Management’s Discussion and Analysis
ASU
Accounting Standards Update
MSRs
Mortgage Servicing Rights
BHC
Bank Holding Company
NAV
Net Asset Value
bp or bps
Basis point(s); 1 bp = 0.01%
NDFI
Non-Depository Financial Institution
CET1
Common Equity Tier 1 Risk-based Capital
NII
Net Interest Income
CFPB
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
NII Sensitivity
Net Interest Income Sensitivity
CIT
CIT Group Inc.
NIM
Net Interest Margin
CODM
Chief Operating Decision Maker
NPR
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
CRA
Community Reinvestment Act
OCC
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
CRE
Commercial Real Estate
OBBBA
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
DIF
Deposit Insurance Fund
OREO
Other Real Estate Owned
DPA
Deferred Purchase Agreement
PAA
Purchase Accounting Accretion or Amortization
DTAs
Deferred Tax Assets
PAM
Proportional Amortization Method
ETR
Effective Income Tax Rate
PCA
Prompt Corrective Action
EVE Sensitivity
Economic Value of Equity Sensitivity
PCD
Purchased Credit Deteriorated
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Probability of Obligor Default
FCB
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company
ROU
Right of Use
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RWA
Risk-weighted Assets
Federal Reserve
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
SBA
Small Business Administration
FHLB
Federal Home Loan Bank
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee
SOFR
Secured Overnight Financing Rate
FRB
Federal Reserve Bank
SRP
Share Repurchase Program
GAAP
United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
SVB
Silicon Valley Bank
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
SVBB
Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A.
HLBVM
Hypothetical Liquidation at Book Value Method
TMT
Technology Media and Telecommunications
HPI
Home Price Index
UPB
Unpaid Principal Balance
HQLS
High-Quality Liquid Securities
VIE
Variable Interest Entities
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Business
General
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (the “Parent Company” and when including all of its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, “BancShares,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) was incorporated under the laws of Delaware on August 7, 1986, to become the holding company of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (“FCB”), its banking subsidiary. FCB opened in 1898 as the Bank of Smithfield in Smithfield, North Carolina, and later changed its name to First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company.
BancShares has expanded through de novo branching and acquisitions and as of December 31, 2025, operates an extensive network of branches and offices, predominantly located in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Western United States, providing a broad range of financial services to individuals, businesses and professionals. At December 31, 2025, BancShares had total consolidated assets of $229.70 billion.
Throughout its history, the operations of BancShares have been significantly influenced by descendants of Robert P. Holding, who came to control FCB during the 1920s. Robert P. Holding’s children and grandchildren have served as members of the Board of Directors of BancShares (the “Board”) and of the Board of Directors of FCB (collectively with the Board of BancShares, the “Boards”), as chief executive officers and in other executive management positions and, since BancShares’ formation in 1986, have remained stockholders owning a large percentage of its common stock.
The Chairman of the Boards and Chief Executive Officer, Frank B. Holding, Jr., is the grandson of Robert P. Holding. Hope Holding Bryant, Vice Chairwoman of the Boards, is Robert P. Holding’s granddaughter. Peter M. Bristow, President and member of the Boards, is the brother-in-law of Frank B. Holding, Jr. and Hope Holding Bryant.
BancShares provides financial services for a wide range of consumer and commercial clients. BancShares offers deposit products, loans, and wealth management and private banking services to consumer clients. BancShares provides lending, leasing, capital markets and other financial and advisory services, to small and middle-market companies across a variety of industries. Additionally, BancShares provides a full suite of financial products and services to private equity firms, venture capital firms, and commercial clients in innovation markets, such as technology, life sciences and healthcare industries. BancShares also provides deposit, cash management and lending to homeowner associations and property management companies and owns a fleet of railcars and locomotives that are leased to railroads and shippers.
BancShares delivers banking products and services to its customers through an extensive branch network and additionally operates a nationwide digital banking platform that delivers deposit products to consumers (the “Direct Bank”). Services offered at most branches include accepting deposits, cashing checks and providing for consumer and commercial cash needs. Consumer and business customers may also conduct banking transactions through various digital channels.
In addition to our banking operations, we provide various investment products and services through FCB’s wholly owned subsidiaries, including First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. (“FCIS”), First Citizens Asset Management, Inc. (“FCAM”), First Citizens Delaware Trust Company, and a non-bank subsidiary, First Citizens Capital Securities, LLC (“FCCS”). As a registered broker-dealer, FCIS provides a full range of investment products, including annuities, brokerage services and third-party mutual funds. As registered investment advisers, FCIS and FCAM provide investment management services and advice. FCCS is a broker-dealer that also provides underwriting and private placement services. We also have other wholly owned subsidiaries, including SVB Wealth LLC, SVB Asset Management, and First Citizens Institutional Asset Management, LLC, which are active investment advisers.
Information regarding our business activities and operations is found in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Business Combinations
In addition to organically growing our business, BancShares has historically pursued growth through strategic mergers and acquisitions to enhance organizational value, strengthen its presence in existing markets, as well as expand its footprint in new markets.
On October 16, 2025, FCB announced that it had entered into an agreement to consummate the acquisition of 138 branches from BMO Bank N.A. located throughout the Midwest, Great Plains and West regions of the U.S. (the “BMO Branch Acquisition”). In connection with the BMO Branch Acquisition, FCB expects to assume approximately $5.7 billion in deposit liabilities and acquire approximately $1.1 billion in loans. We expect the transaction to close in the second half of 2026, subject to customary closing terms and conditions and regulatory approvals.
On March 27, 2023, FCB acquired substantially all loans and certain other assets and assumed all customer deposits and certain other liabilities of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. (“SVBB”) from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) pursuant to the terms of a purchase and assumption agreement by and among FCB, the FDIC, and the FDIC, as receiver of SVBB (the “SVBB Acquisition”). SVBB was established following the closure of the former Silicon Valley Bank. BancShares maintains the Silicon Valley Bank brand as Silicon Valley Bank, a division of FCB.
For further discussion, refer to Note 2—Business Combinations of Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Segments
As of December 31, 2025, our reportable segments included the General Bank, the Commercial Bank, and Rail. All other financial information not included in the segments is reported in the Corporate section of the segment disclosures. We made the following changes to our segment reporting during 2025 (the “Segment Reporting Updates”):
• All components previously reported in the Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) Commercial segment and certain components of the General Bank segment were consolidated into the Commercial Bank segment.
• We made minor updates to our segment expense allocations.
Segment disclosures for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 included in this Form 10-K were recast to conform with the Segment Reporting Updates summarized above.
SEGMENT
MARKETS AND SERVICES
General Bank
• Delivers services to individuals and businesses through an extensive branch network and various digital channels offering a full suite of deposit products, loans (primarily business/commercial loans and residential mortgages), wealth management and private banking, and various fee-based services.
• Offers a range of private banking and wealth management solutions to consumers, including private equity and venture capital professionals and executive leaders of the innovation companies they support.
• Provides a variety of wealth management products and services to individuals and institutional clients, including brokerage, investment advisory, and trust services.
• Provides deposit, cash management and lending solutions to homeowner associations and property management companies.
Commercial Bank
• Provides lending, leasing, capital markets and other financial and advisory services, primarily to small and middle-market companies across a variety of industries.
• Offers a full suite of commercial deposit, liquidity management, and international products to commercial clients.
• Provides a full suite of financial products and services to private equity firms, venture capital firms, and commercial clients in innovation markets, such as technology, life sciences and healthcare industries.
• Provides asset-based lending, factoring, receivables management and secured financing services.
Rail
• Provides equipment leasing and secured financing to railroads and shippers.
Corporate (1)
• Earning assets primarily include investment securities and interest-earning deposits at banks.
• Corporate includes Direct Bank, a nationwide digital bank.
• Corporate includes interest income on investment securities and interest-earning deposits at banks; interest expense for borrowings, Direct Bank deposits, and brokered deposits; as well as funds transfer pricing allocations. Noninterest income includes gains or losses on sales of investment securities; fair value adjustments on marketable equity securities; and income from bank-owned life insurance. Personnel costs in Corporate includes the personnel costs not allocated to the segments. Corporate includes acquisition-related expenses and certain items related to accounting for business combinations, such as gains on acquisitions, day 2 provisions for credit losses, discount accretion income for certain acquired loans, and the offsetting impacts of noninterest expense allocated to the segments.
(1) All other financial information not included in the segments is reported in “Corporate.”
Reportable segments are discussed further in the “Results by Segments” section of Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Note 21—Segment Information of Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Competition
The financial services industry is highly competitive and continues to evolve as a result of changes in regulation, technology, product delivery systems, the accelerating pace of consolidation among financial service providers, and the general market and economic climate. BancShares competes with national, regional and local financial services providers. In recent years, the ability of non-bank financial entities to provide services previously limited to commercial banks has intensified competition. Non-bank financial service providers are not subject to the same significant regulatory restrictions as traditional commercial banks and, as such, can often operate with greater flexibility and lower cost structures. More than ever, customers have the ability to select from a variety of traditional and nontraditional alternatives. Competition is based on a number of factors including, among others, customer service, quality and range of products and services offered, price, reputation, interest rates on loans and deposits and customer convenience. Our non-bank services compete with other insurance companies, investment firms and brokerage firms.
FCB’s largest notable concentration of deposits by market share as of June 30, 2025 were in North Carolina (including our nationwide Direct Bank deposits) and South Carolina at 11.8% and 9.5%, respectively, which makes FCB the third largest bank in North Carolina and the fourth largest bank in South Carolina based on deposit market share according to the FDIC Deposit Market Share Report. The two banks larger than FCB based on deposits in North Carolina were Bank of America and Truist Bank which collectively held 63.1% of North Carolina deposits. The three banks larger than FCB based on deposits in South Carolina were Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Truist Bank which collectively held 39.1% of South Carolina deposits.
Geographic Locations
As of December 31, 2025, FCB had more than 500 total domestic branches and offices, which included 209 in North Carolina, 119 in South Carolina, and 72 in California.
As of December 31, 2025, BancShares operated branches in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Refer to the “Risk Management—Concentration Risk—Concentration” section in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for information on our commercial and consumer loan concentrations by state.
Human Capital
As of December 31, 2025, BancShares employed approximately 17,876 full-time staff and approximately 265 part-time staff for a total of 18,141 employees.
Our ability to attract, retain, and develop associates is critical to our success. We strive to ensure we have the right talent in the right jobs and with the right skills to fulfill our strategic objectives. Our vision is realized by cultivating a foundation that includes both a strong business strategy and a unified culture. A relationship-based, client-centered, and long-term focused approach supports our strategic objectives and reinforces a culture that prioritizes shared values and behaviors. These unwavering commitments position us to support our clients, colleagues, and communities in pursuing their greatest ambitions. Our client-centric approach has always been the bedrock of who we are, building deep and lasting relationships that prioritize the client experience. Our long-term focus allows us to make strategic decisions and investments designed to build long-term value and stability for all stakeholders, while skillfully managing risk along the way.
Our human resources team works to identify and deploy the critical talent needed to support our strategic objectives and our unified culture. We attract and retain talent by offering learning and development opportunities, internal career mobility, a comprehensive total rewards package, and a welcoming values-based culture.
In addition, our human resources team monitors and evaluates various metrics, specifically around attraction, retention, and development of talent. Our annual voluntary turnover remained below the financial services industry benchmark through December 2025. We believe this reflects our strong corporate culture, competitive compensation and benefits structure, and commitment to career development.
Inclusion
We value diversity in people, in the markets we serve, and in the products and services we offer. We seek individuals with varied backgrounds because we understand that our differences contribute to a diversity of thought that enhances associate and customer relationships and propels innovation in our products and services. As a relationship-based culture, we believe it is important that associates feel respected, included and valued and that we provide access to resources and opportunities that support long-term success for the business and our associates.
At BancShares, we also prioritize creating connections, helping our clients achieve their goals, fostering a culture of belonging, and promoting educational and engagement opportunities to deepen relationships across the company. To further these efforts, we support a variety of programs that help create an inclusive workplace culture, attract and retain the best available talent, enrich both associate and customer experiences, and achieve key business objectives.
Associate Well-Being
At BancShares, a strong focus on our associates’ well-being is part of our culture and integral to our total rewards philosophy. Recognizing that well-being is an individual journey, our benefits program has been thoughtfully designed to provide associates with options in five well-being dimensions – physical, financial, emotional, social, and community. Supporting the health and well-being of our associates, BancShares offers benefits that include, but are not limited to:
• medical plan options that include telehealth, dental and vision plan options, and wellness programs;
• a 401(k) plan, flexible spending accounts, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, numerous voluntary coverages, and discount programs;
• paid time off and other time away such as holidays, parental leave, and volunteer leave; and
• a comprehensive mental health and well-being offering.
Regulatory Considerations
BancShares is a bank holding company (“BHC”) that is subject to laws and regulations that govern its operations and impact the products and services it may offer, the risks that it may take, the corporate and financial actions it may take, and the information it must publicly disclose. In connection with those laws and regulations, BancShares is subject to regulation, supervision and periodic examination by supervisory authorities, including the FDIC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Federal Reserve Bank (the “FRB”), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”). FCB, as a North Carolina state-charted bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve, is also subject to the laws and regulations of North Carolina and supervision by the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks, as well as other state laws and state regulators in the states in which FCB operates. BancShares, as a publicly traded company, is also subject to disclosure and reporting requirements under Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) continued listing standards, as well as rules pertaining to governance and corporate actions. Certain of BancShares’ subsidiaries are also subject to additional supervision and regulation, as discussed below, and FCB and certain of our other subsidiaries are subject to laws and regulations that govern their trust and other fiduciary activities.
Banking laws, regulations, and policies are continually under review by the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, and federal and state regulatory agencies. In addition to laws and regulations, state and federal bank regulatory agencies may issue policy statements, interpretive letters, and similar written guidance applicable to BancShares.
Regulations applicable to banking organizations generally serve to protect depositors and other customers, the Deposit Insurance Fund (the “DIF”), the broader economy, and the stability of the U.S. financial system. Certain other laws and regulations, including those administered by the CFPB, are focused on consumer financial protection. In addition, disclosure and reporting requirements under SEC rules and regulations primarily aim to protect investors and securities markets. BancShares expects that its business will remain subject to extensive regulation and supervision.
Examinations by banking regulators consider compliance with applicable laws and regulations and evaluate against certain enhanced prudential standards, as discussed below. Following examinations, banking organizations may receive supervisory findings or ultimately be assigned supervisory ratings. Examination reports and supervisory ratings, as well as mandatory or discretionary actions by regulators under the applicable supervisory framework, could significantly impact a banking organization’s operations or result in substantial monetary penalties. In the fall of 2025, the FDIC issued proposed rules, and the Federal Reserve announced new supervisory operating principals, each of which are intended to focus bank examiners on issues that may present material financial risks that threaten the safety and soundness of banking organizations and on taking timely, proportionate action to address those risks. The Federal Reserve’s new supervisory operating principles are also intended to reduce duplication between examinations by other federal and state banking regulators and streamline the remediation of supervisory issues.
The following discussion is a high-level summary of the material laws and regulations that apply to BancShares, but the summary is not intended to be exhaustive or describe all of the laws, regulations and policies that apply to BancShares.
Enhanced Prudential Standards
BancShares is subject to certain enhanced prudential standards as a BHC with over $100 billion in consolidated assets under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as amended (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), in addition to the prudential standards required under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”), and the implementing regulations promulgated thereunder. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, certain enhanced prudential standards are mandatory for banking organizations with $250 billion or more in total consolidated assets, as well as nonbank financial companies that are designated as systemically important financial institutions by the Financial Stability Oversight Council and subject to regulation and supervision by the Federal Reserve. Pursuant to authorization under the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018, the Federal Reserve, along with the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), adopted tailoring rules (the “Tailoring Rules”) for the applicability of enhanced prudential standards to banking organizations with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets, which apply to holding companies of FDIC-insured depository institutions (“IDIs”) and their subsidiary depository institutions. The Parent Company and FCB are currently subject to certain enhanced prudential standards as further described below.
Tailoring Rules . Under the Tailoring Rules, the Federal Reserve groups banking organizations into four categories based on total consolidated assets, off-balance sheet exposure, nonbank assets, weighted short-term wholesale funding, and cross-jurisdictional activities. Category I banking organizations, which are the U.S. Globally Systemically Important Banks (“GSIBs”), are subject to the most stringent enhanced prudential requirements, and Category IV banking organizations (i.e., those that have between $100 billion and $250 billion in total consolidated assets, and less than $75 billion in nonbank assets, off-balance sheet exposure, cross-jurisdictional activities, and weighted short-term wholesale funding) are subject to the least stringent enhanced prudential requirements. Category II banking organizations have $700 billion or more in total consolidated assets, or $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets and $75 billion or more in cross-jurisdictional activities, and are not GSIBs. Category III banking organizations have $250 billion or more in total consolidated assets, or $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets and $75 billion or more in weighted short-term wholesale funding, nonbank assets, or off-balance sheet exposure, and do not meet the criteria for Category I or II banking organizations. BancShares is subject to the enhanced prudential standards under the Tailoring Rules as a Category IV banking organization. The prudential standards that apply to BancShares include, but are not limited to, enterprise risk management and liquidity management requirements, supervisory testing and capital plan submission requirements, and governance standards. As BancShares continues to grow, it may cross additional risk-based asset thresholds, it to additional regulatory requirements and .
Basel III . The federal banking agencies have established a framework for enhanced capital and liquidity requirements for banking organizations with $100 billion or more in total assets that implements portions of the Basel III accords, developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (as implemented in the U.S., “Basel III”). Under Basel III, banking organizations with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets that are Category III or IV banking organizations may follow a standardized approach to calculating risk-weighted assets (“RWA”) and risk-based capital requirements, while Category I and II banking organizations are required to use an internal ratings-based approach to calculate RWA and risk-based capital consistent with an advanced approaches framework (“Advanced Approaches”). Category I, II and III banking organizations are also required under Advanced Approaches to comply with enhanced risk-based capital requirements on a tailored basis (e.g., a countercyclical capital buffer if activated and a supplementary leverage ratio requirement). In addition, Category I and II banking organizations, consistent with Advanced Approaches, must include accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in capital for purposes of calculating regulatory capital requirements, but Category III and IV banking organizations are able to opt-out of this requirement. BancShares, as a Category IV banking organization, follows the standardized approach to calculating RWA and has elected to opt-out of including AOCI in capital for purposes of calculating regulatory capital requirements.
Capital Planning and Stress Testing. As a Category IV banking organization, BancShares is required to submit an annual capital plan to the Federal Reserve and is subject to biennial supervisory stress testing by the Federal Reserve under its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (“CCAR”) process. BancShares submitted a capital plan in 2024 and 2025 in accordance with regulatory requirements and will participate in the CCAR process as a Category IV banking organization for the first time during 2026. BancShares must resubmit its capital plan if there is a material change in its risk profile, financial condition or corporate structure since its most recent capital plan submission, or if the Federal Reserve otherwise notifies it that a resubmission is required. The mandatory elements of a capital plan include (i) an assessment of the expected uses and sources of capital over the planning horizon, (ii) a description of the banking organization’s process for assessing capital adequacy, (iii) the banking organization’s capital policy, and (iv) a discussion of any expected changes to the banking organization’s business plan that are likely to have a material impact on capital adequacy. The Federal Reserve calculates a banking organization’s stress capital buffer (“SCB”) requirement as part of the CCAR process, which replaces the capital conservation buffer (“CCB”) under Basel III, as further discussed below. In April 2025, the Federal Reserve issued a proposal to, among other things, the annual date of a new SCB requirement from October 1 to January 1 of the following year, giving banks additional time to adjust to their new capital requirements. In October 2025, the Federal Reserve issued another proposal to make other changes to the supervisory tests under CCAR to the and public accountability of the testing framework. Significant in a banking organization’s capital planning and testing processes may result in supervisory directives that require the banking organization to address the identified and potentially limit the organization’s capital distributions. As a banking organization with less than $250 billion in total consolidated assets, BancShares is not subject to the company-run testing requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Capital Requirements. BancShares and FCB are subject to regulatory capital requirements under Basel III for the Tier 1 leverage ratio and ratios of qualifying capital to RWA (the “Risk-Based Capital Ratios” and, together with the Tier 1 leverage ratio, the “Regulatory Capital Ratios”). The total risk-based capital, Tier 1 risk-based capital, and common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital (“CET1”) ratios are the Risk-Based Capital Ratios. CET1 capital is generally common stock, additional paid in capital, and retained earnings less applicable capital deductions.
BancShares is also subject to the SCB requirements for the Risk-Based Capital Ratios, as calculated by the Federal Reserve in connection with its supervisory stress tests under the CCAR process. Specifically, the SCB is calculated by the Federal Reserve for each banking organization that participates in the CCAR process as the greater of (i) the difference between the organization’s starting and minimum projected Risk-Based Capital Ratios under the severely adverse scenario in the supervisory stress test, plus the sum of the dollar amount of the firm’s planned common stock dividends for each of the fourth through seventh quarters of the planning horizon as a percentage of RWA, or (ii) 2.50%, which is equal to the minimum CCB under Basel III. BancShares will participate in the 2026 supervisory stress test which will determine the SCB applicable to BancShares. Additionally, federal banking agencies have developed prompt corrective action (“PCA”) thresholds (described below) for Regulatory Capital Ratios to determine whether an institution is well capitalized. Failure of a banking organization to meet regulatory capital guidelines may subject it to a variety of enforcement remedies, including constraints on capital distributions and discretionary executive compensation, restrictions on its operations and activities, of deposit insurance by the FDIC and, under certain conditions, the appointment of a conservator or receiver.
As of December 31, 2025, the Regulatory Capital Ratios of BancShares and FCB exceeded the applicable Basel III requirements and the PCA well capitalized thresholds as further addressed under “Capital” in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The following table includes the Basel III requirements and PCA well capitalized thresholds for the Regulatory Capital Ratios.
Basel III Minimum
Basel III Buffer
Basel III Total Requirement
PCA Well Capitalized Threshold
Regulatory Capital Ratios
Total risk-based capital
Tier 1 risk-based capital
Common equity Tier 1
Tier 1 leverage
Resolution Planning. Consistent with its status as a Category IV banking organization, BancShares is not required to submit a resolution plan under the Dodd-Frank Act (a “Living Will”). A Living Will must describe the banking organization’s strategy for the rapid and orderly resolution of the parent company and nonbank entities within the banking organization under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in a manner that substantially mitigates the risk that the failure would have serious adverse effects on financial stability in the United States.
FCB is required to submit a full resolution plan (“Resolution Plan”) to the FDIC under the Covered Insured Depository Institution rule (“CIDI Rule”). The CIDI Rule generally applies to IDIs with consolidated assets of $50 billion or more. Resolution Plans submitted under the CIDI Rule generally require a more detailed discussion of the strategy for resolving the IDI than Living Wills (i.e., resolution plans required under the Dodd-Frank Act). The CIDI Rule requires that the Resolution Plans enable the FDIC as receiver to resolve the IDI in the event of its insolvency in a manner that ensures that depositors receive access to their insured deposits in a timely manner, maximizes the net present value return from the sale or disposition of a failed bank’s assets, and minimizes the amount of any loss realized by the creditors in the resolution. On April 18, 2025, the FDIC announced modifications to Resolution Plan requirements under the CIDI Rule to exempt IDIs subject to full resolution submission requirements from certain content requirements, such as the requirements to utilize a bridge bank strategy and a hypothetical failure scenario in the plan. FCB is required to, among other things, submit a full Resolution Plan every three years and provide interim targeted information between full submissions.
Risk Management. As a Category IV banking organization, BancShares is required to maintain an enterprise-wide risk management system, governance program, and compliance system commensurate with its size, risks, activities, and complexity. This includes prescribed standards for the implementation of risk governance frameworks addressing credit risk, market risk, capital risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, compliance risk, and strategic risk. The federal banking agencies have adopted guidelines establishing general standards related but not limited to, internal controls and information systems, internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate exposure, asset growth and compensation, fees and benefits. Some additional topics include cybersecurity, climate financial-risk management, and compensation, as discussed further below. In general, the guidelines are principle-based and set forth regulatory expectations for, among other things, appropriate systems and practices to identify and manage the risk and exposures specified in the guidelines.
Category III Requirements. BancShares would become a Category III banking organization under the Tailoring Rules, and would be subject to more stringent enhanced prudential standards, if it had consolidated assets of $250 billion or more, or $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets and $75 billion or more in weighted short-term wholesale funding, nonbank assets, or off-balance sheet exposure, based on a four-quarter trailing average. Enhanced prudential standards and risk-based capital requirements for Category III banking organizations include, but are not limited to, the Living Wills requirement, annual (rather than biennial) supervisory capital stress testing, biennial company-run stress testing (if consolidated assets were $250 billion or more), Liquidity Coverage Ratio (“LCR”) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (“NSFR”) requirements, and, under Advanced Approaches, enhanced risk-based capital requirements (e.g., a countercyclical capital buffer if activated and a supplementary leverage ratio requirement, among others). The Category III requirements apply at the holding company level as well to the subsidiary depository institution, to the extent applicable. The LCR requirement is designed to ensure that banking organizations have sufficient high-quality liquid assets to survive a significant liquidity event lasting for 30 calendar days. The NSFR requirement is designed to ensure that a banking organization maintains minimum amounts of funding to support its assets, commitments, and derivatives exposures over a one-year time horizon. As a Category III banking organization, BancShares would be subject to a full LCR requirement and full NSFR requirement, unless it has less than $75 billion in average weighted short-term wholesale funding, in which case it would subject to a reduced LCR requirement and NSFR requirement at 85% of the full requirements. As a Category IV banking organization, BancShares would be subject to modified LCR and NSFR requirements if it has $50 billion or more, but less than $75 billion, in average weighted short-term wholesale funding.
Proposed Rule for Basel III Endgame. In 2023, the federal banking agencies proposed interagency rules to implement the final components of the Basel III accords (the “Basel III Endgame”), which included additional capital requirements addressing credit risk, operational risk, and market risk, as well as proposed interagency rules for new long term debt and clean holding company requirements for banking organizations with over $100 billion in total consolidated assets. The proposed rules were never finalized, and the federal banking agencies have publicly stated their intention to introduce a revised proposal for the implementation of the Basel III Endgame, with the proposal expected in 2026, and implementation of final rules expected beginning in 2027. We will continue to monitor further developments regarding such revised proposal.
Limitations on Dividends and Other Payments
The Parent Company and FCB are subject to limitations on dividends and other payments. A principal source of the Parent Company’s liquidity is dividends from FCB. Failure to meet any enhanced prudential standards discussed above, or other mandatory or discretionary action by regulators, could impact the Parent Company’s or FCB’s ability to declare dividends or make other payments or capital distributions, including equity repurchases. Federal and state banking agencies also have the authority to prohibit BancShares from engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice in conducting its business, which may limit or preclude capital distributions, depending on financial condition. In addition, the Parent Company’s ability to make capital distributions, including paying dividends and repurchasing shares, is subject to the Federal Reserve’s restrictions on capital distributions under CCAR (as described above) as well as under the Basel III capital rules. Furthermore, under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (the “FDI Act”), IDIs, such as FCB, are prohibited from making capital distributions, including the payment of dividends, if, after making such distributions, the institution would become undercapitalized. Additionally, banking organizations that are not considered well capitalized under the Basel III capital rules could be subject to restrictions on dividends, equity repurchases and compensation based on the amount of the . State law also prescribes certain on payment of dividends.
Limitations on Mergers & Acquisitions
BancShares is subject to laws that may require regulatory approval for, or that otherwise impose limitations on, mergers, acquisitions or similar transactions. Failure to meet any enhanced prudential standards discussed above, or other mandatory or discretionary action by regulators, could impact the Parent Company’s or FCB’s ability to complete or place limitations on the consummation of mergers, acquisitions or similar transactions. For example, under the BHCA, a BHC must obtain approval from the Federal Reserve prior to directly or indirectly acquiring ownership or control of 5% of the voting shares or substantially all of the assets of another depository institution holding company or IDI, or prior to merging or consolidating with another depository institution holding company. In addition, federal market share limitations impose conditions that an acquiring BHC, after and as a result of the acquisition, control no more than 10% of the total amount of deposits of IDIs in the U.S. and no more than 30%, subject to variation by state law, of such deposits in applicable states. Federal Reserve rules also prohibit a financial holding company (“FHC”), which we have elected to be, from combining with another company if the resulting company’s liabilities would exceed 10% of the aggregate consolidated liabilities of all financial companies nationally.
The BHCA and other federal laws enumerate the factors the Federal Reserve must consider when reviewing the merger of BHCs, the acquisition of banks, or the acquisition of voting securities of a bank or BHC. These factors include the competitive effects of the proposal in the relevant geographic markets; the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the companies and banks involved in the transaction; the effect of the transaction on the financial stability of the United States; the organizations' compliance with anti-money laundering (“AML”) laws and regulations; the convenience and needs of the communities to be served; and the records of performance under the Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) of the IDIs involved in the transaction.
In addition, under the FDI Act as amended by the Bank Merger Act (“BMA”), any IDI must also obtain approval of the FDIC before any merger, acquisition or certain similar transactions with another institution if the resulting institution will be a state chartered bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve. The FDIC maintains a policy statement outlining the agency’s approach to evaluating bank merger and acquisition proposals under the BMA.
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is responsible for evaluating mergers and acquisitions under the federal antitrust laws, and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is responsible for evaluating nonbank acquisitions by a banking organization under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”). Under the BHCA and BMA, mergers and acquisitions by BancShares are subject to a waiting period of 30-days unless the U.S. Attorney General consents to a shorter waiting period or the waiting period is otherwise waived by the approving banking agency due to an emergency that requires expeditious action or the proposal involves a probable bank failure. Transactions subject to review under the HSR Act are also subject to a 30-day waiting period, but the waiting period is only 15 days for transactions that are for cash tender offers or certain bankruptcy sales.
