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Loans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Receivables [Abstract]  
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 11 Loans

Covered loans acquired in the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction, except for lines of credit with revolving privileges, are accounted for by the Corporation in accordance with ASC Subtopic 310-30. Under ASC Subtopic 310-30, the acquired loans were aggregated into pools based on similar characteristics. Each loan pool is accounted for as a single asset with a single composite interest rate and an aggregate expectation of cash flows. The covered loans which are accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 by the Corporation are not considered non-performing and will continue to have an accretable yield as long as there is a reasonable expectation about the timing and amount of cash flows expected to be collected. The Corporation measures additional losses for this portfolio when it is probable the Corporation will be unable to collect all cash flows expected at acquisition plus additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimates after acquisition. Lines of credit with revolving privileges that were acquired as part of the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction are accounted for under the guidance of ASC Subtopic 310-20, which requires that any differences between the contractually required loan payment receivable in excess of the Corporation's initial investment in the loans be accreted into interest income. Loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 are placed in non-accrual status when past due in accordance with the Corporation's non-accruing policy and any accretion of discount is discontinued.

 

The risks on loans acquired in the FDIC-assisted transaction are significantly different from the risks on loans not covered under the FDIC loss sharing agreements because of the loss protection provided by the FDIC. Accordingly, the Corporation presents loans subject to the loss sharing agreements as “covered loans” in the information below and loans that are not subject to the FDIC loss sharing agreements as “non-covered loans”. The FDIC loss sharing agreements expires at the end of the quarter ending June 30, 2015 for commercial (including construction) and consumer loans, and at the end of the quarter ending June 30, 2020 for single-family residential mortgage loans, as explained in Note 13.

 

For a summary of the accounting policy related to loans, interest recognition and allowance for loan losses refer to the summary of significant accounting policies included in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in 2014 Annual Report.

 

The following table presents the composition of non-covered loans held-in-portfolio (“HIP”), net of unearned income, at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

    
(In thousands)March 31, 2015 December 31, 2014
Commercial multi-family$ 565,736$ 487,280
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  2,800,673  2,526,146
Commercial real estate owner occupied  1,643,186  1,667,267
Commercial and industrial  3,643,966  3,453,574
Construction  690,728  251,820
Mortgage  7,189,227  6,502,886
Leasing  581,119  564,389
Legacy[2]  77,675  80,818
Consumer:    
 Credit cards  1,128,611  1,155,229
 Home equity lines of credit  357,508  366,162
 Personal  1,353,594  1,375,452
 Auto  782,635  767,369
 Other  198,272  206,059
Total loans held-in-portfolio[1]$ 21,012,930$ 19,404,451

[1]Non-covered loans held-in-portfolio at March 31, 2015 are net of $97 million in unearned income and exclude $161 million in loans held-for-sale (December 31, 2014 - $94 million in unearned income and $106 million in loans held-for-sale).
  
[2]The legacy portfolio is comprised of commercial loans, construction loans and lease financings related to certain lending products exited by the
  Corporation as part of restructuring efforts carried out in prior years at the BPNA segment.

The following table presents the composition of covered loans at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

    
(In thousands)March 31, 2015December 31, 2014
Commercial real estate$ 1,470,575$ 1,511,472
Commercial and industrial  100,572  103,309
Construction  57,825  70,336
Mortgage  795,477  822,986
Consumer  32,103  34,559
Total covered loans held-in-portfolio$ 2,456,552$ 2,542,662

The following table provides a breakdown of loans held-for-sale (“LHFS”) at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 by main categories.

(In thousands)March 31, 2015 December 31, 2014
Commercial $ 8,240 $ 309
Legacy  -   319
Mortgage  152,362   100,166
Consumer  -   5,310
Total loans held-for-sale$ 160,602 $ 106,104

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Corporation recorded purchases (including repurchases) of mortgage loans amounting to $169 million (2014 - $161million), excluding the impact of the Doral Bank Transaction. Additionally, the Corporation did not purchase consumer and commercial loans during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 (March 31, 2014 - $92 million and $21 million, respectively). The Corporation recorded purchases amounting to $164 thousand of lease financing during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 (March 31, 2014 - $0 million).

