Accelerated depreciation
Intercompany deferred gains
Other temporary differences
Total gross deferred tax assets
Deferred tax liabilities:
Differences between the assigned values and the tax basis of assets and liabilities recognized in purchase business combinations
Difference in outside basis between financial and tax reporting on sale of a business
FDIC-assisted transaction
Unrealized net gain on trading and available-for-sale securities
Deferred loan origination costs
Total gross deferred tax liabilities
Valuation allowance
Net deferred tax asset
The net deferred tax asset shown in the table above at September 30, 2013 is reflected in the consolidated statements of financial condition as $844 million in net deferred tax assets in the “Other assets” caption (December 31, 2012 - $541 million) and $2 million in deferred tax liabilities in the “Other liabilities” caption (December 31, 2012 - $10 million), reflecting the aggregate deferred tax assets or liabilities of individual tax-paying subsidiaries of the Corporation.
A deferred tax asset should be reduced by a valuation allowance if based on the weight of all available evidence, it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50%) that some portion or the entire deferred tax asset will not be realized. The valuation allowance should be sufficient to reduce the deferred tax asset to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. The determination of whether a deferred tax asset is realizable is based on weighting all available evidence, including both positive and negative evidence. The realization of deferred tax assets, including carryforwards and deductible temporary differences, depends upon the existence of sufficient taxable income of the same character during the carryback or carryforward period. The analysis considers all sources of taxable income available to realize the deferred tax asset, including the future reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, taxable income in prior carryback years and tax-planning strategies.
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s net deferred tax assets related to its Puerto Rico operations amounted to $871 million. The Corporation’s Puerto Rico banking operation is in a cumulative loss position for the three-year period ended September 30, 2013 taking into account taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences (adjusted taxable income). This cumulative loss position was mainly due to the sale of assets, most of which were in non-performing status, comprised of commercial and construction loans and commercial and single family real estate owned, completed during the first quarter of 2013 and mortgage loans, completed during the second quarter of 2013. The Corporation weights all available positive and negative evidence to assess
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the realization of the deferred tax asset. Positive evidence assessed included (i) the Corporation’s Puerto Rico banking operations very strong earnings history; (ii) consideration that the event causing the cumulative loss position is not a continuing condition of the operations; (iii) new legislation extending the period of carryover of net operating losses to twelve years for losses incurred during taxable years 2005 thru 2012 and ten years for losses incurred after 2012. Accordingly, there is enough positive evidence to outweigh the negative evidence of the cumulative loss. Based on this evidence, the Corporation has concluded that it is more-likely-than-not that such net deferred tax asset will be realized.
The Corporation’s U.S. mainland operations are in a cumulative loss position for the three-year period ended September 30, 2013. For purposes of assessing the realization of the deferred tax assets in the U.S. mainland, this cumulative taxable loss position is considered significant negative evidence and has caused management to conclude that it is more likely than not that the Corporation will not be able to realize the associated deferred tax assets in the future. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $ 1.3 billion on the deferred tax assets of its U.S. operations (December 31, 2012 - $ 1.3 billion).
The reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits was as follows:
(In millions)
Balance at January 1
Additions for tax positions - January through March
Balance at March 31
Additions for tax positions - April through June
Reduction for tax positions - April through June
Reduction for tax positions taken in prior years - April through June
Balance at June 30
Additions for tax positions - July through September
Reduction as a result of lapse of statute of limitations - July through September
Balance at September 30
The accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions approximated $2.8 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $4.3 million). Management determined that at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, there was no need to accrue for the payment of penalties.
After consideration of the effect on U.S. federal tax of unrecognized U.S. state tax benefits, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, including U.S. and Puerto Rico, that if recognized, would affect the Corporation’s effective tax rate, was approximately $10.4 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $16.9 million).
The amount of unrecognized tax benefits may increase or decrease in the future for various reasons including adding amounts for current tax year positions, expiration of open income tax returns due to the statutes of limitation, changes in management’s judgment about the level of uncertainty, status of examinations, litigation and legislative activity and the addition or elimination of uncertain tax positions.
The Corporation and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in Puerto Rico, the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various U.S. states and political subdivisions, and foreign jurisdictions. At September 30, 2013, the following years remain subject to examination in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction: 2010 and thereafter; and in the Puerto Rico jurisdiction, 2009 and thereafter. The Corporation anticipates a reduction in the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits within the next 12 months, which could amount to approximately $6 million.
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Note 32 – Supplemental disclosure on the consolidated statements of cash flows
Additional disclosures on cash flow information and non-cash activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 are listed in the following table:
Non-cash activities:
Loans transferred to other real estate
Loans transferred to other property
Total loans transferred to foreclosed assets
Transfers from loans held-in-portfolio to loans held-for-sale
Transfers from loans held-for-sale to loans held-in-portfolio
Loans securitized into investment securities[1]
Trades payables to brokers and counterparties
Recognition of mortgage servicing rights on securitizations or asset transfers
Loans sold to a joint venture in exchange for an acquisition loan and an equity interest in the joint venture
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Note 33 – Segment reporting
The Corporation’s corporate structure consists of two reportable segments - Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Banco Popular North America.
Management determined the reportable segments based on the internal reporting used to evaluate performance and to assess where to allocate resources. The segments were determined based on the organizational structure, which focuses primarily on the markets the segments serve, as well as on the products and services offered by the segments.
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico:
Given that Banco Popular de Puerto Rico constitutes a significant portion of the Corporation’s results of operations and total assets at September 30, 2013, additional disclosures are provided for the business areas included in this reportable segment, as described below:
Banco Popular North America:
Banco Popular North America’s reportable segment consists of the banking operations of BPNA, E-LOAN, Popular Equipment Finance, Inc. and Popular Insurance Agency, U.S.A. BPNA operates through a retail branch network in the U.S. mainland, while E-LOAN supports BPNA’s deposit gathering through its online platform. All direct lending activities at E-LOAN were ceased during the fourth quarter of 2008. Popular Equipment Finance, Inc. also holds a running-off loan portfolio as this subsidiary ceased originating loans during 2009. Popular Insurance Agency, U.S.A. offers investment and insurance services across the BPNA branch network.
The Corporate group consists primarily of the holding companies: Popular, Inc., Popular North America, Popular International Bank and certain of the Corporation’s investments accounted for under the equity method, including EVERTEC and Centro Financiero BHD, S.A. The Corporate group also includes the expenses of certain corporate areas that are identified as critical to the organization: Finance, Risk Management and Legal.
The accounting policies of the individual operating segments are the same as those of the Corporation. Transactions between reportable segments are primarily conducted at market rates, resulting in profits that are eliminated for reporting consolidated results of operations.
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The tables that follow present the results of operations and total assets by reportable segments:
Non-interest income
Depreciation expense
Segment assets
Net interest income (expense)
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Provision (reversal of provision) for loan losses
Net income (loss)
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Additional disclosures with respect to the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico reportable segment are as follows:
Non-interest (expense) income
Net (loss) income
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Additional disclosures with respect to the Banco Popular North America reportable segments are as follows:
(Reversal of provision) provision for loan losses
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Geographic Information
Revenues:[1]
United States
Total consolidated revenues
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Selected Balance Sheet Information:
Deposits [1]
Note 34 – Subsequent events
Subsequent events are events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued. The effects of subsequent events and transactions are recognized in the financial statements when they provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date. The Corporation has evaluated events and transactions occurring subsequent to September 30, 2013.
On October 18, 2013, the Corporation submitted a formal application to the Federal Reserve of New York to redeem the $935 million in trust preferred securities due under the Troubled Assets Relief Program (“TARP”), discussed in Note 17. While there can be no assurance that the Corporation will be approved to repay TARP, nor on the timing of this event, if the Corporation is approved and repays TARP in full, a non-cash charge to earnings would be recorded for the unamortized portion of the discount associated with this debt, which at September 30, 2013 had a balance of $411 million.
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Note 35 – Condensed consolidating financial information of guarantor and issuers of registered guaranteed securities
The following condensed consolidating financial information presents the financial position of Popular, Inc. Holding Company (“PIHC”) (parent only), Popular North America, Inc. (“PNA”) and all other subsidiaries of the Corporation at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and the results of their operations and cash flows for periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
PNA is an operating, wholly-owned subsidiary of PIHC and is the holding company of its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Equity One, Inc. and Banco Popular North America (“BPNA”), including BPNA’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Popular Equipment Finance, Inc., Popular Insurance Agency, U.S.A., and E-LOAN, Inc.
PIHC fully and unconditionally guarantees all registered debt securities issued by PNA.
Popular International Bank, Inc. (“PIBI”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PIHC and is the holding company of its wholly-owned subsidiaries Popular Insurance V.I., Inc. In July 2013, the Corporation completed the sale of Tarjetas y Transacciones en Red Tranred, C.A., which was a wholly owned subsidiary of PIBI. Effective January 1, 2012, PNA, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of PIBI prior to that date, became a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PIHC after an internal reorganization. Since the internal reorganization, PIBI is no longer a bank holding company and is no longer a potential issuer of the Corporation’s debt securities. PIBI has no outstanding registered debt securities that would also be guaranteed by PIHC.
A potential source of income for PIHC consists of dividends from BPPR and BPNA. Under existing federal banking regulations any dividend from BPPR or BPNA to the PIHC could be made if the total of all dividends declared by each entity during the calendar year would not exceed the total of its net income for that year, as defined by the Federal Reserve Board, combined with its retained net income for the preceding two years, less any required transfers to surplus or to a fund for the retirement of any preferred stock. At September 30, 2013, BPPR could have declared a dividend of approximately $471 million (December 31, 2012 - $404 million). However, on July 25, 2011, PIHC and BPPR entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico that requires the approval of these entities prior to the payment of any dividends by BPPR to PIHC. BPNA could not declare any dividends without the approval of the Federal Reserve Board.
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Financial Condition (Unaudited)
Trading account securities, at fair value
Other investment securities, at lower of cost or realizable value
Investment in subsidiaries
Subordinated notes
Common stock
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
Treasury stock, at cost
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Financial Condition
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Net interest (expense) income
Provision for loan losses- non-covered loans
Provision for loan losses- covered loans
Net interest (expense) income after provision for loan losses
Net gain on sale of loans, including valuation adjustments on loans held-for-sale
Income (loss) before income tax and equity in earnings of subsidiaries
Income (loss) before equity in earnings of subsidiaries
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
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Net gain and valuation adjustments on investment securities
Net loss on sale of loans, including valuation adjustments on loans held-for-sale
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Trading account profit
(Loss) income before income tax and equity in earnings of subsidiaries
(Loss) income before equity in earnings of subsidiaries
Net Income (loss)
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Interest and dividend income:
Dividend income from subsidiaries
Total interest and dividend income
Net loss and valuation adjustments on investment securities
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Loss (gain) on:
Sale of loans, including valuation adjustments on loans held for sale and mortgage banking activities
Pension and other postretirement benefits obligations
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
Net (increase) decrease in money market investments
Net (disbursements) repayments on loans
Capital contribution to subsidiary
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Capital contribution from parent
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks
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Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Net decrease (increase) in money market investments
Available for sale
Dividends paid to parent company
Payments for repurchase of common stock
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This report includes management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) of the consolidated financial position and financial performance of Popular, Inc. (the “Corporation” or “Popular”). All accompanying tables, financial statements and notes included elsewhere in this report should be considered an integral part of this analysis.
The Corporation is a diversified, publicly-owned financial holding company subject to the supervision and regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Corporation has operations in Puerto Rico, the United States (“U.S.”) mainland, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. In Puerto Rico, the Corporation provides mortgage, retail and commercial banking services through its principal banking subsidiary, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (“BPPR”), as well as investment banking, broker-dealer, auto and equipment leasing and financing, and insurance services through specialized subsidiaries. In the U.S. mainland, the Corporation operates Banco Popular North America (“BPNA”), including its wholly-owned subsidiary E-LOAN. BPNA focuses efforts and resources on the core community banking business. BPNA, under the name Popular Community Bank, operates branches in New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey and Florida. E-LOAN markets deposit accounts under its name for the benefit of BPNA. Note 33 to the consolidated financial statements presents information about the Corporation’s business segments. As of September 30, 2013, the Corporation had a 21.3% interest in the holding company of EVERTEC, which provides transaction processing services throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, including servicing many of the Corporation’s system infrastructures and transaction processing businesses. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded $21.4 million in earnings from its investment in EVERTEC (including $36.6 million from increases in EVERTEC’s capital as a result of their issuance of shares during the second and third quarter of 2013), which had a carrying amount of $42.4 million as of the end of the third quarter. Also, the Corporation had a 19.99% stake in BHD Financial Group (“BHD”), one of the largest banking and financial services groups in the Dominican Republic. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded $15.6 million in earnings from its investment in BHD, which had a carrying amount of $79.7 million, as of the end of the third quarter.
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OVERVIEW
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation recorded net income of $229.1 million, compared with net income of $47.2 million for the same quarter of the previous year. The results for the third quarter of 2013 reflected an after-tax gain of $167.8 million resulting from the sale of EVERTEC’s shares in connection with their secondary public offering (“SPO”).
Recent significant events
As a result of this transaction, Popular recognized an after-tax gain of $167.8 million during the third quarter of 2013 and received proceeds of $197 million. As of September 30, 2013, Popular’s investment in EVERTEC had a remaining book value of $42.4 million.
Financial highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2013
Refer to the Credit Risk Management and Loan Quality section of this MD&A for an explanation of the main factors impacting the provision for loan losses and a detailed analysis of net charge-offs, non-performing assets, the allowance for loan losses and selected loan losses statistics.
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Refer to the Non-Interest Income section of this MD&A for additional information on the main variances that affected the non-interest income categories.
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The above decreases were offset by:
Table 1 provides selected financial data and performance indicators for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
As a financial services company, the Corporation’s earnings are significantly affected by general business and economic conditions. Lending and deposit activities and fee income generation are influenced by the level of business spending and investment, consumer income, spending and savings, capital market activities, competition, customer preferences, interest rate conditions and prevailing market rates on competing products.
The Corporation continuously monitors general business and economic conditions, industry-related indicators and trends, competition, interest rate volatility, credit quality indicators, loan and deposit demand, operational and systems efficiencies, revenue enhancements and changes in the regulation of financial services companies.
The Corporation operates in a highly regulated environment and may be adversely affected by changes in federal and local laws and regulations. Also, competition with other financial institutions could adversely affect its profitability.
The description of the Corporation’s business contained in Item 1 of the Corporation’s 2012 Annual Report, while not all inclusive, discusses additional information about the business of the Corporation and risk factors, many beyond the Corporation’s control that, in addition to the other information in this Form 10-Q, readers should consider.
The Corporation’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol BPOP.
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Table 1 – Financial Highlights
Financial Condition Highlights
Investment and trading securities
Earning assets
Deposits*
Operating Highlights
Operating expenses
Net income per common share - Basic
Net income per common share - Diluted
Selected Statistical Information
Common Stock Data
Market price
High
Low
End
Book value per common share at period end
Profitability Ratios
Return on assets
Return on common equity
Net interest spread (taxable equivalent)
Net interest margin (taxable equivalent)
Capitalization Ratios
Average equity to average assets
Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets
Total capital to risk-weighted assets
Leverage ratio
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES / ESTIMATES
The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Corporation and its subsidiaries conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and general practices within the financial services industry. Various elements of the Corporation’s accounting policies, by their nature, are inherently subject to estimation techniques, valuation assumptions and other subjective assessments. These estimates are made under facts and circumstances at a point in time and changes in those facts and circumstances could produce actual results that differ from those estimates.
Management has discussed the development and selection of the critical accounting policies and estimates with the Corporation’s Audit Committee. The Corporation has identified as critical accounting policies those related to: (i) Fair Value Measurement of Financial Instruments; (ii) Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses; (iii) Acquisition Accounting for Loans and Related Indemnification Asset; (iv) Income Taxes; (v) Goodwill, and (vi) Pension and Postretirement Benefit Obligations. For a summary of these critical accounting policies and estimates, refer to that particular section in the MD&A included in Popular, Inc.’s 2012 Financial Review and Supplementary Information to Stockholders, incorporated by reference in Popular, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “2012 Annual Report”). Also, refer to Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2012 Annual Report for a summary of the Corporation’s significant accounting policies.
During the second quarter of 2013, management enhanced the estimation process for evaluating the adequacy of the general reserve component of the allowance for loan losses. The enhancements to the ALLL methodology, which are described in the paragraphs below, were implemented as of June 30, 2013 and resulted in a net increase to the allowance for loan losses of $11.8 million for the non-covered portfolio and $7.5 million for the covered portfolio.
These enhancements resulted in a decrease to the allowance for loan losses of $42.9 million at June 30, 2013, which consisted of a $35.7 million decrease in the non-covered BPPR segment and a $7.2 million reduction in the BPNA segment.
The combined effect of the aforementioned changes to the environmental factors adjustment resulted in an increase to the allowance for loan losses of $52.5 million at June 30, 2013, of which $56.1 million related to the non-covered BPPR segment, offset in part by a $3.6 million reduction in the BPNA segment.
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NET INTEREST INCOME
Net interest income, on a taxable equivalent basis, is presented with its different components on Tables 2 and 3 for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with the same periods in 2012, segregated by major categories of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities.
The interest earning assets include the investment securities and loans that are exempt from income tax, principally in Puerto Rico. The main sources of tax-exempt interest income are certain investments in obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies and sponsored entities, and certain obligations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its agencies. To facilitate the comparison of all interest related to these assets, the interest income has been converted to a taxable equivalent basis, using the applicable statutory income tax rates for each quarter. The taxable equivalent computation considers the interest expense disallowance required by the Puerto Rico tax law. The increase in the taxable equivalent adjustment in Tables 2 and 3 can be explained by three main items:
Average outstanding securities balances are based upon amortized cost excluding any unrealized gains or losses on securities available-for-sale. Non-accrual loans have been included in the respective average loans and leases categories. Loan fees collected and costs incurred in the origination of loans are deferred and amortized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to interest yield. Prepayment penalties, late fees collected and the amortization of premiums / discounts on purchased loans are also included as part of the loan yield. Interest income for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 included a favorable impact, excluding the discount accretion on covered loans accounted for under ASC 310-30, of $3.4 million and $9.4 million, related to those items, compared with a favorable impact of $4.3 million and $14.9 million for the same period in 2012.
