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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form
10-Q
 
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021
OR
 
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from (not applicable)
Commission file number
1-6880
U.S. BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
41-0255900
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
651-466-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(not applicable)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading
symbols
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
 USB New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/100th interest in a share of Series A
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00)
 USB PrA New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series B
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00)
 USB PrH New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series F
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00)
 USB PrM New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series H
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00)
USB PrONew York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series K
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00)
 USB PrP New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series L
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00)
 USB PrQ New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series M
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00)
USB PrRNew York Stock Exchange
0.850% Medium-Term Notes, Series X (Senior), due June 7, 2024
 USB/24B New York Stock Exchange
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES ☑    NO ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of
Regulation S-T
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
YES ☑    NO ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer ☑  Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated
filer ☐
  
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act).
YES ☐    NO ☑
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
Class  Outstanding as of OctoberJuly 31, 20202021
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value  1,506,438,3141,482,622,714 shares
 
 

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Cross Reference Index
 
Part I — Financial Information
    
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“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
This quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
contains forward-looking statements about U.S. Bancorp. Statements that are not historical or current facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements and are based on the information available to, and assumptions and estimates made by, management as of the date hereof. These forward-looking statements cover, among other things, anticipated future revenue and expenses and the future plans and prospects of U.S. Bancorp. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The
COVID-19
pandemic is adversely affecting U.S. Bancorp, its customers, counterparties, employees, and third-party service providers, and the ultimate extent of the impacts on its business, financial position, results of operations, liquidity, and prospects is uncertain. Continued deterioration in general business and economic conditions or turbulence in domestic or global financial markets could adversely affect U.S. Bancorp’s revenues and the values of its assets and liabilities, reduce the availability of funding to certain financial institutions, lead to a tightening of credit, and increase stock price volatility. In addition, changes to statutes, regulations, or regulatory policies or practices could affect U.S. Bancorp in substantial and unpredictable ways. U.S. Bancorp’s results could also be adversely affected by changes in interest rates; further increases in unemployment rates; deterioration in the credit quality of its loan portfolios or in the value of the collateral securing those loans; deterioration in the value of its investment securities; legal and regulatory developments; litigation; increased competition from both banks and
non-banks;
changes in the level of tariffs and other trade policies of the United States and its global trading partners; civil unrest; changes in customer behavior and preferences; breaches in data security;security, including as a result of work-from-home arrangements; failures to safeguard personal information; effects of mergers and acquisitions and related integration; effects of critical accounting policies and judgments; and management’s ability to effectively manage credit risk, market risk, operational risk, compliance risk, strategic risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and reputation risk.
For discussion of these and other risks that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, refer to the other information in this report, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” and U.S. Bancorp’s Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the sections entitled “Corporate Risk Profile” and “Risk Factors” contained in Exhibit 13, and all subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In addition, factors other than these risks also could adversely affect U.S. Bancorp’s results, and the reader should not consider these risks to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and U.S. Bancorp undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.
 
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 Table 1
 
   Selected Financial Data
 
                        
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
   Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars and Shares in Millions, Except Per Share Data) 2020 2019 Percent
Change
   2020 2019 Percent
Change
  2021 2020 Percent
Change
   2021 2020 Percent
Change
 
Condensed Income Statement
        
Condensed Income Statement
 
            
Net interest income
  $    3,227   $    3,281   (1.6)%    $    9,650   $    9,845   (2.0)%  $3,137  $3,200  (2.0)%   $6,200  $6,423  (3.5)% 
Taxable-equivalent adjustment (a)
  25   25       73   79   (7.6 27  24  12.5    53  48  10.4 
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis) (b)
  3,252   3,306   (1.6   9,723   9,924   (2.0 3,164  3,224  (1.9   6,253  6,471  (3.4
Noninterest income
  2,712   2,614   3.7    7,851   7,395   6.2  2,619  2,614  .2    5,000  5,139  (2.7
Total net revenue
  5,964   5,920   .7    17,574   17,319   1.5  5,783  5,838  (.9   11,253  11,610  (3.1
Noninterest expense
  3,371   3,144   7.2    10,005   9,384   6.6  3,387  3,318  2.1    6,766  6,634  2.0 
Provision for credit losses
  635   367   73.0    3,365   1,109   *  (170 1,737  *    (997 2,730  * 
Income before taxes
  1,958   2,409   (18.7   4,204   6,826   (38.4 2,566  783  *    5,484  2,246  * 
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
  372   492   (24.4   744   1,373   (45.8 578  88  *    1,211  372  * 
Net income
  1,586   1,917   (17.3   3,460   5,453   (36.5 1,988  695  *    4,273  1,874  * 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (6  (9  33.3    (20  (25  20.0  (6 (6      (11 (14 21.4 
Net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp
  $    1,580   $    1,908   (17.2   $    3,440   $    5,428   (36.6 $1,982  $689  *   $4,262  $1,860  * 
Net income applicable to U.S. Bancorp common shareholders
  $    1,494   $    1,821   (18.0   $    3,196   $    5,175   (38.2 $1,914  $614  *   $4,089  $1,702  * 
Per Common Share
        
Per Common Share
 
            
Earnings per share
  $        .99   $      1.16   (14.7)%    $      2.12   $      3.26   (35.0)%  $1.29  $.41  *  $2.73  $1.13  *
Diluted earnings per share
  .99   1.15   (13.9   2.11   3.25   (35.1 1.28  .41  *    2.73  1.12  * 
Dividends declared per share
  .42   .42       1.26   1.16   8.6  .42  .42       .84  .84    
Book value per share (c)
  30.93   30.26   2.2      31.74  30.46  4.2        
Market value per share
  35.85   55.34   (35.2     56.97  36.82  54.7        
Average common shares outstanding
  1,506   1,575   (4.4   1,510   1,589   (5.0 1,489  1,506  (1.1   1,495  1,512  (1.1
Average diluted common shares outstanding
  1,507   1,578   (4.5   1,511   1,592   (5.1 1,490  1,507  (1.1   1,497  1,513  (1.1
Financial Ratios
                      
Return on average assets
  1.17  1.57     .87  1.54  1.44 .51      1.56 .72  
Return on average common equity
  12.8   15.3      9.3   14.9   16.3  5.3       17.6  7.5   
Net interest margin (taxable-equivalent basis) (a)
  2.67   3.02      2.73   3.10   2.53  2.62       2.52  2.76   
Efficiency ratio (b)
  56.6   53.3      57.4   54.3   59.0  57.6       60.5  57.8   
Net charge-offs as a percent of average loans outstanding
  .66   .48      .58   .49   .25  .55       .28  .54   
Average Balances
        
Average Balances
 
            
Loans
  $311,018   $292,436   6.4   $308,935   $289,278   6.8 $294,284  $318,107  (7.5)%   $294,138  $307,882  (4.5)% 
Loans held for sale
  7,983   4,476   78.4    6,352   3,265   94.5  7,825  6,307  24.1    8,922  5,527  61.4 
Investment securities (d)
  128,565   117,213   9.7    123,444   115,628   6.8  160,615  120,867  32.9    153,109  120,856  26.7 
Earning assets
  486,104   435,673   11.6    476,018   427,426   11.4  500,751  494,119  1.3    499,239  470,921  6.0 
Assets
  536,902   481,454   11.5    525,380   472,216   11.3  551,365  544,306  1.3    550,057  519,556  5.9 
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  109,375   74,594   46.6    92,935   73,711   26.1  125,297  95,106  31.7    121,844  84,624  44.0 
Deposits
  405,523   349,933   15.9    390,598   343,563   13.7  429,210  403,303  6.4    427,795  383,053  11.7 
Short-term borrowings
  18,049   18,597   (2.9   21,335   18,046   18.2  16,462  25,738  (36.0   14,794  22,995  (35.7
Long-term debt
  43,542   42,691   2.0    44,587   41,664   7.0  36,190  46,385  (22.0   37,817  45,116  (16.2
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  52,416   53,292   (1.6   51,936   52,446   (1.0 52,962  52,241  1.4    52,846  51,693  2.2 
    
 September 30,
2020
 December 31,
2019
                 June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
            
Period End Balances
        
Period End Balances
 
            
Loans
  $306,985   $296,102   3.7     $296,912  $297,707  (.3)%        
Investment securities
  134,032   122,613   9.3      160,288  136,840  17.1        
Assets
  540,455   495,426   9.1      558,886  553,905  .9        
Deposits
  413,217   361,916   14.2      437,182  429,770  1.7        
Long-term debt
  42,443   40,167   5.7      36,360  41,297  (12.0       
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  52,565   51,853   1.4      53,039  53,095  (.1       
Asset Quality
                      
Nonperforming assets
  $    1,270   $       829   53.2     $1,059  $1,298  (18.4)%        
Allowance for credit losses
  8,010   4,491   78.4      6,610  8,010  (17.5       
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of
period-end
loans
  2.61  1.52       2.23 2.69          
Capital Ratios
                      
Common equity tier 1 capital
  9.4  9.1       9.9 9.7          
Tier 1 capital
  11.0   10.7        11.5  11.3           
Total risk-based capital
  13.1   12.7        13.4  13.4           
Leverage
  8.3   8.8        8.5  8.3           
Total leverage exposure
  7.2   7.0        6.8  7.3           
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (b)
  7.0   7.5        6.8  6.9           
Tangible common equity to risk-weighted assets (b)
  9.3   9.3        9.3  9.5           
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, reflecting the full implementation of the current expected credit losses methodology (b)
  9.0              9.5  9.3           
 
*
Not meaningful
(a)
Based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent for those assets and liabilities whose income or expense is not included for federal income tax purposes.
(b)
See
Non-GAAP
Financial Measures beginning on page 32.33.
(c)
Calculated as U.S. Bancorp common shareholders’ equity divided by common shares outstanding at end of the period.
(d)
Excludes unrealized gains and losses on
available-for-sale
investment securities and any premiums or discounts recorded related to the transfer of investment securities at fair value from
available-for-sale
to
held-to-maturity.
 
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis
 
OVERVIEW
Earnings Summary
U.S. Bancorp and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) reported net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp of $1.6$2.0 billion for the thirdsecond quarter of 2020,2021, or $0.99$1.28 per diluted common share, compared with $1.9 billion,$689 million, or $1.15$0.41 per diluted common share, for the thirdsecond quarter of 2019.2020. Return on average assets and return on average common equity were 1.171.44 percent and 12.816.3 percent, respectively, for the thirdsecond quarter of 2020,2021, compared with 1.570.51 percent and 15.35.3 percent, respectively, for the third quarter of 2019. During a challenging period adversely impacted by the
COVID-19
pandemic, the Company’s diversified business generated growth in net revenue and supported a provision for credit losses of $635 million including a $120 million increase in the allowance for credit losses primarily to recognize the expected credit losses of an acquired credit card portfolio in the thirdsecond quarter of 2020.
Total net revenue for the thirdsecond quarter of 2021 was $55 million (0.9 percent) lower than the second quarter of 2020, was $44 million (0.7 percent) higher than the third quarter of 2019, reflecting a 3.7 percent increase in noninterest income, partially offset by a 1.62.0 percent decrease in net interest income (1.9 percent on a taxable-equivalent basis) and a 0.2 percent increase in noninterest income. The decrease in net interest income from the thirdsecond quarter of 20192020 was primarily due to the impact of lower interest rates from acompared with the prior year ago,and declining average loan balances, partially offset by changes in deposit and funding mix andas well as higher loan growth.fees related to the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program. The noninterest income increase was driven by significant growth in mortgage banking revenue due to refinancing production and strong growth in commercial products revenue due to capital markets activities. Growth in these fee categories was partially offset by a declineimprovements in payment services revenue, and deposit service charges related to lower consumer and commercial spending. Additionally, other noninterest income, declined from the third quarter of 2019 due tomostly offset by lower equity investment income, lower
tax-advantaged
investment syndicationmortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and certain asset impairments as a result of expected branch closures.securities gains.
Noninterest expense in the thirdsecond quarter of 20202021 was $227$69 million (7.2(2.1 percent) higher than the thirdsecond quarter of 2019,2020, reflecting costs related to
COVID-19
and an increase in revenue-related production expenses in the third quarter of 2020. Additionally, noninterest expense reflected an increaseincreases in personnel costsexpense, primarily related to performance-based incentive compensation and employee benefits expense driven by substantially improving financial results, as well as higher technology and communications expense related to developing digital capabilities and relatedmarketing and business investment, as well as an increase in other noninterestdevelopment expense, partially offset by lower marketingnet occupancy and business developmentequipment expense and lower professional servicesother noninterest expense.
The provision for credit losses for the thirdsecond quarter of 2021 was a benefit of $170 million, which was $1.9 billion lower than the second quarter of 2020, of $635 million was $268 million (73.0 percent) higher thandriven by a decrease in the thirdallowance for credit losses during the second quarter of 2019, reflecting2021 as a result of improvement in credit quality and the global economy, compared with an increase in the allowance for credit losses during the thirdsecond quarter of 2020 primarily to recognize the expected losses within the acquired State Farm Bank credit card portfolio.2020. Net charge-offs in the thirdsecond quarter of 20202021 were $515$180 million, compared with $352$437 million in the thirdsecond quarter of 2019.2020. Refer to “Corporate Risk Profile” for further information on the provision for credit losses, net charge-offs, nonperforming assets and other factors considered by the Company in assessing the credit quality of the loan portfolio and establishing the allowance for credit losses.
Net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp for the first ninesix months of 20202021 was $3.4$4.3 billion, or $2.11$2.73 per diluted common share, compared with $5.4$1.9 billion, or $3.25$1.12 per diluted common share, for the first ninesix months of 2019.2020. Return on average assets and return on average common equity were 0.871.56 percent and 9.317.6 percent, respectively, for the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with 1.540.72 percent and 14.97.5 percent, respectively, for the first ninesix months of 2019.2020.
Total net revenue for the first ninesix months of 2021 was $357 million (3.1 percent) lower than the first six months of 2020, was $255 million (1.5 percent) higher than the first nine months of 2019, reflecting a 6.2 percent increase in noninterest income, partially offset by a 2.03.5 percent decrease in net interest income (3.4 percent on a taxable-equivalent basis) and a 2.7 percent decrease in noninterest income. The decrease in net interest income from the first ninesix months of 20192020 was primarily due to the impact of lower interest rates compared with the prior year, declining average loan balances and higher premium amortization in the investment portfolio related to mortgage refinance activities, partially offset by changes in deposit and funding mix andas well as higher loan growth.fees related to the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program. The noninterest income increasedecrease was driven by significant growth inlower mortgage banking revenue, and commercial products revenue as well as increasesand securities gains, partially offset by improvements in payment services revenue, trust and investment management fees and gains on the sale of investment securities. Growth in these fee categories was partially offset by a decline in payment services revenue and deposit service charges related to lower consumer and commercial spending. Additionally, other noninterest income declined from the prior year due to lower equity investment income, lowerincome.
tax-advantaged
investment syndication revenue and certain asset impairments, partially offset by gains on sale of certain businesses in the first nine months of 2020.
Noninterest expense in the first ninesix months of 20202021 was $621$132 million (6.6(2.0 percent) higher than the first ninesix months of 2019,2020, reflecting costs related to
COVID-19
increases in personnel expense and an increase in revenue-related production expensestechnology and communications expense, partially offset by lower net occupancy and equipment expense and other noninterest expense.
The provision for credit losses for the first six months of 2021 was a benefit of $997 million, which was $3.7 billion lower than the first six months of 2020, driven by a decrease in the allowance for credit losses during the first ninesix months of 2020. Additionally, noninterest expense2021 as a result of improvement in credit quality and the global economy,
 
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reflected an increase in personnel costs and technology and communications expense related to developing digital capabilities and related business investment, as well as an increase in other noninterest expense, partially offset by lower marketing and business development expense and lower professional services expense.
The provision for credit losses for the first nine months of 2020 of $3.4 billion was $2.3 billion higher than the first nine months of 2019, reflectingcompared with an increase in the allowance for credit losses during the first ninesix months of 2020 due to deteriorating economic conditions driven by the impact of
COVID-19
on the domestic and global economies.2020. Net charge-offs in the first ninesix months of 20202021 were $1.3 billion,$403 million, compared with $1.1 billion$830 million in the first ninesix months of 2019.2020. Refer to “Corporate Risk Profile” for further information on the provision for credit losses, net charge-offs, nonperforming assets and other factors considered by the Company in assessing the credit quality of the loan portfolio and establishing the allowance for credit losses.
STATEMENT OF INCOME ANALYSIS
Net Interest Income
 Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis, was $3.3$3.2 billion in the thirdsecond quarter and $9.7$6.3 billion in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, representing decreases of $54$60 million (1.6(1.9 percent) and $201$218 million (2.0(3.4 percent), respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. The decreases were principally driven byprimarily due to the impact of lower interest rates fromcompared with the prior year and lower loan volumes, partially offset by changes in deposit and funding mix and loan growth. The Company expects net interest income to be relatively flat or decline slightly in the fourth quarter of 2020, as compared with the third quarter of 2020, reflecting the expected continued low interest rate environment and its impact on the rates earned on reinvested securities, as well as higher loan fees. Net interest income further decreased in the first six months of 2021, compared with the first six months of 2020, due to higher premium amortization within the investmentrelated to securities portfolio.prepayments. Average earning assets were $50.4$6.6 billion (11.6(1.3 percent) higher in the thirdsecond quarter and $48.6$28.3 billion (11.4(6.0 percent) higher in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, reflecting increases in loans, investment securities andwhile average loans decreased due to continued paydowns by corporate customers that accessed the capital markets. The increase in average earning assets in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, was further offset by lower other earning assets, primarily representingdriven by lower cash balances.balances as the Company continues to purchase mortgage-backed, U.S. Treasury and state and political securities. The net interest margin, on a taxable-equivalent basis, in the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 20202021 was 2.672.53 percent and 2.732.52 percent, respectively, compared with 3.022.62 percent and 3.102.76 percent in the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 2019,2020, respectively. The decrease in net interest margin from the prior year was primarily due to the impactmix of lower interest rates, changes in the yield curve, a decision to maintain higher cash balances for liquidityearning assets and higher premium amortization within the investment portfolio, partially offset by the net benefit of changes infunding composition and higher loan mix and deposit and funding mix. The Company expects downward pressure on its net interest margin in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to its expectation to maintain higher liquidity levels resulting from the acquisition of approximately $10 billion of deposit balances from State Farm Bank in early October 2020.fees. Refer to the “Consolidated Daily Average Balance Sheet and Related Yields and Rates” tables for further information on net interest income.
Average total loans in the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 20202021 were $18.6$23.8 billion (6.4(7.5 percent) and $19.7$13.7 billion (6.8(4.5 percent) lower, respectively, than the same periods of 2020. The decreases were primarily due to lower commercial loans driven by continued paydowns by corporate customers that accessed the capital markets, lower commercial real estate loans as a result of customer paydowns, and lower credit card loans driven by higher customer payment rates. These decreases were partially offset by growth in residential mortgages driven by loan repurchases from the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), as well as growth in other retail loans. The increase in other retail loans reflected growth in installment loans due to the impact of
COVID-19
on recreational vehicle sales, partially offset by lower home equity and second mortgages as more customers chose to refinance their existing first lien residential mortgage balances during the prior year due to the low interest rate environment.
Average investment securities in the second quarter and first six months of 2021 were $39.7 billion (32.9 percent) and $32.3 billion (26.7 percent) higher, respectively, than the same periods of 2019. The increases were primarily due to higher commercial loans, reflecting the utilization of bank credit facilities by customers to support liquidity requirements as well as the impact of loans made under the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program, along with growth in residential mortgages given the lower interest rate environment and higher Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) buybacks, and higher commercial real estate loans. These increases were partially offset by lower credit card loans reflecting the net impact of lower consumer spending during the first nine months of 2020, partially offset by the acquisition of the credit card portfolio in the third quarter of 2020, as well as lower other retail loans.
Average investment securities in the third quarter and first nine months of 2020 were $11.4 billion (9.7 percent) and $7.8 billion (6.8 percent) higher, respectively, than the same periods of 2019, primarily due to purchases of mortgage-backed, U.S. Treasury and state and political securities, net of prepayments and maturities.
Average total deposits for the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 20202021 were $55.6$25.9 billion (15.9(6.4 percent) and $47.0$44.7 billion (13.7(11.7 percent) higher, respectively, than the same periods of 2019.2020, including the acquisition of deposit balances from State Farm Bank in the fourth quarter of 2020. Average noninterest-bearing deposits for the second quarter and first six months of 2021 were $30.2 billion (31.7 percent) and $37.2 billion (44.0 percent) higher, respectively, than the same periods of 2020, reflecting increases across all business lines. Average total savings deposits for the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 20202021 were $29.3$14.4 billion (12.6(5.4 percent) and $33.1$24.1 billion (14.7(9.4 percent) higher, respectively, than the same periods of the prior year, driven by increases in Consumer and Business Banking andbalances, partially offset by decreases in Corporate and Commercial Banking balances. The increase in average total savings deposits for the first nine months of 2020, compared with the first nine months of 2019, was also due to higher Wealth Management and Investment Services balances. Average noninterest-bearing deposits for the third quarter and first nine months of 2020 were $34.8 billion (46.6 percent) and $19.2 billion (26.1 percent) higher, respectively, than the same periods of 2019, primarily due to increases in Corporate and Commercial Banking, Consumer and Business Banking, and Wealth Management and Investment Services balances. The growth in average noninterest-bearing and total savings and noninterest-bearing deposits was primarily a result of the actions by the federal government to increase liquidity in the financial system customers maintaining balance sheet liquidity by utilizing existing credit facilities and government stimulus programs. Average time deposits for the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 20202021 were $8.5$18.7 billion (19.9(43.0 percent) and $5.3$16.5 billion (11.8(39.0 percent) lower, respectively, than the same periods of the prior year,2020, primarily driven by decreases in those deposits managed as an alternative to other funding sources, based largely on relative pricing and liquidity characteristics.
 
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   Noninterest Income
       Three Months Ended
September 30
   Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
(Dollars in Millions)      2020   2019   Percent
Change
   2020   2019   Percent
Change
 
Credit and debit card revenue
 
   $   388    $   366    6.0   $   976    $1,035    (5.7)% 
Corporate payment products revenue
 
   125    177    (29.4   371    506    (26.7
Merchant processing services
 
   347    410    (15.4   950    1,192    (20.3
Trust and investment management fees
 
   434    421    3.1    1,295    1,235    4.9 
Deposit service charges
 
   170    234    (27.4   512    678    (24.5
Treasury management fees
 
   145    139    4.3    425    438    (3.0
Commercial products revenue
 
   303    240    26.3    904    708    27.7 
Mortgage banking revenue
 
   553    272    *    1,596    630    * 
Investment products fees
 
   48    46    4.3    142    138    2.9 
Securities gains (losses), net
 
   12    25    (52.0   143    47    * 
Other
    187    284    (34.2   537    788    (31.9
Total noninterest income
 
   $2,712    $2,614    3.7   $7,851    $7,395    6.2
 
  Three Months Ended
June 30
   Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2021   2020   Percent
Change
   2021   2020   Percent
Change
 
Credit and debit card revenue
 $396   $284    39.4  $732   $588    24.5
Corporate payment products revenue
  138    101    36.6    264    246    7.3 
Merchant processing services
  374    266    40.6    692    603    14.8 
Trust and investment management fees
  446    434    2.8    890    861    3.4 
Deposit service charges
  176    133    32.3    337    342    (1.5
Treasury management fees
  160    137    16.8    307    280    9.6 
Commercial products revenue
  280    355    (21.1   560    601    (6.8
Mortgage banking revenue
  346    648    (46.6   645    1,043    (38.2
Investment products fees
  60    45    33.3    115    94    22.3 
Securities gains (losses), net
  43    81    (46.9   68    131    (48.1
Other
  200    130    53.8    390    350    11.4 
Total noninterest income
 $2,619   $2,614    .2  $5,000   $5,139    (2.7)% 
*
Not meaningful
 
Provision for Credit Losses
 The provision for credit losses was $635a benefit of $170 million for the thirdsecond quarter and $3.4 billion$997 million for the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, representing increasesdecreases of $268 million (73.0 percent)$1.9 billion and $2.3$3.7 billion, respectively, from the same periods of 2019. In March 2020 economic conditions began to deteriorate, and continued to worsen in2020. The decreases were driven by the second quarter of 2020, due to the impact of the
COVID-19
health crisis. During the third quarter of 2020, economic conditions began to moderate as economic projections for both the gross domestic product and unemployment levels improved from the second quarter. The Company recognized an increase of $2.0 billion indecreasing the allowance for credit losses duringin 2021 as a result of improvement in credit quality and the first nine months of 2020 due toglobal economy, compared with the deteriorating and ongoing effects of these adverse economic conditions. The Company recognized an increase of $120 million inincreasing the allowance for credit losses during the third quarter ofin 2020 primarily reflecting the expected losses within the State Farm Bank credit card portfolio acquired during the period. due to deteriorating economic conditions related to
COVID-19.
Net charge-offs increased $163decreased $257 million (46.3(58.8 percent) and $276$427 million (25.8(51.4 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 2020,2021, respectively, compared with the same periods of the prior year, primarily due to higherlower credit card, commercial loan, commercial real estate loan and retail leasing net charge-offs, partially offset by a decrease in other retail loan net charge-offs. Refer to “Corporate Risk Profile” for further information on the provision for credit losses, net charge-offs, nonperforming assets and other factors considered by the Company in assessing the credit quality of the loan portfolio and establishing the allowance for credit losses.
Noninterest Income
 Noninterest income was $2.7$2.6 billion in the thirdsecond quarter and $7.9$5.0 billion in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, representing increasesan increase of $98$5 million (3.7(0.2 percent) and $456a decrease of $139 million (6.2(2.7 percent), respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. The increaseschanges from a year ago reflected higher payment services revenue, trust and investment management fees and other noninterest income, offset by lower mortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and trust and investment management fees, partially offset by lower payment services revenue, deposit service charges and other noninterest income. Thesecurities gains. In addition, the increase in noninterest income in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, reflected higher deposit services charges. During 2020, payment services revenue had been adversely affected by the impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic on consumer and business spending, particularly related to travel and entertainment activities. However, spending has continued to strengthen across most sectors driven by government stimulus, local jurisdictions reducing restrictions and consumer behaviors normalizing. As a result, payment services revenue increased in the second quarter and first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2020. The components of payment services revenue included strong growth in credit and debit card revenue driven by higher net interchange revenue related to sales volume and prepaid card processing activities related to government stimulus programs as well as stronger transaction and cash advance fees. Corporate payment products revenue increased primarily due to improving business spending, while merchant processing services revenue increased driven by higher sales volume. Trust and investment management fees increased primarily due to business growth and favorable market conditions. Other noninterest income increased primarily due to higher retail leasing end of term residual gains and related fees and higher
tax-advantaged
investment syndication revenue. The increase in other noninterest income in the first six months of 2021, compared with the first ninesix months of 2019,2020, was also due to higherpartially offset by lower gains on sales of investment securities.certain businesses in the first six months of 2021. Deposit service charges increased in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, primarily due to higher customer activity and ATM processing revenue. Mortgage banking revenue increased due to higher mortgage loandecreased in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, driven by lower production volume and strongerrelated gain on sale margins, partially offset by declinesincreases in mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) valuations, net of hedging activities. The Company expectsdecrease in mortgage banking revenue to decline in the fourth quarterfirst six months of 2020, as2021, compared with the third quarterfirst six months of 2020, reflecting slower refinancing activity for the industrywas due to lower production volume and seasonalityrelated gain on sale margins, along with declines in MSR valuations, net of home sales.hedging activities. Commercial products revenue increased primarily due to higher corporate bond issuance fees and trading revenue. Trust and investment management fees were higher due to business growth and favorable market conditions over the past year. Payment services fee revenue decreased reflecting lower merchant processing services revenue and corporate payment products revenue, driven by lower sales volume due to the worldwide impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic on consumer and business spending. Credit and debit card revenue was higher in the third quarter of 2020, compared with the third quarter of 2019, reflecting significantly higher prepaid card fees related to the delayed impact of government stimulus programs adopted in the second quarter and first six months of 2020. Payment services revenue is likely to continue to be adversely affected through the remainder of 2020 due to reduced consumer and business spending activity, as well as lower expected prepaid card volume in the fourth quarter of 2020, as2021, compared with the third quartersame periods of 2020. Deposit service charges decreasedthe prior year, primarily due to lower volume. Other noninterest income decreased due to lower equity investment income, lower
tax-advantaged
investment syndicationcapital markets activity and trading revenue, and certain asset impairmentspartially offset by higher
non-yield
loan fees as a result of expected branch closures. Other noninterest income further decreased in thehigher unused commitments.
 
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   Noninterest Expense
 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
   Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
   Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019 Percent
Change
   2020 2019 Percent
Change
  2021 2020 Percent
Change
   2021 2020 Percent
Change
 
Compensation
 $1,687  $1,595  5.8  $  4,992  $4,728  5.6 $1,798  $1,685  6.7  $3,601  $3,305  9.0
Employee benefits
 335  324  3.4    1,001  971  3.1  337  314  7.3    721  666  8.3 
Net occupancy and equipment
 276  279  (1.1   823  837  (1.7 258  271  (4.8   521  547  (4.8
Professional services
 102  114  (10.5   307  315  (2.5 108  106  1.9    206  205  .5 
Marketing and business development
 72  109  (33.9   213  309  (31.1 90  67  34.3    138  141  (2.1
Technology and communications
 334  277  20.6    932  804  15.9  362  309  17.2    721  598  20.6 
Postage, printing and supplies
 70�� 74  (5.4   214  219  (2.3 65  72  (9.7   134  144  (6.9
Other intangibles
 44  42  4.8    129  124  4.0  40  43  (7.0   78  85  (8.2
Other
 451  330  36.7    1,394  1,077  29.4  329  451  (27.1   646  943  (31.5
Total noninterest expense
 $3,371  $3,144  7.2  $10,005  $9,384  6.6 $3,387  $3,318  2.1  $6,766  $6,634  2.0
Efficiency ratio (a)
 56.6 53.3      57.4 54.3   59.0 57.6      60.5 57.8  
 
a)
See
Non-GAAP
Financial Measures beginning on page 32.33.
 
first nine months of 2020, compared with the first nine months of 2019, due to asset impairments as a result of property damage from civil unrest in the second quarter of 2020, partially offset by gains on sale of certain businesses in the first quarter of 2020.
Noninterest Expense
 Noninterest expense was $3.4 billion in the thirdsecond quarter and $10.0$6.8 billion in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, representing increases of $227$69 million (7.2(2.1 percent) and $621$132 million (6.6(2.0 percent), respectively, over the same periods of 2019.2020. The increases from athe prior year ago were driven by expenses of $157 million in the third quarterreflected higher compensation expense, employee benefits expense, and $456 million in the first nine months of 2020, representing incremental costs related to the prepaid card business, expenses related to
COVID-19,
and revenue-related expenses due to higher mortgage production and capital markets activities. In addition, the increases were also driven by business investments, including those related to increased digital capabilities. The categories of expense impacted primarily include higher personnel expense, technology and communications expense, and other noninterest expense, partially offset by lower marketingnet occupancy and business developmentequipment expense, and other noninterest expense. Compensation expense increased due to the impacts ofhigher performance-based incentives, merit increases and higher variablerevenue-related compensation related todriven by business production within the mortgage banking and fixed income capital markets businesses.production. Employee benefits expense increased primarily due to higher payroll taxes and related benefits, higher medical claims expense and higher pension expense. Technology and communications expense increased primarily due to capital expenditures supporting business growth and the impact of increasedhigher call center volume related to prepaid cards.cards and capital expenditures supporting business technology investments. Noninterest expense further increased in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, due to higher marketing and business development expense driven by the timing of marketing campaigns supporting business development. Net occupancy and equipment expense decreased in the second quarter and first six months of 2021, compared with the same periods of the prior year, primarily due to branch closures. Other noninterest expense increased, reflecting $49 million and $228 million ofdecreased primarily due to higher
COVID-19
related expenses in the third quarter2020 including recognizing liabilities related to future delivery exposures for merchant and first nine months of 2020, respectively, related to
COVID-19,
higher FDIC insurance expense driven by an increase in the assessment base, and higher state franchise taxes. The increase in other noninterest expense in the first nine months of 2020, compared with the first nine months of 2019, was partially offset byairline processing, as well as lower costs related to
tax-advantaged
projects and lower Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance expense in 2020. Incremental costs related to
COVID-19
include increased liabilities driven by the Company’s exposure as a credit card processor to charge-back risk on undelivered goods and services, including prepaid airline tickets, as well as expenses related to paying premium compensation to front-line workers and providing a safe working environment for employees. Professional services expense decreased primarily due to business initiatives completed in 2019, while marketing and business development expense decreased due to the timing of marketing campaigns and a reduction in travel as a result of
COVID-19.
The Company expects its noninterest expenses to be relatively stable for the fourth quarter of 2020, as compared with the third quarter of 2020.2021.
Income Tax Expense
 The provision for income taxes was $347$551 million (an effective rate of 18.021.7 percent) for the thirdsecond quarter and $671$1.2 billion (an effective rate of 21.3 percent) for the first six months of 2021, compared with $64 million (an effective rate of 16.28.4 percent) for the first nine months of 2020, compared with $467and $324 million (an effective rate of 19.6 percent) and $1.3 billion (an effective rate of 19.214.7 percent) for the same periods of 2019.2020, respectively. The reducedincreases in the tax rates for 2020 were primarily a resultdue to the marginal impact of reducedproviding taxes on higher pretax income being impacted by current economic conditions, including the higher provision for credit losses.earnings in 2021. For further information on income taxes, refer to Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS
Loans
 The Company’s loan portfolio was $307.0$296.9 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $296.1$297.7 billion at December 31, 2019, an increase2020, a decrease of $10.9 billion (3.7$795 million (0.3 percent). The increasedecrease was driven by higher commercial loans,lower residential mortgages, commercial real estate loans and other retailcredit card loans, partially offset by lower credit cardhigher other retail loans and commercial loans.
Commercial loans increased $6.9 billion (6.6 percent) at September 30, 2020, compared with December 31, 2019, reflecting the impact of loans made under the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program.
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   Available-for-Sale Investment Securities
  September 30, 2020   December 31, 2019 
(Dollars in Millions) Amortized
Cost
   Fair Value  Weighted-
Average
Maturity in
Years
   Weighted-
Average
Yield (d)
   Amortized
Cost
   Fair Value  Weighted-
Average
Maturity in
Years
   Weighted-
Average
Yield (d)
 
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $22,029   $22,564   2.9    1.50%       $19,845   $19,839   2.7    1.68
Mortgage-backed securities (a)
  100,711    102,891   2.7    1.67    95,385    95,564   4.4    2.39 
Asset-backed securities (a)
  203    208   4.1    2.26    375    383   3.1    3.09 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions (b) (c)
  7,784    8,356   6.4    4.07    6,499    6,814   6.6    4.29 
Other
  13    13   .3    1.59    13    13   .3    2.66 
Total investment securities
 $130,740   $134,032   3.0    1.78  $122,117   $122,613   4.2    2.38
(a)
Information related to asset and mortgage-backed securities included above is presented based upon weighted-average maturities that take into account anticipated future prepayments.
(b)
Information related to obligations of state and political subdivisions is presented based upon yield to first optional call date if the security is purchased at a premium, and yield to maturity if the security is purchased at par or a discount.
(c)
Maturity calculations for obligations of state and political subdivisions are based on the first optional call date for securities with a fair value above par and the contractual maturity date for securities with a fair value equal to or below par.
(d)
Yields on investment securities are computed based on amortized cost balances. Weighted-average yields for obligations of state and political subdivisions are presented on a fully-taxable equivalent basis based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent.
Residential mortgages held in the loan portfolio increased $6.2decreased $2.8 billion (8.8(3.7 percent) at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with December 31, 2019,2020, due to higher mortgage loan production given the lower interest rate environment, and higher GNMA buybacks duringcustomers paying down balances in the first ninesix months of 2020.2021. Residential mortgages originated and placed in the Company’s loan portfolio include well-secured jumbo mortgages and branch-originated first lien home equity loans to borrowers with high credit quality.
Commercial real estate loans increased $634decreased $541 million (1.6(1.4 percent) at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with December 31, 2019, primarily2020, the result of new originations, partially offset by customers paying down balances.
Credit card loans decreased $530 million (2.4 percent) at June 30, 2021, compared with December 31, 2020, reflecting higher customer payment rates.
Other retail loans increased $36 million (0.1$2.4 billion (4.2 percent) at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with December 31, 2019,2020, due to an increaseincreases in auto loans and installment loans, partially offset by decreases in home equity loans auto loans, revolving credit balances and retail leasing balances.
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Commercial loans decreased $2.9 billion (11.7increased $650 million (0.6 percent) at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with December 31, 2019,2020, reflecting reduced consumer spending in 2020 driven by the impact of
COVID-19,
loans made under the SBA Paycheck Protection Program during the first six months of 2021, partially offset by paydowns by corporate customers that accessed the acquisition of the State Farm Bank credit card portfolio in the third quarter of 2020.capital markets.
The Company generally retains portfolio loans through maturity; however, the Company’s intent may change over time based upon various factors such as ongoing asset/liability management activities, assessment of product profitability, credit risk, liquidity needs, and capital implications. If the Company’s intent or ability to hold an existing portfolio loan changes, it is transferred to loans held for sale.
Loans Held for Sale
 Loans held for sale, consisting primarily of residential mortgages to be sold in the secondary market, were $7.6$5.9 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $5.6$8.8 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The increasedecrease in loans held for sale was principally due to a higherlower level of mortgage loan closings in the thirdsecond quarter of 2020 given the lower interest rate environment,2021, compared with the fourth quarter of 2019.2020. Almost all of the residential mortgage loans the Company originates or purchases for sale follow guidelines that allow the loans to be sold into existing, highly liquid secondary markets; in particular in government agency transactions and to government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”).
Investment Securities
 Available-for-sale
investment securities totaled $134.0$160.3 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $122.6$136.8 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The $11.4$23.4 billion (9.3(17.1 percent) increase was primarily due to $8.6$25.7 billion of net investment purchases, andpartially offset by a $2.8$2.2 billion favorableunfavorable change in net unrealized gains (losses) on
available-for-sale
investment securities. The Company had no outstanding investment securities classified as
held-to-maturity
at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020.
The Company’s
available-for-sale
investment securities are carried at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in other comprehensive income (loss) unless a portion of a security’s unrealized loss is related to credit and an allowance for credit losses is necessary. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company’s net unrealized gains on
available-for-sale
investment securities were $3.3 billion,$980 million, compared with $496 million$3.2 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The favorableunfavorable change in net unrealized gains (losses) was primarily due to increasesdecreases in the fair value of mortgage-backed and U.S. Treasury and state and political securities as a result of changes in interest rates. Gross unrealized losses on
available-for-sale
investment securities totaled $34 million$1.2 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $448$53 million at December 31, 2019.2020. At
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September June 30, 2020,2021, the Company had no plans to sell securities with unrealized losses, and believes it is more likely than not that it would not be required to sell such securities before recovery of their amortized cost.
Refer to Notes 3 and 14 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on investment securities.
Deposits
 Total deposits were $413.2$437.2 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $361.9$429.8 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The $51.3$7.4 billion (14.2(1.7 percent) increase in total deposits reflected increasesan increase in noninterest-bearing and total savings deposits, partially offset by a decreasedecreases in time and total savings deposits. Noninterest-bearing deposits increased $39.0$17.1 billion (51.6(14.4 percent) at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with December 31, 2019,2020, primarily due to higher Corporate and Commercial Banking, Consumer and Business Banking, and Wealth Management and Investment Services, balances. Interest checking balances increased $9.7 billion (12.7 percent), while savings account balances increased $7.0 billion (14.9 percent), both driven by higher Consumer and Business Banking balances. Money market deposit balances increased $5.9 billion (4.9 percent) at September 30, 2020, compared with December 31, 2019, primarily due to higher Corporate and Commercial Banking, and Consumer and Business Banking balances, partially offset by a decrease in Wealth Management and Investment Services balances. The growth in noninterest-bearing and total savings deposits was primarily a result of the economic impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic on the world economy resulting in actions by the federal government to increase liquidity in the financial system, customers maintaining balance sheet liquidity by utilizing existing credit facilities and government stimulus programs. Time deposits decreased $10.3$6.9 billion (24.0(22.5 percent) at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with December 31, 2019,2020, driven by a decrease in those deposits managed as an alternative to other funding sources, based largely on relative pricing and liquidity
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   Available-for-Sale
Investment Securities
  June 30, 2021   December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Amortized
Cost
   Fair Value  Weighted-
Average
Maturity in
Years
   Weighted-
Average
Yield (d)
   Amortized
Cost
   Fair Value  Weighted-
Average
Maturity in
Years
   Weighted-
Average
Yield (d)
 
