Relationship with BLG and Bayview Financial

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Relationship with BLG and Bayview Financial

16. Relationship with BLG and Bayview Financial

M&T holds a 20% minority interest in BLG, a privately-held commercial mortgage company. That investment had no remaining carrying value at September 30, 2025 as a result of cumulative losses recognized and cash distributions received in prior years. Cash distributions now received from BLG are recognized as income by M&T and included in Other revenues from operations in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income. That income totaled $20 million in each of the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2025 and $25 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024. There were no cash distributions received from BLG for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024.

Bayview Financial, a privately-held specialty finance company, is BLG's majority investor. In addition to their common investment in BLG, the Company and Bayview Financial conduct other business activities with each other. The Company has obtained loan servicing rights for mortgage loans from BLG and Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances of $907 million at September 30, 2025 and $1.0 billion at December 31, 2024. Revenues from those servicing rights were $1 million in each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and $3 million and $4 million in the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company sub-services residential mortgage loans for Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances of $161.8 billion and $111.5 billion at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans for Bayview Financial were $64 million and $29 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $159 million and $92 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The Company also held $33 million and $37 million of mortgage-backed securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, that were securitized by Bayview Financial. The Company had various lending commitments to Bayview Financial totaling $1.0 billion at September 30, 2025, with $635 million and $404 million of outstanding balances at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Bayview Financial also maintained $4.4 billion and $2.2 billion of deposit balances with the Company at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, inclusive of deposits related to loan servicing relationships.