The increase in the net interest margin of 14 basis points for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same quarter in 2012, on a taxable equivalent basis is mainly related to:
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The positive impacts in net interest margin detailed above were partially offset by the following:
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Table 2 – Analysis of Levels & Yields on a Taxable Equivalent Basis
Quarters ended September 30,
Total money market, investment and trading securities
Loans:
Sub-total loans
Total loans
Total earning assets
Interest bearing deposits:
NOW and money market[1]
Savings
TARP funds[2]
Other medium and long-term debt
Total interest bearing liabilities
Non-interest bearing demand deposits
Other sources of funds
Total source of funds
Net interest margin
Net interest income on a taxable equivalent basis
Net interest spread
Taxable equivalent adjustment
Note: The changes that are not due solely to volume or rate are allocated to volume and rate based on the proportion of the change in each category.
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The results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 were mainly impacted by the same factors described in the quarterly results. A lower average cost of sources of funds combined with a higher yield in covered loans and consumer loans contributed to a higher net interest margin. These positive effects were partially offset by a lower volume of covered loans by $825 million and lower yield of investments and mortgage loans.
Table 3 – Analysis of Levels & Yields on a Taxable Equivalent Basis
Nine months ended September 30,
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PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES
The Corporation’s total provision for loan losses totaled $72.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 compared with $106.2 million for the same period in 2012, declining by $33.5 million from the third quarter of 2012.
The provision for loan losses for the non-covered loan portfolio amounted to $55.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, decreasing by $28.4 million when compared to the third quarter of 2012. The decrease in the provision reflects overall improvements in credit quality at both the BPPR and the BPNA segments.
The provision for loan losses for the covered loan portfolio amounted to $17.4 million, compared to $22.6 million at September 30, 2012, a decline of $5.2 million, reflecting lower impairment losses.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s total provision for loan losses totaled $545.9 million, compared with $326.1 million for the same period in 2012, reflecting an increase of $219.8 million mostly due to the impact of $318.1 million related to the bulk loan sales completed during 2013. Excluding the impact of the sales, the provision for the nine months ended was $227.8 million, declining by $98.3 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The results for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 were impacted by the enhancements made to the allowance for loan losses implemented during the second quarter of 2013, which resulted in a reserve increase of $11.8 million for the non-covered portfolio. Furthermore, the results for the same period of 2012 reflect the impact of a reduction in the reserve of $24.8 million of certain enhancements to the methodology implemented during the first quarter of 2012. Refer to the Critical Accounting Policies section of the Corporation’s Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2012 for additional details of these changes.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 the provision for loan losses for the non-covered loan portfolio increased by $237.6 million when compared to the same period of 2012, mainly due to the $318.1 million impact of the loan sales during 2013. Excluding the impact of the sales, the provision would have declined by $80.5 million.
The provision for the covered portfolio was $60.5 million for the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, compared to $78.3 million for same period of last year, which also reflect lower impairment losses.
Refer to the Overview, Reportable Segments and Credit Risk Management and Loan Quality sections of this MD&A for an explanation of the main factors impacting the provision for loan losses and a detailed analysis of net charge-offs, non-performing assets, the allowance for loan losses and selected loan losses statistics.
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NON-INTEREST INCOME
Refer to Table 4 for a breakdown on non-interest income by major categories for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 4 – Non-Interest Income
Other service fees:
Total other service fees
Net gain (loss) and valuation adjustments of investment securities
Net gain (loss) on sale of loans, including valuation adjustment on loans held-for-sale
Adjustment (expense) to indemnity reserves on loans sold
Table 5 – Mortgage Banking Activities
Non-interest income increased by $160.6 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Excluding the impact of EVERTEC’s SPO during the third quarter of 2013, non-interest income decreased by $15.3 million from the quarter ended September 30, 2012.
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The increase in non-interest income for the quarterly results was attributed to the following factors:
These favorable variances were partially offset by:
Non-interest income increased by $238.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with the same period of the previous year. Excluding the impact of the EVERTEC’s SPO during the third quarter of 2013, the bulk sale of non-performing residential mortgage loans and EVERTEC’s IPO during the second quarter of 2013 and the bulk sale of non-performing assets during the first quarter of 2013, non-interest income decreased by $26.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
The increase in non-interest income for the year-to-date results was principally driven by the following factors:
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The following table provides a summary of the gross revenues derived from the assets acquired in the FDIC-assisted transaction during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
Table 6 – Financial Information – Westernbank FDIC-Assisted Transaction
Interest income on covered loans
FDIC loss share (expense) income:
Amortization of contingent liability on unfunded commitments (included in other operating income)
Total revenues
Total revenues less provision for loan losses
Average balances
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Operating Expenses
Table 7 provides a breakdown of operating expenses by major categories.
Table 7 – Operating Expenses
Personnel costs:
Salaries
Commissions, incentives and other bonuses
Pension, postretirement and medical insurance
Other personnel costs, including payroll taxes
Total personnel costs
Professional fees:
Collections, appraisals and other credit related fees
Programming, processing and other technology services
Other professional fees
Total professional fees
Other operating expenses:
Credit and debit card processing, volume and interchange expenses
Transportation and travel
Printing and supplies
Operational losses
All other
Total other operating expenses
Operating expenses increased by $19.6 million when compared to the third quarter of 2012 due to the following main factors:
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The above variances were partially offset by a decrease in FDIC deposit insurance expense of $8.1 million, driven by a reduced volume of higher risk assets, and revisions in the deposit insurance premium calculation and efficiencies achieved from the internal reorganization of Popular Mortgage into BPPR, both completed during the fourth quarter of 2012.
Operating expenses increased by $5.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012, due to the following main factors:
These variances were partially offset by:
INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense amounted to $17.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with an income tax expense of $ 15.4 million for the same quarter of 2012. The increase in income tax expense was primarily due to the gain recognized during the third quarter of 2013 on the sale of a portion of EVERTEC’s shares which was taxable at a preferential tax rate according to Act Number 73 of May 28, 2008, known as “Economic Incentives Act for the Development of Puerto Rico”. The higher income tax provision was offset by a favorable true up adjustment of approximately $7.7 million in connection with filing the tax returns for the year 2012 during the third quarter of 2013, mainly related to distributions received from EVERTEC, the reclassification of $3.3 million of income tax credit related to the gross receipt tax from the operating expenses line to income taxes and the reversal of approximately $7.7 million of reserves for uncertain tax positions due to the expiration of the statute of limitations in the Puerto Rico operations.
On June 30, 2013 the Governor of Puerto Rico signed Act Number 40 which includes several amendments to the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code. Among the most significant changes applicable to corporations was the increase in the marginal tax rate from 30% to 39% effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012 and the imposition of a tax for financial institutions of 1% of gross revenues, as defined, with a corresponding .5% credit on the income tax payable and for non financial institutions up to .85% of the gross revenues as part of the alternative minimum tax, the “gross receipt tax”.
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The components of income tax expense for the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are included in Table 8.
Table 8 – Components of Income Tax (Benefit) Expense – Quarter
Income tax benefit amounted to $276.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with an income tax benefit of $46.3 million for the same period of 2012. The increase in income tax benefit was primarily due to the recognition during the year 2013 of a tax benefit of $215.6 million and a corresponding increase in the net deferred tax assets of the Puerto Rico operations as a result of the increase in the marginal tax rate from 30% to 39% as mentioned above. In addition, the income tax benefit increased due to the loss generated on the Puerto Rico operations by the sale of non-performing assets that took place during the first and second quarter of 2013, net of the gain realized on the sale of EVERTEC’s common stock that took place during the second and third quarter of 2013. The income tax benefit for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 was also impacted by the adjustments recorded during the third quarter, discussed above.
Table 9 – Components of Income Tax (Benefit) Expense – Year-to-Date
Refer to Note 31 to the consolidated financial statements for a breakdown of the Corporation’s deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2013.
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REPORTABLE SEGMENT RESULTS
The Corporation’s reportable segments for managerial reporting purposes consist of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Banco Popular North America. A Corporate group has been defined to support the reportable segments. For managerial reporting purposes, the costs incurred by the Corporate group are not allocated to the reportable segments.
For a description of the Corporation’s reportable segments, including additional financial information and the underlying management accounting process, refer to Note 33 to the consolidated financial statements.
The Corporate group reported a net income of $140.9 million for the third quarter and $248.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with net loss of $35.3 million for the third quarter and $94.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The favorable variances at the Corporate group were due to the effect of the $156.6 million and $167.8 million after tax gains recognized during the second and third quarters of 2013 as a result of the sale of EVERTEC shares in connection with their initial and secondary public offerings, respectively. For details on these transactions refer to Note 23 “Related party transactions with affiliated company/joint venture” to the consolidated financial statements.
Highlights on the earnings results for the reportable segments are discussed below:
The Banco Popular de Puerto Rico reportable segment’s net income amounted to $62.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with $73.2 million for the same quarter of the previous year. The principal factors that contributed to the variance in the financial results included the following:
higher operating expenses by $12.4 million, or 5%, mainly due to an increase in OREO expenses by $11.7 million related to higher fair value adjustments on commercial and construction properties, consisting primarily of covered assets which
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are subject to 80% reimbursement from the FDIC. Other operating taxes were higher by $5.4 million principally as a result of the gross receipts tax enacted earlier in the year in Puerto Rico and the reclassification of $3.3 million of the related income tax credit from the operating expenses line to income taxes. These unfavorable variances were partially offset by a decrease of $8.1 million in FDIC deposit insurance assessment resulting from revisions in the deposit-insurance premium calculation and savings achieved from the internal reorganization of Popular Mortgage into BPPR during the fourth quarter of 2012; and
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 totaled $113.9 million, compared with $226.1 million for the same period in the previous year. These results reflected:
The negative impacts in non-interest income detailed above were partially offset by lower unfavorable valuation adjustments on loans held-for-sale by $26.6 million, principally related to $27.3 million in valuation adjustments recorded during the second quarter of 2012 on commercial and construction loans held-for-sale as a result of updated appraisals and market indicators;
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The negative impacts in other operating expenses detailed above were partially offset by a decrease in FDIC deposit insurance of $27.4 million resulting mainly from the factors explained in the quarterly results, and by the $25 million prepayment expense recorded during the second quarter of 2012 related to the cancellation of repurchase agreements; and
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the reportable segment of Banco Popular North America reported net income of $25.2 million, compared with $8.7 million for the same quarter of the previous year. The principal factors that contributed to the variance in the financial results included the following:
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 totaled $73.2 million, compared with $28.5 million for the same period in the previous year. These results reflected:
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FINANCIAL CONDITION ANALYSIS
The Corporation’s total assets were $36.1 billion at September 30, 2013 and $36.5 billion at December 31, 2012. Refer to the consolidated financial statements included in this report for the Corporation’s consolidated statements of financial condition as of such dates.
Money market investments, trading and investment securities
Money market investments totaled $962 million at September 30, 2013, compared to $1.1 billion at December 31, 2012. The decrease was mainly at BPPR due to lower balances at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Trading account securities amounted to $339 million at September 30, 2013, compared to $315 million at December 31, 2012. Refer to the Market Risk section of this MD&A for a table that provides a breakdown of the trading portfolio by security type.
Investment securities available-for-sale and held-to-maturity amounted to $5.3 billion at September 30, 2013, compared with $5.2 billion at December 31, 2012. The slight increase in investment securities available-for-sale is mainly reflected in the categories of Obligations of US Government sponsored entities and Collateralized mortgage obligations mostly due to purchases at BPPR and BPNA during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, partially offset by portfolio declines in market value in line with underlying market conditions, maturities, mortgage backed securities prepayments and the prepayment of $22.8 million of EVERTEC’s debentures owned by the Corporation as part of their IPO. At September 30, 2013, the investment securities available-for-sale portfolio was in an unrealized loss position of $5.2 million, compared with unrealized gains of $172.5 million at December 31, 2012. As of September 30, 2013, the available-for-sale investment portfolio reflects gross unrealized losses of $99 million, driven by obligations from the U.S. Government sponsored entities, US Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations and Obligations of the Puerto Rico Government and its political subdivisions. As part of its analysis for all U.S. Agency securities, management considers the US Agency guarantee. The portfolio of Obligations of the Puerto Rico Government is comprised of securities with specific sources of income or revenues identified for repayments. The Corporation performs periodic credit quality review on these issuers. Table 10 provides a breakdown of the Corporation’s portfolio of investment securities available-for-sale (“AFS”) and held-to-maturity (“HTM”) on a combined basis. Also, Notes 5 and 6 to the consolidated financial statements provide additional information with respect to the Corporation’s investment securities AFS and HTM.
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Table 10 – Breakdown of Investment Securities Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity
Total investment securities AFS and HTM
Refer to Table 11, for a breakdown of the Corporation’s loan portfolio, the principal category of earning assets. Loans covered under the FDIC loss sharing agreements are presented separately in Table 11. The risks on covered loans are significantly different as a result of the loss protection provided by the FDIC. Also, refer to Note 7 for detailed information about the Corporation’s loan portfolio composition and loan purchases and sales.
The Corporation’s total loan portfolio amounted to $24.6 billion at September 30, 2013 compared to $25.1 billion at December 31, 2012. The slight decrease of $466 million was the net effect of bulk loan sales, early repayments, loan resolutions and portfolio run-off, particularly covered loans, offset by loan originations and purchases.
Table 11 – Loans Ending Balances
Loans not covered under FDIC loss sharing agreements:
Legacy[1]
Lease financing
Total non-covered loans held-in-portfolio
Loans covered under FDIC loss sharing agreements:
Total covered loans held-in-portfolio[2]
Loans held-for-sale:
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The explanations for loan portfolio variances discussed below exclude the impact of the covered loans.
Non-covered loans held-in-portfolio amounted to $21.4 billion, an increase $444 million from December 31, 2012 due to the following:
The decrease in loans held-for-sale from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 of $229.9 million was mostly at the BPPR segment driven by the bulk sale of non-performing assets, which reduced construction and commercial loans held-for-sale by approximately $49.7 million and $9.8 million, respectively, the reclassification of the remaining construction and commercial balance of $14.9 million to the held-in-portfolio category, loans charge-offs, loan repayments and loans transferred to OREO. There was also a decrease in mortgage loans held-for-sale at the BPPR segment, principally related to net outflows from whole loan sales transactions of $129.1 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2013.
The covered loans portfolio balance decreased by approximately $680.0 million from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 mainly due to the resolution of a large relationship during the first quarter of 2013, loan resolutions and the normal portfolio run-off. Refer to Table 11 for a breakdown of the covered loans by major loan type categories. Tables 12 and 13 provide the activity in the carrying amount and outstanding discount on the covered loans accounted for under ASC 310-30. The outstanding accretable discount is impacted by increases in cash flow expectations on the loan pool based on quarterly revisions of the portfolio. The increase in the accretable discount is recognized as interest income using the effective yield method over the estimated life of each applicable loan pool.
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Table 12 – Activity in the Carrying Amount of Covered Loans Accounted for Under ASC 310-30
Collections / charge-offs
Allowance for loan losses (ALLL)
Table 13 – Activity in the Outstanding Accretable Discount on Covered Loans Accounted for Under ASC 310-30
Accretion [1]
Table 14 sets forth the activity in the FDIC loss share asset for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 14 – Activity of Loss Share Asset
The FDIC loss share indemnification asset is recognized on the same basis as the assets subject to the loss share protection from the FDIC, except that the amortization / accretion terms differ. Decreases in expected reimbursements from the FDIC due to improvements in expected cash flows to be received from borrowers, as compared with the initial estimates, are recognized as a reduction to non-interest income prospectively over the life of the loss share agreements. This is because the indemnification asset balance is being reduced to the expected reimbursement amount from the FDIC. Table 15 presents the activity associated with the outstanding balance of the FDIC loss share asset amortization (or negative discount) for the periods presented.
Table 15 – Activity in the Remaining FDIC Loss Share Asset Discount
Balance at beginning of period[1]
Amortization of negative discount[2]
Impact of lower projected losses
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While the Corporation was originally accreting to the future value of the loss share indemnity asset, the lowered loss estimates required the Corporation to amortize the loss share asset to its currently lower expected collectible balance, thus resulting in negative accretion. Due to the shorter life of the indemnity asset compared with the expected life of the covered loans, this negative accretion temporarily offsets the benefit of higher cash flows accounted through the accretable yield on the loans.
Other real estate (OREO) represents real estate property received in satisfaction of debt. At September 30, 2013, OREO amounted to $295 million from $406 million at December 31, 2012. The decrease was mainly as a result of write-downs in value and sales, including the bulk sale of non-performing assets completed during the first quarter of 2013, which reduced OREO by $108 million. Refer to Table 16 for the activity in other real estate owned. The amounts included as “covered other real estate” are subject to the FDIC loss sharing agreements.
Table 16 – Other Real Estate Owned Activity
Write-downs in value
Other adjustments
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Table 17 provides a breakdown of the principal categories that comprise the caption of “Other assets” in the consolidated statements of financial condition at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Table 17 – Breakdown of Other Assets
The increase in other assets from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 of approximately $234 million was mainly due to the deferred tax assets that resulted from the losses on the bulk sales of non-performing assets completed during the year and the impact of the increase in the corporate tax rate from 30% to 39% during this quarter, partially offset by lower trades receivables from brokers and counterparties.
Deposits and Borrowings
The composition of the Corporation’s financing sources to total assets at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is included in Table 18.