The Corporation performed whole-loan sales involving approximately $39 million of residential mortgage loans during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 (March 31, 2014 - $43 million). Also, during the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Corporation securitized approximately $156 million of mortgage loans into Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) mortgage-backed securities and $47 million of mortgage loans into Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) mortgage-backed securities, compared to $166 million and $63 million, respectively, during the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The Corporation sold commercial and construction loans with a book value of approximately $1 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 (March 31, 2014 - $30 million). In addition, the Corporation sold $5 million in consumer loans during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 (March 31, 2014 - $0 million).

Non-covered loans

The following tables present non-covered loans held-in-portfolio by loan class that are in non-performing status or are accruing interest but are past due 90 days or more at March 31, 2015 and 2014. Accruing loans past due 90 days or more consist primarily of credit cards, FHA / VA, and other insured mortgage loans, and delinquent mortgage loans which are included in the Corporation's financial statements pursuant to GNMA's buy-back option program. Servicers of loans underlying GNMA mortgage-backed securities must report as their own assets the defaulted loans that they have the option (but not the obligation) to repurchase, even when they elect not to exercise that option. Accruing loans past due 90 days or more also include reverse mortgage loans in Puerto Rico which are guaranteed by FHA, but which are currently not accruing interest. Due to the guaranteed nature of the loans, it is the Corporation's policy to exclude these balances from non-performing assets. In addition, at December 31, 2014 accruing loans past due 90 days or more include residential conventional loans purchased from another financial institution that, although delinquent, the Corporation has received timely payment from the seller / servicer, and, in some instances, have partial guarantees under recourse agreements. However, residential conventional loans purchased from another financial institution, which are in the process of foreclosure, are classified as non-performing mortgage loans.

At March 31, 2015
   Puerto Rico U.S. mainland Popular, Inc.
            
    Accruing   Accruing   Accruing
  Non-accrual loans past-dueNon-accrual loans past-due Non-accrualloans past-due
(In thousands)loans [1]90 days or moreloans90 days or more loans90 days or more
Commercial multi-family$ 2,040$ -$ 249$ -$ 2,289$ -
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  38,888  -  -  -  38,888  -
Commercial real estate owner occupied  91,762  -  778  -  92,540  -
Commercial and industrial  131,941  466  8,780  -  140,721  466
Construction  13,214  -  -  -  13,214  -
Mortgage[3]  320,154  428,827  8,461  -  328,615  428,827
Leasing  2,506  -  -  -  2,506  -
Legacy  -  -  2,288  -  2,288  -
Consumer:            
 Credit cards  -  20,570  477  -  477  20,570
 Home equity lines of credit  -  195  4,653  -  4,653  195
 Personal  23,843  -  1,246  -  25,089  -
 Auto  11,108  -  -  -  11,108  -
 Other  2,561  952  4  -  2,565  952
Total[2]$ 638,017$ 451,010$ 26,936$ -$ 664,953$ 451,010

[1] Non-covered loans of $58 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis.

[2] For purposes of this table non-performing loans exclude $ 8 million in non-performing loans held-for-sale.

[3] It is the Corporation's policy to report delinquent residential mortgage loans insured by FHA or guaranteed by the VA as accruing loans past due 90 days or more as opposed to non-performing since the principal repayment is insured. These balances include $134 million of residential mortgage loans in Puerto Rico insured by FHA or guaranteed by the VA that are no longer accruing interest as of March 31, 2015. Furthermore, the Corporation has approximately $69 million in reverse mortgage loans in Puerto Rico which are guaranteed by FHA, but which are currently not accruing interest. Due to the guaranteed nature of the loans, it is the Corporation's policy to exclude these balances from non-performing assets.

At December 31, 2014
   Puerto Rico U.S. mainland Popular, Inc.
           
    Accruing   Accruing   Accruing
  Non-accrual loans past-dueNon-accrual loans past-due Non-accrualloans past-due
(In thousands)loans [1]90 days or moreloans90 days or more loans90 days or more
Commercial multi-family$ 2,199$ -$ -$ -$ 2,199$ -
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  33,452  -  -  -  33,452  -
Commercial real estate owner occupied  92,648  -  805  -  93,453  -
Commercial and industrial  129,611  494  1,510  -  131,121  494
Construction  13,812  -  -  -  13,812  -
Mortgage[3]  295,629  426,387  9,284  -  304,913  426,387
Leasing  3,102  -  -  -  3,102  -
Legacy  -  -  1,545  -  1,545  -
Consumer:            
 Credit cards  -  20,368  449  -  449  20,368
 Home equity lines of credit  -  21  4,090  -  4,090  21
 Personal  25,678  10  1,410  -  27,088  10
 Auto  11,387  -  -  -  11,387  -
 Other  3,865  682  7  -  3,872  682
Total[2]$ 611,383$ 447,962$ 19,100$ -$ 630,483$ 447,962

[1] Non-covered loans by $59 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis.

