Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisitions

AcquisitionsOn December 1, 2021, we acquired 100% of the equity of Fair Square Financial Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries, including Fair Square Financial LLC (collectively, Fair Square) for $741 million in cash. Fair Square is a digital-first, nonbank credit-card company that operates in the United States. Fair Square operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ally. We applied the acquisition method of accounting to this transaction, which generally requires the initial recognition of assets acquired, including identifiable intangible assets, and liabilities assumed at their respective fair value. Goodwill is recognized as the excess of the acquisition price after the recognition of the net assets, including the identifiable intangible assets. Beginning in December 2021, financial information related to Fair Square is included within Corporate and Other.

The following table summarizes the allocation of cash consideration paid for Fair Square and the amounts of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

($ in millions)
Purchase price
Cash consideration	$	741
Allocation of purchase price to net assets acquired
Finance receivables and loans (a)	870
Intangible assets (b)	98
Cash and short-term investments	42
Other assets	46
Debt	(765)
Other liabilities	(29)
Goodwill	$	479

(a)Includes $22 million of purchased credit deteriorated (PCD) loans that have experienced a more-than-insignificant deterioration of credit quality since origination. We recognized an initial allowance for loan losses of $12 million on these PCD loans.

(b)The weighted average amortization period on the acquired intangible assets is 7 years. Refer to Note 1 and Note 13 for further information on our intangible assets.

The goodwill of $479 million arising from the acquisition consists largely of expected growth of the business as we leverage the Ally brand and our marketing capabilities to scale the acquired credit card provider and expand the suite of financial products we offer to our existing growing customer base. The goodwill recognized is generally expected to be amortized for income tax purposes over a 15-year period. Refer to Note 13 for the carrying amount of goodwill at the beginning and end of the reporting period.