Table 18 – Financing to Total Assets
Non-interest bearing deposits
Interest-bearing core deposits
Other interest-bearing deposits
Fed funds purchased and repurchase agreements
The Corporation’s deposits totaled $26.4 billion at September 30, 2013 compared to $27.0 billion at December 31, 2012. The decrease of $0.6 billion was mostly due to lower balances in brokered and non-brokered time deposits, partially offset by higher savings and money market deposits. Lower deposit costs have contributed favorably to maintain the Corporation’s net interest margin above 4%. Refer to Table 19 for a breakdown of the Corporation’s deposits at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
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Table 19 – Deposits Ending Balances
Demand deposits [1]
Savings, NOW and money market deposits (non-brokered)
Savings, NOW and money market deposits (brokered)
Time deposits (non-brokered)
Time deposits (brokered CDs)
The Corporation’s borrowings amounted to $4.2 billion at September 30, 2013, compared with $4.4 billion at December 31, 2012. The decrease from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 was mostly related to the repayment of $233.2 million in senior notes during this quarter. Refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for detailed information on the Corporation’s borrowings at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Also, refer to the Liquidity section in this MD&A for additional information on the Corporation’s funding sources.
Other liabilities increased by $132.8 million from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013. The increase was principally driven by higher securities trade payables at BPPR segment of $141.3 million due to purchases near the end of the quarter.
Stockholders’ Equity
Stockholders’ equity totaled $4.4 billion at September 30, 2013, compared with $4.1 billion at December 31, 2012. This increase mainly resulted from the Corporation’s net income of $436.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, partially offset by a decrease of $160.1 million in unrealized gains in the portfolio of investments securities available-for-sale, reflected net of tax in accumulated other comprehensive income. Refer to the consolidated statements of financial condition, comprehensive income and of changes in stockholders’ equity for information on the composition of stockholders’ equity.
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REGULATORY CAPITAL
The Corporation continues to exceed the well-capitalized guidelines under the federal banking regulations. The regulatory capital ratios and amounts of total risk-based capital, Tier 1 risk-based capital and Tier 1 leverage at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are presented on Table 20. As of such dates, BPPR and BPNA were well-capitalized.
Table 20 – Capital Adequacy Data
Risk-based capital:
Tier I capital
Supplementary (Tier II) capital
Total capital
Minimum requirement to be well capitalized
Excess capital
Risk-weighted assets:
Balance sheet items
Off-balance sheet items
Total risk-weighted assets
Adjusted quarterly average assets
Ratios:
Tier I capital (minimum required - 4.00%)
Total capital (minimum required - 8.00%)
Leverage ratio *
The tangible common equity ratio and tangible book value per common share, which are presented in the table that follows, are non-GAAP measures. Management and many stock analysts use the tangible common equity ratio and tangible book value per common share in conjunction with more traditional bank capital ratios to compare the capital adequacy of banking organizations with significant amounts of goodwill or other intangible assets, typically stemming from the use of the purchase accounting method of accounting for mergers and acquisitions. Neither tangible common equity nor tangible assets or related measures should be considered in isolation or as a substitute for stockholders’ equity, total assets or any other measure calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Moreover, the manner in which the Corporation calculates its tangible common equity, tangible assets and any other related measures may differ from that of other companies reporting measures with similar names.
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Table 21 provides a reconciliation of total stockholders’ equity to tangible common equity and total assets to tangible assets at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Table 21 – Reconciliation of Tangible Common Equity and Tangible Assets
(In thousands, except share or per share information)
Less: Preferred stock
Less: Goodwill
Less: Other intangibles
Total tangible common equity
Total tangible assets
Tangible common equity to tangible assets
Common shares outstanding at end of period
Tangible book value per common share
The Tier 1 common equity to risk-weighted assets ratio is another non-GAAP measure. Ratios calculated based upon Tier 1 common equity have become a focus of regulators and investors, and management believes ratios based on Tier 1 common equity assist investors in analyzing the Corporation’s capital position.
Because Tier 1 common equity is not formally defined by GAAP or, unlike Tier 1 capital, codified in the federal banking regulations currently in place as of September 30, 2013, this measure is considered to be a non-GAAP financial measure. Non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied and are not audited. To mitigate these limitations, the Corporation has procedures in place to calculate these measures using the appropriate GAAP or regulatory components. Although these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by stakeholders in the evaluation of a company, they have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analyses of results as reported under GAAP.
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Table 22 provides a reconciliation of the Corporation’s total common stockholders’ equity (GAAP) to Tier 1 common equity at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (non-GAAP).
Table 22 – Reconciliation Tier 1 Common Equity
Common stockholders’ equity
Less: Unrealized losses (gains) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax[1]
Less: Disallowed deferred tax assets[2]
Less: Disallowed goodwill and other intangible assets, net of deferred tax liability
Less: Aggregate adjusted carrying value of non-financial equity investments
Add: Pension and postretirement benefit plan liability adjustment, net of tax and of accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges[1]
Total Tier 1 common equity
Tier 1 common equity to risk-weighted assets
New Capital Rules to Implement Basel III Capital Requirements
On July 2, 2013, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”) approved final rules (“New Capital Rules”) to establish a new comprehensive regulatory capital framework for all U.S. banking organizations. On July 9, 2013, the New Capital Rules were approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and (as interim final rules) by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) (together with the Board, the “Agencies”).
The New Capital Rules generally implement the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (the “Basel Committee”) December 2010 final capital framework referred to as “Basel III” for strengthening international capital standards. The New Capital Rules substantially revise the risk-based capital requirements applicable to bank holding companies and their depository institution subsidiaries, including Popular, BPPR and BPNA, as compared to the current U.S. general risk-based capital rules. The New Capital Rules revise the definitions and the components of regulatory capital, as well as address other issues affecting the numerator in banking institutions’ regulatory capital ratios. The New Capital Rules also address asset risk weights and other matters affecting the denominator in banking institutions’ regulatory capital ratios and replace the existing general risk-weighting approach, which was derived from the Basel Committee’s 1988 “Basel I” capital accords, with a more risk-sensitive approach based, in part, on the “standardized approach” in the Basel Committee’s 2004 “Basel II” capital accords. In addition, the New Capital Rules implement certain provisions of Dodd-Frank Act, including the requirements of Section 939A to remove references to credit ratings from the federal agencies’ rules. The New Capital Rules are effective for Popular, BPPR and BPNA on January 1, 2015, subject to phase-in periods for certain of their components and other provisions.
Among other matters, the New Capital Rules: (i) introduce a new capital measure called “Common Equity Tier 1” (“CET1”) and related regulatory capital ratio of CET1 to risk-weighted assets; (ii) specify that Tier 1 capital consists of CET1 and “Additional Tier 1 capital” instruments meeting certain revised requirements; (iii) mandate that most deductions/adjustments to regulatory capital measures be made to CET1 and not to the other components of capital; and (iv) expand the scope of the deductions from and adjustments to capital as compared to existing regulations. Under the New Capital Rules, for most banking organizations, including the Corporation, the most common form of Additional Tier 1 capital is non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and the most common form of Tier 2 capital is subordinated notes and a portion of the allocation for loan and lease losses, in each case, subject to the New Capital Rules’ specific requirements.
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Pursuant to the New Capital Rules, the minimum capital ratios as of January 1, 2015 will be as follows:
The New Capital Rules also introduce a new “capital conservation buffer”, composed entirely of CET1, on top of these minimum risk-weighted asset ratios. The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress. Banking institutions with a ratio of CET1 to risk-weighted assets above the minimum but below the capital conservation buffer will face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases and compensation based on the amount of the shortfall. Thus, when fully phased-in on January 1, 2019, Popular, BPPR and BPNA will be required to maintain such additional capital conservation buffer of 2.5% of CET1, effectively resulting in minimum ratios of (i) CET1 to risk-weighted assets of at least 7%, (ii) Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 8.5%, and (iii) Total capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 10.5%.
The New Capital Rules provide for a number of deductions from and adjustments to CET1. These include, for example, the requirement that mortgage servicing rights, deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences that could not be realized through net operating loss carrybacks and significant investments in non-consolidated financial entities be deducted from CET1 to the extent that any one such category exceeds 10% of CET1 or all such items, in the aggregate, exceed 15% of CET1.
In addition, under the current general risk-based capital rules, the effects of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss (“AOCI”) items included in shareholders’ equity (for example, marks-to-market of securities held in the available for sale portfolio) under U.S. GAAP are reversed for the purposes of determining regulatory capital ratios. Pursuant to the New Capital Rules, the effects of certain AOCI items are not excluded; however, non-advanced approaches banking organizations, including Popular, BPPR and BPNA, may make a one-time permanent election to continue to exclude these items. This election must be made concurrently with the first filing of certain of the Popular’s, BPPR’s and BPNA’s periodic regulatory reports in the beginning of 2015. Popular, BPPR and BPNA expect to make this election in order to avoid significant variations in the level of capital depending upon the impact of interest rate fluctuations on the fair value of their securities portfolio. The New Capital Rules also preclude certain hybrid securities, such as trust preferred securities, from inclusion in bank holding companies’ Tier 1 capital, subject to phase-out in the case of bank holding companies that had $15 billion or more in total consolidated assets as of December 31, 2009. The Corporation’s Tier I capital level at September 30, 2013, included $ 427 million of trust preferred securities that are subject to the phase-out provisions of the New Capital Rules. The Corporation would be allowed to include only 25 percent of such trust preferred securities in Tier 1 capital as of January 1, 2015 and 0 percent as of January 1, 2016, and thereafter. Trust preferred securities no longer included in Popular’s Tier 1 capital may nonetheless be included as a component of Tier 2 capital on a permanent basis without phase-out and irrespective of whether such securities otherwise meet the revised definition of Tier 2 capital set forth in the New Capital Rules. The Corporation’s trust preferred securities issued to the U.S. Treasury pursuant to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 are exempt from the phase-out provision.
Implementation of the deductions and other adjustments to CET1 will begin on January 1, 2015 and will be phased-in over a 4-year period (beginning at 40% on January 1, 2015 and an additional 20% per year thereafter). The implementation of the capital conservation buffer will begin on January 1, 2016 at the 0.625% level and increase by 0.625% on each subsequent January 1, until it reaches 2.5% on January 1, 2019.
With respect to BPPR and BPNA, the New Capital Rules revise the “prompt corrective action” (“PCA”) regulations adopted pursuant to Section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, by: (i) introducing a CET1 ratio requirement at each PCA category (other than critically undercapitalized), with the required CET1 ratio being 6.5% for well-capitalized status; (ii) increasing the minimum Tier 1 capital ratio requirement for each category, with the minimum Tier 1 capital ratio for well-capitalized status being 8% (as compared to the current 6%); and (iii) eliminating the current provision that provides that a bank with a composite supervisory rating of 1 may have a 3% leverage ratio and still be adequately capitalized. The New Capital Rules do not change the total risk-based capital requirement for any PCA category.
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The New Capital Rules prescribe a new standardized approach for risk weightings that expand the risk-weighting categories from the current four Basel I-derived categories (0%, 20%, 50% and 100%) to a larger and more risk-sensitive number of categories, depending on the nature of the assets, and resulting in higher risk weights for a variety of asset classes.
We believe that Popular, BPPR and BPNA will be able to meet well-capitalized capital ratios upon implementation of the revised requirements, as finalized.
Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
The Corporation has various financial obligations, including contractual obligations and commercial commitments, which require future cash payments on debt and lease agreements. Also, in the normal course of business, the Corporation enters into contractual arrangements whereby it commits to future purchases of products or services from third parties. Obligations that are legally binding agreements, whereby the Corporation agrees to purchase products or services with a specific minimum quantity defined at a fixed, minimum or variable price over a specified period of time, are defined as purchase obligations.
Purchase obligations include major legal and binding contractual obligations outstanding at September 30, 2013, primarily for services, equipment and real estate construction projects. Services include software licensing and maintenance, facilities maintenance, supplies purchasing, and other goods or services used in the operation of the business. Generally, these contracts are renewable or cancelable at least annually, although in some cases the Corporation has committed to contracts that may extend for several years to secure favorable pricing concessions. Purchase obligations amounted to $155 million at September 30, 2013 of which approximately 46% matures in 2013, 29% in 2014, 14% in 2015 and 11% thereafter.
The Corporation also enters into derivative contracts under which it is required either to receive or pay cash, depending on changes in interest rates. These contracts are carried at fair value on the consolidated statement of financial condition with the fair value representing the net present value of the expected future cash receipts and payments based on market rates of interest as of the statement of condition date. The fair value of the contract changes daily as interest rates change. The Corporation may also be required to post additional collateral on margin calls on the derivatives and repurchase transactions.
Refer to Note 15 for a breakdown of long-term borrowings by maturity.
The Corporation utilizes lending-related financial instruments in the normal course of business to accommodate the financial needs of its customers. The Corporation’s exposure to credit losses in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit and commercial letters of credit is represented by the contractual notional amount of these instruments. The Corporation uses credit procedures and policies in making those commitments and conditional obligations as it does in extending loans to customers. Since many of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total contractual amounts are not representative of the Corporation’s actual future credit exposure or liquidity requirements for these commitments.
Table 23 presents the contractual amounts related to the Corporation’s off-balance sheet lending and other activities at September 30, 2013.
Table 23 – Off-Balance Sheet Lending and Other Activities
Unfunded investment obligations
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At September 30, 2013, the Corporation maintained a reserve of approximately $4 million for probable losses associated with unfunded loan commitments related to commercial and consumer lines of credit. The estimated reserve is principally based on the expected draws on these facilities using historical trends and the application of the corresponding reserve factors determined under the Corporation’s allowance for loan losses methodology. This reserve for unfunded loan commitments remains separate and distinct from the allowance for loan losses and is reported as part of other liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial condition.
Refer to Note 21 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on credit commitments and contingencies.
Guarantees associated with loans sold / serviced
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation serviced $2.6 billion in residential mortgage loans subject to lifetime credit recourse provisions, principally loans associated with FNMA and FHLMC residential mortgage loan securitization programs, compared with $2.9 billion at December 31, 2012. The Corporation’s last sale of mortgage loans subject to credit recourse was in 2009.
In the event of any customer default, pursuant to the credit recourse provided, the Corporation is required to repurchase the loan or reimburse the third party investor for the incurred loss. The maximum potential amount of future payments that the Corporation would be required to make under the recourse arrangements in the event of nonperformance by the borrowers is equivalent to the total outstanding balance of the residential mortgage loans serviced with recourse and interest, if applicable. In the event of nonperformance by the borrower, the Corporation has rights to the underlying collateral securing the mortgage loan. The Corporation suffers losses on these loans when the proceeds from a foreclosure sale of the property underlying a defaulted mortgage loan are less than the outstanding principal balance of the loan plus any uncollected interest advanced and the costs of holding and disposing the related property.
In the case of Puerto Rico, most claims are settled by repurchases of delinquent loans, the majority of which are greater than 90 days past due. The average time period to prepare an initial response to a repurchase request is from 30 to 120 days from the initial written notice depending on the type of repurchase request. Failure by the Corporation to respond to a request for repurchase on a timely basis could result in a deterioration of the seller/servicer relationship and the seller/servicer’s overall standing. In certain instances, investors could require additional collateral to ensure compliance with the servicer’s repurchase obligation or cancel the seller/servicer license and exercise their rights to transfer the servicing to an eligible seller/servicer.
Table 24 below presents the delinquency status of the residential mortgage loans serviced by the Corporation that are subject to lifetime credit recourse provisions.
Table 24 – Delinquency of Residential Mortgage Loans Subject to Lifetime Credit Recourse
Total portfolio
Days past due:
30 days and over
90 days and over
As a percentage of total portfolio:
30 days past due or more
90 days past due or more
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation repurchased approximately $95 million (unpaid principal balance) in mortgage loans subject to the credit recourse provisions, compared with $115 million during the same period of 2012. There are no particular loan characteristics, such as loan vintages, loan type, loan-to-value ratio, or other criteria, that denote any specific trend or a concentration of repurchases in any particular segment. Based on historical repurchase experience, the loan delinquency status is the main factor which causes the repurchase request. In 2011 and 2012, the Corporation experienced an increase in mortgage loan repurchases from recourse portfolios that led to increases in non-performing mortgage loans. The deteriorating economic conditions in those years provoked a closer monitoring by investors of loan performance and recourse triggers, thus causing an increase in loan repurchases. Once the loans are repurchased, they are put through the Corporation’s loss mitigation programs.
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At September 30, 2013, there were 5 outstanding unresolved claims related to the credit recourse portfolio with a principal balance outstanding of $0.9 million, compared with 59 and $8.0 million, respectively, at December 31, 2012. The outstanding unresolved claims at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 pertained to FNMA.
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s liability established to cover the estimated credit loss exposure related to loans sold or serviced with credit recourse amounted to $44 million, compared with $52 million at December 31, 2012.
The following table presents the changes in the Corporation’s liability for estimated losses related to loans serviced with credit recourse provisions for the quarters and nine months periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 25 – Changes in Liability of Estimated Losses from Credit Recourse Agreements
The provision for credit recourse liability remained stable, increasing slightly for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, when compared with the same period in 2012, as this portfolio continues to show credit quality stabilization.
The estimated losses to be absorbed under the credit recourse arrangements are recorded as a liability when the loans are sold or credit recourse is assumed as part of acquired servicing rights and are updated by accruing or reversing expense (categorized in the line item “adjustments (expense) to indemnity reserves on loans sold” in the consolidated statements of operations) throughout the life of the loan, as necessary, when additional relevant information becomes available. The methodology used to estimate the recourse liability is a function of the recourse arrangements given and considers a variety of factors, which include actual defaults and historical loss experience, foreclosure rate, estimated future defaults and the probability that a loan would be delinquent. Statistical methods are used to estimate the recourse liability. Expected loss rates are applied to different loan segmentations. The expected loss, which represents the amount expected to be lost on a given loan, considers the probability of default and loss severity. The probability of default represents the probability that a loan in good standing would become 90 days delinquent within the following twelve-month period. Regression analysis quantifies the relationship between the default event and loan-specific characteristics, including credit scores, loan-to-value ratios and loan aging, among others.