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $22,603   $22,655   4.5    1.35  $21,954   $22,391   3.8    1.37
Mortgage-backed securities (a)
  127,005    127,283   5.7    1.54    103,282    105,374   3.0    1.47 
Asset-backed securities (a)
  194    200   5.7    .90    200    205   6.2    1.47 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions (b) (c)
  9,499    10,143   6.5    3.76    8,166    8,861   6.3    3.99 
Other
  7    7   3.9    2.07    9    9   .1    1.81 
Total investment securities
 $159,308   $160,288   5.6    1.65  $133,611   $136,840   3.4    1.61
(a)
Information related to asset and mortgage-backed securities included above is presented based upon weighted-average maturities that take into account anticipated future prepayments.
(b)
Information related to obligations of state and political subdivisions is presented based upon yield to first optional call date if the security is purchased at a premium, and yield to maturity if the security is purchased at par or a discount.
(c)
Maturity calculations for obligations of state and political subdivisions are based on the first optional call date for securities with a fair value above par and the contractual maturity date for securities with a fair value equal to or below par.
(d)
Yields on investment securities are computed based on amortized cost balances. Weighted-average yields for obligations of state and political subdivisions are presented on a fully-taxable equivalent basis based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent.
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characteristics, along with a decrease in Consumer and Business Banking balances. Money market deposit balances decreased $14.8 billion (11.5 percent) at June 30, 2021, compared with December 31, 2020, primarily due to lower Wealth Management and Investment Services, and Corporate and Commercial Banking balances. Interest checking balances increased $6.6 billion (6.9 percent), driven by higher Consumer and Business Banking, and Wealth Management and Investment Services balances. Savings account balances increased $5.4 billion (9.5 percent), primarily due to higher Consumer and Business Banking balances.
Borrowings
 The Company utilizes both short-term and long-term borrowings as part of its asset/liability management and funding strategies. Short-term borrowings, which include federal funds purchased, commercial paper, repurchase agreements, borrowings secured by high-grade assets and other short-term borrowings, were $13.7$13.4 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $23.7$11.8 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The $10.0$1.6 billion (42.2(14.0 percent) decreaseincrease in short-term borrowings was primarily due to higher commercial paper balances. Long-term debt was $36.4 billion at June 30, 2021, compared with $41.3 billion at December 31, 2020. The $4.9 billion (12.0 percent) decrease was primarily due to $3.7 billion of bank note repayments and maturities, $1.0 billion of medium-term note repayments and a $1.0 billion decrease in short-term Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances, and other short-term borrowings balances, partially offset by higher repurchase agreement balances. Long-term debt was $42.4 billion at September 30, 2020, compared with $40.2 billion at December 31, 2019. The $2.3 billion (5.7 percent) increase was primarily due to $3.3$1.0 billion of bank note and $2.8 billion of medium-term note issuances, partially offset by $4.5 billion of bank note repayments and maturities.issuances. Refer to the “Liquidity Risk Management” section for discussion of liquidity management of the Company.
CORPORATE RISK PROFILE
Overview
Managing risks is an essential part of successfully operating a financial services company. The Company’s Board of Directors has approved a risk management framework which establishes governance and risk management requirements for all risk-taking activities. This framework includes Company and business line risk appetite statements which set boundaries for the types and amount of risk that may be undertaken in pursuing business objectives and initiatives. The Board of Directors, primarily through its Risk Management Committee, oversees performance relative to the risk management framework, risk appetite statements, and other policy requirements.
The Executive Risk Committee (“ERC”), which is chaired by the Chief Risk Officer and includes the Chief Executive Officer and other members of the executive management team, oversees execution against the risk management framework and risk appetite statements. The ERC focuses on current and emerging risks, including strategic and reputation risks, by directing timely and comprehensive actions. Senior operating committees have also been established, each responsible for overseeing a specified category of risk.
The Company’s most prominent risk exposures are credit, interest rate, market, liquidity, operational, compliance, strategic, and reputation. Leveraging the Company’s risk management framework, the specific impacts of
COVID-19
and related risks are identified for each of the most prominent exposures. OversightWith respect to direct impacts from
COVID-19,
oversight and governance is managed through a centralized command center which escalates throughwith frequent reporting to the Managing Committee and ERC. The Board of Directors also oversees the Company’s responsiveness to the
COVID-19
pandemic. Credit risk is the risk of not collectingloss associated with a change in the interest and/credit profile or the principal balancefailure of a loan, investmentborrower or derivative contract when it is due.counterparty to meet its contractual obligations. Interest rate risk is the potential reduction of net interest income or market valuations as a result of changes in interest rates. Market risk arises from fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and security prices that may result in changes in the values of financial
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instruments, such as trading and
available-for-sale
securities, mortgage loans held for sale (“MLHFS”), MSRs and derivatives that are accounted for on a fair value basis. Liquidity risk is the possible inability to fund obligations or new business at a reasonable cost and in a timely manner. Operational risk is the risk to current or projected financial condition and resilience arising from inadequate or failed internal processes or systems, people (including human errors or misconduct), or adverse external events, including the risk of loss resulting from breaches in data security. Operational risk can also include the risk of loss due to failures by third parties with which the Company does business. Compliance risk is the risk that the Company may suffer legal or regulatory sanctions, financial losses, and reputational damage if it fails to adhere to compliance requirements.requirements and the Company’s compliance policies. Strategic risk is the risk to current or projected financial condition arising from adverse business decisions, poor implementation of business decisions, or lack of responsiveness to changes in the banking industry and operating environment. Reputation risk is the risk to current or anticipated earnings, capital, or franchise or enterprise value arising from negative public opinion. This risk may impair the Company’s competitiveness by affecting its ability to establish new relationships or services, offer new services or continue serving existing relationships. In addition to the risks identified above, other risk factors exist that may impact the Company. Refer to “Risk Factors” in this report and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended
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December 31, 2019,2020, for a detailed discussion of these factors.
The Company’s Board and management-level governance committees are supported by a “three lines of defense” model for establishing effective checks and balances. The first line of defense, the business lines, manages risks in conformity with established limits and policy requirements. In turn, business line leaders and their risk officers establish programs to ensure conformity with these limits and policy requirements. The second line of defense, which includes the Chief Risk Officer’s organization as well as policy and oversight activities of corporate support functions, translates risk appetite and strategy into actionable risk limits and policies. The second line of defense monitors first line of defense conformity with limits and policies, and provides reporting and escalation of emerging risks and other concerns to senior management and the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors. The third line of defense, internal audit, is responsible for providing the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and senior management with independent assessment and assurance regarding the effectiveness of the Company’s governance, risk management and control processes.
Management regularly provides reports to the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors. The Risk Management Committee discusses with management the Company’s risk management performance, and provides a summary of key risks to the entire Board of Directors, covering the status of existing matters, areas of potential future concern and specific information on certain types of loss events. The Risk Management Committee considers quarterly reports by management assessing the Company’s performance relative to the risk appetite statements and the associated risk limits, including:
Macroeconomic environment and other qualitative considerations, such as regulatory and compliance changes, litigation developments, and technology and cybersecurity;
Credit measures, including adversely rated and nonperforming loans, leveraged transactions, credit concentrations and lending limits;
Interest rate and market risk, including market value and net income simulation, and trading-related Value at Risk (“VaR”);
Liquidity risk, including funding projections under various stressed scenarios;
Operational and compliance risk, including losses stemming from events such as fraud, processing errors, control breaches, breaches in data security or adverse business decisions, as well as reporting on technology performance, and various legal and regulatory compliance measures;
Capital ratios and projections, including regulatory measures and stressed scenarios; and
Strategic and reputation risk considerations, impacts and responses.
Credit Risk Management
 The Company’s strategy for credit risk management includes well-defined, centralized credit policies, uniform underwriting criteria, and ongoing risk monitoring and review processes for all commercial and consumer credit exposures. In evaluating its credit risk, the Company considers changes, if any, in underwriting activities, the loan portfolio composition (including product mix and geographic, industry or customer-specific concentrations), collateral values, trends in loan performance and macroeconomic factors, such as changes in unemployment rates, gross domestic product levels and consumer bankruptcy filings, as well as the potential impact on customers and the domestic economy resulting from new tariffs or increases in existing tariffs, and the
COVID-19
pandemic. The Risk Management Committee oversees the Company’s credit risk management process.
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In addition, credit quality ratings as defined by the Company, are an important part of the Company’s overall credit risk management and evaluation of its allowance for credit losses. Loans with a pass rating represent those loans not classified on the Company’s rating scale for problem credits, as minimal credit risk has been identified. Loans with a special mention or classified rating, including consumer lending and small business loans that are 90 days or more past due and still accruing, nonaccrual loans, those loans considered troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”), and loans in a junior lien position that are current but are behind a modified or delinquent loan in a first lien position on nonaccrual, encompass all loans held by the Company that it considers to have a potential or well-defined weakness that may put full collection of contractual cash flows at risk. The Company’s internal credit quality ratings for consumer loans are primarily based on delinquency and nonperforming status, except for a limited population of larger loans within those portfolios that are individually evaluated. For this limited population, the determination of the internal credit quality rating may also consider collateral value and customer cash flows. Refer to Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the Company’s loan portfolios including internal credit quality ratings. In addition, refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Credit Risk Management” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, for a more detailed discussion on credit risk management processes.
The Company manages its credit risk, in part, through diversification of its loan portfolio which is
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achieved through limit setting by product type criteria, such as industry, and identification of credit concentrations. As part of its normal business activities, the Company offers a broad array of lending products. The Company categorizes its loan portfolio into two segments, which is the level at which it develops and documents a systematic methodology to determine the allowance for credit losses. The Company’s two loan portfolio segments are commercial lending and consumer lending.
The commercial lending segment includes loans and leases made to small business, middle market, large corporate, commercial real estate, financial institution,
non-profit
and public sector customers. Key risk characteristics relevant to commercial lending segment loans include the industry and geography of the borrower’s business, purpose of the loan, repayment source, borrower’s debt capacity and financial flexibility, loan covenants, and nature of pledged collateral, if any, as well as macroeconomic factors such as unemployment rates, gross domestic product levels, corporate bond spreads and long-term interest rates, all of which have been impacted by the
COVID-19
pandemic. These risk characteristics, among others, are considered in determining estimates about the likelihood of default by the borrowers and the severity of loss in the event of default. The Company considers these risk characteristics in assigning internal risk ratings to, or forecasting losses on, these loans, which are the significant factors in determining the allowance for credit losses for loans in the commercial lending segment.
The consumer lending segment represents loans and leases made to consumer customers, including residential mortgages, credit card loans, and other retail loans such as revolving consumer lines, auto loans and leases, home equity loans and lines, and student loans, a
run-off
portfolio. Home equity or second mortgage loans are junior lien
closed-end
accounts fully disbursed at origination. These loans typically are fixed rate loans, secured by residential real estate, with a
10-
or
15-year
fixed payment amortization schedule. Home equity lines are revolving accounts giving the borrower the ability to draw and repay balances repeatedly, up to a maximum commitment, and are secured by residential real estate. These include accounts in either a first or junior lien position. Typical terms on home equity lines in the portfolio are variable rates benchmarked to the prime rate, with a
10-
or
15-year
draw period during which a minimum payment is equivalent to the monthly interest, followed by a
20-
or
10-year
amortization period, respectively. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, substantially all of the Company’s home equity lines were in the draw period. Approximately $1.4$1.2 billion, or 12 percent, of the outstanding home equity line balances at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, will enter the amortization period within the next 36 months. Key risk characteristics relevant to consumer lending segment loans primarily relate to the borrowers’ capacity and willingness to repay and include unemployment rates, consumer bankruptcy filings and other macroeconomic factors, customer payment history and credit scores, and in some cases, updated
loan-to-value
(“LTV”) information reflecting current market conditions on real estate-based loans. These and other risk characteristics, including elevated risk resulting from the
COVID-19
pandemic, are reflected in forecasts of delinquency levels, bankruptcies and losses which are the primary factors in determining the allowance for credit losses for the consumer lending segment.
The Company further disaggregates its loan portfolio segments into various classes based on their underlying risk characteristics. The two classes within the commercial lending segment are commercial loans and commercial real estate loans. The three classes within the consumer lending segment are residential mortgages, credit card loans and other retail loans.
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The Company’s consumer lending segment utilizes several distinct business processes and channels to originate consumer credit, including traditional branch lending, mobile and
on-line
banking, indirect lending, alliance partnerships, correspondent banks and loan brokers. Each distinct underwriting and origination activity manages unique credit risk characteristics and prices its loan production commensurate with the differing risk profiles.
Residential mortgage originations are generally limited to prime borrowers and are performed through the Company’s branches, loan production offices, mobile and
on-line
services and a wholesale network of originators. The Company may retain residential mortgage loans it originates on its balance sheet or sell the loans into the secondary market while retaining the servicing rights and customer relationships. Utilizing the secondary markets enables the Company to effectively reduce its credit and other asset/liability risks. For residential mortgages that are retained in the Company’s portfolio and for home equity and second mortgages, credit risk is also diversified by geography and managed by adherence to LTV and borrower credit criteria during the underwriting process.
The Company estimates updated LTV information on its outstanding residential mortgages quarterly, based on a method that combines automated valuation model updates and relevant home price indices. LTV is the ratio of the loan’s outstanding principal balance to the current estimate of property value. For home equity and second mortgages, combined
loan-to-value
(“CLTV”) is the
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combination of the first mortgage original principal balance and the second lien outstanding principal balance, relative to the current estimate of property value. Certain loans do not have an LTV or CLTV, primarily due to lack of availability of relevant automated valuation model and/or home price indices values, or lack of necessary valuation data on acquired loans.
The following tables provide summary information of residential mortgages and home equity and second mortgages by LTV at SeptemberJune 30, 2020:2021:
 
Residential Mortgages
(Dollars in Millions)
 Interest
Only
 Amortizing Total Percent
of Total
  Interest
Only
 Amortizing Total Percent
of Total
 
Loan-to-Value
        
Less than or equal to 80%
 $3,069  $58,380  $61,449  80.0 $3,110  $56,674  $59,784  81.5
Over 80% through 90%
 11  5,472  5,483  7.1  5  2,495  2,500  3.4 
Over 90% through 100%
    518  518  .7     214  214  .3 
Over 100%
    118  118  .2     78  78  .1 
No LTV available
    18  18        20  20    
Loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools (a)
    9,203  9,203  12.0     10,770  10,770  14.7 
Total (b)
 $3,080  $73,709  $76,789  100.0 $3,115  $70,251  $73,366  100.0
 
(a)
Represents loans purchased from Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) mortgage pools whose payments are primarily insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b)
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, approximately $540$469 million of residential mortgage balances were considered
sub-prime.
 
Home Equity and Second Mortgages
(Dollars in Millions)
 Lines Loans Total Percent
of Total
  Lines Loans Total Percent
of Total
 
Loan-to-Value
        
Less than or equal to 80%
 $10,213  $   764  $10,977  83.1 $9,560  $638  $10,198  91.3
Over 80% through 90%
 1,320  462  1,782  13.5  460  274  734  6.6 
Over 90% through 100%
 210  47  257  2.0  75  30  105  .9 
Over 100%
 90  7  97  .7  48  5  53  .5 
No LTV/CLTV available
 91  4  95  .7  70  3  73  .7 
Total (a)
 $11,924  $1,284  $13,208  100.0 $10,213  $950  $11,163  100.0
 
(a)
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, approximately $54$42 million of home equity and second mortgage balances were considered
sub-prime.
Home equity and second mortgages were $13.2$11.2 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $15.0$12.5 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, and included $3.5$3.3 billion of home equity lines in a first lien position and $9.7$7.9 billion of home equity and second mortgage loans and lines in a junior lien position. Loans and lines in a junior lien position at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, included approximately $3.8$2.9 billion of loans and lines for which the Company also serviced the related first lien loan, and approximately $5.9$5.0 billion where the Company did not service the related first lien loan. The Company was able to determine the status of the related first liens using information the Company has as the servicer of the first lien or information reported on customer credit bureau files. The Company also evaluates other indicators of credit risk for these junior lien loans and lines including delinquency, estimated average CLTV ratios and updated weighted-average credit scores in making its assessment of credit risk, related loss estimates and determining the allowance for credit losses.
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The following table provides a summary of delinquency statistics and other credit quality indicators for the Company’s junior lien positions at SeptemberJune 30, 2020:2021:
 
 Junior Liens Behind    Junior Liens Behind   
(Dollars in Millions) Company Owned
or Serviced First
Lien
 Third Party
First Lien
 Total  Company Owned
or Serviced First
Lien
 Third Party
First Lien
 Total 
Total
 $3,755  $5,909  $9,664  $2,922  $4,996  $7,918 
Percent 30—89 days past due
 .17 .31 .26 .32 .30 .31
Percent 90 days or more past due
 .04 .09 .07 .07 .04 .05
Weighted-average CLTV
 68 65 66 62 60 61
Weighted-average credit score
 781  777  779  781  780  780 
See the “Analysis and Determination of the Allowance for Credit Losses” section for additional information on how the Company determines the allowance for credit losses for loans in a junior lien position.
Loan Delinquencies
Trends in delinquency ratios are an indicator, among other considerations, of credit risk within the Company’s loan portfolios. The Company measures delinquencies, both including and excluding nonperforming loans, to enable comparability with other companies. Accruing loans 90 days or more past due totaled $461$376 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $605$477 million at December 31, 2019.2020. These balances exclude loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools whose repayments are primarily insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Accruing loans 90 days or more past due are not included in nonperforming assets and continue to accrue interest because they are adequately secured by collateral, are in the process of collection and are reasonably expected to result in repayment or restoration to current status, or are managed in homogeneous portfolios with specified
charge-off
timeframes adhering to regulatory guidelines. The ratio of accruing loans 90 days or more past due to total loans was 0.150.13 percent at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021 compared with 0.200.16 percent at December 31, 2019.2020.
 
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    Delinquent Loan Ratios as a Percent of Ending Loan Balances
 
90 days or more past due
excluding
nonperforming loans
      September 30,
2020
 December 31,
2019
   June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
 
Commercial
       
Commercial
    .06 .08   .04 .06
Lease financing
                
Total commercial
    .06  .08    .04  .05 
Commercial Real Estate
       
Commercial mortgages
      .01        
Construction and development
     .01       .03  .02 
Total commercial real estate
      .01    .01  .01 
Residential Mortgages (a)
    .15  .17    .16  .18 
Credit Card
    .91  1.23    .70  .88 
Other Retail
       
Retail leasing
    .06  .05    .03  .05 
Home equity and second mortgages
    .37  .32    .36  .36 
Other
     .07  .13    .05  .10 
Total other retail
     .14  .17    .10  .15 
Total loans
     .15 .20   .13 .16
90 days or more past due
including
nonperforming loans
      September 30,
2020
 December 31,
2019
   June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
 
Commercial
    .48 .27   .32 .42
Commercial real estate
    .82  .21    .81  1.15 
Residential mortgages (a)
    .46  .51    .49  .50 
Credit card
    .91  1.23    .70  .88 
Other retail
     .40  .46    .39  .42 
Total loans
     .53 .44   .47 .57
 
(a)
Delinquent loan ratios exclude $1.6$1.7 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $1.7$1.8 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, of loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools whose repayments are primarily insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Including these loans, the ratio of residential mortgages 90 days or more past due including all nonperforming loans was 2.522.80 percent at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and 2.922.87 percent at December 31, 2019.2020.
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The following table provides summary delinquency information for residential mortgages, credit card and other retail loans included in the consumer lending segment:
 
 Amount        
As a Percent of Ending
Loan Balances
  Amount        As a Percent of Ending
Loan Balances
 
(Dollars in Millions) September 30,
2020
   December 31,
2019
        September 30,
2020
 December 31,
2019
  June 30,
2021
   December 31,
2020
        June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
 
Residential Mortgages (a)
                  
30-89
days
 $238    $154       .31 .22 $174   $244       .24 .32
90 days or more
 114    120       .15  .17  118    137       .16  .18 
Nonperforming
 240    241        .31  .34  244    245        .33  .32 
Total
 $592    $515       .77 .73 $536   $626       .73 .82
Credit Card
                  
30-89
days
 $206    $321       .94 1.30 $157   $231       .72 1.04
90 days or more
 199    306       .91  1.23  153    197       .70  .88 
Nonperforming
                                    
Total
 $405    $627       1.85 2.53 $310   $428       1.42 1.92
Other Retail
                  
Retail Leasing
                  
30-89
days
 $  32    $  45       .38 .53 $  25   $  35       .31 .43
90 days or more
 5    4       .06  .05  2    4       .03  .05 
Nonperforming
 14    13        .17  .15  13    13        .17  .16 
Total
 $  51    $  62       .61 .73 $  40   $  52       .51 .64
Home Equity and Second Mortgages
                  
30-89
days
 $  46    $  77       .35 .51 $  38   $  68       .33 .54
90 days or more
 49    48       .37  .32  40    45       .36  .36 
Nonperforming
 102    116        .77  .77  129    107        1.16  .86 
Total
 $197    $241       1.49 1.60 $207   $220       1.85 1.76
Other (b)
                  
30-89
days
 $179    $271       .51 .81 $140   $215       .35 .60
90 days or more
 25    45       .07  .13  20    37       .05  .10 
Nonperforming
 36    36        .10  .11  29    34        .07  .09 
Total
 $240    $352        .68 1.05 $189   $286        .47 .79
 
(a)
Excludes $1.3 billion of loans
30-89
days past due and $1.6$1.7 billion of loans 90 days or more past due at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, purchased from GNMA mortgage pools that continue to accrue interest, compared with $428 million$1.4 billion and $1.7$1.8 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
(b)
Includes revolving credit, installment, automobile and student loans.
 
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Restructured Loans
In certain circumstances, the Company may modify the terms of a loan to maximize the collection of amounts due when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulties or is expected to experience difficulties in the near-term. In most cases the modification is either a concessionary reduction in interest rate, extension of the maturity date or reduction in the principal balance that would otherwise not be considered.
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Concessionary modifications are classified as TDRs unless the modification results in only an insignificant delay in the payments to be received. TDRs accrue interest if the borrower complies with the revised terms and conditions and has demonstrated repayment performance at a level commensurate with the modified terms over several payment cycles, which is generally six months or greater. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, performing TDRs were $3.4 billion, compared with $3.8$3.6 billion at December 31, 2019.2020.
The Company continues to work with customers to modify loans for borrowers who are experiencing financial difficulties. Many of the Company’s TDRs are determined on a
case-by-case
basis in connection with ongoing loan collection processes. The modifications vary within each of the Company’s loan classes. Commercial lending segment TDRs generally include extensions of the maturity date and may be accompanied by an increase or decrease to the interest rate. The Company may also work with the borrower to make other changes to the loan to mitigate losses, such as obtaining additional collateral and/or guarantees to support the loan.
The Company has also implemented certain residential mortgage loan restructuring programs that may result in TDRs. The Company modifies residential mortgage loans under Federal Housing Administration, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and its own internal programs. Under these programs, the Company offers qualifying homeowners the opportunity to permanently modify their loan and achieve more affordable monthly payments by providing loan concessions. These concessions may include adjustments to interest rates, conversion of adjustable rates to fixed rates, extensions of maturity dates or deferrals of payments, capitalization of accrued interest and/or outstanding advances, or in limited situations, partial forgiveness of loan principal. In most instances,
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participation in residential mortgage loan restructuring programs requires the customer to complete a short-term trial period. A permanent loan modification is contingent on the customer successfully completing the trial period arrangement, and the loan documents are not modified until that time. The Company reports loans in a trial period arrangement as TDRs and continues to report them as TDRs after the trial period.
Credit card and other retail loan TDRs are generally part of distinct restructuring programs providing customers modification solutions over a specified time period, generally up to 60 months.
In accordance with regulatory guidance, the Company considers secured consumer loans that have had debt discharged through bankruptcy where the borrower has not reaffirmed the debt to be TDRs. If the loan amount exceeds the collateral value, the loan is charged down to collateral value and the remaining amount is reported as nonperforming.
Loan modifications or concessions granted to customers resulting directly from the effects of the
COVID-19
pandemic, who were otherwise in current payment status, are not considered to be TDRs.
 
The following table provides a summary of TDRs by loan class, including the delinquency status for TDRs that continue to accrue interest and TDRs included in nonperforming assets:
 
     As a Percent of Performing TDRs          As a Percent of Performing TDRs     
At September 30, 2020
(Dollars in Millions)
 Performing
TDRs
   
30-89 Days
Past Due
 
90 Days or More
Past Due
 Nonperforming
TDRs
 Total
TDRs
 
At June 30, 2021
(Dollars in Millions)
 Performing
TDRs
   
30-89 Days

Past Due
 90 Days or More
Past Due
 Nonperforming
TDRs
 Total
TDRs
 
Commercial
  $   172    4.9  3.9  $290(a)   $   462  $143    5.1  2.9 $135(a)  $278 
Commercial real estate
  173    1.3      119(b)   292   140          166(b)   306 
Residential mortgages
  1,263    5.3   4.7   143   1,406(d)   1,481    4.4   4.3   136   1,617(d) 
Credit card
  246    6.9   4.6      246   229    7.9   4.0      229 
Other retail
  150    7.1   7.5   34(c)   184(e)   187    9.2   5.3   45(c)   232(e) 
TDRs, excluding loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
  2,004    5.3   4.4   586   2,590   2,180    5.0   4.0   482   2,662 
Loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools (g)
  1,415             1,415(f)   1,219             1,219(f) 
Total
  $3,419    3.1  2.6  $586   $4,005  $3,399    3.2  2.5 $482  $3,881 
 
(a)
Primarily represents loans less than six months from the modification date that have not met the performance period required to return to accrual status (generally six months) and small business credit cards with a modified rate equal to 0 percent.
(b)
Primarily represents loans less than six months from the modification date that have not met the performance period required to return to accrual status (generally six months).
(c)
Primarily represents loans with a modified rate equal to 0 percent.
(d)
Includes $288$251 million of residential mortgage loans to borrowers that have had debt discharged through bankruptcy and $25$28 million in trial period arrangements or previously placed in trial period arrangements but not successfully completed.
(e)
Includes $80$77 million of other retail loans to borrowers that have had debt discharged through bankruptcy and $17$16 million in trial period arrangements or previously placed in trial period arrangements but not successfully completed.
(f)
Includes $146$179 million of Federal Housing Administration and United States Department of Veterans Affairs residential mortgage loans to borrowers that have had debt discharged through bankruptcy and $238$174 million in trial period arrangements or previously placed in trial period arrangements but not successfully completed.
(g)
Approximately 11.512.7 percent and 38.9 percent of the total TDR loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools are
30-89
days past due and 90 days or more past due, respectively, but are not classified as delinquent as their repayments are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
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Short-term and Other Loan Modifications
The Company makes short-term and other modifications that it does not consider to be TDRs, in limited circumstances, to assist borrowers experiencing temporary hardships. Short-term consumer lending modification programs include payment reductions, deferrals of up to three past due payments, and the ability to return to current status if the borrower makes required payments. The Company may also make short-term modifications to commercial lending loans, with the most common modification being an extension of the maturity date of three months or less. Such extensions generally are used when the maturity date is imminent and the borrower is experiencing some level of financial stress, but the Company believes the borrower will pay all contractual amounts owed.
COVID-19
Payment Relief
The Company has offered payment relief, including forbearance, payment deferrals and other customer accommodations, to assist borrowers that have experienced financial hardship resulting from the effects of the
COVID-19
pandemic. The majority of these borrowers were not delinquent on payments at the time they received the payment relief. From March 2020 through SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had approved approximately 329,000389,000 loan modifications for these borrowers, representing approximately $26.9$24.5 billion. The loans modified consisted primarily of payment forbearance or deferrals of 90 days or less. A portion of the borrowers who received account modifications are no longer participating in these payment relief programs, as the programs are generally short-term; and at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, approximately 91,00039,000 accounts, representing approximately $12.1$5.4 billion, were currently in an active payment relief program. The recognition of delinquent or nonaccrual loans and loan net charge-offs may be delayed for those customers enrolled in these payment relief programs who would have otherwise moved into past due or nonaccrual status, as these customer accounts do not continue to age during the period the payment delay is provided.
 
The following table summarizes borrowers enrolled in payment relief programs as a result of the
COVID-19
pandemic at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, as a percentage of the Company’s loans and loan balances:
 
Percentage of Loan Accounts
in Payment Relief Programs
Percentage of Loan Balances         
in Payment Relief Programs         
Program Details  Percentage of Loan Accounts
in Payment Relief Programs
   Percentage of Loan Balances
in Payment Relief Programs
   Program Details
Commercial
 .15% .43%Primarily 3 month payment deferral up to a maximum of 6 months; interest continues to accrue with various payment options; may include short-term covenant waivers   .04   .02  Primarily 3 month payment deferral up to a maximum of 6 months; interest continues to accrue with various payment options
Commercial real estate
 1.03 1.64Primarily 3 month payment deferral up to a maximum of 6 months; interest continues to accrue with various payment options; may include short-term covenant waivers   .19    .75   Primarily 3 month payment deferral up to a maximum of 6 months; interest continues to accrue with various payment options
Residential mortgages (a)
 4.25 5.47Primarily 6 month payment forbearance, which may be extended up to 12 months; interest continues to accrue; cumulative payments suspended during forbearance period are either
paid-off
immediately or under a short-term repayment plan, or addressed through a permanent loan modification that either requires repayment at maturity or through restructured payments over time
   1.69    1.99   Primarily 6 month payment forbearance, which may be extended up to 18 months; interest continues to accrue; cumulative payments suspended during forbearance period are either
paid-off
immediately or under a short-term repayment plan, or addressed through a permanent loan modification that either requires repayment at maturity or through restructured payments over time
Credit cards
 .21 .43Primarily 3 month payment deferral; interest continues to accrue   .05    .10   Primarily payment reduction up to 6 months; payment relief of up to 3 months; interest continues to accrue
Other retail
 .87 1.43Home equity loan programs are similar to residential mortgage programs; programs for other loan portfolios are primarily 2 month payment deferral up to a maximum of 4 months; interest continues to accrue   .26    .46   Home equity loan programs are similar to residential mortgage programs; programs for other loan portfolios are primarily 2 month payment deferral up to a maximum of 4 months; interest continues to accrue
Total loans (a)
 .41% 2.03%   .11   .66    
Note:
Payment relief generally includes payment deferrals, forbearances, extensions and
re-ages,
and excludes loans made under the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program, as amounts due under that program are expected to be fully forgiven by the SBA.
 
(a)
Excludes loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools, whose repayments are primarily insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020, 58.762021, 30.53 percent of the total number of accounts and 64.1332.56 percent of the total loan balances of loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools were to borrowers enrolled in payment relief programs as a result of the
COVID-19
pandemic. Including these loans, 14.528.59 percent of the total number of accounts and 13.166.48 percent of the total balances of residential mortgages were to borrowers enrolled in payment relief programs as a result of the
COVID-19
pandemic. Including these loans, .71.29 percent of the total number of accounts and 3.961.84 percent of the total balances of all loans were to borrowers enrolled in payment relief programs as a result of the
COVID-19
pandemic.
 
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Nonperforming Assets
The level of nonperforming assets represents another indicator of the potential for future credit losses. Nonperforming assets include nonaccrual loans, restructured loans not performing in accordance with modified terms and not accruing interest, restructured loans that have not met the performance period required to return to accrual status, other real estate owned (“OREO”) and other nonperforming assets owned by the Company. Interest payments collected from assets on nonaccrual status are generally applied against the principal balance and not recorded as income. However, interest income may be recognized for interest payments if the remaining carrying amount of the loan is believed to be collectible.
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, total nonperforming assets were $1.3$1.1 billion, compared to $829 million$1.3 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The $441$239 million (53.2(18.4 percent) increasedecrease in nonperforming assets was driven by increasesdecreases in nonperforming commercial real estate and commercial real estateloans, partially offset by an increase in nonperforming other retail loans. The ratio of total nonperforming assets to total loans and other real estate was 0.410.36 percent at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with 0.280.44 percent at December 31, 2019. The Company expects nonperforming2020. Nonperforming assets are expected to increase given current economic conditions.continue to decline over the next several quarters, but may remain elevated over a longer recovery period for certain industries and loan categories most impacted by the pandemic.
OREO was $35$17 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $78$24 million at December 31, 2019,2020, and was related to foreclosed properties that previously secured loan balances. These balances exclude foreclosed GNMA loans whose repayments are primarily insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
The following table provides an analysis of OREO, as a percent of their related loan balances, including geographical location detail for residential (residential mortgage, home equity and second mortgage) and commercial (commercial and commercial real estate) loan balances:
 
 Amount      As a Percent of Ending
Loan Balances
  Amount      As a Percent of Ending
Loan Balances
 
(Dollars in Millions) September 30,
2020
  December 31,
2019
       September 30,
2020
 December 31,
2019
  June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
       June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
 
Residential
              
California
             $3              $2     .01 .01
New York
             $4               $6     .35 .66 3  2     .24  .17 
Oregon
 2  2     .07  .07 
Illinois
 3   10     .06  .22  1  2     .02  .04 
Minnesota
 3   6     .05  .10  1  3     .02  .05 
California
 2   7     .01  .03 
Oregon
 2   4     .06  .12 
All other states
 18   41      .04  .09  7  12      .02  .03 
Total residential
 32   74     .04  .09  17  23     .02  .03 
Commercial
              
California
 3   3     .01  .01 
Iowa
    1        .04 
All other states
     1                           
Total commercial
 3   4               1           
Total
             $35               $78      .01 .03             $17              $24      .01 .01
 
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   Nonperforming Assets (a)
 
(Dollars in Millions) September 30,
2020
 December 31,
2019
  June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
 
Commercial
    
Commercial
         $403            $172          $247          $321 
Lease financing
 56  32  44  54 
Total commercial
 459  204  291  375 
Commercial Real Estate
    
Commercial mortgages
 323  74  224  411 
Construction and development
 7  8  88  39 
Total commercial real estate
 330  82  312  450 
Residential Mortgages (b)
 240  241  244  245 
Credit Card
            
Other Retail
    
Retail leasing
 14  13  13  13 
Home equity and second mortgages
 102  116  129  107 
Other
 36  36  29  34 
Total other retail
 152  165  171  154 
Total nonperforming loans
 1,181  692  1,018  1,224 
Other Real Estate (c)
 35  78  17  24 
Other Assets
 54  59  24  50 
Total nonperforming assets
         $1,270            $829          $1,059          $1,298 
Accruing loans 90 days or more past due (b)
         $461            $605          $376          $477 
Nonperforming loans to total loans
 .38 .23 .34 .41
Nonperforming assets to total loans plus other real estate (c)
 .41 .28 .36 .44
Changes in Nonperforming Assets
 
(Dollars in Millions)  Commercial and
Commercial
Real Estate
 Residential
Mortgages,
Credit Card and
Other Retail
 Total  Commercial and
Commercial
Real Estate
 Residential
Mortgages,
Credit Card and
Other Retail
 Total 
Balance December 31, 2019
            $321              $508      $829 
Balance December 31, 2020
           $854              $444      $1,298 
Additions to nonperforming assets
       
New nonaccrual loans and foreclosed properties
   1,041  208  1,249  239  122  361 
Advances on loans
   7  1  8  6  1  7 
Total additions
   1,048  209  1,257  245  123  368 
Reductions in nonperforming assets
       
Paydowns, payoffs
   (309 (101 (410 (155 (54 (209
Net sales
   (10 (53 (63 (165 (10 (175
Return to performing status
   (11 (93 (104 (93 (41 (134
Charge-offs (d)
   (219 (20 (239 (79 (10 (89
Total reductions
   (549 (267 (816 (492 (115 (607
Net additions to (reductions in) nonperforming assets
   499  (58 441  (247 8  (239
Balance September 30, 2020
            $820              $450      $1,270 
Balance June 30, 2021
           $607              $452      $1,059 
 
(a)
Throughout this document, nonperforming assets and related ratios do not include accruing loans 90 days or more past due.
(b)
Excludes $1.6$1.7 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $1.7$1.8 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, of loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools that are 90 days or more past due that continue to accrue interest, as their repayments are primarily insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(c)
Foreclosed GNMA loans of $42$24 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $155$33 million at December 31, 2019,2020, continue to accrue interest and are recorded as other assets and excluded from nonperforming assets because they are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(d)
Charge-offs exclude actions for certain card products and loan sales that were not classified as nonperforming at the time the
charge-off
occurred.
 