Holding Company Status
Activities. As a BHC, the Parent Company’s activities are generally limited to managing or controlling banks, furnishing services to or performing services for its subsidiaries, and engaging in other activities the Federal Reserve determines by regulation or order to be so closely related to banking or managing or controlling banks as to be a proper incident thereto. In addition to being a BHC, the Parent Company elected to be an FHC under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (the “GLBA”). BHCs that qualify and elect to be FHCs and continue to meet the eligibility requirements as an FHC (discussed below), though still limited in their activities, may more broadly engage in any activity, or acquire and retain the shares of a company engaged in any activity, that is either (i) financial in nature or incidental to such financial activity (as determined by the Federal Reserve in consultation with the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury) or (ii) complementary to such financial activity and does not pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally (as solely determined by the Federal Reserve). Such activities may include, among other things, securities underwriting or merchant banking.
The eligibility requirements for an FHC include that the FHC and each of its subsidiary IDIs remain “well capitalized” and “well managed,” and any subsidiary IDI must have received a rating under the CRA of at least “satisfactory” in its most recent examination. An IDI and its holding company are considered to be well capitalized if they each satisfy the requirements for this status under applicable bank capital requirements. An FHC with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets is considered well managed if it receives a rating of “Broadly Meets Expectations” or “Conditionally Meets Expectations” for at least two of the three supervisory components and no more than one “Deficient-1” component rating under the Federal Reserve’s Large Financial Institution (“LFI”) rating system. Under the LFI rating system, the Federal Reserve assigns ratings based on three supervisory components: (i) capital planning and positions, (ii) liquidity risk management and positions, and (iii) governance and controls, and each component has four potential ratings: “Broadly Meets Expectations,” “Conditionally Meets Expectations,” “Deficient-1” and “Deficient-2”. If an FHC ceases to meet all of the eligibility requirements to be an FHC, the Federal Reserve may impose limitations or conditions on the conduct of its activities, as well as its ability to make certain acquisitions. If the to meet these standards , an FHC may be required to its IDI subsidiaries or all activities other than those activities that may be conducted by BHCs that are not FHCs. Furthermore, if an IDI subsidiary of an FHC has not maintained a CRA rating, the FHC would not be to commence any new financial activities or acquire a company that engages in such activities, though it may still be permitted to continue its existing activities.
The Volcker Rule . The Volcker Rule generally prohibits “banking entities” from engaging in proprietary trading or owning, investing in, or sponsoring “covered funds” which is defined to include hedge funds and private equity funds, subject to certain exemptions. The Volcker Rule applies to the Parent Company, FCB, and their subsidiaries and affiliates that fit the definition of a “banking entity” under the implementing regulations. BancShares has developed and implemented a Volcker Rule compliance program commensurate with the size, scope, and complexity of its activities and its business structure.
Source of Strength . Under the Dodd-Frank Act, BHCs are required to act as a source of financial strength to their subsidiary banks. Pursuant to this requirement, the Parent Company is expected to commit resources to support FCB, including at times when the Parent Company may not be in a financial position to provide such resources. Any indebtedness resulting from capital loans made by a BHC to any of its subsidiary banks are subordinate in right of payment to depositors and to certain other indebtedness of such subsidiary banks. In the event of a BHC’s bankruptcy, any commitment by the BHC to a federal banking agency to maintain the capital of a subsidiary bank will be assumed by the bankruptcy trustee and entitled to priority of payment.
Community Reinvestment Act
The CRA requires the federal banking agencies to encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the local communities, including low- and moderate-income (“LMI”) neighborhoods. As discussed above, if FCB receives a CRA rating of less than “satisfactory” from the FDIC, its activities as an FHC may be limited. Performance under the CRA is also considered when federal banking agencies analyze applications for mergers and acquisitions, as well as branch openings.
In 2023, the federal banking agencies jointly issued a final rule to strengthen and modernize the existing CRA regulations. Under the final rule, the agencies would evaluate a bank’s CRA performance based upon the varied activities that it conducts and the communities in which it operates, and CRA evaluations and data collection requirements would be tailored based on bank size and type. The final rule was preliminarily enjoined on March 29, 2024 following legal challenges, and as a result the agencies continue to apply the prior CRA regulations that were adopted in 1995. On July 16, 2025, the federal banking agencies issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPR”) to rescind the final 2023 rule and reinstate the prior CRA regulations, with certain conforming and technical amendments. Although the proposed rule has not become effective, it is widely expected that the final 2023 rule will be rescinded and that the federal banking agencies will again address modernization of the CRA regulations.
In connection with the objectives of the CRA, FCB oversaw a community benefits plan that was developed in collaboration with representatives of national, state, and local community reinvestment organizations. Under the community benefit plan, FCB committed to invest $16 billion over a five-year period beginning in 2021 and ending on December 31, 2025, in the communities served by FCB, including $3.2 billion in home purchase, home improvement and mortgage refinance loans focused on LMI and minority borrowers in majority-minority geographies, $5.9 billion in small business lending, and $6.9 billion in community development lending and investments. The plan also provided for $50 million in CRA grants.
FCB is currently implementing an addendum to SVB’s prior community benefits plan that was agreed to by FCB in connection with the SVBB Acquisition and is scheduled to conclude on December 31, 2026. Under the addendum, FCB committed to a $6.5 billion community benefit target with the following components: $2.25 billion in small business lending, $3.6 billion in CRA development lending and investing, and $650 million in residential mortgages to LMI borrowers and in selected LMI census tracts. Additionally, FCB committed to $35 million in CRA grants, with $10 million of that sum dedicated to an affordable home mortgage subsidy program.
FDIC Insurance
FCB is required to pay the FDIC premiums for deposit insurance according to base deposit insurance assessment rate schedules, which remain elevated following a uniform increase of 2 basis points (“bps”) by the FDIC that began in the first quarterly assessment period of 2023. The FDIC increased the base deposit insurance assessments rates following growth in insured deposits during the first and second quarters of 2020 that caused the DIF reserve ratio to decline below the statutory minimum of 1.35%. The increased assessment rate schedules are expected to remain in effect until the reserve ratio meets or exceeds 2%, absent further action by the FDIC.
In addition, FCB is subject to special assessments to recover the loss to the DIF associated with the bank failures in spring of 2023. The assessment base for an IDI is equal to the institution’s estimated uninsured deposits as of December 31, 2022, adjusted to exclude the first $5 billion in estimated uninsured deposits. Beginning with the first quarter of 2024, the FDIC collected the special assessment at a quarterly rate of 3.36 bps for seven quarterly assessment periods and will collect the special assessment at a reduced quarterly rate of 2.97 bps for the eighth and final quarterly assessment period ended December 31, 2025. The FDIC will further collect a one-time shortfall special assessment if actual losses to the DIF exceed the amount collected through the initial special assessments, or provide an offset to regular FDIC premiums, proportional to the amount each bank paid toward the initial special assessments, if the amount collected exceeds actual losses. We previously accrued an initial FDIC insurance special assessment charge of $64 million in 2023, and an additional charge of approximately $11 million during 2024 due to higher losses than originally estimated to the DIF. During 2025, the FDIC revised its estimate, indicating lower than previously estimated to the DIF and therefore in the 2025 fourth quarter we reduced the accrual by approximately $11 million.
In November 2025, the bipartisan Main Street Depositor Protection Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate, which would increase FDIC coverage for non-interest-bearing deposit accounts from $250,000 to $10 million, as well as increase the FDIC premiums paid by IDIs. We continue to monitor and evaluate this proposed legislation and other deposit reform proposals.
Requirements for Brokered Deposits and Deposit Brokers; Limited Exception for Reciprocal Deposits
FCB may be limited in its ability to accept deposits made to it with the assistance of a third-party deposit broker if it is not well capitalized. Section 29 of the FDI Act and the FDIC’s implementing regulations limit the ability of an IDI to accept brokered deposits unless the institution is well capitalized, or the IDI is adequately capitalized and obtains a waiver from the FDIC. IDIs that are less than well capitalized generally cannot accept brokered deposits, and are subject to restrictions on the interest rates paid on deposits. IDIs that are well capitalized or adequately capitalized and meet certain other criteria are able to exempt from treatment as “brokered” deposits up to $5 billion or 20% of the institution’s total liabilities in reciprocal deposits (defined generally as deposits received by a depository institution through a deposit placement network with the same maturity and in the same aggregate amount as deposits placed by the depository institution in other network institutions).
Transactions with Insiders and Affiliates
Pursuant to the Federal Reserve Act, Regulation W and Regulation O, the authority of FCB to engage in transactions with or make loans to insiders or “affiliates” is limited. Among other things, loan transactions with an affiliate generally must be collateralized and certain transactions between FCB and its affiliates, including the sale of assets, the payment of money or the provision of services, must be on terms and conditions that are substantially the same, or at least as favorable to FCB, as those prevailing for comparable nonaffiliated transactions. Additionally, FCB is subject to individual and aggregate lending limits with respect to “extensions of credit” to Insiders. Further, FCB generally may not purchase securities issued or underwritten by affiliates. FCB receives management fees from its subsidiaries and the Parent Company for expenses incurred for performing various functions on their behalf. These fees are charged to each company based upon the estimated cost for usage of services by that company. All intercompany transactions are eliminated from the consolidated financial statements.
Crypto-Asset Related Activities
During 2025, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve revised guidance to clarify that supervised institutions may engage in permissible crypto-asset related activities without receiving prior approval or nonobjection or giving prior regulatory notice. In its revised guidance, the FDIC noted that such activities include, but are not limited to, acting as crypto-asset custodians, maintaining stablecoin reserves, issuing crypto and other digital assets, acting as market makers or exchange or redemption agents, participating in blockchain- and distributed ledger-based settlement or payment systems, as well as related activities such as finder activities and lending. In doing so, the FDIC cautioned that its supervised institutions should consider the risks associated with such activities, including market and liquidity risk, operational and cybersecurity risks, consumer protection requirements and AML requirements. In addition, the federal banking agencies issued a joint statement addressing risk management considerations for crypto-asset safekeeping by banking organizations in both a fiduciary or non-fiduciary capacity, including with respect to cryptographic keys used in custody arrangements, cybersecurity programs, and due diligence and oversight of third-party custodians.
Also during 2025, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”) was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law creating a regime for the issuance and regulation of payment stablecoins, which are privately-issued digital assets designed to maintain a stable value relative to a peg specified by a reference asset such as Treasury securities with relatively short maturities and bank deposits. The GENIUS Act will allow payment stablecoins to be issued by subsidiaries of IDIs, along with other entities approved by the OCC and entities authorized to issue stablecoins under qualifying state regimes, and sets forth standards for reserving practices, supervision and enforcement, Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (“BSA”) and AML compliance, and insolvency. The GENIUS Act is expected to become effective in late 2026 or early 2027. On December 16, 2025, the FDIC issued the first NPR under the GENIUS Act that would implement the application requirements and related procedures for any state nonmember bank or state savings association that seeks to issue payment stablecoins through a subsidiary. Additional NPRs are anticipated from the FDIC and the other federal banking agencies.
These statutory and regulatory actions follow the issuance of an Executive Order early in 2025 which aimed to support the responsible growth of digital assets, blockchain technology, and related technologies across the U.S. economy.
If the stablecoin market significantly expands and matures, it could pose a disintermediation risk to banks by attracting deposits away from traditional checking and savings accounts into digital assets, and/or reduce fee income for banks. We will continue to monitor the development of the stablecoin market and the related regulatory landscape and evaluate engaging in such activities.
Anti-Money Laundering & Economic Sanctions
FCB and certain of our other subsidiaries are subject to the BSA and subsequent laws and regulations, including USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “Patriot Act”), that require financial institutions to take steps to prevent the use of their systems to facilitate the flow of illegal or illicit money or terrorist funds, including AML compliance programs, and to report certain activity to the government. The BSA, which is administered by the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also requires covered financial institutions to provide AML training to employees, designate an AML compliance officer and annually audit the AML program to assess its effectiveness, and imposes compliance and due diligence obligations, including standards for verifying customer identification at account opening and maintaining expanded records, as well as beneficial ownership requirements. The United States has also imposed economic sanctions on transactions with certain designated foreign countries, nationals and others, which are enforced by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”). Failure of a financial institution to maintain and implement adequate compliance programs for the foregoing, or to comply with all the relevant laws and regulations, could have serious legal and reputational consequences, including material and sanctions. FCB has implemented a program designed to facilitate compliance with the full extent of the applicable BSA, OFAC and Patriot Act related laws, regulations and related sanctions.
Consumer Laws and Regulations
FCB is subject to certain laws and regulations designed to protect consumers in transactions with banks. These laws include the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”), the Truth in Savings Act, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, the Expedited Funds Availability Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Housing Act and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, many of which are enforced by the CFPB. Under TILA in particular, residential mortgage lenders are required to make a reasonable and good faith determination based on verified and documented information that a consumer applying for a mortgage loan has a reasonable ability to repay the loan according to its terms, based on certain prescribed evaluation alternatives. The foregoing laws and related regulations mandate certain disclosures and regulate the manner in which financial institutions transact business with certain customers. Additionally, in February 2025, a bill was introduced in the U.S. Congress that proposes to amend TILA and would, among other things, temporarily limit the annual percentage rate applicable to an extension of credit obtained by use of a credit card to 10 percentage points, inclusive of all finance charges. We are monitoring the status of the proposal and the impact of support by the President for such a cap.
A number of regulatory authorities may enforce consumer laws and regulations. The CFPB is generally authorized to prevent any institution under its authority from engaging in an unfair, deceptive, or abusive act or practice in connection with consumer financial products and service, and to take supervisory and enforcement action against financial services companies under the agency’s jurisdiction that fail to comply with federal consumer financial laws. Enforcement actions may include imposition of substantial monetary penalties and nonmonetary requirements. During 2025, the CFPB reduced its staff and delegated much of its enforcement function to the DOJ. The CFPB stated that it intends to focus its enforcement and supervision resources on pressing threats to consumers, particularly service members and veterans. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, while the CFPB has the primary enforcement authority over FCB as an IDI with over $10 billion in total assets, the FDIC retains backup enforcement authority over IDI’s with over $10 billion in total consolidated assets, and the FDIC is authorized to bring back-up enforcement actions against a holding company of an IDI if the conduct or conduct of such holding company a foreseeable and material risk of to the DIF.
FCB, as a state-chartered bank, is also subject to state consumer protection laws in the states in which it operates, and the Dodd-Frank Act enhanced the ability of state attorneys general to enforce federal consumer protection laws.
Privacy, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity
BancShares is subject to a number of federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to consumer privacy and data protection. These laws include certain portions of the GLBA, the federal banking agencies’ Computer-Security Incident Notification rule, the SEC’s item for cybersecurity incidents Current Report on Form 8-K, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and the New York Department of Financial Services’ 2017 cybersecurity regulation. These laws govern the collection, sharing, use, disclosure and protection of personal information, the intent of which is to increase transparency related to how personal information is processed, choices individuals have to control how their information is used and to protect the privacy of such information. In addition, on October 22, 2024, the CFPB adopted its final rule for Personal Financial Data Rights, commonly known as the “Open Banking” rule, designed to facilitate the transfer of customer information at the direction of the customer to other financial institutions. Following legal challenge, the CFPB signaled its intent to issue a new final rule revising its open banking framework.
In addition to the foregoing, federal banking agencies have adopted guidelines for establishing information security standards and cybersecurity programs for implementing safeguards under the supervision of the board of directors. These guidelines and related regulatory materials increasingly focus on risk management and processes related to information technology and the use of third parties in the provision of financial services. Under SEC rules, companies also must provide enhanced disclosures in their Annual Reports on Form 10-K with respect to cybersecurity risk assessment and management, strategy and governance, including disclosures regarding management’s role in overseeing the public company’s cybersecurity risk management and compliance program. Refer to Item 1C. Cybersecurity for additional information.
The U.S. Congress, federal and state regulators, as well as regulators outside the United States, have implemented or are considering implementing data protection laws or regulations, which could create new individual privacy rights and impose increased obligations on companies handling personal information, impacting our data security- and privacy-related internal controls and risk profile. For example, regulations were promulgated for the India Digital Personal Data Protection Act where we have operations. In addition, the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the UK General Data Protection Regulation impose extensive obligations on companies that process personal data of individuals in Europe and the United Kingdom, with the potential for significant fines for non-compliance (up to 4% of total annual worldwide revenue). Some of its requirements include prompt notice of data breaches, in certain circumstances, to affected individuals and supervisory authorities.
Climate
BancShares is subject to, and may in the future be subject to additional, state laws relating to climate, including, but not limited to, the California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (the “California CCDAA”) and Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (the “California CFRA”). The California CCDAA requires annual public disclosure of scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, with scope 1 and 2 disclosure required in 2026 and scope 3 in 2027, and the California CRFRA requires biennial public disclosure of climate-related financial risks, with the first disclosure required by January 1, 2026. The California CFRA has been preliminarily enjoined and enforcement paused pending legal challenge. Bills similar to the California laws have been introduced in the New York State Assembly but are still pending.
In October 2025, the federal banking agencies announced the rescission of the interagency Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for LFIs that was previously issued jointly by the agencies in October 2023, stating that existing safety and soundness standards require IDIs to have effective risk management processes commensurate with a banking organization’s size, complexity, and activities.
Compensation
Our compensation practices are subject to oversight by the federal banking agencies, Nasdaq, and, with respect to some of our subsidiaries, by other financial regulatory agencies. The federal banking agencies have issued joint guidance on executive compensation designed to ensure that the incentive compensation policies of banking organizations take into account risk factors and are consistent with the safety and soundness of the organization. The guidance also provides that supervisory findings with respect to incentive compensation will be incorporated into the organization’s supervisory ratings, which can affect its ability to make acquisitions or other corporate decisions. The guidance further provides that the agencies may pursue enforcement actions against a banking organization if its incentive compensation and related risk management, control or governance processes pose a risk to the organization’s safe and sound practices. Pursuant to SEC rules and Nasdaq listing standards, Nasdaq listed companies are required to (i) adopt and implement a compliant incentive compensation clawback policy; (ii) file the clawback policy as an exhibit to their annual reports; and (iii) provide certain disclosures relating to any compensation recovery triggered by the clawback policy. Our clawback policy is filed as Exhibit 97 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act requires the federal banking agencies and the SEC to issue regulations requiring covered financial institutions to prohibit incentive compensation arrangements that encourage risks by providing compensation that is or that could lead to material financial to the institution. several rulemaking efforts over the years, regulations prohibiting such arrangements have yet to be adopted and the prospects and timing for the adoption of any such rules remain uncertain.
Artificial Intelligence
We are subject to regulation of our business and operations, including risk management, with respect to artificial intelligence (“AI”). On June 24, 2024, the CFPB along with the federal banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, adopted a final rule on Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models to address the use of algorithms and AI in estimating home values. The final rule implements quality control standards mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act for the use of automated valuation models by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers in determining the collateral worth of a mortgage secured by a consumer’s principal dwelling.
In addition, on March 27, 2024, the U.S. Treasury released a report that cautioned financial institutions like us to be aware of the special vulnerabilities of AI-based tools and the novel capacities that AI grants to threat actors seeking to carry out targeted cyberattacks against financial institutions. On September 23, 2024, the DOJ updated its guidance to federal prosecutors in conducting an investigation of a corporation related to the evaluation of corporate compliance programs, including an expectation that companies will have conducted a risk assessment regarding the use of new technologies like AI and will have taken appropriate steps to mitigate related risk.
Numerous bills have been introduced in the U.S. Congress throughout 2025 regarding the promotion and regulation of AI. In addition, certain U.S. states have recently enacted regulation related to the development and deployment of AI. Some of these laws intersect with existing privacy laws and may present challenges to the use of AI-related technologies, particularly in cases where personal information is processed requiring notice disclosure and, in certain cases, consent for use of AI. On December 11, 2025, an Executive Order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” (“EO 14365”) was issued that takes aim at state AI regulations by, among other things, establishing a litigation task force to challenge state AI laws inconsistent with a minimally burdensome national policy framework.
We continue to monitor and evaluate statutory and regulatory proposals related to AI regulation and assess their potential impact.
Debanking and Fair Access
On August 7, 2025, an Executive Order titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans” (“EO 14331”) was issued. The order directed federal banking agencies to identify financial institutions engaged in “politicized or unlawful debanking,” including due to a customer’s political or religious beliefs, and seek remedial actions if such debanking violates applicable law. The order also directed federal banking agencies to consider modifying regulations that could result in such debanking and, to the greatest extent permitted by law, remove reputation risk that could result in such debanking from any guidance documents, manuals or other materials. In response, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) required SBA lending-program participants to provide certain information and certifications, and the FDIC sent requests to the largest FDIC-supervised banks and conducted a review of FDIC-supervised banks’ policies and procedures. The FDIC and Federal Reserve also announced removal of reputation risk from supervisory materials, and the OCC and FDIC have issued a proposed rule to prohibit use of reputation risk by regulators as a basis for supervisory criticisms or adverse actions. In addition to EO 14331, certain states have enacted fair access laws aimed at preventing similar debanking activities, including Florida, Tennessee and Idaho. We continue to monitor and evaluate regulatory proposals related to debanking and assess their potential impact.
Other Regulated Subsidiaries
BancShares’ broker-dealer and registered investment adviser subsidiaries are regulated by the SEC and, with respect to broker-dealers, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The broker-dealer and investment adviser subsidiaries also are subject to additional regulation by states and local jurisdictions. The SEC and FINRA have active enforcement functions that oversee broker-dealers and investment advisers and can bring actions that result in fines, restitution, a limitation on permitted activities, disqualification to continue to conduct certain activities and an inability to rely on certain favorable exemptions. Certain types of infractions and violations also can affect the ability to issue new securities expeditiously. In addition, certain changes in the activities of a broker-dealer require approval from FINRA, and FINRA takes into account a variety of considerations in acting upon applications for such approval, including internal controls, capital levels, management experience and quality, prior enforcement and disciplinary history, and supervisory concerns.
BancShares’ insurance activities are subject to licensing and regulation by state insurance regulatory agencies. Insurance regulatory authorities generally have broad administrative powers with respect to, among other things: licensing companies and agents to transact business; establishing statutory capital and reserve requirements and the solvency standards that must be met and maintained; regulating certain premium rates; reviewing and approving policy forms; regulating unfair trade and claims practices, including through the imposition of restrictions on marketing and sales practices, distribution arrangements and payment of inducements; approving changes in control of insurance companies; restricting the payment of dividends and other transactions between affiliates; and regulating the types, amounts and valuation of investments. Our Vermont insurance captive subsidiary is required to file reports, generally including detailed annual financial statements, with the insurance regulatory authority, and its operations and accounts are subject to periodic examination by such authorities.
BancShares’ equipment financing and leasing operations are subject to laws, rules, and regulations administered by authorities in jurisdictions where business is conducted. In the United States, equipment financing and leasing operations are subject to rules and regulations relating to health, safety, operations, maintenance, and mechanical standards promulgated by federal and state agencies and industry organizations.
In connection with its Rail segment, BancShares’ maintains a wholly owned subsidiary, FC International, Inc. (“FC International”) which is a corporation chartered by the Federal Reserve pursuant to Section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act (“Edge Act”). Edge Act corporations are banking organizations that are authorized to engage in international banking and foreign financial transactions, and the U.S. activities of such corporations are generally limited to those that are incidental to their foreign operations. FC International holds equity interests in foreign companies that support our Rail segment. FC International is subject to supervision and regulation by the Federal Reserve, including examination, reporting, capital, and the BSA and AML requirements pursuant to the Edge Act and the Federal Reserve’s Regulation K.
Available Information
We make available on our investor relations website (ir.firstcitizens.com) BancShares’ Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Interested parties may also directly access the SEC’s website ( www.sec.gov ), which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information electronically filed by BancShares. Except as specifically incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K, information on those websites is not part of this report.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Risk Factor Summary
We are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could have a material impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. As a financial services organization, certain elements of risk are inherent in our transactions and operations and are present in the business decisions we make. We encounter risks as part of the normal course of our business, and our success is dependent on our ability to identify, understand and manage the risks presented by our business activities. We categorize risks in this Item 1A. Risk Factors into the following areas, and the principal risks and uncertainties that management believes make an investment in us speculative or risky are summarized within their respective areas:
Strategic Risks
▪ We may be adversely affected by risks associated with previous and future acquisitions, and any future acquisitions may be subject to increased regulatory scrutiny.
▪ We encounter significant competition that may reduce our market share and profitability and our financial performance depends upon our ability to attract and retain customers for our products and services.
▪ Consumers may increasingly decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions, which could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and operations.
▪ Certain provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and certain statutes and regulations and the current composition of our stockholders may make it more difficult for a third party to change our management or acquire control of us, even if stockholders might consider the change in management or change in control to be in their best interests.
▪ Our Bylaws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if such court lacks jurisdiction, the federal district court of the District of Delaware, will be the sole and exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders. This could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees or stockholders.
▪ The Parent Company relies on dividends from FCB for returning capital to stockholders, paying dividends on its common and preferred stock and servicing its debt obligations, and FCB’s ability to pay the Parent Company dividends may be restricted.
▪ Failure to adopt new technologies that match consumer preferences or to keep pace with or effectively implement technological changes could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
▪ We are subject to reputational risks that could harm our business and prospects. If we were subject to reputational harm, it could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
▪ The Trump administration has proposed or implemented significant changes to the size and scope of the federal government, including reductions in program or agency funding or workforce, and may continue to do so.
Operational Risks
▪ We face significant operational risks in our businesses and may fail to maintain appropriate operational infrastructure and oversight.
▪ A cyberattack, information or security breach, or a technology outage of ours or of a third-party could adversely affect our ability to conduct our business, manage our exposure to risk or result in the disclosure or misuse of confidential customer or employee data or proprietary information, and increase our costs to maintain and enhance our operational and security systems and infrastructure. Such an event or resource expenditures could adversely impact our results of operations, liquidity and financial condition.
▪ We depend on the effectiveness and integrity of employees, and the systems and controls for which they are responsible, to manage operational risks.
▪ We are subject to litigation and other legal liability risks, and our expenses related to such risks may adversely affect our results.
▪ We depend on qualified personnel for our success and may not be able to retain or attract such personnel.
▪ We are exposed to losses related to fraud.
▪ Our business and financial performance could be impacted by natural or man-made disasters, global pandemics, civil unrest, acts of war, terrorist activities, climate change or other adverse external events.
▪ We rely on third-parties to provide key components of our business infrastructure, and our third-parties may be responsible for or contribute to failures that adversely affect our operations.
▪ Data quality and completeness may not be adequate and could cause financial or reputational harm to FCB.
▪ Deposit insurance premiums levied on banks, including FCB, may increase if there is an increase in the number of bank failures, the cost of resolving failed banks, or the FDIC deposit insurance coverage limit.
Credit Risks
▪ If we fail to effectively manage credit risk, our business and financial condition will suffer.
▪ Our allowance for credit losses and reserve related to off-balance sheet credit exposure may prove to be insufficient to cover actual credit losses in our credit portfolios.
▪ Our concentration of loans and leases in certain industries increases the risk of losses and could impair our earnings if these industries experience economic difficulties.
▪ Deteriorating collateral values, credit quality, or our reliance on junior liens may adversely impact our business and our results of operations.
▪ The financial system is highly interrelated, and the default or threatened default of even a single financial institution could result in significant market-wide liquidity and credit problems, losses or defaults, lead to significant regulatory reform, or result in credit losses through potential counterparty default, any of which may adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations.
▪ Changes in domestic and foreign trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs may adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
▪ We may not be able to realize our entire investment in the equipment that we lease to our customers.
▪ Accounting for acquired assets may result in earnings volatility.
Market Risks
▪ Failure to effectively manage our interest rate sensitivity within our defined risk appetite could adversely affect our earnings.
▪ Unfavorable economic conditions, as considered through a range of metrics, have and could continue to adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
▪ U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have and could continue to adversely affect our business.
▪ The value of our goodwill may decline in the future.
▪ The market price of our common stock may be volatile.
Liquidity Risks
▪ If our current level of balance sheet liquidity were to experience significant pressure, it could affect our ability to pay withdrawals by depositors, repay the Purchase Money Note (defined below) and other creditors, and fund our operations.
▪ We are subject to enhanced liquidity risk management and other requirements, and failure to meet these requirements could result in regulatory and compliance risks, including possible restrictions on our activities, and inadequate liquidity.
Capital Adequacy Risks
▪ Our ability to grow is contingent upon access to capital, which may not be readily available to us as a result of credit rating reductions.
▪ If we fail to meet regulatory requirements, including enhanced capital adequacy, liquidity, stress testing, and capital planning requirements, or are subject to certain other legal limitations, our financial condition and ability to pay dividends or make other payments could be adversely affected.
▪ Increases to our level of indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital and to meet our obligations.
Compliance Risks
▪ We operate in a highly regulated industry, and the laws and regulations that impact our operations, taxes, corporate governance, executive compensation and financial accounting and reporting, including changes in them or our failure to comply with them, may adversely affect us.
▪ Failure to meet regulatory requirements related to information security and data privacy may subject us to fines, litigation, or regulatory enforcement actions.
▪ We face heightened compliance risks related to certain specialty commercial business lines.
▪ We are subject to enhanced prudential standards, and failure to comply with these standards could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
▪ We are subject to certain laws and regulations designed to protect consumers in transactions with financial institutions against unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices and compliance with such laws and regulations and related enforcement actions may impact our business operations and profitability.
▪ We may be adversely affected by changes in United States and foreign tax laws and other tax laws and regulations.
▪ We are subject to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) risks, which may adversely affect our reputation and ability to retain employees and customers, and failure to comply with applicable regulations could have an adverse affect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Financial Reporting Risks
▪ Accounting standards may change and increase our operating costs or otherwise adversely affect our results.
▪ Our accounting policies and processes require management to make judgments, assumptions or estimates about matters, which may result in us reporting materially different results or amounts than would have been reported using different judgments, assumptions or estimates.
▪ Our business is highly quantitative and requires widespread use of financial models for day-to-day operations; these models may produce inaccurate predictions that significantly vary from actual results, and we may rely on them in making decisions that adversely affect our business or the information we provide to our investors and regulators.
▪ We may fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, which, among other things, could hinder our ability to prevent fraud and provide reliable financial reports to key stakeholders.
