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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

NOTE 13 – GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

    

Goodwill as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 amounted to $28.1 million, recognized as part of “Other Assets” in the consolidated statement of financial condition. The Corporation conducted its annual evaluation of goodwill and intangibles during the fourth quarter of 2014. The Corporation's goodwill is related to the acquisition of Firstbank Florida in 2005.

 

The Corporation bypassed the qualitative assessment in 2014 and proceeded directly to perform the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test. The Step 1 evaluation of goodwill allocated to the Florida reporting unit under both valuation approaches (market and discounted cash flow analysis) indicated that the fair value of the unit was above the carrying amount of its equity book value as of the valuation date (October 1); therefore, the completion of Step 2 was not required. Based on the analysis under both the market and discounted cash flow analysis, the estimated fair value of equity of the reporting unit exceeded the carrying amount of the entity, including goodwill at the evaluation date. There have been no events related to the Florida reporting unit that could indicate potential goodwill impairment since the date of the last evaluation; therefore, no goodwill impairment evaluation was performed during the first quarter of 2015. Goodwill and other indefinite life intangibles are reviewed at least annually for impairment.

 

In connection with the acquisition of the FirstBank-branded credit card loan portfolio, in the second quarter of 2012, the Corporation recognized a purchased credit card relationship intangible of $24.5 million, which is being amortized over the next 6.7 years on an accelerated basis based on the estimated attrition rate of the purchased credit card accounts, which reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible asset are consumed. These benefits are consumed as the revenue stream generated by the cardholder relationship is realized.

 

The core deposit intangible acquired in the February 2015 Doral Bank transaction amounted to $5.8 million.

The following table shows the gross amount and accumulated amortization of the Corporation’s intangible assets recognized as part of Other Assets in the consolidated statement of financial condition:
      
 As of As of
 March 31,  December 31,
 2015 2014
(Dollars in thousands)     
Core deposit intangible:     
Gross amount, beginning of period$ 45,844 $ 45,844
Addition as a result of acquisition  5,820   -
Accumulated amortization  (40,750)   (40,424)
Net carrying amount$ 10,914 $ 5,420
      
Remaining amortization period 9.9 years  8.4 years
      
Purchased credit card relationship intangible:     
Gross amount$ 24,465 $ 24,465
Accumulated amortization  (8,843)   (8,076)
Net carrying amount$ 15,622 $ 16,389
      
Remaining amortization period 6.7 years  6.9 years

For the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the amortization expense of core deposit intangibles amounted to $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively. For each of the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the amortization expense of the purchased credit card relationship intangible amounted to $0.8 million.

 

 The estimated aggregate amortization expense related to these intangible assets for future periods is as follows:
     
   Amount 
   (In thousands) 
2015$ 3,813 
2016  4,737 
2017  4,197 
2018  3,293