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   Net Charge-offs as a Percent of Average Loans Outstanding
 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
   Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
      Six Months Ended
June 30
 
 2020 2019   2020 2019  2021 2020      2021 2020 
Commercial
             
Commercial
 .60 .29%       .41 .27 .11 .34     .16 .31
Lease financing
 .78  .22    .52  .20  .08  .43       .19  .39 
Total commercial
 .61  .29    .42  .27  .11  .35      .16  .32 
Commercial Real Estate
             
Commercial mortgages
 1.13  .04    .46  .02     .25      (.09 .12 
Construction and development
 (.07 .11      .02     .11       .09  .04 
Total commercial real estate
 .81  .06    .34  .02     .22      (.04 .10 
Residential Mortgages
 (.02 (.02   (.01 .01  (.05 (.02     (.04 (.01
Credit Card
 3.63  3.53    3.95  3.85  2.81  4.28      2.79  4.11 
Other Retail
             
Retail leasing
 .94  .14    1.14  .14  (.05 1.58        1.24 
Home equity and second mortgages
 (.06 (.03   (.01 (.03 (.11        (.09 .01 
Other
 .43  .72    .59  .75  .20  .54       .29  .67 
Total other retail
 .39  .43    .52  .44  .10  .56       .18  .58 
Total loans
 .66 .48   .58 .49 .25 .55      .28 .54
 
Analysis of Loan Net Charge-Offs
 Total loan net charge-offs were $515$180 million for the thirdsecond quarter and $1.3 billion$403 million for the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with $352$437 million and $1.1 billion,$830 million, respectively, for the same periods of 2019.2020. The year-over-year decreases in net charge-offs were primarily due to lower credit card, commercial and other retail loan net charge-offs. The ratio of total loan net charge-offs to average loans outstanding on an annualized basis for the thirdsecond quarter and first ninesix months of 20202021 was 0.660.25 percent and 0.580.28 percent, respectively, compared with 0.480.55 percent and 0.490.54 percent, respectively, for the same periods of 2019. The year-over-year increases2020.
Charge-off
rates benefitted from improving economic conditions, borrower liquidity and strong asset prices in net charge-offs reflected higher commercial loan, commercial real estate loanthe market that support repayment and retail leasing net charge-offs, partially offset by a decrease in other retail loan net charge-offs. The increase in retail leasing charge-offs reflected the inclusion of end of term lossesrecovery on residual lease values as of January 1, 2020.problem loans. The Company expects net charge-offs to increase given current economic conditions.return to more normalized levels over time as the economy rebounds and consumer spending behaviors resume.
Analysis and Determination of the Allowance for Credit Losses
 Prior to January 1, 2020, theThe allowance for credit losses wasis established to reserve for probable and estimablecurrent expected credit losses incurred inon the Company’s loan and lease portfolio, including unfunded credit commitments. Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted new accounting guidance which changed previous impairment recognition to a model that is based onThe allowance considers expected losses rather than incurred losses.for the remaining lives of the applicable assets, inclusive of expected recoveries. The allowance for credit losses is increased through provisions charged to earnings and reduced by net charge-offs. Management evaluates the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses on a quarterly basis. The allowance considers expected losses for the remaining lives of the applicable assets, inclusive of expected recoveries. Remaining lives of the applicable assets are adjusted for prepayments. Multiple economic scenarios are considered over a three-year reasonable and supportable forecast period, which incorporatesincludes increasing consideration of historical loss experience inover years two and three. These economic scenarios are constructed with interrelated projections of multiple economic variables, and loss estimates are produced that consider the historical correlation of those economic variables with credit losses. After the forecast period, the Company fully reverts to long-term historical loss experience, adjusted for prepayments and characteristics of the current loan and lease portfolio, to estimate losses over the remaining lives.life of the portfolio. The economic scenarios are updated at least quarterly and are designed to provide a range of reasonable estimates which are bothfrom better andto worse than current expectations. Scenarios are weighted based on the Company’s expectation of economic conditions for the foreseeable future conditions.and reflect significant judgment and consideration of uncertainties that exist. Final loss estimates also consider factors affecting credit losses not reflected in the scenarios, due to the unique aspects of current conditions and expectations. These factors may include, but are not limited to, loan servicing practices, regulatory guidance, and/or fiscal and monetary policy actions. Because business processes and credit risks associated with unfunded credit commitments are essentially the same as for loans, the Company utilizes similar processes to estimate its liability for unfunded credit commitments, which is included in other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Both the allowance for loan losses and the liability for unfunded credit commitments are included in the Company’s analysis of credit losses and reported reserve ratios.
The allowance recorded for credit losses utilizes forward-looking expected loss models to consider a variety of factors affecting lifetime credit losses. These factors include, but are not limited to, macroeconomic variables such as unemployment rates, real estate prices, gross domestic product levels and corporate bonds spreads, and long-term interest rate forecasts, as well as loan and borrower characteristics, such as internal risk ratings on commercial loans and consumer credit
 
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commercial loans and consumer credit scores, delinquency status, collateral type and available valuation information, consideration of
end-of-term
losses on lease residuals, and the remaining term of the loan, adjusted for expected prepayments. Where loans do not exhibit similar risk characteristics, an individual analysis is performed to consider expected credit losses. For each loan portfolio, model estimates are adjusted as necessary to consider any relevant changes in portfolio composition, lending policies, underwriting standards, risk management practices, economic conditions or other factors that wouldmay affect the accuracy of the model. Expected credit loss estimates also include consideration of expected cash recoveries on loans previously
charged-off
or expected recoveries on collateral-dependent loans where recovery is expected through sale of the collateral. Where loans do not exhibit similar risk characteristics, an individual analysis is performed to consider expected credit losses.
The allowance recorded for individually evaluated loans greater than $5 million in the commercial lending segment is based on an analysis utilizing expected cash flows discounted using the original effective interest rate, the observable market price of the loan, or the fair value of the collateral, less selling costs, for collateral-dependent loans.loans as appropriate. For commercial TDRs individually evaluated for impairment, attributes of the borrower are the primary factors in determining the allowance for credit losses. However, historical loss experience is also incorporated into the allowance methodology applied to this category of loans. Commercial lending segment TDR loans may be collectively evaluated for impairment where observed performance history, including defaults, is a primary driver of the loss allocation.
The allowance recorded for TDR loans in the consumer lending segment is determined on a homogenous pool basis utilizing expected cash flows discounted using the original effective interest rate of the pool. The expected cash flows on TDR loans consider subsequent payment defaults since modification, the borrower’s ability to pay under the restructured terms, and the timing and amount of payments. The allowance for collateral-dependent loans in the consumer lending segment is determined based on the current fair value of the collateral less costs to sell.
When evaluating the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses for any loans and lines in a junior lien position, the Company considers the delinquency and modification status of the first lien. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company serviced the first lien on 3937 percent of the home equity loans and lines in a junior lien position. The Company also considers the status of first lien mortgage accounts reported on customer credit bureau files when the first lien is not serviced by the Company. Regardless of whether the Company services the first lien, an assessment is made of economic conditions, problem loans, recent loss experience and other factors in determining the allowance for credit losses. Based on the available information, the Company estimated $221$255 million or 1.72.3 percent of its total home equity portfolio at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, represented
non-delinquent
junior liens where the first lien was delinquent or modified, excluding loans in COVID-related forbearance programs.
The Company considers historical loss experience on the loans and lines in a junior lien position to establish loss estimates for junior lien loans and lines the Company services that are current, but the first lien is delinquent or modified. Historically, the number ofThe historical long-term average loss experience related to junior lien defaultsliens has been a small percentagerelatively limited (less than 1 percent of the total portfolio (approximately 1 percent annually), while the long-term average loss rate on loans that default has been approximately 80 percent. In addition, the Company obtainsand estimates are adjusted to consider current collateral support and portfolio risk characteristics. These include updated credit scores and collateral estimates obtained on itsthe Company’s home equity portfolio each quarter, and in some cases more frequently, and uses this information in its loss estimation methods.quarter. In its evaluation of the allowance for credit losses, the Company also considers the increased risk of loss associated with home equity lines that are contractually scheduled to convert from a revolving status to a fully amortizing payment.
Beginning January 1, 2020, when a loan portfolio is purchased, the acquired loans are divided into those considered purchased with more than insignificant credit deterioration (“PCD”) and those not considered purchased with more than insignificant credit deterioration. An allowance is established for each population and considers product mix, risk characteristics of the portfolio, bankruptcy experience, delinquency status and refreshed LTV ratios when possible, and portfolio growth.possible. The allowance established for purchased loans not considered PCD is recognized through provision expense upon acquisition, whereas the allowance established for loans considered PCD at acquisition is offset by an increase in the basis of the acquired loans. Any subsequent increases and decreases in the allowance related to purchased loans, regardless of PCD status, are recognized through provision expense, with future charge-offs charged to the allowance. The Company did not have a material amount of PCD loans included in its loan portfolio at SeptemberJune 30, 2020.2021.
The Company’s methodology for determining the appropriate allowance for credit losses for each loan portfolio also considers the imprecision inherent in the methodologies used.used and allocated to the various loan portfolios. As a result, amounts determined
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under the methodologies described above are adjusted by management to consider the potential impact of other qualitative factors not captured in quantitative model adjustments which include, but are not limited to, the following: model imprecision, imprecision in economic scenario assumptions, and emerging risks related to either changes in the economic
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environment that are affecting specific portfolios, or changes in portfolio concentrations over time that may affect model performance. The consideration of these items results in adjustments to allowance amounts included in the Company’s allowance for credit losses for each portfolio class.
The results of the analysis are evaluated quarterly to confirm the estimates are appropriate for each loan portfolio.
Although the Company determined the amount of each element of the allowance separately and considers this process to be an important credit management tool, the entire allowance for credit losses is available for the entire loan portfolio. The actual amount of losses can vary significantly from the estimated amounts.
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the allowance for credit losses was $8.0$6.6 billion (2.61(2.23 percent of
period-end
loans), compared with an allowance of $4.5$8.0 billion (1.52(2.69 percent of
period-end
loans) at December 31, 2019.2020. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans was 678649 percent at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with 649654 percent at December 31, 2019.2020. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to annualized loan net charge-offs was 391916 percent at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with 309448 percent of full year 20192020 net charge-offs at December 31, 2019.2020.
The increasedecrease in the allowance for credit losses of $3.5$1.4 billion (78.4(17.5 percent) at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with December 31, 2019,2020, reflected the $1.5 billion impact of the January 1, 2020 adoption of new accounting guidance, along with an additional $2.0 billion increasefactors affecting economic conditions during the first ninesix months of 20202021, including the enactment of additional benefits from government stimulus programs, vaccine availability in the United States and reduced levels of new
COVID-19
cases, which have contributed to recognize the expected losses resulting from the deterioratingan economic recovery. However, rising inflationary concerns and ongoing effects of adverse economic conditions driven by the impact of
COVID-19
pandemic stress continue to weigh on the domestic and global economies, as well as new loan production and acquired loans. Expectedselect portfolios. In addition to these factors, expected loss estimates consider various factors including the changing economic activity, estimated mitigating effects of government stimulus, estimated duration and severity of the health crisis, customer specific information impacting changes in risk ratings, projected delinquencies and potential effects of diminishing liquidity without support of mortgage forbearance and direct federal stimulus. Currently, consumer credit trends continue to perform better than expected, while select commercial portfolios most impacted by
COVID-19
continue to be monitored for structural shifts associated with the pandemic.
Changes in economic conditions during the first six months of 2021 included improvements in projected gross domestic product and unemployment levels for 2021, which reflected the additional government stimulus and availability of vaccines. These factors are evaluated through a combination of quantitative calculations using economic scenarios and qualitative assessments that consider the high degree of uncertainty related to the unprecedented levels of both economic stress and the stimulus response.
The following table summarizes the baseline forecast for key economic variables the Company used in its estimate of the allowance for credit losses at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
   June 30,
2021
  December 31,
2020
 
United States unemployment rate for the three months ending (a)
  
June 30, 2021
  5.8  7.1
September 30, 2021
  5.2   7.0 
December 31, 2021
  4.5   6.8 
United States real gross domestic product for the three months ending (b)
  
June 30, 2021
  1.7  (1.1)% 
September 30, 2021
  3.4   .1 
December 31, 2021
  5.1   1.5 
(a)
Reflects quarterly average of forecasted reported United States unemployment rate.
(b)
Reflects cumulative change from December 31, 2019.
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Baseline economic forecasts are used in combination with alternative scenarios and historical loss experience as is considered reasonable and supportable to inform the Company’s allowance for credit losses. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are based on a variety of factors, including loan balance changes, portfolio credit quality and mix changes, and changes in general economic conditions and expectations (including for unemployment and gross domestic product), among other factors. Based on economic conditions at June 30, 2021, it was difficult to estimate the length and severity of the longer term effects on certain industry sectors that may result from
COVID-19
and the impact of industrywide loan modification efforts designed to limit long-term effectsother factors that may influence the level of eventual losses and corresponding requirements for the allowance for credit losses, including the impact of inflationary pressures on certain lending sectors and diminishing liquidity after economic stimulus programs and accommodations delaying mortgage and rent payments end. While reserves consider the uncertainty in these estimates, the unpredictability of the
COVID-19
pandemic among other factors.
Changescould result in economic conditions asthe recognition of Septembercredit losses in the Company’s loan portfolios and increases in the allowance for credit losses. Scenarios worse than the Company’s expected outcome at June 30, 2020 included significant reductions2021 include risks that government stimulus in response to the
COVID-19
pandemic is less effective than expected, or that a longer or more severe health crisis prolongs the downturn in economic activity, relatedpotentially reducing the number of businesses that are ultimately able to actions taken by governmental authorities to slowresume operations after the spreadcrisis has passed. Other factors considered include the potential of
COVID-19.
High levels rising interest rates and unsupported increases in the values of unemployment, and lower gross domestic product estimates for 2020, as well as a slower pace of recovery in manufacturing activity and oil prices, were all observable changes in conditions that increased expected credit losses. At the same time, record economic stimulus measures were also enacted, and additional measures are being considered, with the intent to support businesses and consumers through what is expected to be a period of reduced economic activity. To balance these offsetting factors, economic scenarios updated through the end of the third quarter of 2020 that produced higher quantitative loss estimates consistent with the expected deterioration in reported economic statistics were evaluated in conjunction with management’s expectation that current and potential future stimulus efforts, as well as industrywide availability of short-term payment deferral programs, would mitigate losses estimated from models based on historical data from periods when mitigation efforts were not as extensive. Overall, loss expectations are consistent with prior economic downturn experience, but the severity of the deterioration in current economic conditions is not expected to persist over the life of the loan portfolio, as some indicators of economic activity have begun to improve directionally.certain assets.
The allowance for credit losses related to commercial lending segment loans increased $1.4 billiondecreased $720 million during the ninefirst six months ended September 30, 2020, as increased loan volumeof 2021, due to improvements in general economic conditions and portfolio credit downgrades during the period reflected the impactquality that included some return of
COVID-19
on economic activity in certain industry sectors including the retail and restaurants, energy, media and entertainment, lodging and airline industries that were severely impactedaffected by virus containment measures.
COVID-19.
The following table summarizes the Company’s commercial lending segment credit exposure to customers within the industry sectors most impacted by
COVID-19,
as a percentage of total loans and legal commitments outstanding at SeptemberJune 30, 2020:2021:
 
 Loans Outstanding
Commitments
  Loans Outstanding
Commitments
 
Retail
 4.1 5.4 3.4 4.8
Energy
 .9  2.2 
Energy (includes Oil and gas)
 .8  2.1 
Media and entertainment
 2.1  2.1  1.7  2.1 
Lodging
 1.4  1.1  1.2  .9 
Airline
 .5  .6  .3  .5 
The allowance for credit losses related to consumer lending segment loans increased $623decreased $680 million during the ninefirst six months ended September 30, 2020, as higherof 2021, due to improving economic risks, including those due to increaseddecreased unemployment, and increases in expected losses related to acquired portfolios were partially mitigated byalong with continued strong underlying credit quality that supports expectations of long-term repayment, and the decline in funded loan balances.repayment.
 
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Table 8
 
   Summary of Allowance for Credit Losses
 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
        Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
 Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019        2020 2019  2021 2020  2021 2020 
Balance at beginning of period
 $7,890  $4,466      $4,491  $4,441  $6,960  $6,590  $8,010  $4,491 
Change in accounting principle (a)
            1,499              1,499 
Charge-Offs
            
Commercial
            
Commercial
 180  86       378  286  54  117   134  198 
Lease financing
 13  5        28  14  4  8   10  15 
Total commercial
 193  91       406  300  58  125   144  213 
Commercial real estate
            
Commercial mortgages
 88  3       107  7  3  19   8  19 
Construction and development
 1  4        5  4  1  4   6  4 
Total commercial real estate
 89  7       112  11  4  23   14  23 
Residential mortgages
 4  8       15  27  5  3   10  11 
Credit card
 236  248       775  767  192  265   382  539 
Other retail
            
Retail leasing
 25  6       86  17  4  36   15  61 
Home equity and second mortgages
 3  5       14  14  2  6   6  11 
Other
 61  86        216  252  49  64   117  155 
Total other retail
 89  97        316  283  55  106   138  227 
Total charge-offs
 611  451       1,624  1,388  314  522   688  1,013 
Recoveries
            
Commercial
            
Commercial
 13  14       37  87  28  12   56  24 
Lease financing
 2  2        6  6  3  2   5  4 
Total commercial
 15  16       43  93  31  14   61  28 
Commercial real estate
            
Commercial mortgages
 3          4  2  3      20  1 
Construction and development
 3  1        5  2  1  1   1  2 
Total commercial real estate
 6  1       9  4  4  1   21  3 
Residential mortgages
 7  11       20  23  15  6   25  13 
Credit card
 35  37       111  104  44  36   90  76 
Other retail
            
Retail leasing
 5  3       14  8  5  3   15  9 
Home equity and second mortgages
 5  6       15  17  5  6   11  10 
Other
 23  25        67  70  30  19   62  44 
Total other retail
 33  34        96  95  40  28   88  63 
Total recoveries
 96  99       279  319  134  85   285  183 
Net Charge-Offs
            
Commercial
            
Commercial
 167  72       341  199  26  105   78  174 
Lease financing
 11  3        22  8  1  6   5  11 
Total commercial
 178  75       363  207  27  111   83  185 
Commercial real estate
            
Commercial mortgages
 85  3       103  5     19   (12 18 
Construction and development
 (2 3          2     3   5  2 
Total commercial real estate
 83  6       103  7     22   (7 20 
Residential mortgages
 (3 (3      (5 4  (10 (3  (15 (2
Credit card
 201  211       664  663  148  229   292  463 
Other retail
            
Retail leasing
 20  3       72  9  (1 33     52 
Home equity and second mortgages
 (2 (1      (1 (3 (3     (5 1 
Other
 38  61        149  182  19  45   55  111 
Total other retail
 56  63        220  188  15  78   50  164 
Total net charge-offs
 515  352       1,345  1,069  180  437   403  830 
Provision for credit losses
 635  367        3,365  1,109  (170 1,737   (997 2,730 
Balance at end of period
 $8,010  $4,481       $8,010  $4,481  $6,610  $7,890  $6,610  $7,890 
Components
            
Allowance for loan losses
 $7,407  $4,007        $6,026  $7,383   
Liability for unfunded credit commitments
 603  474         584  507   
Total allowance for credit losses
 $8,010  $4,481         $6,610  $7,890   
Allowance for Credit Losses as a Percentage of
            
Period-end
loans
 2.61 1.52       2.23 2.54  
Nonperforming loans
 678  541        649  737   
Nonperforming and accruing loans 90 days or more past due
 488  314        474  485   
Nonperforming assets
 631  458        624  673   
Annualized net charge-offs
 391  321           916  449     
 
(a)
Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted accounting guidance which changed impairment recognition of financial instruments to a model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses.
 
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Residual Value Risk Management
 The Company manages its risk to changes in the residual value of leased vehicles, office and business equipment, and other assets through disciplined residual valuation setting at the inception of a lease, diversification of its leased assets, regular residual asset valuation reviews and monitoring of residual value gains or losses upon the disposition of assets. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, no significant change in the amount of residual values or concentration of the portfolios had occurred since December 31, 2019.2020. Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Residual Value Risk Management” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, for further discussion on residual value risk management.
Operational Risk Management
 The Company operates in many different businesses in diverse markets and relies on the ability of its employees and systems to process a high number of transactions. Operational risk is inherent in all business activities, and the management of this risk is important to the achievement of the Company’s objectives. Business lines have direct and primary responsibility and accountability for identifying, controlling, and monitoring operational risks embedded in their business activities, including those additional or increased risks created by the economic and financial disruptions, and the Company’s alternative working arrangements resulting from the
COVID-19
pandemic. The Company maintains a system of controls with the objective of providing proper transaction authorization and execution, proper system operations, proper oversight of third parties with whom it does business, safeguarding of assets from misuse or theft, and ensuring the reliability and security of financial and other data. Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Operational Risk Management” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, for further discussion on operational risk management.
Compliance Risk Management
 The Company may suffer legal or regulatory sanctions, material financial loss, or damage to its reputation through failure to comply with laws, regulations, rules, standards of good practice, and codes of conduct, including those related to compliance with Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering requirements, sanctions compliance requirements as administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, consumer protection and other requirements. The Company has controls and processes in place for the assessment, identification, monitoring, management and reporting of compliance risks and issues including those created or increased by the economic and financial disruptions caused by the
COVID-19
pandemic. Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Compliance Risk Management” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, for further discussion on compliance risk management.
Interest Rate Risk Management
In the banking industry, changes in interest rates are a significant risk that can impact earnings and the safety and soundness of an entity. The Company manages its exposure to changes in interest rates through asset and liability management activities within guidelines established by its Asset Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”) and approved by the Board of Directors. The ALCO has the responsibility for approving and ensuring compliance with the ALCO management policies, including interest rate risk exposure. One way the Company measures and analyzes its interest rate risk is through net interest income simulation analysis.
Simulation analysis incorporates substantially all of the Company’s assets and liabilities and
off-balance
sheet instruments, together with forecasted changes in the balance sheet and assumptions that reflect the current interest rate environment. Through this simulation, management estimates the impact on net interest income of various interest rate changes that differ in the direction, amount and speed of change over time, as well as the shape of the yield curve. This simulation includes assumptions about how the balance sheet is likely to be affected by changes in loan and deposit growth. Assumptions are made to project interest rates for new loans and deposits based on historical analysis, management’s outlook and
re-pricing
strategies. These assumptions are reviewed and validated on a periodic basis with sensitivity analysis being provided for key variables of the simulation. The results are reviewed monthly by the ALCO and are used to guide asset/liability management strategies.
The Company manages its interest rate risk position by holding assets with desired interest rate risk characteristics on its balance sheet, implementing certain pricing strategies for loans and deposits and selecting derivatives and various funding and investment portfolio strategies.
Table 9 summarizes the projected impact to net interest income over the next 12 months of various potential interest rate changes. The sensitivity of the projected impact to net interest income over the next 12 months is dependent on balance sheet growth, product mix, deposit behavior, pricing and funding decisions. While the Company utilizes models and assumptions based on historical information and expected behaviors, actual outcomes could vary significantly.
 
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Table 9
 
   Sensitivity of Net Interest Income
 
  September 30, 2020       December 31, 2019 
   Down 50 bps
Immediate
  Up 50 bps
Immediate
  Down 200 bps
Gradual
   Up 200 bps
Gradual
       Down 50 bps
Immediate
  Up 50 bps
Immediate
  Down 200 bps
Gradual
   Up 200 bps
Gradual
 
Net interest income
  (3.52)%   3.72  *    5.80       (1.43)%   .83  *    .21
  June 30, 2021       December 31, 2020 
   Down 50 bps
Immediate
  Up 50 bps
Immediate
  Down 200 bps
Gradual
   Up 200 bps
Gradual
       Down 50 bps
Immediate
  Up 50 bps
Immediate
  Down 200 bps
Gradual
   Up 200 bps
Gradual
 
Net interest income
  (2.67)%   2.84  *    4.59       (4.48)%   4.58  *    6.57
*
Given the level of interest rates, downward rate scenario is not computed.
 
Use of Derivatives to Manage Interest Rate and Other Risks
 To manage the sensitivity of earnings and capital to interest rate, prepayment, credit, price and foreign currency fluctuations (asset and liability management positions), the Company enters into derivative transactions. The Company uses derivatives for asset and liability management purposes primarily in the following ways:
To convert fixed-rate debt and
available-for-sale
investment securities from fixed-rate payments to floating-rate payments;
To convert the cash flows associated with floating-rate debt from floating-rate payments to fixed-rate payments;
To mitigate changes in value of the Company’s unfunded mortgage loan commitments, funded MLHFS and MSRs;
To mitigate remeasurement volatility of foreign currency denominated balances; and
To mitigate the volatility of the Company’s net investment in foreign operations driven by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
In addition, the Company enters into interest rate and foreign exchange derivative contracts to support the business requirements of its customers (customer-related positions). The Company minimizes the market and liquidity risks of customer-related positions by either entering into similar offsetting positions with broker-dealers, or on a portfolio basis by entering into other derivative or
non-derivative
financial instruments that partially or fully offset the exposure from these customer-related positions. The Company may enter into derivative contracts that are either exchange-traded, centrally cleared through clearinghouses or
over-the-counter.
The Company does not utilize derivatives for speculative purposes.
The Company does not designate all of the derivatives that it enters into for risk management purposes as accounting hedges because of the inefficiency of applying the accounting requirements and may instead elect fair value accounting for the related hedged items. In particular, the Company enters into interest rate swaps, swaptions, forward commitments to buy
to-be-announced
securities (“TBAs”), U.S. Treasury and Eurodollar futures and options on U.S. Treasury futures to mitigate fluctuations in the value of its MSRs, but does not designate those derivatives as accounting hedges.
Additionally, the Company uses forward commitments to sell TBAs and other commitments to sell residential mortgage loans at specified prices to economically hedge the interest rate risk in its residential mortgage loan production activities. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had $14.9$10.0 billion of forward commitments to sell, hedging $5.8$4.6 billion of MLHFS and $13.3$8.8 billion of unfunded mortgage loan commitments. The forward commitments to sell and the unfunded mortgage loan commitments on loans intended to be sold are considered derivatives under the accounting guidance related to accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities. The Company has elected the fair value option for the MLHFS.
Derivatives are subject to credit risk associated with counterparties to the contracts. Credit risk associated with derivatives is measured by the Company based on the probability of counterparty default, including consideration of the
COVID-19
pandemic. The Company manages the credit risk of its derivative positions by diversifying its positions among various counterparties, by entering into master netting arrangements, and, where possible, by requiring collateral arrangements. The Company may also transfer counterparty credit risk related to interest rate swaps to third parties through the use of risk participation agreements. In addition, certain interest rate swaps, interest rate forwards and credit contracts are required to be centrally cleared through clearinghouses to further mitigate counterparty credit risk.
For additional information on derivatives and hedging activities, refer to Notes 12 and 13 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
LIBOR Transition
 In July 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) announced that it would no longer require banks to submit rates for the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) after 2021. In March 2021, the FCA and the administrator of LIBOR announced that LIBOR will no longer be published on a representative basis after December 31, 2021, except for the most commonly used tenors of United States Dollar LIBOR which will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. The Company holds financial instruments that will be impacted by the discontinuance of LIBOR, including certain loans,
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investment securities, derivatives, borrowings and other financial instruments that use LIBOR as the benchmark rate. The Company also provides various services to customers in its capacitycapacities as trustee and servicer, which involve financial instruments that will be similarly impacted by the discontinuance of LIBOR. The Company anticipates these financial instruments will
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require transition to a new reference rate. This transition will occur over time as many of these arrangements do not have an alternative rate referenced in their contracts or a clear path for the parties to agree upon an alternative reference rate. In order to facilitate the transition process, the Company has instituted a LIBOR Transition Office and commenced an enterprise-wide project to identify, assess, monitor and monitormitigate risks associated with the expected discontinuance or unavailability of LIBOR, actively engage with industry working groups and regulators, achieve operational readiness for the use of alternative reference rates and engage impacted customers. It is currently unclear what impact
COVID-19
may have oncustomers to remediate and transition impacted instruments. Starting in 2020, the LIBORCompany began modifying its systems, models, procedures and internal infrastructure to be prepared to accept alternative reference rates. The Company also adopted industry best practice guidelines for fallback language for new transactions, converted its cleared interest rate swaps discounting to Secured Overnight Financing Rate discounting, and distributed communications related to the transition or onto certain impacted parties, both inside and outside the timing thereof.Company. Refer to “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, for further discussion on potential risks that could adversely affect the Company’s financial results as a result of the LIBOR transition.
Market Risk Management
 In addition to interest rate risk, the Company is exposed to other forms of market risk, principally related to trading activities which support customers’ strategies to manage their own foreign currency, interest rate risk and funding activities. For purposes of its internal capital adequacy assessment process, the Company considers risk arising from its trading activities, as well as the remeasurement volatility of foreign currency denominated balances included on its Consolidated Balance Sheet (collectively, “Covered Positions”), employing methodologies consistent with the requirements of regulatory rules for market risk. The Company’s Market Risk Committee (“MRC”), within the framework of the ALCO, oversees market risk management. The MRC monitors and reviews the Company’s Covered Positions and establishes policies for market risk management, including exposure limits for each portfolio. The Company uses a VaR approach to measure general market risk. Theoretically, VaR represents the statistical risk of loss the Company has to adverse market movements over a
one-day
time horizon. The Company uses the Historical Simulation method to calculate VaR for its Covered Positions measured at the ninety-ninth percentile using a
one-year
look-back period for distributions derived from past market data. The market factors used in the calculations include those pertinent to market risks inherent in the underlying trading portfolios, principally those that affect the Company’s corporate bond trading business, foreign currency transaction business, client derivatives business, loan trading business and municipal securities business, as well as those inherent in the Company’s foreign denominated balances and the derivatives used to mitigate the related measurement volatility. On average, the Company expects the
one-day
VaR to be exceeded by actual losses two to three times per year related to these positions. The Company monitors the accuracy of internal VaR models and modeling processes by back-testing model performance, regularly updating the historical data used by the VaR models and regular model validations to assess the accuracy of the models’ input, processing, and reporting components. All models are required to be independently reviewed and approved prior to being placed in use. If the Company were to experience market losses in excess of the estimated VaR more often than expected, the VaR models and associated assumptions would be analyzed and adjusted.
The average, high, low and
period-end
one-day
VaR amounts for the Company’s Covered Positions were as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2020   2019 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2021   2020 
Average
 $2   $1  $2   $2 
High
 3    2  4    3 
Low
 1    1  1    1 
Period-end
 2    1  2    3 
The Company did not experience any actual losses for its combined Covered Positions that exceeded VaR during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Given the market volatility in the first quarter of 2020 resulting from effects of the
COVID-19
pandemic, the Company experienced actual losses for its combined Covered Positions that exceeded VaR five times during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020. The Company did not experience any actual losses for its combined Covered Positions that exceeded VaR during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The Company stress tests its market risk measurements to provide management with perspectives on market events that may not be captured by its VaR models, including worst case historical market movement combinations that have not necessarily occurred on the same date.
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The Company calculates Stressed VaR using the same underlying methodology and model as VaR, except that a historical continuous
one-year
look-back period is utilized that reflects a period of significant financial stress appropriate to the Company’s Covered Positions. The period selected by the Company includes the significant market volatility of the last four months of 2008.
The average, high, low and
period-end
one-day
Stressed VaR amounts for the Company’s Covered Positions were as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2020   2019 
Average
 $6   $6 
High
  8    9 
Low
  4    4 
Period-end
  7    7 
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(Dollars in Millions)
 2021   2020 
Average
 $7   $6 
High
  9    8 
Low
  5    4 
Period-end
  8    7 

Valuations of positions in client derivatives and foreign currency activities are based on discounted cash flow or other valuation techniques using market-based assumptions. These valuations are compared to third party quotes or other market prices to determine if there are significant variances. Significant variances are approved by senior management in the Company’s corporate functions. Valuation of positions in the corporate bond trading, loan trading and municipal securities businesses are based on trader marks. These trader marks are evaluated against third partythird-party prices, with significant variances approved by senior management in the Company’s corporate functions.
The Company also measures the market risk of its hedging activities related to residential MLHFS and MSRs using the Historical Simulation method. The VaRs are measured at the ninety-ninth percentile and employ factors pertinent to the market risks inherent in the valuation of the assets and hedges. A
one-year
look-back period is used to obtain past market data for the models.
The average, high and low VaR amounts for the residential MLHFS and related hedges and the MSRs and related hedges were as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2020   2019 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2021   2020 
Residential Mortgage Loans Held For Sale and Related Hedges
      
Average
 $8   $3  $10   $7 
High
 22    8  19    22 
Low
 2      5    2 
Mortgage Servicing Rights and Related Hedges
      
Average
 $19   $6  $4   $18 
High
 54    11  11    54 
Low
 6    4  1    6 
Liquidity Risk Management
 The Company’s liquidity risk management process is designed to identify, measure, and manage the Company’s funding and liquidity risk to meet its daily funding needs and to address expected and unexpected changes in its funding requirements. The Company engages in various activities to manage its liquidity risk. These activities include diversifying its funding sources, stress testing, and holding readily-marketable assets which can be used as a source of liquidity if needed. In addition, the Company’s profitable operations, sound credit quality and strong capital position have enabled it to develop a large and reliable base of core deposit funding within its market areas and in domestic and global capital markets. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company effectively managed its liquidity position while funding significant loan growth during the period.
The Company’s Board of Directors approves the Company’s liquidity policy. The Risk Management Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors oversees the Company’s liquidity risk management process and approves a contingency funding plan. The ALCO reviews the Company’s liquidity policy and limits, and regularly assesses the Company’s ability to meet funding requirements arising from adverse company-specific or market events.
The Company regularly projects its funding needs under various stress scenarios and maintains a contingency funding plan consistent with the Company’s access to diversified sources of contingent funding. The Company maintains a substantial level of total available liquidity in the form of
on-balance
sheet and
off-balance
sheet funding sources. These liquidity sources include cash at the Federal Reserve Bank and certain European central banks, unencumbered liquid assets, and capacity to borrow from the FHLB and at Federal Reserve Bank’s Discount Window. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the fair value of unencumbered investment securities totaled $123.6$129.5 billion, compared with $114.2$125.9 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. Refer to Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and “Balance Sheet Analysis” for further information on investment securities maturities and trends. Asset liquidity is further enhanced by the Company’s practice of pledging loans to access secured borrowing facilities through the FHLB and Federal Reserve Bank. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company could have borrowed a total of an additional $97.0$92.6 billion from the FHLB and Federal Reserve Bank based on collateral available for additional borrowings.
The Company’s diversified deposit base provides a sizeable source of relatively stable and
low-cost
funding, while reducing the Company’s reliance on the wholesale markets. Total deposits were $413.2$437.2 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $361.9$429.8 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. Refer to “Balance Sheet Analysis” for further information on the Company’s deposits.
Additional funding is provided by long-term debt and short-term borrowings. Long-term debt was $42.4$36.4 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and is an important funding source because of its multi-year borrowing structure. Short-term borrowings were $13.7$13.4 billion at September
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June 30, 2020,2021, and supplement the Company’s other funding sources. Refer to “Balance Sheet Analysis” for further information on the Company’s long-term debt and short-term borrowings.
In addition to assessing liquidity risk on a consolidated basis, the Company monitors the parent company’s liquidity. The Company establishes limits for the minimal number of months into the future where the parent company can meet existing and forecasted obligations with cash and securities held that can be readily monetized. The Company measures and manages this limit in both normal and adverse conditions. The
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Company maintains sufficient funding to meet expected capital and debt service obligations for 24 months without the support of dividends from subsidiaries and assuming access to the wholesale markets is maintained. The Company maintains sufficient liquidity to meet its capital and debt service obligations for 12 months under adverse conditions without the support of dividends from subsidiaries or access to the wholesale markets. The parent company is currently well in excess of required liquidity minimums.
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, parent company long-term debt outstanding was $22.1$19.8 billion, compared with $18.6$20.9 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The increasedecrease was primarily due to $2.8$1.0 billion of medium-term note issuances.repayments. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, there was no$500 million of parent company debt scheduled to mature in the remainder of 2020.2021.
The Company is subject to a regulatory Liquidity Coverage Ratio (“LCR”) requirement which requires banks to maintain an adequate level of unencumbered high quality liquid assets to meet estimated liquidity needs over a
30-day
stressed period. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company was compliant with this requirement.
Beginning July 1, 2021, the Company is also subject to a regulatory Net Stable Funding Ratio (“NSFR”) requirement which requires banks to maintain a minimum level of stable funding based on the liquidity characteristics of their assets, commitments, and derivative exposures over a
one-year
time horizon. At June 30, 2021, the Company was compliant with this requirement.
Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Liquidity Risk Management” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, for further discussion on liquidity risk management.
European Exposures
The Company provides merchant processing and corporate trust services in Europe either directly or through banking affiliations in Europe. Revenue generated from sources in Europe represented approximately 2 percent of the Company’s total net revenue for both the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020.2021. Operating cash for these businesses is deposited on a short-term basis typically with certain European central banks. For deposits placed at other European banks, exposure is mitigated by the Company placing deposits at multiple banks and managing the amounts on deposit at any bank based on institution-specific deposit limits. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had an aggregate amount on deposit with European banks of approximately $9.2$11.9 billion, predominately with the Central Bank of Ireland and Bank of England.
In addition, the Company provides financing to domestic multinational corporations that generate revenue from customers in European countries, transacts with various European banks as counterparties to certain derivative-related activities, and through a subsidiary, manages money market funds that hold certain investments in European sovereign debt. Any further deterioration in economic conditions in Europe, including the potential negative impact of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (“Brexit”), is not expected to have a significant effect on the Company related to these activities. The Company is focused on providing continuity of services, with minimal disruption resulting from Brexit, to customers with activities in European countries. The Company has made certain structural changes to its legal entities and operations in the United Kingdom and European Union, where needed, and migrated certain business activities to the appropriate jurisdictions to continue to provide such services and generate revenue.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
 Off-balance
sheet arrangements include any contractual arrangements to which an unconsolidated entity is a party, under which the Company has an obligation to provide credit or liquidity enhancements or market risk support. In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into an array of commitments to extend credit, letters of credit and various forms of guarantees that may be considered
off-balance
sheet arrangements. Refer to Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on these arrangements. The Company does not utilize private label asset securitizations as a source of funding.
Off-balance
sheet arrangements also include any obligation related to a variable interest held in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, credit enhancement or market risk support. Refer to Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information related to the Company’s interests in variable interest entities.
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Table 10
   Regulatory Capital Ratios
(Dollars in Millions)  June 30,
2021
  December 31,
2020
 
Basel III standardized approach:
   
Common equity tier 1 capital
  $39,691  $38,045 
Tier 1 capital
   46,103   44,474 
Total risk-based capital
   53,625   52,602 
Risk-weighted assets
   401,301   393,648 
Common equity tier 1 capital as a percent of risk-weighted assets
   9.9  9.7
Tier 1 capital as a percent of risk-weighted assets
   11.5   11.3 
Total risk-based capital as a percent of risk-weighted assets
   13.4   13.4 
Tier 1 capital as a percent of adjusted quarterly average assets (leverage ratio)
   8.5   8.3 
Tier 1 capital as a percent of total
on-
and
off-balance
sheet leverage exposure (total leverage exposure ratio)
   6.8   7.3 
Capital Management
 The Company is committed to managing capital to maintain strong protection for depositors and creditors and for maximum shareholder benefit. The Company also manages its capital to exceed regulatory capital requirements for banking organizations. The regulatory capital requirements effective for the Company follow Basel III, with the Company being subject to calculating its capital adequacy as a percentage of risk-weighted assets under the standardized approach. DuringBeginning in 2020, the Company elected to adopt a rule issued in March 2020 by its regulators which permits banking organizations who adopt accounting guidance related to the impairment of financial instruments based on the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) methodology during 2020, the option to defer the impact of the effect of that guidance at adoption plus 25 percent of its quarterly credit reserve increases over the next two years on its regulatory capital requirements, followed by a three-year transition period
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   Regulatory Capital Ratios
(Dollars in Millions) September 30,
2020
  December 31,
2019
 