The risks and uncertainties that management believes are material to an investment in us are described below. Additional risks and uncertainties that are not currently known to management or that management does not currently deem material could also have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, the results of our operations or our business. If such risks and uncertainties were to materialize or the likelihoods of the risks were to increase, we could be adversely affected, and the market price of our securities could significantly decline. The below risk factors should be read in conjunction with the information under “Regulatory Considerations” in Item 1. Business, as well as Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and the audited consolidated financial statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Strategic Risks
We may be adversely affected by risks associated with previous and future acquisitions, and any future acquisitions may be subject to increased regulatory scrutiny.
Although we plan to continue to grow our business organically, we have pursued and expect to continue to pursue acquisition opportunities to support our business strategies and enhance our potential profitability. Consummating an acquisition, including our pending BMO Branch Acquisition, often requires prior federal and state regulatory approval. Changes in policies focused on bank acquisitions may interfere or impede future acquisition opportunities. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Limitations on Mergers & Acquisitions for additional information. Changes made by the federal banking agencies in revamping the bank merger review process have reduced burdens associated with obtaining an approval for bank merger transactions, but larger banking organizations, like us, continue to be subject to enhanced prudential standards and requirements that may be considered as part of the application process, especially in the case of transactions that would result in a banking organization crossing the asset thresholds for a higher category of bank regulation under the Tailoring Rules. Any regulatory of bank mergers and acquisitions or further revisions to the framework for bank merger review could result in future acquisitions being , or subject to material conditions which may impose additional costs or that reduce the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction.
Acquisitions of financial institutions, assets of financial institutions or other operating entities involve operational risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to:
• difficulties, inefficiencies, or cost overruns associated with the integration of operations, personnel, technologies, services, and products of acquired companies with ours;
• inability to realize the expected revenue increases, cost savings, increases in geographic or product presence, and/or other projected benefits;
• potential disruption to our business; and
• the possible loss of key executive officers, employees and customers.
Furthermore, acquired companies or assets may have unknown or contingent liabilities, exposure to unexpected asset quality problems that require write downs or write-offs and additional regulatory requirements. Due to these and other issues relating to acquisitions, we may not be able to realize projected cost savings, synergies or other benefits associated with any prior or future acquisition. Failure to efficiently integrate any acquired entities or assets into our existing operations could significantly increase our operating costs and consequently have material adverse effects on our financial condition and results of operations.
In the past, we have acquired, and may in the future continue to acquire, certain assets and assume certain liabilities of failed banks in FDIC-assisted transactions. FDIC-assisted transactions, such as the SVBB Acquisition, present unique risks because of the limited due diligence, expedited timelines, minimal negotiation of terms required by the FDIC and the limited availability of audited financial statements of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. These transactions often require additional resources to service acquired problem loans, costly integration of personnel and operating systems, and the establishment of processes and internal controls to service acquired assets in accordance with applicable FDIC standards. In addition, although the FDIC provides assistance in the form of loss sharing with respect to losses on certain acquired loans, if the covered loans are not managed in accordance with the commercial shared loss agreement, the FDIC has the right to refuse or delay payment for loan losses, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The SVBB Acquisition added new business lines and expanded our geographic scope to new areas. Our future success depends, in part, upon the continued ability to effectively manage this expanded business while continuing to strengthen our reputation among the venture capital and private equity communities, and other participants in the industries that legacy Silicon Valley Bank served.
We encounter significant competition that may reduce our market share and profitability and our financial performance depends upon our ability to attract and retain customers for our products and services.
We operate in a highly competitive industry, and we expect competition to continue to intensify. Refer to Item 1. Business—Competition for additional information. Our profitability depends on our ability to compete successfully with other banks, nonbank providers of banking products and services, and other specialized financial services providers in our market areas. Our primary competitors include local, regional and national banks; credit unions; commercial finance companies; leasing companies; various wealth management providers; private equity firms; private credit providers; hedge funds; independent and captive insurance agencies; mortgage companies; and other non-bank providers of financial services. Some of our larger competitors have the capacity to offer products and services we do not offer, which may enable them to be more aggressive than us in competing for loans and deposits. Some of our non-bank competitors operate in less stringent regulatory environments, and certain competitors are not subject to federal or state income taxes.
The fierce competitive pressures that we face adversely affect pricing and other terms for many of our products and services, and we could lose business to competitors or be forced to price products and services on less advantageous terms to retain or attract clients, either of which would adversely affect our profitability. We compete with banks and other financial services companies for deposits. If competitors raise the rates they pay on deposits, our funding costs may increase, either because we raise rates to avoid losing deposits or because we lose deposits and must rely on more expensive sources of funding. In addition, checking and savings account balances and other forms of customer deposits may decrease when customers perceive alternative investments as providing a better risk/return trade-off. Our bank customers could take their money out of FCB and put it in alternative investments, causing us to lose a lower-cost source of funding. Digital asset service providers have also increasingly applied for state or national trust bank charters, which will allow them to compete for deposits and loans and may result in customer from financial institutions that do not offer digital asset services.
Consumers may increasingly decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions, which could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and operations.
Technology and other changes are allowing parties to complete financial transactions that historically have involved banks through alternative methods without involving banks. For example, consumers can now maintain funds that would have historically been held as bank deposits in brokerage accounts, mutual funds or virtual accounts. Consumers can also complete transactions, such as paying bills or transferring funds directly without the assistance of banks. Transactions utilizing digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and other similar assets, have increased substantially. Certain characteristics of digital asset transactions, such as the speed with which such transactions can be conducted, the ability to transact without the involvement of regulated intermediaries, the ability to engage in transactions across multiple jurisdictions, and the anonymous nature of the transactions, are appealing to certain consumers. Accordingly, digital asset service providers, which, at present, are not subject to as extensive regulation as banking organizations and other financial institutions, have become active competitors for our customers’ banking business and may have greater flexibility in competing for business. An Executive Order issued by President Trump in early 2025 stated that his administration will support the responsible growth of digital assets, blockchain technology and related technologies across the U.S. economy. The Executive Order includes a prohibition on the creation of a central bank digital currency and states a policy of promoting the development of dollar denominated stablecoins. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Crypto-Asset Related Activities for additional discussion on these developments.
The process of eliminating banks as intermediaries, known as “disintermediation,” could result in the loss of fee income, as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits. The loss of these revenue streams and the lower cost deposits as a source of funds could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Certain provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and certain statutes and regulations and the current composition of our stockholders may make it more difficult for a third party to change our management or acquire control of us, even if stockholders might consider the change in management or change in control to be in their best interests.
We are a BHC incorporated in the state of Delaware. Certain anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law and certain provisions contained in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (our “Certificate of Incorporation) and Amended and Restated Bylaws (our “Bylaws”) could delay or prevent the removal of our directors and other management. The provisions could also delay or make more difficult a tender offer, merger or proxy contest that a stockholder might consider to be in their best interests. For example, our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws:
• allow the Board to issue and set the terms of preferred shares without further stockholder approval, subject to the terms of any class or series of preferred shares;
• limit who can call a special meeting of stockholders to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary;
• establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the Board and proposals of other business to be considered at annual meetings of stockholders; and
• authorize the issuance of two classes of common stock, one of which, Class B common stock, par value $1 per share (“Class B common stock”), is entitled to cast 16 votes per share. As of December 31, 2025, approximately 60% of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock and over 20% of the outstanding Class A common stock may be deemed to be beneficially owned or controlled by the Holding family members expected to be identified in the 2026 Proxy Statement as principal stockholders of ours.
As of December 31, 2025, members of the Holding family and entities related to them may be deemed to beneficially own or control shares in excess of 50% of our voting power of our common stock. These provisions, together with the voting power of members of the Holding family and entities related to them, may discourage bids for our common stock at a premium over market price, adversely affecting the price that could be received by our stockholders for our common stock and render the removal of our Board and management more difficult.
Our Bylaws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if such court lacks jurisdiction, the federal district court of the District of Delaware, will be the sole and exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders. This could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees or stockholders.
Our Bylaws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if such court lacks jurisdiction, the federal district court of the District of Delaware, will be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, other employees or stockholder to us or our stockholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or as to which the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Our choice of forum provisions do not preclude or contract the scope of exclusive federal or concurrent jurisdiction for any actions brought under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Accordingly, our choice of forum provisions do not provide that they will relieve us of our duties to comply with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, nor do they provide that our stockholders will be deemed to have waived our compliance with these laws, rules and regulations.
These choice of forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of its choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees or agents, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees or agents.
There is some uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce our exclusive forum provisions. If a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our Bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees.
The Parent Company relies on dividends from FCB for returning capital to stockholders, paying dividends on its common and preferred stock and servicing its debt obligations, and FCB’s ability to pay the Parent Company dividends may be restricted.
The Parent Company is a separate legal entity from FCB, but the Parent Company derives most of its revenue and cash flow from dividends paid by FCB. These dividends are the primary source from which the Parent Company returns capital to stockholders, whether through the payment of dividends on its common and preferred stock or the repurchase of shares pursuant to a share repurchase program (“SRP”). In addition, these dividends are the primary source for paying interest and principal on its debt obligations. State and federal laws impose restrictions on the dividends that FCB may pay to the Parent Company. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Limitations on Dividends and Other Payments for additional information. Among other things, we are required to submit an annual capital plan to the Federal Reserve that includes any planned dividends or equity repurchases over a set planning horizon. The Federal Reserve could prohibit or limit the Parent Company’s payment of dividends, redemptions, or stock repurchases if it determines that payment of the dividend or such equity repurchase would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice. In the event FCB is unable to pay dividends to us for an extended period of time, the Parent Company may not be able to service its debt obligations or pay dividends on its common or preferred stock, and the to receive dividends from FCB could consequently have a material effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Failure to adopt new technologies that match consumer preferences or to keep pace with or effectively implement technological changes could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
The financial services industry is continually undergoing rapid technological change with frequent introduction of new technology-related products and services, including recent and rapid developments in AI and crypto-assets and related technologies. The effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to better serve customers and to reduce costs. The rapid growth of new technologies related to the digitization of banking services and capabilities, including through internet services and mobile devices, requires us to continuously evaluate our product and service offerings to ensure they remain competitive. Our success depends in part on our ability to adapt and deliver our products and services in a manner responsive to evolving industry standards and consumer preferences. The cost of investing in, implementing and maintaining such technology is high, and there can be no assurance, given the fast pace of change and innovation, that our technology, either purchased or developed internally, will meet our needs or allow us to remain competitive, in a timely, cost-effective manner or at all.
The use of AI presents its own unique risks. Third-party development of AI models introduces risks related to how those models are developed, trained, and deployed, including unauthorized material in training data and limited visibility into risk mitigation steps. The legal and regulatory environment for AI is uncertain and rapidly evolving, both in the United States and internationally, potentially increasing compliance costs and risk of non-compliance. We are also exposed to the risk that generative AI models may produce incorrect outputs, release confidential information, reflect biases, infringe intellectual property, or otherwise cause harm. Their complexity makes it challenging to understand outputs and comply with documentation or explanation requirements. Crypto-asset related activities also present unique risks, including market and liquidity risk, operational and cybersecurity risks, consumer protection requirements and AML requirements. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Artificial Intelligence and —Crypto-Asset Related Activities for additional information. Failure to adopt new technologies that match consumer preferences or a failure to keep pace with or effectively implement technological changes could affect our results of operations and financial condition.
We are subject to reputational risks that could harm our business and prospects. If we were subject to reputational harm, it could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Maintaining our reputation is important to our business and our brand. Sources of reputational risks have included and may in the future include, among others, cyberattacks, legal claims and regulatory action, fraudulent activities aimed at us or parties with whom we do business, inaccurate or incomplete data, insufficient operational infrastructure or oversight, employee misconduct, non-compliance with applicable law or regulatory policies by us or parties with whom we do business, any inability to provide reliable financial reports or maintain effective internal controls, failure of our ESG practices to meet investor or stakeholder expectations, or public perceptions of our business practices, including our deposit pricing and acquisition activity.
Our reputation may also be damaged by adverse publicity or negative information regarding us, whether or not true, that may be published or broadcast by the media or posted on social media, non-mainstream news services or other parts of the internet. This risk can be magnified by the speed and pervasiveness with which information is disseminated through those channels. Because we conduct most of our businesses under the “First Citizens” brand, negative public opinion about one business could affect our other businesses.
Reputational harm may lead to, among other things, a decline in our deposit balances and an increased risk that we become subject to litigation and regulatory action. Such reputational harm could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Trump administration has proposed or implemented significant changes to the size and scope of the federal government, including reductions in program or agency funding or workforce, and may continue to do so.
The Trump administration has proposed or implemented significant changes to the size and scope of the federal government and may continue to do so. In addition to changes in policy direction, these have included challenges to agency independence as well as agency reorganizations, alteration of government payment systems, leadership and personnel changes, and reductions in program or agency funding or workforce, including workforce reductions at federal banking agencies and the CFPB. These changes may have differing impacts on the economy as a whole or different regions or segments of the economy or asset classes which are difficult to predict at this time. These changes could also result in increased uncertainty and compliance costs if we become subject to additional state and local laws in absence of comprehensive federal oversight or the changes are reversed or limited by judicial challenge or a later executive administration. Accordingly, it is possible that such changes may be materially adverse to our customers, business, financial condition and results of operation.
Operational Risks
We face significant operational risks in our businesses and may fail to maintain appropriate operational infrastructure and oversight.
Safely conducting and growing our business requires that we create and maintain an appropriate operational and organizational control infrastructure. Operational risk can arise in numerous ways, including, but not limited to, employee fraud, customer fraud, control lapses in bank operations and information technology, and pace of change brought about by organizational growth. Our dependence on our employees and internal and third-party automated systems and vendors to record and process transactions may further increase the risk that technical failures or system-tampering will result in losses that are difficult to detect. Our internal controls that are intended to safeguard and maintain our operational and organizational infrastructure and information, as well as oversee and monitor control effectiveness, have inherent limitations and may not be successful. We have been, and may in the future be, subject to disruptions of our operating systems arising from events that are wholly or partially beyond our control. Failure to maintain appropriate operational infrastructure and oversight or to safely operate our business can lead to of service to customers, reputational , legal actions and with various laws and regulations, all of which could have a material impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
A cyberattack, information or security breach, or a technology outage of ours or of a third-party could adversely affect our ability to conduct our business, manage our exposure to risk or result in the disclosure or misuse of confidential customer or employee data or proprietary information, and increase our costs to maintain and enhance our operational and security systems and infrastructure. Such an event or resource expenditures could adversely impact our results of operations, liquidity and financial condition.
Our businesses are highly dependent on the security and efficacy of our infrastructure, computer and data management systems, as well as those of third parties with whom we interact or on whom we rely. Our businesses rely on the secure processing, transmission, storage and retrieval of confidential, proprietary and other information in our computer and data management systems and networks, and in the computer and data management systems and networks of third parties. In addition, to access our network, products and services, our customers and other third parties may use personal mobile devices or computing devices that are outside of our network environment and are subject to their own cybersecurity risks, which may provide a point of entry for adverse effects on our own network environment.
We, as well as our customers, regulators, third-party service providers, and other third parties with whom we do business, have been subject to, and are likely to continue to be the target of, cyberattacks and information or security breaches. These cyberattacks and information or security breaches include computer viruses, malicious or destructive code, ransomware, phishing attacks, denial of service or other security breaches that could result in the unauthorized release, gathering, monitoring, misuse, loss or destruction of confidential, proprietary or personal data. We cannot implement guaranteed preventive measures against all security threats and we may fail to detect when they occur.
Existing and future geopolitical conflicts potentially heighten the risk of cyberattacks and information or security breaches from nation-state actors or others that may be directed at the United States and its critical infrastructure, such as the financial services sector. Due to FCB’s expanded geographic footprint and increased prominence, we may be at higher risk of being targeted and impacted by geopolitical conflicts. If such cyberattacks and information or security breaches occur, it could result in severe costs and disruptions to companies and their operations as well as to governmental entities.
Cybersecurity risks for large banking institutions, such as FCB, have significantly increased in recent years in part because of the proliferation of new technologies, the use of the internet and mobile banking to conduct financial transactions, and the increased sophistication of criminal activities. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Artificial Intelligence and —Crypto-Asset Related Activities for additional information. These risks are expected to continue and further intensify in the future. Even the most advanced control environment may be vulnerable to compromise given the possibility of employee error, failures to follow security procedures or malfeasance. Additionally, the increase of supply chain attacks, including potential attacks on third parties with access to our data or those providing critical services to us, remain an operational risk. As cyber threats continue to evolve, we will be required to expend significant additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our layers of defense or to investigate and remediate any information security . Furthermore, past and future business transactions (such as acquisitions or integrations) could us to additional cybersecurity risks and , as our systems could be affected by present in acquired or integrated entities’ systems and technologies.
We also face indirect technology, cybersecurity and operational risks relating to customers and other third parties with whom we do business or upon whom we rely to facilitate or enable our business activities, including financial counterparties; financial intermediaries such as clearing agents, exchanges and clearing houses; vendors and other external dependencies; regulators; and providers of critical infrastructure such as internet access and electrical power. As a result of increasing consolidation, interdependence and complexity of financial entities and technology systems, an event that materially degrades, or disrupts systems of one or more financial entities or related third-parties could have a material impact on counterparties or other market participants, including us. This consolidation, interdependence and complexity also increases the risk of operational failure, on both individual and industry-wide bases, as disparate systems need to be integrated, often on an accelerated basis. Any third-party technology failure, cyberattack or other information or security breach, termination or constraint could, among other things, affect our ability to effect transactions, service our customers, manage our exposure to risk or expand our businesses.
Cyberattacks or other information or security breaches, whether directed at us or third parties, may adversely impact our results of operations, liquidity and financial condition or have other material consequences including loss of customers and business opportunities, disruption to our operations and business, misappropriation, disclosure or destruction of our confidential information and that of our customers, or damage to our customers’ and third parties’ computers or systems. In addition, such penetration or circumvention could result in a violation of applicable data privacy and protection laws and other laws, litigation exposure, regulatory fines, penalties or intervention, loss of confidence in our security measures, reputational , reimbursement or other compensatory costs and additional compliance costs and insurance coverage may not be available for such or, where available, such may exceed insurance limits.
We depend on the effectiveness and integrity of employees, and the systems and controls for which they are responsible, to manage operational risks.
We depend on our employees and the employees of third-parties to design, manage and operate our systems and controls. We also depend on these individuals and the systems and controls for which they are responsible to identify and mitigate the risks that are inherent in our business, relationships and activities, including compliance, risk management and fraud prevention.
As a result of this dependence, we are subject to human vulnerabilities, which may range from innocent human error to misconduct or malfeasance. Our controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent problems resulting from such human vulnerabilities. We may fail to adequately maintain a culture of risk management among our employees. These concerns are increased when we introduce new products or services, acquire or invest in a business or implement new technologies or change systems, processes or procedures (including in connection with strategic efforts to streamline the information technology operating environment and improve data infrastructure), as we may fail to adequately identify or manage operational risks resulting from such changes. These concerns may be further by employee turnover and labor . While we continue to rely on many manual systems and controls, we are increasingly relying on automation, which presents its own risks, including potential or other , and does not eliminate the need for design, operation and remediation by employees.
Any of the foregoing may lead to customer remediation costs, regulatory fines or penalties, litigation or enforcement actions or limitations on our business activities, as well as reputational harm and an erosion in customer confidence, any of which could impact our financial and competitive position.
We are subject to litigation and other legal liability risks, and our expenses related to such risks may adversely affect our results.
We are subject to litigation and other legal liability risks in the ordinary course of our business. Claims and legal actions, including supervisory actions by our regulators, that have been or may be initiated against us (including against entities that we acquire) or that involve matters for which we have indemnification obligations or other retained liabilities from time to time could involve large monetary sums and significant defense costs. Claims have previously and may in the future include those from third parties alleging infringement of their claimed intellectual property rights, which if resolved in their favor could prevent us from using certain technology or trademarks or providing certain products or services. The number of claims and legal actions we face may vary from time to time and have typically increased during credit crises. The outcomes of such cases are always uncertain until finally adjudicated or resolved.
In the course of our business, we may foreclose on and take title to real estate that contains or was used in the manufacture or processing of hazardous materials or that is subject to other environmental risks. In addition, we may lease equipment to our customers that is used to mine, develop, and process hazardous materials, and our railcars may be used to transport hazardous materials. As a result, we could be subject to environmental liabilities or claims for negligence, property damage or personal injury with respect to these properties or equipment, as well as potential impacts to our reputation. We may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for property damage, personal injury, investigation and clean-up costs incurred by these parties in connection with environmental contamination, accidents or other risks, or may be required to or clean up or toxic substances or chemical releases at a property. The costs associated with or remediation activities could be substantial. In addition, if we are the owner or former owner of a contaminated site or equipment involved in a , we may be subject to common law by third parties based on and costs resulting from environmental contamination, property , personal or other risks emanating from the property or related to the equipment.
Although we establish reserves for legal claims when payments associated with the claims become probable and our liability can be reasonably estimated, these reserves may not be adequate and the actual amount paid in resolution of a legal claim may be substantially higher than any amounts reserved for the matter.
Substantial or significant legal claims or regulatory action against us or that involve matters for which we have indemnification obligations or other retained liabilities could have material adverse financial effects or cause significant reputational harm to us, which in turn could seriously harm our business prospects. For additional information, refer to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, Note 22—Commitments and Contingencies.
We depend on qualified personnel for our success and may not be able to retain or attract such personnel.
As a human capital-intensive business, our success largely depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified executive officers and management, financial, compliance, technical, operations, risk management, sales, and support employees. Attracting and retaining key employees is of heightened importance due to the significant expansion of the size, geographic reach and operational scope of our business that has occurred in connection with merger and acquisition transactions.
We face significant competition in the recruitment and retainment of qualified executive officers and other employees, and our compensation practices are subject to review and oversight of the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and other regulators. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Compensation for additional information. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified employees due to competition, regulatory limitations or other reasons, or if the compensation costs required to attract and retain employees become more significant, our performance, including our competitive position, could be materially adversely affected. If, for whatever reason, we lost any of our current executive officers or other key employees, it may disrupt our business and growth strategies and could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
We are exposed to losses related to fraud.
As technology continues to evolve, criminals are using increasingly more sophisticated techniques to commit fraud, hide fraudulent activity, and proliferate effective techniques through social media. Fraudulent activity that we have been and are likely to continue to be exposed to can come in many forms, including debit card/credit card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, electronic scanning devices attached to automated teller machines, use of AI to facilitate the perpetration of social engineering and impersonation schemes and identity theft, peer-to-peer payment fraud, social engineering, digital fraud, malware, and phishing, smishing, or vishing attacks to obtain personal information and fraudulent impersonation of our customers through the use of falsified documents, fake identification, or credentials. We expect that combating activities as they evolve will require continued ongoing investments and attention as significant could cause us direct for which insurance coverage may not be available, or where available, that exceed insurance limits, result in potential legal actions as a result of operational or with regulatory standards, or our customer relationships, among other potential consequences, impacting our reputation or results of operations.
Our business and financial performance could be impacted by natural or man-made disasters, global pandemics, civil unrest, acts of war, terrorist activities, climate change or other adverse external events.
Natural or man-made disasters (including, but not limited to, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, fires, pollution, and explosions), global pandemics, civil unrest, acts of war, terrorist activities, climate change or other adverse external events, including government actions or other restrictions in connection with such events, could hurt our business and financial performance (i) directly through damage to our facilities or other impacts to our ability to conduct business in the ordinary course, and (ii) indirectly through such damage or impacts to our customers, suppliers or other counterparties. These events are largely outside of our control, and our ability to minimize the consequences of such events is limited. In particular, a significant amount of our business is concentrated in North Carolina, South Carolina, California, Texas, New York, Massachusetts and Florida, including areas where our operational facilities and retail and commercial customers have been and, in the future, could be impacted by hurricanes and flooding, earthquakes, wildfires, and rising sea levels. We also do business in Georgia, Virginia, Nebraska, Arizona, New Jersey, Hawaii, Nevada, as well as in Canada and other international locations our clients are domiciled, all of which also include areas significantly to the risks of such events. These events or an increase in their frequency or magnitude may affect our operations or the value of real properties securing our loans, or result in impacts us or our customers, suppliers or other counterparties in connection with reductions in regional and local economic activity.
There has been evolving regulatory, political and social attention to the issue of climate change and related environmental sustainability matters. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Climate for additional information on related regulatory matters. Consumers and businesses in communities that we serve may change their behavior and preferences because of issues related to climate change and new laws and regulations aimed at mitigating negative effects. Monitoring and complying with changing regulatory climate requirements may increase compliance costs and could result in the imposition of taxes and fees, the required purchase of emission credits or the implementation of significant operational changes, each of which may require us to expend significant capital and incur compliance, operating, maintenance and remediation costs.
We rely on third-parties to provide key components of our business infrastructure, and our third-parties may be responsible for or contribute to failures that adversely affect our operations.
Third-parties provide key components of our business infrastructure, including certain data processing and information services. Their services could be difficult to quickly replace in the event of failure or other interruption in service. Failures of certain third-parties to provide services could adversely affect our ability to deliver products and services to our customers leading to non-compliance with regulatory requirements. Third-parties also present information security risks to us, both directly and indirectly through our customers. While we monitor significant third-party risks, including the financial stability of critical vendors, our monitoring may be inadequate and incomplete. The failure of a critical third-party to provide key components of our business infrastructure could substantially disrupt our business and cause us to incur significant expense while our relationships with our customers.
Data quality and completeness may not be adequate and could cause financial or reputational harm to FCB.
Our data governance program is reliant on the execution of procedures, process controls, and system functionality, and errors may occur. Incomplete, inconsistent, or inaccurate data could result from, but not limited to, human error, system limitations, new products, changes in reporting requirements, and acquisitions. Incomplete, inconsistent, or inaccurate data could lead to non-compliance with regulatory requirements and result in fines. Additionally, adverse impacts on customers could result in reputational harm and customer attrition. Inaccurate or incomplete data presents the risk that business decisions relying on such data will prove inefficient, or to us. Data could also our ability to and timely assess the impacts of and response to . Information we provide to our investors and regulators may also be impacted by or data, which could have a wide range of consequences such as legal liability and reputational .
Deposit insurance premiums levied on banks, including FCB, may increase if there is an increase in the number of bank failures, the cost of resolving failed banks, or the FDIC deposit insurance coverage limit.
The FDIC maintains the DIF to protect insured depositors in the event of bank failures. The DIF is funded by insurance premiums assessed on IDIs including FCB. Insurance premiums paid by banks, including FCB, could significantly increase if the FDIC requires higher premiums, including due to an increase in the number and cost of future bank failures or in the FDIC deposit insurance coverage limit. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—FDIC Insurance for additional information on insurance premiums, including special assessments.
Credit Risks
If we fail to effectively manage credit risk, our business and financial condition will suffer.
Effectively managing credit risks is essential for the operation of our business. There are credit risks inherent in making any loan, including risks relating to repayment, the period of time over which the loan may be repaid, sufficiency of loan underwriting and guidelines, changes in economic and industry conditions, dealing with individual borrowers and uncertainties as to the future value of collateral. Our loan approval procedures and credit risk monitoring may be or become inadequate to appropriately manage the inherent credit risks associated with lending. Our credit administration personnel, policies and procedures may not adequately adapt to changes in economic or other conditions affecting customers and the quality of our loan portfolio. Any failure to manage such credit risks may materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition because it may lead to loans that we make not being paid back in part or in full on a timely basis or at all.
Our allowance for credit losses and reserve related to off-balance sheet credit exposure may prove to be insufficient to cover actual credit losses in our credit portfolios.
We maintain an allowance for loan and lease losses (“ALLL”) that is designed to cover expected credit losses on loans and leases that borrowers may not repay in their entirety. A reserve is also maintained in other liabilities to cover expected losses for off-balance sheet credit exposures. Accounting measurements related to asset impairment and the ALLL require significant estimates that are subject to uncertainty and revisions due to new information and changing circumstances. The significant uncertainties surrounding our borrowers’ abilities to conduct their businesses successfully through changing economic environments, competitive challenges and other factors complicate our estimates of the risk and amount of loss on any loan. Due to the degree of uncertainty and the susceptibility to change, the actual losses may vary substantially from current estimates. We also expect fluctuations in the ALLL due to economic changes nationally as well as locally within the states in which we conduct business. The ALLL and the reserve related to off-balance sheet credit exposures may not be sufficient to cover actual , and future provisions for such could also materially and affect our operating results and are also subject to significant uncertainties and fluctuations.
As an integral part of their examination process, our banking regulators periodically review the ALLL and may require us to increase it by recognizing additional provisions for credit losses charged to expense or to decrease the allowance by recognizing loan charge-offs, net of recoveries. Any future provisions for credit losses or required loan charge-offs could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and are subject to significant uncertainties and fluctuations.
Our concentration of loans and leases in certain industries increases the risk of losses and could impair our earnings if these industries experience economic difficulties.
Our loans and leases include concentrations in non-depository financial institutions (“NDFIs”) and the healthcare and technology industries. Although we believe our aggregate loan and lease portfolio is diversified, borrowers in certain industries may have a heightened vulnerability to negative economic conditions. For example, NDFIs may be subject to a less stringent regulatory environment than IDIs or BHCs, which could enable NDFIs that make loans to be less risk-sensitive in their lending which could increase the risk of default on loans NDFIs make and, consequently, the loans we make to NDFIs. There has also been recent focus on the private credit regulatory environment. An increase in regulations applicable to NDFIs could have an adverse affect on their profitability or ability to pay financial obligations, including loans payable to FCB.
Loans to NDFIs may include lending to privately held companies, many of which could be in the healthcare and technology industries. Repayment of loans for early-stage and mid-stage privately held companies may depend upon receipt by those borrowers of additional financing from venture capitalists or others, or, in some cases, a successful sale to a third-party, public offering or other form of liquidity event. Decreases in the amount of equity capital available to early-stage and mid-stage companies, including through a decrease in merger and acquisition activity, could adversely impact the ability of certain borrowers to repay their loans to us. Additionally, statutory or regulatory changes relevant to the medical and dental industries could negatively impact these borrowers’ businesses and their ability to repay their loans with us.