[2] For purposes of this table non-performing loans exclude $ 19 million in non-performing loans held-for-sale.

[3] It is the Corporation's policy to report delinquent residential mortgage loans insured by FHA or guaranteed by the VA as accruing loans past due 90 days or more as opposed to non-performing since the principal repayment is insured. These balances include $125 million of residential mortgage loans in Puerto Rico insured by FHA or guaranteed by the VA that are no longer accruing interest as of December 31, 2014. Furthermore, the Corporation has approximately $66 million in reverse mortgage loans in Puerto Rico which are guaranteed by FHA, but which are currently not accruing interest. Due to the guaranteed nature of the loans, it is the Corporation's policy to exclude these balances from non-performing assets.

The following tables present loans by past due status at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 for non-covered loans held-in-portfolio (net of unearned income).

March 31, 2015
Puerto Rico
 
   Past due    Non-covered
  30-59 60-89 90 days Total    loans HIP
(In thousands)days days or more past due Current Puerto Rico
Commercial multi-family$ - $ - $ 2,040 $ 2,040 $ 87,493 $ 89,533
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  44,939   2,193   39,002   86,134   2,056,220   2,142,354
Commercial real estate owner occupied  11,716   2,765   91,762   106,243   1,323,446   1,429,689
Commercial and industrial  15,412   1,651   132,407   149,470   2,590,463   2,739,933
Construction  608   -   13,214   13,822   84,884   98,706
Mortgage  334,537   167,235   807,018   1,308,790   4,862,457   6,171,247
Leasing  7,570   1,518   2,506   11,594   569,525   581,119
Consumer:                 
 Credit cards  12,504   9,359   20,570   42,433   1,072,071   1,114,504
 Home equity lines of credit  -   -   195   195   11,968   12,163
 Personal  13,132   6,974   24,083   44,189   1,200,892   1,245,081
 Auto  31,933   7,325   11,108   50,366   732,182   782,548
 Other  678   300   3,520   4,498   193,412   197,910
Total$ 473,029 $ 199,320 $ 1,147,425 $ 1,819,774 $ 14,785,013 $ 16,604,787

March 31, 2015
U.S. mainland
   Past due     
  30-59 60-89 90 days Total    Loans HIP
(In thousands)days days or more past due Current U.S. mainland
Commercial multi-family$ 204 $ - $ 249 $ 453 $ 475,750 $ 476,203
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  50   -   -   50   658,269   658,319
Commercial real estate owner occupied  3,599   -   778   4,377   209,120   213,497
Commercial and industrial  1,276   236   8,780   10,292   893,741   904,033
Construction  671   -   -   671   591,351   592,022
Mortgage  27,211   5,043   8,461   40,715   977,265   1,017,980
Legacy  3,713   594   2,288   6,595   71,080   77,675
Consumer:                 
 Credit cards  267   119   477   863   13,244   14,107
 Home equity lines of credit  3,858   1,081   4,653   9,592   335,753   345,345
 Personal  2,008   659   1,246   3,913   104,600   108,513
 Auto  -   -   -   -   87   87
 Other  -   -   4   4   358   362
Total$ 42,857 $ 7,732 $ 26,936 $ 77,525 $ 4,330,618 $ 4,408,143

March 31, 2015
Popular, Inc.
 
   Past due    Non-covered
  30-59 60-89 90 days Total   loans HIP
(In thousands)days days or more past due Current  Popular, Inc.
Commercial multi-family$ 204 $ - $ 2,289 $ 2,493 $ 563,243 $ 565,736
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  44,989   2,193   39,002   86,184   2,714,489   2,800,673
Commercial real estate owner occupied  15,315   2,765   92,540   110,620   1,532,566   1,643,186
Commercial and industrial  16,688   1,887   141,187   159,762   3,484,204   3,643,966
Construction  1,279   -   13,214   14,493   676,235   690,728
Mortgage  361,748   172,278   815,479   1,349,505   5,839,722   7,189,227
Leasing  7,570   1,518   2,506   11,594   569,525   581,119
Legacy  3,713   594   2,288   6,595   71,080   77,675
Consumer:                 
 Credit cards  12,771   9,478   21,047   43,296   1,085,315   1,128,611
 Home equity lines of credit  3,858   1,081   4,848   9,787   347,721   357,508
 Personal  15,140   7,633   25,329   48,102   1,305,492   1,353,594
 Auto  31,933   7,325   11,108   50,366   732,269   782,635
 Other  678   300   3,524   4,502   193,770   198,272
Total$ 515,886 $ 207,052 $ 1,174,361 $ 1,897,299 $ 19,115,631 $ 21,012,930