Servicing agreements relating to the mortgage-backed securities programs of FNMA and GNMA, and to mortgage loans sold or serviced to certain other investors, including FHLMC, require the Corporation to advance funds to make scheduled payments of principal, interest, taxes and insurance, if such payments have not been received from the borrowers. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation serviced $17.1 billion in mortgage loans for third-parties, including the loans serviced with credit recourse, compared with $16.7 billion at December 31, 2012. The Corporation generally recovers funds advanced pursuant to these arrangements from the mortgage borrower, from liquidation proceeds when the mortgage loan is foreclosed or, in the case of FHA/VA loans, under the applicable FHA and VA insurance and guarantees programs. However, in the meantime, the Corporation must absorb the cost of the funds it advances during the time the advance is outstanding. The Corporation must also bear the costs of attempting to collect on delinquent and defaulted mortgage loans. In addition, if a defaulted loan is not cured, the mortgage loan would be canceled as part of the foreclosure proceedings and the Corporation would not receive any future servicing income with respect to that loan. At September 30, 2013, the outstanding balance of funds advanced by the Corporation under such mortgage loan servicing agreements was approximately $29 million, compared with $19 million at December 31, 2012. To the extent the mortgage loans underlying the Corporation’s servicing portfolio experience increased delinquencies, the Corporation would be required to dedicate additional cash resources to comply with its obligation to advance funds as well as incur additional administrative costs related to increases in collection efforts.
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When the Corporation sells or securitizes mortgage loans, it generally makes customary representations and warranties regarding the characteristics of the loans sold. The Corporation’s mortgage operations in Puerto Rico conform mortgage loans into pools which are exchanged for FNMA and GNMA mortgage-backed securities, which are generally sold to private investors, or are sold directly to FNMA for cash. As required under the government agency programs, quality review procedures are performed by the Corporation to ensure that asset guideline qualifications are met. To the extent the loans do not meet specified characteristics, the Corporation may be required to repurchase such loans or indemnify for losses and bear any subsequent loss related to the loans. Repurchases under representation and warranty arrangements in which the Corporation’s Puerto Rico banking subsidiaries were required to repurchase the loans amounted to $4.0 million in unpaid principal balance with losses amounting to $0.8 million during the nine months period ended September 30, 2013. A substantial amount of these loans reinstate to performing status or have mortgage insurance, and thus the ultimate losses on the loans are not deemed significant.
Also, during the quarter ended June 30, 2011, the Corporation’s banking subsidiary, BPPR, reached an agreement (the “June 2011 agreement”) with the FDIC, as receiver for a local Puerto Rico institution, and the financial institution with respect to a loan servicing portfolio that BPPR services since 2008, related to FHLMC and GNMA pools. The loans were originated and sold by the financial institution and the servicing rights were transferred to BPPR in 2008. As part of the 2008 servicing agreement, the financial institution was required to repurchase from BPPR any loans that BPPR, as servicer, was required to repurchase from the investors under representation and warranty obligations. As part of the June 2011 agreement, the Corporation received cash to discharge the financial institution from any repurchase obligation and other claims over the serviced portfolio.
The following table presents the changes in the Corporation’s liability for estimated losses associated with indemnifications and customary representations and warranties related to loans sold by BPPR for the quarters and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 26 – Changes in Liability of Estimated Losses from Indemnifications and Customary Representations and Warranties Agreements
In addition, at September 30, 2013, the Corporation has reserves for customary representations and warranties related to loans sold by its U.S. subsidiary E-LOAN prior to 2009. Loans were sold to investors on a servicing released basis subject to certain representations and warranties. Although the risk of loss or default was generally assumed by the investors, the Corporation made certain representations relating to borrower creditworthiness, loan documentation and collateral, which if not correct, may result in requiring the Corporation to repurchase the loans or indemnify investors for any related losses associated with these loans. At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Corporation’s reserve for estimated losses from such representation and warranty arrangements amounted to $7 million and $8 million, respectively. E-LOAN is no longer originating and selling loans since the subsidiary ceased these activities in 2008 and most of the outstanding agreements with major counterparties were settled during 2010 and 2011.
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On a quarterly basis, the Corporation reassesses its estimate for expected losses associated with E-LOAN’s customary representation and warranty arrangements. The analysis incorporates expectations on future disbursements based on quarterly repurchases and make-whole events. The analysis also considers factors such as the average length of time between the loan’s funding date and the loan repurchase date, as observed in the historical loan data. The liability is estimated as follows: (1) three year average of disbursement amounts (two year historical and one year projected) are used to calculate an average quarterly amount; (2) the quarterly average is annualized and multiplied by the repurchase distance, which currently averages approximately three years, to determine a liability amount; and (3) the calculated reserve is compared to current claims and disbursements to evaluate adequacy. The Corporation’s success rate in clearing the claims in full or negotiating lesser payouts has been fairly consistent. On average, the Corporation avoided paying on 59% of claimed amounts during the 24-month period ended September 30, 2013 (40% during the 24-month period ended December 31, 2012). On the remaining 41% of claimed amounts, the Corporation either repurchased the balance in full or negotiated settlements. For the accounts where the Corporation settled, it averaged paying 62% of claimed amounts during the 24-month period ended September 30, 2013 (60% during the 24-month period ended December 31, 2012). In total, during the 24-month period ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation paid an average of 27% of claimed amounts (24-month period ended December 31, 2012 - 33%).
E-LOAN’s outstanding unresolved claims related to representation and warranty obligations from mortgage loan sales prior to 2009 are presented in Table 27.
Table 27 – E-LOAN’s Outstanding Unresolved Claims from Loans Sold
By Counterparty:
GSEs
Whole loan and private-label securitization investors
Total outstanding claims by counterparty
By Product Type:
1st lien (Prime loans)
Total outstanding claims by product type
The outstanding claims balance from private-label investors are comprised by one counterparty at September 30, 2013 and two counterparties at December 31, 2012.
In the case of E-LOAN, the Corporation indemnifies the lender, repurchases the loan, or settles the claim, generally for less than the full amount. Each repurchase case is different and each lender / servicer has different requirements. The large majority of the loans repurchased have been greater than 90 days past due at the time of repurchase and are included in the Corporation’s non-performing loans. Historically, claims have been predominantly for first mortgage agency loans and principally consist of underwriting errors related to undisclosed debt or missing documentation. The following table presents the changes in the Corporation’s liability for estimated losses associated with customary representations and warranties related to loans sold by E-LOAN for the quarters and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 28 – Changes in Liability for Estimated Losses Related to Loans Sold by E-LOAN
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MARKET RISK
The financial results and capital levels of Popular, Inc. are constantly exposed to market risk. Market risk represents the risk of loss due to adverse movements in market rates or financial asset prices, which include interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and bond and equity security prices; the failure to meet financial obligations coming due because of the inability to liquidate assets or obtain adequate funding; and the inability to easily unwind or offset specific exposures without significantly lowering prices because of inadequate market depth or market disruptions.
While the Corporation is exposed to various business risks, the risks relating to interest rate risk and liquidity are major risks that can materially impact future results of operations and financial condition due to their complexity and dynamic nature.
The Asset Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”) and the Corporate Finance Group are responsible for planning and executing the Corporation’s market, interest rate risk, funding activities and strategy, and for implementing the policies and procedures approved by the Corporation’s Risk Management Committee. In addition, the Risk Management Group independently monitors and reports adherence with established market and liquidity policies and recommends actions to enhance and strengthen controls surrounding interest, liquidity, and market risks. The ALCO meets mostly on a weekly basis and reviews the Corporation’s current and forecasted asset and liability positions as well as desired pricing strategies and other relevant topics. Also, on a monthly basis the ALCO reviews various interest rate risk metrics, ratios and portfolio information, including but not limited to, the Corporation’s liquidity positions, projected sources and uses of funds, interest rate risk positions and economic conditions.
Interest rate risk (“IRR”), a component of market risk, is considered by management as a predominant market risk in terms of its potential impact on profitability or market value. Management utilizes various tools to assess IRR, including simulation modeling, static gap analysis, and Economic Value of Equity (“EVE”). The three methodologies complement each other and are use jointly in the evaluation of the Corporation’s IRR. Simulation modeling is prepared for a five year period, which in conjunction with the EVE analysis, provides Management a better view of long term IRR.
Net interest income simulation analysis performed by legal entity and on a consolidated basis is a tool used by the Corporation in estimating the potential change in future net interest income resulting from hypothetical changes in interest rates. Sensitivity analysis is calculated using a simulation model which incorporates actual balance sheet figures detailed by maturity and interest yields or costs. It also incorporates assumptions on balance sheet growth and expected changes in its composition, estimated prepayments in accordance with projected interest rates, pricing and maturity expectations on new volumes and other non-interest related data.
Management assesses interest rate risk using various interest rate scenarios that differ in magnitude and direction, the speed of change and the projected shape of the yield curve. For example, the types of interest rate scenarios processed include most likely economic scenarios, flat or unchanged rates, yield curve twists, + 200 and + 400 basis points parallel ramps and + 200 and + 400 basis points parallel shocks. Given the fact that during the quarter ended September 30, 2013, some market interest rates were close to zero, management has focused on measuring the risk on net interest income in rising rate scenarios. Management also performs analyses to isolate and measure basis and prepayment risk exposures.
The asset and liability management group also evaluates the reasonableness of assumptions used and results obtained in the monthly sensitivity analyses. In addition, the model and processes used to assess IRR are subject to third-party validations according to the guidelines established in the Model Governance and Validation policy. Due to the importance of critical assumptions in measuring market risk, the risk models incorporate third-party developed data for critical assumptions such as prepayment speeds on mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities, estimates on the duration of the Corporation’s deposits and interest rate scenarios.
The Corporation runs net interest income simulations under interest rate scenarios in which the yield curve is assumed to rise gradually by the same amount. The rising rate scenarios considered in these market risk disclosures reflect gradual parallel changes of 200 and 400 basis points during the twelve-month period ending September 30, 2014. Under a 200 basis points rising rate scenario, projected net interest income increases by $31 million, while under a 400 basis points rising rate scenario, projected net interest income increases by $50 million, when compared against the Corporation’s flat or unchanged interest rates forecast scenario. These interest rate simulations exclude the impact on loans accounted pursuant to ASC Subtopic 310-30, whose yields are based on management’s current expectation of future cash flows.
Simulation analyses are based on many assumptions, including relative levels of market interest rates, interest rate spreads, loan prepayments and deposit decay. They should not be relied upon as indicative of actual results. Further, the estimates do not contemplate actions that management could take to respond to changes in interest rates. By their nature, these forward-looking computations are only estimates and may be different from what may actually occur in the future.
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The Corporation estimates the sensitivity of economic value of equity to changes in interest rates. EVE is equal to the estimated present value of the Corporation’s assets minus the estimated present value of the liabilities. This sensitivity analysis is a useful tool to measure long-term IRR because it captures the impact of rate changes in expected cash flows from all future periods, including principal and interest.
EVE sensitivity using interest rate shock scenarios is estimated on a quarterly basis. The current EVE sensitivity is focused on rising 200 and 400 basis point parallel shocks. Management has a defined limit for the increase in EVE sensitivity resulting from the shock scenario.
The Corporation maintains an overall interest rate risk management strategy that incorporates the use of derivative instruments to minimize significant unplanned fluctuations in net interest income or market value that are caused by interest rate volatility. The market value of these derivatives is subject to interest rate fluctuations and counterparty credit risk adjustments which could have a positive or negative effect in the Corporation’s earnings.
Trading
The Corporation engages in trading activities in the ordinary course of business at its subsidiaries, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (“BPPR”) and Popular Securities. Popular Securities’ trading activities consist primarily of market-making activities to meet expected customers’ needs related to its retail brokerage business and purchases and sales of U.S. Government and government sponsored securities with the objective of realizing gains from expected short-term price movements. BPPR’s trading activities consist primarily of holding U.S. Government sponsored mortgage-backed securities classified as “trading” and hedging the related market risk with “TBA” (to-be-announced) market transactions. The objective is to derive spread income from the portfolio and not to benefit from short-term market movements. In addition, BPPR uses forward contracts or TBAs to hedge its securitization pipeline. Risks related to variations in interest rates and market volatility are hedged with TBAs that have characteristics similar to that of the forecasted security and its conversion timeline.
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation held trading securities with a fair value of $339 million, representing approximately 0.9% of the Corporation’s total assets, compared with $315 million and 0.9% at December 31, 2012. As shown in Table 29, the trading portfolio consists principally of mortgage-backed securities, which at September 30, 2013 were investment grade securities. As of September 30, 2013, the trading portfolio also included $13.2 million in Puerto Rico government obligations and shares of Closed-end funds that invest primarily in Puerto Rico government obligations (December 31, 2012 - $33.7 million). Trading instruments are recognized at fair value, with changes resulting from fluctuations in market prices, interest rates or exchange rates reported in current period earnings. The Corporation recognized a net trading account loss of $6.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with a gain of $5.4 million for the same quarter in 2012. Table 29 provides the composition of the trading portfolio at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Table 29 – Trading Portfolio
Commercial paper
Puerto Rico obligations
Interest-only strips
Other (includes related trading derivatives)
The Corporation’s trading activities are limited by internal policies. For each of the two subsidiaries, the market risk assumed under trading activities is measured by the 5-day net value-at-risk (“VAR”), with a confidence level of 99%. The VAR measures the maximum estimated loss that may occur over a 5-day holding period, given a 99% probability. Under the Corporation’s current policies, trading exposures cannot exceed 2% of the trading portfolio market value of each subsidiary, subject to a cap.
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The Corporation’s trading portfolio had a 5-day VAR of approximately $2.1 million, assuming a confidence level of 99%, for the last week in September 2013. There are numerous assumptions and estimates associated with VAR modeling, and actual results could differ from these assumptions and estimates. Backtesting is performed to compare actual results against maximum estimated losses, in order to evaluate model and assumptions accuracy.
In the opinion of management, the size and composition of the trading portfolio does not represent a significant source of market risk for the Corporation.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Corporation currently measures at fair value on a recurring basis its trading assets, available-for-sale securities, derivatives, mortgage servicing rights and contingent consideration. Occasionally, the Corporation may be required to record at fair value other assets on a nonrecurring basis, such as loans held-for-sale, impaired loans held-in-portfolio that are collateral dependent and certain other assets. These nonrecurring fair value adjustments typically result from the application of lower of cost or fair value accounting or write-downs of individual assets.
The Corporation categorizes its assets and liabilities measured at fair value under the three-level hierarchy. The level within the hierarchy is based on whether the inputs to the valuation methodology used for fair value measurement are observable.
Refer to Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements for information on the Corporation’s fair value measurement disclosures required by the applicable accounting standard. At September 30, 2013, approximately $ 5.5 billion, or 97%, of the assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis used market-based or market-derived valuation inputs in their valuation methodology and, therefore, were classified as Level 1 or Level 2. The majority of instruments measured at fair value were classified as Level 2, including U.S. Treasury securities, obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities, obligations of Puerto Rico, States and political subdivisions, most mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), and derivative instruments.
At September 30, 2013, the remaining 3% of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis were classified as Level 3 since their valuation methodology considered significant unobservable inputs. The financial assets measured as Level 3 included mostly tax-exempt GNMA mortgage-backed securities and mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”). Additionally, the Corporation reported $ 32 million of financial assets that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2013, all of which were classified as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Broker quotes used for fair value measurements inherently reflect any lack of liquidity in the market since they represent an exit price from the perspective of the market participants. Financial assets that were fair valued using broker quotes amounted to $ 32 million at September 30, 2013, of which $ 18 million were Level 3 assets and $ 14 million were Level 2 assets. Level 3 assets consisted principally of tax-exempt GNMA mortgage-backed securities. Fair value for these securities was based on an internally-prepared matrix derived from an average of two indicative local broker quotes. The main input used in the matrix pricing was non-binding local broker quotes obtained from limited trade activity. Therefore, these securities were classified as Level 3.
During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, there were no transfers in and/or out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Refer to the Critical Accounting Policies / Estimates in the 2012 Annual Report for additional information on the accounting guidance and the Corporation’s policies or procedures related to fair value measurements.
Trading Account Securities and Investment Securities Available-for-Sale
The majority of the values for trading account securities and investment securities available-for-sale are obtained from third-party pricing services and are validated with alternate pricing sources when available. Securities not priced by a secondary pricing source are documented and validated internally according to their significance to the Corporation’s financial statements. Management has established materiality thresholds according to the investment class to monitor and investigate material deviations in prices obtained from the primary pricing service provider and the secondary pricing source used as support for the valuation results. During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation did not adjust any prices obtained from pricing service providers or broker dealers.
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Inputs are evaluated to ascertain that they consider current market conditions, including the relative liquidity of the market. When a market quote for a specific security is not available, the pricing service provider generally uses observable data to derive an exit price for the instrument, such as benchmark yield curves and trade data for similar products. To the extent trading data is not available, the pricing service provider relies on specific information including dialogue with brokers, buy side clients, credit ratings, spreads to established benchmarks and transactions on similar securities, to draw correlations based on the characteristics of the evaluated instrument. If for any reason the pricing service provider cannot observe data required to feed its model, it discontinues pricing the instrument. During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013, none of the Corporation’s investment securities were subject to pricing discontinuance by the pricing service providers. The pricing methodology and approach of our primary pricing service providers is concluded to be consistent with the fair value measurement guidance.
Furthermore, management assesses the fair value of its portfolio of investment securities at least on a quarterly basis, which includes analyzing changes in fair value that have resulted in losses that may be considered other-than-temporary. Factors considered include, for example, the nature of the investment, severity and duration of possible impairments, industry reports, sector credit ratings, economic environment, creditworthiness of the issuers and any guarantees.
Securities are classified in the fair value hierarchy according to product type, characteristics and market liquidity. At the end of each period, management assesses the valuation hierarchy for each asset or liability measured. The fair value measurement analysis performed by the Corporation includes validation procedures and review of market changes, pricing methodology, assumption and level hierarchy changes, and evaluation of distressed transactions.