If such events occur, our levels of nonperforming assets and charge-offs may increase, and we may be required to increase our ALLL through additional provisions on our income statement, which would reduce reported net income and could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Refer to Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Risk Management—Credit Risk—Concentration for additional information on NDFIs and loan concentrations.
Deteriorating collateral values, credit quality, or our reliance on junior liens may adversely impact our business and our results of operations.
As a lender, we are exposed to the risk that our customers will be unable to repay their loans and other obligations in accordance with the terms of the relevant agreements, and that any collateral securing the payment of their loans and obligations may be insufficient to assure full repayment. Credit losses are inherent in the business of making loans and entering into other financial arrangements. Factors that influence our credit losses include overall economic conditions affecting businesses and consumers, generally, but also residential and commercial real estate (“CRE”) valuations. For example, real property collateral values may be impacted by economic conditions in the real estate market and may result in losses on loans that, while adequately collateralized at the time of origination, become inadequately collateralized over time. CRE loans may involve a higher risk of default compared to our other types of loans as a result of several factors, including, but not limited to, prevailing economic conditions and in real estate markets, the growth of e-commerce, occupancy, rental collections, interest rates, and collateral value. In addition, we rely on certain junior liens which are concentrated in our consumer revolving mortgage loan portfolio. Approximately three-quarters of the consumer revolving mortgage portfolio is secured by junior lien positions, and lower real estate values for collateral underlying these loans may cause the outstanding balance of the senior lien to exceed the value of the collateral, resulting in a junior lien loan becoming effectively unsecured. collateral values, rising interest rates and economic conditions could result in , write-downs or charge-offs in future periods, which could have a material impact on our results of operations and capital adequacy.
The financial system is highly interrelated, and the default or threatened default of even a single financial institution could result in significant market-wide liquidity and credit problems, losses or defaults, lead to significant regulatory reform, or result in credit losses through potential counterparty default, any of which may adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations.
The financial system, including the soundness and stability of many financial institutions, is highly interrelated as a result of credit, trading, clearing, counterparty and other relationships between the institutions. As a result, concerns about, or a default or threatened default by, one institution could lead to significant market-wide liquidity and credit problems, losses or defaults by us or other institutions. Recent bank failures have caused significant market volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and decreased confidence in the U.S. banking system. In response to these bank failures, the U.S. government has proposed a variety of measures and new regulations designed to strengthen capital levels, liquidity standards, and risk management practices and otherwise restore confidence in financial institutions. While actions of the current presidential administration regarding the U.S. banking system appear to be less restrictive, any reforms, if adopted, could have a significant impact on banks and BHCs, including us. In addition, we have credit exposure to numerous financial institutions. Because of the closely interrelated dependencies between us and other financial institutions in a rapidly changing environment, our financial institutions portfolio management practices may not be to offset the residual credit risk from a counterparty and may result in credit . The foregoing may impact our financial condition and results of operations.
Changes in domestic and foreign trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, may adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
The U.S. government announced changes to its trade policies in 2025 and significantly increased tariffs on certain imports under emergency authorities, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). In February 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. The current tariff environment remains dynamic and uncertain, including regarding potential refunds of tariffs paid under IEEPA, and the U.S. government could respond with replacement measures under other legal authorities. Replacement measures and changes to tariffs and other trade restrictions may lead to continuing uncertainty and volatility in U.S. and global financial markets and economic conditions which could cause adverse changes in the availability, terms and cost of capital. Additionally, potential tariffs or other U.S. trade policy measures have triggered and may trigger additional retaliatory actions by other countries such as China. Increased tariffs and trade restrictions may cause the prices of our customers’ products to increase, which could reduce demand for such products, or reduce our customers’ margins, and adversely impact their revenues, financial results, and ability to service debt, which in turn, could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may not be able to realize our entire investment in the equipment that we lease to our customers.
Our portfolio includes leased equipment, including, but not limited to, railcars and locomotives, technology and office equipment and medical equipment. The realization of equipment values (residual values) during the life and at the end of the term of a lease is an important element in the profitability of our leasing business. At the inception of each lease, we record a residual value for the leased equipment based on our estimate of the future value of the equipment at the end of the lease term or end of the equipment’s estimated useful life. If the market value of leased equipment decreases at a rate greater than we projected, whether due to rapid technological or economic obsolescence, unusual wear and tear on the equipment, excessive use of the equipment, recession or other adverse economic conditions impacting supply and demand, it could adversely affect the current values or the residual values of such equipment.
A significant downturn in shipping by railcars could negatively impact our Rail segment, and volatility in the price of, and demand for, oil and gas may have negative effects on our loan exposures in the exploration and production section, and could also decrease the demand for our railcars.
Accounting for acquired assets may result in earnings volatility.
Fair value discounts that are recorded at the time an asset is acquired are accreted into interest income based on United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). The rate at which those discounts are accreted is unpredictable and the result of various factors including prepayments and estimated credit losses, which may result in earnings volatility. Post-acquisition credit deterioration results in the recognition of provision expense, adversely affecting our financial condition and results of operations.
Market Risks
Failure to effectively manage our interest rate sensitivity within our defined risk appetite could adversely affect our earnings.
Our results of operations and cash flows are highly dependent upon net interest income (“NII”). Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors that are beyond our control, including general economic and market conditions and policies of various governmental and regulatory agencies, particularly the actions of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”). Changes in monetary policy, including changes in interest rates, could influence interest income, interest expense, and the fair value of our financial assets and liabilities. If changes in interest rates on our interest-earning assets are not equal to the changes in interest rates on our interest-bearing liabilities, our NII and, therefore, our net income, could be adversely impacted.
Changes in monetary policy by the Federal Reserve resulting in lower interest rates may negatively impact our performance and financial condition due to the composition of our interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities. Our portfolio is generally in a net asset-sensitive position whereby our assets reprice faster than our liabilities, which is generally concentrated at the short end of the yield curve. While our interest expense may decline, the impact on our interest-rate sensitive assets may be greater, resulting in a potential decrease to our NII.
Conversely, if interest rates rise, our interest expense will increase and our net interest margin (“NIM”) may decrease, negatively impacting our performance and our financial condition. To the extent banks and other financial services providers compete for interest-bearing deposit accounts through higher interest rates, our deposit base could be reduced if we are unwilling to pay those higher rates. If we decide to compete with those higher interest rates, our cost of funds could increase and our NIM could be reduced, dependent on the timing and sensitivities of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Additionally, higher interest rates may impact our ability to originate new loans. Increases in interest rates could adversely affect the ability of our borrowers to meet higher payment obligations. If this occurred, it could cause an increase in nonperforming assets and net charge-offs.
The higher interest rate environment of recent periods, and our offerings of higher rates to attract or maintain deposits, has increased the cost of deposits, and may continue to do so, dependent upon the FOMC’s actions and other factors. We cannot control or predict with certainty changes in interest rates. The forecasts of future NII by our interest rate risk monitoring system are estimates and may be inaccurate. Actual interest rate movements may differ from our forecasts, and unexpected actions by the FOMC may have a direct impact on market interest rates. Any failure on our part to effectively manage our interest rate sensitivity within our defined risk appetite could adversely affect our earnings.
In addition, the high interest rate environment has increased costs on our other funding sources, and may continue to do so, in the event we issue additional debt or utilize other funding sources.
Unfavorable economic conditions, as considered through a range of metrics, have and could continue to adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our business is subject to periodic fluctuations based on international, national, regional and local economic conditions. These fluctuations are not predictable, and cannot be controlled. The markets in which we have the greatest physical presence are North Carolina, South Carolina, California, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida, and we are expanding in several states in the Midwest, Great Plains and the West regions in connection with the planned BMO Branch Acquisition. We also do business in Canada, primarily related to our rail portfolio, and we conduct limited business operations in foreign jurisdictions. Unfavorable changes in unemployment, real estate values, inflation, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation or worsening economic conditions within our markets, particularly within those with our greatest presence, have had and could continue to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have and could continue to adversely affect our business.
The level of United States debt and global economic conditions can have a destabilizing effect on financial markets. For example, a U.S. government debt default, threatened default, or downgrade of the sovereign credit ratings of the United States by credit rating agencies, could have an adverse impact on the financial markets, interest rates and economic conditions in the United States and worldwide. The U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns in recent years have increased the possibility of U.S. government shutdowns (like the one experienced in the fourth quarter of 2025), forced federal spending reductions, debt defaults, credit-rating downgrades and an economic slowdown or recession in the United States. Political tensions may make it for the U.S. Congress to agree on any further increases to or of the debt ceiling in a timely manner or at all, which may lead to a by the U.S. government or of its credit ratings. A debt or further to the U.S. government’s sovereign credit rating or its perceived creditworthiness could also affect the ability of the U.S. government to support the financial of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, respectively, as well as the Federal Home Loan Banks (“FHLBs”). in any of our market areas could have an impact on our earnings, and consequently, our financial condition and capital adequacy.
The value of our goodwill may decline in the future.
Our goodwill could become impaired in the future. We test goodwill for impairment at least annually, comparing the estimated fair value of a reporting unit with its net book value. We also test goodwill for impairment when certain events occur, such as a significant decline in our expected future cash flows, a significant adverse change in the business climate or a sustained decline in the price of our common stock. These tests may result in a write-off of goodwill deemed to be impaired, which could have a significant adverse impact on our financial results.
The market price of our common stock may be volatile.
Although publicly traded, our common stock, particularly our Class B common stock, has less liquidity and public float than many other large, publicly traded financial services companies. Lower liquidity increases the price volatility of our common stock and could make it difficult for our stockholders to sell or buy our common stock at specific prices.
Excluding the impact of liquidity, the market price of our common stock has previously fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate widely in response to other factors, including expectations of financial and operating results, actual operating results, actions of institutional stockholders, speculation in the press or the investment community, market perception of acquisitions, rating agency upgrades or downgrades, the anticipated or actual incurrence of additional debt, stock prices of other banks, general market expectations related to the financial services industry, status of an SRP, and the potential impact of government actions affecting the financial services industry. Refer to Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities for additional information with respect to variation in total returns in our Class A common stock in recent years and the volume of our Class A common stock repurchases under our SRP.
Liquidity Risks
If our current level of balance sheet liquidity were to experience significant pressure, it could affect our ability to pay withdrawals by depositors, repay the Purchase Money Note and other creditors, and fund our operations.
Our deposit base represents our primary source of core funding and balance sheet liquidity. These deposits are subject to fluctuation due to certain factors outside our control, such as increasing competitive pressures for retail or corporate customer deposits, changes in interest rates and returns on other investment classes, or a loss of confidence by customers in us or in the banking sector generally that could result in a significant outflow of deposits within a short period of time, which may have a material adverse effect on our liquidity position. The speed today at which information can be disseminated provides an environment conducive to fast changes in liquidity.
In circumstances where our ability to generate needed liquidity is impaired, we may need to access other sources of funding such as borrowings from the FHLBs and the Federal Reserve, federal funds purchased lines, brokered deposits, or other sources of liquidity including capital market transactions such as securities sold under agreements to repurchase and sale of securities. While we maintain access to these non-core funding sources, many of these sources may be dependent on the availability of collateral as well as the counterparty’s willingness and ability to lend. In addition, our ability to access the capital markets may be impacted by unforeseen market forces or interruptions or a lack of market or customer confidence in us or in the banking sector generally. Inability to access sources of liquidity may affect our ability to pay withdrawals by depositors and fund our operations.
In connection with the SVBB Acquisition, FCB issued a five-year note of approximately $35 billion payable to the FDIC (the “Purchase Money Note”) due March 2028, which was subsequently amended and restated to adjust the principal amount to approximately $36.07 billion. Potential sources that we could use to fund voluntary prepayments of the Purchase Money Note or the amount due at maturity include excess liquidity (primarily comprised of interest-earning deposits at banks and proceeds from maturities and paydowns of investment securities), FHLB advances, deposit growth, loan portfolio sales, and issuance of unsecured debt or other borrowings. Refer to Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation s —Executive Overview—Recent Events for a discussion of recent prepayments of the Purchase Money Note.
We are subject to enhanced liquidity risk management and other requirements, and failure to meet these requirements could result in regulatory and compliance risks, including possible restrictions on our activities, and inadequate liquidity.
As a Category IV banking organization, we are subject to enhanced liquidity risk management requirements applicable to banking organizations with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets, including reporting, liquidity stress testing, and tailored liquidity risk management requirements. We are also subject to resolution and contingency planning at the bank-level under the CIDI Rule, as well enhanced enterprise risk management requirements. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Enhanced Prudential Standards for additional information. As we grow, we may become subject to additional liquidity requirements including the LCR and NSFR requirements. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Enhanced Prudential Standards—Category III Requirements. Failure to develop and maintain adequate systems and controls designed to comply with all requirements applicable to us under current regulations or as otherwise imposed by our regulators could result in regulatory and compliance risks, including adverse regulatory action (including possible restrictions on our activities), along with inadequate liquidity.
Capital Adequacy Risks
Our ability to grow is contingent upon access to capital, which may not be readily available to us as a result of credit rating reductions.
Our ability to grow is contingent on our ability to generate or otherwise access sufficient capital, including to remain well capitalized under current and future capital adequacy guidelines. Our primary capital sources have been retained earnings and debt issued through both private and public markets. Rating agencies regularly evaluate our creditworthiness and assign credit ratings to us and FCB. The ratings of the agencies are based on a number of factors, some of which are outside our control. In addition to factors specific to our financial strength and performance, the rating agencies also consider conditions generally affecting the financial services industry. There can be no assurance that we maintain our current credit ratings. Rating reductions could adversely affect our access to funding sources and increase the cost of obtaining funding.
If we fail to meet regulatory requirements, including enhanced capital adequacy, liquidity, stress testing, and capital planning requirements, or are subject to certain other legal limitations, our financial condition and ability to pay dividends or make other payments could be adversely affected.
We are subject to enhanced capital adequacy, liquidity, stress testing, and capital planning requirements as a banking organization with over $100 billion in total consolidated assets, with our enhanced prudential standards based on our total assets and other risk based factors under the Tailoring Rules. Regulators have implemented and may, from time to time, implement changes to these regulatory capital adequacy and liquidity requirements. The Parent Company and FCB are subject to bank capital rules under the Basel III framework, in addition to other capital adequacy requirements, liquidity requirements, and capital planning and stress testing requirements. The federal banking agencies have announced plans to propose enhanced capital requirements for large banking organizations in connection with the finalization of the implementation of Basel III Endgame. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Enhanced Prudential Standards—Proposed Rule for Basel III Endgame. Failure to meet these requirements or any requirements we may become subject to in the future, or the applicability of certain other legal limitations, could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to declare dividends or make other payments or capital distributions, including equity repurchases. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations— Prudential Standards and —Regulatory Considerations— on Dividends and Other Payments for additional information.
Increases to our level of indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital and to meet our obligations.
Our level of indebtedness has increased by virtue of the Purchase Money Note, and the debt offerings we consummated in 2025. We also issued perpetual preferred equity in 2025 and 2026. In 2023, the federal banking agencies released an NPR, which would require large banks with total consolidated assets of $100 billion or more to maintain a minimum amount of long-term debt that can be used, in the instance of a bank’s failure, to absorb losses and increase options to resolve the failed bank. However, the proposed rule has not been finalized. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Enhanced Prudential Standards—Proposed Rule for Basel III Endgame. Our existing debt, together with any future incurrence of additional indebtedness, including through agreements with the FRB, debt issuance indentures or otherwise, could have consequences that are materially adverse to our business, financial condition or results of operations. For example, it could: (i) limit our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; (ii) restrict us from making strategic acquisitions or cause us to make non-strategic divestitures; (iii) restrict us from paying dividends to our stockholders; (iv) increase our to general economic and industry conditions; or (v) require a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness and dividends on the preferred stock, thereby reducing our ability to use cash flows to fund our operations, capital expenditures and future business .
Compliance Risks
We operate in a highly regulated industry, and the laws and regulations that impact our operations, taxes, corporate governance, executive compensation and financial accounting and reporting, including changes in them or our failure to comply with them, may adversely affect us.
We operate in a highly regulated industry and are subject to many laws, rules, and regulations at both the federal and state levels. These broad-based laws, rules, and regulations impact the products and services we may offer and how we may offer them, the ways we may operate and the risks that we may take, the corporate and financial actions that may be taken, and the information we must publicly disclose. Some examples include enhanced prudential standards, public disclosure and reporting requirements, limitations on dividends and other payments, limitations on mergers and acquisitions, restrictions on our activities as an FHC and requirements for support of FCB, CRA requirements, payment of FDIC insurance premiums, AML and OFAC regulations, various consumer laws and regulations, and privacy, data protection and cybersecurity regulations, as well as laws that apply to our subsidiaries, including laws applicable to broker dealers, investment advisers, insurers and certain specialty businesses. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations for additional information. These laws and others impact, among other things, our operations, taxes, corporate governance, executive compensation and financial accounting and reporting.
Compliance with the extensive laws and regulations applicable to BHCs and banks can be difficult and costly. In addition, changes to statutes, regulations, or regulatory policies, including changes in interpretation or implementation of statutes, regulations, or policies, could affect us in substantial and unpredictable ways, including increased compliance costs that may limit our ability to pursue business opportunities and result in a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. Such changes could subject us to additional compliance and other costs, limit the types of financial services and products we may offer or business opportunities we may pursue, increase the ability of nonbanks to offer competing financial services and products, among other things, any of which may result in a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. Failure to comply with laws, regulations, or policies could result in adverse regulatory action (including potential limitations on our future acquisitions or activities, or requirements to assets), civil money , or reputation . In addition to the other described herein, the ability of our bank and its subsidiaries to guarantee our debt may be restricted and certain regulatory requirements may be imposed that may be more restrictive and may result in or earlier charges to earnings or reductions in our capital under GAAP.
Failure to meet regulatory requirements related to information security and data privacy may subject us to fines, litigation, or regulatory enforcement actions.
Data privacy and security risks are areas of heightened legislative and regulatory focus in recent years. We collect, process, maintain, and store personal information of customers, prospects and employees, and employ data security and technology solutions to support adherence to our data protection obligations and risk mitigation efforts. The collection, sharing, use, disclosure, and protection of these types of information are governed by federal and state law. An increasing number of states have actual or proposed privacy and information security regulations. The U.S. Congress and federal regulators have also implemented or are considering implementing similar laws or regulations which could create new individual privacy rights and impose increased obligations on companies handling personal data. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Privacy, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity for additional information.
We continue to monitor developments and changes to applicable privacy and information security regulations and adapt our current practices to changing requirements. Failure to meet regulatory requirements related to information security and data privacy may subject us to fines, litigation, or regulatory enforcement actions. Changes to our business practices, policies, or systems, as a result of changing requirements or otherwise, may also adversely impact our operating results.
We face heightened compliance risks related to certain specialty commercial business lines.
Our Rail segment is subject to various laws, rules and regulations administered by authorities in various jurisdictions. In the United States, our equipment financing and leasing operations, including for our portfolio of railcars, maritime lending and other equipment financing and leasing, are subject to rules and regulations relating to safety, operations, maintenance and mechanical standards promulgated by various federal and state agencies and industry organizations, including the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Association of American Railroads, the Maritime Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We are also subject to regulation by governmental agencies in foreign countries in which we do business. Our business operations and our equipment financing and leasing portfolios may be adversely impacted by rules and regulations promulgated by governmental and industry agencies, which could require substantial modification, maintenance, or refurbishment of our railcars, ships or other equipment, or could potentially make such equipment inoperable or obsolete. Failure to comply with these laws, rules and regulations could result in sanctions by regulatory agencies (including potential limitations on our future acquisitions or operations, or requirements to forfeit assets), civil money penalties, or reputation . Additionally, we may incur significant expenses in our efforts to comply with these laws, rules and regulations.
We are subject to enhanced prudential standards, and failure to comply with these standards could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Because we have over $100 billion in total consolidated assets, we are subject to certain enhanced prudential standards as a Category IV banking organization. We will be subject to further requirements as we grow if we meet or exceed certain other thresholds for asset size and other risk-based factors, including those under the federal banking agencies’ Tailoring Rules for banking organizations with $250 billion or more in total consolidated assets. Federal banking agencies are also considering further requirements. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Enhanced Prudential Standards.
Along with our growth, expectations are heightened to maintain strong risk management. We expect to incur significant expense in continuing to develop systems and controls designed to comply with all such requirements applicable to us. If we fail to develop and maintain at a reasonable cost the systems and processes necessary to comply with the standards and requirements imposed by these rules, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We are subject to certain laws and regulations designed to protect consumers in transactions with financial institutions against unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices and compliance with such laws and regulations and related enforcement actions may impact our business operations and profitability.
We are subject to consumer financial protection laws and regulations that prevent us from engaging in an unfair, deceptive, or abusive act or practice in connection with consumer financial products and services. Refer to Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Consumer Laws and Regulations for additional information. Compliance with such laws and regulations may be costly and enforcement actions may include imposition of substantial monetary penalties and nonmonetary requirements, which may impact our business operations and profitability.
We may be adversely affected by changes in United States and foreign tax laws and other tax laws and regulations.
Corporate tax rates affect our profitability and capital levels. We are subject to the income tax laws of the United States, its states and their municipalities and to those of the foreign jurisdictions in which we do business. These tax laws are complex and may be subject to different interpretations. We must make judgments and interpretations about the application of these tax laws when determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and our valuation allowance. Changes to the tax laws, administrative rulings or court decisions could affect our Regulatory Capital Ratios and could have an adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to ESG risks, which may adversely affect our reputation and ability to retain employees and customers, and failure to comply with applicable regulations could have an adverse affect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We are subject to a variety of risks arising from ESG matters. ESG matters include, but are not limited to, climate risk, hiring practices, the diversity of our work force, and racial and social justice issues involving our personnel, customers and third parties with whom we otherwise do business. ESG, and particularly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, initiatives have become increasingly polarized issues, with strong opponents and proponents. The federal government and some states have introduced or passed bills to restrict, regulate, or prohibit ESG initiatives. See Item 1. Business—Regulatory Considerations—Climate and —Debanking and Fair Access for additional information. The ESG landscape is dynamic and constantly evolving, and significant resources are required to monitor the rapidly changing regulatory landscape and to comply with the regulations and expectations. If our ESG practices do not meet (or are viewed as not meeting) investor or other stakeholder expectations and standards, our reputation and employee and customer retention may be adversely affected. In addition, our failure to comply with any applicable regulations could lead to penalties, adversely impact our access to capital and impact third parties on which we rely. The failure to meet ESG expectations or comply with applicable regulations could have an effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Financial Reporting Risks
Accounting standards may change and increase our operating costs or otherwise adversely affect our results.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and the SEC periodically modify the standards governing the preparation of our financial statements. The nature of these changes is not predictable and has impacted and could further impact how we record transactions in our financial statements, which has led to and could lead to material changes in assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, revenues, expenses and net income. Implementation of new accounting rules or standards could additionally require us to implement technology changes which could impact ongoing earnings.
Our accounting policies and processes require management to make judgments, assumptions or estimates about matters, which may result in us reporting materially different results or amounts than would have been reported using different judgments, assumptions or estimates.
Accounting policies and processes are fundamental to how we record and report our financial condition and results of operations. Management must exercise judgment in selecting and applying many of these accounting policies and processes so they comply with GAAP. In some cases, management must select the accounting policy or method to apply from two or more alternatives, any of which may be reasonable under the circumstances, yet may result in us reporting materially different results than would have been reported under a different alternative.
Management has identified certain accounting policies as being critical because they require management to make difficult, subjective or complex conclusions about matters that are uncertain. Materially different amounts could be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions or estimates. Because of the uncertainty surrounding management’s judgments and the estimates pertaining to these matters, we may be required to adjust accounting policies or restate prior period financial statements. Refer to “Critical Accounting Estimates” included in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Our business is highly quantitative and requires widespread use of financial models for day-to-day operations; these models may produce inaccurate predictions that significantly vary from actual results, and we may rely on them in making decisions that adversely affect our business or the information we provide to our investors and regulators.
We rely on qualitative and quantitative models to measure risks and to estimate certain financial values. Such models may be used in many processes including, but not limited to, the pricing of various products and services, classifications and grading of loans, setting interest rates on loans and deposits, quantifying interest rate and other market risks, forecasting losses, measuring capital adequacy and calculating economic and regulatory capital levels. Models may also be used to estimate the value of financial instruments and balance sheet items. Inaccurate or erroneous models present the risk that business decisions relying on the models and their outputs will prove inefficient, ineffective or harmful to us. Additionally, information we provide to our investors and regulators may be negatively impacted by inaccurately designed or implemented models. For further information on risk monitoring, refer to the “Risk Management” section included in Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk.
We may fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, which, among other things, could hinder our ability to prevent fraud and provide reliable financial reports to key stakeholders.
We must have effective internal controls over financial reporting in order to provide reliable financial reports, to effectively prevent fraud and to operate successfully as a public company. We may discover material weaknesses or significant deficiencies requiring remediation, which would require additional expense and diversion of management attention, among other consequences.
Any failure to maintain effective internal controls or to implement any necessary improvement of our internal controls in a timely manner could, among other things, result in losses from fraud or error, harm our reputation, cause us to violate regulatory requirements or otherwise become subject to legal liability, or cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and the market value of our common stock.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity
Risk Management and Strategy
BancShares maintains a robust framework for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats, integrating processes and controls within our overall risk management program. As part of its cybersecurity risk management framework, BancShares leverages a Three Lines of Defense model (the “Three Lines Model”) to promote clarity of roles and responsibilities in managing risk. Under the Three Lines Model, our Enterprise Cyber Security Office (“ECSO”), led by our Chief Information Security Officer (the “CISO”), acts as a first line of defense and has primary responsibility for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats. Our CISO reports to our Chief Information and Operations Officer (“CIOO”), who reports directly to our Chief Executive Officer. Within ECSO, the Cyber Security Operation Center identifies, assesses, monitors, and manages potential cybersecurity events in coordination with the Enterprise Technology Enterprise Incident Management (“EIM”) team, escalating incidents and events to EIM in accordance with established procedures and the Enterprise Severity Matrix. In addition, BancShares maintains a third-party risk management team tasked with managing risk posed by third-party engagements, including from cybersecurity threats.
Second-line independent risk management, including compliance, enterprise risk management, and operational risk management, works with the first line to manage material risks in accordance with BancShares’ Risk Appetite Policy. The Risk Appetite Policy requires the first line to annually document and align business strategies and key indicators with risk appetite thresholds. The third-line in the Three Lines Model is our internal audit team, which provides independent assurance that enterprise cybersecurity controls are designed appropriately and operating effectively.
BancShares maintains processes for reporting and escalation from each line of defense through management to senior leadership, to management-level committees, to committees of the Board and to the Board, as appropriate. Reporting includes top and emerging risks and other operational risk metrics.
BancShares follows a defense-in-depth strategy implemented through a layered control framework to protect the organization against cybersecurity threats and attacks. ECSO remains committed to maintaining and improving preventative and detective controls and enhancing our defenses in response to the evolving threat landscape. This mission is supported by policy, standards, and procedures which align to industry frameworks, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework.
BancShares has implemented a threat awareness program that includes cross-organizational information sharing capabilities for threat intelligence and membership and engagement with intelligence communities, including but not limited to, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. BancShares also utilizes external experts and third-party assessors to maximize its risk intelligence coverage and to enhance risk detection and remediation capabilities. BancShares engages internal audit, external assessors, and consultants to independently assess, benchmark, and support scaling of its cybersecurity risk management and detection capabilities. Consultants also assess BancShares’ cybersecurity systems and perform vulnerability testing to identify control gaps and improvement opportunities.
The BancShares information security program continues to operate under heightened awareness due to industry threats and recent acquisitions. For more information regarding the risks we face from cybersecurity threats, refer to Item 1A. Risk Factors. Thus far, there have been no cybersecurity incidents that we have determined to have materially affected or to be reasonably likely to materially affect us, including with respect to our business, results of operations, or financial condition. The focus continues to be on monitoring the threat landscape and integration of entities, and enhancing our cybersecurity posture and capabilities.
Governance
The Board has oversight responsibility for the organization and its activities, including enterprise risk management and cybersecurity risks. The Board conducts oversight of management through board committees, presentations from senior leadership, and routine Board-directed reporting to ensure management continues to operate and conduct business in alignment with BancShares’ Risk Appetite Statement. Additionally, the Board receives regular reports from the respective board committees and regular program updates.
Board oversight of cybersecurity and the ECSO organization is delegated to the Technology Committee of the Board. The Technology Committee oversees cybersecurity and other risks through reporting from management and regular program updates. The Technology Committee receives information on cybersecurity risk, including risk appetite thresholds, breaches and emerging risks, and the control environment, from various sources, including the CIOO, CISO, second-line independent risk management, and internal audit. Additionally, the Technology Committee reviews BancShares’ information security policy and program with a focus on whether they are appropriate to protect the data, records, and proprietary information of BancShares as well as that of its customers and employees. The Risk Committee of the Board is responsible for our operational risk management, including oversight of the operation of our risk management framework and its application to cybersecurity and other categories of operational risk.
In addition, the Audit Committee of the Board monitors internal audit’s coverage of cybersecurity governance, risks, and related controls, including any identified deficiencies that could adversely affect the ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data.
Management-level committees (“Management Committees”), which include as members the CISO and other cybersecurity leadership, have clear lines of communication with the Board and its committees. The Management Committees are designed with a purpose-driven scope and decision-making authority and are required to provide the Board with regular reporting of management’s business activities and the potential risk associated with those activities. Management Committees are informed by EIM following the incident management process.
The CISO is responsible for assessing and managing material cyber risks. The CISO’s expertise with managing cybersecurity operations, security engineering, architecture and design, threat hunting/intelligence and insider threat programs is based on more than 14 years of cybersecurity experience with prior roles as head of cyber operations at LFIs as well as over 20 years spent testing and maturing cyber programs in a variety of security roles. The CISO is informed about and monitors the prevention, detection, mitigation, and remediation of cybersecurity events by ECSO through regular reporting and escalations, as required. The CIOO, the CISO, and others, report information about material risks from cybersecurity threats to the Board or a committee or subcommittee of the Board.