December 31, 2014
Puerto Rico
 
   Past due    Non-covered
   30-59  60-89  90 days  Total    loans HIP
(In thousands)  days   days  or more past due Current Puerto Rico
Commercial multi-family$ 221 $ 69 $ 2,199 $ 2,489 $ 77,588 $ 80,077
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  9,828   121   33,452   43,401   1,970,178   2,013,579
Commercial real estate owner occupied  8,954   7,709   92,648   109,311   1,364,051   1,473,362
Commercial and industrial  18,498   5,269   130,105   153,872   2,653,913   2,807,785
Construction  2,497   -   13,812   16,309   143,075   159,384
Mortgage  304,319   167,219   780,678   1,252,216   4,198,285   5,450,501
Leasing  6,779   1,246   3,102   11,127   553,262   564,389
Consumer:                 
 Credit cards  13,715   9,290   20,368   43,373   1,096,791   1,140,164
 Home equity lines of credit  137   159   21   317   13,083   13,400
 Personal  13,479   6,646   25,688   45,813   1,216,720   1,262,533
 Auto  34,238   8,397   11,387   54,022   713,274   767,296
 Other  1,009   209   4,547   5,765   199,879   205,644
Total$ 413,674 $ 206,334 $ 1,118,007 $ 1,738,015 $ 14,200,099 $ 15,938,114

December 31, 2014
U.S. mainland
   Past due      
   30-59  60-89  90 days   Total     Loans HIP
(In thousands)  days   days  or more  past due  Current  U.S. mainland
Commercial multi-family$ 87 $ 376 $ - $ 463 $ 406,740 $ 407,203
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  1,478   -   -   1,478   511,089   512,567
Commercial real estate owner occupied  45   3,631   805   4,481   189,424   193,905
Commercial and industrial  1,133   123   1,510   2,766   643,023   645,789
Construction  810   -   -   810   91,626   92,436
Mortgage  29,582   8,646   9,284   47,512   1,004,873   1,052,385
Legacy  929   1,931   1,545   4,405   76,413   80,818
Consumer:                 
 Credit cards  314   246   449   1,009   14,056   15,065
 Home equity lines of credit  5,036   1,025   4,090   10,151   342,611   352,762
 Personal   2,476   893   1,410   4,779   108,140   112,919
 Auto  -   -   -   -   73   73
 Other  10   4   7   21   394   415
Total$ 41,900 $ 16,875 $ 19,100 $ 77,875 $ 3,388,462 $ 3,466,337

December 31, 2014
Popular, Inc.
 
   Past due    Non-covered
   30-59  60-89  90 days   Total    loans HIP
(In thousands)  days   days  or more  past due Current Popular, Inc.
Commercial multi-family$ 308 $ 445 $ 2,199 $ 2,952 $ 484,328 $ 487,280
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied  11,306   121   33,452   44,879   2,481,267   2,526,146
Commercial real estate owner occupied  8,999   11,340   93,453   113,792   1,553,475   1,667,267
Commercial and industrial  19,631   5,392   131,615   156,638   3,296,936   3,453,574
Construction  3,307   -   13,812   17,119   234,701   251,820
Mortgage  333,901   175,865   789,962   1,299,728   5,203,158   6,502,886
Leasing  6,779   1,246   3,102   11,127   553,262   564,389
Legacy  929   1,931   1,545   4,405   76,413   80,818
Consumer:                 
 Credit cards  14,029   9,536   20,817   44,382   1,110,847   1,155,229
 Home equity lines of credit  5,173   1,184   4,111   10,468   355,694   366,162
 Personal  15,955   7,539   27,098   50,592   1,324,860   1,375,452
 Auto  34,238   8,397   11,387   54,022   713,347   767,369
 Other  1,019   213   4,554   5,786   200,273   206,059
Total$ 455,574 $ 223,209 $ 1,137,107 $ 1,815,890 $ 17,588,561 $ 19,404,451

The following table provides a breakdown of loans held-for-sale (“LHFS”) in non-performing status at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 by main categories.