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s portfolio of trading and investment securities available-for-sale amounted to $ 5.5 billion and represented 97% of the Corporation’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis. At September 30, 2013, net unrealized gains on the trading securities approximately $6 million and net unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities portfolios approximated $5 million. Fair values for most of the Corporation’s trading and investment securities available-for-sale were classified as Level 2. Trading and investment securities available-for-sale classified as Level 3, which were the securities that involved the highest degree of judgment, represented less than 1% of the Corporation’s total portfolio of trading and investment securities available-for-sale.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
Mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”), which amounted to $ 161 million at September 30, 2013, do not trade in an active, open market with readily observable prices. Fair value is estimated based upon discounted net cash flows calculated from a combination of loan level data and market assumptions. The valuation model combines loans with common characteristics that impact servicing cash flows (e.g. investor, remittance cycle, interest rate, product type, etc.) in order to project net cash flows. Market valuation assumptions include prepayment speeds, discount rate, cost to service, escrow account earnings, and contractual servicing fee income, among other considerations. Prepayment speeds are derived from market data that is more relevant to the U.S. mainland loan portfolios and, thus, are adjusted for the Corporation’s loan characteristics and portfolio behavior since prepayment rates in Puerto Rico have been historically lower. Other assumptions are, in the most part, directly obtained from third-party providers. Disclosure of two of the key economic assumptions used to measure MSRs, which are prepayment speed and discount rate, and a sensitivity analysis to adverse changes to these assumptions, is included in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements.
Derivatives, such as interest rate swaps and indexed options, are traded in over-the-counter active markets. These derivatives are indexed to an observable interest rate benchmark, such as LIBOR or equity indexes, and are priced using an income approach based on present value and option pricing models using observable inputs. Other derivatives are liquid and have quoted prices, such as forward contracts or “to be announced securities” (“TBAs”). All of these derivatives held by the Corporation were classified as Level 2. Valuations of derivative assets and liabilities reflect the values associated with counterparty risk and nonperformance risk, respectively. The non-performance risk, which measures the Corporation’s own credit risk, is determined using internally-developed models that consider the net realizable value of the collateral posted, remaining term, and the creditworthiness or credit standing of the Corporation. The counterparty risk is also determined using internally-developed models which incorporate the creditworthiness of the entity that bears the risk, net realizable value of the collateral received, and available public data or internally-developed data to determine their probability of default. To manage the level of credit risk, the Corporation employs procedures for credit approvals and credit limits, monitors the counterparties’ credit condition, enters into master netting agreements whenever possible and, when appropriate, requests additional collateral. During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, inclusion of
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credit risk in the fair value of the derivatives resulted in a net loss of $0.6 million recorded in the other operating income and interest expense captions of the consolidated statement of operations, which consisted of a loss of $0.7 million from the assessment of the counterparties’ credit risk and a gain of $0.1 million resulting from the Corporation’s own credit standing adjustment. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, inclusion of credit risk in the fair value of the derivatives resulted in a net gain of $0.9 million recorded in the other operating income and interest expense captions of the consolidated statement of operations, which consisted of a gain of $0.6 million resulting from assessment of the counterparties credit risk and a gain of $0.3 million resulting from the Corporation’s own credit standing adjustment.
Loans held-in-portfolio considered impaired under ASC Section 310-10-35 that are collateral dependent
The impairment is based on the fair value of the collateral, which is derived from appraisals that take into consideration prices in observed transactions involving similar assets in similar locations, size and supply and demand. Deterioration of the housing markets and the economy in general have adversely impacted and continue to affect the market activity related to real estate properties. These collateral dependent impaired loans are classified as Level 3 and are reported as a nonrecurring fair value measurement.
LIQUIDITY
The objective of effective liquidity management is to ensure that the Corporation has sufficient liquidity to meet all of its financial obligations, finance expected future growth and maintain a reasonable safety margin for cash commitments under both normal and stressed market conditions. The Board is responsible for establishing the Corporation’s tolerance for liquidity risk, including approving relevant risk limits and policies. The Board has delegated the monitoring of these risks to the Risk Management Committee and the ALCO. The management of liquidity risk, on a long-term and day-to-day basis, is the responsibility of the Corporate Treasury Division. The Corporation’s Corporate Treasurer is responsible for implementing the policies and procedures approved by the Board and for monitoring the Corporation’s liquidity position on an ongoing basis. Also, the Corporate Treasury Division coordinates corporate wide liquidity management strategies and activities with the reportable segments, oversees policy breaches and manages the escalation process. The Financial and Operational Risk Management Division is responsible for the independent monitoring and reporting of adherence with established policies.
An institution’s liquidity may be pressured if, for example, its credit rating is downgraded, it experiences a sudden and unexpected substantial cash outflow, or some other event causes counterparties to avoid exposure to the institution. Factors that the Corporation does not control, such as the economic outlook of its principal markets and regulatory changes, could affect its ability to obtain funding.
Liquidity is managed by the Corporation at the level of the holding companies that own the banking and non-banking subsidiaries. Also, it is managed at the level of the banking and non-banking subsidiaries. The Corporation has adopted policies and limits to monitor more effectively the Corporation’s liquidity position and that of the banking subsidiaries. Additionally, contingency funding plans are used to model various stress events of different magnitudes and affecting different time horizons that assist management in evaluating the size of the liquidity buffers needed if those stress events occur. However, such models may not predict accurately how the market and customers might react to every event, and are dependent on many assumptions.
Deposits, including customer deposits, brokered deposits, and public funds deposits, continue to be the most significant source of funds for the Corporation, funding 73% of the Corporation’s total assets at September 30, 2013 and 74% at December 31, 2012. The ratio of total ending loans to deposits was 93% at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. In addition to traditional deposits, the Corporation maintains borrowing arrangements. At September 30, 2013, these borrowings consisted primarily of federal funds purchased and assets sold under agreement to repurchase of $1.8 billion, advances with the FHLB of $1.4 billion, junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures of $965 million (net of discount of $411 million) and term notes of $693 thousand. A detailed description of the Corporation’s borrowings, including their terms, is included in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements. Also, the consolidated statements of cash flows in the accompanying consolidated financial statements provide information on the Corporation’s cash inflows and outflows.
During the third quarter of 2013, the Corporation’s liquidity position remained strong. The Corporation executed several strategies to deploy excess liquidity at its banking subsidiaries and improve the Corporation’s net interest margin. During the third quarter of 2013, the Corporation prepaid $233.2 million in senior notes at Popular North America, which is expected to result in cost savings and improvements in net interest margin. During this quarter, the Corporation increased its level of advances with the FHLB of NY and lowered its levels of repurchase agreements as part of its funding strategies.
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The following sections provide further information on the Corporation’s major funding activities and needs, as well as the risks involved in these activities. A detailed description of the Corporation’s borrowings and available lines of credit, including its terms, is included in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements. Also, the consolidated statements of cash flows in the accompanying consolidated financial statements provide information on the Corporation’s cash inflows and outflows.
Banking Subsidiaries
Primary sources of funding for the Corporation’s banking subsidiaries (BPPR and BPNA), or “the banking subsidiaries,” include retail and commercial deposits, brokered deposits, collateralized borrowings, unpledged investment securities, and, to a lesser extent, loan sales. In addition, the Corporation maintains borrowing facilities with the FHLB and at the Federal Reserve’s Discount Window, and has a considerable amount of collateral pledged that can be used to quickly raise funds under these facilities.
The principal uses of funds for the banking subsidiaries include loan originations, investment portfolio purchases, loan purchases and repurchases, repayment of outstanding obligations (including deposits), and operational expenses. Also, the banking subsidiaries assume liquidity risk related to collateral posting requirements for certain activities mainly in connection with contractual commitments, recourse provisions, servicing advances, derivatives, credit card licensing agreements and support to several mutual funds administered by BPPR.
Note 35 to the consolidated financial statements provides a consolidating statement of cash flows which includes the Corporation’s banking subsidiaries as part of the “All other subsidiaries and eliminations” column.
The banking subsidiaries maintain sufficient funding capacity to address large increases in funding requirements such as deposit outflows. This capacity is comprised mainly of available liquidity derived from secured funding sources, as well as on-balance sheet liquidity in the form of cash balances maintained at the Fed and unused secured lines held at the Fed and FHLB, in addition to liquid unpledged securities. The Corporation has established liquidity guidelines that require the banking subsidiaries to have sufficient liquidity to cover all short-term borrowings and a portion of deposits.
The Corporation’s ability to compete successfully in the marketplace for deposits depends on various factors, including pricing, service, convenience and financial stability as reflected by capital operating results, credit ratings (by nationally recognized credit rating agencies), and importantly, FDIC deposit insurance. Although a downgrade in the credit ratings of the Corporation’s banking subsidiaries may impact their ability to raise retail and commercial deposits or the rate that it is required to pay on such deposits, management does not believe that the impact should be material. Deposits at all of the Corporation’s banking subsidiaries are federally insured (subject to FDIC limits) and this is expected to mitigate the effect of a potential downgrade in the credit ratings.
Deposits are a key source of funding as they tend to be less volatile than institutional borrowings and their cost is less sensitive to changes in market rates. Refer to Table 19 for a breakdown of deposits by major types. Core deposits are generated from a large base of consumer, corporate and institutional customers. For purposes of defining core deposits, the Corporation excludes brokered deposits with denominations under $100,000. Core deposits have historically provided the Corporation with a sizable source of relatively stable and low-cost funds. Core deposits totaled $21.9 billion, or 83% of total deposits at September 30, 2013 and $21.8 billion, or 81% of total deposits at December 31, 2012. Core deposits financed 70% of the Corporation’s earning assets at September 30, 2013 and 68% at December 31, 2012.
Certificates of deposit with denominations of $100,000 and over at September 30, 2013 totaled $3.0 billion, or 11% of total deposits and $3.2 billion, or 12% at December 31, 2012. Their distribution by maturity at September 30, 2013 was as follows:
Table 30 – Distribution by Maturity of Certificate of Deposits of $100,000 and Over
3 months or less
3 to 6 months
6 to 12 months
Over 12 months
At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, approximately 7% and 8%, respectively, of the Corporation’s assets were financed by brokered deposits. The Corporation had $2.5 billion in brokered deposits at September 30, 2013, compared with $2.8 billion at December 31, 2012. In the event that any of the Corporation’s banking subsidiaries’ regulatory capital ratios fall below those
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required by a well-capitalized institution or are subject to capital restrictions by the regulators, that banking subsidiary faces the risk of not being able to raise or maintain brokered deposits and faces limitations on the rate paid on deposits, which may hinder the Corporation’s ability to effectively compete in its retail markets and could affect its deposit raising efforts.
To the extent that the banking subsidiaries are unable to obtain sufficient liquidity through core deposits, the Corporation may meet its liquidity needs through short-term borrowings by pledging securities for borrowings under repurchase agreements, by pledging additional loans and securities through the available secured lending facilities, or by selling liquid assets. These measures are subject to availability of collateral.
The Corporation’s banking subsidiaries have the ability to borrow funds from the FHLB. At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the banking subsidiaries had credit facilities authorized with the FHLB aggregating to $2.8 billion based on assets pledged with the FHLB at those dates. Outstanding borrowings under these credit facilities totaled $1.4 billion at September 30, 2013 and $1.2 billion at December 31, 2012. Such advances are collateralized by loans held-in-portfolio, do not have restrictive covenants and do not have any callable features. At September 30, 2013 the credit facilities authorized with the FHLB were collateralized by $3.8 billion in loans held-in-portfolio and $3.9 billion at December 31, 2012. Refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the terms of FHLB advances outstanding.
At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Corporation’s borrowing capacity at the Fed’s Discount Window amounted to approximately $3.4 billion and $3.1 billion, respectively, which remained unused as of both dates. This facility is a collateralized source of credit that is highly reliable even under difficult market conditions. The amount available under this borrowing facility is dependent upon the balance of performing loans, securities pledged as collateral and the haircuts assigned to such collateral. At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, this credit facility with the Fed was collateralized by $5.0 billion and $4.7 billion, respectively, in loans held-in-portfolio.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s bank holding companies did not make any capital contributions to BPNA or BPPR.
On July 25, 2011, PIHC and BPPR entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico that requires the approval of these entities prior to the payment of any dividends by BPPR to PIHC. BPNA could not declare any dividends without the approval of the Federal Reserve Board.
At September 30, 2013, management believes that the banking subsidiaries had sufficient current and projected liquidity sources to meet their anticipated cash flow obligations, as well as special needs and off-balance sheet commitments, in the ordinary course of business and have sufficient liquidity resources to address a stress event. Although the banking subsidiaries have historically been able to replace maturing deposits and advances if desired, no assurance can be given that they would be able to replace those funds in the future if the Corporation’s financial condition or general market conditions were to deteriorate. The Corporation’s financial flexibility will be severely constrained if its banking subsidiaries are unable to maintain access to funding or if adequate financing is not available to accommodate future financing needs at acceptable interest rates. The banking subsidiaries also are required to deposit cash or qualifying securities to meet margin requirements. To the extent that the value of securities previously pledged as collateral declines because of market changes, the Corporation will be required to deposit additional cash or securities to meet its margin requirements, thereby adversely affecting its liquidity. Finally, if management is required to rely more heavily on more expensive funding sources to meet its future growth, revenues may not increase proportionately to cover costs. In this case, profitability would be adversely affected.
Westernbank FDIC-assisted Transaction and Impact on Liquidity
BPPR’s liquidity may also be impacted by the loan payment performance and timing of claims made and receipt of reimbursements under the FDIC loss sharing agreements. Please refer to the Legal Proceedings section of Note 21 to the consolidated financial statements and to Part II, Item 1A - Risk factors herein for a description of an ongoing contractual dispute between BPPR and the FDIC which has impacted the timing of the payment of claims under the loss share agreements.
In the short-term, there may be a significant amount of the covered loans acquired in the FDIC-assisted transaction that will experience deterioration in payment performance, or will be determined to have inadequate collateral values to repay the loans. In such instances, the Corporation will likely no longer receive payments from the borrowers, which will impact cash flows. The loss sharing agreements will not fully offset the financial effects of such a situation. However, if a loan is subsequently charged-off or written down after the Corporation exhausts its best efforts at collection, the loss sharing agreements will cover 80% of the loss associated with the covered loans, offsetting most of any deterioration in the performance of the covered loans.
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The effects of the loss sharing agreements on cash flows and operating results in the long-term will be similar to the short-term effects described above. The long-term effects that we may experience will depend primarily on the ability of the borrowers whose loans are covered by the loss sharing agreements to make payments over time. As the loss sharing agreements are in effect for a period of ten years for one-to-four family loans and five years for commercial, construction and consumer loans (with periods commencing on April 30, 2010), changing economic conditions will likely impact the timing of future charge-offs and the resulting reimbursements from the FDIC. Management believes that any recapture of interest income and recognition of cash flows from the borrowers or received from the FDIC on the claims filed may be recognized unevenly over this period, as management exhausts its collection efforts under the Corporation’s normal practices.
Bank Holding Companies
The principal sources of funding for the holding companies include cash on hand, investment securities, dividends received from banking and non-banking subsidiaries (subject to regulatory limits and authorizations) asset sales, credit facilities available from affiliate banking subsidiaries and proceeds from potential securities offerings.
The principal use of these funds include the repayment of debt, and interest payments to holders of senior debt and junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (related to trust preferred securities) and capitalizing its banking subsidiaries. During the third quarter of 2013, Popular North America prepaid $233.2 million in senior notes, incurring $3.4 million in early cancellation payments. As mentioned above, this is expected to result in cost savings and improvements in the Corporation’s net interest margin.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2013 PIHC received cash proceeds of $197 million from the sale of EVERTEC’s shares in connection with their secondary public offering. Also, during the quarter ended June 30, 2013, in connection with EVERTEC’s IPO and repayment of debt, PIHC received cash proceeds of $270 million. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, PIHC received net capital distributions of $131 million from the Corporation’s equity investment in EVERTEC’s parent company, which included $1.4 million in dividend distributions. During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, PIHC received $2.7 million in dividends from EVERTEC’s parent company.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2012, there was a $50 million capital contribution from PIHC to PNA, as part of an internal reorganization.
Another use of liquidity at the parent holding company is the payment of dividends on preferred stock. At the end of 2010, the Corporation resumed paying dividends on its Series A and B preferred stock. The preferred stock dividends amounted to $2.8 million for the third quarter of 2013. The preferred stock dividends paid were financed by issuing new shares of common stock to the participants of the Corporation’s qualified employee savings plans. The Corporation is required to obtain approval from the Fed prior to declaring or paying dividends, incurring, increasing or guaranteeing debt or making any distributions on its trust preferred securities or subordinated debt. The Corporation anticipates that any future preferred stock dividend payments would continue to be financed with the issuance of new common stock in connection with its qualified employee savings plans. The Corporation is not paying dividends to holders of its common stock.
The BHC’s have in the past borrowed in the money markets and in the corporate debt market primarily to finance their non-banking subsidiaries, however, the cash needs of the Corporation’s non-banking subsidiaries other than to repay indebtedness and interest are now minimal. These sources of funding have become more costly due to the reductions in the Corporation’s credit ratings. The Corporation’s principal credit ratings are below “investment grade” which affects the Corporation’s ability to raise funds in the capital markets. The Corporation has an open-ended, automatic shelf registration statement filed and effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which permits the Corporation to issue an unspecified amount of debt or equity securities.
Note 35 to the consolidated financial statements provides a statement of condition, of operations and of cash flows for the three BHC’s. The loans held-in-portfolio in such financial statements are principally associated with intercompany transactions. The investment securities held-to-maturity at the parent holding company, amounting to $185 million at September 30, 2013, consisted of subordinated notes from BPPR.
The outstanding balance of notes payable at the BHC’s amounted to $1.0 billion at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. These borrowings are principally junior subordinated debentures (related to trust preferred securities), including those issued to the U.S. Treasury as part of the TARP, and unsecured senior debt (term notes). The repayment of the BHC’s obligations represents a potential cash need which is expected to be met with a combination of internal liquidity resources stemming mainly from future dividend receipts and new borrowings. Increasing or guaranteeing new debt would be subject to the approval of the Fed.
The contractual maturities of the BHC’s notes payable at September 30, 2013 are presented in Table 31.
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Table 31 – Distribution of BHC’s Notes Payable by Contractual Maturity
Sub-total
As indicated previously, the BHC’s did not issue new registered debt in the capital markets during the quarter ended September 30, 2013.