Item 2. Properties
We are headquartered in a nine-story building with approximately 163,000 square feet that is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, which is owned by FCB. FCB also owns and occupies two separate facilities in Raleigh as well as a facility in Columbia, South Carolina, which serve as data or operations centers. As of December 31, 2025, FCB operated more than 500 branches and offices throughout the United States. FCB owns many of our branch buildings and leases other facilities from third parties. We believe that these properties are in good condition, are well maintained, and are suitable and adequate for our business needs.
Additional information relating to leased office space is set forth in Note 7—Leases and additional information relating to premises and equipment is set forth in Note 8—Premises and Equipment of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
Information relating to legal proceedings is set forth in Note 22—Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, and is incorporated herein by reference.
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Parent Company has two classes of common stock—Class A and Class B common stock. Shares of Class A common stock have one vote per share, while shares of Class B common stock have 16 votes per share. The Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol FCNCA. The Class B common stock is traded on the over-the-counter market and quoted on the OTC Pink Market under the symbol FCNCB. As of February 13, 2026, there were 838 and 115 holders of record with respect to the Class A common stock and Class B common stock, respectively. The market volume for Class B common stock is extremely limited. On many days there is no trading and, to the extent there is trading, it is generally low volume. Over-the-counter market quotations for the Parent Company’s Class B common stock represent inter-dealer prices without retail markup, markdown or commissions, and may not represent actual transaction prices.
The average monthly trading volume for the Class A common stock was 2,250,289 shares during the fourth quarter of 2025 and 2,160,372 shares for the year ended December 31, 2025. The Class B common stock monthly trading volume averaged 1,503 shares during the fourth quarter of 2025 and 1,861 shares for the year ended December 31, 2025.
On July 25, 2025, BancShares announced that the Board authorized a new share repurchase program (the “2025 SRP”), which allows BancShares to repurchase shares of its Class A common stock in an aggregate amount up to $4.0 billion through December 31, 2026. Repurchases under the 2025 SRP commenced in September 2025 upon the completion of the $3.5 billion share repurchase program announced in July 2024 (the “2024 SRP”). During 2025, BancShares repurchased approximately $3.03 billion of its Class A common stock in aggregate under the 2024 SRP and the 2025 SRP. The total capacity remaining under the 2025 SRP was $2.81 billion as of December 31, 2025.
During the fourth quarter of 2025, we repurchased 479,470 shares of our Class A common stock for approximately $900 million and paid a dividend of $2.10 per share on our Class A and Class B common stock. Shares repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2025 represented 4.13% of Class A common stock and 3.80% of total Class A and Class B common stock outstanding at September 30, 2025. From inception of the 2024 SRP and 2025 SRP through December 31, 2025, we have repurchased 2,393,103 shares of our Class A common stock for approximately $4.69 billion, representing 17.69% of Class A common stock and 16.47% of total Class A and Class B common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2024.
From January 1, 2026 through February 13, 2026, BancShares repurchased additional shares of Class A common stock for a total of $443 million and has total capacity remaining under the 2025 SRP of $2.37 billion as of February 13, 2026.
Under the 2025 SRP, shares of BancShares’ Class A common stock may be purchased from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including through a Rule 10b5-1 plan, but the Board’s action does not obligate BancShares to repurchase any minimum or particular number of shares, and repurchases may be suspended or discontinued at any time (subject to the terms of any Rule 10b5-1 plan in effect) without prior notice.
The following table summarizes our monthly Class A common stock repurchase activity during the fourth quarter of 2025.
Issuer Repurchases of Class A Common Stock
dollars in millions, except per share data
Total Number of Class A Shares Purchased
Average Price Paid per Share
Total Number of Shares Repurchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under Plan
Repurchases from October 1 - 31, 2025
Repurchases from November 1 - 30, 2025
Repurchases from December 1 - 31, 2025
Total
The graph and table below compare the cumulative total shareholder return (“CTSR”) of our Class A common stock to selected industry and broad-market indices. The broad-market index comparison is to the Nasdaq US Benchmark Total Return Index and the industry index comparison is to the KBW Nasdaq Bank Total Return Index, which includes banking stocks representing large U.S. national money centers, regional banks and thrift institutions. Each trend line assumes $100 was invested on December 31, 2020, and dividends were reinvested for additional shares.
The performance graph represents past performance and should not be considered to be an indication of future performance.
FCNCA
Nasdaq US Benchmark Total Return Index
KBW Nasdaq Bank Total Return Index
Item 6. [Reserved]
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) of earnings and related financial data is presented to assist in understanding the financial condition and results of operations of BancShares. Unless otherwise noted, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” and “BancShares” in this MD&A refer to our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.
This MD&A is expected to provide our investors with a view of our financial condition and results of operations from our management’s perspective. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. Throughout this MD&A, references to a specific “Note” refer to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Although certain amounts for prior years have been reclassified to conform with financial statement presentations for 2025, the reclassifications had no effect on stockholders’ equity or net income as previously reported. Refer to Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation.
Management uses certain financial measures that are not presented in accordance with GAAP in its analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of BancShares. Refer to the "Non-GAAP Financial Measurements" section of this MD&A for a reconciliation of these financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures in accordance with GAAP.
Comparisons of the financial data as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 are contained in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of BancShares’ Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Form 10-K”) filed with the SEC on February 21, 2025 and available through our investor relations website ir.firstcitizens.com or the SEC’s EDGAR database.
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
Key Strategic Objectives
BancShares defines strategic priorities to further our vision and align goals to enhance productivity while focusing on risk management throughout the organization. Our strategic priorities center around the themes summarized below.
• Client Focus
▪ Expand and grow our capabilities and products while harnessing the scale of the enterprise and maintaining a client-first focus.
• Talent and Culture
▪ Attract, retain and develop associates who align with our long-term direction and culture while scaling for continued growth.
• Operational Efficiency
▪ Optimize processes and systems to reduce organizational complexity and maximize productivity.
▪ Continue to streamline systems to simplify our information technology operating environment and improve our data infrastructure.
• Balance Sheet Optimization
▪ Manage our balance sheet prudently to optimize our funding and liquidity profile while driving core deposit growth and enhancing returns.
Recent Events
Equity Transactions
Share Repurchase Programs
On July 25, 2025, BancShares announced that the Board authorized the 2025 SRP, which allows BancShares to repurchase shares of its Class A common stock in an aggregate amount up to $4.0 billion through December 31, 2026. Repurchases under the 2025 SRP commenced in September 2025 upon the completion of the $3.5 billion 2024 SRP announced in July 2024. During 2025, BancShares repurchased $3.03 billion of its Class A common stock in aggregate under the 2024 SRP and the 2025 SRP. The total capacity remaining under the 2025 SRP was $2.81 billion as of December 31, 2025 and $2.37 billion as of February 13, 2026.
Refer to Part II, Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities for additional information regarding repurchases of Class A common stock.
Preferred Stock Issuances
On November 18, 2025, the Parent Company issued and sold 7.000% non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, series D, for a total of $500 million. In February 2026, the Parent Company issued and sold 6.625% non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, series E for a total of $400 million. Refer to Note 15—Stockholders' Equity for further information, including depositary shares and liquidation preference.
Debt Transactions
Partial Prepayments of the Purchase Money Note
In connection with the SVBB Acquisition (as defined and described in Note 2—Business Combinations), FCB issued a five-year, 3.50% fixed rate Purchase Money Note (as defined in Note 2—Business Combinations), which had a carrying value of $33.39 billion and $35.82 billion at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. During December 2025, FCB prepaid $2.49 billion of the Purchase Money Note (the “Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note”), which resulted in a $9 million loss on extinguishment of debt. We will continue to monitor the interest rate environment and FCB’s collateral position for the Purchase Money Note and assess further prepayments as discussed below in the Funding, Liquidity and Capital Overview. In both January 2026 and February 2026, we made additional prepayments of approximately $500 million.
Debt Redemption
On June 15, 2025, the Parent Company executed a callable feature and redeemed all $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due in 2030 (when combined with the Purchase Money Note Partial Prepayment, the “2025 Debt Redemptions”).
Debt Issuances
The Parent Company issued and sold the following during 2025 (together the “2025 Debt Issuances”) in public offerings:
• On September 5, 2025, $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.600% Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due in 2035, and
• On March 12, 2025, $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.231% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due in 2031 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.254% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes due in 2040.
Pending Branch Acquisition
On October 16, 2025, FCB announced the BMO Branch Acquisition to acquire 138 branches from BMO Bank N.A. located throughout the Midwest, Great Plains and West regions of the U.S. In connection with the BMO Branch Acquisition, FCB expects to assume approximately $5.7 billion in deposit liabilities and acquire approximately $1.1 billion in loans. We expect the transaction to close in the second half of 2026, subject to customary closing terms and conditions and regulatory approvals.
Termination of the Shared-Loss Agreement with the FDIC
On April 7, 2025, FCB and the FDIC entered into an agreement (the “Shared-Loss Termination Agreement”) to terminate the Shared-Loss Agreement (as defined in Note 2—Business Combinations). As a result of entering into the Shared-Loss Termination Agreement, all rights and obligations of the parties under the Shared-Loss Agreement terminated as of the date of the Shared-Loss Termination Agreement, including FCB’s reporting covenants and obligations related to FDIC Loss Sharing and FCB reimbursement (each as defined in Note 2—Business Combinations). The decision to enter into the Shared-Loss Termination Agreement was motivated, in part, by FCB’s determination that the likelihood of reaching the $5 billion loss threshold during the five-year period covered by the Shared- Agreement was remote. Additionally, the Shared- Agreement eliminated the reporting responsibilities associated with the Shared- Agreement. There was no impact to our consolidated balance sheets or statements of income resulting from the Shared- Agreement
because there was no loss indemnification asset or true-up liability associated with the Shared-Loss Agreement, primarily based on evaluation of historical loss experience and the credit quality of the Covered Assets (as defined in Note 2—Business Combinations).
The impacts to the Risk-Based Capital Ratios resulting from the Shared-Loss Termination Agreement are discussed in the “Capital” section of this MD&A.
Financial Reporting Updates
Changes to Reportable Segments
As of December 31, 2025, our reportable segments included the General Bank, the Commercial Bank, and Rail. All other financial information not included in the segments is reported in the Corporate section of the segment disclosures. During 2025, we made the following Segment Reporting Updates:
• All components previously reported in the SVB Commercial segment and certain components of the General Bank segment were consolidated into the Commercial Bank segment.
• We made minor updates to our segment expense allocations.
Segment disclosures for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 included in this Form 10-K were recast to conform with the Segment Reporting Updates summarized above.
Loan Class Changes
At December 31, 2025, our commercial loan classes included: commercial and industrial, capital call lines, owner occupied commercial mortgage, investor dependent, and commercial real estate, while our consumer loan classes included: residential mortgage, revolving mortgage, auto, and other consumer.
During 2025, we changed our loan classes (“Loan Class Changes”) from the loan classes in the 2024 Form 10-K. The Loan Class Changes recast capital call lines and commercial real estate into separate loan classes, and recast SVB loan classes into the commercial loan classes. Additionally, investor dependent - early stage and investor dependent - growth stage were combined into a single investor dependent loan class.
The Loan Class Changes are further discussed in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation. Loan and lease and ALLL disclosures for all periods presented in this Form 10-K were recast to reflect the Loan Class Changes.
Recent Economic, Industry and Regulatory Developments
Entering 2025, the FOMC had reduced the benchmark federal funds rate to a range between 4.25% - 4.50% and maintained this level until its September meeting. During each of its September, October and December meetings in 2025, the FOMC reduced the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter-point, to a range between 3.50% - 3.75% as of December 31, 2025. During the January 2026 FOMC meeting, the benchmark federal funds rate was left unchanged.
The U.S. government announced changes to its trade policies in 2025 and significantly increased tariffs on certain imports under emergency authorities, including IEEPA. In February 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. The current tariff environment remains dynamic and uncertain, including regarding potential refunds of tariffs paid under IEEPA, and the U.S. government could respond with replacement measures under other legal authorities. We continue to closely monitor both the impact and potential impact of such measures on our business, our customers and on overall economic conditions in the United States.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”). The OBBBA contains several provisions that impact corporate taxation. The enactment of the OBBBA did not have a material impact on our tax rate or results of operations.
Financial Performance Summary
The following tables in this MD&A include financial data as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “current year”), December 31, 2024 (the “prior year”) and December 31, 2023. We focus the discussion of our financial position by comparing balances as of December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2024. Percent changes within this MD&A are based on unrounded amounts and may not recalculate precisely using the displayed rounded balances.
Table 1
Selected Financial Data
dollars in millions, except share data
Year Ended December 31,
Results of Operations:
Interest income
Interest expense
Net interest income
Provision for credit losses
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
Noninterest income
Noninterest expense
Income before income taxes
Income tax expense
Net income
Preferred stock dividends
Net income available to common stockholders
Per Common Share Information:
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted)
Diluted earnings per common share
Key Performance Metrics:
Return on average assets
Net interest margin (1)
Net interest margin, excluding purchase accounting accretion or amortization (1) (2)
Select Average Balances:
Investment securities
Total loans and leases (3)
Operating lease equipment, net
Total assets
Total deposits
Total borrowings
Total stockholders’ equity
Select Ending Balances:
Investment securities
Total loans and leases
Operating lease equipment, net
Total assets
Total deposits
Total borrowings
Total stockholders’ equity
Loan to deposit ratio
Noninterest-bearing deposits to total deposits
Capital Ratios:
Total risk-based capital
Tier 1 risk-based capital
Common equity Tier 1
Tier 1 leverage
Select Asset Quality Metrics:
Ratio of nonaccrual loans to total loans
Allowance for loan and lease losses to loans ratio
(1) Calculated net of average credit balances of factoring clients to appropriately reflect the interest-earning portion of factoring receivables.
(2) Net interest margin (“NIM”), excluding purchase accounting accretion or amortization (“PAA”), is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “NII, NIM, and Interest Income on Loans and Leases, Excluding PAA” discussion in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements” section of this MD&A for a reconciliation from the most comparable GAAP measure to the non-GAAP measure.
(3) Average loan balances include loans held for sale and nonaccrual loans.
Financial highlights are summarized below. Further details are discussed in the “Results of Operations” and “Balance Sheet Analysis” sections of this MD&A.
Income Statement Highlights
• Net income for the current year was $2.21 billion, a decrease of $571 million or 21%, from $2.78 billion for the prior year. Net income available to common stockholders for the current year was $2.15 billion, a decrease of $567 million or 21%, from $2.72 billion for the prior year. Earnings per diluted common share for the current year was $165.24, a decrease from $189.41 for the prior year. The decrease in net income and net income available to common stockholders was due to lower NII, higher noninterest expense and provision for credit losses, partially offset by higher noninterest income and lower income tax expense, as further discussed below.
• NII for the current year was $6.81 billion, a decrease of $329 million or 5%, from $7.14 billion for the prior year. NIM for the current year was 3.25%, a decrease of 29 bps, from 3.54% for the prior year. The decreases in NII and NIM were mainly due to lower yields on loans, lower average balance and yields on interest-earning deposits at banks, and lower PAA, partially offset by the impacts of a decline in the rate paid on interest-bearing deposits and a higher average balance of loans and investment securities.
◦ PAA for the current year was $251 million, a decrease of $230 million, from $481 million for the prior year. NIM, excluding PAA, (1) for the current year was 3.13%, a decrease of 17 bps, from 3.30% for the prior year.
• Noninterest income for the current year was $2.73 billion, an increase of $112 million or 4%, from $2.62 billion for the prior year, mostly due to increases in rental income on operating lease equipment of $48 million, wealth management services of $18 million, international fees of $17 million, other noninterest income of $12 million, deposit fees and service charges of $11 million, and lending related fees of $9 million, partially offset by a modest decrease in cardholder services.
• Noninterest expense for the current year was $6.06 billion, an increase of $321 million or 6% from $5.74 billion for the prior year, mostly due to increases in personnel cost of $216 million, marketing expense of $66 million, equipment expense of $51 million, third-party processing fees of $38 million, and maintenance and other operating lease expenses of $25 million, partially offset by a decrease in acquisition-related expenses of $69 million.
• Provision for credit losses for the current year was $514 million, an increase of $83 million or 19%, from $431 million for the prior year. The current year provision for credit losses included a provision for loan and lease losses of $530 million, partially offset by a benefit for off-balance sheet credit exposure of $18 million.
◦ The provision for loan and lease losses for the current year was $530 million, an increase of $61 million, from $469 million for the prior year, mainly attributable to an increase in net charge-offs of $100 million, which included a charge-off of $82 million on a single supply chain finance client, partially offset by an ALLL reserve release that increased $39 million compared to the prior year. The reserve release in the current year was $110 million, compared to $71 million in the prior year. The ALLL reserve release is discussed below in the Balance Sheet Highlights.
◦ The benefit for off-balance sheet credit exposure for the current year was $18 million, compared to $38 million for the prior year.
• Income tax expense for the current year was $765 million, a decrease of $50 million, from $815 million for the prior year, largely due to lower income before income taxes.
• Return on average assets for the current year was 0.96%, compared to 1.26% for the prior year due to the decrease in net income explained above .
(1) NIM, excluding PAA is a non-GAAP measure. Refer to the “NII, NIM, and Interest Income on Loans and Leases, Excluding PAA” discussion in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements” section of this MD&A for further discussion.
Balance Sheet Highlights
• Loans and leases at December 31, 2025 were $147.93 billion, an increase of $7.71 billion or 6% from $140.22 billion at December 31, 2024. Loan growth in the Commercial Bank segment of $7.64 billion was mainly in Global Fund Banking and other industry verticals, primarily technology media and telecommunications (“TMT”) and Healthcare. Loan growth of $71 million in the General Bank segment was primarily in Wealth, SBA and Community Association Banking portfolios, partially offset by a transfer of $694 million residential mortgage loans to held for sale in December 2025.
• Investment securities at December 31, 2025 were $41.56 billion, a decrease of $2.53 billion or 6% from $44.09 billion at December 31, 2024, as maturities and sales offset the purchase of short duration available for sale U.S. treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities. Investment securities were a primary funding source for the $2.49 billion Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note in December 2025.
• Deposits at December 31, 2025 were $161.58 billion, an increase of $6.35 billion or 4% from $155.23 billion at December 31, 2024. As shown in Table 2 below, the increase from December 31, 2024 was attributable to deposit growth in Corporate of $3.02 billion (which primarily includes the Direct Bank), the General Bank segment of $1.84 billion and the Commercial Bank segment of $1.51 billion. Noninterest-bearing deposits grew by $2.02 billion or 5% compared to December 31, 2024 and represented 25.2% of total deposits as of December 31, 2025, compared to 24.9% at December 31, 2024.
• Borrowings at December 31, 2025 were $36.01 billion, a decrease of $1.04 billion or 3%, from $37.05 billion at December 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to the 2025 Debt Redemptions with an aggregate principal amount of $2.84 billion, which includes the $2.49 billion Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note, partially offset by the 2025 Debt Issuances with aggregate principal amounts totaling $1.85 billion.
• The ALLL was $1.57 billion at December 31, 2025, compared to $1.68 billion at December 31, 2024, resulting in an ALLL reserve release of $110 million in the current year, mainly driven by loan growth concentrated in capital call lines which have a lower loss rate relative to our other loan portfolios, elimination of the reserves related to Hurricane Helene, a modest shift in our weighting from the downside to baseline economic scenario (as further discussed in the “Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this MD&A), improvements in the economic outlook and credit quality, and lower specific reserves for individually evaluated loans. The ALLL reserve release was $71 million in the prior year. The ALLL as a percentage of loans was 1.06% at December 31, 2025, a decrease of 14 bps from 1.20% at December 31, 2024.
• Interest-earning deposits at banks were $19.80 billion at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $1.56 billion, compared to $21.36 billion at December 31, 2024, a function of the balance sheet trends discussed above.
• At December 31, 2025, BancShares remained well capitalized with a total risk-based capital ratio of 13.71%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 11.91%, a CET1 ratio of 11.15% and a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 9.29%.
Funding, Liquidity and Capital Overview
Deposit Composition and Trends
We fund our business primarily through deposits. Deposits represented approximately 82% of total funding at December 31, 2025.
Table 2
Deposit Trends
dollars in millions
Deposit Balance
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
General Bank segment
Commercial Bank segment
Corporate and Rail segment
Total deposits
Deposit trends for the segments and Corporate at December 31, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024 are discussed below:
• Corporate deposit growth of $3.02 billion was mainly in the Direct Bank, which consists primarily of savings accounts.
• General Bank segment deposit growth of $1.84 billion was primarily concentrated in our Branch Network. Deposit growth was in money market, partially offset by lower time deposits.
• Commercial Bank segment deposit growth of $1.51 billion was mostly in Global Fund Banking. Most of the growth was in noninterest-bearing demand and money-market, partially offset by a decline in interest-bearing checking .
Total uninsured deposits were approximately $61.81 billion or 38% of total deposits at December 31, 2025 and $59.51 billion or 38% at December 31, 2024.
Liquidity Position
We strive to maintain a strong liquidity position and our risk appetite for liquidity is low. At December 31, 2025, we had $56.01 billion in high-quality liquid assets consisting of $19.11 billion in cash and interest-earning deposits at banks (primarily held at the FRB and $36.90 billion in high-quality liquid securities (“HQLS”). HQLS are mainly comprised of U.S. agency mortgage-backed and U.S. Treasury investment securities. Additionally, we have unused borrowing capacity with the FHLB and FRB of $17.78 billion and $12.96 billion, respectively.
In connection with the SVBB Acquisition (as defined and described in Note 2—Business Combinations), FCB and the FDIC, as lender and as collateral agent, entered into the Advance Facility Agreement (as defined and described in Note 2—Business Combinations). The draw period under the Advance Facility Agreement ended March 27, 2025, as of which date, FCB had no outstanding amounts under the facility. Subsequently, we increased our borrowing capacity under agreements with the FRB through expansion of the eligible loan population to targeted loans historically not pledged to the FRB. Refer to the “Risk Management—Liquidity Risk” section of this MD&A for further discussion.
Also in connection with the SVBB Acquisition, FCB issued a five-year, 3.50% fixed rate Purchase Money Note (as defined in Note 2—Business Combinations), which had a carrying value of $33.39 billion at December 31, 2025. While scheduled principal payments are not required until maturity in March 2028, FCB may voluntarily prepay principal without a premium or penalty. As noted above in “Executive Overview—Recent Events,” FCB made a $2.49 billion Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note in December 2025 and additional prepayments of $500 million in both January and February 2026. We will continue to monitor the interest rate environment and FCB’s collateral position for the Purchase Money Note and assess whether any further voluntary prepayments are prudent considering the fixed rate of 3.50%. Potential sources that could fund voluntary prepayments or the amount due at maturity include excess liquidity (primarily comprised of interest-earning deposits at banks and proceeds from maturities and paydowns of investment securities), FHLB advances, deposit growth, loan portfolio sales, and issuance of perpetual preferred stock, unsecured debt or other borrowings. At the time of any further voluntary prepayment or maturity, the interest rates for the potential interest-bearing sources of prepayment could be higher than the 3.50% rate.
Investment Securities Duration
At December 31, 2025, our investment securities portfolio primarily consisted of debt securities available for sale and held to maturity as summarized below. We manage debt security market risk by monitoring the average duration of our investment securities portfolio. The duration of our investment securities was approximately 2.7 years at December 31, 2025. The investment securities available for sale portfolio had an average duration of 2.3 years and the held to maturity portfolio had an average duration of 4.1 years. Refer to the “Balance Sheet Analysis—Interest-earning Assets—Investment Securities” section of this MD&A and Note 3—Investment Securities for further information.
Table 3
Investment Securities Summary
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
Composition (1)
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Fair Value to Amortized Cost
Total investment securities available for sale
Total investment securities held to maturity
Investment in marketable equity securities
Total investment securities
(1) Calculated as a percentage of the total fair value of investment securities.
Capital Position
At December 31, 2025, all Regulatory Capital Ratios for BancShares and FCB exceeded the PCA well capitalized thresholds and Basel III requirements as further discussed in the “Capital” section of this MD&A.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
NII is affected by changes in interest rates and changes in the amount and composition of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Interest income and expense and the respective yields and rates include amortization of premiums, accretion of discounts, and impacts from hedging activities.
The following tables present the average balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities with the associated yields and rates, interest income and expense, and changes therein due to changes in volume and yields or rates. Changes in interest income and expense due to changes in (i) volume (average balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities) and (ii) yields or rates are based on the following:
• The change in NII due to volume is calculated as the change in average balance multiplied by the yield or rate from the prior period.
• The change in NII due to yield or rate is calculated as the change in yield or rate multiplied by the average balance from the prior period.
• The change in NII due to changes in both volume and yield or rate (i.e., portfolio mix) is calculated as the change in rate multiplied by the change in volume. This component is allocated between the changes due to volume and yield or rate based on the ratio each component bears to the absolute dollar amounts of their total.
• Tax equivalent NII was not materially different from NII, therefore we present NII in our analysis.
Table 4
Average Balances, Yields and Rates, NII, and NIM
dollars in millions
Average Balance
Yield / Rate
Interest Income / Expense
Year Ended
Increase (Decrease)
Year Ended
Year Ended
Increase (Decrease) due to:
Dec 31, 2025
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2025
Dec 31, 2024
Increase (decrease) bps
Dec 31, 2025
Dec 31, 2024
Increase (Decrease)
Volume (1)
Yield /Rate (1)
Loans and leases (1) (2)
Investment securities
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
Interest-earning deposits at banks
Total interest-earning assets (2)
Noninterest-earning assets
Total assets
Interest-bearing deposits
Checking with interest
Money market
Savings
Time deposits
Total interest-bearing deposits
Borrowings:
Securities sold under customer repurchase agreements
Senior unsecured borrowings
Subordinated debt
Other borrowings
Long-term borrowings
Total borrowings
Total interest-bearing liabilities
Noninterest-bearing liabilities
Stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Net interest spread (2)
Net interest margin and net interest income (2)
((1) Loans and leases include nonaccrual loans and loans held for sale. Interest income on loans and leases includes accretion income and loan fees.
(2) The average balances and yields for loans and leases are calculated net of average credit balances of factoring clients to appropriately reflect the interest-earning portion of factoring receivables.
NII and NIM
The table above quantifies the increases or decreases for the current year compared to the prior year for NII and NIM, as well as average balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the respective yields earned and rates paid. The main reasons for the increases and decreases are explained below:
• NII for the current year was $6.81 billion, a decrease of $329 million or 5%, from $7.14 billion for the prior year. NII, excluding PAA, (1) was $6.56 billion for the current year, a decrease of $99 million, from $6.66 billion for the prior year. The main reasons for the decreases in NII and NII, excluding PAA, (1) are explained below:
◦ Interest income on interest-earning deposits at banks for the current year was $992 million, a decrease of $486 million or 33%, from $1.48 billion for the prior year, due to a decline in the federal funds rate and a lower average balance.
◦ Interest income on loans and leases for the current year was $9.10 billion, a decrease of $432 million or 5%, from $9.53 billion for the prior year, mainly due to a lower yield and lower loan PAA, partially offset by the impact of a higher average balance.
• Interest income on loans and leases, excluding loan PAA, (1) was $8.81 billion for the current year, a decrease of $216 million, from $9.02 billion for the prior year .
• Loan PAA was $289 million in the current year, a decrease of $216 million, from $505 million for the prior year.
◦ Interest income on investment securities (including securities purchased under agreements to resell) for the current year was $1.69 billion, an increase of $343 million or 26%, from $1.35 billion for the prior year, mainly due to a higher average balance and a higher yield.
◦ Interest expense on interest-bearing deposits for the current year was $3.56 billion, a decrease of $305 million or 8%, from $3.86 billion for the prior year, as a lower rate paid was partially offset by the impact of a higher average balance.
◦ Interest expense on borrowings for the current year was $1.41 billion, an increase of $59 million or 4%, from $1.35 billion for the prior year, primarily due to a higher rate paid and a higher average balance, reflecting the 2025 Debt Issuances.
• NIM for the current year was 3.25%, a decrease of 29 bps, from 3.54% for the prior year. The decline in NIM was mainly due to lower yields on loans, lower average balance and yields on interest-earning deposits at banks, and lower PAA, partially offset by the impacts of a decline in the rate paid on interest-bearing deposits and a higher average balance of loans and investment securities. NIM, excluding PAA, (1) was 3.13% for the current year, a decrease of 17 bps, from 3.30% for the prior year.
◦ The yield on average interest-earning assets for the current year was 5.61%, a decrease of 51 bps, from 6.12% for the prior year, mainly due to a decline in yield on loans and interest-earning deposits at banks, as well as lower loan PAA, partially offset by a higher yield on investment securities.
◦ The rate paid on average interest-bearing liabilities for the current year was 3.15%, a decrease of 35 bps, from 3.50% for the prior year, primarily due to a lower rate paid on interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by the impacts of a higher average balance of interest-bearing deposits, and a higher average balance and rate paid for borrowings as a result of the 2025 Debt Issuances.
(1) Refer to the “NII, NIM, and Interest Income on Loans and Leases, Excluding PAA” discussion in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements” section of this MD&A for further information.
Refer to the “Executive Overview—Financial Performance Summary—Balance Sheet Highlights,” “Balance Sheet Analysis—Interest-earning Assets,” and “Balance Sheet Analysis—Interest-bearing Liabilities” sections of this MD&A for discussions of balance sheet trends that impact average interest-earning assets, average interest-bearing liabilities, and the related yields and rates paid.
