BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Reclassifications

Reclassifications

Some items in the prior year financial statements were reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Reclassifications had no effect on prior year net income or equity.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted and Effective Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.” The guidance removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. Goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. All other goodwill impairment guidance remains largely unchanged. ASU 2017-04 became effective for us on January 1, 2020, and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, “Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” This ASU eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. Among the changes, entities will no longer be required to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, but will be required to disclose the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU No. 2018-13 became effective for us on January 1, 2020, and only revises disclosure requirements. It did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40) - Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract.” ASU 2018-15 clarifies certain aspects of ASU 2015-05, “Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement,” which was issued in April 2015. Specifically, ASU 2018-15 aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). ASU 2018-15 does not affect the accounting for the service element of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract. ASU 2018-15 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2020, and it did not have a significant impact on our financial statements.

Status of New Accounting Standard for Accounting for Allowance for Credit Losses

On January 1, 2020, ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, became effective for the Company which replaces the existing incurred loss impairment methodology ("ILM") for loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment with a methodology that reflects management’s best estimate of lifetime expected credit losses and requires consideration of reasonable and supportable economic forecasts to develop a lifetime credit loss estimate. Topic 326 requires additional qualitative and quantitative disclosure to allow users to better understand the credit risk within the portfolio and the methodologies for determining the allowance for credit losses ("ACL"). The Cumulative Expected Credit Loss ("CECL") standard also simplifies the accounting model for purchased credit impaired loans. Additionally, Topic 326 requires expected credit losses on available-for-sale ("AFS") debt securities be recorded as an ACL. For certain types of debt securities, such as U.S. Treasuries and other securities with government guarantees, entities may utilize an assumption of zero credit losses.

In accordance with Section 4014 of the CARES Act, the Company deferred implementation of CECL and thus elected to continue to utilize the ILM to calculate loan loss reserves in the first quarter 2020.

The temporary deferral of CECL will remain effective until the earlier of the termination of the national emergency declaration concerning the COVID-19 pandemic or December 31, 2020, with an effective retrospective implementation date of January 1, 2020. There is increased uncertainty on the local, regional, and national economy as a result of local and state stay-at-home orders, as well as relief measures provided at a national, state, and local level. The Company has taken actions to mitigate the impact or potential prospective credit losses including permitting short-term payment deferrals to current customers, as well as actively participating in the SBA’s PPP. These conditions significantly impact management’s determination of a reasonable and supportable forecast, an essential requirement in the calculation of expected credit losses under CECL methodology. The Company believes that the deferral will provide time to better assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the expected lifetime credit losses. Management will continue to measure and monitor the estimated impacts of CECL adoption through continued parallel testing of model simulations based on our portfolio composition and current expectations of future economic conditions.

The Company’s CECL implementation efforts will remain in process in order to adequately comply with the provisions of CECL once the deferral period ceases. Management will continue to measure and monitor the estimated impacts of CECL

adoption through continued parallel testing of model simulations based on our portfolio composition and current expectations of future economic conditions.