The BHC’s liquidity position continues to be adequate with sufficient cash on hand, investments and other sources of liquidity which are expected to be enough to meet all BHC’s obligations during the foreseeable future.
Obligations Subject to Rating Triggers or Collateral Requirements
The Corporation’s banking subsidiaries currently do not use borrowings that are rated by the major rating agencies, as these banking subsidiaries are funded primarily with deposits and secured borrowings. The banking subsidiaries had $18 million in deposits at September 30, 2013 that are subject to rating triggers.
Some of the Corporation’s derivative instruments include financial covenants tied to the bank’s well-capitalized status and certain formal regulatory actions. These agreements could require exposure collateralization, early termination or both. The fair value of derivative instruments in a liability position subject to financial covenants approximated $17 million at September 30, 2013, with the Corporation providing collateral totaling $23 million to cover the net liability position with counterparties on these derivative instruments.
In addition, certain mortgage servicing and custodial agreements that BPPR has with third parties include rating covenants. In the event of a credit rating downgrade, the third parties have the right to require the institution to engage a substitute cash custodian for escrow deposits and/or increase collateral levels securing the recourse obligations. Also, as discussed in the Guarantees section of this MD&A, the Corporation services residential mortgage loans subject to credit recourse provisions. Certain contractual agreements require the Corporation to post collateral to secure such recourse obligations if the institution’s required credit ratings are not maintained. Collateral pledged by the Corporation to secure recourse obligations amounted to approximately $130 million at September 30, 2013. The Corporation could be required to post additional collateral under the agreements. Management expects that it would be able to meet additional collateral requirements if and when needed. The requirements to post collateral under certain agreements or the loss of escrow deposits could reduce the Corporation’s liquidity resources and impact its operating results.
CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT AND LOAN QUALITY
Non-Performing Assets
Non-performing assets include primarily past-due loans that are no longer accruing interest, renegotiated loans, and real estate property acquired through foreclosure. A summary, including certain credit quality metrics, is presented in Table 32.
The Corporation’s non-accruing and charge-off policies by major categories of loan portfolios are as follows:
Commercial and construction loans - recognition of interest income on commercial and construction loans is discontinued when the loans are 90 days or more in arrears on payments of principal or interest or when other factors indicate that the collection of principal and interest is doubtful. The impaired portions of secured loans past due as to principal and interest is charged-off not later than 365 days past due. However, in the case of collateral dependent loans individually evaluated for impairment, the excess of the recorded investment over the fair value of the collateral (portion deemed uncollectible) is
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generally promptly charged-off, but in any event, not later than the quarter following the quarter in which such excess was first recognized. Commercial unsecured loans are charged-off no later than 180 days past due. Overdrafts are generally charged-off no later than 60 days past their due date.
Because of the application of ASC Subtopic 310-30 to the Westernbank acquired loans and the loss protection provided by the FDIC which limits the risks on the covered loans, the Corporation has determined to provide certain quality metrics in this MD&A that exclude such covered loans to facilitate the comparison between loan portfolios and across periods. Given the significant amount of covered loans that are past due but still accruing due to the accounting under ASC Subtopic 310-30, the Corporation believes the inclusion of these loans in certain asset quality ratios in the numerator or denominator (or both) would result in a significant distortion to these ratios. In addition, because charge-offs related to the acquired loans are recorded against the non-accretable balance, the net charge-off ratio including the acquired loans is lower for portfolios that have significant amounts of covered loans. The inclusion of these loans in the asset quality ratios could result in a lack of comparability across periods, and could negatively impact comparability with other portfolios that were not impacted by acquisition accounting. The Corporation believes that the presentation of asset quality measures, excluding covered loans and related amounts from both the numerator and denominator, provides a better perspective into underlying trends related to the quality of its loan portfolio.
Total non-performing non-covered assets of $755 million at September 30, 2013 declined by $1.0 billion, or 58%, compared with December 31, 2012. Non-covered non-performing loans held-in-portfolio stand at $618 million, declining by $808 million, or 57%, from December 31, 2012. The ratio of non-performing loans to loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, decreased from 6.79% at December 31, 2012 to 2.88% at September 30, 2013, same level since the first quarter of 2008. These reductions mainly reflect the impact of the bulk sale of assets of $509 million and $435 million during the first and second quarter of 2013, respectively, coupled with continued disposition of foreclosed properties.
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The composition of non-performing loans continues to be concentrated in real estate, as 88% of non-performing loans were secured by real estate as of September 30, 2013. At September 30, 2013, non-performing loans secured by real estate held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, amounted to $381 million in the BPPR segment and $164 million in the BPNA segment. These figures compare to $1.1 billion in the BPPR segment and $208 million in the BPNA segment at December 31, 2012. In addition to the non-performing loans included in Table 32, at September 30, 2013, there were $112 million of non-covered performing loans, mostly commercial loans that in management’s opinion, are currently subject to potential future classification as non-performing and are considered impaired, compared with $96 million at December 31, 2012.
Table 32 – Non-Performing Assets
Total non-performing loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans
Non-performing loans held-for-sale[2]
Other real estate owned (“OREO”), excluding covered OREO
Total non-performing assets, excluding covered assets
Covered loans and OREO[3]
Total non-performing assets
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more[5][6]
Ratios excluding covered loans:[7]
Non-performing loans held-in-portfolio to loans held-in-portfolio
Allowance for loan losses to loans held-in-portfolio
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans, excluding held-for-sale
Ratios including covered loans:
Non-performing assets to total assets
HIP = “held-in-portfolio”
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Refer to Table 33 for a summary of the activity in the allowance for loan losses and selected loan losses statistics for the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 33 – Allowance for Loan Losses and Selected Loan Losses Statistics – Quarterly Activity
Charged-offs:
Recoveries:
Net loans charged-offs (recovered):
Net write-downs
Annualized net charge-offs to average loans held-in-portfolio
Provision for loan losses to net charge-offs
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Refer to Table 34 for a summary of the activity in the allowance for loan losses and selected loan losses statistics for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 34 – Allowance for Loan Losses and Selected Loan Losses Statistics – Year-to-date Activity
Net loans charged-off (recovered):
Net write-downs[3]
Annualized net charge-offs to average loans held-in-portfolio[2]
Provision for loan losses to net charge-offs[2]
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Refer to the “Allowance for Loan Losses” subsection in this MD&A for tables detailing the composition of the allowance for loan losses between general and specific reserves, and for qualitative information on the main factors driving the variances.
The following table presents annualized net charge-offs to average loans held-in-portfolio (“HIP”) for the non-covered portfolio by loan category for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 35 – Annualized Net Charge-offs (Recoveries) to Average Loans Held-in-Portfolio (Non-Covered loans)
Commercial[1]
Construction[1]
Mortgage[1]
Total annualized net charge-offs to average loans held-in-portfolio
Note: Average loans held-in-portfolio excludes covered loans acquired in the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction which were recorded at fair value on date of acquisition, and thus, considered a credit discount component.
The Corporation’s annualized net charge-offs to average non-covered loans held-in-portfolio ratio decreased 79 basis points, from 1.87% for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 to 1.08% for the same period in 2013, lowest level since the third quarter of 2007. Net charge-offs were $57.9 million, compared with $95.8 million for the same quarter in 2012. The decline of $37.9 million was driven by improvements in the credit performance of the loan portfolios.
While continuing to operate in a challenging economic environment, overall asset quality continued to improve during the third quarter of 2013, as non-performing assets and net charge-offs were at their lowest in over five years. This steady progress is reflective of the Corporation’s efforts to reduce its high risk assets and improve the risk profile of its portfolios.
The discussions in the sections that follow assess credit quality performance for the third quarter of 2013 for each of the Corporation’s non-covered loan portfolios.
Commercial loans
Non-covered non-performing commercial loans held-in-portfolio were $316 million at September 30, 2013, compared with $665 million at December 31, 2012. The decrease of $349 million, or 52%, was principally attributed to reductions related to the non-performing bulk sale in the BPPR segment during the first quarter of 2013. The percentage of non-performing commercial loans held-in-portfolio to commercial loans held-in-portfolio decreased from 6.75% at December 31, 2012 to 3.21% at September 30, 2013.
Commercial non-covered non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPPR segment decreased by $318 million from December 31, 2012, mainly driven by the impact of the bulk sale of non-performing commercial loans with book value of approximately $329 million. Excluding the impact of the sale, commercial non-covered non-performing loans increased by $11 million, mainly related to two significant relationships placed in non-performing status during the second quarter of 2013. Commercial non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPNA segment decreased by $31 million from December 31, 2012, reflective of improved credit performance and resolution of non-performing loans.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, inflows of commercial non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPPR segment amounted to $40 million, a decrease of $56 million, or 58%, when compared to inflows for the same period in 2012. Inflows of commercial non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPNA segment amounted to $18 million, a decrease of $15 million, or 45%, compared to inflows for 2012. These reductions were driven by improvements in the underlying quality of the loan portfolio and proactive portfolio management processes.
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Tables 36 and 37 present the changes in the non-performing commercial loans held-in-portfolio for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 for the BPPR (excluding covered loans) and the BPNA segments.
Table 36 – Activity in Non-Performing Commercial Loans Held-in-Portfolio (Excluding Covered Loans)
Plus:
New non-performing loans
Advances on existing non-performing loans
Loans transferred from held-for-sale
Less:
Non-performing loans transferred to OREO
Non-performing loans charged-off
Loans returned to accrual status / loan collections
Loans transferred to held-for-sale
Non-performing loans sold[1]
Ending balance NPLs
Table 37 – Activity in Non-Performing Commercial Loans Held-in-Portfolio (Excluding Covered Loans)
Table 38 – Non-Performing Commercial Loans and Net Charge-offs (Excluding Covered Loans)
Non-performing commercial loans
Non-performing commercial loans to commercial loans HIP
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Commercial loan net charge-offs
Commercial loan net charge-offs (annualized) to average commercial loans HIP
Commercial loan net charge-offs[1]
Commercial loan net charge-offs (annualized) to average commercial loans HIP[1]
There was one commercial loan relationship greater than $10 million in non-accrual status with an outstanding aggregate balance of $14 million at September 30, 2013, compared with two commercial loan relationships with an outstanding aggregate balance of $24 million at December 31, 2012.
Commercial loan net charge-offs, excluding net charge-offs for covered loans, decreased by $25.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. Commercial loans annualized net charge-offs to average non-covered loans held-in-portfolio decreased from 1.95% for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 to 0.84% for the same period in 2013.
Net charge-offs at the BPPR segment were $16.1 million, or 1.03% of average non-covered loans held-in-portfolio on an annualized basis, decreasing by $20.9 million from the third quarter of 2012. Net charge-offs at the BPNA segment were $4.5 million, or 0.51% of average non-covered loans held-in-portfolio on an annualized basis, decreasing by $5.1 million from the third quarter of 2012. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the charge-offs associated with commercial loans individually evaluated for impairment amounted to approximately $8.9 million in the BPPR segment and $1.3 million in the BPNA segment. Management identified commercial loans considered impaired and charged-off specific reserves based on the value of the collateral.
The allowance for loan losses of the commercial loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, amounted to $157 million, or 1.60% of that portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $298 million, or 3.02%, at December 31, 2012. The ratio of the allowance to non-performing loans held-in-portfolio in the commercial loan category increased to 49.78% at September 30, 2013, from 44.74% at December 31, 2012, mostly driven by the combined effect of the reductions to the allowance for loan losses and non-performing loans during the period.
The allowance for loan losses for the commercial loan portfolio in the BPPR segment, excluding the allowance for covered loans, totaled $103 million, or 1.65% of non-covered commercial loans held-in-portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $218 million, or 3.46%, at December 31, 2012. At the BPNA segment, the allowance for loan losses of the commercial loan portfolio totaled $54 million, or 1.50% of commercial loans held-in-portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $80 million or 2.25% at December 31, 2012. The decrease in the allowance for loan losses for the commercial loans held-in-portfolio derives mainly from improvements in credit quality and the effect of the enhancements to the allowance for loan losses methodology.
The Corporation’s commercial loan portfolio secured by real estate (“CRE”), excluding covered loans, amounted to $6.4 billion at September 30, 2013, of which $2.4 billion was secured with owner occupied properties, compared with $6.5 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2012. CRE non-performing loans, excluding covered loans, amounted to $260 million at September 30, 2013, compared with $528 million at December 31, 2012. The CRE non-performing loan ratios for the BPPR and BPNA segments were 4.33% and 3.78%, respectively, at September 30, 2013, compared with 11.13% and 4.73%, respectively, at December 31, 2012.
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Commercial and industrial loans held-in-portfolio modified in a TDR often involve temporary interest-only payments, term extensions, and converting evergreen revolving lines of credit to long-term loans. Commercial real estate loans held-in-portfolio modified in a TDR often involve reducing the interest rate for a limited period of time or for the remaining term of the loan, extending the maturity date at an interest rate lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk, or reductions in the payment plan. In addition, in order to expedite the resolution of delinquent commercial loans, the Corporation may enter into a liquidation agreement with borrowers. Although in general, these liquidation agreements do not contemplate the forgiveness of principal or interest, loans under this program are considered TDRs since it could be construed that the Corporation has granted concession by temporarily accepting a payment schedule different from the contractual payment schedule. At September 30, 2013, commercial loans TDRs, excluding covered loans, for the BPPR and BPNA segments amounted to $171 million and $18 million, respectively, of which $59 million and $18 million were in non-performing status. This compares with $297 million and $16 million, respectively, of which $192 million and $16 million were in non-performing status at December 31, 2012. The outstanding commitments for these commercial loan TDRs amounted to $5 million in the BPPR segment and no commitments outstanding in the BPNA segment at September 30, 2013. Commercial loans that have been modified as part of loss mitigation efforts were individually evaluated for impairment, resulting in a specific reserve of $22 million for the BPPR segment and none for the BPNA segment at September 30, 2013, compared with $17 million and $12 thousand, respectively, at December 31, 2012.
Construction loans
Non-covered non-performing construction loans held-in-portfolio were $29 million at September 30, 2013, compared to $43 million at December 31, 2012. The decrease of $14 million, or approximately 33%, was mainly due to the resolution of a significant borrower in the BPPR segment. Stable credit trends in the construction portfolio are the result of de-risking strategies executed by the Corporation over the past several years to downsize its construction loan portfolio. The ratio of non-performing construction loans to construction loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, decreased from 17.14% at December 31, 2012 to 9.82% at September 30, 2013.
Tables 39 and 40 present changes in non-performing construction loans held-in-portfolio for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 for the BPPR (excluding covered loans) and the BPNA segments.
Table 39 – Activity in Non-Performing Construction Loans Held-in-Portfolio (Excluding Covered Loans)
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Table 40 – Activity in Non-Performing Construction Loans Held-in-Portfolio (Excluding Covered Loans)
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, inflows of construction non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPPR segment amounted to $2 million, decreasing by $2 million, or 49%, when compared to inflows for the same period in 2012. There were no additions of new construction non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPNA segments, decreasing by $136 thousand when compared to September 30, 2012. This declining trend is the result of the Corporation’s efforts to significantly reduce its construction loan exposure.
There were no construction loan relationships greater than $10 million in non-accrual status at September 30, 2013, compared to one construction loan relationship with an aggregate outstanding balance of approximately $11 million at December 31, 2012.
Construction loan net charge-offs, excluding covered loans, for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, decreased by $4.4 million when compared with the quarter ended September 30, 2012, mainly related to net recoveries of $4.9 million in the BPPR segment. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, there were no charge-offs associated with construction loans individually evaluated for impairment in the BPPR and BPNA segments. Management identified construction loans considered impaired and charged-off specific reserves based on the value of the collateral.
The allowance for loan losses of the construction loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, amounted to $10 million, or 3.28% of that portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $7 million, or 2.94%, at December 31, 2012. The ratio of the allowance to non-performing loans held-in-portfolio in the construction loans category was 33.42% at September 30, 2013, compared with 17.14% at December 31, 2012.
Table 41 provides information on construction non-performing loans and net charge-offs for the BPPR (excluding the covered loan portfolio) and the BPNA segments.
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Table 41 – Non-Performing Construction Loans and Net Charge-offs (Excluding Covered Loans)
Non-performing construction loans
Non-performing construction loans to construction loans HIP
Construction loan net charge-offs (recoveries)
Construction loan net charge-offs (recoveries) (annualized) to average construction loans HIP
Construction loan net charge-offs (recoveries)[1]
Construction loan net charge-offs (recoveries) (annualized) to average construction loans HIP[1]
The allowance for loan losses corresponding to the construction loan portfolio for the BPPR segment, excluding the allowance for covered loans, totaled $9 million, or 3.69% of non-covered construction loans held-in-portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $6 million, or 2.76%, at December 31, 2012. The increase was in part associated with a loan individually evaluated for impairment. At the BPNA segment, the allowance for loan losses of the construction loan portfolio totaled $314 thousand, or 0.76% of construction loans held-in-portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $2 million, or 3.86%, at December 31, 2012.
Construction loans held-in-portfolio modified in a TDR often involve reducing the interest rate for a limited period of time or the remaining term of the loan, extending the maturity date at an interest rate lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk, or reductions in the payments plan. Construction loans modified in a TDR may also involve extending the interest-only payment period. At September 30, 2013, there were $6 million of construction loan TDRs for the BPPR and BPNA segments, which were in non-performing status, compared with $7 million and $6 million, respectively, which were in non-performing status at December 31, 2012. There were no outstanding commitments to lend additional funds to debtors owing loans whose terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings in both the BPPR segment and the BPNA segments at September 30, 2013. These construction loan TDRs were individually evaluated for impairment resulting in a specific reserves of $588 thousand for the BPPR segment and none for the BPNA segment at September 30, 2013. At December 31, 2012, there were no specific reserves for the BPPR and BPNA segments.
Legacy loans
The legacy portfolio is comprised of commercial loans, construction loans and lease financings related to certain lending products exited by the Corporation as part of restructuring efforts carried out in prior years at the BPNA segment.