Table 5
Average Balances, Yields and Rates, NII, and NIM
dollars in millions
Average Balance
Yield / Rate
Interest Income / Expense
Year Ended
Increase (Decrease)
Year Ended
Year Ended
Increase (Decrease) due to:
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2023
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2023
Increase (decrease) bps
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2023
Increase (Decrease)
Volume (1)
Yield /Rate (1)
Loans and leases (1) (2)
Investment securities
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
Interest-earning deposits at banks
Total interest-earning assets (2)
Noninterest-earning assets
Total assets
Interest-bearing deposits
Checking with interest
Money market
Savings
Time deposits
Total interest-bearing deposits
Borrowings:
Securities sold under customer repurchase agreements
Short-term FHLB borrowings
Short-term borrowings
FHLB borrowings
Senior unsecured borrowings
Subordinated debt
Other borrowings
Long-term borrowings
Total borrowings
Total interest-bearing liabilities
Noninterest-bearing liabilities
Stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Net interest spread (2)
Net interest margin and net interest income (2)
((1) Loans and leases include nonaccrual loans and loans held for sale. Interest income on loans and leases includes accretion income and loan fees.
(2) The average balances and yields for loans and leases are calculated net of average credit balances of factoring clients to appropriately reflect the interest-earning portion of factoring receivables.
The following table shows the types of average interest-earning assets as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.
Table 6
Average Interest-earning Asset Mix
Year Ended December 31,
Loans and leases
Investment securities
Interest-earning deposits at banks
Total interest-earning assets
The following table shows the average interest-bearing liabilities as a percentage of total average interest-bearing liabilities.
Table 7
Average Interest-bearing Liability Mix
Year Ended December 31,
Total interest-bearing deposits
Long-term borrowings
Total interest-bearing liabilities
Provision for Credit Losses
Table 8
Provision for Credit Losses
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Day 2 Provision for Loan and Lease Losses (1)
Provision for loan and lease losses
Total provision for loan and lease losses
Day 2 Provision for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposure (1)
Benefit for off-balance sheet credit exposure
Total (benefit) provision for off-balance sheet credit exposure
Provision for other receivables
Provision for credit losses
(1) As defined and described in Note 6—Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses
The provision for credit losses for the current year was $514 million, an increase of $83 million or 19%, from $431 million for the prior year. The current year provision for credit losses included a provision for loan and lease losses of $530 million, partially offset by a benefit for off-balance sheet credit exposure of $18 million.
• The provision for loan and lease losses for the current year was $530 million, an increase of $61 million, from $469 million for the prior year, mainly attributable to an increase in net charge-offs of $100 million, which included a charge-off of $82 million on a single supply chain finance client, partially offset by an increase in the ALLL reserve release in the current year of $39 million as a result of a $110 million reserve release in the current year, compared to a $71 million reserve release in the prior year.
◦ The ALLL was $1.57 billion at December 31, 2025, compared to $1.68 billion at December 31, 2024. The decrease of $110 million was mainly driven by loan growth concentrated in capital call lines which have a lower loss rate relative to our other loan portfolios, elimination of the reserves related to Hurricane Helene, a modest shift in our weighting from the downside to baseline economic scenario (as further discussed in the “Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this MD&A), improvements in the economic outlook and credit quality, and lower specific reserves for individually evaluated loans.
• The benefit for off-balance sheet credit exposure for the current year was $18 million, a decrease of $20 million, compared to $38 million for the prior year. The lower benefit of $20 million was mostly due to trends in the volume of unfunded commitments, partially offset by a modest shift in our weighting from the downside to baseline economic scenario as further discussed in the “Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this MD&A.
The ALLL and net charge-offs are further discussed in the “Risk Management—Credit Risk” section of this MD&A and in Note 6—Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses.
Noninterest Income
The following table presents noninterest income:
Table 9
Noninterest Income
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Rental income on operating lease equipment
Lending-related fees
Deposit fees and service charges
Client investment fees
Wealth management services
International fees
Factoring commissions
Cardholder services, net
Merchant services, net
Insurance commissions
Realized gain (loss) on sale of investment securities, net
Fair value adjustment on marketable equity securities, net
Gain on sale of leasing equipment, net
Gain on acquisition
Loss on extinguishment of debt
Other noninterest income
Total noninterest income
Noninterest income for the current year was $2.73 billion. The main reasons for the increase of $112 million, or 4%, from $2.62 billion for the prior year, are discussed below:
• The increase in rental income on operating lease equipment of $48 million was mainly the result of growth in the railcar portfolio.
• The increase in wealth management services of $18 million was largely due to growth in assets under management.
• The increase in international fees of $17 million reflected higher volumes and commissions on foreign currency exchange transactions.
• The increase in other noninterest income of $12 million was largely due to a increases in income on tax credit investments, the favorable change in the fair value of non-marketable equity securities, and mortgage-related income, partially offset by lower derivative income and a write-down of a held for sale asset in the current year.
• The increase in deposit fees and service charges of $11 million was mostly due to higher customer activity and increased transactions due to deposit growth.
Noninterest Expense
The following table presents noninterest expense:
Table 10
Noninterest Expense
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Depreciation on operating lease equipment
Maintenance and other operating lease expenses
Personnel cost
Net occupancy expense
Equipment expense
Professional fees
Third-party processing fees
FDIC insurance expense
Marketing expense
Acquisition-related expenses
Intangible asset amortization
Other noninterest expense
Total noninterest expense
Noninterest expense for the current year was $6.06 billion. The main reasons for the increase of $321 million, or 6%, from $5.74 billion for the prior year, are discussed below:
• The increase in personnel cost of $216 million was mainly due to higher salaries reflecting net staff additions, annual merit increases, promotions, and higher employee benefit costs, partially offset by lower incentive compensation..
• The decrease in acquisition-related expenses of $69 million is summarized in Table 11 below.
• The increase in marketing expense of $66 million was primarily due to marketing for Direct Bank deposits.
• The increase in equipment expense of $51 million was mostly due to higher software-related costs as we continue to scale our technology platforms.
• The increase of $38 million in third-party processing fees was due to higher transaction volume and additional services as we continue to transition to more cloud-based computing services.
• The increase of $25 million in maintenance and other operating lease expenses reflect timing and the number of railcars coming on or off lease as well as asset condition. Refer to the “Results by Segment—Rail” section of this MD&A.
Table 11
Acquisition-related Expenses
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Personnel cost
Professional fees
Asset impairment
Other acquisition-related expense
Total acquisition-related expense
Acquisition-related personnel cost primarily includes severance and retention costs for employees associated with business combinations. These amounts are recognized over the requisite service period, if any.
Acquisition-related professional fees mainly include consulting, legal and accounting costs associated with business combinations and the related integration, optimization, and business process reengineering, including enhancements to technology. These amounts are expensed as incurred.
Income Taxes
Table 12
Income Tax Data
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Income before income taxes
Income tax expense
Effective income tax rate
The effective income tax rate (“ETR”) was 25.7% for the current year compared to 22.7% for the prior year. The increase for the current year ETR compared to the prior year was primarily due to the prior year U.S. federal and state provision to return benefit coupled with the revaluation of deferred taxes.
The ETR is impacted by a number of factors, including the relative mix of domestic, state, and international earnings, effects of changes in enacted tax laws, adjustments to valuation allowances, and discrete items. The ETR in future periods may vary from the current year ETR due to changes in these factors.
BancShares monitors and evaluates the potential impact of current events on the estimates used to establish income tax expense and income tax liabilities. On a periodic basis, we evaluate our income tax positions based on current tax law and positions taken by various tax auditors within the jurisdictions where BancShares is required to file income tax returns, as well as potential or pending audits or assessments by tax auditors. Refer to Note 19—Income Taxes for additional information.
RESULTS BY SEGMENT
We made Segment Reporting Updates during 2025 as discussed in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation and in the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section earlier in this MD&A. Segment disclosures for the 2024 and 2023 periods included in this Form 10-K were recast to reflect the changes.
BancShares’ segments at December 31, 2025 include the General Bank, the Commercial Bank, and Rail. All other financial information not included in the segments is reported in the Corporate section of the segment disclosures. Under our segment expense allocation methodology, allocated expenses increase noninterest expense of the applicable segment(s), with an offsetting decrease to Corporate noninterest expense. “All other noninterest expense” in the segment reporting tables below includes the effect of allocated expenses, resulting in a reduction to expense (or “Contra Expense”) for Corporate.
Refer to Note 21—Segment Information for descriptions of segment products and services.
General Bank
Table 13
General Bank: Financial Data
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Earnings Summary
Net interest income
Total noninterest income
Total revenue
Personnel cost
All other noninterest expense
Total noninterest expense
Provision for credit losses
Income before income taxes
Income tax expense
Net income
Select Period End Balances
Loans and leases
Deposits
General Bank segment net income for the current year increased $234 million compared to the prior year, primarily due to higher NII, lower provision for credit losses, and higher noninterest income, partially offset by increases in personnel cost and all other noninterest expense.
• The $348 million increase in NII was mainly due to loan growth and a lower rate paid on interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by the impact of deposit growth.
• The $58 million decrease in provision for credit losses reflects the ALLL build during the prior year, the elimination of reserves related to Hurricane Helene in the current year, and the modest shift in our weighting from the downside to baseline economic scenario as further discussed in the “Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this MD&A.
• The $52 million increase in total noninterest income was mostly due to increases in wealth management services, deposit fees and service charges, and cardholder services.
• The $151 million increase in all other noninterest expense was spread amongst various accounts, including allocated expenses. Refer to the “Noninterest Expense” discussion in the “Results of Operations” section of this MD&A for further information regarding trends in consolidated noninterest expense.
• The $55 million increase in personnel cost was largely due to annual merit increases and promotions.
General Bank segment loans were $64.96 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $71 million compared to $64.89 billion at December 31, 2024, as growth in the Wealth, SBA, and Community Association Banking portfolios was mostly offset by a transfer of $694 million residential mortgage loans to held for sale in December 2025.
The General Bank segment mainly includes deposits in our Branch Network, which deploys a relationship-based approach to deposit gathering. General Bank segment deposits were $74.80 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $1.84 billion compared to $72.96 billion at December 31, 2024, as growth was primarily concentrated in our Branch Network. Deposit growth was in money market, partially offset by lower time deposits.
Commercial Bank
Table 14
Commercial Bank: Financial Data
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Earnings Summary
Net interest income
Noninterest Income
Rental income on operating lease equipment
All other noninterest income
Total noninterest income
Total revenue
Noninterest Expense
Personnel cost
Depreciation on operating lease equipment
All other noninterest expense
Total noninterest expense
Provision for credit losses
Income before income taxes
Income tax expense
Net income
Select Period End Balances
Loans and leases
Operating lease equipment, net
Deposits
Table 15
Reconciliation of Net Rental Income on Operating Lease Equipment (non-GAAP)
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Rental income on operating leases (GAAP)
Less: depreciation on operating lease equipment
Net rental income on operating lease equipment (non-GAAP) (1)
(1) Net rental income on operating lease equipment is a non-GAAP measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements” section of this MD&A for a reconciliation from the most comparable GAAP measure to the non-GAAP measure.
Commercial Bank segment net income for the current year decreased $247 million compared to the prior year, primarily due to lower NII, higher provision for credit losses, and higher all other noninterest expense, partially offset by lower income tax expense and higher noninterest income.
• The $198 million decrease in NII was mostly due to a lower loan yield, partially offset by loan growth and lower deposit cost.
• The $141 million increase in provision for credit losses was mainly due to higher net charge-offs in the current year (largely due to the previously discussed $82 million charge-off on a single supply chain finance client), the impact of loan growth, and a higher benefit for off-balance sheet credit exposure in the prior year, partially offset by the modest shift in our weighting from the downside to baseline economic scenario as further discussed in the “Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this MD&A.
• The $60 million increase in all other noninterest expense was spread amongst various accounts, including allocated expenses. Refer to the “Noninterest Expense” discussion in the “Results of Operations” section of this MD&A for further information regarding trends in consolidated noninterest expense.
• The $16 million increase in total noninterest income was largely due to higher international fees, client investment fees and lending-related fees, partially offset by lower rental income on operating lease equipment.
• The $10 million decline in depreciation on operating lease equipment was partially offset by a decrease of $8 million in rental income on operating leases, resulting in a $2 million increase in net rental income on operating lease equipment (1) (refer to the footnote to table above).
The increase of $7.64 billion in loans was mainly due to Global Fund Banking and other industry verticals, primarily TMT and Healthcare. The increase of $1.51 billion in deposits was mainly due to growth in Global Fund Banking. Most of the growth was in noninterest-bearing demand and money market, partially offset by a decline in checking with interest.
Rail
Table 16
Rail: Financial Data
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Earnings Summary
Net interest expense
Noninterest Income
Rental income on operating lease equipment
All other noninterest income
Total noninterest income
Total revenue
Noninterest Expense
Personnel cost
Depreciation on operating lease equipment
Maintenance and other operating lease expenses
All other noninterest expense
Total noninterest expense
Income before income taxes
Income tax expense
Net income
Select Period End Balances
Loans and leases
Operating lease equipment, net
Deposits
Table 17
Reconciliation of Net Rental Income on Operating Lease Equipment (non-GAAP)
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Rental income on operating leases (GAAP)
Less: depreciation on operating lease equipment
Less: maintenance and other operating lease expenses
Net rental income on operating lease equipment (non-GAAP) (1)
(1) Net rental income on operating lease equipment is a non-GAAP measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements” section of this MD&A for a reconciliation from the most comparable GAAP measure to the non-GAAP measure.
Rail segment net income for the current year decreased $14 million compared to the prior year, mostly due to higher net interest expense (“NIE”) and higher total noninterest expense, partially offset by higher rental income on operating lease equipment.
• The $27 million increase in NIE was primarily due to higher funding costs, reflective of the increase in operating lease equipment.
• The $13 million increase in all other noninterest expense was primarily due to a charge related to a vendor dispute.
• Depreciation on operating lease equipment increased $14 million, reflective of growth in operating lease equipment, and maintenance and other operating lease expenses increased $25 million. Maintenance and other operating lease expenses tend to be variable due to timing and the number of railcars coming on or off lease as well as asset condition.
• The $56 million increase in rental income on operating lease equipment reflected portfolio growth and strong repricing.
• Net rental income on operating lease equipment (1) (see footnote to table above) increased $17 million as the increase in rental income on operating leases was partially offset by higher depreciation and maintenance on operating lease equipment.
Railcar Portfolio
Our fleet is diverse and the average re-pricing of equipment upon lease maturities was 117% of the average prior or expiring lease rate during the fourth quarter. Railcar utilization, including commitments to lease, was 96.2% at December 31, 2025, compared to 97.6% at December 31, 2024.
Rail segment customers include all of the U.S. and Canadian Class I railroads (i.e., railroads with annual revenues of approximately $500 million and greater) and other railroads, as well as manufacturers and commodity shippers. Our total operating lease fleet at December 31, 2025 consisted of approximately 128,400 railcars and locomotives.
The following tables reflect the proportion of railcars by type based on units and net investment, and rail operating lease equipment by obligor industry:
Table 18
Operating Lease Railcar Portfolio by Type (units and net investment)
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
Railcar Type
Total Owned
Fleet - % Total Units
Total Owned
Fleet - % Total
Net Investment
Total Owned
Fleet - % Total Units
Total Owned
Fleet - % Total
Net Investment
Total Owned
Fleet - % Total Units
Total Owned
Fleet - % Total
Net Investment
Covered hoppers
Tank cars
Mill/ coil gondolas
Coal
Boxcars
Other
Total
Table 19
Rail Operating Lease Equipment by Obligor Industry
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
Manufacturing
Rail
Wholesale
Oil and gas extraction / services
Energy and utilities
Other
Total
Corporate
Table 20
Corporate: Financial Data
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Increase (Decrease)
Year to Date
Earnings Summary
Net interest income
Total noninterest income
Total revenue
Personnel cost
Acquisition-related expenses
All other noninterest expense
Total noninterest expense
Provision for credit losses
Income before income taxes
Income tax expense (benefit)
Net (loss) income
Select Period End Balances
Deposits
Corporate net income for the current year decreased $544 million compared to the prior year, primarily reflecting lower NII, higher personnel cost, and higher income tax expense, partially offset by lower all other noninterest expense and acquisition-related expenses.
• The $452 million decrease in NII was mainly due to the impacts of a lower average balance of interest-earning deposits at banks, a higher average balance of interest-bearing deposits, and lower loan PAA, partially offset by the impacts of a higher average balance of investment securities and a lower rate paid on interest-bearing deposits.
• The $164 million increase in personnel cost was mainly due to annual merit increases and promotions, as well as net staff additions.
• The $79 million decrease in all other noninterest expense was spread amongst various accounts, including allocated expenses. Refer to the “Noninterest Expense” discussion in the “Results of Operations” section of this MD&A for further information regarding trends in consolidated noninterest expense.
• Components of the $69 million decrease in acquisition-related expenses are presented in Table 11 in the “Noninterest Expense” discussion in the “Results of Operations” section of this MD&A.
Corporate deposits were $45.25 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $3.02 billion compared to $42.23 billion at December 31, 2024, due to growth in Direct Bank deposits. Total deposits in Corporate primarily include $44.80 billion of Direct Bank deposits, the vast majority of which are savings accounts, along with time deposits.
BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS
The following discussion provides additional information about the major components of our balance sheet. Information regarding our ALLL is included in the “Risk Management—Credit Risk—ALLL” and “Critical Accounting Estimates” sections of this MD&A and in Note 6—Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses. Information regarding our capital and regulatory capital is included in the “Capital” section of this MD&A.
Interest-earning Assets
Interest-earning assets include interest-earning deposits at banks, securities purchased under agreements to resell, investment securities, loans held for sale, and loans and leases, all of which reflect varying interest rates based on the risk level and repricing characteristics of the underlying asset. Higher-risk investments typically carry a higher interest rate, but could expose us to higher levels of market and/or credit risk. We strive to maintain a high level of interest-earning assets relative to total assets.
Interest-earning Deposits at Banks
Interest-earning deposits at banks are primarily comprised of interest-earning deposits at the FRB. Interest-earning deposits at banks as of December 31, 2025 totaled $19.80 billion, a decrease of $1.56 billion or 7% from $21.36 billion at December 31, 2024. The decrease from December 31, 2024 is a function of the balance sheet trends discussed above in “Executive Overview—Financial Performance Summary—Balance Sheet Highlights.”
Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
Securities purchased under agreements to resell at December 31, 2025 totaled $232 million, an increase of $74 million from $158 million at December 31, 2024.
Investment Securities
The primary objective of the investment portfolio is to generate incremental income by deploying excess funds into securities that have minimal liquidity risk and low to moderate interest rate risk and credit risk. Other objectives include acting as a stable source of liquidity, serving as a tool for asset and liability management and maintaining an interest rate risk profile compatible with our objectives. Changes in the total balance of our investment securities portfolio result from trends in balance sheet funding and market performance. Generally, when inflows arising from deposit and treasury services products exceed loan and lease demand, we invest excess funds into the securities portfolio or into interest-earning deposits at banks. Conversely, when loan demand exceeds growth in deposits and short-term borrowings, we allow interest-earning deposits at banks to decline and use proceeds from maturing securities and prepayments to fund loan growth. Refer to Note 3—Investment Securities and “Funding, Liquidity and Capital Overview” in the “Executive Overview” section of this MD&A for additional disclosures regarding investment securities.
The carrying value of investment securities at December 31, 2025 totaled $41.56 billion, a decrease of $2.53 billion or 6% from $44.09 billion at December 31, 2024. The decrease mainly resulted from maturities, sales, and prepayments totaling $17.82 billion, partially offset by purchases of $14.36 billion, which were primarily short duration available for sale U.S. treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities. Investment securities were a primary funding source for the $2.49 billion Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note in December 2025, which contributed to the decrease in investment securities.
Our portfolio of investment securities available for sale consists of mortgage-backed securities issued by government agencies and government sponsored entities, U.S. Treasury securities, corporate bonds, and municipal bonds. Investment securities available for sale are reported at fair value and unrealized gains and losses are included as a component of AOCI, net of deferred taxes. As of December 31, 2025, investment securities available for sale had a pretax net unrealized loss of $162 million, compared to $762 million as of December 31, 2024, primarily reflecting changes in interest rates. The fair value of investment securities is impacted by interest rates, credit spreads, market volatility and liquidity conditions. The fair value of the investment securities portfolio generally increases when interest rates decrease or when credit spreads tighten. Given the consistently strong credit rating of the U.S. Treasury, and the long history of no credit losses on debt securities issued by government agencies and government sponsored entities, no allowance for credit loss was required as of December 31, 2025. For corporate bonds, we analyzed the changes in interest rates relative to when the investment securities were purchased or acquired, and considered other factors including changes in credit ratings, , and other macroeconomic factors. We determined no allowance for credit was required as of December 31, 2025.
Our portfolio of investment securities held to maturity consists of U.S. Treasury and government agency mortgage-backed securities similar to those described above, as well as securities issued by the Supranational Entities & Multilateral Development Banks. Given the consistently strong credit rating of the U.S. Treasury and the Supranational Entities & Multilateral Development Banks, and the long history of no credit losses on debt securities issued by government agencies and government sponsored entities, we determined that no allowance for credit loss was required for investment securities held to maturity at December 31, 2025.
The following table presents the investment securities portfolio, segregated by major category:
Table 21
Investment Securities
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Composition (1)
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Composition (1)
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury
Government agency
Residential mortgage-backed securities
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
Corporate bonds
Municipal bonds
Total investment securities available for sale
Investment in marketable equity securities
Investment securities held to maturity:
U.S. Treasury
Government agency
Residential mortgage-backed securities
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
Supranational securities
Other
Total investment securities held to maturity
Total investment securities
(1) Calculated as a percentage of the total fair value of investment securities.
The following table presents the weighted average yields for investment securities available for sale and held to maturity at December 31, 2025, segregated by major category with ranges of contractual maturities. The weighted average yields represent the yields of the underlying securities as of the specified date, December 31, 2025, within the specified maturity range. The weighted average yield on the portfolio was calculated using security-level annualized yields based on book yield to maturity and takes into account amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. The total weighted average yields for investment securities available for sale and held to maturity are based on the underlying weighted average amortized cost.
Table 22
Weighted Average Yield on Investment Securities
December 31, 2025
Within One Year
One to Five Years
Five to 10 Years
After 10 Years
Total
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury
Government agency
Residential mortgage-backed securities (1)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (1)
Corporate bonds
Municipal bonds
Total investment securities available for sale
Investment securities held to maturity:
U.S. Treasury
Government agency
Residential mortgage-backed securities (1)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (1)
Supranational securities
Other
Total investment securities held to maturity
(1) Residential mortgage-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities, which are not due at a single maturity date, have been included in maturity groupings based on the contractual maturity at December 31, 2025. The expected life will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers have the right to prepay the underlying loans.
Assets Held for Sale
Assets held for sale at December 31, 2025 were $804 million, an increase of $719 million from $85 million at December 31, 2024. Consumer loans held for sale at December 31, 2024, were largely comprised of residential mortgage loans that FCB originated with the intent to sell. In December 2025, FCB management committed to a plan to sell approximately $694 million of residential mortgage loans, which were then transferred from held for investment to held for sale. We did not establish a valuation allowance for the loans transferred to held for sale as the estimated fair value exceeded amortized cost.
The composition of assets held for sale is included in the following table:
Table 23
Assets Held for Sale
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Increase (Decrease)
Loans and leases:
Commercial (1)
Consumer
Loans and leases
Operating lease equipment
Total assets held for sale
(1) There were nonaccrual loans held for sale of $10 million at December 31, 2025 and $0 at December 31, 2024.
NM - resulting % not meaningful.
Loans and Leases
The loan and lease disclosures at December 31, 2024 presented in this Form 10-K were recast to reflect the Loan Class Changes summarized in the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section of this MD&A and further discussed in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation.
The following table presents loans and leases by loan segment and loan class, and the respective proportion to total loans:
Table 24
Loans and Leases
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Balance
% to Total Loans
Balance
% to Total Loans
Increase (Decrease)
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial
Capital call lines
Owner occupied commercial mortgage
Investor dependent
Commercial real estate
Total commercial
Consumer:
Residential mortgage
Revolving mortgage
Auto
Other consumer
Total consumer
Total loans and leases
Allowance for loan and lease losses
Net loans and leases
Loans and leases at December 31, 2025 were $147.93 billion, an increase of $7.71 billion or 6% from $140.22 billion at December 31, 2024. Loan growth in the Commercial Bank segment of $7.64 billion was mainly in Global Fund Banking and other industry verticals, primarily TMT and Healthcare. Loan growth of $71 million in the General Bank segment was primarily in Wealth, SBA, and Community Association Banking portfolios, partially offset by a transfer of $694 million residential mortgage loans to held for sale in December 2025. Changes in loans and leases within our business segments compared to December 31, 2024 are discussed in the “Results by Segment” section of this MD&A.
The unamortized discount related to acquired loans was $1.33 billion at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $272 million from $1.60 billion at December 31, 2024.
Refer to Note 5—Loans and Leases for further information.
Operating Lease Equipment, Net
Our operating lease portfolio mostly relates to the Rail segment, with the remainder included in the Commercial Bank segment as summarized in the following table. Refer to the “Results by Segment” section of this MD&A for further details on the operating lease equipment portfolio in Rail.
Table 25
Operating Lease Equipment, Net
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Increase (Decrease)
Railcars and locomotives
Other equipment
Total (1)
(1) Includes off-lease rail equipment of $257 million at December 31, 2025 and $219 million at December 31, 2024.
Interest-bearing Liabilities
Interest-bearing liabilities include interest-bearing deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and borrowings. Interest-bearing liabilities at December 31, 2025 totaled $156.93 billion, an increase of $3.29 billion or 2% from $153.65 billion at December 31, 2024. The increase from December 31, 2024 was mainly due to deposit growth, partially offset by lower borrowings as further discussed below.
Deposits
We strive to maintain a strong liquidity position, and therefore, deposit retention remains a key business objective. We believe traditional bank deposit products remain an attractive option for many customers. As economic conditions change, we recognize that our liquidity position could be adversely affected if bank deposits are withdrawn. Our ability to fund future loan growth is significantly dependent on our success in retaining existing deposits and generating new deposits at a reasonable cost.
The following table summarizes the types of deposits:
Table 26
Deposits
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Increase (Decrease)
Noninterest-bearing
Checking with interest
Money market
Savings
Time
Interest-bearing deposits
Total deposits
Noninterest-bearing deposits to total deposits
Deposits at December 31, 2025 were $161.58 billion, an increase of $6.35 billion or 4% from $155.23 billion at December 31, 2024. The increase was attributable to deposit growth in Corporate of $3.02 billion (which primarily includes the Direct Bank), the General Bank segment of $1.84 billion and the Commercial Bank segment of $1.51 billion. Noninterest-bearing deposits grew by $2.02 billion or 5% compared to December 31, 2024 and represented 25.2% of total deposits as of December 31, 2025, compared to 24.9% at December 31, 2024.
Deposit changes within our business segments compared to December 31, 2024 are further discussed in the “Executive Overview—Funding, Liquidity and Capital Overview” section and “Results by Segment” section of this MD&A.
Deposit Concentrations
BancShares operates a network of branches and offices, predominantly located in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Western United States, providing a broad range of financial services to individuals, businesses and professionals. Based on branch location, our top state deposit concentrations as of December 31, 2025 were in North Carolina, South Carolina, and California, which represented approximately 25.7%, 7.7%, and 6.9%, respectively, of total deposits.
The Direct Bank had $44.80 billion or 27.7% of our total deposits as of December 31, 2025. The Direct Bank deposits mainly consist of savings.
Commercial Bank segment deposits as of December 31, 2025 were $41.53 billion or 25.7% of total deposits and are primarily concentrated in online banking. Deposits in the Commercial Bank segment include large dollar accounts with private equity and venture capital clients, primarily in the technology, life science and healthcare industries.
Deposit accounts with balances in excess of $50 million totaled approximately $7.09 billion as of December 31, 2025, compared to approximately $8.01 billion as of December 31, 2024.
Uninsured Deposits
The amount of uninsured deposits is estimated consistent with the methodologies and assumptions utilized in providing information to the FDIC and Federal Reserve. We estimate total uninsured deposits were $61.81 billion, which represented approximately 38.3% of total deposits at December 31, 2025, compared to $59.51 billion or 38.3% of total deposits at December 31, 2024.
Refer to the “Executive Overview—Funding, Liquidity and Capital Overview” and “Results by Segment” sections of this MD&A for further discussion of deposit composition, uninsured deposits, and recent deposit trends.
The following table provides the expected maturity of time deposits with balances in excess of $250,000 as of December 31, 2025:
Table 27
Maturities of Time Deposits In Excess of $250,000
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
Time deposits maturing in:
Three months or less
Over three months through six months
Over six months through 12 months
More than 12 months
Total
Borrowings
Total borrowings at December 31, 2025 were $36.01 billion, a decrease of $1.04 billion or 3% from $37.05 billion at December 31, 2024. The decrease from December 31, 2024 primarily related to the 2025 Debt Redemptions, which included a Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note, partially offset by the 2025 Debt Issuances. Refer to the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section earlier in this MD&A for further detail on the 2025 Debt Redemptions and 2025 Debt Issuances.
The following table presents borrowings, net of the respective unamortized purchase accounting adjustments, premiums, discounts, and issuance costs:
Table 28
Borrowings
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Increase (Decrease)
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
3.500% fixed rate note due March 2028 (1)
Senior Unsecured Borrowings
5.231% fixed-to-floating rate notes due March 2031 (2)
6.000% fixed rate notes due April 2036
Subordinated debt
6.125% fixed rate notes due March 2028
3.375% fixed-to-floating rate notes due March 2030 (3)
5.600% fixed rate reset notes due September 2035 (4)
6.254% fixed-to-fixed rate notes due March 2040 (5)
Capital lease obligations
Total borrowings
(1) Issued in connection with the SVBB Acquisition and secured by collateral. Refer to Note 2—Business Combinations and Note 5—Loans and Leases. The unamortized discount was $115 million and $176 million at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
(2) The fixed rate period will end on March 12, 2030, and the notes will thereafter bear a floating interest rate equal to a benchmark rate based on the Compounded Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) Index Rate plus 141 bps per annum until the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption).
(3) The fixed rate period ended on March 15, 2025, and the notes converted to a floating interest rate equal to Three-Month Term SOFR plus 246.5 bps per annum. The notes included a callable feature and were redeemed on June 15, 2025.
