Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(In Thousands)

Nature of Operations: Renasant Corporation (referred to herein as the “Company”) owns and operates Renasant Bank (“Renasant Bank” or the “Bank”), Renasant Insurance, Inc., Park Place Capital Corporation and Continental Republic Capital, LLC (doing business as “Republic Business Credit”). Through its subsidiaries, the Company offers a diversified range of financial, wealth management, fiduciary and insurance services to its retail and commercial customers from offices located throughout the Southeast and offers factoring and asset-based lending on a nationwide basis.

The Bank acquired Southeastern Commercial Finance, LLC (“SCF”), an asset-based lending company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, effective March 1, 2022. Prior to the end of the third quarter of 2022, all of SCF's assets were distributed to the Bank in connection with the conversion and integration of SCF into the Bank.

In September 2022, the Bank formed Renasant Capital Funding Corporation (the “REIT”), which is intended to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The REIT purchases from the Bank, either by assignment or participation, eligible loans collateralized by real estate located in Georgia and Florida, which allows for more effective monitoring of the loans and better managing liquidity related to such real estate assets. The arrangement provides tax benefits in certain states in which the Company operates.

The Bank acquired Republic Business Credit, a factoring and asset-based lending company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana (“RBC”), effective December 30, 2022.

Basis of Presentation: The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. For further information regarding the Company’s significant accounting policies, refer to the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2023.

Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences may be material.

Impact of Recently-Issued Accounting Standards and Pronouncements:

In March 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-02, “Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method” (“ASU 2023-02”), which permits reporting entities to elect to account for their tax equity investments, regardless of the tax credit program from which the income tax credits are received, using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. ASU 2023-02 will be effective on January 1, 2024. Early adoption is permitted, including in an interim period. The adoption of this accounting pronouncement will have no impact on the Company’s historical financial statements but could influence the Company’s decisions with respect to investments in certain tax credits prospectively.