Legacy non-performing loans held-in-portfolio were $24 million at September 30, 2013, compared with $41 million at December 31, 2012. The decrease of $17 million, or approximately 41%, was primarily driven by lower inflows to non-performing loans and loan resolutions. The percentage of non-performing legacy loans held-in-portfolio to legacy loans held-in-portfolio decreased from 10.60% at December 31, 2012 to 10.27% at September 30, 2013.
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For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, additions to legacy loans in non-performing status amounted to $3 million, a decrease of $6 million, or 64%, compared with the same quarter in 2012. The decrease in the inflows of non-performing legacy loans reflects improvements in the overall loan credit performance and greater economic stability.
Tables 42 and 43 present the changes in non-performing legacy loans held in-portfolio for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 42 – Activity in Non-Performing Legacy Loans Held-in-Portfolio
Table 43 – Activity in Non-Performing Legacy Loans Held-in-Portfolio
There were no legacy loan relationships greater than $10 million in non-accrual status at September 30, 2013 and at December 31, 2012.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, legacy net charge-offs decreased by $1.6 million when compared with the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Net charge-off stability reflects lower level of problem loan and the continued run-off of the portfolio. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the charge-offs associated with collateral dependent legacy loans amounted to approximately $390 thousand.
The allowance for loan losses for the legacy loans held-in-portfolio amounted to $17 million, or 7.09% of that portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $33 million, or 8.62%, at December 31, 2012. The decrease in the allowance for loan losses stems from sustained improvements in credit quality and economic trends, and the effect of the enhancements to the allowance for loan losses methodology. The ratio of allowance to non-performing loans held-in portfolio in the legacy loan category was 68.97% at September 30, 2013, compared with 81.25% at December 31, 2012.
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Legacy loans held-in-portfolio modified in a TDR often involve reducing the interest rate for a limited period of time or the remaining term of the loan, extending the maturity date at an interest rate lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk, reductions in the payment plan or other actions intended to maximize collection. At September 30, 2013, the Corporation’s legacy loans held-in-portfolio included a total of $4 million of loan modifications, compared to $6 million at December 31, 2012. These loans were in non-performing status at such dates. There were no commitments outstanding for these legacy loan TDRs at September 30, 2013. The legacy loan TDRs were evaluated for impairment requiring no specific reserves at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Table 44 provides information on legacy non-performing loans and net charge-offs.
Table 44 – Non-Performing Legacy Loans and Net Charge-offs
Non-performing legacy loans
Non-performing legacy loans to legacy loans HIP
Legacy loan net charge-offs
Legacy loan net charge-offs (annualized) to average legacy loans HIP
Mortgage loans
Non-covered non-performing mortgage loans held-in-portfolio were $203 million at September 30, 2013, compared to $630 million at December 31, 2012. The decrease of $427 million was driven by reductions of $418 million and $9 million in the BPPR and BPNA segments, respectively. The decrease in the BPPR segment was principally due to the impact of the bulk loan sale with a book value of approximately $435 million. Excluding the impact of the sale, mortgage non-covered non-performing loans increased by $17 million. Although mortgage non-performing loan inflows continued decreasing, low NPL balances resulting from the bulk sale completed during the second quarter of 2013 have led to reduced level of outflows.
Tables 45 and 46 present changes in non-performing mortgage loans held-in-portfolio for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
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Table 45 – Activity in Non-Performing Mortgage Loans Held-in-Portfolio (Excluding Covered Loans)
Table 46 – Activity in Non-Performing Mortgage loans Held-in-Portfolio (Excluding Covered Loans)
Table 47 provides information on non-performing mortgage loans and net charge-offs for the BPPR, excluding covered loans portfolio, and the BPNA segments.
Table 47 – Non-Performing Mortgage Loans and Net Charge-offs (Excluding Covered Loans)
Non-performing mortgage loans
Non-performing mortgage loans to mortgage loans HIP
Mortgage loan net charge-offs
Mortgage loan net charge-offs (annualized) to average mortgage loans HIP
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Mortgage loan net charge-offs[1]
Mortgage loan net charge-offs (annualized) to average mortgage loans HIP[1]
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, inflows of mortgage non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPPR segment amounted to $94 million, a decrease of $63 million, or 40%, when compared to inflows for the same period in 2012. Inflows of mortgage non-performing loans held-in-portfolio at the BPNA segment amounted to $5 million, a decrease of $4 million, or 44%, compared to inflows for 2012. Inflows are at the lowest level in over four years.
Mortgage loan net charge-offs, excluding covered loans, decreased by $3.2 million, for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with the same period in 2012. Mortgage loan net charge-offs to average mortgage non-covered loans held-in-portfolio decreased from 1.11% for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 to 0.78% for the same period in 2013.
Net charge-offs at the BPPR segment, were $11.4 million or 0.87% of average non-covered loans held-in-portfolio on an annualized basis, decreasing by $1.0 million from the third quarter of 2012. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, charge-offs associated with mortgage loans individually evaluated for impairment amounted to $2.8 million in the BPPR segment.
Mortgage loans net charge-offs at the BPNA segment amounted to $1.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $2.2 million when compared to the same period in 2012. Mortgage loan net charge-offs to average mortgage non-covered loans held-in-portfolio decreased from 1.33% for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 to 0.41% for the same period in 2013. The net charge-offs for BPNA’s non-conventional mortgage loan portfolio amounted to approximately $1.4 million, or 1.28% of average non-conventional mortgage loans held-in-portfolio for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with $2.5 million, or 2.11% of average loans for the same period last year. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, charge-offs associated with mortgage loans individually evaluated for impairment amounted to $0.2 million in the BPNA segment.
The allowance for loan losses for mortgage loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, amounted to $162 million, or 2.45% of that portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $149 million, or 2.46%, at December 31, 2012. The allowance for loan losses corresponding to the mortgage loan portfolio for the BPPR segment totaled $132 million, or 2.47% of mortgage loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, at September 30, 2013, compared with $119 million, or 2.41%, respectively, at December 31, 2012. The increase in the allowance was principally driven by the enhancements to the allowance for loan losses methodology as a result of the recalibration of the environmental factors adjustment, offset by a reserve release of $30 million related to the mortgage NPL sale. At the BPNA segment, the allowance for loan losses corresponding to the mortgage loan portfolio totaled $30 million, or 2.35% of mortgage loans held-in-portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $30 million, or 2.69%, at December 31, 2012. The allowance for loan losses for BPNA’s non-conventional mortgage loan portfolio amounted to $26 million, or 6.02% of that particular loan portfolio, compared with $25 million, or 5.60%, respectively, at December 31, 2012. The Corporation is no longer originating non-conventional mortgage loans at BPNA.
Residential mortgage loans modified in a TDR are primarily comprised of loans where monthly payments are lowered to accommodate the borrowers’ financial needs for a period of time, normally five years. After the lowered monthly payment period ends, the borrower reverts back to paying principal and interest per the original terms with the maturity date adjusted accordingly. At September 30, 2013, the mortgage loan TDRs for the BPPR and BPNA segments amounted to $530 million (including $217 million guaranteed by U.S. sponsored entities) and $53 million, respectively, of which $65 million and $9 million, were in non-performing status. This compares to $624 million (including $148 million guaranteed by U.S. sponsored entities) and $54 million, respectively, of which $263 million and $10 million, were in non-performing status at December 31, 2012. These mortgage loan TDRs were evaluated for impairment resulting in a specific allowance for loan losses of $36 million and $18 million for the BPPR and BPNA segments, respectively, at September 30, 2013, compared to $59 million and $16 million, respectively, at December 31, 2012.
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Consumer loans
Consumer non-covered non-performing loans held-in-portfolio remained stable from December 31, 2013 to September 30, 2013, increasing slightly by $863 thousand. Additions to consumer non-performing loans amounted to $22 million in the BPPR segment for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with additions of $27 million in the third quarter of 2012.The additions to consumer non-performing loans in the BPNA segment amounted to $6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with additions of $10 million in the third quarter of 2012.
Consumer loan net charge-offs, excluding covered loans, decreased by $2.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 when compared with the same period in 2012, mainly driven by reductions of $2.6 million in the BPNA segment, led by improved credit quality of the portfolios. Consumer loan net charge-offs to average consumer non-covered loans held-in-portfolio decreased from 3.06% for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 to 2.72% for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.
The allowance for loan losses for the consumer portfolio, excluding covered loans, amounted to $170 million, or 4.36% of that portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared to $131 million, or 3.39%, at December 31, 2012. The allowance for loan losses of the non-covered consumer loan portfolio in the BPPR segment totaled $144 million, or 4.40% of that portfolio at September 30, 2013, compared with $100 million, or 3.09%, at December 31, 2012. The increase in the allowance for loan losses at the BPPR segment was principally due to an increase of $31 million and $14 million in the general and specific reserves, respectively, mainly arising from the enhancement to the allowance for loan losses methodology during the second quarter of 2013 and refinements of certain assumptions in the expected future cash flow analysis of the consumer troubled debt restructures. At the BPNA segment, the allowance for loan losses of the consumer loan portfolio totaled $26 million, or 4.14% of consumer loans at September 30, 2013, compared with $31 million, or 4.94%, at December 31, 2012.
At September 30, 2013, the consumer loan TDRs for the BPPR and BPNA segments amounted to $127 million and $2 million, respectively, of which $10 million and $599 thousand, respectively, were in non-performing status, compared with $132 million and $3 million, respectively, of which $8 million and $643 thousand, respectively, were in non-performing status at December 31, 2012. These consumer loan TDRs were evaluated for impairment resulting in a specific allowance for loan losses of $31 million and $324 thousand for the BPPR and BPNA segments, respectively, at September 30, 2013, compared with $18 million and $107 thousand, respectively, at December 31, 2012.
Table 48 provides information on consumer non-performing loans and net charge-offs by segments.
Table 48 – Non-Performing Consumer Loans and Net Charge-offs (Excluding Covered Loans)
Non-performing consumer loans
Non-performing consumer loans to consumer loans HIP
Consumer loan net charge-offs
Consumer loan net charge-offs (annualized) to average consumer loans HIP
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Combined net charge-offs for E-LOAN’s home equity lines of credit and closed-end second mortgages amounted to approximately $2.5 million or 3.54% of those particular average loan portfolios for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared with $4.6 million, or 5.56%, for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. With the downsizing of E-LOAN, this subsidiary ceased originating these types of loans in 2008. Home equity lending includes both home equity loans and lines of credit. This type of lending is secured by a first or second mortgage on the borrower’s residence, allow customers to borrow against the equity in their home. Real estate market values at the time the loan or line is granted directly affect the amount of credit extended and, in addition, changes in these values impact the severity of losses. E-LOAN’s portfolio of home equity lines of credit and closed-end second mortgages outstanding at September 30, 2013 totaled $270 million with a related allowance for loan losses of $12 million, representing 4.33% of that particular portfolio. E-LOAN’s portfolio of home equity lines of credit and closed-end second mortgages outstanding at December 31, 2012 totaled $312 million with a related allowance for loan losses of $17 million, representing 5.47% of that particular portfolio. At September 30, 2013, home equity lines of credit and closed-end second mortgages in which E-LOAN holds both the first and second lien amounted to $47 thousand and $289 thousand, respectively, representing 0.01% and 0.05%, respectively, of the consumer loan portfolio of the BPNA segment. At September 30, 2013, 47% are paying the minimum amount due on the home equity lines of credit. At September 30, 2013, all closed-end second mortgages in which E-LOAN holds the first lien mortgage were in performing status.
Troubled debt restructurings
The following tables present the covered and non-covered loans classified as TDRs according to their accruing status at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Table 49 – TDRs Non-Covered Loans
Table 50 – TDRs Non-Covered Loans
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Table 51 – TDRs Covered Loans
Table 52 – TDRs Covered Loans
The Corporation’s TDR loans totaled $921 million at September 30, 2013, a decrease of $230 million, or 20%, from December 31, 2012, mainly due to reductions of $125 million, or 40%, and $95 million or 14%, in the commercial and mortgage portfolios, respectively, primarily related to the bulk loan sales at the BPPR segment during the first half of the year. TDRs in accruing status increased by $99 million from December 31, 2012, due to sustained borrower performance.
Refer to Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on modifications considered troubled debt restructurings, including certain qualitative and quantitative data about troubled debt restructurings.
Other real estate
Other real estate represents real estate property acquired through foreclosure, part of the Corporation’s continuous efforts to aggressively resolve non-performing loans. Other real estate not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC decreased by $131 million from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013, mainly driven by decreases of $114 million and $17 million in the BPPR and BPNA segments, respectively.
Other real estate covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC, comprised principally of repossessed commercial real estate properties, amounted to $160 million at September 30, 2013, compared with $139 million at December 31, 2012. The increase was principally from repossessed commercial real estate properties. Generally, 80% of the write-downs taken on these properties based on appraisals or losses on the sale are covered under the loss sharing agreements.
During the nine months period ended September 30, 2013, the Corporation transferred $192 million of loans to other real estate, sold $266 million of foreclosed properties and recorded write-downs and other adjustments of approximately $36 million.
Updated appraisals or third-party opinions of value (“BPOs”) are obtained to adjust the values of the other real estate assets. Commencing in 2011, the appraisal for a commercial or construction other real estate property with a book value greater than $1 million is updated annually and if lower than $1 million it is updated at least every two years. For residential other real estate property, the Corporation requests third-party BPOs or appraisals generally on an annual basis. Appraisals may be adjusted due to age, collateral inspections and property profiles or due to general market conditions. The adjustments applied are based upon internal information like other appraisals for the type of properties and loss severity information that can provide historical trends in the real estate market, and may change from time to time based on market conditions.
For commercial and construction other real estate properties at the BPPR segment, depending on the type of property and/or the age of the appraisal, downward adjustments currently may range between 5% to 40%, including estimated cost to sell. For commercial and construction properties at the BPNA segment, the most typically applied collateral discount rate currently ranges from 10% to 50%, including cost to sell. This discount was determined based on a study of other real estate owned and loan sale transactions during the past two years, comparing net proceeds received by the lender relative to the most recent appraised value of the properties. However, additional haircuts can be applied depending upon the age of appraisal, the region and the condition of the property or project.
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In the case of the BPPR segment, during the third quarter of 2013, appraisals of residential properties were subject to downward adjustments of up to approximately 15%, including cost to sell of 5%. In the case of the BPNA segment residential properties, the downward adjustment approximated up to 30%, including cost to sell of 10%.
Allowance for Loan Losses
Non-Covered Loan Portfolio
The allowance for loan losses, which represents management’s estimate of credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio, is maintained at a sufficient level to provide for estimated credit losses on individually evaluated loans as well as estimated credit losses inherent in the remainder of the loan portfolio. The Corporation’s management evaluates the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses on a quarterly basis. In this evaluation, management considers current economic conditions and the resulting impact on Popular Inc.’s loan portfolio, the composition of the portfolio by loan type and risk characteristics, historical loss experience, results of periodic credit reviews of individual loans, regulatory requirements and loan impairment measurement, among other factors.
The Corporation must rely on estimates and exercise judgment regarding matters where the ultimate outcome is unknown, such as economic developments affecting specific customers, industries or markets. Other factors that can affect management’s estimates are the years of historical data when estimating losses, changes in underwriting standards, financial accounting standards and loan impairment measurements, among others. Changes in the financial condition of individual borrowers, in economic conditions, in historical loss experience and in the condition of the various markets in which collateral may be sold may all affect the required level of the allowance for loan losses. Consequently, the business financial condition, liquidity, capital and results of operations could also be affected.
The Corporation’s assessment of the allowance for loan losses is determined in accordance with accounting guidance, specifically guidance of loss contingencies in ASC Subtopic 450-20 and loan impairment guidance in ASC Section 310-10-35. Decreases in expected cash flows after the acquisition date for loans (pools) accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are recognized by recording an allowance for loan losses in the current period. For purposes of loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 and new loans originated as a result of loan commitments assumed, the Corporation’s assessment of the allowance for loan losses is determined in accordance with the accounting guidance of loss contingencies in ASC Subtopic 450-20 (general reserve for inherent losses) and loan impairment guidance in ASC Section 310-10-35 for loans individually evaluated for impairment. As explained in the Critical Accounting Policies / Estimates section of this MD&A, during the second quarter of 2013, the Corporation enhanced the estimation process for evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for loan losses for the Corporation’s commercial and construction loan portfolios by (i) incorporating risk ratings to the commercial, construction and legacy loan segmentation, and (ii) updating and enhancing the framework utilized to quantify and establish environmental factors adjustments.
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The following tables set forth information concerning the composition of the Corporation’s allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 by loan category and by whether the allowance and related provisions were calculated individually pursuant to the requirements for specific impairment or through a general valuation allowance.
Table 53 – Composition of ALLL
Impaired loans[1]
Specific ALLL to impaired loans[1]
Loans held-in-portfolio, excluding impaired loans[1]
General ALLL to loans held-in-portfolio, excluding impaired loans[1]
Total non-covered loans held-in-portfolio[1]
ALLL to loans held-in-portfolio[1]
Table 54 – Composition of ALLL
At September 30, 2013, the allowance for loan losses, excluding covered loans, decreased by approximately $96 million from December 31, 2012. The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to loans held-in-portfolio, excluding covered loans, stood at 2.46% as of September 30, 2013, compared with 2.96% as of December 31, 2012. The general and specific reserves related to non-covered
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loans totaled $418 million and $108 million, respectively, at quarter-end, compared with $511 million and $111 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2012. The reduction in the allowance for loan losses was primarily due to the combined effect of the release related to the non-performing loans bulk sales, continued improvements in credit quality, offset by the enhancements to the allowance for loan losses methodology.
At September 30, 2013, the allowance for loan losses for non-covered loans at the BPPR segment totaled $399 million, or 2.55% of non-covered loans held-in-portfolio, compared with $445 million, or 2.92% of non-covered loans held-in-portfolio at December 31, 2012. Excluding the reserve release of $30.3 million related to the bulk sale, the decrease in the allowance mainly reflects the net effect of positive credit quality trends, offset by a $22.6 million increase arising from the enhancements to the allowance for loan losses methodology.
