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Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
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Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.

15. Relationship with Bayview Lending Group LLC and Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P.

M&T holds a 20% minority interest in Bayview Lending Group LLC ("BLG"), a privately-held commercial mortgage company. M&T recognizes income or loss from BLG using the equity method of accounting.  That investment had no remaining carrying value at March 31, 2019 as a result of cumulative losses recognized and cash distributions received in prior years.  Income recognized by M&T is included in other revenues from operations and totaled $37 million and $23 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Bayview Financial Holdings, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "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 $2.5 billion at each of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. Revenues from those servicing rights were $3 million and $4 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company sub-services residential mortgage loans for Bayview Financial having outstanding principal balances of $54.9 billion and $56.8 billion at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.  Revenues earned for sub-servicing loans for Bayview Financial were $28 million and $30 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, In addition, the Company held $108 million and $113 million of mortgage-backed securities in its held-to-maturity portfolio at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, that were securitized by Bayview Financial. At March 31, 2019, the Company held $94 million of Bayview Financial’s $738 million syndicated loan facility.  On January 31, 2019, the Company and Bayview Financial entered into an arrangement whereby the Company would add approximately $7.9 billion to its residential mortgage loan sub-servicing portfolio, effective April 2, 2019.