(In thousands)March 31, 2015 December 31, 2014
Commercial $ 8,179 $ 309
Mortgage  225   14,041
Consumer  -   4,549
Total$ 8,404 $ 18,899

The following table presents loans acquired as part of the Doral transaction accounted for pursuant to ASC Subtopic 310-30 at the February 27, 2015 acquisition date.

  
(In thousands)  
Contractually-required principal and interest$ 233,987
Non-accretable difference  43,904
Cash flows expected to be collected   190,083
Accretable yield  46,150
Fair value of loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30$ 143,933

The following table presents acquired loans accounted for under ASC subtopic 310-20 as of the February 27, 2015 acquisition date:

  
(In thousands)  
Fair value of loans accounted under ASC Subtopic 310-20$ 1,521,524
Gross contractual amounts receivable (principal and interest)$ 2,014,755
Estimate of contractual cash flows not expected to be collected $ 39,348

The outstanding principal balance of non-covered loans accounted pursuant to ASC Subtopic 310-30, amounted to $413 million at March 31, 2015 (December 31, 2014 - $243 million). At March 31, 2015, none of the acquired non-covered loans accounted under ASC Subtopic 310-30 were considered non-performing loans. Therefore, interest income, through accretion of the difference between the carrying amount of the loans and the expected cash flows, was recognized on all acquired loans.

Changes in the carrying amount and the accretable yield for the non-covered loans accounted pursuant to the ASC Subtopic 310-30, for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

 

      
      
Activity in the accretable yield - Non-covered loans ASC 310-30  
  For the quarters ended
(In thousands)March 31, 2015 [1]March 31, 2014
Beginning balance$ 116,304$ 49,398
Additions  50,662  7,084
Accretion  (3,223)  (2,374)
Change in expected cash flows  (5,319)  13,177
Ending balance$ 158,424$ 67,285
[1] Includes loans acquired in the Doral Bank transaction.

Carrying amount of non-covered loans accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30
  For the quarters ended
(In thousands)March 31, 2015 [1]March 31, 2014
Beginning balance$ 212,763$ 173,659
Additions  157,091  20,042
Accretion   3,223  2,374
Collections and charge-offs  (9,980)  (5,859)
Ending balance$ 363,097$ 190,216
 Allowance for loan losses ASC 310-30 non-covered loans (16,092)  (15,078)
Ending balance, net of allowance for loan losses$ 347,005$ 175,138
[1] Includes loans acquired in the Doral Bank transaction.

Covered loans

The following table presents covered loans in non-performing status and accruing loans past-due 90 days or more by loan class at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

   March 31, 2015December 31, 2014
 
   Non-accrualAccruing loans pastNon-accrualAccruing loans past
(In thousands)loansdue 90 days or moreloansdue 90 days or more
Commercial real estate$ 7,375$ -$ 8,810$ -
Commercial and industrial  4,179  -  1,142  -
Construction  2,627  -  2,770  -
Mortgage  5,075  25  4,376  28
Consumer  398  -  735  -
Total[1]$ 19,654$ 25$ 17,833$ 28

[1] Covered loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analyses.

The following tables present loans by past due status at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 for covered loans held-in-portfolio. The information considers covered loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 and ASC Subtopic 310-30.

March 31, 2015
 
   Past due      
  30-59 60-89 90 days Total   Covered
(In thousands)days days or more past due Current loans HIP
Commercial real estate$ 48,825 $ 3,666 $ 255,571 $ 308,062 $ 1,162,513 $ 1,470,575
Commercial and industrial  515   211   9,045   9,771   90,801   100,572
Construction  -   2,420   46,517   48,937   8,888   57,825
Mortgage  41,509   24,033   131,139   196,681   598,796   795,477
Consumer  1,720   1,058   2,039   4,817   27,286   32,103
Total covered loans$ 92,569 $ 31,388 $ 444,311 $ 568,268 $ 1,888,284 $ 2,456,552