Basel III standardized approach:
  
Common equity tier 1 capital
 $37,485  $35,713 
Tier 1 capital
  43,916   41,721 
Total risk-based capital
  52,086   49,744 
Risk-weighted assets
  397,657   391,269 
Common equity tier 1 capital as a percent of risk-weighted assets
  9.4  9.1
Tier 1 capital as a percent of risk-weighted assets
  11.0   10.7 
Total risk-based capital as a percent of risk-weighted assets
  13.1   12.7 
Tier 1 capital as a percent of adjusted quarterly average assets (leverage ratio)
  8.3   8.8 
Tier 1 capital as a percent of total
on-
and
off-balance
sheet leverage exposure (total leverage exposure ratio)
  7.2   7.0 
to phase in the cumulative deferred impact. Table 10 provides a summary of statutory regulatory capital ratios in effect for the Company at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020. All regulatory ratios exceeded regulatory “well-capitalized” requirements.
The Company believes certain other capital ratios are useful in evaluating its capital adequacy. At September 30, 2020, theThe Company’s tangible common equity, as a percent of tangible assets and as a percent of risk-weighted assets determined in accordance with transitional regulatory capital requirements related to the CECL methodology under the standardized approach, was 7.0 percent and 9.3 percent, respectively. This compares to the Company’s tangible common equity, as a percent of tangible assets and as a percent of risk-weighted assets under the standardized approach, of 7.56.8 percent and 9.3 percent, respectively, at June 30, 2021, compared with 6.9 percent and 9.5 percent, respectively, at December 31, 2019.2020. In addition, the Company’s common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology was 9.09.5 percent at SeptemberJune 30, 2021, compared with 9.3 percent at December 31, 2020. Refer to
“Non-GAAP
Financial Measures” beginning on page 3233 for further information on these other capital ratios.
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity was $52.6$53.0 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with $51.9$53.1 billion at December 31, 2019.2020. The increasedecrease was primarily the result of corporate earningscommon share repurchases, dividends and changes in unrealized gains and losses on
available-for-sale
investment securities included in other comprehensive income (loss), partially offset by a reduction to retained earnings due to the January 1, 2020 adoption of accounting guidance related to the impairment of financial instruments, dividends and common share repurchases.corporate earnings.
Beginning in March of 2020 and continuing through the remainder of 2020, the Company suspended all common stock repurchases except for those done exclusively in connection with its stock-based compensation programs. This action was initially taken by the Company to maintain strong capital levels given the impact and uncertainties of
COVID-19
on the economy and global markets. Due to continued economic uncertainty, the Federal Reserve Board has implemented measures forbeginning in the third and fourth quartersquarter of 2020 prohibitingand extending through the second quarter of 2021, restricting capital distributions of all large bank holding companies, including the Company, from makingCompany. These restrictions limited the aggregate amount of common stock dividends and share repurchases as well as capping dividends at existing rates, which mayto an amount that did not be in excessexceed the average net income of the averagefour preceding calendar quarters. Based on the results of the last four quarters’ earnings. TheDecember 2020 Federal Reserve Board Stress Test, the Company will continue to monitor the impact of
COVID-19
and will adjustannounced on December 22, 2020 that its capital distributions as circumstances warrant. Additional capital distributions are subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors had approved an authorization to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of its common stock beginning January 1, 2021. The Company further announced on June 28, 2021 that based on the results of the 2021 Federal Reserve Board Annual Stress Test, its existing share repurchase program will remain in effect and will be consistent with regulatory requirements.its Board of Directors is expected to approve a 9.5 percent increase to its third quarter dividend payable in October 2021.
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The following table provides a detailed analysis of all shares purchased by the Company or any affiliated purchaser during the thirdsecond quarter of 2020:2021:
 
Period Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
  Average
Price Paid
Per Share
 
July
  134,675(a)  $37.62 
August
  1,788   35.63 
September
  90,201(b)   34.65 
Total
  226,664(c)  $36.43 
Period Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
  Average
Price Paid
Per Share
  Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced
Program (a)
  Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Program
(In Millions)
 
April
  7,704,580  $57.94   7,704,580  $1,903 
May
  4,404,761   60.62   4,404,761   1,636 
June
  3,074,640(b)   59.45   2,899,640   1,463 
Total
  15,183,981(b)  $59.02   15,008,981  $1,463 
 
(a)
All shares were purchased under the $3.0 billion common stock repurchase authorization program announced December 22, 2020.
(b)
Includes 130,000175,000 shares of common stock purchased, at an average price per share of $37.68,$55.90, in open-market transactions by U.S. Bank National Association, the Company’s banking subsidiary, in its capacity as trustee of the U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan, which is the Company’s employee retirement savings plan.
(b)
The Company will continue to monitor its capital position and may adjust its capital distributions based on economic conditions and its financial performance. Capital distributions, including dividends and stock repurchases, are subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors and will align with regulatory requirements.
Includes 90,000 shares of common stock purchased, at an average price per share of $34.64, in open-market transactions by U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as trustee of the U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan.
(c)
Includes 220,000 shares of common stock purchased, at an average price per share of $36.44, in open-market transactions by U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as trustee of the U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan.
Note:
All other shares purchased by the Company were in connection with satisfaction of tax withholding obligations for vested restricted stock and unit awards and exercises under other compensation plans.
Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Capital Management” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, for further discussion on capital management.
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LINE OF BUSINESS FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Company’s major lines of business are Corporate and Commercial Banking, Consumer and Business Banking, Wealth Management and Investment Services, Payment Services, and Treasury and Corporate Support. These operating segments are components of the Company about which financial information is prepared and is evaluated regularly by management in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
Basis for Financial Presentation
 Business line results are derived from the Company’s business unit profitability reporting systems by specifically attributing managed balance sheet assets, deposits and other liabilities and their related income or expense. Refer to Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the business lines’ basis for financial presentation.
Designations, assignments and allocations change from time to time as management systems are enhanced, methods of evaluating performance or product lines change or business segments are realigned to better respond to the Company’s diverse customer base. During 2020,2021, certain organization and methodology changes were made and, accordingly, 20192020 results were restated and presented on a comparable basis.
Corporate and Commercial Banking
Corporate and Commercial Banking offers lending, equipment finance and small-ticket leasing, depository services, treasury management, capital markets services, international trade services and other financial services to middle market, large corporate, commercial real estate, financial institution,
non-profit
and public sector clients. Corporate and Commercial Banking contributed $421$378 million of the Company’s net income in the thirdsecond quarter and $1.2 billion$802 million in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, or a decrease of $196 million (34.1 percent) and an increase of $15$86 million (3.7 percent) and a decrease of $114 million (8.9(12.0 percent), respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020.
Net revenue increased $89decreased $279 million (9.1(22.9 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $387$404 million (13.0(17.8 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis, increased $41decreased $195 million (5.3(22.2 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $180$308 million (7.8(18.5 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. The increasesdecreases were primarily due to stronglower loan growth, and higher noninterest-bearing and interest-bearingbalances as well as the impact of declining interest rates on the margin benefit from deposits, partially offset by favorable deposit mix with higher noninterest-bearing deposit balances, higher loan fees and slightly higher loan spreads. Loan balances increased significantly in the impact on net interest marginsecond quarter of changes2020 as corporate customers utilized lines of credit to build liquidity during the pandemic. These balances were substantially repaid in loan mix and lower spreads on loans, reflecting changing interest rates given the current economic environment.2020. Noninterest income increased $48decreased $84 million (22.6(24.8 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $207$96 million (31.2(15.7 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily driven by lower capital markets activities, including trading revenue, partially offset by higher
non-yield
loan fees on unused commitments and stronger treasury management revenue due to core growth driven by the economic recovery as well as higher corporate bond issuance fees and trading revenueInternal Revenue Service volumes as a result of the extended 2019 tax return filing deadline. Capital markets activities were substantially higher in the second quarter of 2020 as corporate customers accessedincreased liquidity given the fixed income capital markets for bond issuances.pandemic and significant decline in longer term interest rates.
Noninterest expense increased $18decreased $19 million (4.5(4.4 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $50$57 million (4.1(6.5 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily driven by higher compensation expense due to merit increases and variable compensation related to fixed income capital markets businesslower production and higherincentives, lower FDIC insurance expense and higher capitalized loan costs. The decrease in noninterest expense in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, was partially offset by loweran increase in net shared services expense driven by technology development and lower other noninterest expense due to a reductioninvestment in travel as a resultinfrastructure.
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COVID-19.
The provision for credit losses increased $51$1 million (4.5 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, compared with the third quarter of 2019, primarily due to higher net charge-offs, partially offset by a favorable changean increase in the reserve allocation driven by payoffsloan growth in the second quarter of funded exposures net2021 compared to a decline in end of period outstanding loan balances in the impactsecond quarter of credit risk rating downgrades.2020. The provision for credit losses increased $490decreased $463 million in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the first ninesix months of 2019,2020, primarily due to an unfavorable changea decrease in the reserve allocation based on economic risks related to
COVID-19driven by improving credit risk ratings.
in the portfolio, along with higher net charge-offs.
Consumer and Business Banking
 Consumer and Business Banking delivers products and services through banking offices, telephone servicing and sales,
on-line
services, direct mail, ATM processing and mobile devices. It encompasses community banking, metropolitan banking and indirect lending, as well as mortgage banking. Consumer and Business Banking contributed $758$739 million of the Company’s net income in the thirdsecond quarter and $2.1$1.4 billion in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, or increases of $103$83 million (15.7(12.7 percent) and $241$126 million (13.3(10.0 percent), respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020.
Net revenue increased $226decreased $65 million (10.0(2.8 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $650$113 million (9.9(2.4 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis, was essentially flatincreased $175 million (11.9 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and decreased $151$270 million (3.2(9.0 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, reflecting the impact of declining interest rates on the margin benefit from deposits, offset by higher noninterest-bearing and interest-bearingcontinued strong growth in deposit balances as well as favorable deposit mix, favorable loan spreads driven by growth in installment loans and GNMA buybacks, and higher loan growthfees driven in part by loans made underloan forgiveness related to the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program and higher GNMA buybacks. Noninterest income increased $225 million
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(33.8 percent) in the third quarter and $801 million (45.3 percent) in the first nine months of 2020, compared with the same periods of 2019, primarily due to higher mortgage banking revenue driven by mortgage production and gain on sale margins, partially offset by declines in the valuation of MSRs, net of hedging activities. Other noninterest income increased primarily due to higher than expected retail leasing end of term residual gains. TheProgram. These increases in noninterestnet interest income were partially offset by lower deposit service chargesspreads. Noninterest income decreased $240 million (27.1 percent) in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, primarily due to lower volume.
Noninterest expense increased $84 million (6.3 percent)mortgage banking revenue reflecting lower production volume and related gain on sale margins as refinancing activities decline, partially offset by an increase in the third quarterfair value of MSRs, net of hedging activities. Partially offsetting the decline in mortgage banking revenue, retail product fees were stronger driven by retail leasing end of term residual gains and $238related fees while deposit service charges increased as a result of customer activity and higher ATM processing revenue. Noninterest income decreased $383 million (6.1(23.8 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2021, compared with the first six months of 2020, primarily due to lower mortgage banking revenue reflecting lower production volume and related gain on sale margins, along with a reduction in the fair value of MSRs, net of hedging activities, partially offset by higher retail product fees.
Noninterest expense increased $31 million (2.3 percent) in the second quarter and $92 million (3.4 percent) in the first six months of 2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily due to higherincreases in net shared services expense reflectingdue to investments in digital capabilities. Noninterest expense further increased in the impactfirst six months of investment in infrastructure supporting business growth and2021, compared with the first six months of 2020, due to higher variable compensation related to strong mortgage banking origination activities, partially offset by lower other noninterest expense due to a reduction in travel as a result of
COVID-19.
activities. The provision for credit losses increased $4decreased $206 million (5.8 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $373 million in the first six months of 2020,2021, compared with the third quartersame periods of 2019,2020, due to an unfavorable changea decrease in the reserve allocation mostly offset byprimarily reflecting lower net charge-offs reflecting stabilitydelinquency rates in credit qualityconsumer portfolios and a reduction in end of period outstanding loan balances. The provision for credit losses increased $88 million (40.4 percent)balances in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with loan growth in the first ninesix months of 2019, due to an unfavorable change in the reserve allocation and higher net charge-offs reflecting deterioration in credit quality as compared with the prior year.2020.
Wealth Management and Investment Services
 Wealth Management and Investment Services provides private banking, financial advisory services, investment management, retail brokerage services, insurance, trust, custody and fund servicing through four businesses: Wealth Management, Global Corporate Trust & Custody, U.S. Bancorp Asset Management and Fund Services. Wealth Management and Investment Services contributed $168$149 million of the Company’s net income in the thirdsecond quarter and $567$333 million in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, or decreases of $61$56 million (26.6(27.3 percent) and $113$92 million (16.6(21.6 percent), respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020.
Net revenue decreased $40$35 million (5.3(4.7 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $46$87 million (2.1(5.7 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis, decreased $55$83 million (18.6(33.2 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $115$164 million (12.9(30.7 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily due to the impact of declining interest rates on the margin benefit from deposits given lower interest rates, partially offset by higher noninterest-bearing deposit balances and changes infavorable deposit mix. The decrease in net interest income in the first nine months of 2020, compared with the first nine months of 2019, was further offset by higher interest-bearing deposit balances. Noninterest income increased $15$48 million (3.3(9.6 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $69$77 million (5.2(7.7 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily due to the impact of favorable market conditions andcore business growth on trust and investment management fees and favorable market conditions, partially offset by higher fee waivers related to the money market funds.
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 Table 11
   Line of Business Financial Performance
  
Corporate and
Commercial Banking
       
Consumer and
Business Banking
    
Three Month Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2021   2020   Percent
Change
       2021  2020   Percent
Change
    
Condensed Income Statement
              
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $683   $878    (22.2)%     $1,650  $1,475    11.9  
Noninterest income
  255    339    (24.8     646   886    (27.1  
Total net revenue
  938    1,217    (22.9     2,296   2,361    (2.8  
Noninterest expense
  411    430    (4.4     1,404   1,372    2.3   
Other intangibles
                3   4    (25.0  
Total noninterest expense
  411    430    (4.4     1,407   1,376    2.3   
Income (loss) before provision and income taxes
  527    787    (33.0     889   985    (9.7  
Provision for credit losses
  23    22    4.5      (96  110    *   
Income (loss) before income taxes
  504    765    (34.1     985   875    12.6   
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
  126    191    (34.0     246   219    12.3   
Net income (loss)
  378    574    (34.1     739   656    12.7   
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                          
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $378   $574    (34.1    $739  $656    12.7   
Average Balance Sheet
              
Commercial
 $74,302   $100,843    (26.3)%     $13,606  $12,808    6.2  
Commercial real estate
  20,834    22,077    (5.6     14,900   16,320    (8.7  
Residential mortgages
  1    3    (66.7     67,990   66,652    2.0   
Credit card
                          
Other retail
  8    7    14.3      55,974   54,430    2.8   
Total loans
  95,145    122,930    (22.6     152,470   150,210    1.5   
Goodwill
  1,647    1,647          3,475   3,475       
Other intangible assets
  5    6    (16.7     2,827   1,935    46.1   
Assets
  107,058    135,484    (21.0     173,285   167,514    3.4   
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  54,958    38,749    41.8      40,477   34,499    17.3   
Interest checking
  12,704    15,048    (15.6     75,121   58,776    27.8   
Savings products
  46,180    57,815    (20.1     83,262   68,780    21.1   
Time deposits
  7,139    22,525    (68.3     15,973   16,602    (3.8  
Total deposits
  120,981    134,137    (9.8     214,833   178,657    20.2   
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  13,200    15,274    (13.6       13,361   13,752    (2.8  
  
Corporate and
Commercial Banking
       
Consumer and
Business Banking
    
Six Month Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2021  2020   Percent
Change
       2021  2020   Percent
Change
    
Condensed Income Statement
             
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $1,355  $1,663    (18.5)%     $3,277  $3,007    9.0  
Noninterest income
  514   610    (15.7     1,224   1,607    (23.8  
Total net revenue
  1,869   2,273    (17.8     4,501   4,614    (2.4  
Noninterest expense
  816   873    (6.5     2,783   2,689    3.5   
Other intangibles
               6   8    (25.0  
Total noninterest expense
  816   873    (6.5     2,789   2,697    3.4   
Income (loss) before provision and income taxes
  1,053   1,400    (24.8     1,712   1,917    (10.7  
Provision for credit losses
  (17  446    *      (140  233    *   
Income (loss) before income taxes
  1,070   954    12.2      1,852   1,684    10.0   
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
  268   238    12.6      463   421    10.0   
Net income (loss)
  802   716    12.0      1,389   1,263    10.0   
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                         
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $802  $716    12.0     $1,389  $1,263    10.0   
Average Balance Sheet
             
Commercial
 $74,177  $91,504    (18.9)%     $13,493  $10,834    24.5  
Commercial real estate
  20,820   21,632    (3.8     15,026   16,314    (7.9  
Residential mortgages
  1   3    (66.7     69,031   66,641    3.6   
Credit card
                         
Other retail
  8   8          55,272   54,673    1.1   
Total loans
  95,006   113,147    (16.0     152,822   148,462    2.9   
Goodwill
  1,647   1,647          3,475   3,525    (1.4  
Other intangible assets
  5   7    (28.6     2,660   2,173    22.4   
Assets
  107,037   125,394    (14.6     174,399   164,690    5.9   
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  53,027   34,074    55.6      39,757   31,130    27.7   
Interest checking
  12,870   14,559    (11.6     72,424   55,871    29.6   
Savings products
  46,156   53,019    (12.9     81,710   66,461    22.9   
Time deposits
  7,873   20,456    (61.5     16,418   16,556    (.8  
Total deposits
  119,926   122,108    (1.8     210,309   170,018    23.7   
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  13,455   14,631    (8.0       13,460   13,389    .5   
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    Wealth Management and
Investment Services
   Payment Services   Treasury and Corporate Support   Consolidated Company 
    2021  2020  Percent
Change
   2021   2020  Percent
Change
   2021  2020  Percent
Change
   2021  2020  Percent
Change
 
 
 
    
 
                  
 $167  $250   (33.2)%   $596   $610   (2.3)%   $68  $11   *  $3,164  $3,224   (1.9)% 
     547   499   9.6    913    658   38.8    258   232   11.2    2,619   2,614   .2 
  714   749   (4.7   1,509    1,268   19.0    326   243   34.2    5,783   5,838   (.9
  501   474   5.7    794    741   7.2    237   258   (8.1   3,347   3,275   2.2 
     4   3   33.3    33    36   (8.3             40   43   (7.0
     505   477   5.9    827    777   6.4    237   258   (8.1   3,387   3,318   2.1 
  209   272   (23.2   682    491   38.9    89   (15  *    2,396   2,520   (4.9
     10   (2  *    91    (31  *    (198  1,638   *    (170  1,737   * 
  199   274   (27.4   591    522   13.2    287   (1,653  *    2,566   783   * 
     50   69   (27.5   148    131   13.0    8   (522  *    578   88   * 
  149   205   (27.3   443    391   13.3    279   (1,131  *    1,988   695   * 
                          (6  (6      (6  (6   
    $149  $205   (27.3  $443   $391   13.3   $273  $(1,137  *   $1,982  $689   * 
                   
 $4,953  $4,523   9.5  $8,707   $8,529   2.1  $1,406  $1,336   5.2  $102,974  $128,039   (19.6)% 
  525   590   (11.0              2,305   2,101   9.7    38,564   41,088   (6.1
  5,358   4,464   20.0               2   3   (33.3   73,351   71,122   3.1 
            21,116    21,510   (1.8             21,116   21,510   (1.8
     2,090   1,629   28.3    207    282   (26.6             58,279   56,348   3.4 
  12,926   11,206   15.3    30,030    30,321   (1.0   3,713   3,440   7.9    294,284   318,107   (7.5
  1,618   1,616   .1    3,177    3,101   2.5              9,917   9,839   .8 
  84   40   *    519    590   (12.0             3,435   2,571   33.6 
  15,916   14,335   11.0    35,620    35,011   1.7    219,486   191,962   14.3    551,365   544,306   1.3 
  22,249   16,396   35.7    5,030    3,165   58.9    2,583   2,297   12.5    125,297   95,106   31.7 
  15,076   9,723   55.1               455   242   88.0    103,356   83,789   23.4 
  45,385   53,466   (15.1   141    115   22.6    807   753   7.2    175,775   180,929   (2.8
     685   2,277   (69.9       2   *    985   2,073   (52.5   24,782   43,479   (43.0
  83,395   81,862   1.9    5,171    3,282   57.6    4,830   5,365   (10.0   429,210   403,303   6.4 
     2,640   2,481   6.4    7,413    6,975   6.3    16,348   13,759   18.8    52,962   52,241   1.4 
    Wealth Management and
Investment Services
   
Payment
Services
   
Treasury and
Corporate Support
   
Consolidated
Company
 
    2021  2020   Percent
Change
   2021   2020   Percent
Change
   2021  2020  Percent
Change
   2021  2020  Percent
Change
 
                     
 $370  $534    (30.7)%   $1,225   $1,267    (3.3)%   $26  $   *  $6,253  $6,471   (3.4)% 
     1,078   1,001    7.7    1,698    1,452    16.9    486   469   3.6    5,000   5,139   (2.7
  1,448   1,535    (5.7   2,923    2,719    7.5    512   469   9.2    11,253   11,610   (3.1
  980   941    4.1    1,561    1,495    4.4    548   551   (.5   6,688   6,549   2.1 
     6   6        66    71    (7.0             78   85   (8.2
     986   947    4.1    1,627    1,566    3.9    548   551   (.5   6,766   6,634   2.0 
  462   588    (21.4   1,296    1,153    12.4    (36  (82  56.1    4,487   4,976   (9.8
     18   21    (14.3   50    231    (78.4   (908  1,799   *    (997  2,730   * 
  444   567    (21.7   1,246    922    35.1    872   (1,881  *    5,484   2,246   * 
     111   142    (21.8   312    231    35.1    57   (660  *    1,211   372   * 
  333   425    (21.6   934    691    35.2    815   (1,221  *    4,273   1,874   * 
                            (11  (14  21.4    (11  (14  21.4 
    $333  $425    (21.6  $934   $691    35.2   $804  $(1,235  *   $4,262  $1,860   * 
                     
 $4,897  $4,357    12.4  $8,488   $9,036    (6.1)%   $1,480  $1,282   15.4  $102,535  $117,013   (12.4)% 
  520   563    (7.6               2,309   2,074   11.3    38,675   40,583   (4.7
  5,237   4,360    20.1                2   3   (33.3   74,271   71,007   4.6 
             21,130    22,673    (6.8             21,130   22,673   (6.8
     2,034   1,629    24.9    213    296    (28.0             57,527   56,606   1.6 
  12,688   10,909    16.3    29,831    32,005    (6.8   3,791   3,359   12.9    294,138   307,882   (4.5
  1,618   1,617    .1    3,176    2,977    6.7              9,916   9,766   1.5 
  63   42    50.0    531    573    (7.3             3,259   2,795   16.6 
  15,800   14,153    11.6    35,359    36,647    (3.5   217,462   178,672   21.7    550,057   519,556   5.9 
  21,318   14,848    43.6    5,146    2,318    *    2,596   2,254   15.2    121,844   84,624   44.0 
  14,492   9,898    46.4                601   245   *    100,387   80,573   24.6 
  50,892   55,073    (7.6   137    114    20.2    807   795   1.5    179,702   175,462   2.4 
     1,043   2,224    (53.1       2    *    528   3,156   (83.3   25,862   42,394   (39.0
  87,745   82,043    7.0    5,283    2,434    *    4,532   6,450   (29.7   427,795   383,053   11.7 
     2,607   2,475    5.3    7,535    7,042    7.0    15,789   14,156   11.5    52,846   51,693   2.2 
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Noninterest expense increased $31$28 million (7.0(5.9 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $72$39 million (5.5(4.1 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, reflecting increasedhigher compensation expense as a result of performance-based incentives, merit increases, and revenue-related compensation, along with an increase in net shared services expense due to technology development and higher compensation expense due to the impact of merit increases. In addition, other noninterest expense was higher due to the allocation to the business line of legal costs previously reserved for, partially offset by a reduction in travel as a result of
COVID-19.
expense. The provision for credit losses increased $11$12 million in the thirdsecond quarter and $33 million in the first nine months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periodssecond quarter of 2019,2020, reflecting unfavorable changesan increase in the reserve allocation primarily driven by downgrades withinloan balance growth and stable credit quality relative to credit quality improvement in the loan portfolio.second quarter of 2020. The provision for credit losses decreased $3 million (14.3 percent) in the first six months of 2021, compared with the first six months of 2020, reflecting a favorable change in the reserve allocation in the first quarter of 2021 driven by stable credit quality.
Payment Services
 Payment Services includes consumer and business credit cards, stored-value cards, debit cards, corporate, government and purchasing card services, consumer lines of credit and merchant processing. Payment Services contributed $313$443 million of the Company’s net income in the thirdsecond quarter and $988$934 million in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, or decreasesincreases of $85$52 million (21.4(13.3 percent) and $82$243 million (7.7(35.2 percent), respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020.
Net revenue decreased $85increased $241 million (5.4(19.0 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $389$204 million (8.5(7.5 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis, increased $5decreased $14 million (0.8(2.3 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $53$42 million (2.9(3.3 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily due to favorable margin benefit from depositslower loan balances partly due to higher credit card payment rates, and lower loan fees, partially offset by higher loan yields and higher deposit balances as a result of state unemployment programs utilizing prepaid cards, partially offset by lower loan volume, loan spreads and balance transfer loan fees.debit cards. Noninterest income decreased
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   Line of Business Financial Performance
  
Corporate and
Commercial Banking
       
Consumer and
Business Banking
    
Three Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2020   2019   Percent
Change
       2020   2019   Percent
Change
    
Condensed Income Statement
               
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $808   $767    5.3    $1,603   $1,602    .1  
Noninterest income
  260    212    22.6      891    666    33.8   
Total net revenue
  1,068    979    9.1      2,494    2,268    10.0   
Noninterest expense
  416    397    4.8      1,406    1,321    6.4   
Other intangibles
      1    *      4    5    (20.0  
Total noninterest expense
  416    398    4.5      1,410    1,326    6.3   
Income before provision and income taxes
  652    581    12.2      1,084    942    15.1   
Provision for credit losses
  90    39    *      73    69    5.8   
Income before income taxes
  562    542    3.7      1,011    873    15.8   
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
  141    136    3.7      253    218    16.1   
Net income (loss)
  421    406    3.7      758    655    15.7   
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                           
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $421   $406    3.7     $758   $655    15.7   
Average Balance Sheet
               
Commercial
 $86,030   $78,718    9.3    $14,879   $9,711    53.2  
Commercial real estate
  22,119    20,031    10.4      16,048    16,111    (.4  
Residential mortgages
  2    4    (50.0     71,092    64,631    10.0   
Credit card
                           
Other retail
  7    7          54,760    55,487    (1.3  
Total loans
  108,158    98,760    9.5      156,779    145,940    7.4   
Goodwill
  1,647    1,647          3,475    3,475       
Other intangible assets
  6    8    (25.0     1,942    2,444    (20.5  
Assets
  121,014    109,480    10.5      175,760    160,863    9.3   
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  43,302    29,058    49.0      39,941    28,590    39.7   
Interest checking
  12,271    11,633    5.5      62,040    51,015    21.6   
Savings products
  54,298    43,891    23.7      72,521    62,591    15.9   
Time deposits
  15,879    16,563    (4.1     15,321    15,981    (4.1  
Total deposits
  125,750    101,145    24.3      189,823    158,177    20.0   
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  16,541    15,580    6.2        15,111    15,229    (.8  
  
Corporate and
Commercial Banking
       
Consumer and
Business Banking
    
Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 2020   2019   Percent
Change
       2020   2019   Percent
Change
    
Condensed Income Statement
               
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $2,498   $2,318    7.8    $4,629   $4,780    (3.2)%   
Noninterest income
  870    663    31.2      2,569    1,768    45.3   
Total net revenue
  3,368    2,981    13.0      7,198    6,548    9.9   
Noninterest expense
  1,278    1,225    4.3      4,145    3,904    6.2   
Other intangibles
      3    *      12    15    (20.0  
Total noninterest expense
  1,278    1,228    4.1      4,157    3,919    6.1   
Income before provision and income taxes
  2,090    1,753    19.2      3,041    2,629    15.7   
Provision for credit losses
  536    46    *      306    218    40.4   
Income before income taxes
  1,554    1,707    (9.0     2,735    2,411    13.4   
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
  389    428    (9.1     685    602    13.8   
Net income (loss)
  1,165    1,279    (8.9     2,050    1,809    13.3   
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                           
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $1,165   $1,279    (8.9    $2,050   $1,809    13.3   
Average Balance Sheet
               
Commercial
 $89,670   $78,436    14.3    $12,193   $9,625    26.7  
Commercial real estate
  21,798    20,341    7.2      16,222    16,092    .8   
Residential mortgages
  3    5    (40.0     68,138    63,214    7.8   
Credit card
                           
Other retail
  7    3    *      54,703    54,931    (.4  
Total loans
  111,478    98,785    12.8      151,256    143,862    5.1   
Goodwill
  1,647    1,647          3,508    3,475    .9   
Other intangible assets
  6    9    (33.3     2,095    2,679    (21.8  
Assets
  123,929    108,539    14.2      168,419    157,708    6.8   
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  37,129    29,435    26.1      34,167    27,402    24.7   
Interest checking
  13,787    11,308    21.9      57,980    51,154    13.3   
Savings products
  53,432    42,522    25.7      68,525    61,992    10.5   
Time deposits
  18,919    17,501    8.1      16,144    15,446    4.5   
Total deposits
  123,267    100,766    22.3      176,816    155,994    13.3   
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  16,548    15,453    7.1        15,038    15,117    (.5  
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Wealth Management and
Investment Services
   
Payment
Services
   
Treasury and
Corporate Support
   
Consolidated
Company
 
    2020  2019   Percent
Change
   2020   2019   Percent
Change
   2020  2019  Percent
Change
   2020  2019  Percent
Change
 
 
 
    
 
                    
 $240  $295    (18.6)%   $634   $629    .8  $(33 $13   *  $3,252  $3,306   (1.6)% 
     469   454    3.3    867    957    (9.4   225   325   (30.8   2,712   2,614   3.7 
  709   749    (5.3   1,501    1,586    (5.4   192   338   (43.2   5,964   5,920   .7 
  470   439    7.1    800    762    5.0    235   183   28.4    3,327   3,102   7.3 
     3   3        37    33    12.1              44   42   4.8 
     473   442    7.0    837    795    5.3    235   183   28.4    3,371   3,144   7.2 
  236   307    (23.1   664    791    (16.1   (43  155   *    2,593   2,776   (6.6
     12   1    *    246    260    (5.4   214   (2  *    635   367   73.0 
  224   306    (26.8   418    531    (21.3   (257  157   *    1,958   2,409   (18.7
     56   77    (27.3   105    133    (21.1   (183  (72  *    372   492   (24.4
  168   229    (26.6   313    398    (21.4   (74  229   *    1,586   1,917   (17.3
                            (6  (9  33.3    (6  (9  33.3 
    $168  $229    (26.6  $313   $398    (21.4  $(80 $220   *   $1,580  $1,908   (17.2
                     
 $4,420  $4,110    7.5  $8,859   $10,017    (11.6)%   $1,301  $1,104   17.8  $115,489  $103,660   11.4
  608   524    16.0                2,154   2,324   (7.3   40,929   38,990   5.0 
  4,692   3,973    18.1                          75,786   68,608   10.5 
             22,052    23,681    (6.9             22,052   23,681   (6.9
     1,738   1,657    4.9    257    346    (25.7             56,762   57,497   (1.3
  11,458   10,264    11.6    31,168    34,044    (8.4   3,455   3,428   .8    311,018   292,436   6.4 
  1,618   1,617    .1    3,123    2,825    10.5              9,863   9,564   3.1 
  37   47    (21.3   602    548    9.9              2,587   3,047   (15.1
  14,562   13,548    7.5    36,191    39,879    (9.2   189,375   157,684   20.1    536,902   481,454   11.5 
  16,797   13,613    23.4    6,886    1,266    *    2,449   2,067   18.5    109,375   74,594   46.6 
  9,996   9,127    9.5                187   232   (19.4   84,494   72,007   17.3 
  49,933   53,452    (6.6   123    115    7.0    739   774   (4.5   177,614   160,823   10.4 
     2,235   3,418    (34.6   1    2    (50.0   604   6,545   (90.8   34,040   42,509   (19.9
  78,961   79,610    (.8   7,010    1,383    *    3,979   9,618   (58.6   405,523   349,933   15.9 
     2,482   2,456    1.1    6,219    6,102    1.9    12,063   13,925   (13.4   52,416   53,292   (1.6
    
Wealth Management and
Investment Services
   
Payment
Services
   
Treasury and
Corporate Support
   
Consolidated
Company
 
    2020  2019   Percent
Change
   2020   2019   Percent
Change
   2020  2019  Percent
Change
   2020  2019  Percent
Change
 
                     
  $779  $894    (12.9)%      $1,888   $1,835    2.9%      $(71 $97   *%      $9,723  $9,924   (2.0)% 
     1,399   1,330    5.2    2,319    2,761    (16.0   694   873   (20.5   7,851   7,395   6.2 
  2,178   2,224    (2.1   4,207    4,596    (8.5   623   970   (35.8   17,574   17,319   1.5 
  1,380   1,308    5.5    2,303    2,231    3.2    770   592   30.1    9,876   9,260   6.7 
     9   9        108    97    11.3              129   124   4.0 
 ��   1,389   1,317    5.5    2,411    2,328    3.6    770   592   30.1    10,005   9,384   6.6 
  789   907    (13.0   1,796    2,268    (20.8   (147  378   *    7,569   7,935   (4.6
     33       *    477    841    (43.3   2,013   4   *    3,365   1,109   * 
  756   907    (16.6   1,319    1,427    (7.6   (2,160  374   *    4,204   6,826   (38.4
     189   227    (16.7   331    357    (7.3   (850  (241  *    744   1,373   (45.8
  567   680    (16.6   988    1,070    (7.7   (1,310  615   *    3,460   5,453   (36.5
                            (20  (25  20.0    (20  (25  20.0 
    $567  $680    (16.6  $988   $1,070    (7.7  $(1,330 $590   *   $3,440  $5,428   (36.6
                     
 $4,373  $3,995    9.5  $8,977   $9,850    (8.9)%   $1,288  $1,051   22.5  $116,501  $102,957   13.2
  578   508    13.8                2,101   2,333   (9.9   40,699   39,274   3.6 
  4,471   3,800    17.7                          72,612   67,019   8.3 
             22,465    23,040    (2.5             22,465   23,040   (2.5
     1,665   1,693    (1.7   283    361    (21.6             56,658   56,988   (.6
  11,087   9,996    10.9    31,725    33,251    (4.6   3,389   3,384   .1    308,935   289,278   6.8 
  1,617   1,617        3,027    2,815    7.5              9,799   9,554   2.6 
  40   50    (20.0   584    532    9.8              2,725   3,270   (16.7
  14,273   13,306    7.3    36,497    39,108    (6.7   182,262   153,555   18.7    525,380   472,216   11.3 
  15,454   13,513    14.4    3,852    1,221    *    2,333   2,140   9.0    92,935   73,711   26.1 
  9,896   8,904    11.1                227   173   31.2    81,890   71,539   14.5 
  53,325   48,050    11.0    117    112    4.5    785   747   5.1    176,184   153,423   14.8 
     2,226   3,653    (39.1   2    2        2,298   8,288   (72.3   39,589   44,890   (11.8
  80,901   74,120    9.1    3,971    1,335    *    5,643   11,348   (50.3   390,598   343,563   13.7 
     2,475   2,443    1.3    6,056    6,037    .3    11,819   13,396   (11.8   51,936   52,446   (1.0
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$90increased $255 million (9.4(38.8 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $442$246 million (16.0(16.9 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, mainly due to the impactscontinued strengthening of
COVID-19
on consumer and business spending volume in all payments businesses including merchant processing services, corporate payment products,across most sectors driven by government stimulus, local jurisdictions reducing restrictions and credit and debit card revenue. The decreaseconsumer behaviors normalizing. As a result, there was strong growth in credit and debit card revenue due to lower spending volume was offsetdriven by higher net interchange revenue related to sales volume and prepaid card processing activities related to government stimulus programs, as well as stronger transaction and cash advance fees, as a result of state unemployment programs.along with higher corporate payment products revenue driven by improving business spending and higher merchant processing services revenue driven by increased sales volume.
Noninterest expense increased $42$50 million (5.3(6.4 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $83$61 million (3.6(3.9 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, reflecting the timing of marketing campaigns and incremental costs related to the prepaid card business and higher software expense duebusiness. The provision for credit losses increased $122 million in the second quarter of 2021, compared with the second quarter of 2020, driven by loan balance growth in the current period, compared to capital expenditures and acquisitions,a decrease in balances in the prior year, partially offset by lower marketing and business development expense due to the timing of marketing campaigns.delinquency rates in 2021. The provision for credit losses decreased $14$181 million (5.4 percent) in the third quarter and $364 million (43.3(78.4 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2021, compared with the first six months of 2020, compared with the same periods of 2019, reflecting favorable changesprimarily due to a decrease in the reserve allocation driven by lower outstanding loan balances and lower delinquency rates, partially offset by the impact on the allowance for credit losses to recognize the expected losses within the acquired State Farm Bank credit card portfolio. The decrease in the provision for credit losses in the thirdfirst quarter of 2020, compared with the third quarter of 2019, was also2021 due to lower net charge-offs.delinquency rates.
Treasury and Corporate Support
 Treasury and Corporate Support includes the Company’s investment portfolios, funding, capital management, interest rate risk management, income taxes not allocated to the business lines, including most investments in
tax-advantaged
projects, and the residual aggregate of those expenses associated with corporate activities that are managed on a consolidated basis. Treasury and Corporate Support recorded net lossesincome of $80$273 million in the thirdsecond quarter and $1.3 billion$804 million in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with net incomelosses of $220 million$1.1 billion and $590 million, respectively,$1.2 billion in the same periods of 2019.2020, respectively.
Net revenue decreased $146increased $83 million (43.2(34.2 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $347$43 million (35.8(9.2 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019.2020. Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis, decreased $46increased $57 million in the thirdsecond quarter and $168$26 million in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily due to favorable funding and deposit mix, partially offset by higher prepaymentpremium amortization and lower reinvestment yields within the investment portfolio compared with the prior year. Noninterest income decreased $100increased $26 million (30.8(11.2 percent) in the thirdsecond quarter and $179$17 million (20.5(3.6 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily due to lower equity investmenthigher other noninterest income lowerdriven by higher
tax-advantaged
investment syndication revenue, and certain asset impairments as a result of expected branch closures.partially offset by lower securities gains. The decreaseincrease in other noninterest income in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the first ninesix months of 2019,2020, was also due to asset impairments as a resultpartially offset by lower gains on sales of property damage from civil unrestbusinesses in 2021.
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Noninterest expense decreased $21 million (8.1 percent) in the second quarter of 2020, partially offset by gains on the sale of certain businesses in the first quarter of 2020 and higher investment securities gains.
Noninterest expense increased $52$3 million (28.4 percent) in the third quarter and $178 million (30.1(0.5 percent) in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, primarily due to lower
COVID-19
related expenses compared with the recognition ofprior year, including recognizing liabilities related to future delivery exposures for merchant and airline exposureprocessing, and COVID-related expenses, higher compensation expense reflecting merit increases and stock-based compensation, and higher implementation costs of capital investments to support business growth. These increases were partially offset by lower net shared services expense, partially offset by higher compensation expense as a result of merit increases and lower costshigher performance-based incentives, as well as related to
tax-advantaged
projects.payroll taxes and benefits. The provision for credit losses increased $216 milliondecreased $1.8 billion in the thirdsecond quarter and $2.0$2.7 billion in the first ninesix months of 2020,2021, compared with the same periods of 2019,2020, reflecting the residual impact of changes in the allowance for credit losses being impacted by adverseimproving economic conditions andin the expected impactcurrent year, compared to credit losses withindeteriorating conditions in the Company’s loan portfolios due to the COVID-19 pandemic.prior year.
Income taxes are assessed to each line of business at a managerial tax rate of 25.0 percent with the residual tax expense or benefit to arrive at the consolidated effective tax rate included in Treasury and Corporate Support.
NON-GAAP
FINANCIAL MEASURES
In addition to capital ratios defined by banking regulators, the Company considers various other measures when evaluating capital utilization and adequacy, including:
Tangible common equity to tangible assets,
Tangible common equity to risk-weighted assets, and
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology.
These capital measures are viewed by management as useful additional methods of evaluating the Company’s utilization of its capital held and the level of capital available to withstand unexpected negative market or economic conditions. Additionally,
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presentation of these measures allows investors, analysts and banking regulators to assess the Company’s capital position relative to other financial services companies. These capital measures are not defined in generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), or are not currently effective or defined in banking regulations. In addition, certain of these measures differ from currently effective capital ratios defined by banking regulations principally in that the currently effective ratios, which are subject to certain transitional provisions, temporarily exclude the impact of the 2020 adoption of accounting guidance related to impairment of financial instruments based on the CECL methodology. As a result, these capital measures disclosed by the Company may be considered
non-GAAP
financial measures. Management believes this information helps investors assess trends in the Company’s capital adequacy.
The Company also discloses net interest income and related ratios and analysis on a taxable-equivalent basis, which may also be considered
non-GAAP
financial measures. The Company believes this presentation to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income as it provides a relevant comparison of net interest income arising from taxable and
tax-exempt
sources. In addition, certain performance measures, including the efficiency ratio and net interest margin utilize net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis.
There may be limits in the usefulness of these measures to investors. As a result, the Company encourages readers to consider the consolidated financial statements and other financial information contained in this report in their entirety, and not to rely on any single financial measure.
 
