Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk [Abstract]

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

In the normal course of business, the Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk to meet the financing needs of its clients. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheets. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a client so long as there is no violation of any condition established in the commitment contract. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a client to a third party. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as the credit risk involved in extending loan facilities to clients. The Company’s policy for obtaining collateral, and determining the nature of such collateral, is essentially the same as in the Company’s policies for making commitments to extend credit. The estimated fair value of the obligation undertaken by the Company in issuing standby letters of credit is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.    

The following table presents our financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, as well as the activity in the allowance for off-balance sheet credit losses related to those financial instruments:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Beginning balance	$	5.8	$	20.8	$	18.4	$	16.2
Provision for credit loss expense	(0.2)		(2.0)		(12.8)		2.6
Ending balance	$	5.6	$	18.8	$	5.6	$	18.8

	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Unused credit card lines	$	861.4	$	814.0
Commitments to extend credit	3,290.7		4,069.2
Standby letters of credit	88.7		97.1