(4) The interest rate will reset on September 5, 2030, and the notes will thereafter bear a fixed interest rate equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the day falling two business days prior to the notes reset date plus 185 bps per annum until the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption).
(5) The interest rate will reset on March 12, 2035, and the notes will thereafter bear a fixed interest rate equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the day falling two business days prior to the notes reset date plus 197 bps per annum until the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption).
The following summarizes the 2025 Debt Issuances:
Table 29
Parent Company Notes Issued
Issuance Date
Amount
Description
September 5, 2025
$600 Million
$600 million aggregate principal amount of subordinated fixed rate reset notes with a maturity date of September 5, 2035. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 5 and September 5 of each year, beginning on March 5, 2026, and ending on the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption), at a fixed rate of 5.6000% per annum. The interest rate will reset on September 5, 2030 and the notes will thereafter bear a fixed interest rate equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the day falling two business days prior to the notes reset date plus 185 bps per annum until the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption).
March 12, 2025
$500 Million
$500 million aggregate principal amount of senior fixed-to-floating rate notes with a maturity date of March 12, 2031. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 12 and September 12 of each year, beginning on September 12, 2025, and ending on March 12, 2030 (or date of earlier redemption), at a fixed rate of 5.231% per annum. The fixed rate period will end on March 12, 2030, and the notes will thereafter bear a floating interest rate equal to a benchmark rate based on the Compounded SOFR plus 141 bps per annum until the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption). During the floating rate period, interest on the notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on June 12, 2030, September 12, 2030, December 12, 2030, and on the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption).
March 12, 2025
$750 Million
$750 million aggregate principal amount of subordinated fixed-to-fixed rate notes with a maturity date of March 12, 2040. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 12 and September 12 of each year and on the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption), commencing on September 12, 2025, at a fixed rate of 6.254% per annum. The interest rate will reset on March 12, 2035, and the notes will thereafter bear a fixed interest rate equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the day falling two business days prior to the notes reset date plus 197 bps per annum until the maturity date (or date of earlier redemption).
We continually monitor our capital needs and market conditions in an effort to diversify our borrowing base and capital mix when appropriate. Additionally, we continue to monitor the status of the proposed interagency rule for new long term debt that has not been finalized as mentioned in the “Regulatory Considerations—Enhanced Prudential Standards” section in Item 1. Business of this Form 10-K.
Refer to the “Risk Management—Liquidity Risk” section of this MD&A and Note 12—Borrowings for further information regarding liquidity and borrowings.
Other Assets and Liabilities
The following table includes the components of other assets:
Table 30
Other Assets
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Increase (Decrease)
Affordable housing tax credit and other unconsolidated investments (1)
Accrued interest receivable
Fair value of derivative financial instruments
Pension and other retirement plan assets
Right of use assets for operating leases, net
Income tax assets
Counterparty receivables
Bank-owned life insurance
Nonmarketable investments
Other real estate owned
Mortgage servicing rights
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
Other
Total other assets
(1) Refer to Note 10—Variable Interest Entities for additional information.
The following table includes the components of other liabilities:
Table 31
Other Liabilities
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Increase (Decrease)
Income tax liabilities
Commitments to fund tax credit investments
Accrued personnel cost
Fair value of derivative financial instruments
Lease liabilities
Reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposure
Accrued interest payable
Accounts payable and other
Total other liabilities
A reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposure is established for unfunded commitments and is included in other liabilities. BancShares estimates the expected funding amounts and applies its probability of obligor default (“PD”) and loss given default (“LGD”) models to those expected funding amounts to estimate the reserve. The reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposure was $260 million at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $18 million compared to $278 million at December 31, 2024. Refer to the “Results of Operations—Provision for Credit Losses” section of this MD&A for further discussion. Refer to Note 22—Commitments and Contingencies for information relating to off-balance sheet commitments.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Risk is inherent in any business. BancShares has defined a moderate risk appetite and a balanced approach to risk taking with a philosophy that does not preclude higher risk business activities commensurate with acceptable returns while meeting regulatory objectives. Through the comprehensive Risk Management Framework and Risk Appetite Policy and Statement, senior management has primary responsibility for day-to-day management of the risks we face with accountability of and support from all associates. Senior management applies various strategies to reduce the risks to which BancShares may be exposed, with effective challenge by independent risk management and oversight by Management Committees. The Board strives to ensure that risk management is a part of our business culture and that our policies and procedures to identify, assess, respond, and monitor risk are part of the decision-making process. The Board’s role in risk oversight is an integral part of our overall Risk Management Framework and Risk Appetite Policy. The Board administers its risk oversight function primarily through its Risk Committee.
The Risk Committee structure is designed to allow for information flow, effective challenge and timely escalation of risk-related issues. The Risk Committee monitors adherence to our Risk Management Framework and Risk Appetite Policy and Statement and provides quarterly updates to the Board on risk management. Our Chief Risk Officer also provides regular reports to the Risk Committee and the Board. Management and independent risk functions make regular reports to the Risk Committee on key risk areas, including credit, market, capital, liquidity, operational, compliance, and strategic risks. The Risk Committee also reviews reports of examination by and communications from regulatory agencies, the results of internal and third-party testing and qualitative and quantitative assessments related to risk management, and any other matters within the scope of the Risk Committee’s oversight responsibilities. The Risk Committee monitors management’s response to certain risk-related regulatory and audit issues. In addition, the Risk Committee may coordinate with the Board’s Audit Committee, Technology Committee and the Compensation, Nominations and Governance Committee for the review of financial statements and related risks, technology and cybersecurity risk, compensation risk management, and other areas of responsibility.
BancShares leverages a Three Lines Model to promote clarity of roles and responsibilities in managing risk. The first line is comprised of organizational functions that own or support the management of risk. The second line is led by the Chief Risk Officer, who reports to the Risk Committee of the Board, and is comprised of organizational functions that make up the Risk Management Department which has the responsibility for establishing risk frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures which support the Framework; providing proactive, transparent, and independent oversight and effective challenge of the first line; and identifying, measuring, monitoring, or controlling for aggregate risks. Internal audit is independent of the first and second lines, reporting directly to the Audit Committee of the Board and constitutes the third line.
In combination with other risk management and monitoring practices, enterprise-wide stress testing activities are conducted within a defined framework. Stress tests are performed for various risks to ensure the financial institution can support continued operations during stressed periods.
BancShares monitors and stress tests its capital and liquidity consistent with the safety and soundness expectations of the federal regulators. Refer to the “Regulatory Considerations” section of Item 1. Business included in this Form 10-K for further discussion.
BancShares has been assessing the emerging impacts of recent and potential U.S. and international tariffs and other retaliatory actions and has continued monitoring the international tensions that could impact the economy and exacerbate headwinds of elevated market volatility, global supply chain disruptions, and recessionary pressures. BancShares also continues to assess operational risks such as those associated with potential cyberattacks for FCB and third parties upon whom it relies. Assessments have not identified material impacts to date, but those assessments will remain ongoing as the conditions continue to exist and develop. BancShares is also assessing the potential risk of an economic slowdown or recession that could create increased credit and market risk having downstream impacts on earnings, capital, and/or liquidity. While economic data continues to be mixed, baseline economic forecasts reflect a decline in CRE property values due to current interest rate levels that impacted the ALLL forecasts. Key indicators will continue to be monitored, and impacts assessed as part of our ongoing Risk Management Framework.
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk arising from a borrower, obligor, or counterparty’s failure to meet the terms of any financial obligation, which can result in financial impact to current or anticipated earnings or capital, or strategic objectives. Loans and leases we originate are underwritten in accordance with our credit policies and procedures and are subject to periodic ongoing reviews. Acquired loans, regardless of whether purchased credit deteriorated (“PCD”) or Non-PCD, are recorded at fair value as of the acquisition date and are subject to periodic reviews to identify any further credit deterioration. Our independent credit review function conducts risk reviews and analyses of both originated and acquired loans to ensure compliance with credit policies and to monitor asset quality trends and borrower financial strength. These reviews include portfolio analysis by geographic location, industry, collateral type, and product. We strive to identify potential problem loans as early as possible, to record charge-offs as appropriate and to maintain an appropriate ALLL that accounts for expected losses over the life of the loan and lease portfolios.
Commercial Lending and Leasing
BancShares employs a credit ratings system where each commercial loan is assigned a PD, LGD, and/or overall credit rating using scorecards developed to rate each type of transaction incorporating assessments of both quantitative and qualitative factors. When commercial loans and leases are graded during underwriting, or when updated periodically thereafter, a model is run to generate a preliminary risk rating. These models incorporate both internal and external historical default and loss data, as well as other borrower and loan characteristics, to assign a risk rating. The preliminary risk rating assigned by the model can be adjusted as a result of borrower specific facts and circumstances that, in management’s judgment, warrant a modification of the modeled risk rating to arrive at the final approved risk ratings.
Consumer Lending
Consumer lending begins with an evaluation of a consumer borrower’s credit profile against published standards. Credit decisions are made after analyzing quantitative and qualitative factors to assess the borrower’s ability to repay the loan, and secondary sources of repayment, such as collateral value.
Consumer products use traditional and measurable standards to document and assess the creditworthiness of a loan applicant. Credit standards follow industry standard documentation requirements. Performance is largely evaluated based on an acceptable pay history along with a quarterly assessment which incorporates current market conditions. Loans may also be monitored during quarterly reviews of the borrower’s refreshed credit score. When warranted, an additional review of the loan-to-value of the underlying collateral may be conducted.
ALLL
The loan and ALLL disclosures for the 2024 and 2023 periods presented in this Form 10-K were recast to reflect the Loan Class Changes summarized in the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section of this MD&A and further discussed in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation.
Our ALLL estimate as of December 31, 2025 included extensive reviews of the changes in credit risk associated with the uncertainties around macroeconomic forecasts. These loss estimates consider industry risk and the actual net losses incurred during prior periods of economic stress as well as recent credit trends.
Our ALLL methodology is discussed further in the section entitled “Critical Accounting Estimates” of the MD&A and Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation.
The following table summarizes the ALLL for commercial, consumer and total loans.
Table 32
ALLL
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Commercial
Consumer
Total
Commercial
Consumer
Total
Commercial
Consumer
Total
Balance at beginning of period
Initial PCD ALLL
Day 2 Provision for Loan and Lease Losses
Provision (benefit) for loan and lease losses
Total provision (benefit) for loan and lease losses
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Balance at end of period
Net charge-off ratio
Net charge-offs
Average loans
Percent of loans in each category to total loans
The ALLL was $1.57 billion at December 31, 2025, compared to $1.68 billion at December 31, 2024, resulting in an ALLL reserve release of $110 million in the current year, mainly driven by loan growth concentrated in capital call lines which have a lower loss rate relative to our other loan portfolios, elimination of the reserves related to Hurricane Helene, a modest shift in our weighting from the downside to baseline economic scenario (as further discussed in the “Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this MD&A), improvements in the economic outlook and credit quality, and lower specific reserves for individually evaluated loans. The ALLL reserve release was $71 million in the prior year. The ALLL as a percentage of loans was 1.06% at December 31, 2025, a decrease of 14 bps from 1.20% at December 31, 2024.
The following table summarizes the ALLL as a percentage of loans for each loan class:
Table 33
ALLL by Loan Class
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
ALLL
Loan Balance
ALLL as a Percentage of Loans
ALLL
Loan Balance
ALLL as a Percentage of Loans
Commercial
Commercial and industrial
Capital call lines
Owner occupied commercial mortgage
Investor dependent
Commercial real estate
Total commercial
Consumer
Residential mortgage
Revolving mortgage
Auto
Other consumer
Total consumer
Total
The ALLL may vary significantly from period to period due to changes in economic conditions, economic forecasts and the composition and credit quality of the loan and lease portfolio, and the related impacts to the ALLL models. We continuously monitor and update our ALLL estimation methodology, as appropriate. During 2025, we updated our PD, LGD, and exposure at default methodology for the capital call lines, investor dependent, residential mortgage, revolving mortgage, auto and consumer other portfolios, which contributed to the changes in the ALLL compared to December 31, 2024 for those portfolios.
Net Charge-Offs
The following table summarizes net charge-offs for each loan class:
Table 34
Net Charge-Offs
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Net
charge-offs (recoveries)
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Net
charge-offs (recoveries)
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Net
charge-offs (recoveries)
Commercial
Commercial and industrial
Capital call lines
Owner occupied commercial mortgage
Investor dependent
Commercial real estate
Total commercial
Consumer
Residential mortgage
Revolving mortgage
Auto
Other consumer
Total consumer
Total
Net charge-offs for the current year were $640 million, an increase of $100 million from $540 million for the prior year, primarily due to an increase of $158 million in commercial and industrial, partially offset by a decrease of $65 million in investor dependent. The increase of $158 million in commercial and industrial net charge-offs mainly includes the previously discussed $82 million charge-off on a single supply chain finance client, and modest increases in the Commercial Finance and Tech and Finance lines of business in the Commercial Bank segment. At December 31, 2025, the total balance of our supply chain finance portfolio was approximately $270 million.
Nonperforming Assets
Nonperforming assets include nonaccrual loans and leases, other real estate owned (“OREO”) and repossessed assets. Accounting policies related to nonperforming assets are discussed in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation in this Form 10-K.
Table 35
Non-Performing Assets
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Nonaccrual loans:
Commercial loans
Consumer loans
Total nonaccrual loans
Other real estate owned (1) and repossessed assets
Total nonperforming assets
Total loans and leases
Total loans and leases, other real estate owned, and repossessed assets
ALLL to total loans and leases
Ratio of total nonperforming assets to total loans, leases, other real estate owned and repossessed assets
Ratio of nonaccrual loans and leases to total loans and leases
Ratio of ALLL to nonaccrual loans and leases
(1) Other real estate owned includes former branch property and other non-foreclosed property of $26 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
OREO and repossessed assets were $124 million at December 31, 2025 compared to $64 million at December 31, 2024. The increase of $60 million compared to December 31, 2024 mainly reflects foreclosures on CRE properties. Trends in past due and nonaccrual loans are discussed below.
Past Due and Nonaccrual Loans
Past due and nonaccrual loans by loan class are summarized in the following table:
Table 36
Delinquencies and Nonaccrual Loans
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Accruing Loans
Accruing loans
30-59 Days
Past Due
60-89 Days
Past Due
Total 30-89 Days Past Due
90 Days or
Greater
Nonaccrual Loans
30-59 Days
Past Due
60-89 Days
Past Due
Total 30-89 Days Past Due
90 Days or
Greater
Nonaccrual Loans
Commercial
Commercial and industrial
Capital call lines
Owner occupied commercial mortgage
Investor dependent
Commercial real estate
Total commercial
Consumer
Residential mortgage
Revolving mortgage
Auto
Other consumer
Total consumer
Total
The increase of $271 million in accruing loans that are 30 to 89 days past due is largely attributable to increases of $157 million in commercial real estate and $58 million in owner occupied commercial mortgage. Accruing loans that are 30 to 89 days past due are early stage delinquencies that are not showing signs of significant credit deterioration. Delinquency status is considered in the estimate of the ALLL.
The increase of $136 million in accruing loans that are 90 days or greater past due is primarily attributable to increases of $92 million in commercial real estate and $46 million in commercial and industrial, partially offset by net decreases in all other loan classes. The increases are mainly due to a small number of larger balance and well-secured loans for which we expect payment of principal and interest. Loans 90 days or greater past due are assigned a more severe PD in accordance with our ALLL methodology.
Nonaccrual loans and leases at December 31, 2025 were $1.31 billion, an increase of $123 million compared to $1.18 billion at December 31, 2024, mainly due to increases of $97 million in owner occupied commercial mortgage, $36 million in commercial and industrial, and $36 million in residential mortgage, partially offset by decreases of $38 million in investor dependent and $21 million in commercial real estate. Nonaccrual loans over an established threshold are individually evaluated for specific ALLL reserves as further discussed in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation.
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Composition
Our CRE portfolio is diversified across various property types. The following table provides an overview of the property type exposures within our CRE portfolio:
Table 37
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
Balance
% to Total Loans and Leases
Multi-family
Medical office
Industrial, including warehouses
General office
Retail
Healthcare
Hotel and motel
Other
Total commercial real estate
Evolving macroeconomic and social conditions (including the shift to hybrid work arrangements) may result in changes for general office demand moving forward. Our general office portfolio has experienced more negative credit quality trends relative to our other CRE portfolios. Our general office portfolio is 1.35% of total loans and leases and 8.41% of total CRE at December 31, 2025. Select metrics for our general office portfolio are summarized in the following table:
Table 38
General Office Portfolio
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
General office as a percentage of total loans and leases
General office as a percentage of CRE loans
Net charge-offs as a percentage of general office
Percentage of general office 30 days or more past due
Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of general office
ALLL as a percentage of general office
Concentration
We strive to minimize the risks associated with large concentrations within specific geographic areas, collateral types or industries. Despite our focus on diversification, several characteristics of our loan portfolio subject us to concentration risk. Loan concentration for our commercial and consumer loans is summarized below.
Commercial Loan Concentration
Industry Concentration
The following table summarizes the industry concentration of our commercial loans and leases based the obligors’ industries:
Table 39
Commercial Loans and Leases - Industry
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Finance and insurance
Real estate
Healthcare
Information
Business services
Transportation, communication, gas, utilities
Manufacturing
Retail
Service industries
Wholesale
Other
Total
Loans to non-depository financial institutions (“NDFIs”)
Loans to borrowers in the finance and insurance industry were $38.42 billion, or 31.8% of commercial loans and leases at December 31, 2025, compared to $31,162 or 27.7% of commercial loans and leases at December 31, 2024. Loans to NDFIs comprise 97.9% of our loans to borrowers in the finance and insurance industry. Our NDFI portfolio composition is described below.
As of December 31, 2025, loans to NDFIs were approximately $37.59 billion. Capital call lines comprise $31.79 billion, or 85%, of the NDFI portfolio. The primary source of repayment for capital call lines is the capital commitments of the underlying limited partner (“LP”) investors in funds managed by certain private equity and venture capital firms. Capital calls are contractual obligations of the LPs and are not subject to the performance of the underlying portfolio of investments. Capital call lines are typically governed by financial covenants oriented towards ensuring that the funds’ remaining callable capital is sufficient to repay the loan, and larger commitments (typically provided to larger private equity funds) are typically secured by an assignment of the general partner's right to call capital from the fund's LP investors. The credit quality is strong for capital call lines based on the structural protection provided by the funds and the underlying investors. Capital call lines have a significantly lower loss rate relative to our other loan portfolios. As of December 31, 2025, the ALLL was 0.09% of capital call lines, compared to 1.06% of total loans.
The loans to NDFIs that are not capital call lines (the “Other NDFI Portfolios”) have balances totaling approximately $5.80 billion at December 31, 2025, and the largest portfolios are described below:
• The net asset value (“NAV”) portfolio ($1.63 billion) consists of: (i) loans to private equity funds collateralized by the funds’ portfolios of direct equity investments in private companies, and (ii) loans to predominantly secondary funds collateralized by the funds’ portfolios of investments in LP interests in private funds and/or co-investment vehicles.
• Leveraged fund lines ($970 million) are lines of credit provided to private credit funds and are collateralized by portfolios of the underlying assets, primarily first lien loans.
• Warehouse lines ($871 million) are asset-based lines of credit that finance cash flows for large pools of assets, such as accounts receivable and loans, that the borrower (or sponsor) typically sell or transfer to special purpose vehicle entities.
• Specialty finance ($726 million) includes asset-based lending facilities to lenders that are primarily investing in first lien senior debt.
The Other NDFI Portfolios are included in commercial and industrial loans and leases. As of December 31, 2025, the ALLL was 1.80% of commercial and industrial loans and leases.
NDFIs could be subject to a less stringent regulatory environment than IDIs or BHCs as further discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Form 10-K. We strive to mitigate the credit risk of our loans to NDFIs through our underwriting and credit monitoring processes. As discussed above, approximately 85% of our NDFI portfolio at December 31, 2025 is comprised of capital call lines which have strong credit quality based on the structural protection provided by the funds and the underlying investors. Additionally, we establish advance rates (the percentage of the collateral value FCB will lend to the borrower) for loans in the Other NDFI Portfolios commensurate with the risks of the underlying collateral type, structural protection of the funds or investors, diversification of the funds, and financial strength of the borrower (or sponsor).
Real estate secured loans
Our CRE portfolio comprises the vast majority of the real estate industry loans in the table above, which is based on the industry of the obligor. Additionally, we have CRE and owner occupied commercial mortgage loans that are secured by real estate, but are categorized in other industries in the table above. At December 31, 2025, the combined balances of our CRE and owner occupied commercial mortgage loans were $41.44 billion, or 34% of commercial loans and leases, compared to $40.12 billion or 36% at December 31, 2024. We have historically carried a concentration of real estate secured loans, but actively mitigate exposure through underwriting policies, which primarily rely on borrower cash flow rather than underlying collateral values. When we do rely on underlying real property values, we prefer financing secured by owner-occupied real property.
Healthcare and information industries
The healthcare and information industries in the table above largely consist of the healthcare, life sciences, and technology sectors, which include clients in our Commercial Finance, Global Fund Banking, and Tech and Healthcare lines of business within our Commercial Bank segment. Loans and leases to borrowers in medical, dental or other healthcare fields were $11.16 billion as of December 31, 2025, which represents 9.2% of commercial loans and leases, compared to $11.05 billion or 9.8% of commercial loans and leases at December 31, 2024. Loans and leases to borrowers in the information industry were $9.70 billion as of December 31, 2025, which represents 8.0% of commercial loans and leases, compared to $9.57 billion or 8.5% of commercial loans and leases at December 31, 2024. We actively mitigate credit risk exposure of these industry concentrations through our underwriting policies that emphasize reliance on adequate levels of borrower repayment sources.
Larger Balance Loans
The following table provides a summary of commercial loans by loan size and loan class as of December 31, 2025:
Table 40
Commercial Loans by Size and Class
dollars in millions
Less Than $10 Million
$10 Million to $30 Million
Greater Than $30 Million
Total Commercial Loans
Commercial and industrial
Capital call lines
Owner occupied commercial mortgage
Investor dependent
Commercial real estate
Total
Most of our loans greater than $30 million at December 31, 2025 are capital call lines which are described above in “Loans to non-depository financial institutions (“NDFIs”).”
Geographic Concentrations
The following table summarizes geographic concentrations based on the location of the real estate collateral for owner occupied commercial mortgage and commercial real estate loans, and based on the obligor address for all other commercial loans.
Table 41
Commercial Loans and Leases - Geography
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
State
California
New York
North Carolina
Texas
Massachusetts
Florida
All other states
Total U.S.
Total international
Total
Consumer Loan Concentration
Loan concentrations may exist when multiple borrowers could be similarly impacted by economic or other conditions. The following table summarizes state concentrations greater than 5.0% of consumer loans based on customer address:
Table 42
Consumer Loans - Geography
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
State
California
North Carolina
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Other states
Total
Asset Risk
Asset risk is a form of price risk that is a primary risk of our leasing businesses. This relates to the risk to earning capital arising from changes in the value of owned leasing equipment. Refer to Note 7—Leases . Asset risk in our leasing business is evaluated and managed in the divisions and overseen by risk management processes. In our asset-based lending business, we also use residual value guarantees to mitigate or partially mitigate exposure to end of lease residual value exposure on certain of our finance leases. Our business process consists of: (1) setting residual values at transaction inception, (2) systematic periodic residual value reviews, and (3) monitoring levels of residual realizations. Residual realizations, by business and product, are reviewed as part of the quarterly financial and asset quality review. Reviews for impairment are performed at least annually.
In combination with other risk management and monitoring practices, asset risk is monitored through reviews of the equipment markets, including utilization rates and traffic flows; the evaluation of supply and demand dynamics; the impact of new technologies; and changes in regulatory requirements on different types of equipment. At a high level, demand for equipment is correlated with gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth trends for the markets the equipment serves, as well as the more immediate conditions of those markets. Cyclicality in the economy and shifts in trade flows due to specific events represent risks to the earnings that can be realized by these businesses. In the Rail segment, BancShares seeks to mitigate these risks by maintaining a relatively young fleet of assets, which can bolster attractive lease and utilization rates.
Market Risk
Market risk is the risk arising from changes in interest rates, foreign exchange, fixed income, commodity, or equity prices which can result in financial loss, or adverse impact to earnings and capital.
Interest rate risk management
BancShares is exposed to the risk that changes in market conditions may affect interest rates and negatively impact earnings. The risk arises from the nature of BancShares’ business activities, the composition of BancShares’ balance sheet, and changes in the level or shape of the yield curve. BancShares manages this inherent risk strategically based on prescribed guidelines and approved limits.
Interest rate risk can arise from many of BancShares’ business activities, such as lending, leasing, investing, deposit taking, derivatives, and funding activities. We evaluate and monitor interest rate risk primarily through two metrics.
• Net Interest Income Sensitivity (“NII Sensitivity”) measures the net impact of hypothetical changes in interest rates on forecasted NII; and
• Economic Value of Equity (“EVE”) Sensitivity (“EVE Sensitivity”) measures the net impact of these hypothetical changes on the value of equity by assessing the economic value of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet instruments.
BancShares uses a holistic process to measure and monitor both short term and long term risks, which includes, but is not limited to, gradual and immediate parallel rate shocks, changes in the shape of the yield curve, and changes in the relationship of various yield curves. NII Sensitivity generally focuses on shorter term earnings risk, while EVE Sensitivity assesses the longer-term risk of the existing balance sheet.
Our exposure to NII Sensitivity is guided by the Risk Appetite Policy and Statement and a range of risk metrics, and BancShares may utilize tools across the balance sheet to adjust its interest rate risk exposures, including through business line actions and actions within the investment, funding and derivative portfolios.
The composition of our interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities generally results in a net asset-sensitive position for NII Sensitivity, whereby our assets will reprice faster than our liabilities. A component of our interest rate risk management strategy is the use of derivative instruments to mitigate fluctuations in earnings caused by changes in market interest rates. Interest rate swaps are the primary type of derivative instrument that we use as part of our interest rate risk management strategy. These derivatives hedge interest income variability of floating rate loans indexed to SOFR. Refer to Note 13—Derivative Financial Instruments for further information on our derivative portfolio.
Our funding sources consist primarily of deposits, and we also support our funding needs through wholesale funding sources (including unsecured and secured borrowings).
The deposit rates we offer are influenced by market conditions and competitive factors. Market rates are the key factors of deposit costs, and we continue to optimize deposit costs by improving our deposit mix. Changes in interest rates, expected funding needs, as well as actions by competitors, can affect our deposit taking activities and deposit pricing. We believe our targeted non-maturity deposit customer retention is strong and we remain focused on optimizing our mix of deposits. We regularly assess the effect of deposit rate changes on our balances and seek to achieve optimal alignment between assets and liabilities.
The following table summarizes the results of 12-month NII Sensitivity simulations produced by our asset/liability management system. These simulations assume static balance sheet replacement with like products and implied forward market rates, and also incorporate additional internal models and assumptions, which we may update periodically, including rate dependent prepayment for certain loans and securities and repricing of interest-bearing non-maturity deposits. The below simulations assume an immediate 100 and 200 bps parallel increase and decrease from current interest rates.
Table 43
NII Sensitivity Simulation Analysis
Estimated (Decrease) Increase in NII
Change in interest rate (bps)
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
NII Sensitivity metrics at December 31, 2025, compared to December 31, 2024, were primarily affected by balance sheet growth and compositional changes, as well as impacts from lower market interest rates.
As of December 31, 2025, BancShares continues to have an asset sensitive interest rate risk profile and the potential exposure to forecasted earnings was largely due to the composition of the balance sheet (primarily due to floating rate commercial loans and cash), as well as estimates of modest future deposit betas. Approximately 65% of our loans have floating contractual reference rates, indexed primarily to SOFR and the U.S. prime rate. Deposit betas are currently modeled to have a portfolio average of approximately 35%-40% over the twelve-month forecast horizon, including 50%-55% for interest-bearing non-maturity deposits. Deposit beta is the portion of a change in the federal funds rate that is passed on to the deposit rate. Actual deposit betas may be different than modeled, depending on various factors, including liquidity requirements, deposit mix and competitive pressures. Impacts to NII Sensitivity may change due to actual results differing from modeled expectations.
As noted above, EVE Sensitivity supplements NII simulations as it estimates risk exposures beyond a twelve-month horizon. EVE Sensitivity measures the change in the EVE due to changes in assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet instruments in response to a change in interest rates. EVE Sensitivity was calculated by estimating the change in the net present value of assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet items under various rate movements, including utilizing a dynamic rate level dependent modeling approach for our deposit attrition assumption. In addition to interest rate changes, other key assumptions used in our EVE Sensitivity simulations include asset prepayments, as well as balance attrition and pricing of non-maturity deposits.
The below simulations assume an immediate 100 and 200 bps parallel increase and decrease from current interest rates and the estimated impact on our EVE profile based on our current modeling approach:
Table 44
EVE Modeling Analysis
Estimated Increase (Decrease) in EVE
Change in interest rate (bps)
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
In addition to the above reported sensitivities, a wide variety of potential interest rate scenarios are simulated within our asset/liability management system. Scenarios that impact balance sheet composition or the sensitivity to key assumptions are also evaluated.
We use results of our various interest rate risk analyses to formulate and implement asset and liability management strategies, in coordination with the Asset and Liability Committee, to achieve the desired risk profile, while managing our objectives for market risk and other strategic objectives. Specifically, we may manage our interest rate risk position through certain pricing strategies and product design for loans and deposits, our investment portfolio, funding portfolio, or by using derivatives to mitigate earnings volatility.
The above sensitivities provide an estimate of our interest rate sensitivity; however, they do not account for potential changes in credit quality, size, mix, or changes in the competition for business in the industries we serve. They also do not account for other business developments and other actions. Accordingly, we can give no assurance that actual results would not differ materially from the estimated outcomes of our simulations.