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The following table shows the Company’s calculation of these
non-GAAP
financial measures:
 
(Dollars in Millions) September 30,
2020
  December 31,
2019
 
Total equity
     $53,195      $52,483 
Preferred stock
  (5,984  (5,984
Noncontrolling interests
  (630  (630
Goodwill (net of deferred tax liability) (1)
  (8,992  (8,788
Intangible assets, other than mortgage servicing rights
  (676  (677
Tangible common equity (a)
  36,913   36,404 
Common equity tier 1 capital, determined in accordance with transitional regulatory capital requirements related to the CECL methodology implementation
  37,485  
Adjustments (2)
  (1,733 
Common equity tier 1 capital, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology (b)
  35,752  
Total assets
  540,455   495,426 
Goodwill (net of deferred tax liability) (1)
  (8,992  (8,788
Intangible assets, other than mortgage servicing rights
  (676  (677
Tangible assets (c)
  530,787   485,961 
Risk-weighted assets, determined in accordance with prescribed regulatory capital requirements effective for the Company (d)
  397,657   391,269 
Adjustments (3)
  (1,449 
Risk-weighted assets, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology (e)
  396,208  
Ratios
  
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (a)/(c)
  7.0  7.5
Tangible common equity to risk-weighted assets (a)/(d)
  9.3   9.3 
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology (b)/(e)
  9.0  
  Three Months Ended
September 30
   Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
  2020  2019   2020  2019 
Net interest income
 $3,227  $3,281   $9,650  $9,845 
Taxable-equivalent adjustment (4)
  25   25    73   79 
Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis
  3,252   3,306    9,723   9,924 
 
Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis (as calculated above)
  3,252   3,306    9,723   9,924 
Noninterest income
  2,712   2,614    7,851   7,395 
Less: Securities gains (losses), net
  12   25    143   47 
Total net revenue, excluding net securities gains (losses) (f)
  5,952   5,895    17,431   17,272 
 
Noninterest expense (g)
  3,371   3,144    10,005   9,384 
 
Efficiency ratio (g)/(f)
  56.6  53.3%       57.4  54.3
(Dollars in Millions) June 30,
2021
  December 31,
2020
 
Total equity
     $53,674  $53,725 
Preferred stock
  (5,968  (5,983
Noncontrolling interests
  (635  (630
Goodwill (net of deferred tax liability) (1)
  (8,987  (9,014
Intangible assets, other than mortgage servicing rights
  (650  (654
Tangible common equity (a)
  37,434   37,444 
Common equity tier 1 capital, determined in accordance with transitional regulatory capital requirements related to the CECL methodology implementation
  39,691   38,045 
Adjustments (2)
  (1,732  (1,733
Common equity tier 1 capital, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology (b)
  37,959   36,312 
Total assets
  558,886   553,905 
Goodwill (net of deferred tax liability) (1)
  (8,987  (9,014
Intangible assets, other than mortgage servicing rights
  (650  (654
Tangible assets (c)
  549,249   544,237 
Risk-weighted assets, determined in accordance with prescribed regulatory capital requirements effective for the Company (d)
  401,301   393,648 
Adjustments (3)
  (1,027  (1,471
Risk-weighted assets, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology (e)
  400,274   392,177 
Ratios
  
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (a)/(c)
  6.8  6.9
Tangible common equity to risk-weighted assets (a)/(d)
  9.3   9.5 
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, reflecting the full implementation of the CECL methodology (b)/(e)
  9.5   9.3 
  Three Months Ended
June 30
  Six Months Ended
June 30
 
  2021  2020  2021  2020 
Net interest income
 $3,137  $3,200  $6,200  $6,423 
Taxable-equivalent adjustment (4)
  27   24   53   48 
Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis
  3,164   3,224   6,253   6,471 
Net interest income, on a taxable-equivalent basis (as calculated above)
  3,164   3,224   6,253   6,471 
Noninterest income
  2,619   2,614   5,000   5,139 
Less: Securities gains (losses), net
  43   81   68   131 
Total net revenue, excluding net securities gains (losses) (f)
  5,740   5,757   11,185   11,479 
 
Noninterest expense (g)
  3,387   3,318   6,766   6,634 
 
Efficiency ratio (g)/(f)
  59.0  57.6  60.5  57.8
 
(1)
Includes goodwill related to certain investments in unconsolidated financial institutions per prescribed regulatory requirements.
(2)
Includes the estimated increase in the allowance for credit losses related to the adoption of the CECL methodology net of deferred taxes.
(3)
Includes the impact of the estimated increase in the allowance for credit losses related to the adoption of the CECL methodology.
(4)
Based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent for those assets and liabilities whose income or expense is not included for federal income tax purposes.
 
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company comply with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and conform to general practices within the banking industry. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions. The Company’s financial position and results of operations can be affected by these estimates and assumptions, which are integral to understanding the Company’s financial statements. Critical accounting policies are those policies management believes are the most important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results, and require management to make estimates that are difficult, subjective or complex. Most accounting policies are not considered by management to be critical accounting policies. Management has discussed the development and the selection of critical accounting policies with the Company’s Audit Committee. Those policies considered to be critical accounting policies relate to the allowance for credit losses, fair value estimates, MSRs, and income taxes.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Management’s evaluation of the appropriate allowance for credit losses is often the most critical of all the These accounting estimates for a banking institution. It is an inherently subjective process impacted by many factors as discussed throughout the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
The methods utilized to estimate the allowance for credit losses, key assumptions and quantitative and qualitative information considered by management in determining the appropriate allowance for credit losses at September 30, 2020 are discussed in the “Credit Risk Management” section. Although methodologies utilized to determine each element of the allowance reflect management’s assessment of credit risk as identified through assessments completed of individual credits and of homogenous pools affected by material credit events, degrees of imprecision exist in these measurement tools due in part to subjective judgments involved and an inherent lag in the data available to quantify current conditions and events that affect credit loss reserve estimates. As discussed in the “Analysis and Determination of Allowance for Credit Losses” section, management considered the effect of changes in economic conditions, risk management practices, and other factors that contributed to imprecision of loss estimates in determining the allowance for credit losses. If not considered, expected losses in the credit portfolio related to imprecision and other subjective factors could have a dramatic adverse impact on the liquidity and financial viability of a banking institution.
Given the many quantitative variables and subjective factors affecting the credit portfolio, changes in the allowance for credit losses may not directly coincide with changes in the risk ratings of the credit portfolio reflected in the risk rating process. This is in part due to the timing of the risk rating process in relation to changes in the business cycle, the exposure and mix of loans within risk rating categories, levels of nonperforming loans and the timing of charge-offs and expected recoveries. The allowance for credit losses on commercial lending segment loans measures the expected loss content on the remaining portfolio exposure, while nonperforming loans and net charge-offs are measures of specific impairment events that have already been confirmed. Therefore, the degree of change in the forward-looking expected loss in the commercial lending allowance may differ from the level of changes in nonperforming loans and net charge-offs. Management maintains an appropriate allowance for credit losses by updating allowance rates to reflect changes in expected losses, including expected changes in economic or business cycle conditions.
Some factors considered in determining the appropriate allowance for credit losses are more readily quantifiable while other factors require extensive qualitative judgment. Management conducts an analysis with respect to the accuracy of risk ratings and the volatility of expected losses, and utilizes this analysis along with qualitative factors that can affect the precision of credit loss estimates, including economic conditions, such as changes in gross domestic product, unemployment or bankruptcy rates, and concentration risks, such as risks associated with specific industries, collateral valuations, and loans to highly leveraged enterprises, in determining the overall level of the allowance for credit losses.
The Company considers a range of economic scenarios in its determination of the allowance for credit losses. These scenarios are constructed with interrelated projections of multiple economic variables, and loss estimates are produced that consider the historical correlation of those economic variables with credit losses, and also the expectation that conditions will eventually normalize over the longer run. Scenarios worse than the Company’s expected outcome at September 30, 2020 include risks that government stimulus in response to the
COVID-19
pandemic is less broad or less effective than expected, or that a longer or more severe health crisis prolongs the downturn in economic activity, reducing the number of businesses that are ultimately able to resume operations after the crisis has passed.
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The Company’s determination of the allowance for commercial lending segment loans is sensitive to the assigned credit risk ratings and expected loss rates at September 30, 2020. If 20 percent of period ending loan balances (including unfunded commitments) within each risk category of risk rated commercial lending loans experienced a downgrade to the next worse risk category, the allowance for credit losses would have increased by approximately $219 million at September 30, 2020. If quantitative loss estimates for commercial lending segment loans increased by 10 percent, the allowance for credit losses would have increased by approximately $343 million at September 30, 2020. The Company believes the allowance for credit losses appropriately considers the imprecision in estimating credit losses based on credit risk ratings and credit loss model estimates, but actual losses may differ from those estimates.
The Company’s determination of the allowance for consumer lending segment loans is sensitive to changes in estimated loss rates and estimated impairments on restructured loans. In the event that estimated losses for this segment of the loan portfolio increased by 10 percent, the allowance for credit losses would have increased by approximately $313 million at September 30, 2020.
Because several quantitative and qualitative factors are considered in determining the allowance for credit losses, these sensitivity analyses do not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the allowance for credit losses. They are intended to provide insights into the impact of adverse changes in risk rating and loss model estimates and do not imply any expectation of future deterioration in the risk rating or loss rates. Given current processes employed by the Company, management believes the risk ratings and loss model estimates currently assigned are appropriate. It is possible that others, given the same information, may at any point in time reach different reasonable conclusions that could be significant to the Company’s financial statements. Refer to the “Analysis and Determination of the Allowance for Credit Losses” section for further information.
Accounting policies related to fair value estimates, MSRs, and income taxes are discussed in detail in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Critical Accounting Policies” and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)). Based upon this evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
During the most recently completed fiscal quarter, there was no change made in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules
13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f)
under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
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Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
(Dollars in Millions) September 30,
2020
  December 31,
2019
 June 30,
2021
 December 31,
2020
 
 (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)   
 
Assets
       
Cash and due from banks
 $  44,047  $  22,405 $ 44,573  $ 62,580 
Available-for-sale
investment securities ($604 and $269 pledged as collateral, respectively) (a)
 134,032  122,613
Loans held for sale (including $7,314 and $5,533 of mortgage loans carried at fair value, respectively)
 7,618  5,578
Available-for-sale
investment securities ($625 and $
402
pledged as collateral, respectively) (a)
 160,288  136,840 
Loans held for sale (including $5,836 and $8,524 of mortgage loans carried at fair value, respectively)
 5,856  8,761 
Loans
       
Commercial
 110,764  103,863 103,521  102,871 
Commercial real estate
 40,380  39,746 38,770  39,311 
Residential mortgages
 76,789  70,586 73,366  76,155 
Credit card
 21,898  24,789 21,816  22,346 
Other retail
 57,154  57,118 59,439  57,024 
Total loans
 306,985  296,102 296,912  297,707 
Less allowance for loan losses
 (7,407)  (4,020) (6,026 (7,314
Net loans
 299,578  292,082 290,886  290,393 
Premises and equipment
 3,516  3,702 3,295  3,468 
Goodwill
 9,889  9,655 9,911  9,918 
Other intangible assets
 2,654  3,223 3,363  2,864 
Other assets (including $1,198 and $951 of trading securities at fair value pledged as collateral, respectively) (a)
 39,121  36,168
Other assets (including $1,105 and $
1,255
of trading securities at fair value pledged as collateral, respectively) (a)
 40,714  39,081 
Total assets
 $540,455  $495,426 $558,886  $553,905 
 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
       
Deposits
       
Noninterest-bearing
 $114,583  $  75,590 $135,143  $118,089 
Interest-bearing (b)
 298,634  286,326 302,039  311,681 
Total deposits
 413,217  361,916 437,182  429,770 
Short-term borrowings
 13,723  23,723 13,413  11,766 
Long-term debt
 42,443  40,167 36,360  41,297 
Other liabilities
 17,877  17,137 18,257  17,347 
Total liabilities
 487,260  442,943 505,212  500,180 
Shareholders’ equity
       
Preferred stock
 5,984  5,984 5,968  5,983 
Common stock, par value $0.01 a share—authorized: 4,000,000,000 shares; issued: 9/30/20 and 12/31/19—2,125,725,742 shares
 21  21
Common stock, par value $0.01 a share—authorized: 4,000,000,000 shares; issued: 6/30/21 and 12/31/20—2,125,725,742 shares
 21  21 
Capital surplus
 8,516  8,475 8,518  8,511 
Retained earnings
 63,391  63,186 67,039  64,188 
Less cost of common stock in treasury: 9/30/20—619,334,565 shares; 12/31/19—591,570,506 shares
 (25,959)  (24,440)
Less cost of common stock in treasury: 6/30/21 - 643,123,106 shares; 12/31/20—618,618,084 shares
 (27,305 (25,930
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 612  (1,373) (1,202 322 
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
 52,565  51,853 53,039  53,095 
Noncontrolling interests
 630  630 635  630 
Total equity
 53,195  52,483 53,674  53,725 
Total liabilities and equity
 $540,455  $495,426 $558,886  $553,905 
 
(a)
Includes only collateral pledged by the Company where counterparties have the right to sell or pledge the collateral.
(b)
Includeslncludes time deposits greater than $250,000 balances of $5.0$2.5 billion and $7.8$4.4 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Income
(Dollars and Shares in Millions, Except Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months
Ended September 30
  
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
 2020  2019  2020  2019 
Interest Income
     
Loans
  $2,892   $3,555   $  9,152   $10,677 
Loans held for sale
  61   48   157   107 
Investment securities
  586   734   1,908   2,184 
Other interest income
  34   100   144   271 
Total interest income
  3,573   4,437   11,361   13,239 
Interest Expense
     
Deposits
  130   744   849   2,201 
Short-term borrowings
  19   97   124   281 
Long-term debt
  197   315   738   912 
Total interest expense
  346   1,156   1,711   3,394 
Net interest income
  3,227   3,281   9,650   9,845 
Provision for credit losses
  635   367   3,365   1,109 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
  2,592   2,914   6,285   8,736 
Noninterest Income
     
Credit and debit card revenue
  388   366   976   1,035 
Corporate payment products revenue
  125   177   371   506 
Merchant processing services
  347   410   950   1,192 
Trust and investment management fees
  434   421   1,295   1,235 
Deposit service charges
  170   234   512   678 
Treasury management fees
  145   139   425   438 
Commercial products revenue
  303   240   904   708 
Mortgage banking revenue
  553   272   1,596   630 
Investment products fees
  48   46   142   138 
Securities gains (losses), net
  12   25   143   47 
Other
  187   284   537   788 
Total noninterest income
  2,712   2,614   7,851   7,395 
Noninterest Expense
     
Compensation
  1,687   1,595   4,992   4,728 
Employee benefits
  335   324   1,001   971 
Net occupancy and equipment
  276   279   823   837 
Professional services
  102   114   307   315 
Marketing and business development
  72   109   213   309 
Technology and communications
  334   277   932   804 
Postage, printing and supplies
  70   74   214   219 
Other intangibles
  44   42   129   124 
Other
  451   330   1,394   1,077 
Total noninterest expense
  3,371   3,144   10,005   9,384 
Income before income taxes
  1,933   2,384   4,131   6,747 
Applicable income taxes
  347   467   671   1,294 
Net income
  1,586   1,917   3,460   5,453 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (6  (9  (20  (25
Net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp
  $1,580   $1,908   $  3,440   $  5,428 
Net income applicable to U.S. Bancorp common shareholders
  $1,494   $1,821   $  3,196   $  5,175 
Earnings per common share
  $    .99   $  1.16   $    2.12   $    3.26 
Diluted earnings per common share
  $    .99   $  1.15   $    2.11   $    3.25 
Average common shares outstanding
  1,506   1,575   1,510   1,589 
Average diluted common shares outstanding
  1,507   1,578   1,511   1,592 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
 
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months
Ended September 30
  
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
 2020  2019  2020  2019 
Net income
  $1,586   $1,917   $3,460   $5,453 
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
     
Changes in unrealized gains and losses on investment securities
available-for-sale
  (305  284   2,935   1,790 
Changes in unrealized gains and losses on derivative hedges
  27   (59  (230  (268
Foreign currency translation
  6   2   (6  10 
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
  23   2   (42  6 
Income taxes related to other comprehensive income (loss)
  63   (58  (672  (389
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
  (186  171   1,985   1,149 
Comprehensive income
  1,400   2,088   5,445   6,602 
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (6  (9  (20  (25
 
Comprehensive income attributable to U.S. Bancorp
  $1,394   $2,079   $5,425   $6,577 
(Dollars and Shares in Millions, Except Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended
June 30
       Six Months Ended
June 30
 
 2021  2020       2021  2020 
Interest Income
                     
Loans
 $2,677  $2,949       $5,401  $6,260 
Loans held for sale
  55   52        122   96 
Investment securities
  618   630        1,135   1,322 
Other interest income
  32   41        65   110 
Total interest income
  3,382   3,672        6,723   7,788 
Interest Expense
                     
Deposits
  82   194        167   719 
Short-term borrowings
  18   34        34   105 
Long-term debt
  145   244        322   541 
Total interest expense
  245   472        523   1,365 
Net interest income
  3,137   3,200        6,200   6,423 
Provision for credit losses
  (170  1,737        (997  2,730 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
  3,307   1,463        7,197   3,693 
Noninterest Income
                     
Credit and debit card revenue
  396   284        732   588 
Corporate payment products revenue
  138   101        264   246 
Merchant processing services
  374   266        692   603 
Trust and investment management fees
  446   434        890   861 
Deposit service charges
  176   133        337   342 
Treasury management fees
  160   137        307   280 
Commercial products revenue
  280   355        560   601 
Mortgage banking revenue
  346   648        645   1,043 
Investment products fees
  60   45        115   94 
Securities gains (losses), net
  43   81        68   131 
Other
  200   130        390   350 
Total noninterest income
  2,619   2,614        5,000   5,139 
Noninterest Expense
                     
Compensation
  1,798   1,685        3,601   3,305 
Employee benefits
  337   314        721   666 
Net occupancy and equipment
  258   271        521   547 
Professional services
  108   106        206   205 
Marketing and business development
  90   67        138   141 
Technology and communications
  362   309        721   598 
Postage, printing and supplies
  65   72        134   144 
Other intangibles
  40   43        78   85 
Other
  329   451        646   943 
Total noninterest expense
  3,387   3,318        6,766   6,634 
Income before income taxes
  2,539   759        5,431   2,198 
Applicable income taxes
  551   64        1,158   324 
Net income
  1,988   695        4,273   1,874 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (6  (6       (11  (14
Net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $1,982  $689       $4,262  $1,860 
Net income applicable to U.S. Bancorp common shareholders
 $1,914  $614       $4,089  $1,702 
Earnings per common share
 $  1.29  $    .41       $  2.73  $  1.13 
Diluted earnings per common share
 $  1.28  $    .41       $  2.73  $  1.12 
Average common shares outstanding
  1,489   1,506        1,495   1,512 
Average diluted common shares outstanding
  1,490   1,507        1,497   1,513 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended
June 30
       Six Months Ended
June 30
 
 2021  2020       2021  2020 
Net income
 $1,988  $695       $4,273  $1,874 
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
                     
Changes in unrealized gains and losses on investment securities
available-for-sale
  1,195   453        (2,183  3,240 
Changes in unrealized gains and losses on derivative hedges
  14   0        113   (257
Foreign currency translation
  (1  1        24   (12
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
  (11  (59       7   (65
Income taxes related to other comprehensive income (loss)
  (304  (100       515   (735
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
  893   295        (1,524  2,171 
Comprehensive income (loss)
  2,881   990        2,749   4,045 
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (6  (6       (11  (14
      
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $2,875  $984       $2,738  $4,031 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity
 
 U.S. Bancorp Shareholders       U.S. Bancorp Shareholders      
(Dollars and Shares in Millions, Except Per
Share Data) (Unaudited)
 Common Shares
Outstanding
 Preferred
Stock
 Common
Stock
 Capital
Surplus
 Retained
Earnings
 Treasury
Stock
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
U.S. Bancorp
Shareholders’
Equity
 Noncontrolling
Interests
 Total
Equity
  Common
Shares
Outstanding
 Preferred
Stock
 Common
Stock
 Capital
Surplus
 Retained
Earnings
 Treasury
Stock
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
U.S. Bancorp
Shareholders’
Equity
 Noncontrolling
Interests
 Total
Equity
 
Balance June 30, 2019
 1,584  $5,984  $21  $8,465  $61,252  $(21,465 $(1,344 $52,913  $627  $53,540 
Balance March 31, 2020
 1,506  $5,984  $21  $8,452  $62,544  $(25,972 $503  $51,532  $630  $52,162 
Net income (loss)
     1,908    1,908  9  1,917          689      689  6  695 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
       171  171   171              295  295    295 
Preferred stock dividends (a)
     (79   (79  (79         (72     (72   (72
Common stock dividends ($.42 per share)
     (662   (662  (662         (635     (635   (635
Issuance of common and treasury stock
 1    (8  36   28   28        (9   10    1    1 
Purchase of treasury stock
 (14     (795  (795  (795
Net other changes in noncontrolling interests
           (6 (6
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
                  (6 (6
Stock option and restricted stock grants
       33        33    33        40        40    40 
 
Balance September 30, 2019
 1,571  $5,984  $21  $8,490  $62,419  $(22,224 $(1,173 $53,517  $630  $54,147 
Balance June 30, 2020
 1,506  $5,984  $21  $8,483  $62,526  $(25,962 $798  $51,850  $630  $52,480  1,506  $5,984  $21  $8,483  $62,526  $(25,962 $798  $51,850  $630  $52,480 
Balance March 31, 2021
 1,497  $5,968  $21  $8,487  $65,740  $(26,443 $(2,095 $51,678  $630  $52,308 
Net income (loss)
     1,580    1,580  6  1,586          1,982      1,982  6  1,988 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
       (186 (186  (186             893  893    893 
Preferred stock dividends (b)
     (79   (79  (79         (58     (58   (58
Common stock dividends ($.42 per share)
     (636   (636  (636         (625     (625   (625
Issuance of common and treasury stock
      (1  3   2   2 
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
           (5 (5
Net other changes in noncontrolling interests
           (1 (1
Stock option and restricted stock grants
       34        34    34 
Balance September 30, 2020
 1,506  $5,984  $21  $8,516  $63,391  $(25,959 $612  $52,565  $630  $53,195 
Balance December 31, 2018
 1,608  $5,984  $21  $8,469  $59,065  $(20,188 $(2,322 $51,029  $628  $51,657 
Change in accounting principle(c)
     2    2   2 
Net income (loss)
     5,428    5,428  25  5,453 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
       1,149  1,149   1,149 
Preferred stock dividends (c)(d)
     (230   (230  (230
Common stock dividends ($1.16 per share)
     (1,846   (1,846  (1,846
Issuance of common and treasury stock
 4    (127  179   52   52  1      (7   25    18    18 
Purchase of treasury stock
 (41     (2,215  (2,215  (2,215 (15         (887   (887   (887
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
           (16 (16                  (6 (6
Net other changes in noncontrolling interests
           (7 (7                  5  5 
Stock option and restricted stock grants
       148        148    148        38        38    38 
 
Balance September 30, 2019
 1,571  $5,984  $21  $8,490  $62,419  $(22,224 $(1,173 $53,517  $630  $54,147 
Balance June 30, 2021
 1,483  $5,968  $21  $8,518  $67,039  $(27,305 $(1,202 $53,039  $635  $53,674 
Balance December 31, 2019
 1,534  $5,984  $21  $8,475  $63,186  $(24,440 $(1,373 $51,853  $630  $52,483  1,534  $5,984  $21  $8,475  $63,186  $(24,440 $(1,373 $51,853  $630  $52,483 
Change in accounting principle (d)
     (1,099   (1,099  (1,099
Change in accounting principle(c)
         (1,099     (1,099   (1,099
Net income (loss)
         1,860      1,860  14  1,874 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
             2,171  2,171    2,171 
Preferred stock dividends (c)(d)
         (150     (150   (150
Common stock dividends ($.84 per share)
         (1,271     (1,271   (1,271
Issuance of common and treasury stock
 3      (117   127    10    10 
Purchase of treasury stock
 (31         (1,649   (1,649   (1,649
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
                  (14 (14
Stock option and restricted stock grants
       125        125    125 
 
Balance June 30, 2020
 1,506  $5,984  $21  $8,483  $62,526  $(25,962 $798  $51,850  $630  $52,480 
Balance December 31, 2020
 1,507  $5,983  $21  $8,511  $64,188  $(25,930 $322  $53,095  $630  $53,725 
Net income (loss)
     3,440    3,440  20  3,460          4,262      4,262  11  4,273 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
       1,985  1,985   1,985              (1,524 (1,524   (1,524
Preferred stock dividends (e)
     (229   (229  (229         (148     (148   (148
Common stock dividends ($1.26 per share)
     (1,907   (1,907  (1,907
Common stock dividends ($.84 per share)
         (1,258     (1,258   (1,258
Issuance of preferred stock
   730            730    730 
Redemption of preferred stock
   (745     (5     (750   (750
Issuance of common and treasury stock
 3    (118  130   12   12  4      (126   162    36    36 
Purchase of treasury stock
 (31     (1,649  (1,649  (1,649 (28         (1,537   (1,537   (1,537
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
           (19 (19                  (11 (11
Net other changes in noncontrolling interests
           (1 (1                  5  5 
Stock option and restricted stock grants
       159        159    159        133        133    133 
 
Balance September 30, 2020
 1,506  $5,984  $21  $8,516  $63,391  $(25,959 $612  $52,565  $630  $53,195 
Balance June 30, 2021
 1,483  $5,968  $21  $8,518  $67,039  $(27,305 $(1,202 $53,039  $635  $53,674 
 
(a)
Reflects dividends declared per share on the Company’s Series A, Series B, Series F, Series H, Series JI and Series K
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock of $894.444, $223.61,$884.722, $221.18, $406.25, $321.88, $662.50$640.625 and $343.75, respectively.
(b)
Reflects dividends declared per share on the Company’s Series A, Series B, Series F, Series H,K, Series JL and Series KM
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock of $894.444, $223.61,$884.722, $221.181, $406.25, $321.88, $662.50$343.75, $234.375 and $343.75,$250.00 respectively.
(c)
Reflects dividends declared per share on the Company’s Series A, Series B, Series F, Series H, Series I, Series J and Series K
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock of $2,760.506, $663.54, $1,218.75, $965.64, $640.625, $1,325.00 and $1,031.25, respectively.
(d)
Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted accounting guidance which changed impairment recognition of financial instruments to a model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Upon adoption, the Company increased its allowance for credit losses and reduced retained earnings net of deferred tax liabilities through a cumulative-effect adjustment.
(e)(d)
Reflects dividends declared per share on the Company’s Series A, Series B, Series F, Series H, Series I, Series J and Series K
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock of $2,663.888, $665.97, $1,218.75, $965.64,$1,769.444, $442.36, $812.50, $643.76, $640.625, $1,325.00$662.50 and $1,031.25,$687.50, respectively.
(e)
Reflects dividends declared per share on the Company’s Series A, Series B, Series F, Series I, Series J, Series K, Series L and Series M
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock of $1,759.722, $439.931, $812.50, $232.953, $662.50, $687.50, $468.75 and $452.778 respectively.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
 Six Months Ended
June 30
 
 2021  2020 
Operating Activities
        
Net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $4,262  $1,860 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
        
Provision for credit losses
  (997  2,730 
Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment
  168   175 
Amortization of intangibles
  78   85 
(Gain) loss on sale of loans held for sale
  (584  (867
(Gain) loss on sale of securities and other assets
  (192  (227
Loans originated for sale, net of repayments
  (37,211  (26,821
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale
  39,789   24,935 
Other, net
  1,207   (369
Net cash provided by operating activities
  6,520   1,501 
Investing Activities
        
Proceeds from sales of
available-for-sale
investment securities
  5,567   13,366 
Proceeds from maturities of
available-for-sale
investment securities
  23,685   13,945 
Purchases of
available-for-sale
investment securities
  (54,911  (30,561
Net decrease (increase) in loans outstanding
  727   (14,245
Proceeds from sales of loans
  2,386   1,014 
Purchases of loans
  (2,574  (1,743
Net decrease in securities purchased under agreements to resell
  131   627 
Other, net
  (367  (398
Net cash used in investing activities
  (25,356  (17,995
Financing Activities
        
Net increase in deposits
  7,412   51,390 
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
  1,647   (3,128
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
  1,152   12,801 
Principal payments or redemption of long-term debt
  (5,928  (11,500
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
  730    
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
  36   10 
Repurchase of preferred stock
  (1,250   
Repurchase of common stock
  (1,537  (1,660
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock
  (165  (150
Cash dividends paid on common stock
  (1,268  (1,282
Net cash provided by financing activities
  829   46,481 
Change in cash and due from banks
  (18,007  29,987 
Cash and due from banks at beginning of period
  62,580   22,405 
Cash and due from banks at end of period
 $44,573  $52,392 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
 Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
 2020  2019 
Operating Activities
  
Net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $3,440  $5,428 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
  
Provision for credit losses
  3,365   1,109 
Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment
  264   248 
Amortization of intangibles
  129   124 
(Gain) loss on sale of loans held for sale
  (1,613  (504
(Gain) loss on sale of securities and other assets
  (274  (351
Loans originated for sale, net of repayments
  (46,456  (24,795
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale
  45,469   23,146 
Other, net
  461   546 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  4,785   4,951 
Investing Activities
  
Proceeds from sales of
available-for-sale
investment securities
  13,920   5,776 
Proceeds from maturities of
held-to-maturity
investment securities
     6,256 
Proceeds from maturities of
available-for-sale
investment securities
  24,992   7,885 
Purchases of
held-to-maturity
investment securities
     (6,701
Purchases of
available-for-sale
investment securities
  (48,481  (20,383
Net increase in loans outstanding
  (3,915  (8,411
Proceeds from sales of loans
  1,429   1,604 
Purchases of loans
  (9,561  (2,818
Net decrease (increase) in securities purchased under agreements to resell
  732   (3,687
Other, net
  (966  (892
Net cash used in investing activities
  (21,850  (21,371
Financing Activities
  
Net increase in deposits
  51,301   14,240 
Net (decrease) increase in short-term borrowings
  (10,000  440 
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
  14,282   7,968 
Principal payments or redemption of long-term debt
  (13,088  (8,225
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
  11   51 
Repurchase of common stock
  (1,660  (2,232
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock
  (222  (223
Cash dividends paid on common stock
  (1,917  (1,780
Net cash provided by financing activities
  38,707   10,239 
Change in cash and due from banks
  21,642   (6,181
Cash and due from banks at beginning of period
  22,405   21,453 
Cash and due from banks at end of period
 $44,047  $15,272 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.Statements
(Unaudited)
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
 Note 1
   Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form
Form 10-Q
and, therefore, do not include all information and notes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations and cash flow activity required in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. In the opinion of management of U.S. Bancorp (the “Company”), all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods have been made. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020. Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
 
 Note 2
 
   Accounting Changes
Financial Instruments—Credit Losses
Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted accounting guidance, issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in June 2016, related to the impairment of financial instruments. This guidance changes impairment recognition to a model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses, which is intended to result in more timely recognition of credit losses. This guidance is also intended to reduce the complexity of accounting guidance by decreasing the number of credit impairment models that entities use to account for debt instruments. In addition, the guidance requires additional credit quality disclosures for loans. Upon adoption, the Company increased its allowance for credit losses by approximately $1.5 billion and reduced retained earnings net of deferred tax balances by approximately $1.1 billion through a cumulative-effect adjustment. The increase in the allowance at adoption was primarily related to the commercial, credit card, installment and other retail loan portfolios where the allowance for loan losses had not previously considered the full term of the loans. The Company has elected to defer the impact of the effect of the guidance at adoption plus 25 percent of its quarterly credit reserve increases over the next two years on its regulatory capital requirements, followed by a transition period to phase in the cumulative deferred impact at 25 percent per year from 2022 to 2025, as provided by rules issued by its regulators.
The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s
available-for-sale
securities as most of this portfolio consists of U.S. Treasury and residential agency mortgage-backed securities that inherently have an immaterial risk of loss.
Reference Interest Rate Transition
In March 2020, the FASB issued accounting guidance, providing temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the guidance in United States generally accepted accounting principles on contract modifications and hedge accounting, to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. Under the guidance, a company can elect not to apply certain modification accounting requirements to contracts affected by the reference rate transition, if certain criteria are met. A company that makes this election would not be required to remeasure the contracts at the modification date or reassess a previous accounting determination. This guidance also permits a company to elect various optional expedients that would allow it to continue applying hedge accounting for hedging relationships affected by reference rate transition, if certain criteria are met. The guidance is effective upon issuance and generally can be applied through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently assessingin the impactprocess of evaluating and applying, as applicable, the optional expedients and exceptions in accounting for eligible contract modifications, eligible existing hedging relationships and new hedging relationships available through December 31, 2022. The adoption of this guidance has not had, and is expected to continue to not have, a material impact on itsthe Company’s financial statements.
 