December 31, 2014
 
   Past due      
   30-59 60-89 90 days Total    Covered
(In thousands) days days or more past due  Current loans HIP
Commercial real estate$ 98,559 $ 12,597 $ 291,010 $ 402,166 $ 1,109,306 $ 1,511,472
Commercial and industrial  512   7   7,756   8,275   95,034   103,309
Construction  -   384   58,665   59,049   11,287   70,336
Mortgage  45,764   23,531   143,140   212,435   610,551   822,986
Consumer  1,884   747   2,532   5,163   29,396   34,559
Total covered loans$ 146,719 $ 37,266 $ 503,103 $ 687,088 $ 1,855,574 $ 2,542,662

The carrying amount of the covered loans consisted of loans determined to be impaired at the time of acquisition, which are accounted for in accordance with ASC Subtopic 310-30 (“credit impaired loans”), and loans that were considered to be performing at the acquisition date, accounted for by analogy to ASC Subtopic 310-30 (“non-credit impaired loans”), as detailed in the following table.

 

 March 31, 2015December 31, 2014
  
 Carrying amountCarrying amount
(In thousands) Non-credit impaired loans Credit impaired loans Total Non-credit impaired loans Credit impaired loans Total
Commercial real estate$ 1,367,926$ 80,924$ 1,448,850$ 1,392,482$ 90,202$ 1,482,684
Commercial and industrial  54,709  1,788  56,497  57,059  2,197  59,256
Construction  24,252  28,574  52,826  32,836  32,409  65,245
Mortgage  740,653  42,795  783,448  764,148  45,829  809,977
Consumer  24,241  1,234  25,475  25,617  1,393  27,010
Carrying amount  2,211,781  155,315  2,367,096  2,272,142  172,030  2,444,172
Allowance for loan losses  (49,750)  (18,636)  (68,386)  (52,798)  (26,048)  (78,846)
Carrying amount, net of allowance$ 2,162,031$ 136,679$ 2,298,710$ 2,219,344$ 145,982$ 2,365,326

The outstanding principal balance of covered loans accounted pursuant to ASC Subtopic 310-30, amounted to $2.9 billion at March 31, 2015 (December 31, 2014 - $3.1 billion). At March 31, 2015, none of the acquired loans from the Westernbank FDIC-assisted transaction accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 were considered non-performing loans. Therefore, interest income, through accretion of the difference between the carrying amount of the loans and the expected cash flows, was recognized on all acquired loans.

Changes in the carrying amount and the accretable yield for the covered loans accounted pursuant to the ASC Subtopic 310-30, for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, were as follows:

  Activity in the accretable yield
  Covered loans ASC 310-30
  For the quarters ended
  March 31, 2015March 31, 2014
   Non-credit Credit   Non-credit Credit  
(In thousands) impaired loans impaired loans Total impaired loans impaired loans Total
Beginning balance$ 1,265,752$ 5,585$ 1,271,337$ 1,297,725$ 11,480$ 1,309,205
Accretion  (53,776)  (1,921)  (55,697)  (72,552)  (6,566)  (79,118)
Change in expected cash flows  42,273  1,035  43,308  (12,467)  592  (11,875)
Ending balance$ 1,254,249$ 4,699$ 1,258,948$ 1,212,706$ 5,506$ 1,218,212

  Carrying amount of covered loans accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30
  For the quarters ended
  March 31, 2015 [1]March 31, 2014
   Non-credit Credit   Non-credit Credit  
(In thousands) impaired loans impaired loans Total impaired loans impaired loans Total
Beginning balance$ 2,272,142$ 172,030$ 2,444,172$ 2,509,075$ 318,872$ 2,827,947
Accretion   53,776  1,921  55,697  72,552  6,566  79,118
Collections and charge-offs  (114,137)  (18,636)  (132,773)  (112,174)  (61,769)  (173,943)
Ending balance$ 2,211,781$ 155,315$ 2,367,096$ 2,469,453$ 263,669$ 2,733,122
 Allowance for loan losses            
  ASC 310-30 covered loans  (49,750)  (18,636)  (68,386)  (56,953)  (33,418)  (90,371)
Ending balance, net of ALLL$ 2,162,031$ 136,679$ 2,298,710$ 2,412,500$ 230,251$ 2,642,751
[1] Includes $64 million of non-covered loans accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30.

The Corporation accounts for lines of credit with revolving privileges under the accounting guidance of ASC Subtopic 310-20, which requires that any differences between the contractually required loans payment receivable in excess of the initial investment in the loans be accreted into interest income over the life of the loans, if the loan is accruing interest. Covered loans accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-20 amounted to $0.1 billion at March 31, 2015 (December 31, 2014 - $0.1 billion).