Loan Maturity and Loan Interest Rate Sensitivity
The following table provides loan maturity distribution information:
Table 45
Loan Maturity Distribution
dollars in millions
At December 31 2025, Maturing
Within
One Year
One to Five
Years
Five to 15
Years
After 15 Years
Total
Commercial
Commercial and industrial
Capital call lines
Owner occupied commercial mortgage
Investor dependent
Commercial real estate
Total commercial
Consumer
Residential mortgage
Revolving mortgage
Consumer auto
Consumer other
Total consumer
Total loans and leases
As noted above, approximately 65% of our total loans have floating contractual reference rates, indexed primarily to SOFR and the U.S. prime rate. The following table provides information regarding fixed and variable interest rate loans and leases maturing one year or after, as of December 31, 2025:
Table 46
Fixed and Variable Interest Rate Loans
dollars in millions
Loans Maturing One Year or After with
Fixed Interest Rates
Variable Interest Rates
Commercial
Commercial and industrial
Capital call lines
Owner occupied commercial mortgage
Investor dependent
Commercial real estate
Total commercial
Consumer
Residential mortgage
Revolving mortgage
Consumer auto
Consumer other
Total consumer
Total loans and leases
Counterparty Risk
We enter into interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives as part of our overall risk management practices and also on behalf of our clients. We establish risk metrics and evaluate and manage the counterparty risk associated with these derivative instruments in accordance with the comprehensive Risk Management Framework and Risk Appetite Policy and Statement.
Counterparty credit exposure or counterparty risk is a primary risk of derivative instruments, relating to the ability of a counterparty to perform its financial obligations under the derivative contract. We seek to control credit risk of derivative agreements through counterparty credit approvals, pre-established exposure limits and monitoring procedures, which are integrated with our cash and issuer related credit processes.
Derivative agreements for BancShares’ risk management purposes and for the hedging of client transactions are primarily executed with investment grade financial institutions, with others cleared through certain central party clearing houses. Credit exposure is mitigated via the exchange of collateral between the counterparties covering mark-to-market valuations. Client related derivative transactions, which are primarily related to lending activities, are incorporated into our loan underwriting and reporting processes.
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk arising from BancShares being unable to meet its obligations as they come due because of an inability to: (i) liquidate assets or obtain adequate funding, or (ii) unwind or offset specific exposures without significantly lowering market prices because of inadequate market depth or market disruptions. This may result in impairment of safety and soundness.
Our liquidity risk management and monitoring process is designed to ensure the availability of adequate cash and collateral resources and funding capacity to meet our obligations. Our overall liquidity management strategy is intended to ensure appropriate liquidity to meet expected and contingent funding needs under both normal and stressed environments. Consistent with this strategy, we maintain sufficient amounts of available cash and HQLS. Additional sources of liquidity include committed credit facilities, repurchase agreements, brokered certificates of deposit issuances, unsecured debt issuances, and cash collections generated by portfolio asset sales to third parties.
We utilize measurement tools to assess and monitor the level and adequacy of our liquidity position, liquidity conditions and trends. We measure and forecast liquidity and liquidity risks under different hypothetical scenarios and across different horizons. We use a liquidity stress testing framework to better understand the range of potential risks and their impacts to which BancShares is exposed. Stress test results inform our business strategy, risk appetite, levels of liquid assets, and contingency funding plans. Also included among our liquidity measurement tools are key risk indicators that assist in identifying potential liquidity risk and stress events.
BancShares maintains a framework to establish liquidity risk tolerances, monitoring, and breach escalation protocol to alert management of potential funding and liquidity risks and to initiate mitigating actions as appropriate. Further, BancShares maintains a contingent funding plan, which details protocols and potential actions to be taken under liquidity stress conditions.
Liquidity includes available cash and HQLS. At December 31, 2025 we had $56.01 billion of high-quality liquid assets (24.4% of total assets) and $30.74 billion of contingent liquidity sources available. Some of the more significant changes from December 31, 2024 included increased borrowing capacity under agreements with the FRB through expansion of the eligible loan population to targeted loans previously not pledged to the FRB. As noted below, the draw period under the Advance Facility Agreement with the FDIC ended March 27, 2025, as of which date, FCB had no outstanding amounts under the facility. Other significant changes are discussed above in “Executive Overview—Financial Performance Summary—Balance Sheet Highlights.” Investment securities were a primary funding source for the $2.49 billion Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note in December 2025, which contributed to the decline in HQLS.
Table 47
Liquidity
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Available cash
High-quality liquid securities (1)
High-quality liquid assets
Current Capacity (2) of Credit Facilities:
FHLB facility (3)
FRB facility
FDIC facility (4)
Line of credit
Total contingent sources
Total liquid assets and contingent sources
Total uninsured deposits
Coverage ratio of total liquid assets and contingent sources to uninsured deposits
(1) Consists of readily marketable, unpledged securities, as well as securities pledged but not drawn against at the FHLB and available for sale, and generally is comprised of U.S. Treasury and U.S. agency investment securities held outright or via reverse repurchase agreements.
(2) Current capacity is based on the amount of collateral pledged and available for use at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
(3) Refer to Table 48 for additional details.
(4) The Advance Facility Agreement with the FDIC was obtained in connection with SVBB Acquisition and the draw period ended on March 27, 2025.
We fund our operations through deposits and borrowings. Our primary source of liquidity is derived from our various deposit channels, including our Branch Network and Direct Bank. Total deposits at December 31, 2025 were $161.58 billion, an increase of $6.35 billion or 4% from $155.23 billion at December 31, 2024.
We use borrowings to diversify the funding of our business operations. In addition to the Purchase Money Note and FHLB advances, borrowings also include senior unsecured notes, securities sold under customer repurchase agreements, and subordinated notes. Total borrowings at December 31, 2025 were $36.01 billion, a decrease of $1.04 billion or 3% from $37.05 billion at December 31, 2024. Refer to details of debt redemptions and issuances in the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section of this MD&A. We continually monitor our capital needs and market conditions in an effort to diversify our borrowing base and capital mix when appropriate.
FHLB Capacity
A source of available funds is advances from the FHLB of Atlanta. We may pledge assets for secured borrowing transactions, which include borrowings from the FHLB or FRB, or for other purposes as required or permitted by law. The debt issued in conjunction with these transactions is collateralized by certain discrete receivables, securities, loans, leases and underlying equipment. Certain related cash balances are restricted.
Table 48
FHLB Balances
dollars in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Total borrowing capacity
Less:
Advances
Letters of credit (1)
Available capacity
Pledged Non-PCD loans
(1) Letters of credit were established with the FHLB to collateralize public funds.
FRB Capacity
Under borrowing arrangements with the FRB, FCB has access to $12.96 billion on a secured basis at December 31, 2025. During 2025, we pledged additional loan collateral and increased our borrowing capacity under agreements with the FRB. Loans pledged are disclosed in Note 5—Loans and Leases. There were no outstanding borrowings with the FRB Discount Window at December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
FDIC Credit Facility
FCB and the FDIC entered into the Advance Facility Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2023, and effective as of November 20, 2023, providing total advances available through March 27, 2025 of up to $70 billion solely to provide liquidity to offset deposit withdrawal or runoff of former SVBB deposit accounts and to fund the unfunded commercial lending commitments acquired in the SVBB Acquisition. There were no amounts outstanding at the end of the draw period on March 27, 2025.
Refer to Note 2—Business Combinations for further discussion.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
The following table includes significant contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2025, representing required and potential cash outflows, including impacts from purchase accounting adjustments and deferred fees. Refer to Note 22—Commitments and Contingencies for additional information regarding commitments. Financing commitments, letters of credit and deferred purchase commitments are presented at contractual amounts and do not necessarily reflect future cash outflows, as many are expected to expire unused or partially used.
Table 49
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
dollars in millions
Payments Due by Period
Less than 1 year
1-3 years
4-5 years
Thereafter
Total
Contractual obligations:
Time deposits
Short-term borrowings
Long-term borrowings (1) (2)
Total contractual obligations
Commitments:
Financing commitments
Letters of credit
Deferred purchase agreements
Purchase and funding commitments
Affordable housing partnerships (1)
Total commitments
(1) Long-term borrowings are presented net of purchase accounting adjustments of $78 million. On-balance sheet commitments for affordable housing partnerships are included in other liabilities and presented net of a purchase accounting adjustment of $14 million.
(2) Balance in parenthesis represents the estimated amortization of the purchase accounting adjustment and deferred costs in excess of any principal balance.
Long-term Borrowings
As displayed above in Table 49, we do not have any significant long-term debt obligations due until the Purchase Money Note matures. While scheduled principal payments are not required until maturity in March 2028, FCB may voluntarily prepay principal without a premium or penalty. As noted above in “Executive Overview—Recent Events,” FCB made a $2.49 billion Partial Prepayment of the Purchase Money Note in December 2025 and additional prepayments of $500 million in both January and February 2026. We will continue to monitor the interest rate environment and FCB’s collateral position for the Purchase Money Note and assess whether any further voluntary prepayments are prudent considering the fixed rate of 3.50%. Potential sources that could fund voluntary prepayments or the amount due at maturity include excess liquidity (primarily comprised of interest-earning deposits at banks and proceeds from maturities and paydowns of investment securities), FHLB advances, deposit growth, loan portfolio sales, and issuance of perpetual preferred stock, unsecured debt or other borrowings. At the time of any further voluntary prepayment or maturity, the interest rates for the potential interest-bearing sources of prepayment could be higher than the 3.50% rate.
Refer to the respective “Deposits” and “Borrowings” discussions in the “Balance Sheet Analysis—Interest-bearing Liabilities” section of this MD&A for further details. The Purchase Money Note is discussed further in Note 2—Business Combinations.
Strategic Risk
The risk arising from ill-advised business decisions, ineffective implementation, or the failure to adapt to changes in the external and internal operating environment which can result in financial loss or reduced competitiveness and hinder BancShares’ ability to achieve its strategic objectives.
Operational Risk
The risk arising from inadequate or failed internal processes or systems, human errors, or adverse external events which may result in impact to current or projected financial condition and resilience.
Capital Adequacy Risk
The risks associated with maintaining inadequate levels or an unsuitable composition of capital. Refer to the “Capital” section further in this MD&A.
Compliance Risk
The risk arising from a failure to adhere to applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, or other industry standards which can result in financial loss, regulatory sanctions, reputational harm, operational disruptions, and/or strategic objectives.
Refer to the section Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Form 10-K for further discussion of potential risks associated with our business.
CAPITAL
Capital requirements applicable to BancShares are discussed in the “Regulatory Considerations” section in Item 1. Business of this Form 10-K .
Common and Preferred Stock Dividends
During 2025, we paid quarterly dividends of $1.95 per share during the first three quarters and $2.10 per common share in the fourth quarter, on the Class A common stock and Class B common stock. In January 2026, the Board declared a quarterly dividend on the Class A common stock and Class B common stock of $2.10 per common share. The dividends are payable on March 16, 2026 to stockholders of record as of February 27, 2026.
During 2025, we paid quarterly dividends on our Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock as disclosed in Note 15—Stockholders' Equity. In January 2026, the Board declared dividends on our Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, and Series D Preferred Stock in accordance with their terms. The dividends are payable on March 16, 2026.
Capital Composition and Ratios
As discussed earlier in the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section of this MD&A, the Board authorized the 2024 SRP, and the 2025 SRP, which permitted repurchases upon completion of the 2024 SRP. During the current year, we repurchased 1,578,462 shares. Repurchases under the 2025 SRP commenced in September 2025 upon the completion of the 2024 SRP in August 2025. Refer to the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section above for more information and Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities for fourth quarter 2025 monthly repurchase activity.
The following table summarizes the change in outstanding Class A common stock through December 31, 2025. Refer to Note 15—Stockholders' Equity for additional information.
Table 50
Changes in Shares of Class A Common Stock Outstanding
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Class A common stock shares outstanding at beginning of period
Shares repurchased under authorized repurchase plan
Class A common stock shares outstanding at end of period
We also had 1,005,185 Class B common stock outstanding at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
We are committed to effectively managing our capital to protect our depositors, creditors and stockholders. We continually monitor the capital levels and ratios for BancShares and FCB to ensure they exceed the minimum requirements imposed by regulatory authorities and to ensure they are appropriate given growth projections, risk profile and potential changes in the regulatory or external environment. Failure to meet certain capital requirements may result in actions by regulatory agencies that could have a material impact on our operations or consolidated financial statements.
In accordance with GAAP, the unrealized gains and losses on certain assets and liabilities, net of deferred taxes, are included in AOCI within stockholders’ equity. These amounts are excluded from the calculation of our Regulatory Capital Ratios under current regulatory guidelines.
Table 51
Analysis of Capital Adequacy
dollars in millions
Basel III Requirements
PCA Well Capitalized Thresholds
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
Adjusted Ratio (1)
BancShares
Risk-based capital ratios
Total risk-based capital
Tier 1 risk-based capital
Common equity Tier 1
Tier 1 leverage ratio
FCB
Risk-based capital ratios
Total risk-based capital
Tier 1 risk-based capital
Common equity Tier 1
Tier 1 leverage ratio
(1) Adjusted capital ratios exclude the impact of the FDIC Shared-Loss Agreement and are considered non-GAAP measures. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements” section of this MD&A for a reconciliation from the most comparable GAAP measure to the non-GAAP measure.
(2) The adjusted tier 1 leverage ratio is not applicable because the FDIC Shared-Loss Agreement did not impact the tier 1 leverage ratio.
A s of December 31, 2025, BancShares and FCB had total risk-based capital ratio conservation buffers of 5.71% and 5.62%, respectively, which are in excess of the Basel III conservation buffer of 2.50%. As of December 31, 2024, BancShares and FCB’s total risk-based capital ratio conservation buffers were 7.04% and 6.66%, respectively. The capital ratio conservation buffers represent the excess of the regulatory capital ratios as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 over the Basel III minimum for the applicable ratio.
Additional Tier 1 capital for BancShares includes perpetual preferred stock. Additional Tier 2 capital for BancShares and FCB primarily consists of qualifying ALLL and qualifying subordinated debt.
Refer to Note 17—Regulatory Capital for additional information.
Termination of the Shared-Loss Agreement with the FDIC
FCB and the FDIC entered into the Shared-Loss Termination Agreement on April 7, 2025 (the “Shared-Loss Termination Date”) as further discussed in the “Executive Overview—Recent Events” section of this MD&A. The risk-based capital ratios of FCB and BancShares for periods in which the Shared-Loss Agreement (as defined in Note 2—Business Combinations) was effective were calculated using favorable RWA assumptions permissible for Covered Assets (as defined in Note 2—Business Combinations). After the Shared-Loss Termination Date, FCB and BancShares are not permitted to apply the favorable RWA assumptions to assets that were previously Covered Assets. As of December 31, 2024, the table above presents risk-based capital ratios (which include the impact of the Shared-Loss Agreement) and adjusted ratios (which exclude the impact of the Shared-Loss Agreement). Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements” section of this MD&A for further discussion.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The accounting and reporting policies of BancShares are in accordance with GAAP and are described in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to exercise judgment in determining many of the estimates and assumptions utilized to arrive at the carrying value of assets and liabilities and amounts reported for revenues and expenses. Our financial condition and results of operations could be materially affected by changes to these estimates and assumptions.
We consider accounting estimates to be critical to reported financial results if (i) the accounting estimate requires management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain and (ii) different estimates that management reasonably could have used for the accounting estimate in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period, could have a material impact on our financial statements. The accounting estimate related to the determination of the ALLL is considered to be a critical accounting estimate because considerable judgment and estimation is applied by management.
ALLL
The ALLL represents management’s best estimate of credit losses expected over the life of the loan or lease, adjusted for expected contractual payments and the impact of prepayment expectations. Estimates for loan and lease losses are determined by analyzing quantitative and qualitative components present as of the evaluation date.
The ALLL is calculated based on a variety of considerations, including, but not limited to actual net loss history of the various loan and lease pools, delinquency trends, changes in forecasted economic conditions, loan growth, estimated loan life, and changes in portfolio credit quality. Loans and leases are segregated into pools with similar risk characteristics and each have a model that is utilized to estimate the ALLL.
Macroeconomic Forecasts Utilized in the Estimate of the ALLL
While management utilizes its best judgment and information available, the ultimate adequacy of our ALLL is dependent upon a variety of factors beyond our control which are inherently difficult to predict, the most significant being the macroeconomic scenario forecasts that determine the economic variables, including the U.S. unemployment rate, U.S. real GDP, home price index (“HPI”), and CRE price index utilized in the ALLL models. These economic variables are based on macroeconomic scenario forecasts with a forecast horizon that covers the reasonable and supportable period. Due to the inherent uncertainty in the macroeconomic forecasts, BancShares utilizes baseline, upside, and downside macroeconomic scenarios and probability weights the scenarios based on review of variable forecasts for each scenario and comparison to expectations.
The potential impacts of new trade, tariff and other economic policies in the United States were more prevalently reflected in the baseline macroeconomic scenario, which resulted in a modest shift in our weighting from the downside to baseline economic scenario in the second quarter of 2025. The scenario weighting at December 31, 2025 was unchanged since the second quarter shift.
At December 31, 2025, ALLL estimates ranged from approximately $1.33 billion, when weighing the upside scenario 100%, to approximately $1.98 billion when weighting the downside scenario 100%. BancShares management determined that an ALLL of $1.57 billion was appropriate as of December 31, 2025.
The following table presents the U.S. unemployment rate, U.S. real GDP, HPI, and CRE price index based on the weighted-average scenario forecasts used in determining the ALLL at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The projected trends in the macroeconomic variables below may fluctuate depending on the underlying scenarios and our scenario weighting assumptions utilized for the applicable period.
Table 52
Select Variables in ALLL Weighted-average Scenarios
Assumptions as of December 31, 2025
U.S. unemployment rate (1)
U.S. real GDP (2)
HPI (2)
CRE price index (2)
Assumptions as of December 31, 2024
U.S. unemployment rate (1)
U.S. real GDP (2)
HPI (2)
CRE price index (2)
(1) Assumptions as of December 31, 2025 represent the projected quarterly averages for the years ending December 31, 2026, 2027, and 2028. Assumptions as of December 31, 2024 represent the projected quarterly averages for the years ending December 31, 2025, 2026, and 2027.
(2) Represents the projected year-over-year percent changes.
Qualitative Component of the ALLL
ALLL model outputs may be adjusted through a qualitative assessment to reflect trends that may not be adequately reflected within the models, which could include economic conditions, uncertainty in macroeconomic forecasts, credit quality, risk to specific industry concentrations, and any significant policy and underwriting changes. These qualitative adjustments are also used to accommodate for the imprecision of certain assumptions and uncertainties inherent in the model calculations.
Current economic conditions and forecasts can change which could affect the anticipated amount of estimated credit losses and therefore the appropriateness of the ALLL. It is difficult to estimate how potential changes in any one economic factor or input might affect the overall ALLL because a wide variety of factors and inputs are considered in estimating the ALLL and changes in those factors and inputs considered may not occur at the same rate and may not be consistent across all product types. Additionally, changes in factors and inputs may be directionally inconsistent, such that improvement in one factor may offset deterioration in others.
Accounting policies related to the ALLL are discussed in Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation. For more information regarding the ALLL, refer to the “Risk Management—Credit Risk— ALLL” section of this MD&A and Note 6—Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
BancShares adopted the following FASB Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) as of January 1, 2026:
ASU
Summary
Effective Date and Expected Impact
ASU 2025-08—Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans Issued November 2025
Under this ASU, purchased seasoned loans (“PSLs” as described below) must be recognized at the purchase price, plus the ALLL at the acquisition date (the “Gross-Up Approach”). Since the ALLL at the acquisition date is established through the Gross-Up Approach, there is no corresponding increase to the provision for credit losses (“Day 2 Provision for Loan and Lease Losses”).
Prior to this ASU, the Gross-Up Approach was only permitted for PCD loans, while the initial ALLL for Non-PCD loans was established through the Day 2 Provision for Loan and Lease Losses. Under this ASU, the Gross-Up Approach applies to PCD loans and the following Non-PCD loans which qualify as PSLs: (i) non-credit card loans acquired in a business combination and (ii) non-credit card loans purchased more than 90 days after origination in a non-business combination transaction, provided the acquirer was not involved in the original lending. This ASU specifically excludes credit card loans from the definition of PSLs.
This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2026. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. This ASU must be applied prospectively.
We early adopted this ASU on January 1, 2026 (the “Adoption Date”). We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures. For business combinations or loan acquisitions that close after the Adoption Date, this ASU could reduce the Day 2 Provision for Loan and Lease Losses, and the subsequent credit-related loan PAA that was prevalent for Non-PCD loans acquired prior the Adoption Date.
ASU 2025-05—Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets Issued July 2025
This ASU provides an optional practical expedient which permits an entity to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset when estimating the ALLL for accounts receivable.
This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025. We adopted this ASU as of January 1, 2026.
We did not elect the optional practical expedient and adoption of this ASU did not impact our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
The following ASUs issued by the FASB have not been adopted BancShares as of January 1, 2026:
ASU
Summary
Effective Date and Expected Impact
ASU 2024-03—Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
Issued November 2024
This ASU enhances expense disclosures, primarily by requiring footnote disaggregation of specified expenses in a tabular format. This ASU does not change the requirements for the presentation of expenses on the consolidated statements of income.
This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods
beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU may be applied prospectively or retrospectively.
We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our notes to the consolidated financial statements. We do not plan to early adopt this ASU.
ASU 2025-06—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software Issued September 2025
This ASU amends certain aspects of the accounting for internal-use software. This ASU eliminated references to software development stages, which were previously determinants of whether internal-use software costs should be capitalized. This ASU also provided more specific criteria to assess when determining whether internal-use software costs should be capitalized.
This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. This ASU may be applied using either a prospective, retrospective, or modified transition approach.
We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements. We do not plan to early adopt this ASU on January 1, 2026, but are considering whether we may early adopt on January 1, 2027.
ASU 2025-09—Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)—Hedge Accounting Improvements Issued November 2025
This ASU clarified certain aspects of hedge accounting to better reflect the economics of risk management activities. For example, this ASU eliminated the requirement that a group of interest payments be based on the same index in order to be hedged as a group, and provided more flexibility for grouping transactions with similar risks for cash flow hedges.
This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted on any date on or after the issuance date of this ASU. Entities are required to apply this ASU on a prospective basis for all hedging relationships.
We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and considering whether we may early adopt during 2026.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASUREMENTS
BancShares provides certain non-GAAP information in reporting its financial results to give investors additional data to evaluate its operations. A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s historical or future financial performance or financial position that may either exclude or include amounts, or is adjusted in some way to the effect of including or excluding amounts, as compared to the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP financial statements. BancShares’ management believes that non-GAAP financial measures, when reviewed in conjunction with GAAP financial information, can provide transparency about, or an alternate means of assessing, its operating results and financial position to its investors, analysts and management. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not superior to or a substitute for, GAAP measures presented in BancShares’ consolidated financial statements and other publicly filed reports. In addition, our non-GAAP measures may be different from or inconsistent with non-GAAP financial measures used by other institutions.
Whenever we refer to a non-GAAP financial measure we will generally define and present the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, along with a reconciliation between the GAAP financial measure and the non-GAAP financial measure. We describe each of these measures below and explain why we believe the measure to be useful.
Net Rental Income on Operating Lease Equipment for Commercial Bank and Rail Segments
Commercial Bank segment net income, rental income on operating lease equipment, and net rental income on operating lease equipment are utilized to measure profitability. Net rental income on operating lease equipment is a non-GAAP measure calculated as rental income on operating lease equipment less depreciation on operating lease equipment, as well as maintenance and other operating lease expenses, if any. This measure is meaningful because it enables management to monitor the performance and profitability of operating leases after deducting direct expenses.
The following tables reconcile the most comparable GAAP measures to the non-GAAP measures for the Commercial Bank and Rail segments.
Table 53
Commercial Bank Segment
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Rental income on operating leases (GAAP)
Less: depreciation on operating lease equipment
Net rental income on operating lease equipment (non-GAAP)
Rail segment net income, rental income on operating lease equipment and net rental income on operating lease equipment are utilized to measure profitability. Net rental income on operating lease equipment is calculated as rental income on operating lease equipment reduced by depreciation, maintenance and other operating lease expenses. This measure is meaningful because it enables management to monitor the performance and profitability of operating leases after deducting direct expenses. Due to the nature of the Rail segment portfolio, which is essentially all operating lease equipment, certain financial measures commonly used by banks, such as NII, are not as meaningful for the Rail segment. NII is not used because it includes the impact of debt costs funding our operating lease assets but excludes the associated net rental income.
Table 54
Rail Segment
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
Rental income on operating leases (GAAP)
Less: depreciation on operating lease equipment
Less: maintenance and other operating lease expenses
Net rental income on operating lease equipment (non-GAAP)
NII, NIM, and Interest Income on Loans and Leases, Excluding PAA
NII and NIM, excluding PAA, and interest income on loans and leases, excluding loan PAA are meaningful metrics as they allow management to analyze NII, NIM and loan and lease interest income trends more directly related to the rates of the underlying interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Loan PAA is primarily related to the loan discount in the SVBB Acquisition. Other PAA is primarily related to the discount on the Purchase Money Note and the premium on deposits assumed in the merger with CIT Group Inc.
The following table reconciles NII to NII, excluding PAA, NIM to NIM, excluding PAA, and interest income on loans and leases to interest income on loans and leases, excluding loan PAA:
Table 55
NII, NIM, and Interest Income on Loans and Leases, Excluding PAA
dollars in millions
Year Ended December 31,
NII (GAAP)
Loan PAA
Other PAA
PAA
NII, excluding PAA (non-GAAP)
Average interest-earning assets
NIM (GAAP)
NIM, excluding PAA (non-GAAP)
Interest income on loans and leases (GAAP)
Less: loan PAA
Interest income on loans and leases, excluding loan PAA (non-GAAP)
Adjusted Risk-Based Capital Ratios
FCB and the FDIC entered into the Shared-Loss Termination Agreement on April 7, 2025, after which time FCB and BancShares were no longer permitted to apply favorable RWA assumptions to the Covered Assets. Adjusted risk-based capital ratios exclude the favorable RWA assumptions related to the Shared-Loss Agreement. Adjusted risk-based capital ratios as of December 31, 2024 are meaningful metrics for comparison to risk-based capital ratios as of December 31, 2025 (which exclude the impacts of the Shared-Loss Agreement as a result of the Shared-Loss Termination Agreement). Refer to the “Capital” section of this MD&A for further discussion.
The following table reconciles the Shared-Loss Agreement impact to the total risk-based, CET1 and tier 1 capital ratios of BancShares and FCB:
Table 56
Adjusted Risk-Based Capital Ratios
December 31, 2024
BancShares
FCB
Risk-weighted assets (GAAP)
Plus: impact of FDIC Shared-Loss Agreement
Adjusted risk-weighted assets (non-GAAP)
Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio
Total risk-based capital
Total risk-based capital ratio (GAAP)
Less: impact of FDIC Shared-Loss Agreement
Adjusted total risk-based capital ratio (non-GAAP)
CET1 Capital Ratio
CET1 capital
CET1 capital ratio (GAAP)
Less: impact of FDIC Shared-Loss Agreement
Adjusted CET1 capital ratio (non-GAAP)
Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio
Tier 1 risk-based capital
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio (GAAP)
Less: impact of FDIC Shared-Loss Agreement
Adjusted tier 1 risk-based capital ratio (non-GAAP)
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding the financial condition, results of operations, business plans, asset quality, future performance, and other strategic goals of BancShares. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “predicts,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “targets,” “designed,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “potential,” “continue,” “aims,” “strives” or other similar words and expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on BancShares’ current expectations and assumptions regarding BancShares’ business, the economy, and other future conditions.
Because forward-looking statements relate to future results and occurrences, they are subject to inherent risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances and other factors that are difficult to predict. Many possible events or factors could affect BancShares’ future financial results and performance and could cause actual results, performance or achievements of BancShares to differ materially from any anticipated results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, general competitive, economic (including the imposition of tariffs, retaliatory tariff measures, or trade barriers on trading partners), political (including impacts of any U.S. government shutdown), geopolitical events (including conflicts or developments in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Latin America), natural disasters and market conditions, including changes in competitive pressures among financial institutions and the impacts related to or resulting from previous bank failures, the risks and impacts of future bank failures and other volatility in the banking industry, public perceptions of our business practices, including our deposit pricing and acquisition activity, the financial or changing conditions or strategies of BancShares’ vendors or customers, including changes in demand for deposits, loans and other financial services, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in the quality or composition of BancShares’ loan or investment portfolio, actions of government regulators, including interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve, changes to estimates of future costs and benefits of actions taken by BancShares, BancShares’ ability to maintain adequate sources of funding and liquidity, the potential impact of decisions by the Federal Reserve on BancShares’ capital plans, developments with respect to U.S. or global economic conditions, including significant in the capital or financial markets, the impact of any sustained or elevated inflationary environment, the impact of any , information or security , the impact of implementation and compliance with current or proposed laws, regulations and regulatory interpretations, including potential increased regulatory requirements, , and costs, such as FDIC special assessments, increases to FDIC deposit insurance premiums, changes in regulatory capital requirements, or on credit card interest rates, along with the risk that such laws, regulations and regulatory interpretations may change, the availability of capital and personnel, and the risks associated with BancShares’ previously completed acquisition transactions, the pending BMO Branch Acquisition, or any future transactions.
BancShares’ 2025 SRP allows BancShares to repurchase shares of its Class A common stock through 2026. BancShares is not obligated under the 2025 SRP to repurchase any minimum or particular number of shares, and repurchases may be suspended or discontinued at any time (subject to the terms of any Rule 10b5-1 plan in effect) without prior notice. The authorization to repurchase Class A common stock pursuant to the 2025 SRP will be utilized at management’s discretion. The actual timing and amount of Class A common stock that may be repurchased under the plan will depend on a number of factors, including the terms of any Rule 10b5-1 plan then in effect, price, general business and market conditions, regulatory requirements, and alternative investment opportunities or capital needs.
Except to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations, BancShares disclaims any obligation to update forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements included herein to reflect future events or developments. Additional factors which could affect the forward-looking statements may be included in BancShares’ other filings with the SEC.