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 Note 3
 
   Investment Securities
The Company’s
available-for-sale
investment securities are carried at fair value with unrealized net gains or losses reported within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity. The Company had no outstanding investment securities classified as
held-to-maturity
at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020.
The amortized cost, gross unrealized holding gains and losses, and fair value of
available-for-sale
investment securities were as follows:
 
 September 30, 2020 December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021   December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Amortized
Cost
 Unrealized
Gains
 Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
  Amortized
Cost
 Unrealized
Gains
 Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
  Amortized
Cost
   Unrealized
Gains
   Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
   Amortized
Cost
   Unrealized
Gains
   Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $22,029  $541  $(6 $22,564     $19,845  $61  $(67 $19,839  $22,603   $284   $(232 $22,655   $21,954   $462   $(25 $22,391 
Mortgage-backed securities
                               
Residential agency
 96,461  2,023  (22 98,462  93,903  557  (349 94,111  120,052    1,176    (913 120,315    98,031    1,950    (13 99,968 
Commercial agency
 4,250  183  (4 4,429  1,482     (29 1,453  6,953    106    (91 6,968    5,251    170    (15 5,406 
Asset-backed securities
          194    6      200    200    5      205 
Collateralized debt obligations/Collateralized loan obligations
    1     1     1     1 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
 9,499    652    (8 10,143    8,166    695      8,861 
Other
 203  4     207  375  7     382  7          7    9          9 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
 7,784  574  (2 8,356  6,499  318  (3 6,814 
Obligations of foreign governments
 9        9  9        9 
Corporate debt securities
 4        4  4        4 
Total available-for-sale
 $130,740  $3,326  $(34 $134,032  $122,117  $944  $(448 $122,613  $159,308   $2,224   $(1,244 $160,288   $133,611   $3,282   $(53 $136,840 
Investment securities with a fair value of $10.5$30.8 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $8.4$11.0 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, were pledged to secure public, private and trust deposits, repurchase agreements and for other purposes required by contractual obligation or law. Included in these amounts were securities where the Company and certain counterparties have agreements granting the counterparties the right to sell or pledge the securities. Investment securities securing these types of arrangements had a fair value of $604$625 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $269$402 million at December 31, 2019.2020.
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The following table provides information about the amount of interest income from taxable and
non-taxable
investment securities:
 
 Three Months
Ended September 30
   Nine Months
Ended September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
   Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions)     2020       2019       2020       2019          2021           2020       2021       2020 
Taxable
 $528    $683        $1,741    $2,023  $554   $573   $1,009   $1,213 
Non-taxable
 58    51    167    161  64    57    126    109 
Total interest income from investment securities
 $586    $734    $1,908    $2,184  $618   $630   $1,135   $1,322 
The following table provides information about the amount of gross gains and losses realized through the sales of
available-for-sale
investment securities:
 
 Three Months
Ended September 30
   Nine Months
Ended September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
   Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions)     2020       2019       2020     2019          2021           2020        2021        2020 
Realized gains
 $12    $25        $166  $66  $43   $81   $68   $154 
Realized losses
          (23 (19              (23
Net realized gains (losses)
 $12    $25    $143  $47 
Income tax (benefit) on net realized gains (losses)
 $3    $6    $36  $12 
Net realized gains
 $43   $81   $68   $131 
Income tax on net realized gains
 $11   $20   $17   $33 
The Company conducts a regular assessment of its
available-for-sale
investment securities with unrealized losses to determine whether all or some portion of a security’s unrealized loss is related to credit and an allowance for credit losses is necessary. If the Company intends to sell or it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell an investment security, the amortized cost of the security is written down to fair value. When evaluating credit losses, the Company considers various factors such as the nature of the investment security, the credit ratings or financial condition of the issuer, the extent of the unrealized loss, expected cash flows of underlying collateral, the existence of any government or agency guarantees, and market conditions. The Company measures the allowance for credit losses using market information where available and discounting the cash flows at the original effective rate of the investment security. The allowance for credit losses is adjusted each period through earnings and can be subsequently recovered. The allowance for credit losses on the Company’s
available-for-sale
investment securities was immaterial at SeptemberJune 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
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At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, certain investment securities had a fair value below amortized cost. The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s
available-for-sale
investment securities with unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time the individual investment securities have been in continuous unrealized loss positions, at SeptemberJune 30, 2020:
2021:
 
 Less Than 12 Months   12 Months or Greater   Total  Less Than 12 Months   12 Months or Greater   Total 
(Dollars in Millions) Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
  
Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
 
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $1,322           $(6  $           $   $1,322         $(6 $8,922   $(232  $           $   $8,922   $(232
Residential agency mortgage-backed securities
 5,995    (20   1,195    (2   7,190    (22 57,626    (909   148    (4   57,774    (913
Commercial agency mortgage-backed securities
 1,170    (4          1,170    (4 3,285    (91   6        3,291    (91
Other asset-backed securities
          2        2     
Asset-backed securities
          2        2     
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
 255    (2           255    (2 870    (7   1    (1   871    (8
Obligations of foreign governments
 2                2     
Corporate debt securities
          4        4     
Total investment securities
 $8,744           $(32)      $1,201           $(2)      $9,945         $(34 $70,703   $(1,239  $157           $(5  $70,860   $(1,244
These unrealized losses primarily relate to changes in interest rates and market spreads subsequent to purchase of the investment securities. U.S. Treasury and agencies securities and agency mortgage-backed securities are issued, guaranteed or otherwise supported by the United States government. The Company’s obligations of state and political subdivisions are generally high grade. Accordingly, the Company does not consider these unrealized losses to be credit-related and an allowance for credit losses is not necessary. In general, the issuers of the investment securities are contractually prohibited from prepayment at less than par, and the Company did not pay significant purchase premiums for these investment securities. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had no plans to sell investment securities with unrealized losses, and believes it is more likely than not it would not be required to sell such investment securities before recovery of their amortized cost.
During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021 and
2020
, the Company did not purchase any
available-for-sale
investment securities
that
had more-than-insignificant credit deterioration.
 
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The following table provides information about the amortized cost, fair value and yield by maturity date of the available-for-sale
available-
for
-sale
investment securities outstanding at September June 
30 2020:
,
2021
:
 
(Dollars in Millions) Amortized
Cost
   Fair Value   Weighted-
Average
Maturity in
Years
   Weighted-
Average
Yield (e)
  Amortized
Cost
   Fair Value   Weighted-
Average
Maturity in
Years
   Weighted-
Average
Yield (e)
 
U.S. Treasury and Agencies
                  
Maturing in one year or less
 $7,788   $7,828    .4    1.41 $3,478   $3,495    .3    1.70
Maturing after one year through five years
 9,669    9,962    2.5    1.51  10,441    10,587    2.7    1.28 
Maturing after five years through ten years
 4,110    4,315    7.7    1.64  7,756    7,670    7.8    1.25 
Maturing after ten years
 462    459    12.8    1.64  928    903    12.7    1.66 
Total
 $22,029   $22,564    2.9    1.50 $22,603   $22,655    4.5    1.35
Mortgage-Backed Securities (a)
                  
Maturing in one year or less
 $790   $797    .7    1.74 $99   $96    .6    1.93
Maturing after one year through five years
 94,241    96,219    2.4    1.68  48,293    49,334    3.5    1.45 
Maturing after five years through ten years
 5,634    5,828    8.1    1.44  78,566    77,805    7.0    1.60 
Maturing after ten years
 46    47    11.5    1.23  47    48    11.7    1.11 
Total
 $100,711   $102,891    2.7    1.67 $127,005   $127,283    5.7    1.54
Asset-Backed Securities (a)
                  
Maturing in one year or less
 $   $    .4    2.69 $   $    .8    2.69
Maturing after one year through five years
 202    206    4.1    2.26  3    4    2.7    1.69 
Maturing after five years through ten years
 1    1    5.3    2.02  191    195    5.8    .89 
Maturing after ten years
      1    14.4    2.41       1    13.6    2.41 
Total
 $203   $208    4.1    2.26 $194   $200    5.7    .90
Obligations of State and Political Subdivisions (b) (c)
                  
Maturing in one year or less
 $91   $92    .6    4.61 $231   $235    .6    4.25
Maturing after one year through five years
 1,087    1,151    3.1    4.41  1,878    2,014    3.7    4.34 
Maturing after five years through ten years
 6,521    7,025    7.0    4.01  6,963    7,464    7.0    3.66 
Maturing after ten years
 85    88    11.0    3.00  427    430    13.9    2.57 
Total
 $7,784   $8,356    6.4    4.07 $9,499   $10,143    6.5    3.76
Other
                  
Maturing in one year or less
 $13   $13    .3    1.59 $   $        
Maturing after one year through five years
                7    7    3.9    2.07 
Maturing after five years through ten years
                              
Maturing after ten years
                              
Total
 $13   $13    .3    1.59 $7   $7    3.9    2.07
Total investment securities (d)
 $130,740   $134,032    3.0    1.78 $159,308   $160,288    5.6    1.65
 
(a)
Information related to asset and mortgage-backed securities included above is presented based upon weighted-average maturities that take into account anticipated future prepayments.
(b)
Information related to obligations of state and political subdivisions is presented based upon yield to first optional call date if the security is purchased at a premium, and yield to maturity if the security is purchased at par or a discount.
(c)
Maturity calculations for obligations of state and political subdivisions are based on the first optional call date for securities with a fair value above par and the contractual maturity date for securities with a fair value equal to or below par.
(d)
The weighted-average maturity of total
available-for-sale
investment securities was 4.23.4 years at December 31, 2019,
2020
, with a corresponding weighted-average yield of 2.381.61 percent.
(e)
Weighted-average yields for obligations of state and political subdivisions are presented on a fully-taxable equivalent basis based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent. Yields on investment securities are computed based on amortized cost balances.
 
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   Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses
The composition of the loan portfolio, disaggregated by class and underlying specific portfolio type, was as follows:
 
 September 30, 2020      December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021      December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Amount   Percent
of Total
      Amount   Percent
of Total
  Amount   Percent
of Total
      Amount   Percent
of Total
 
Commercial
                       
Commercial
 $105,109    34.2    $98,168    33.2 $98,232    33.1     $97,315    32.7
Lease financing
 5,655    1.9       5,695    1.9  5,289    1.8       5,556    1.9 
Total commercial
 110,764    36.1      103,863    35.1  103,521    34.9       102,871    34.6 
Commercial Real Estate
                       
Commercial mortgages
 29,264    9.6      29,404    9.9  28,017    9.5       28,472    9.6 
Construction and development
 11,116    3.6       10,342    3.5  10,753    3.6       10,839    3.6 
Total commercial real estate
 40,380    13.2      39,746    13.4  38,770    13.1       39,311    13.2 
Residential Mortgages
                       
Residential mortgages
 66,952    21.8      59,865    20.2  64,168    21.6       66,525    22.4 
Home equity loans, first liens
 9,837    3.2       10,721    3.6  9,198    3.1       9,630    3.2 
Total residential mortgages
 76,789    25.0      70,586    23.8  73,366    24.7       76,155    25.6 
Credit Card
 21,898    7.1      24,789    8.4  21,816    7.3       22,346    7.5 
Other Retail
                       
Retail leasing
 8,405    2.7      8,490    2.9  7,799    2.6       8,150    2.7 
Home equity and second mortgages
 13,208    4.3      15,036    5.1  11,163    3.8       12,472    4.2 
Revolving credit
 2,660    .9      2,899    1.0  2,628    .9       2,688    .9 
Installment
 13,513    4.4      11,038    3.7  15,632    5.3       13,823    4.6 
Automobile
 19,188    6.2      19,435    6.5  22,070    7.4       19,722    6.6 
Student
 180    .1       220    .1  147           169    .1 
Total other retail
 57,154    18.6       57,118    19.3  59,439    20.0       57,024    19.1 
Total loans
 $306,985    100.0     $296,102    100.0 $296,912    100.0     $297,707    100.0
The Company had loans of $95.9$87.7 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $96.2$96.1 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, pledged at the Federal Home Loan Bank, and loans of $67.1$68.9 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $76.3$67.8 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, pledged at the Federal Reserve Bank.
Originated loans are reported at the principal amount outstanding, net of unearned interest and deferred fees and costs, and any partial charge-offs recorded. Net unearned interest and deferred fees and costs amounted to $848$789 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and $781$763 million at December 31, 2019.2020. All purchased loans are recorded at fair value at the date of purchase. Beginning January 1, 2020, the Company evaluates purchased loans for more-than-insignificant deterioration at the date of purchase in accordance with applicable authoritative accounting guidance. Purchased loans that have experienced more-than-insignificant deterioration from origination are considered purchased credit deteriorated (“PCD”) loans. All other purchased loans are considered
non-purchased
credit deteriorated loans.
The Company offers a broad array of lending products and categorizes its loan portfolio into two segments, which is the level at which it develops and documents a systematic methodology to determine the allowance for credit losses. The Company’s two loan portfolio segments are commercial lending and consumer lending.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Beginning January 1, 2020, the allowance for credit losses is established for current expected credit losses on the Company’s loan and lease portfolio, including unfunded credit commitments. The allowance considers expected losses for the remaining lives of the applicable assets, inclusive of expected recoveries. The allowance for credit losses is increased through provisions charged to earnings and reduced by net charge-offs. Management evaluates the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses on a quarterly basis. The allowance considers expected losses for the remaining lives of the applicable assets, inclusive of expected recoveries. Remaining lives of the applicable assets are adjusted for prepayments. Multiple economic scenarios are considered over a three-year reasonable and supportable forecast period, which incorporatesincludes increasing consideration of historical loss experience inover years two and three. These economic scenarios are constructed with interrelated projections of multiple economic variables, and loss estimates are produced that consider the historical correlation of those economic variables with credit losses. After the forecast period, the Company fully reverts to long-term historical loss experience, adjusted for prepayments and characteristics of the current loan and lease portfolio, to estimate losses over the remaining lives.life of the portfolio. The economic scenarios are updated at least quarterly and are designed to provide a range of reasonable estimates bothfrom better andto worse than current expectations. Scenarios are weighted based on the Company’s expectation of economic conditions for the foreseeable future conditions.and reflect significant judgment and consideration of uncertainties that exist. Final loss estimates also consider factors affecting credit losses not reflected in the scenarios, due to the unique aspects of current conditions and expectations. These factors may include, but are not limited to, loan servicing practices, regulatory guidance, and/or fiscal and monetary policy actions.
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The allowance recorded for credit losses utilizes forward-looking expected loss models to consider a variety of factors affecting lifetime credit losses. These factors include, but are not limited to, macroeconomic variables such as unemployment rate, real estate prices, gross domestic product levels and corporate bonds spreads, and long-term interest rate forecasts, as well as loan and borrower characteristics, such as internal risk ratings on commercial loans and consumer credit scores, delinquency
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status, collateral type and available valuation information, consideration of
end-of-term
losses on lease residuals, and the remaining term of the loan, adjusted for expected prepayments. Where loans do not exhibit similar risk characteristics, an individual analysis is performed to consider expected credit losses. For each loan portfolio, model estimates are adjusted as necessary to consider any relevant changes in portfolio composition, lending policies, underwriting standards, risk management practices, economic conditions or other factors that would affect the accuracy of the model. Expected credit loss estimates also include consideration of expected cash recoveries on loans previously
charged-off
or expected recoveries on collateral dependent loans where recovery is expected through sale of the collateral. Where loans do not exhibit similar risk characteristics, an individual analysis is performed to consider expected credit losses. The allowance recorded for individually evaluated loans greater
than $5$
5
 million in the commercial lending segment is based on an analysis utilizing expected cash flows discounted using the original effective interest rate, the observable market price of the loan, or the fair value of the collateral,
c
ollateral, less selling costs, for collateral-dependent loans.loans as appropriate.
The allowance recorded for Troubled Debt Restructuring (“TDR”) loans in the consumer lending segment is determined on a homogenous pool basis utilizing expected cash flows discounted using the original effective interest rate of the pool. TDRs generally do not include loan modifications granted to customers resulting directly from the economic effects of the
COVID-19
pandemic. pandemic, who were otherwise in current payment status. The expected cash flows on TDR loans consider subsequent payment defaults since modification, the borrower’s ability to pay under the restructured terms, and the timing and amount of payments. The allowance for collateral-dependent loans in the consumer lending segment is determined based on the fair value of the collateral less costs to sell. With respect to the commercial lending segment, TDRs may be collectively evaluated for impairment where observed performance history, including defaults, is a primary driver of the loss allocation. For commercial TDRs individually evaluated for impairment, attributes of the borrower are the primary factors in determining the allowance for credit losses. However, historical loss experience is also incorporated into the allowance methodology applied to this category of loans.
Beginning January 1, 2020, when a loan portfolio is purchased, an allowance is established forthe acquired loans are divided into those loans considered purchased with more-than-insignificantmore than insignificant credit deterioration or PCD loans,(“PCD”) and those not considered purchased with more-than-insignificantmore than insignificant credit deterioration. TheAn allowance is established for each population and considers product mix, risk characteristics of the portfolio, bankruptcy experience, delinquency status and refreshed
loan-to-value
LTV ratios when possible, and portfolio growth.possible. The allowance established for purchased loans not considered PCD is recognized through provision expense upon acquisition, whereas the allowance established for loans considered PCD at acquisition is offset by an increase in the basis of the acquired loans. Any subsequent increases and decreases in the allowance related to purchased loans, regardless of PCD status, are recognized through provision expense, with future charge-offs charged to the allowance. The Company did not have a material amount of PCD loans included in its loan portfolio at SeptemberJune 30, 2020.2021.
The Company’s methodology for determining the appropriate allowance for credit losses for each loan portfolio also considers the imprecision inherent in the methodologies used.used and allocated to the various loan portfolios. As a result, amounts determined under the methodologies described above, are adjusted by management to consider the potential impact of other qualitative factors not captured in the quantitative model adjustments which include, but are not limited to the following: model imprecision, imprecision in economic scenario assumptions, and emerging risks related to either changes in the environment that are affecting specific portfolios, or changes in portfolio concentrations over time that may affect model performance. The consideration of these items results in adjustments to allowance amounts included in the Company’s allowance for credit losses specific tofor each portfolio class.loan portfolio.
The Company also assesses the credit risk associated with
off-balance
sheet loan commitments, letters of credit, investment securities and derivatives. Credit risk associated with derivatives is reflected in the fair values recorded for those positions. The liability for
off-balance
sheet credit exposure related to loan commitments and other credit guarantees is included in other liabilities. Because business processes and credit risks associated with unfunded credit commitments are essentially the same as for loans, the Company utilizes similar processes to estimate its liability for unfunded credit commitments.
Prior to January 1, 2020, the allowance for credit losses was established based on an incurred loss model. The resultsallowance recorded for loans in the commercial lending segment was based on the migration analysis of commercial loans and actual loss experience. The allowance recorded for loans in the analysis are evaluated quarterlyconsumer lending segment was determined on a homogenous pool basis and primarily included consideration of delinquency status and historical losses. In addition to confirm the estimates are appropriate for each loan portfolio.amounts determined under the methodologies described above, management also considered the potential impact of qualitative factors.
 
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Activity in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio class was as follows:
 
Three Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Commercial Commercial
Real Estate
 Residential
Mortgages
 Credit
Card
 Other
Retail
 Total
Loans
 
Three Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Commercial Commercial
Real Estate
 Residential
Mortgages
 Credit
Card
 Other
Retail
 Total
Loans
 
2021
            
Balance at beginning of period
 $1,932  $1,532  $539  $1,952  $1,005  $6,960 
Add
            
Provision for credit losses
 (67 (123 (71 87  4  (170
Deduct
            
Loans
charged-off
 58  4  5  192  55  314 
Less recoveries of loans
charged-off
 (31 (4 (15 (44 (40 (134
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries)
 27     (10 148  15  180 
Balance at end of period
 $1,838  $1,409  $478  $1,891  $   994  $6,610 
2020
                  
Balance at beginning of period
 $2,645  $1,269  $633  $2,156  $1,187  $7,890  $2,240  $   841  $412  $2,012  $1,085  $6,590 
Add
                  
Provision for credit losses
 20  263  (49 369  32  635  516  450  218  373  180  1,737 
Deduct
                  
Loans
charged-off
 193  89  4  236  89  611  125  23  3  265  106  522 
Less recoveries of loans
charged-off
 (15 (6 (7 (35 (33 (96 (14 (1 (6 (36 (28 (85
Net loans
charged-off
 178  83  (3 201  56  515 
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries)
 111  22  (3 229  78  437 
Balance at end of period
 $2,487  $1,449  $587  $2,324  $1,163  $8,010  $2,645  $1,269  $633  $2,156  $1,187  $7,890 
2019
      
Balance at beginning of period
 $1,464  $794  $438  $1,132  $638  $4,466 
Add
      
Provision for credit losses
 101  3  (10 212  61  367 
Deduct
      
Loans
charged-off
 91  7  8  248  97  451 
Less recoveries of loans
charged-off
 (16 (1 (11 (37 (34 (99
Net loans
charged-off
 75  6  (3 211  63  352 
Balance at end of period
 $1,490  $791  $431  $1,133  $636  $4,481 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Commercial Commercial
Real Estate
 Residential
Mortgages
 Credit
Card
 Other
Retail
 Total
Loans
 
2020
      
Balance at beginning of period
 $1,484  $799  $433  $1,128  $647  $4,491 
Add
      
Change in accounting principle (a)
 378  (122 (30 872  401  1,499 
Provision for credit losses
 988  875  179  988  335  3,365 
Deduct
      
Loans
charged-off
 406  112  15  775  316  1,624 
Less recoveries of loans
charged-off
 (43 (9 (20 (111 (96 (279
Net loans
charged-off
 363  103  (5 664  220  1,345 
Balance at end of period
 $2,487  $1,449  $587  $2,324  $1,163  $8,010 
2019
      
Balance at beginning of period
 $1,454  $800  $455  $1,102  $630  $4,441 
Add
      
Provision for credit losses
 243  (2 (20 694  194  1,109 
Deduct
      
Loans
charged-off
 300  11  27  767  283  1,388 
Less recoveries of loans
charged-off
 (93 (4 (23 (104 (95 (319
Net loans
charged-off
 207  7  4  663  188  1,069 
Balance at end of period
 $1,490  $791  $431  $1,133  $636  $4,481 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Commercial  Commercial
Real Estate
  Residential
Mortgages
  Credit
Card
  Other
Retail
  Total
Loans
 
2021
                        
Balance at beginning of period
  $2,423   $1,544   $573   $2,355   $1,115   $8,010 
Add
                        
Provision for credit losses
  (502  (142  (110  (172  (71  (997
Deduct
                        
Loans
charged-off
  144   14   10   382   138   688 
Less recoveries of loans
charged-off
  (61  (21  (25  (90  (88  (285
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries)
  83   (7  (15  292   50   403 
Balance at end of period
  $1,838   $1,409   $478   $1,891   $   994   $6,610 
2020
                        
Balance at beginning of period
  $1,484   $799   $433   $1,128   $647   $4,491 
Add
                        
Change in accounting principle (a)
  378   (122  (30  872   401   1,499 
Provision for credit losses
  968   612   228   619   303   2,730 
Deduct
                        
Loans
charged-off
  213   23   11   539   227   1,013 
Less recoveries of loans
charged-off
  (28  (3  (13  (76  (63  (183
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries)
  185   20   (2  463   164   830 
Balance at end of period
  $2,645   $1,269   $633   $2,156   $1,187   $7,890 
 
(a)
Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted accounting guidance which changed impairment recognition of financial instruments to a model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses.
The increasedecrease in the allowance for credit losses from December 31, 20192020 to SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 reflected the deteriorating and ongoing effects of adversefactors affecting economic conditions driven byduring the impactfirst six months of
COVID-19
on 2021, including the domestic and global economies. Expected loss estimates consider both the changes in economic activity, and the mitigating effectsenactment of additional benefits from government stimulus programs, vaccine availability in the United States and industrywide loan modification efforts designedreduced levels of new COVID-19 cases, which have contributed to limit long term effects of the pandemic.an economic recovery.
Credit Quality
The credit quality of the Company’s loan portfolios is assessed as a function of net credit losses, levels of nonperforming assets and delinquencies, and credit quality ratings as defined by the Company.
For all loan portfolio classes, loans are considered past due based on the number of days delinquent except for monthly amortizing loans which are classified delinquent based upon the number of contractually required payments not made (for example, two missed payments is considered 30 days delinquent). When a loan is placed on nonaccrual status, unpaid accrued interest is reversed, reducing interest income in the current period.
Commercial lending segment loans are generally placed on nonaccrual status when the collection of principal and interest has become 90 days past due or is otherwise considered doubtful. Commercial lending segment loans are generally fully or partially charged down to the fair value of the collateral securing the loan, less costs to sell, when the loan is placed on nonaccrual.
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Consumer lending segment loans are generally
charged-off
at a specific number of days or payments past due. Residential mortgages and other retail loans secured by
1-4
family properties are generally charged down to the fair
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value of the collateral securing the loan, less costs to sell, at 180 days past due. Residential mortgage loans and lines in a first lien position are placed on nonaccrual status in instances where a partial
charge-off
occurs unless the loan is well secured and in the process of collection. Residential mortgage loans and lines in a junior lien position secured by
1-4
family
properties are placed on nonaccrual status at 120 days past due or when they are behind a first lien that has become 180 days or greater past due or placed on nonaccrual status. Any secured consumer lending segment loan whose borrower has had debt discharged through bankruptcy, for which the loan amount exceeds the fair value of the collateral, is charged down to the fair value of the related collateral and the remaining balance is placed on nonaccrual status. Credit card loans continue to accrue interest until the account is
charged-off.
Credit cards are
charged-off
at 180 days past due. Other retail loans not secured by
1-4
family properties are
charged-off
at 120 days past due; and revolving consumer lines are
charged-off
at 180 days past due. Similar to credit cards, other retail loans are generally not placed on nonaccrual status because of the relative short period of time to
charge-off.
Certain retail customers having financial difficulties may have the terms of their credit card and other loan agreements modified to require only principal payments and, as such, are reported as nonaccrual.
For all loan classes, interest payments received on nonaccrual loans are generally recorded as a reduction to a loan’s carrying amount while a loan is on nonaccrual and are recognized as interest income upon payoff of the loan. However, interest income may be recognized for interest payments if the remaining carrying amount of the loan is believed to be collectible. In certain circumstances, loans in any class may be restored to accrual status, such as when a loan has demonstrated sustained repayment performance or no amounts are past due and prospects for future payment are no longer in doubt; or when the loan becomes well secured and is in the process of collection. Loans where there has been a partial
charge-off
may be returned to accrual status if all principal and interest (including amounts previously
charged-off)
is expected to be collected and the loan is current. Generally, purchased credit deteriorated loans are considered accruing loans. However, the timing and amount of future cash flows for some loans is not reasonably estimable, and those loans are classified as nonaccrual loans with interest income not recognized until the timing and amount of the future cash flows can be reasonably estimated.
The following table provides a summary of loans by portfolio class, including the delinquency status of those that continue to accrue interest, and those that are nonperforming:
 
 Accruing          Accruing         
(Dollars in Millions) Current   
30-89 Days

Past Due
   90 Days or
More Past Due
   Nonperforming (b)   Total  Current   
30-89 Days

Past Due
   90 Days or
More Past Due
   Nonperforming (b)   Total 
September 30, 2020
         
June 30, 2021
              
Commercial
 $109,994   $243   $68   $459   $110,764  $103,019    $   171    $  40    $   291    $103,521 
Commercial real estate
 39,957    92    1    330    40,380  38,423    32    3    312    38,770 
Residential mortgages (a)
 76,197    238    114    240    76,789  72,830    174    118    244    73,366 
Credit card
 21,493    206    199        21,898  21,506    157    153        21,816 
Other retail
 56,666    257    79    152    57,154  59,003    203    62    171    59,439 
Total loans
 $304,307   $1,036   $461   $1,181   $306,985  $294,781    $   737    $376    $1,018    $296,912 
December 31, 2019
         
December 31, 2020
              
Commercial
 $103,273   $307   $79   $204   $103,863  $102,127    $   314    $  55    $   375    $102,871 
Commercial real estate
 39,627    34    3    82    39,746  38,676    183    2    450    39,311 
Residential mortgages (a)
 70,071    154    120    241    70,586  75,529    244    137    245    76,155 
Credit card
 24,162    321    306        24,789  21,918    231    197        22,346 
Other retail
 56,463    393    97    165    57,118  56,466    318    86    154    57,024 
Total loans
 $293,596   $1,209   $605   $692   $296,102  $294,716    $1,290    $477    $1,224    $297,707 
 
(a)
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, $1.3 billion of loans 30–89 days past due and $1.6$1.7 billion of loans 90 days or more past due purchased from Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) mortgage pools whose repayments are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, were classified as current, compared with $428 million$1.4 billion and $1.7$1.8 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
(b)
Substantially all nonperforming loans at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, had an associated allowance for credit losses. The Company recognized interest income on nonperforming loans of $9$4 million and $7$6 million    for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $19$7 million and $18$10 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the amount of foreclosed residential real estate held by the Company, and included in other real estate owned (“OREO”), was $32$17 million, compared with $74$23 million at December 31, 2019.2020. These amounts
excluded
$42 $24 million and $155$33 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively, of foreclosed residential real estate related to mortgage loans whose payments are primarily insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition, the amount of residential mortgage loans secured by residential real estate in the process of foreclosure at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, was $1.1 billion$865 million and $1.5$1.0 billion, respectively, of which $857$697 million and $1.2 billion,
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$812 million, respectively, related to loans purchased from Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) mortgage pools whose repayments are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Company classifies its loan portfoliosportfolio classes using internal credit quality ratings on a quarterly basis. These ratings include pass, special mention and classified, and are an important part of the Company’s overall credit risk
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management process and evaluation of the allowance for credit losses. Loans with a pass rating represent those loans not classified on the Company’s rating scale for problem credits, as minimal credit risk has been identified. Special mention loans are those loans that have a potential weakness deserving management’s close attention. Classified loans are those loans where a well-defined weakness has been identified that may put full collection of contractual cash flows at risk. It is possible that others, given the same information, may reach different reasonable conclusions regarding the credit quality rating classification of specific loans.
The following table provides a summary of loans by portfolio class and the Company’s internal credit quality rating:
 
 September 30, 2020      December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021        December 31, 2020 
    Criticized            Criticized        Criticized             Criticized    
(Dollars in Millions) Pass Special
Mention
 Classified (a) Total
Criticized
 Total       Pass Special
Mention
 Classified (a) Total
Criticized
 Total  Pass Special
Mention
 Classified (a) Total
Criticized
 Total        Pass Special
Mention
 Classified (a) Total
Criticized
 Total 
Commercial
                                      
Originated in 2021
 $23,974  $   453  $   205  $   658  $  24,632        $          –   $       –   $       –   $       –   $          – 
Originated in 2020
 $34,060  $2,211  $1,239  $3,450  $37,510     $  $  $  $  $  22,215  981  547  1,528  23,743        34,557  1,335  1,753  3,088  37,645 
Originated in 2019
 20,897  469  249  718  21,615     33,550  174  222  396  33,946  13,662  245  72  317  13,979        17,867  269  349  618  18,485 
Originated in 2018
 14,093  453  160  613  14,706     21,394  420  136  556  21,950  9,217  145  92  237  9,454        12,349  351  176  527  12,876 
Originated in 2017
 6,356  182  222  404  6,760     10,464  165  97  262  10,726  3,874  14  63  77  3,951        5,257  117  270  387  5,644 
Originated in 2016
 2,761  52  46  98  2,859     4,984  10  37  47  5,031 
Originated prior to 2016
 3,235  61  68  129  3,364     5,151  86  96  182  5,333 
Originated prior to 2017
 3,544  78  56  134  3,678        4,954  128  115  243  5,197 
Revolving
 22,906  756  288  1,044  23,950      26,307  292  278  570  26,877  23,809  90  185  275  24,084        22,445  299  280  579  23,024 
Total commercial
 104,308  4,184  2,272  6,456  110,764     101,850  1,147  866  2,013  103,863  100,295  2,006  1,220  3,226  103,521        97,429  2,499  2,943  5,442  102,871 
    
Commercial real estate
                                      
Originated in 2021
 5,911  74  693  767  6,678                     
Originated in 2020
 7,276  921  382  1,303  8,579                    8,917  167  532  699  9,616        9,446  461  1,137  1,598  11,044 
Originated in 2019
 10,517  1,022  313  1,335  11,852     12,976  108  108  216  13,192  8,148  444  790  1,234  9,382        9,514  454  1,005  1,459  10,973 
Originated in 2018
 6,880  728  356  1,084  7,964     9,455  71  56  127  9,582  4,211  275  431  706  4,917        6,053  411  639  1,050  7,103 
Originated in 2017
 3,305  370  172  542  3,847     5,863  99  64  163  6,026  2,150  94  254  348  2,498        2,650  198  340  538  3,188 
Originated in 2016
 2,338  224  183  407  2,745     3,706  117  60  177  3,883 
Originated prior to 2016
 3,167  248  163  411  3,578     4,907  78  101  179  5,086 
Originated prior to 2017
 3,763  80  110  190  3,953        4,762  240  309  549  5,311 
Revolving
 1,712  97  5  102  1,814     1,965  11  1  12  1,977  1,515  6  205  211  1,726        1,445  9  238  247  1,692 
Revolving converted to term
 1           1                    
Total commercial real estate
 35,196  3,610  1,574  5,184  40,380     38,872  484  390  874  39,746  34,615  1,140  3,015  4,155  38,770        33,870  1,773  3,668  5,441  39,311 
    
Residential mortgages (b)
                                      
Originated in 2021
 11,717           11,717                     
Originated in 2020
 18,800  1  3  4  18,804                    20,412     5  5  20,417        23,262  1  3  4  23,266 
Originated in 2019
 15,313  3  9  12  15,325     18,819  2  1  3  18,822  10,173  1  18  19  10,192        13,969  1  17  18  13,987 
Originated in 2018
 6,468  1  20  21  6,489     9,204     11  11  9,215  4,149  1  22  23  4,172        5,670  1  22  23  5,693 
Originated in 2017
 7,745  1  17  18  7,763     9,605     21  21  9,626  5,224     19  19  5,243        6,918  1  24  25  6,943 
Originated in 2016
 9,469     30  30  9,499     11,378     29  29  11,407 
Originated prior to 2016
 18,597     311  311  18,908     21,168     348  348  21,516 
Originated prior to 2017
 21,305  3  316  319  21,624        25,921  2  342  344  26,265 
Revolving
 1           1                     1           1        1           1 
Total residential mortgages
 76,393  6  390  396  76,789     70,174  2  410  412  70,586  72,981  5  380  385  73,366        75,741  6  408  414  76,155 
    
Credit card (c)
 21,699     199  199  21,898     24,483     306  306  24,789  21,663     153  153  21,816        22,149     197  197  22,346 
    
Other retail
                                      
Originated in 2021
 12,435     2  2  12,437                     
Originated in 2020
 13,416     3  3  13,419                    14,505     7  7  14,512        17,589     7  7  17,596 
Originated in 2019
 12,527     16  16  12,543     15,907     11  11  15,918  9,163     16  16  9,179        11,605     23  23  11,628 
Originated in 2018
 7,574     23  23  7,597     10,131     23  23  10,154  4,844     18  18  4,862        6,814     27  27  6,841 
Originated in 2017
 4,708     22  22  4,730     7,907     28  28  7,935  2,509     12  12  2,521        3,879     22  22  3,901 
Originated in 2016
 2,162     12  12  2,174     3,679     20  20  3,699 
Originated prior to 2016
 2,135     17  17  2,152     3,274     28  28  3,302 
Originated prior to 2017
 2,632     17  17  2,649        3,731     29  29  3,760 
Revolving
 13,939     116  116  14,055     15,509  10  138  148  15,657  12,618     131  131  12,749        12,647     110  110  12,757 
Revolving converted to term
 449     35  35  484      418     35  35  453  485     45  45  530        503��    38  38  541 
Total other retail
 56,910     244  244  57,154      56,825  10  283  293  57,118  59,191     248  248  59,439        56,768     256  256  57,024 
Total loans
 $294,506  7,800  $4,679  $12,479  $306,985      $292,204  $1,643  $2,255  $3,898  $296,102  $288,745  $3,151  $5,016  $  8,167  $296,912        $285,957  $4,278  $7,472  $11,750  $297,707 
Total outstanding commitments
 $635,980  $10,868  $5,664  $16,532  $652,512      $619,224  $2,451  $2,873  $5,324  $624,548  $636,535  $6,624  $7,069  $13,693  $650,228        $627,606  $8,772  $9,374  $18,146  $645,752 
 
Note:
Year of origination is based on the origination date of a loan or the date when the maturity date, pricing or commitment amount is amended.
(a)
Classified rating on consumer loans primarily based on delinquency status.
(b)
At SeptemberJune 30, 2020, $1.62021, $1.7 billion of GNMA loans 90 days or more past due and $1.4$1.2 billion of restructured GNMA loans whose repayments are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs were classified with a pass rating, compared with $1.7$1.8 billion and $1.6$1.4 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
(c)
All credit card loans are considered revolving loans.
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Troubled Debt Restructurings
In certain circumstances, the Company may modify the terms of a loan to maximize the collection of amounts due when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulties or is expected to experience difficulties in the near-term. Concessionary modifications are classified as TDRs unless the modification results in only an insignificant delay in payments to be received. The Company recognizes interest on TDRs if the borrower complies
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with the revised terms and conditions as agreed upon with the Company and has demonstrated repayment performance at a level commensurate with the modified terms over several payment cycles, which is generally six months or greater. To the extent a previous restructuring was insignificant, the Company considers the cumulative effect of past restructurings related to the receivable when determining whether a current restructuring is a TDR.
The following table provides a summary of loans modified as TDRs duringfor the periods presented by portfolio class:
 
 2020        2019  2021        2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Number
of Loans
 
Pre-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
 
Post-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
        Number
of Loans
   
Pre-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
   
Post-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
  Number
of Loans
   
Pre-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
   
Post-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
        Number
of Loans
   
Pre-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
   
Post-Modification

Outstanding
Loan Balance
 
Three Months Ended September 30
            
Three Months Ended June 30
                     
Commercial
 699  $262  $159       886   $116   $100  526    $  12    $  13        1,139    $144    $115 
Commercial real estate
 51  105  81       32    23    23  30    38    41        38    39    39 
Residential mortgages
 374  108  108       117    17    15  360    141    140        121    24    24 
Credit card
 4,699  27  27       8,429    46    46  5,050    31    31        6,168    37    38 
Other retail
 508  26  26        814    20    19  468    18    17        374    9    8 
Total loans, excluding loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 6,331  528  401       10,278    222    203  6,434    240    242        7,840    253    224 
Loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 735  106  105        1,524    211    203  478    67    69        1,009    142    138 
Total loans
 7,066  $634  $506        11,802   $433   $406  6,912    $307    $311        8,849    $395    $362 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
            
Six Months Ended June 30
                     
Commercial
 2,837  $505  $375       2,622   $242   $215  1,230    $  87    $  73        2,138    $243    $216 
Commercial real estate
 116  165  141       76    95    93  86    124    112        65    60    60 
Residential mortgages
 585  142  142       318    43    41  696    245    244        211    34    34 
Credit card
 19,282  110  112       26,018    140    141  10,836    64    65        14,583    83    85 
Other retail
 1,537  50  48        2,029    44    42  1,793    55    49        1,029    24    22 
Total loans, excluding loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 24,357  972  818       31,063    564    532  14,641    575    543        18,026    444    417 
Loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 3,648  514  503        4,617    629    606  1,037    154    158        2,913    408    398 
Total loans
 28,005  $1,486  $1,321        35,680   $1,193   $1,138  15,678    $729    $701        20,939    $852    $815 
Residential mortgages, home equity and second mortgages, and loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools in the table above include trial period arrangements offered to customers during the periods presented. The post-modification balances for these loans reflect the current outstanding balance until a permanent modification is made. In addition, the post-modification balances typically include capitalization of unpaid accrued interest and/or fees under the various modification programs. For those loans modified as TDRs during the third quarter of 2020, at SeptemberAt June 30, 2020, 152021, 6 residential mortgages, 47 home equity and second mortgage loans and 23868 loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools with outstanding balances of $4$1 million, less than $1 million and $36$10 million, respectively, were in a trial period and have estimated post-modification balances of $4$1 million, less than $1 million and $36$10 million, respectively, assuming permanent modification occurs at the end of the trial period.
The Company has implemented certain restructuring programs that may result in TDRs. However, many of the Company’s TDRs are also determined on a
case-by-case
basis in connection with ongoing loan collection processes.
For the commercial lending segment, modifications generally result in the Company working with borrowers on a
case-by-case
basis. Commercial and commercial real estate modifications generally include extensions of the maturity date and may be accompanied by an increase or decrease to the interest rate, which may not be deemed a market interest rate. In addition, the Company may work with the borrower in identifying other changes that mitigate loss to the Company, which may include additional collateral or guarantees to support the loan. To a lesser extent, the Company may waive contractual principal. The Company classifies all of the above concessions as TDRs to the extent the Company determines that the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty.
Modifications for the consumer lending segment are generally part of programs the Company has initiated. The Company modifies residential mortgage loans under Federal Housing Administration, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or its own internal programs. Under these programs, the Company offers qualifying homeowners the opportunity to permanently modify their loan and achieve more affordable monthly payments by providing loan concessions. These concessions may include adjustments to interest rates, conversion of adjustable rates to fixed rates,
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extension of maturity dates or deferrals of payments, capitalization of accrued interest and/or outstanding advances, or in limited situations, partial forgiveness of loan principal. In most instances, participation in residential mortgage loan restructuring programs requires the customer to complete a short-term trial period. A permanent loan modification is contingent on the customer successfully completing the trial period arrangement, and the loan documents are not modified until that time. The Company reports loans in a trial period arrangement as TDRs and continues to report them as TDRs after the trial period.
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Credit card and other retail loan TDRs are generally part of distinct restructuring programs providing customers experiencing financial difficulty with modifications whereby balances may be amortized up to 60 months, and generally include waiver of fees and reduced interest rates.
In addition, the Company considers secured loans to consumer borrowers that have debt discharged through bankruptcy where the borrower has not reaffirmed the debt to be TDRs.
Loan modifications or concessions granted to borrowers resulting directly from the effects of the
COVID-19
pandemic, who were otherwise in current
payment status, are generally not considered to be TDRs.
As of SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, approximately $12.1 
$5.4 billion of loan modifications included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet related to borrowers impacted by the
COVID-19
pandemic, consisting primarily of payment deferrals of
90
days or less.deferrals.
The following table provides a summary of TDR loans that defaulted (fully or partially
charged-off
or became 90 days or more past due) duringfor the periods presented, that were modified as TDRs within 12 months previous to default:
 
 2020        2019  2021        2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Number
of Loans
   Amount
Defaulted
        Number
of Loans
   Amount
Defaulted
  Number
of Loans
   Amount
Defaulted
        Number
of Loans
   Amount
Defaulted
 
Three Months Ended September 30
          
Three Months Ended June 30
               
Commercial
 305   $21       263   $9  327    $  8        330    $    8 
Commercial real estate
 5    8       8    7  5    1        12    6 
Residential mortgages
 5    2       13    1  12    1        5    1 
Credit card
 1,363    8       2,025    10  1,805    11        1,736    9 
Other retail
 55    1        72    1  191    3        82    1 
Total loans, excluding loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 1,733    40       2,381    28  2,340    24        2,165    25 
Loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 72    9        263    33  43    6        51    7 
Total loans
 1,805   $49        2,644   $61  2,383    $30        2,216    $  32 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
          
Six Months Ended June 30
               
Commercial
 922   $49       749   $18  612    $24        617    $  28 
Commercial real estate
 33    24       23    17  12    6        28    16 
Residential mortgages
 23    4       124    14  27    3        18    2 
Credit card
 5,169    27       6,001    29  3,569    20        3,806    19 
Other retail
 245    3        299    9  471    8        190    2 
Total loans, excluding loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 6,392    107       7,196    87  4,691    61        4,659    67 
Loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools
 427    57        697    93  73    10        355    48 
Total loans
 6,819   $164        7,893   $180  4,764    $71        5,014    $115 
In addition to the defaults in the table above, the Company had a total of 16116 and 40235 residential mortgage loans, home equity and second mortgage loans and loans purchased from GNMA mortgage pools for the three months and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, respectively, where borrowers did not successfully complete the trial period arrangement and, therefore, are no longer eligible for a permanent modification under the applicable modification program. These loans had aggregate outstanding balances of $19$2 million and $53$6 million for the three months and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, respectively.
As of SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had $156$129 million of commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers whose terms of their outstanding owed balances have been modified in
TDRs.
 
