Significant Accounting Policies Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Yadkin Financial Corporation (the "Company") and its subsidiary, Yadkin Bank (the "Bank"). The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Company have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial statements and with instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. Because the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP, they should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included with the Company's 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "2013 Form 10-K") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 28, 2014. Operating results, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for the year or other interim periods.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements contain all the adjustments, all of which are normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013. The accounting policies followed are set forth in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company's 2013 Form 10-K.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-04, "Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40): Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure". ("ASU 2014-04"). The amendments in this update clarify that an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, and a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan, upon either (1) the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure or (2) the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy that loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. Additionally, the amendments require interim and annual disclosure of both (1) the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor and (2) the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. The amendments in this update are effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2014. Adoption of this update is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within that period, beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company does not expect ASU 2014-09 to have a material effect on the Company’s current financial position or results of operations, however, it may impact the reporting of future financial statement disclosures.

In 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, "Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period" ("ASU 2014-12"). The ASU requires performance targets that affect vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period to be treated as performance conditions. As a result, such performance targets should not be included in the grant-date fair value calculation of the award, rather compensation cost should be recorded when it is probable the performance target will be reached and should represent the compensation cost attributable to the period(s) for which the requisite service has already been rendered. If the requisite service period is not over, the remaining unrecognized compensation cost should be recognized prospectively over the remaining requisite service period. This update is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015 for all entities. Earlier adoption is permitted. Entities may apply the amendments in this update either prospectively to awards granted after the effective date, or retrospectively to awards with outstanding performance targets as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented. Management does not believe the amendments will have a material impact on the Company's financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Allowance for Loan Losses

Allowance for Loan Losses. The allowance for loan losses is a reserve established through a provision for loan losses charged to expense, which represents management's best estimate for probable losses that have been incurred within the existing portfolio of loans. The primary risks inherent in the Bank's loan portfolio, including the adequacy of the allowance or reserve for loan losses, are based on management's assumptions regarding, among other factors, general and local economic conditions, which are difficult to predict and are beyond the Bank's control. In estimating these risks, and the related loss reserve levels, management also considers the financial conditions of specific borrowers and credit concentrations with specific borrowers, groups of borrowers, and industries.

The allowance for loan losses is adjusted by direct charges to provision expense. Losses on loans are charged against the allowance for loan losses in the accounting period in which they are determined by management to be uncollectible. Recoveries during the period are credited to the allowance for loan losses. The provision for (recovery of) loan losses was $(891,000) for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 as compared to $55,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. The provision expense is determined by management with the use of the Bank's allowance for loan losses model. The components of the model are specific reserves for impaired loans and a general allocation for unimpaired loans. The general allocation has two components, an estimate based on historical loss experience and an additional estimate based on internal and external environmental factors due to the uncertainty of historical loss experience in predicting current embedded losses in the portfolio that will be realized in the future.

The portion of the general allocation on environmental factors includes estimates of losses related to interest rate trends, unemployment trends, real estate characteristics, past due and nonaccrual trends, watch list trends, charge-off trends, and underwriting and servicing assessments. The real estate characteristics component includes trends in real estate concentrations, exceptions to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") guidelines for loan-to-value ratios, and changes in real estate market values. Other factors impacting the allowance at June 30, 2014 were watch list trends, unemployment rate trends, and underwriting and servicing assessments.