For the period ended September 30, 2013, 12% of the ALLL for our BPPR non-covered loan portfolios utilized the recent loss trend adjustment instead of the base loss. The effect of replacing the base loss with the recent loss trend adjustment was mainly concentrated in the commercial multi-family, leasing, and auto loan portfolios. For the period ended December 31, 2012, 32% of the ALLL for our BPPR non-covered loan portfolios utilized the recent loss trend adjustment instead of the base loss. The effect of replacing the base loss with the recent loss trend adjustment was mainly concentrated in the commercial multi-family, commercial and industrial, construction, credit cards, and personal loan portfolios.
The allowance for loan losses at the BPNA segment totaled $127 million, or 2.20% of loans held-in-portfolio, compared with $176 million, or 3.07% of loans held-in-portfolio at December 31, 2012. The decline in the allowance for loan losses reflects the sustained improvement in the overall quality of the loan portfolios, and the favorable effect from the enhancements in the allowance for loan losses methodology during the second quarter of 2013.
For the period ended September 30, 2013, 23% of the ALLL for our BPNA loan portfolios utilized the recent loss trend adjustment instead of the base loss. The effect of replacing the base loss with the recent loss trend adjustment was mainly concentrated in the commercial multi-family, commercial real estate non-owner occupied, commercial and industrial, and legacy loan portfolios. For the period ended December 31, 2012, 8% of the ALLL for our BPNA loan portfolios utilized the recent loss trend adjustment instead of the base loss. The effect of replacing the base loss with the recent loss trend adjustment was mainly concentrated in the construction and legacy loan portfolios.
The following table presents the Corporation’s recorded investment in loans, excluding covered loans, that were considered impaired and the related valuation allowance at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
Table 55 – Impaired Loans (Non-Covered Loans) and the Related Valuation Allowance
Impaired loans:
No valuation allowance required
Total impaired loans
With respect to the $288 million portfolio of impaired loans for which no allowance for loan losses was required at September 30, 2013, management followed the guidance for specific impairment of a loan. When a loan is impaired, the measurement of the impairment may be based on: (1) the present value of the expected future cash flows of the impaired loan discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate; (2) the observable market price of the impaired loan; or (3) the fair value of the collateral, if the loan is collateral dependent. A loan is collateral dependent if the repayment of the loan is expected to be provided solely by the underlying collateral. Impaired loans with no valuation allowance were mostly collateral dependent loans for which management charged-off specific reserves based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated costs to sell.
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Average impaired loans, excluding covered loans, during the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 were $958 million and $1.4 billion, respectively. The Corporation recognized interest income on impaired loans of $7.4 million and $10.1 million, respectively, for the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
The following tables set forth the activity in the specific reserves for impaired loans, excluding covered loans, for the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Table 56 – Activity in Specific ALLL for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2013
Provision for impaired loans
Less: Net charge-offs
Specific allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2013
Table 57 – Activity in Specific ALLL for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2012
Specific allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2012
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, total charge-offs for individually evaluated impaired loans amounted to approximately $15.7 million, of which $13.9 million pertained to the BPPR segment and $1.8 million to the BPNA segment. Most of these charge-offs were related to the commercial loan portfolio.
The Corporation requests updated appraisal reports from pre-approved appraisers for loans that are considered impaired, and individually analyzes them following the Corporation’s reappraisal policy. This policy requires updated appraisals for loans secured by real estate (including construction loans) either annually or every two years depending on the total exposure of the borrower. As a general procedure, the Corporation internally reviews appraisals as part of the underwriting and approval process and also for credits considered impaired. Generally, the specialized appraisal review unit of the Corporation’s Credit Risk Management Division internally reviews appraisals following certain materiality benchmarks. In addition to evaluating the reasonability of the appraisal reports, these reviews monitor that appraisals are performed following the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (“USPAP”).
Appraisals may be adjusted due to age or general market conditions. The adjustments applied are based upon internal information, like other appraisals and/or loss severity information that can provide historical trends in the real estate market. Specifically, in commercial and construction impaired loans for the BPPR segment, and depending on the type of property and/or the age of the appraisal, downward adjustments currently range from 5% to 40% (including costs to sell). At September 30, 2013, the weighted average discount rate for the BPPR segment was 20%.
For commercial and construction loans at the BPNA segment, downward adjustments to the collateral value currently range from 10% to 50% depending on the age of the appraisals and the type, location and condition of the property. This discount used was determined based on a study of other real estate owned and loan sale transactions during the past two years, comparing net proceeds received by the bank relative to the most recent appraised value of the properties. However, additional haircuts can be applied depending upon the age of appraisal, the region and the condition of the project. Factors are based on appraisal changes and/or trends in loss severities. Discount rates discussed above include costs to sell and may change from time to time based on market conditions. At September 30, 2013, the weighted average discount rate for the BPNA segment was 29%.
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For mortgage loans secured by residential real estate properties, a current assessment of value is made not later than 180 days past the contractual due date. Any outstanding balance in excess of the estimated value of the collateral property, less estimated costs to sell, is charged-off. For this purpose, the Corporation requests third-party Broker Price Opinion of Value “BPOs” of the subject collateral property at least annually. In the case of the mortgage loan portfolio for the BPPR segment, BPOs of the subject collateral properties are currently subject to downward adjustment of up to approximately 26%, including cost to sell of 5%. In the case of the BPNA mortgage loan portfolio, a 30% haircut is taken, which includes costs to sell.
Discount rates discussed above include costs to sell and may change from time to time based on market conditions.
The table that follows presents the approximate amount and percentage of non-covered impaired loans for which the Corporation relied on appraisals dated more than one year old for purposes of impairment requirements at September 30, 2013.
Table 58 – Non-Covered Impaired Loans with Appraisals Dated 1 year or Older
The percentage of the Corporation’s impaired construction loans that were relied upon “as developed” and “as is” for the period ended September 30, 2013 is presented in Table 59.
Table 59 – Impaired Construction Loans Relied Upon “As is” or “As Developed”
Loans held-in-portfolio[1]
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation accounted for $10 million impaired construction loans under the “as developed” value. This approach is used since the current plan is that the project will be completed and it reflects the best strategy to reduce potential losses based on the prospects of the project. The costs to complete the project and the related increase in debt are considered an integral part of the individual reserve determination.
Costs to complete are deducted from the subject “as developed” collateral value on impaired construction loans. Impairment determinations are calculated following the collateral dependent method, comparing the outstanding principal balance of the respective impaired construction loan against the expected realizable value of the subject collateral. Realizable values of subject collaterals have been defined as the “as developed” appraised value less costs to complete, costs to sell and discount factors. Costs to complete represent an estimate of the amount of money to be disbursed to complete a particular phase of a construction project. Costs to sell have been determined as a percentage of the subject collateral value, to cover related collateral disposition costs (e.g. legal and commission fees). As discussed previously, discount factors may be applied to the appraised amounts due to age or general market conditions.
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Allowance for loan losses – Covered loan portfolio
The Corporation’s allowance for loan losses for the covered loan portfolio acquired in the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction amounted to $117 million at September 30, 2013. This allowance covers the estimated credit loss exposure related to: (i) acquired loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30, which required an allowance for loan losses of $109 million at September 30, 2013, compared with $95 million at December 31, 2012; and (ii) acquired loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20, which required an allowance for loan losses of $8 million, compared with $14 million at December 31, 2012.
Decreases in expected cash flows after the acquisition date for loans (pools) accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are recognized by recording an allowance for loan losses in the current period. For purposes of loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 and new loans originated as a result of loan commitments assumed, the Corporation’s assessment of the allowance for loan losses is determined in accordance with the accounting guidance of loss contingencies in ASC Subtopic 450-20 (general reserve for inherent losses) and loan impairment guidance in ASC Section 310-10-35 for loans individually evaluated for impairment. Concurrently, the Corporation records an increase in the FDIC loss share asset for the expected reimbursement from the FDIC under the loss sharing agreements.
Geographic and government risk
The Corporation is exposed to geographical and government risk. The Corporation’s assets and revenue composition by geographical area and by business segment reporting are presented in Note 33 to the consolidated financial statements. A significant portion of the Corporation’s financial activities and credit exposure is concentrated in Puerto Rico, which has been going through a challenging economic cycle. Puerto Rico’s fiscal and economic situation is expected to continue to be difficult.
The gross product of Puerto Rico increased 0.1% in fiscal 2012, the first positive growth in five years, according to the Puerto Rico Planning Board. However, the Planning Board forecasts a slight deceleration of growth for fiscal 2013. The agency’s Economic Analysis Division forecasts a decrease in the gross product of 0.03% for fiscal 2013, which ended in June 2013, and a decrease of 0.08% for fiscal 2014.
Puerto Rico continues to be susceptible to fluctuations in the price of crude oil due to its high dependence on fuel oil for energy production. An unexpected rise in the price of oil could have a negative impact on the overall economy, as it is dependent on oil for most of its electricity and transportation. Also, loan demand in the Puerto Rico market continues to be sluggish. Lower loan demand could impact our level of earning assets and profitability. A slowdown in the economy could increase the level of non-performing assets and could adversely affect profitability. Recent increases in the yields of Commonwealth bonds in the U.S. municipal market - caused by a number of factors, including expectations that interest rates will rise further, weakness in the U.S. municipal bond market after the bankruptcy filing in July 2013 of the city of Detroit, Michigan, volatility in economic indicators of Puerto Rico and leveraged investments that have caused forced sales of Commonwealth bonds - may hamper the government’s ability to finance itself through bond issues.
To counter chronic budget deficits, the government recently reformed the principal retirement system of public employees, privatized the international airport, enacted measures to create self-sufficiency at public corporations and raised corporate taxes. The primary sources of increased revenues include an expansion of the sales and use tax, the introduction of a new gross receipts tax and a tax on insurance underwriting premiums.
The government estimates that the revenue-generating measures will reduce the budget deficit from $2.375 billion in fiscal 2012 and a preliminary $1.290 billion in fiscal 2013 to $820 million in fiscal 2014.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2014, General Fund net revenues increased $88 million to $1.699 billion, when compared with the same quarter in fiscal 2013, according to the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, which stated that the revenues exceeded budget estimates by $10.4 million.
While these revenue-generating measures should help the government address its fiscal deficit, they could have a negative impact in the business sector and on economic growth. Employment continues to be a challenge, with the economy losing 22,000 total jobs in 2013 as of August 2013, when compared with the same month a year ago, according to the U.S. Labor Bureau. The August 2013 unemployment rate stood at 13.9% as compared to 14.0% in August 2012.
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The current administration has prioritized in its economic plan the defense of anchor industries, such as life sciences and knowledge services, and a renewed policy focus on tourism, small-and medium-sized enterprises and agriculture. At an investor conference call held in October 15, 2013, administration officials announced recent business expansions in Puerto Rico by global manufacturers Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, CooperVision, Covidien and Saint Jude Medical.
The Commonwealth’s general obligation debt is currently rated “Baa3” with a negative outlook by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), “BBB-” with a negative outlook by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”), and “BBB-” with a negative outlook by Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”).
Citing current declining economic and population trends, Standard & Poor’s revised on September 30, 2013 its outlook on Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.’s (COFINA) first- and second-liens bonds to negative from stable, while affirming its ‘AA-‘rating on COFINA’s senior (first-lien) sales tax-revenue bonds and its ‘A+’ rating on the first subordinate (second-lien) sales tax-revenue bonds outstanding.
At September 30, 2013, the Corporation had $0.9 billion of credit facilities granted to or guaranteed by the Puerto Rico Government, its municipalities and public corporations, of which $25 million were uncommitted lines of credit. Of the total credit facilities granted, $681 million were outstanding at September 30, 2013, of which none were uncommitted lines of credit. A substantial portion of the Corporation’s credit exposure to the Government of Puerto Rico is either collateralized loans or obligations that have a specific source of income or revenues identified for their repayment. Some of these obligations consist of senior and subordinated loans to public corporations that obtain revenues from rates charged for services or products, such as water and electric power utilities. Public corporations have varying degrees of independence from the central Government and many receive appropriations or other payments from it. The Corporation also has loans to various municipalities in Puerto Rico for which, in most cases, the good faith, credit and unlimited taxing power of the applicable municipality has been pledged to their repayment. These municipalities are required by law to levy special property taxes in such amounts as shall be required for the payment of all of its general obligation bonds and loans. Another portion of these loans consists of special obligations of various municipalities that are payable from the real and personal property taxes collected within such municipalities. These loans have seniority to the payment of operating cost and expenses of the municipality.
Furthermore, at September 30, 2013, the Corporation had outstanding $204 million in obligations of Puerto Rico government as part of its investment securities portfolio. This portfolio is comprised of bonds with specific sources of income or revenues identified for repayments. This includes $64 million of securities issued by three Municipalities of Puerto Rico that are payable from the real and personal property taxes collected within such municipalities. These bonds have seniority to the payment of operating cost and expenses of the municipality. At September 30, 2013, management performed its quarterly analysis of all debt securities in an unrealized loss position. Based on the analyses performed, management concluded that no individual debt security was other-than-temporarily impaired as of such date. We continue to closely monitor the political and economic situation of Puerto Rico and evaluate the portfolio for any declines in value that management may consider being other-than-temporary.
As further detailed in Notes 5 and 6 to the consolidated financial statements, a substantial portion of the Corporation’s investment securities represented exposure to the U.S. Government in the form of U.S. Government sponsored entities, as well as agency mortgage-backed and U.S. Treasury securities. In addition, $905 million of residential mortgages and $159 million in commercial loans were insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies at September 30, 2013. The Corporation does not have any exposure to European sovereign debt.
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ADOPTION OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Quantitative and qualitative disclosures for the current period can be found in the Market Risk section of this report, which includes changes in market risk exposures from disclosures presented in the Corporation’s 2012 Annual Report.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Corporation’s management, with the participation of the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by the Corporation in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act and such information is accumulated and communicated to management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting.
For a discussion of Legal Proceedings, see Note 21, “Commitments and Contingencies”, to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed under “Part I - Item 1A - Risk Factors” in our 2012 Annual Report. These factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and capital position, and could cause our actual results to differ materially from our historical results or the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Also refer to the discussion in “Part I - Item 2 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this report for additional information that may supplement or update the discussion of risk factors in our 2012 Annual Report.
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There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed under Item 1A of the Corporation’s 2012 Annual Report, except for the risks described below.
The risks described in our 2012 Annual Report and in this report are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
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RISKS RELATED TO THE FDIC-ASSISTED TRANSACTION
Our ability to obtain reimbursement under the loss sharing agreements on covered assets depends on our compliance with the terms of the loss sharing agreements.
The loss share agreements contain specific terms and conditions regarding the management of the covered assets that BPPR must follow to receive reimbursement on losses from the FDIC. Under the loss share agreements, BPPR must:
Under the loss share agreements, BPPR is also required to maintain books and records sufficient to ensure and document compliance with the terms of the loss share agreements.
Under the terms of the loss share agreements, BPPR is also required to deliver certain certificates regarding compliance with the terms of each of the loss share agreements and the computations required there under. The required terms of the agreements are extensive and failure to comply with any of the guidelines could result in a specific asset or group of assets permanently losing their loss sharing coverage. BPPR believes that it has complied with the terms and conditions regarding the management of the covered assets. No assurances can be given that we will manage the covered assets in such a way as to always maintain loss share coverage on all such assets and fully recover the value of our loss share asset.
For the quarters ended June 30, 2010 through March 31, 2012, BPPR received reimbursement for loss-share claims submitted to the FDIC, including for charge-offs for certain commercial late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans calculated in accordance with BPPR’s charge-off policy for non-covered assets. When BPPR submitted its shared-loss claim in connection with the June 30, 2012 quarter, however, the FDIC refused to reimburse BPPR for a portion of the claim because of a difference related to the methodology for the computation of charge-offs for certain commercial late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans. In accordance with the terms of the commercial loss share agreement, BPPR applied a methodology for charge-offs for late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans that conforms to its regulatory supervisory criteria and is calculated in accordance with BPPR’s charge-off policy for non-covered assets. The FDIC has stated that it believes that BPPR should use a different methodology for those charge-offs. Notwithstanding the FDIC’s refusal to reimburse BPPR for certain shared-loss claims, BPPR has continued to submit shared-loss claims for quarters subsequent to June 30, 2012. As of September 30, 2013, BPPR had unreimbursed shared-loss claims of $541.3 million under the commercial loss share agreement with the FDIC. On October 21, 2013, BPPR received a payment of $143.1 million related to reimbursable shared-loss claims for the FDIC. After giving effect to this payment, BPPR has unreimbursed shared-loss claims amounting to $398.2 million, including $248.1 million related to commercial late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans, determined in accordance with BPPR’s regulatory supervisory criteria and BPPR’s charge-off policy for non-covered assets. If the reimbursement amount for these claims were calculated in accordance with the FDIC’s preferred methodology for late stage real-estate-collateral-dependent loans, the amount of such claims would be reduced by approximately $123.6 million.
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To the extent we are not able to successfully resolve this matter through the arbitration process described above, a material difference could result in the timing and amount of charge-offs recorded by us and the amount of charge-offs reimbursed by the FDIC under the commercial loss share agreement. No assurance can be given that we would be able to claim reimbursement from the FDIC for such difference prior to the expiration, in the quarter ending June 30, 2015, of the FDIC’s obligation to reimburse BPPR under commercial loss share agreement, which could require us to make a material adjustment to the value of our loss share asset and the related true up payment obligation to the FDIC and could have a material adverse effect on our financial results for the period in which such adjustment is taken.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
In April 2004, the Corporation’s shareholders adopted the Popular, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The Corporation has to date used shares purchased in the market to make grants under the Plan. As of September 30, 2013 the maximum number of shares of common stock that may have been granted under this plan was 3,500,000.
In connection with the Corporation’s participation in the Capital Purchase Program under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the consent of the U.S. Department of the Treasury will be required for the Corporation to repurchase its common stock other than in connection with benefit plans consistent with past practice and certain other specified circumstances.
The following table sets forth the details of purchases of Common Stock during the quarter ended September 30, 2013 under the 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Not in thousands
Period
July 1 - July 31
August 1 - August 31
September 1 - September 30
Total September 30, 2013
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Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
/s/ Carlos J. Vázquez
/s/ Jorge J. García
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