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 Note 5
    Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Variable Interest Entities
The Company transfers financial assets in the normal course of business. The majority of the Company’s financial asset transfers are residential mortgage loan sales primarily to government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”), transfers of
tax-advantaged
investments, commercial loan sales through participation agreements, and other individual or portfolio loan and securities sales. In accordance with the accounting guidance for asset transfers, the Company considers any ongoing involvement with transferred assets in determining whether the assets can be derecognized from the balance sheet. Guarantees provided to certain third parties in connection with the transfer of assets are further discussed in Note 15.
For loans sold under participation agreements, the Company also considers whether the terms of the loan participation agreement meet the accounting definition of a participating interest. With the exception of servicing and certain performance-based guarantees, the Company’s continuing involvement with financial assets sold is minimal and generally limited to market customary representation and warranty clauses. Any gain or loss on sale depends on the previous carrying amount of the transferred financial assets, the consideration received, and any liabilities incurred in exchange for the transferred assets. Upon transfer, any servicing assets and other interests that continue to be held by the Company are initially recognized at fair value. For further information on mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”),
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refer to Note 6. On a limited basis, the Company may acquire and package high-grade corporate bonds for select corporate customers, in which the Company generally has no continuing involvement with these transactions. Additionally, the Company is an authorized GNMA issuer and issues GNMA securities on a regular basis. The Company has no other asset securitizations or similar asset-backed financing arrangements that are
off-balance
sheet.
The Company also provides financial support primarily through the use of waivers of trust and investment management fees associated with various unconsolidated registered money market funds it manages. The Company provided $28$70 million and $8$13 million of support to the funds during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $49$117 million and $22$21 million during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
The Company is involved in various entities that are considered to be variable interest entities (“VIEs”). The Company’s investments in VIEs are primarily related to investments promoting affordable housing, community development and renewable energy sources. Some of these
tax-advantaged
investments support the Company’s regulatory compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act. The Company’s investments in these entities generate a return primarily through the realization of federal and state income tax credits, and other tax benefits, such as tax deductions from operating losses of the investments, over specified time periods. These tax credits are recognized as a reduction of tax expense or, for investments qualifying as investment tax credits, as a reduction to the related investment asset. The Company recognized federal and state income tax credits related to its affordable housing and other
tax-advantaged
investments in tax expense of $142$110 million and $132$145 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $437$243 million and $423$295 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. The Company also recognized $118$123 million and $80$90 million of investment tax credits for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $307$160 million and $326$189 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. The Company recognized $142$106 million and $122$145 million of expenses related to all of these investments for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, of which $97$87 million and $80$99 million, respectively, were included in tax expense and the remaining amounts were included in noninterest expense. The Companycompany recognized $429$232 million and $391$287 million of expenses related to all of these investments for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, of which $297$179 million and $237$200 million, respectively, were included in tax expense and the remaining amounts were included in noninterest expense.
The Company is not required to consolidate VIEs in which it has concluded it does not have a controlling financial interest, and thus is not the primary beneficiary. In such cases, the Company does not have both the power to direct the entities’ most significant activities and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIEs.
The Company’s investments in these unconsolidated VIEs are carried in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company’s unfunded capital and other commitments related to these unconsolidated VIEs are generally carried in other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from these unconsolidated VIEs include the investment recorded on the Company���sCompany’s Consolidated Balance Sheet, net of unfunded capital commitments, and previously recorded tax credits which remain subject to recapture by taxing authorities based
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on compliance features required to be met at the project level. While the Company believes potential losses from these investments are remote, the maximum exposure was determined by assuming a scenario where the community-based business and housing projects completely fail and do not meet certain government compliance requirements resulting in recapture of the
related tax credits.
The following table provides a summary of investments in community development and
tax-advantaged
VIEs that the Company has not consolidated:
 
(Dollars in Millions) 
September 30,
2020
   
December 31,
2019
  
June 30,
2021
   December 31,
2020
 
Investment carrying amount
 $6,552   $6,148  $5,012   $5,378 
Unfunded capital and other commitments
 3,201    2,938  2,257    2,334 
Maximum exposure to loss
 12,085    12,118  10,579    11,219 
The Company also has noncontrolling financial investments in private investment funds and partnerships considered to be VIEs, which are not consolidated. The Company’s recorded investment in these entities, carried in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, was approximately $34$39 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and $31$35 million at December 31, 2019.2020. The maximum exposure to loss related to these VIEs was $57$80 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and $55$57 million at December 31, 2019,2020, representing the Company’s investment balance and its unfunded commitments to invest additional amounts.
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The Company’s individual net investments in unconsolidated VIEs, which exclude any unfunded capital commitments, ranged from less than $1 million to $80$75 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, compared with less than $1 million to $87$78 million at December 31, 2019.2020.
The Company is required to consolidate VIEs in which it has concluded it has a controlling financial interest. The Company sponsors entities to which it transfers its interests in
tax-advantaged
investments to third parties. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, approximately $3.9$5.1 billion of the Company’s assets and $3.2$3.7 billion of its liabilities included on the Consolidated Balance Sheet were related to community development and
tax-advantaged
investment VIEs which the Company has consolidated, primarily related to these transfers. These amounts compared to $4.0$4.9 billion and $3.2$3.7 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2019.2020. The majority of the assets of these consolidated VIEs are reported in other assets, and the liabilities are reported in long-term debt and other liabilities. The assets of a particular VIE are the primary source of funds to settle its obligations. The creditors of the VIEs do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. The Company’s exposure to the consolidated VIEs is generally limited to the carrying value of its variable interests plus any related tax credits previously recognized or transferred to others with a guarantee.
In addition, the Company sponsors a municipal bond securities tender option bond program. The Company controls the activities of the program’s entities, is entitled to the residual returns and provides liquidity and remarketing arrangements to the program. As a result, the Company has consolidated the program’s entities. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020, $2.82021, $1.7 billion of
available-for-sale
investment securities and $1.5$1.2 billion of short-term borrowings on the Consolidated Balance Sheet were related to the tender option bond program, compared with $3.0$2.4 billion of
available-for-sale
investment securities and $2.7$1.5 billion of short-term borrowings at December 31, 2019.2020.
 
 Note 6
    Mortgage Servicing Rights
The Company capitalizes MSRs as separate assets when loans are sold and servicing is retained. MSRs may also be purchased from others. The Company carries MSRs at fair value, with changes in the fair value recorded in earnings during the period in which they occur. The Company serviced $214.6$215.0 billion of residential mortgage loans for others at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $226.0$211.8 billion at December 31, 2019,2020, including subserviced mortgages with no corresponding MSR asset. Included in mortgage banking revenue are the MSR fair value changes arising from market rate and model assumption changes, net of the value change in derivatives used to economically hedge MSRs. These changes resulted in a net gainsloss of $9$27 million and a net lossesgain of $2$24 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and a net gainsloss of $58$147 million and a net lossesgain of $5$49 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. Loan servicing and ancillary fees, not including valuation changes, included in mortgage banking revenue were $177$178 million and $188$174 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $537$353 million and $547$360 million for the ninesix months ended Septemberend June 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
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Changes in fair value of capitalized MSRs are summarized as follows:
 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
      Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
      Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019  2021 2020      2021 2020 
Balance at beginning of period
 $1,840  $2,458     $2,546  $2,791  $2,787  $1,887      $2,210  $2,546 
Rights purchased
 8  6      16  13  11  3       27  8 
Rights capitalized
 321  168      712  373  293  190       612  391 
Rights sold (a)
 1  4      3  4  1  1       1  2 
Changes in fair value of MSRs
                   
Due to fluctuations in market interest rates (b)
 (8 (243     (815 (573 (232 (64      254  (807
Due to revised assumptions or models (c)
 (7 15      37  30  (37 27       (139 44 
Other changes in fair value (d)
 (177 (112      (521 (342 (110 (204      (252 (344
Balance at end of period
 $1,978  $2,296      $1,978  $2,296  $2,713  $1,840      $2,713  $1,840 
 
(a)
MSRs sold include those having a negative fair value, resulting from the loans being severely delinquent.
(b)
Includes changes in MSR value associated with changes in market interest rates, including estimated prepayment rates and anticipated earnings on escrow deposits.
(c)
Includes changes in MSR value not caused by changes in market interest rates, such as changes in assumed cost to service, ancillary income and option adjusted spread, as well as the impact of any model changes.
(d)
Primarily the change in MSR value from passage of time and cash flows realized (decay), but also includes the impact of changes to expected cash flows not associated with changes in market interest rates, such as the impact of delinquencies.
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The estimated sensitivity to changes in interest rates of the fair value of the MSR portfolio and the related derivative instruments was as follows:
 
 September 30, 2020      December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021      December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Down
100 bps
 Down
50 bps
 Down
25 bps
 Up
25 bps
 Up
50 bps
 Up
100 bps
      Down
100 bps
 Down
50 bps
 Down
25 bps
 Up
25 bps
 Up
50 bps
 Up
100 bps
  Down
100 bps
 Down
50 bps
 Down
25 bps
 Up
25 bps
 Up
50 bps
 Up
100 bps
      Down
100 bps
 Down
50 bps
 Down
25 bps
 Up
25 bps
 Up
50 bps
 Up
100 bps
 
MSR portfolio
 $(396 $(255 $(144 $169  $353  $727     $(663 $(316 $(153 $141  $269  $485  $(571 $(307 $(158 $156  $302  $547      $(442 $(271 $(150 $169  $343  $671 
Derivative instrument hedges
 529  287  150  (161 (334 (706      613  306  152  (143 (279 (550 592  298  149  (142 (281 (552      523  281  145  (149 (304 (625
Net sensitivity
 $133  $32  $6  $8  $19  $21      $(50 $(10 $(1 $(2 $(10 $(65 $21  $(9 $(9 $14  $21  $(5     $81  $10  $(5 $20  $39  $46 
The fair value of MSRs and their sensitivity to changes in interest rates is influenced by the mix of the servicing portfolio and characteristics of each segment of the portfolio. The Company’s servicing portfolio consists of the distinct portfolios of government-insured mortgages, conventional mortgages and Housing Finance Agency (“HFA”) mortgages. The servicing portfolios are predominantly comprised of fixed-rate agency loans with limited adjustable-rate or jumbo mortgage loans. The HFA servicing portfolio is comprised of loans originated under state and local housing authority program guidelines which assist purchases by first-time or
low-
to moderate-income homebuyers through a favorable rate subsidy, down payment and/or closing cost assistance on
government- and conventional-insured mortgages.
A summary of the Company’s MSRs and related characteristics by portfolio was as follows:
 
 September 30, 2020    December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021    December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) HFA Government Conventional (d) Total     HFA Government Conventional (d) Total  HFA Government Conventional (d) Total     HFA Government Conventional (d) Total 
Servicing portfolio (a)
 $41,233  $28,532  $142,033  $211,798    $44,906  $35,302  $143,310  $223,518  $39,564  $22,698  $149,660  $211,922     $40,396  $25,474  $143,085  $208,955 
Fair value
 $378  $312  $1,288  $1,978    $486  $451  $1,609  $2,546  $478  $285  $1,950  $2,713     $406  $261  $1,543  $2,210 
Value (bps) (b)
 92  109  91  93    108  128  112  114  121  126  130  128     101  102  108  106 
Weighted-average servicing fees (bps)
 35  40  30  32    34  39  28  31  35  40  30  32     35  40  30  32 
Multiple (value/servicing fees)
 2.64  2.74  3.01  2.89    3.15  3.29  4.00  3.67  3.40  3.15  4.30  3.96     2.87  2.56  3.55  3.26 
Weighted-average note rate
 4.52 3.93 3.91 4.03   4.65 3.99 4.07 4.17 4.23 3.82 3.54 3.70    4.43 3.91 3.78 3.92
Weighted-average age (in years)
 3.9  5.4  4.5  4.5    3.7  4.9  4.8  4.6  3.8  5.9  3.6  3.9     3.8  5.6  4.2  4.3 
Weighted-average expected prepayment (constant prepayment rate)
 15.4 17.4 19.9 18.7   12.2 13.7 12.2 12.4 12.0 14.4 10.3 11.1    14.1 18.0 13.8 14.4
Weighted-average expected life (in years)
 5.4  4.6  4.1  4.4    6.5  5.7  5.9  6.0  6.4  5.2  6.7  6.5     5.6  4.3  5.5  5.4 
Weighted-average option adjusted spread (c)
 7.7 7.3 6.2 6.7    8.4 7.9 6.9 7.3 7.7 7.3 6.4 6.8    7.7 7.3 6.2 6.6
 
(a)
Represents principal balance of mortgages having corresponding MSR asset.
(b)
Calculated as fair value divided by the servicing portfolio.
(c)
Option adjusted spread is the incremental spread added to the risk-free rate to reflect optionality and other risk inherent in the MSRs.
(d)
Represents loans sold primarily to GSEs.
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    Preferred Stock
At SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the Company had authority to issue 50 million shares of preferred stock. The number of shares issued and outstanding and the carrying amount of each outstanding series of the Company’s preferred stock were as follows:
 
 September 30, 2020        December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021        December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Shares
Issued and
Outstanding
   Liquidation
Preference
   Discount   Carrying
Amount
        Shares
Issued and
Outstanding
   Liquidation
Preference
   Discount   Carrying
Amount
  Shares
Issued and
Outstanding
   Liquidation
Preference
   Discount   Carrying
Amount
        Shares
Issued and
Outstanding
   Liquidation
Preference
   Discount   Carrying
Amount
 
Series A
 12,510   $1,251   $145   $1,106       12,510   $1,251   $145   $1,106  12,510   $1,251   $145   $1,106        12,510   $1,251   $145   $1,106 
Series B
 40,000    1,000        1,000       40,000    1,000        1,000  40,000    1,000        1,000        40,000    1,000        1,000 
Series F
 44,000    1,100    12    1,088       44,000    1,100    12    1,088  44,000    1,100    12    1,088        44,000    1,100    12    1,088 
Series H
 20,000    500    13    487       20,000    500    13    487 
Series I
 30,000    750    5    745       30,000    750    5    745                       30,000    750    5    745 
Series J
 40,000    1,000    7    993       40,000    1,000    7    993  40,000    1,000    7    993        40,000    1,000    7    993 
Series K
 23,000    575    10    565        23,000    575    10    565  23,000    575    10    565        23,000    575    10    565 
Series L
 20,000    500    14    486        20,000    500    14    486 
Series M
 30,000    750    20    730                     
Total preferred stock (a)
 209,510   $6,176   $192   $5,984        209,510   $6,176   $192   $5,984  209,510   $6,176   $208   $5,968        209,510   $6,176   $193   $5,983 
 
(a)
The par value of all shares issued and outstanding at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, was $ 1.00$1.00 per share.
During the first six months of 2021, the Company issued depositary shares representing an ownership interest in 30,000 shares of Series M
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share (the “Series M Preferred Stock”). The Series M Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to
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any sinking
f
und or other obligation of the Company. Dividends, if declared, will accrue and be payable quarterly, in arrears, at a rate per annum equal to 4.00 percent. The Series M Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, on or after April 15, 2026. The Series M Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole, but not in part, prior to April 15, 2026 within 90 days following an official administrative or judicial decision, amendment to, or change in the laws or regulations that would not allow the Company to treat the full liquidation value of the Series M Preferred Stock as Tier 1 capital for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve Board.
During the first six months of 2021, the Company redeemed all outstanding shares of the Series I
Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series I Preferred Stock”) at a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference amount. The Company included a $5 million loss in the computation of earnings per diluted common share for the first six months of 2021, which represents the stock issuance costs recorded in preferred stock upon the issuance of the Series I Preferred Stock that were reclassified to retained earnings on the date the Company provided notice of its intent to redeem the outstanding shares.
 
 Note 8
 
   Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Shareholders’ equity is affected by
transactions
and valuations of asset and liability positions that require adjustments to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The reconciliation of the transactions affecting accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) included in shareholders’ equity is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Investment
Securities
Available-For-

Sale
 
Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Investment
Securities
Transferred From
Available-For-Sale
to Held-To-
Maturity
 
Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Derivative Hedges
 Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Retirement Plans
 Foreign
Currency
Translation
 Total 
Three Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Investment
Securities
Available-For-

Sale
 Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Derivative Hedges
 Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Retirement Plans
 Foreign
Currency
Translation
 Total 
2021
          
Balance at beginning of period
 $(125 $(112 $(1,813 $(45 $(2,095
Changes in unrealized gains and losses
 1,195  14        1,209 
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)
          (1 (1
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
 (43 (8 40     (11
Applicable income taxes
 (292 (1 (10 (1 (304
Balance at end of period
 $735  $(107 $(1,783 $(47 $(1,202
2020
                
Balance at beginning of period
 $2,701  $  $(240 $(1,589 $(74 $798  $2,424  $(233 $(1,613 $(75 $503 
Changes in unrealized gains and losses
 (305    27        (278 453           453 
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)
             6  6           1  1 
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
 (12    3  32     23  (81 (9 31     (59
Applicable income taxes
 81     (7 (9 (2 63  (95 2  (7    (100
Balance at end of period
 $2,465  $  $(217 $(1,566 $(70 $612  $2,701  $(240 $(1,589 $(74 $798 
2019
      
Balance at beginning of period
 $163  $11  $(55 $(1,385 $(78 $(1,344
Changes in unrealized gains and losses
 284     (59       225 
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)
             2  2 
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
 (25 (1 6  22     2 
Applicable income taxes
 (66    14  (6    (58
Balance at end of period
 $356  $10  $(94 $(1,369 $(76 $(1,173
(a)
Represents the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the Company’s investment in foreign operations and related hedges.
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Investment
Securities
Available-For-

Sale
  Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Derivative Hedges
  Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Retirement Plans
  Foreign
Currency
Translation
  Total 
2021
                    
Balance at beginning of period
 $2,417  $(189 $(1,842 $(64 $322 
Changes in unrealized gains and losses
  (2,183  113         (2,070
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)
           24   24 
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
  (68  (4  79      7 
Applicable income taxes
  569   (27  (20  (7  515 
Balance at end of period
 $735  $(107 $(1,783 $(47 $(1,202
2020
                    
Balance at beginning of period
 $379  $(51 $(1,636 $(65 $(1,373
Changes in unrealized gains and losses
  3,240   (257        2,983 
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)
           (12  (12
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
  (131  4   62      (65
Applicable income taxes
  (787  64   (15  3   (735
Balance at end of period
 $2,701  $(240 $(1,589 $(74 $798 
 
(a)
Represents the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the Company’s investment in foreign operations and related hedges.
 
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Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in Millions)
 Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Investment
Securities
Available-For-

Sale
  
Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Investment
Securities
Transferred From
Available-For-Sale
to Held-To-
Maturity
  
Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Derivative Hedges
  Unrealized Gains
(Losses) on
Retirement Plans
  Foreign
Currency
Translation
  Total 
2020
      
Balance at beginning of period
 $379  $  $(51 $(1,636 $(65 $(1,373
Changes in unrealized gains and losses
  2,935      (230        2,705 
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)
              (6  (6
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
  (143     7   94      (42
Applicable income taxes
  (706     57   (24  1   (672
Balance at end of period
 $2,465  $  $(217 $(1,566 $(70 $612 
2019
      
Balance at beginning of period
 $(946 $14  $112  $(1,418 $(84 $(2,322
Changes in unrealized gains and losses
  1,790      (268        1,522 
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)
              10   10 
Reclassification to earnings of realized gains and losses
  (47  (5  (8  66      6 
Applicable income taxes
  (441  1   70   (17  (2  (389
Balance at end of period
 $356  $10  $(94 $(1,369 $(76 $(1,173
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(a)
Represents the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the Company’s investment in foreign operations and related hedges.
Additional detail about the impact to net income for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and into earnings is as follows:
 
 Impact to Net Income  
Affected Line Item in the
Consolidated Statement of Income
 Impact to Net Income  Affected Line Item in the
Consolidated Statement of Income
 Three Months Ended September 30      Nine Months Ended September 30  
Three Months Ended
June 30
      
Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019  2021 2020      2021 2020 
Unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities
available-for-sale
        
Unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities
available-for-sale
 
            
Realized gains (losses) on sale of investment securities
 $12  $25     $143  $47  Securities gains (losses), net $43  $81      $68  $131  Securities gains (losses), net
 (3 (6      (36 (12 Applicable income taxes
 9  19      107  35  
Net-of-tax
Unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities transferred from
available-for-sale
to
held-to-maturity
        
Amortization of unrealized gains
    1        5  Interest income
              (1 Applicable income taxes (11 (20      (17 (33 Applicable income taxes
    1        4  
Net-of-tax
 32  61       51  98  
Net-of-tax
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative hedges
                      
Realized gains (losses) on derivative hedges
 (3 (6     (7 8  Interest expense 8  9       4  (4 Interest expense
 1  1       2  (2 Applicable income taxes (2 (2      (1 1  Applicable income taxes
 (2 (5     (5 6  
Net-of-tax
 6  7       3  (3 
Net-of-tax
Unrealized gains (losses) on retirement plans
                      
Actuarial gains (losses) and prior service cost (credit) amortization
 (32 (22     (94 (66 Other noninterest expense (40 (31      (79 (62 Other noninterest expense
 9  6       24  17  Applicable income taxes 10  7       20  15  Applicable income taxes
 (23 (16     (70 (49 
Net-of-tax
 (30 (24      (59 (47 
Net-of-tax
     
Total impact to net income
 $(16 $(1     $32  $(4   $8  $44      $(5 $48   
 
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   Earnings Per Share
The components of earnings per share were:
 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
      Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
      Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars and Shares in Millions, Except Per Share Data)     2020     2019          2020     2019  2021 2020      2021 2020 
Net income attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $1,580  $1,908     $3,440  $5,428  $1,982  $689      $4,262  $1,860 
Preferred dividends
 (79 (79     (229 (230 (58 (72      (148 (150
Impact of preferred stock redemption (a)
            (5   
Earnings allocated to participating stock awards
 (7 (8      (15 (23 (10 (3      (20 (8
Net income applicable to U.S. Bancorp common shareholders
 $1,494  $1,821      $3,196  $5,175  $1,914  $614      $4,089  $1,702 
Average common shares outstanding
 1,506  1,575      1,510  1,589  1,489  1,506       1,495  1,512 
Net effect of the exercise and assumed purchase of stock awards
 1  3       1  3  1  1       2  1 
Average diluted common shares outstanding
 1,507  1,578       1,511  1,592  1,490  1,507       1,497  1,513 
Earnings per common share
 $.99  $1.16     $2.12  $3.26  $1.29  $.41      $2.73  $1.13 
Diluted earnings per common share
 $.99  $1.15      $2.11  $3.25  $1.28  $.41      $2.73  $1.12 
(a)
Represents stock issuance costs originally recorded in preferred stock upon the issuance of the Company’s Series I Preferred Stock that were reclassified to retained earnings on the date the Company announced its intent to redeem the outstanding shares.
Options outstanding at SeptemberJune 30, 2021, to purchase 1 million common shares for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and outstanding at June 30, 2020, to purchase 4 million and 2 million common shares for the three months and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020, respectively, and outstanding at September 30, 2019, to purchase 1 million common shares for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2019, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were antidilutive.
 
 Note 10
 
   Employee Benefits
The components of net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s retirement plans were:
 
 Three Months Ended September 30      Nine Months Ended September 30  Three Months Ended June 30      Six Months Ended June 30 
 Pension Plans Postretirement
Welfare Plan
      Pension Plans Postretirement
Welfare Plan
  Pension Plans Postretirement
Welfare Plan
      Pension Plans Postretirement
Welfare Plan
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019 2020 2019      2020 2019 2020 2019  2021 2020 2021 2020      2021 2020 2021 2020 
Service cost
 $58  $48  $  $     $176  $144  $  $  $66  $59  $  $      $132  $118  $  $ 
Interest cost
 59  63     1      176  187  1  2  55  58     1       110  117     1 
Expected return on plan assets
 (101 (96    (1     (302 (287 (2 (2 (113 (101    (1      (225 (201    (2
Prior service cost (credit) amortization
          (1          (2 (3 (1    (1 (1      (1    (2 (2
Actuarial loss (gain) amortization
 34  24  (2 (1      101  73  (5 (4 43  34  (1 (2      85  67  (3 (3
Net periodic benefit cost (a)
 $50  $39  $(2 $(2     $151  $117  $(8 $(7 $50  $50  $(2 $(3     $101  $101  $(5 $(6
 
(a)
Service cost is included in employee benefits expense on the Consolidated Statement of Income. All other components are included in other noninterest expense on the Consolidated Statement of Income.
 
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Note 11
 
   Income Taxes
The components of income tax expense were:
 
  Three Months Ended
September 30
       Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020  2019       2020  2019 
Federal
       
Current
 $(53 $414     $966  $1,002 
Deferred
  306   (59       (459  26 
Federal income tax
  253   355      507   1,028 
State
       
Current
  92   140      298   280 
Deferred
  2   (28       (134  (14
 
State income tax
  94   112        164   266 
Total income tax provision
 $347  $467       $671  $1,294 
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  Three Months Ended
June 30
       Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions)     2021       2020       2021   2020 
Federal
                       
Current
 $350   $704       $703   $1,019 
Deferred
  76    (659       206    (765
Federal income tax
  426    45        909    254 
State
                       
Current
  109    136        203    206 
Deferred
  16    (117       46    (136
      
State income tax
  125    19        249    70 
Total income tax provision
 $551   $64       $1,158   $324 
A reconciliation of expected income tax expense at the federal statutory rate of 21 percent to the Company’s applicable income tax expense follows:
 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
      Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
      Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019      2021     2020      2021 2020 
Tax at statutory rate
 $406  $501     $867  $1,417  $533  $159      $1,140  $461 
State income tax, at statutory rates, net of federal tax benefit
 75  99      170  277  105  36       219  95 
Tax effect of
                   
Tax credits and benefits, net of related expenses
 (82 (97     (280 (307 (83 (96      (176 (198
Exam resolutions
 (47        (47 (49
Tax-exempt
income
 (29 (29     (87 (92 (29 (29      (57 (58
Other items
 24  (7      48  48  25  (6      32  24 
Applicable income taxes
 $347  $467      $671  $1,294  $551  $64      $1,158  $324 
The Company’s income tax returns are subject to review and examination by federal, state, local and foreign government authorities. On an ongoing basis, numerous federal, state, local and foreign examinations are in progress and cover multiple tax years. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, federal tax examinations for all years ending through December 31, 2014 are completed and resolved. The Company’s tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are under examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The years open to examination by foreign, state and local government authorities vary by jurisdiction.
The Company’s net deferred tax asset was $657$862 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and $382$597 million at December 31, 2019.2020.
 
 Note 12
 
   Derivative Instruments
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into derivative transactions to manage various risks and to accommodate the business requirements of its customers. The Company recognizes all derivatives on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at fair value in other assets or in other liabilities. On the date the Company enters into a derivative contract, the derivative is designated as either a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge, net investment hedge, or a designation is not made as it is a customer-related transaction, an economic hedge for asset/liability risk management purposes or another stand-alone derivative created through the Company’s operations (“free-standing derivative”). When a derivative is designated as a fair value, cash flow or net investment hedge, the Company performs an assessment, at inception and, at a minimum, quarterly thereafter, to determine the effectiveness of the derivative in offsetting changes in the value or cash flows of the hedged item(s).
Fair Value Hedges
These derivatives are interest rate swaps the Company uses to hedge the change in fair value related to interest rate changes of its underlying
available-for-sale
investment securities and fixed-rate debt. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as fair value hedges, and changes in the fair value of the hedged items, are recorded in earnings.
Cash Flow Hedges
These derivatives are interest rate swaps the Company uses to hedge the forecasted cash flows from its underlying variable-rate debt. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) until the cash flows of the hedged items are realized. If a derivative designated as a cash flow hedge is terminated or ceases to be highly effective, the gain or loss in other comprehensive income (loss) is
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amortized to earnings over the period the forecasted hedged transactions impact earnings. If a hedged forecasted transaction is no longer probable, hedge accounting is ceased and any gain or loss included in other comprehensive income (loss) is reported in earnings immediately, unless the forecasted transaction is at least reasonably possible of occurring, whereby the amounts remain within other comprehensive income (loss). At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had $217$107 million
(net-of-tax)
of realized and unrealized losses on derivatives classified as cash flow hedges recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), compared with $51$189 million
(net-of-tax)
of realized and unrealized losses at December 31, 2019.2020. The estimated amount to be reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) into earnings during
both
the remainder of 20202021 and the next 12 months are losses of $10$2 million
(net-of-tax)(net-of-tax
)
and $40 million
(net-of-tax),
respectively.. All cash flow hedges were highly effective for the three
and nine six
months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020.
2021.
Net Investment Hedges
 The Company uses forward commitments to sell specified amounts of certain foreign currencies, and
non-derivative
debt instruments, to hedge the volatility of its net investment in foreign operations driven by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The carrying amount of
non-derivative
debt instruments designated as net investment hedges was $1.4 billion and $1.3 billion at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019, respectively.2020.
Other Derivative Positions
 The Company enters into free-standing derivatives to mitigate interest rate risk and for other risk management purposes. These derivatives include forward commitments to sell
to-be-announced
securities (“TBAs”) and other commitments to sell residential mortgage loans, which are used to economically hedge the interest
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rate risk related to mortgage loans held for sale (“MLHFS”) and unfunded mortgage loan commitments. The Company also enters into interest rate swaps, swaptions, forward commitments to buy TBAs, U.S. Treasury and Eurodollar futures and options on U.S. Treasury futures to economically hedge the change in the fair value of the Company’s MSRs. The Company also enters into foreign currency forwards to economically hedge remeasurement gains and losses the Company recognizes on foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities. In addition, the Company acts as a seller and buyer of interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for its customers. The Company mitigates the market and liquidity risk associated with these customer derivatives by entering into similar offsetting positions with broker-dealers, or on a portfolio basis by entering into other derivative or
non-derivative
financial instruments that partially or fully offset the exposure to earnings from these customer-related positions. The Company’s customer derivatives and related hedges are monitored and reviewed by the Company’s Market Risk Committee, which establishes policies for market risk management, including exposure limits for each portfolio. The Company also has derivative contracts that are created through its operations, including certain unfunded mortgage loan commitments and swap agreements related to the sale of a portion of its Class B common and preferred shares of Visa Inc. Refer to Note 14 for further information on these swap agreements.
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The following table summarizes the asset and liability management derivative positions of the Company:
 
 Asset Derivatives        Liability Derivatives  Asset Derivatives        Liability Derivatives 
(Dollars in Millions) 
Notional
Value
   
Fair
Value
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity
In Years
        
Notional
Value
   
Fair
Value
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity
In Years
  Notional
Value
   Fair
Value
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity
In Years
        Notional
Value
   Fair
Value
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity
In Years
 
September 30, 2020
              
June 30, 2021
                     
Fair value hedges
                                   
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Receive fixed/pay floating swaps
 $8,400   $    2.02      $   $      $8,700   $    3.01       $1,500   $    3.78 
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
      ��            1,850        9.20 
Cash flow hedges
                                   
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
                 3,250    11    4.84                   250        .48 
Net investment hedges
                                   
Foreign exchange forward contracts
 483    5    .06       308    1    .06  828    4    .06                 
Other economic hedges
                                   
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Futures and forwards
                                   
Buy
 13,858    88    .06       5,141    11    .41  8,096    33    .06        5,231    18    .07 
Sell
 9,105    20    .04       28,066    102    .16  13,507    26    .34        19,036    59    .08 
Options
                                   
Purchased
 2,570    44    4.91       1,340        4.25  18,380    223    3.26                 
Written
 5,817    227    .11       7,800    227    2.82  3,777    94    .09        6,240    207    2.25 
Receive fixed/pay floating swaps
 4,985        5.36       6,367        11.18  8,070        8.60        2,614        4.83 
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
 604        10.55       6,207        4.31  2,644        3.09        5,027        5.27 
Foreign exchange forward contracts
 275    2    .04       294    2    .05  394    5    .05        185    4    .05 
Equity contracts
 127        .67       20        .64  172    3    .91        27        .90 
Other (a)
 588    4    .02       2,376    199    2.07  951    7    .03        2,735    160    1.32 
Total
 $46,812   $390        $61,169   $553    $65,519   $395          $44,695   $448    
December 31, 2019
              
December 31, 2020
                     
Fair value hedges
                                   
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Receive fixed/pay floating swaps
 $18,300   $    3.89      $4,900   $    3.49  $8,400   $    1.76       $   $     
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
                  100        9.63 
Cash flow hedges
                                   
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
 1,532        6.06       7,150    10    2.11                   3,250        4.59 
Net investment hedges
                                   
Foreign exchange forward contracts
                 287    3    .04  479        .06        336    3    .06 
Other economic hedges
                                   
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Futures and forwards
                                   
Buy
 5,409    17    .08       5,477    11    .07  16,431    73    .50        1,925    5    .07 
Sell
 16,333    13    .81       8,113    25    .03  10,440    48    .04        28,976    157    .07 
Options
                                   
Purchased
 10,180    79    2.97                 11,610    121    4.11                 
Written
 1,270    30    .08       4,238    81    2.07  5,073    202    .13        7,770    198    2.53 
Receive fixed/pay floating swaps
 4,408        5.99       5,316        13.04  11,064        7.31        907        23.43 
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
 1,259        5.67       4,497        6.03  78        13.68        8,538        5.67 
Foreign exchange forward contracts
 113    1    .05       467    6    .04  292    1    .04        341    2    .05 
Equity contracts
 128    2    .45       20        1.06  127    3    .39        45        .46 
Other (a)
 34        .01       1,823    165    2.45  47    1    .11        1,832    183    2.44 
Total
 $58,966   $142          $42,288   $301     $64,041   $449          $54,020   $548    
 
(a)
Includes derivative liability swap agreements related to the sale of a portion of the Company’s Class B common and preferred shares of Visa Inc. The Visa swap agreements had a total notional value, fair value and weighted-average remaining maturity of $1.8 billion, $195$154 million and 2.75
2.01 years at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, respectively, compared to $1.8 billion, $165$182 million and 2.50 years at December 31, 2019,2020, respectively. In addition, includes short-term underwriting purchase and sale commitments with total asset and liability notional values of $588
m
illion$951 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, and $34$47 million at December 31, 2019.2020.
 
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The following table summarizes the customer-related derivative positions of the Company:
 
 Asset Derivatives        Liability Derivatives  Asset Derivatives        Liability Derivatives 
(Dollars in Millions) Notional
Value
   Fair
Value
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity In
Years
        Notional
Value
   Fair
Value
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity In
Years
  Notional
Value
   Fair
Value
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity In
Years
        Notional
Value
   Fair
Value
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Maturity In
Years
 
September 30, 2020
              
June 30, 2021
                     
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Receive fixed/pay floating swaps
 $149,619   $4,432    5.02      $4,983   $38    10.63  $133,861   $2,725    4.88       $32,873   $228    6.54 
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
 5,479    3    10.31       142,997    1,409    4.83  32,833    48    6.43        126,297    934    4.81 
Other (a)
 9,049    2    3.53       7,490    3    3.59  9,104    2    3.98        6,123    3    4.96 
Options
                                   
Purchased
 65,401    110    1.36       3,119    64    2.10  81,426    216    1.35        2,200    47    2.13 
Written
 3,310    65    2.19       60,533    76    1.23  2,378    47    1.99        77,120    190    1.28 
Futures
                                   
Buy
 1,463        .71                 925        .66        1,786        .35 
Sell
                 5,682        .77  1,549        1.68        734        .45 
Foreign exchange rate contracts
                                   
Forwards, spots and swaps
 35,624    1,029    1.15       36,540    998    1.36  40,075    1,225    1.15        41,487    1,232    1.39 
Options
                                   
Purchased
 744    22    .74                 522    14    1.08                 
Written
                 744    22    .74                   522    14    1.08 
Credit contracts
 2,836    2    2.88       7,478    9    3.84  3,215        2.40        7,302    7    4.46 
Total
 $273,525   $5,665        $269,566   $2,619    $305,888   $4,277          $296,444   $2,655    
December 31, 2019
              
December 31, 2020
                     
Interest rate contracts
                                   
Receive fixed/pay floating swaps
 $108,560   $1,865    4.83      $31,544   $88    3.83  $144,859   $3,782    4.93       $12,027   $99    8.72 
Pay fixed/receive floating swaps
 28,150    30    3.83       101,078    753    4.55  15,048    2    8.43        134,963    1,239    4.71 
Other (a)
 6,895    1    3.45       6,218    2    2.98  9,921    6    3.75        6,387    3    4.22 
Options
                                   
Purchased
 46,406    43    2.06       12,804    47    1.25  72,655    111    1.40        1,454    46    2.96 
Written
 6,901    49    1.93       49,741    41    1.82  1,736    46    2.76        68,205    81    1.25 
Futures
                                   
Buy
 894        .21                 1,851        1.22        924        .05 
Sell
 3,874    1    1.18       1,995        1.04                   4,090        .72 
Foreign exchange rate contracts
                                   
Forwards, spots and swaps
 36,350    748    .97       36,671    729    1.07  44,845    1,590    .96        45,992    1,565    1.13 
Options
                                   
Purchased
 1,354    17    .54                 519    14    .90                 
Written
                 1,354    17    .54                   519    14    .90 
Credit contracts
 2,879    1    3.28       7,488    5    4.33  2,876    1    2.75        7,479    7    3.81 
Total
 $242,263   $2,755          $248,893   $1,682     $294,310   $5,552          $282,040   $3,054    
 
(a)
Primarily represents floating rate interest rate swaps that pay based on differentials between specified interest rate indexes.
The table below shows the effective portion of the gains (losses) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and the gains (losses) reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) into earnings
(net-of-tax):
 
 Three Months Ended September 30      Nine Months Ended September 30  Three Months Ended June 30        Six Months Ended June 30 
 Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)
 Gains (Losses)
Reclassified from
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss) into Earnings
      Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)
 Gains (Losses)
Reclassified from
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss) into Earnings
  
Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)
 Gains (Losses)
Reclassified from
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss) into Earnings
        
Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)
 Gains (Losses)
Reclassified from
Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss) into Earnings
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019 2020 2019      2020 2019 2020 2019  2021 2020 2021   2020        2021 2020 2021   2020 
Asset and Liability Management Positions
                                  
Cash flow hedges
                                  
Interest rate contracts
 $21  $(44 $(2 $(5    $(171 $(200 $(5 $6  $11  $  $6   $7       $85  $(192 $3   $(3
Net investment hedges
                                  
Foreign exchange forward contracts
 (4 10            6  8        (8 (6              (1 10        
Non-derivative
debt instruments
 (45 37             (41 42        (14 (21              34  4        
 
Note:
The Company does not exclude components from effectiveness testing for cash flow and net investment hedges.
 
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The table below shows the effect of fair value and cash flow hedge accounting included in interest expense on the Consolidated Statement of Income:
 
 Three Months Ended June 30   Six Months Ended June 30 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
      Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Interest Income   Interest Expense      Interest Income   Interest Expense 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019  2021 2020   2021 2020      2021 2020   2021 2020 
Total amount of interest expense presented in the Consolidated Statement of Income
 $346  $1,156     $1,711  $3,394 
Total amount of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Statement of Income in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded
 $3,382  $3,672   $245  $472     $6,723  $7,788   $523  $1,365 
    
Asset and Liability Management Positions
                             
Fair value hedges
                             
Interest rate contract derivatives
 28  (183     (166 (234 (30      18  841       (31      73  (194
Hedged items
 (27 181      167  232  29       (17 (834      30       (72 194 
Cash Flow hedges
       
Cash flow hedges
                      
Interest rate contract derivatives
 3  6       7  (8         (8 (9             (4 4 
 
Note:
The Company does not exclude components from effectiveness testing for fair value and cash flow hedges. The Company reclassified losses of $18$12 million and $24$27 million into earnings during the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, respectively, as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges.
The Company did not reclassify gains orreclassified losses of $6 million into earnings during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.    hedges.
The table below shows cumulative hedging adjustments and the carrying amount of assets and liabilities designated in fair value hedges:
 
 Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets
and Liabilities
        Cumulative Hedging Adjustment (a)  Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets
and Liabilities
        Cumulative Hedging Adjustment (a) 
(Dollars in Millions) September 30, 2020   December 31, 2019        September 30, 2020   December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021   December 31, 2020        June 30, 2021   December 31, 2020 
Line Item in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
                        
Long-term Debt
 $8,599   $23,195       $990   $35 
Available-for-sale
investment securities
 $1,855   $99       $23   $(1
Long-term debt
 10,294    8,567        736    903 
 
(a)
The cumulative hedging adjustment related to discontinued hedging relationships on
available-for-sale
investment securities and long-term debt was $780$(6) million and $(7)$631 million, respectively, at June 30, 2021. The cumulative hedging adjustment related to discontinued hedging relationships on long-term debt was $726 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.2020.
The table below shows the gains (losses) recognized in earnings for other economic hedges and the customer-related positions:
 
  
Location of Gains (Losses)
Recognized in Earnings
   Three Months Ended
September 30
      Nine Months Ended
September 30
   
Location of Gains (Losses)
Recognized in Earnings
   Three Months
Ended June 30
      Six Months
Ended June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions)  2020 2019      2020 2019   2021 2020      2021 2020 
Asset and Liability Management Positions
                          
Other economic hedges
                          
Interest rate contracts
                          
Futures and forwards
   Mortgage banking revenue/
other noninterest income

 
  $46  $20     $53  $(20   Mortgage banking revenue/
other noninterest income

 
  $(99) $82      $331  $7 
Purchased and written options
   Mortgage banking revenue    428  154      1,173  347    Mortgage banking revenue    253  465       265  745 
Swaps
   Mortgage banking revenue    (51 215      724  513    Mortgage banking revenue    193  46       (197 775 
Foreign exchange forward contracts
   Other noninterest income    (2 (3     9  (18   Other noninterest income    (7 (6      (10 11 
Equity contracts
   Compensation expense    3           (2   Compensation expense    1  1       5  (3
Other
   Other noninterest income    (69        (70      Other noninterest income    1          1  (1
Customer-Related Positions
                          
Interest rate contracts
                          
Swaps
   Commercial products revenue    59  26      103  61    Commercial products revenue    25  66       52  44 
Purchased and written options
   Commercial products revenue    (14 2      3  11    Commercial products revenue    4          (3 17 
Futures
   Commercial products revenue      (3     (18 (7   Commercial products revenue                (18
Foreign exchange rate contracts
                          
Forwards, spots and swaps
   Commercial products revenue    20  20      54  59    Commercial products revenue    27  17       46  34 
Purchased and written options
   Commercial products revenue    1  1      1  1 
Credit contracts
   Commercial products revenue    (10 (4      (15 (12   Commercial products revenue    (4 (23      (2 (5
Derivatives are subject to credit risk associated with counterparties to the derivative contracts. The Company measures that credit risk using a credit valuation adjustment and includes it within the fair value of the derivative. The Company manages counterparty credit risk through diversification of its derivative positions among various counterparties, by entering into derivative positions that are centrally cleared through clearinghouses, by entering into master netting arrangements and, where possible, by requiring collateral arrangements. A master netting arrangement allows two counterparties, who have multiple derivative contracts with each other, the ability to net settle amounts under all contracts, including any related collateral, through a single payment and in a single currency. Collateral arrangements generally require the counterparty to deliver collateral (typically cash or U.S. Treasury and agency securities) equal to the Company’s net derivative receivable, subject to minimum transfer and credit rating requirements.
 
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The Company’s collateral arrangements are predominately bilateral and, therefore, contain provisions that require collateralization of the Company’s net liability derivative positions. Required collateral coverage is based on net liability thresholds and may be contingent upon the Company’s credit rating from two of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. If the Company’s credit rating were to fall below credit ratings thresholds established in the collateral arrangements, the counterparties to the derivatives could request immediate additional collateral coverage up to and including full collateral coverage for derivatives in a net liability position. The aggregate fair value of all derivatives under collateral arrangements that were in a net liability position at SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, was $1.5$1.0 billion. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had $1.3 billion$748 million of cash posted as collateral against this net liability position.
 
 
Note 13
 Netting Arrangements for Certain Financial Instruments and Securities Financing Activities
    
The Company’s derivative portfolio consists of bilateral
over-the-counter
trades, certain interest rate derivatives and credit contracts required to be centrally cleared through clearinghouses per current regulations, and exchange-traded positions which may include U.S. Treasury and Eurodollar futures or options on U.S. Treasury futures. Of the Company’s $651.1$712.5 billion total notional amount of derivative positions at SeptemberJune 30, 2020, $330.92021, $382.0 billion related to bilateral
over-the-counter
trades, $305.7$316.9 billion related to those centrally cleared through clearinghouses and $14.5$13.6 billion related to those that were exchange-traded. The Company’s derivative contracts typically include offsetting rights (referred to as netting arrangements), and depending on expected volume, credit risk, and counterparty preference, collateral maintenance may be required. For all derivatives under collateral support arrangements, fair value is determined daily and, depending on the collateral maintenance requirements, the Company and a counterparty may receive or deliver collateral, based upon the net fair value of all derivative positions between the Company and the counterparty. Collateral is typically cash, but securities may be allowed under collateral arrangements with certain counterparties. Receivables and payables related to cash collateral are included in other assets and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, along with the related derivative asset and liability fair values. Any securities pledged to counterparties as collateral remain on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Securities received from counterparties as collateral are not recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, unless the counterparty defaults. In general, securities used as collateral can be sold, repledged or otherwise used by the party in possession. No restrictions exist on the use of cash collateral by either party. Refer to Note 12 for further discussion of the Company’s derivatives, including collateral arrangements.
As part of the Company’s treasury and broker-dealer operations, the Company executes transactions that are treated as securities sold under agreements to repurchase or securities purchased under agreements to resell, both of which are accounted for as collateralized financings. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase include repurchase agreements and securities loaned transactions. Securities purchased under agreements to resell include reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowed transactions. For securities sold under agreements to repurchase, the Company records a liability for the cash received, which is included in short-term borrowings on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. For securities purchased under agreements to resell, the Company records a receivable for the cash paid, which is included in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Securities transferred to counterparties under repurchase agreements and securities loaned transactions continue to be recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, are measured at fair value, and are included in investment securities or other assets. Securities received from counterparties under reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowed transactions are not recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheet unless the counterparty defaults. The securities transferred under repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions typically are U.S. Treasury and agency securities, residential agency mortgage-backed securities or corporate debt securities. The securities loaned or borrowed typically are corporate debt securities traded by the Company’s broker-dealer subsidiary. In general, the securities transferred can be sold, repledged or otherwise used by the party in possession. No restrictions exist on the use of cash collateral by either party. Repurchase/reverse repurchase and securities loaned/borrowed transactions expose the Company to counterparty risk. The Company manages this risk by performing assessments, independent of business line managers, and establishing concentration limits on each counterparty. Additionally, these transactions include collateral arrangements that require the fair values of the underlying securities to be determined daily, resulting in cash being obtained or refunded to counterparties to maintain specified collateral levels.
 
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The following table summarizes the maturities by category of collateral pledged for repurchase agreements and securities loaned transactions:
 
(Dollars in Millions) Overnight and
Continuous
   Less Than
30 Days
   
30-89

Days
   Greater Than
90 Days
   Total  Overnight and
Continuous
   Less Than
30 Days
   
30-89

Days
   Greater Than
90 Days
   Total 
 
September 30, 2020
         
June 30, 2021
              
Repurchase agreements
                       
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 
$
242
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
242
 
 
$
273
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
273
 
Residential agency mortgage-backed securities
 
 
600
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
600
 
 
 
618
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
618
 
Corporate debt securities
 
 
668
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
668
 
 
 
622
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
622
 
Total repurchase agreements
 
 
1,510
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
1,510
 
 
 
1,513
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
1,513
 
Securities loaned
                       
Corporate debt securities
 
 
288
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
288
 
 
 
208
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
208
 
Total securities loaned
 
 
288
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
288
 
 
 
208
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
208
 
Gross amount of recognized liabilities
 
$
1,798
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
1,798
 
 
$
1,721
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
1,721
 
December 31, 2019
         
December 31, 2020
              
Repurchase agreements
                       
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 
$
289
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
289
 
 
$
472
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
472
 
Residential agency mortgage-backed securities
 
 
266
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
266
 
 
 
398
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
398
 
Corporate debt securities
 
 
610
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
610
 
 
 
560
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
560
 
Total repurchase agreements
 
 
1,165
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
1,165
 
 
 
1,430
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
1,430
 
Securities loaned
                       
Corporate debt securities
 
 
50
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
50
 
 
 
218
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
218
 
Total securities loaned
 
 
50
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
50
 
 
 
218
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
218
 
Gross amount of recognized liabilities
 
$
1,215
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
1,215
 
 
$
1,648
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
 
  
$
1,648
 
The Company executes its derivative, repurchase/reverse repurchase and securities loaned/borrowed transactions under the respective industry standard agreements. These agreements include master netting arrangements that allow for multiple contracts executed with the same counterparty to be viewed as a single arrangement. This allows for net settlement of a single amount on a daily basis. In the event of default, the master netting arrangement provides for
close-out
netting, which allows all of these positions with the defaulting counterparty to be terminated and net settled with a single payment amount.
The Company has elected to offset the assets and liabilities under netting arrangements for the balance sheet presentation of the majority of its derivative counterparties. The netting occurs at the counterparty level, and includes all assets and liabilities related to the derivative contracts, including those associated with cash collateral received or delivered. The Company has not elected to offset the assets and liabilities under netting arrangements for the balance sheet presentation of repurchase/reverse repurchase and securities loaned/borrowed transactions.
The following tables provide information on the Company’s netting adjustments, and items not offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheet but available for offset in the event of default:
 
(Dollars in Millions) 
Gross
Recognized
Assets
   
Gross Amounts
Offset on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet (a)
 
Net Amounts
Presented on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross Amounts Not Offset on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
Net Amount
  
Gross
Recognized
Assets
   
Gross Amounts
Offset on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet (a)
 
Net Amounts
Presented on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross Amounts Not Offset on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
Net Amount
 
Financial
Instruments (b)
 Collateral
Received (c)
  Financial
Instruments (b)
 Collateral
Received (c)
 
September 30, 2020
        
June 30, 2021
              
Derivative assets (d)
 
$
5,756
 
  
$
(1,885
 
$
3,871
 
  
$
(87
 
$
(331
 
$
3,453
 
 
$
4,554
 
  
$
(1,795
 
$
2,759
 
  
$
(130
 
$
(173
 
$
2,456
 
Reverse repurchase agreements
 
 
289
 
  
 
 
 
 
289
 
  
 
(227
 
 
(62
 
 
 
 
 
246
 
  
 
 
 
 
246
 
  
 
(233
 
 
(13
 
 
 
Securities borrowed
 
 
1,701
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,701
 
  
 
 
 
 
(1,649
 
 
52
 
 
 
1,931
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,931
 
  
 
 
 
 
(1,876
 
 
55
 
Total
 
$
7,746
 
  
$
(1,885
 
$
5,861
 
  
$
(314
 
$
(2,042
 
$
3,505
 
 
$
6,731
 
  
$
(1,795
 
$
4,936
 
  
$
(363
 
$
(2,062
 
$
2,511
 
December 31, 2019
        
December 31, 2020
              
Derivative assets (d)
 
$
2,857
 
  
$
(982
 
$
1,875
 
  
$
(80
 
$
(116
 
$
1,679
 
 
$
5,744
 
  
$
(1,874
 
$
3,870
 
  
$
(109
 
$
(287
 
$
3,474
 
Reverse repurchase agreements
 
 
1,021
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,021
 
  
 
(152
 
 
(869
 
 
 
 
 
377
 
  
 
 
 
 
377
 
  
 
(262
 
 
(115
 
 
 
Securities borrowed
 
 
1,624
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,624
 
  
 
 
 
 
(1,569
 
 
55
 
 
 
1,716
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,716
 
  
 
 
 
 
(1,670
 
 
46
 
Total
 
$
5,502
 
  
$
(982
 
$
4,520
 
  
$
(232
 
$
(2,554
 
$
1,734
 
 
$
7,837
 
  
$
(1,874
 
$
5,963
 
  
$
(371
 
$
(2,072
 
$
3,520
 
 
(a)
Includes $1.1 billion$711 million and $429$898 million of cash collateral related payables that were netted against derivative assets at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
(b)
For derivative assets this includes any derivative liability fair values that could be offset in the event of counterparty default; for reverse repurchase agreements this includes any repurchase agreement payables that could be offset in the event of counterparty default; for securities borrowed this includes any securities loaned payables that could be offset in the event of counterparty default.
(c)
Includes the fair value of securities received by the Company from the counterparty. These securities are not included on the Consolidated Balance Sheet unless the counterparty defaults.
(d)
Excludes $299$118 million and $40$257 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively, of derivative assets not subject to netting arrangements.
 
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(Dollars in Millions)
 
Gross
Recognized
Liabilities
   
Gross Amounts
Offset on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet (a)
  
Net Amounts
Presented on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross Amounts Not Offset on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
Net Amount
 
  Financial
Instruments (b)
  Collateral
Pledged (c)
 
September 30, 2020
        
Derivative liabilities (d)
 
$
2,973
 
  
$
(2,067
 
$
906
 
  
$
(87
 
$
 
 
$
819
 
Repurchase agreements
 
 
1,510
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,510
 
  
 
(227
 
 
(1,281
 
 
2
 
Securities loaned
 
 
288
 
  
 
 
 
 
288
 
  
 
 
 
 
(284
 
 
4
 
Total
 
$
4,771
 
  
$
(2,067
 
$
2,704
 
  
$
(314
 
$
(1,565
 
$
825
 
December 31, 2019
        
Derivative liabilities (d)
 
$
1,816
 
  
$
(1,067
 
$
749
 
  
$
(80
 
$
 
 
$
669
 
Repurchase agreements
 
 
1,165
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,165
 
  
 
(152
 
 
(1,012
 
 
1
 
Securities loaned
 
 
50
 
  
 
 
 
 
50
 
  
 
 
 
 
(49
 
 
1
 
Total
 
$
3,031
 
  
$
(1,067
 
$
1,964
 
  
$
(232
 
$
(1,061
 
$
671
 
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(Dollars in Millions)
 
Gross
Recognized
Liabilities
   
Gross Amounts
Offset on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet (a)
  
Net Amounts
Presented on the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross Amounts Not Offset on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
Net Amount
 
  Financial
Instruments (b)
  Collateral
Pledged (c)
 
June 30, 2021
                          
Derivative liabilities (d)
 
$
2,937
 
  
$
(1,832
 
$
1,105
 
  
$
(130
 
$
 
 
$
975
 
Repurchase agreements
 
 
1,513
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,513
 
  
 
(233
 
 
(1,280
 
 
 
Securities loaned
 
 
208
 
  
 
 
 
 
208
 
  
 
 
 
 
(205
 
 
3
 
Total
 
$
4,658
 
  
$
(1,832
 
$
2,826
 
  
$
(363
 
$
(1,485
 
$
978
 
December 31, 2020
                          
Derivative liabilities (d)
 
$
3,419
 
  
$
(2,312
 
$
1,107
 
  
$
(109
 
$
 
 
$
998
 
Repurchase agreements
 
 
1,430
 
  
 
 
 
 
1,430
 
  
 
(262
 
 
(1,168
 
 
 
Securities loaned
 
 
218
 
  
 
 
 
 
218
 
  
 
 
 
 
(215
 
 
3
 
Total
 
$
5,067
 
  
$
(2,312
 
$
2,755
 
  
$
(371
 
$
(1,383
 
$
1,001
 
 
(a)
Includes $748 million and $1.3 billion and $514 million of cash collateral related receivables that were netted against derivative liabilities at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
(b)
For derivative liabilities this includes any derivative asset fair values that could be offset in the event of counterparty default; for repurchase agreements this includes any reverse repurchase agreement receivables that could be offset in the event of counterparty default; for securities loaned this includes any securities borrowed receivables that could be offset in the event of counterparty default.
(c)
Includes the fair value of securities pledged by the Company to the counterparty. These securities are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheet unless the Company defaults.
(d)
Excludes $199$166 million and $167$183 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively, of derivative liabilities not subject to netting arrangements.
 
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    Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities
The Company uses fair value measurements for the initial recording of certain assets and liabilities, periodic remeasurement of certain assets and liabilities, and disclosures. Derivatives, trading and
available-for-sale
investment securities, MSRs and substantially all MLHFS are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Additionally, from time to time, the Company may be required to record at fair value other assets on a nonrecurring basis, such as loans held for sale, loans held for investment and certain other assets. These nonrecurring fair value adjustments typically involve application of
lower-of-cost-or-fair
value accounting or impairment write-downs of individual assets.
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. A fair value measurement reflects all of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique, the effect of a restriction on the sale or use of an asset and the risk of nonperformance.
The Company groups its assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a three-level hierarchy for valuation techniques used to measure financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. This hierarchy is based on whether the valuation inputs are observable or unobservable. These levels are:
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 1 includes U.S. Treasury securities, as well as exchange-traded instruments.
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes debt securities that are traded less frequently than exchange-traded instruments and which are typically valued using third party pricing services; derivative contracts and other assets and liabilities, including securities, whose value is determined using a pricing model with inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data; and MLHFS whose values are determined using quoted prices for similar assets or pricing models with inputs that are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial instruments whose values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation. This category includes MSRs and certain derivative contracts.
Valuation Methodologies
The valuation methodologies used by the Company to measure financial assets and liabilities at fair value are described below. In addition, the following section includes an indication of the level of the fair value hierarchy in which the
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assets or liabilities are classified. Where appropriate, the descriptions include information about the valuation models
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and key inputs to those models. During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, there were no significant changes to the valuation techniques used by the Company to measure fair value.
Available-For-Sale
Investment Securities
 When quoted market prices for identical securities are available in an active market, these prices are used to determine fair value and these securities are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Level 1 investment securities include U.S. Treasury and exchange-traded securities.
For other securities, quoted market prices may not be readily available for the specific securities. When possible, the Company determines fair value based on market observable information, including quoted market prices for similar securities, inactive transaction prices, and broker quotes. These securities are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Level 2 valuations are generally provided by a third-partythird party pricing service. Level 2 investment securities are predominantly agency mortgage-backed securities, certain other asset-backed securities, obligations of state and political subdivisions and agency debt securities.
Mortgage Loans Held For Sale
 MLHFS measured at fair value, for which an active secondary market and readily available market prices exist, are initially valued at the transaction price and are subsequently valued by comparison to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles. MLHFS are classified within Level 2. Included in mortgage banking revenue was awere net gaingains of $97$98 million and $10$81 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and 2019, respectively,a net loss of $117 million and a net gain of $271 million and $53$174 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, from the changes to fair value of these MLHFS under fair value option accounting guidance. Changes in fair value due to instrument specific credit risk were immaterial. Interest income for MLHFS is measured based on contractual interest rates and reported as interest income on the Consolidated Statement of Income. Electing to measure MLHFS at fair value reduces certain timing differences and better matches changes in fair value of these assets with changes in the value of the derivative instruments used to economically hedge them without the burden of complying with the requirements for hedge accounting.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
 MSRs are valued using a discounted cash flow methodology, and are classified within Level 3. The Company determines fair value of the MSRs by projecting future cash flows for different interest rate scenarios using prepayment rates and other assumptions, and discounts these cash flows using a risk adjusted rate based on option adjusted spread levels. There is minimal observable market activity for MSRs on comparable portfolios and, therefore, the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment. Refer to Note 6 for further information on MSR valuation assumptions.
Derivatives
The majority of derivatives held by the Company are executed
over-the-counter
or centrally cleared through clearinghouses and are valued using market standard cash flow valuation techniques. The models incorporate inputs, depending on the type of derivative, including interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates and volatility. All derivative values incorporate an assessment of the risk of counterparty nonperformance, measured based on the Company’s evaluation of credit risk including external assessments of credit risk. The Company monitors and manages its nonperformance risk by considering its ability to net derivative positions under master netting arrangements, as well as collateral received or provided under collateral arrangements. Accordingly, the Company has elected to measure the fair value of derivatives, at a counterparty level, on a net basis. The majority of the derivatives are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, as the significant inputs to the models, including nonperformance risk, are observable. However, certain derivative transactions are with counterparties where risk of nonperformance cannot be observed in the market and, therefore, the credit valuation adjustments result in these derivatives being classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
The Company also has other derivative contracts that are created through its operations, including commitments to purchase and originate mortgage loans and swap agreements executed in conjunction with the sale of a portion of its Class B common and preferred shares of Visa Inc. (the “Visa swaps”). The mortgage loan commitments are valued by pricing models that include market observable and unobservable inputs, which result in the commitments being classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The unobservable inputs include assumptions about the percentage of commitments that actually become a closed loan and the MSR value that is inherent in the underlying loan value. The Visa swaps require payments by either the Company or the purchaser of the Visa Inc. Class B common and preferred shares when there are changes in the conversion rate of the Visa Inc. Class B common and preferred shares to Visa Inc. Class A common and preferred shares, respectively, as well as quarterly payments to the purchaser based on specified terms of the agreements. Management reviews and updates the Visa swaps fair value in conjunction with its
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review of Visa Inc. related litigation contingencies, and the associated escrow funding. The expected litigation
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resolution impacts the Visa Inc. Class B common share to Visa Inc. Class A common share conversion rate, as well as the ultimate termination date for the Visa swaps. Accordingly, the Visa swaps are classified within Level 3. Refer to Note 15 for further information on the Visa Inc. restructuring and related card association litigation.
Significant Unobservable Inputs of Level 3 Assets and Liabilities
The following section provides information to facilitate an understanding of the uncertainty in the fair value measurements for the Company’s Level 3 assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. This section includes a description of the significant inputs used by the Company and a description of any interrelationships between these inputs. The discussion below excludes nonrecurring fair value measurements of collateral value used for impairment measures for loans and OREO. These valuations utilize third-partythird party appraisal or broker price opinions, and are classified as Level 3 due to the significant judgment involved.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s MSRs are expected prepayments and the option adjusted spread that is added to the risk-free rate to discount projected cash flows. Significant increases in either of these inputs in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower fair value measurement. Significant decreases in either of these inputs in isolation would have resulted in a significantly higher fair value measurement. There is no direct interrelationship between prepayments and option adjusted spread. Prepayment rates generally move in the opposite direction of market interest rates. Option adjusted spread is generally impacted by changes in market return requirements.
The following table shows the significant valuation assumption ranges for MSRs at SeptemberJune 30, 2020:2021:
 
 Minimum Maximum Weighted
Average (a)
  Minimum Maximum Weighted-
Average (a)
 
Expected prepayment
 13 24 19 3 15 11
Option adjusted spread
 6  11  7  6  11  7 
 
(a)
Determined based on the relative fair value of the related mortgage loans serviced.
Derivatives
The Company has two distinct Level 3 derivative portfolios: (i) the Company’s commitments to purchase and originate mortgage loans that meet the requirements of a derivative and (ii) the Company’s asset/liability and customer-related derivatives that are Level 3 due to unobservable inputs related to measurement of risk of nonperformance by the counterparty. In addition, the Company’s Visa swaps are classified within Level 3.
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s derivative commitments to purchase and originate mortgage loans are the percentage of commitments that actually become a closed loan and the MSR value that is inherent in the underlying loan value. A significant increase in the rate of loans that close would have resulted in a larger derivative asset or liability. A significant increase in the inherent MSR value would have resulted in an increase in the derivative asset or a reduction in the derivative liability. Expected loan close rates and the inherent MSR values are directly impacted by changes in market rates and will generally move in the same direction as interest rates.
The following table shows the significant valuation assumption ranges for the Company’s derivative commitments to purchase and originate mortgage loans at SeptemberJune 30, 2020:2021:
 
 Minimum Maximum Weighted
Average (a)
  Minimum Maximum Weighted-
Average (a)
 
Expected loan close rate
 5 100 75 6 100 74
Inherent MSR value (basis points per loan)
 19  195  117  47  187  116 
 
(a)
Determined based on the relative fair value of the related mortgage loans.
The significant unobservable input used in the fair value measurement of certain of the Company’s asset/liability and customer-related derivatives is the credit valuation adjustment related to the risk of counterparty nonperformance. A significant increase in the credit valuation adjustment would have resulted in a lower fair value measurement. A significant decrease in the credit valuation adjustment would have resulted in a higher fair value measurement. The credit valuation adjustment is impacted by changes in market rates, volatility, market implied credit spreads, and loss recovery rates, as well as the Company’s assessment of the counterparty’s credit position. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the
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minimum, maximum and weighted averageweighted-average credit valuation adjustment as a percentage of the net fair value of the counterparty’s derivative contracts prior to adjustment was 0 percent, 10194 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
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The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Visa swaps are management’s estimate of the probability of certain litigation scenarios occurring, and the timing of the resolution of the related litigation loss estimates in excess, or shortfall, of the Company’s proportional share of escrow funds. An increase in the loss estimate or a delay in the resolution of the related litigation would have resulted in an increase in the derivative liability. A decrease in the loss estimate or an acceleration of the resolution of the related litigation would have resulted in a decrease in the derivative liability.
The following table summarizes the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
 
(Dollars in Millions) Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Netting  Total 
September 30, 2020
        
Available-for-sale
securities
        
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $19,357   $3,207   $   $  $22,564 
Mortgage-backed securities
        
Residential agency
      98,462           98,462 
Commercial agency
      4,429           4,429 
Asset-backed securities
        
Collateralized debt obligations/Collateralized loan obligations
          1       1 
Other
      201    6       207 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
      8,355    1       8,356 
Obligations of foreign governments
      9           9 
Corporate debt securities
      4           4 
Total
available-for-sale
  19,357    114,667    8       134,032 
Mortgage loans held for sale
      7,314           7,314 
Mortgage servicing rights
          1,978       1,978 
Derivative assets
  0    2,983    3,072    (1,885  4,170 
Other assets
  184    1,722           1,906 
Total
 $19,541   $126,686   $5,058   $(1,885 $149,400 
Derivative liabilities
 $0   $2,724   $448   $(2,067 $1,105 
Short-term borrowings and other liabilities (a)
  158    1,594           1,752 
Total
 $158   $4,318   $448   $(2,067 $2,857 
December 31, 2019
        
Available-for-sale
securities
        
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $18,986   $853   $   $  $19,839 
Mortgage-backed securities
        
Residential agency
      94,111           94,111 
Commercial agency
      1,453           1,453 
Asset-backed securities
        
Collateralized debt obligations/Collateralized loan obligations
          1       1 
Other
      375    7       382 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
      6,813    1       6,814 
Obligations of foreign governments
      9           9 
Corporate debt securities
      4           4 
Total
available-for-sale
  18,986    103,618    9       122,613 
Mortgage loans held for sale
      5,533           5,533 
Mortgage servicing rights
          2,546       2,546 
Derivative assets
  9    1,707    1,181    (982  1,915 
Other assets
  312    1,563           1,875 
Total
 $19,307   $112,421   $3,736   $(982 $134,482 
Derivative liabilities
 $   $1,612   $371   $(1,067 $916 
Short-term borrowings and other liabilities (a)
  50    1,578           1,628 
Total
 $50   $3,190   $371   $(1,067 $2,544 
(Dollars in Millions) Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Netting  Total 
June 30, 2021
                       
Available-for-sale
securities
                       
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $19,703   $2,952   $   $  $22,655 
Mortgage-backed securities
                       
Residential agency
      120,315           120,315 
Commercial agency
      6,968           6,968 
Asset-backed securities
      192    8       200 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
      10,142    1       10,143 
Other
      7           7 
Total
available-for-sale
  19,703    140,576    9       160,288 
Mortgage loans held for sale
      5,836           5,836 
Mortgage servicing rights
          2,713       2,713 
Derivative assets
  5    2,681    1,986    (1,795  2,877 
Other assets
  283    1,892           2,175 
Total
 $19,991   $150,985   $4,708   $(1,795 $173,889 
Derivative liabilities
 $   $2,617   $486   $(1,832 $1,271 
Short-term borrowings and other liabilities (a)
  176    1,905           2,081 
Total
 $176   $4,522   $486   $(1,832 $3,352 
December 31, 2020
                       
Available-for-sale
securities
                       
U.S. Treasury and agencies
 $19,251   $3,140   $   $  $22,391 
Mortgage-backed securities
                       
Residential agency
      99,968           99,968 
Commercial agency
      5,406           5,406 
Asset-backed securities
      198    7       205 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
      8,860    1       8,861 
Other
      9           9 
Total
available-for-sale
  19,251    117,581    8       136,840 
Mortgage loans held for sale
      8,524           8,524 
Mortgage servicing rights
          2,210       2,210 
Derivative assets
  4    3,235    2,762    (1,874  4,127 
Other assets
  302    1,601           1,903 
Total
 $19,557   $130,941   $4,980   $(1,874 $153,604 
Derivative liabilities
 $   $3,166   $436   $(2,312 $1,290 
Short-term borrowings and other liabilities (a)
  85    1,672           1,757 
Total
 $85   $4,838   $436   $(2,312 $3,047 
 
Note:
Excluded from the table above are equity investments without readily determinable fair values. The Company has elected to carry these investments at historical cost, adjusted for impairment and any changes resulting from observable price changes for identical or similar investments of the issuer. The aggregate carrying amount of these equity investments was $82$73 million and $91$85 million at SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 20192020, respectively. The Company has not recorded impairments or adjustments for observable price changes on these equity investments during the first ninesix months of 20202021 and 2019,2020, or on a cumulative basis.
(a)
Primarily represents the Company’s obligation on securities sold short required to be accounted for at fair value per applicable accounting guidance.
 
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The following table presents the changes in fair value for all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30:
 
(Dollars in Millions) Beginning
of Period
Balance
  Net Gains
(Losses)
Included in
Net Income
  Net Gains
(Losses)
Included in
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
  Purchases  Sales  Principal
Payments
  Issuances  Settlements  End
of Period
Balance
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
Relating to
Assets and
Liabilities
Held at End
of Period
 
2021
                                        
Available-for-sale
securities
                                        
Asset-backed securities
 $7  $  $1  $  $  $  $  $  $8  $1 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
  1                        1    
Total
available-for-sale
  8      1                  9   1 
Mortgage servicing rights
  2,787   (379) (a)      11   1      293  (c)      2,713   (379) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
  1,156   556  (b)      58   (1        (269  1,500   412  (d) 
           
2020
                                        
Available-for-sale
securities
                                        
Asset-backed securities
 $8  $  $  $  $  $(1 $  $  $7  $(1
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
  2      (1                 1   (1
Total
available-for-sale
  10      (1        (1        8   (2
Mortgage servicing rights
  1,887   (241) (a)      3   1      190  (c)      1,840   (241) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
  2,496   732  (e)      91   (1        (477  2,841   640  (f) 
(Dollars in Millions)
 
Beginning
of Period
Balance
 
 
Net Gains
(Losses)
Included in
Net Income
 
 
Purchases
 
 
Sales
 
Principal
Payments
 
 
Issuances
 
 
Settlements
 
 
End
of Period
Balance
 
Net Change
in Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
Relating to
Assets and
Liabilities
Held at End
of Period
 
2020
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Available-for-sale
securities
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Asset-backed securities
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Collateralized debt obligations/Collateralized loan obligations
 
$
1
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
1
 
 
$
 
Other
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
Total
available-for-sale
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
Mortgage servicing rights
 
 
1,840
 
 
 
(192
) (a) 
 
 
8
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
321
 (c) 
 
 
 
 
 
1,978
 
 
 
(192
) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
 
 
2,841
 
 
 
211
  (b) 
 
 
152
 
 
 
(1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(579
 
 
2,624
 
 
 
228
  (d) 
          
2019
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Mortgage servicing rights
 
$
2,458
 
 
$
(340
) (a) 
 
$
6
 
 
$
4
 
 
$
 
 
$
168
 (c) 
 
$
 
 
$
2,296
 
 
$
(340
) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
 
 
1,045
 
 
 
313
  (e) 
 
 
1
 
 
 
(1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(72
 
 
1,286
 
 
 
322
  (f) 
 
(a)
Included in mortgage banking revenue.
(b)
Approximately $508$276 million, $(228)$279 million and $(69)$1 million included in mortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and other noninter
e
st income, respectively.
(c)
Represents MSRs capitalized during the period.
(d)
Approximately $100 million, $311 million and $1 million included in mortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and other noninterest income, respectively.
(c)
Represents MSRs capitalized during the period.
(d)
Approximately $291 million , $6 million and $(69) million included in mortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and other noninterest income, respectively.
(e)
Approximately $144$622 million and $110 million included in mortgage banking revenue and $169 million included in commercial products revenue.revenue, respectively.
(f)
Approximately $273$334 million and $306 million included in mortgage banking revenue and $49 million included in commercial products revenue.revenue, respectively.
The following table presents the changes in fair value for all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30:
 
(Dollars in Millions) Beginning
of Period
Balance
  Net Gains
(Losses)
Included in
Net Income
  Net Gains
(Losses)
Included in
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
  Purchases  Sales  Principal
Payments
  Issuances  Settlements  End
of Period
Balance
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
Relating to
Assets and
Liabilities
Held at End
of Period
 
2021
                                        
Available-for-sale
securities
                                        
Asset-backed securities
 $7  $  $1  $  $  $  $  $  $8  $1 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
  1                        1    
Total
available-for-sale
  8      1                  9   1 
Mortgage servicing rights
  2,210   (137) (a)      27   1      612 (c)      2,713   (137) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
  2,326   (379) (b)      60   (1        (506  1,500   (496) (d) 
           
2020
                                        
Available-for-sale
securities
                                        
Asset-backed securities
 $8  $  $  $  $  $(1 $  $  $7  $ 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
  1                        1    
Total
available-for-sale
  9               (1        8    
Mortgage servicing rights
  2,546   (1,107) (a)      8   2      391 (c)      1,840   (1,107) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
  810   2,474  (e)      95   (1        (537  2,841   2,066  (f) 
(Dollars in Millions)
 
Beginning
of Period
Balance
 
 
Net Gains
(Losses)
Included in
Net Income
 
 
Purchases
 
 
Sales
 
 
Principal
Payments
 
 
Issuances
 
 
Settlements
 
 
End
of Period
Balance
 
 
Net Change
in Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
Relating to
Assets and
Liabilities
Held at End
of Period
 
2020
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Available-for-sale
securities
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Asset-backed securities
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Collateralized debt obligations/Collateralized loan obligations
 
$
1
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
1
 
 
$
 
Other
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
Total
available-for-sale
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
Mortgage servicing rights
 
 
2,546
 
 
 
(1,299
) (a) 
 
 
16
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
712
 (c) 
 
 
 
 
 
1,978
 
 
$
(1,299
) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
 
 
810
 
 
 
2,685
  (b) 
 
 
247
 
 
 
(2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,116
 
 
2,624
 
 
 
1,888
  (d) 
          
2019
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Mortgage servicing rights
 
$
2,791
 
 
$
(885
) (a) 
 
$
13
 
 
$
4
 
 
$
 
 
$
373
 (c) 
 
$
 
 
$
2,296
 
 
$
(885
) (a) 
Net derivative assets and liabilities
 
 
80
 
 
 
1,244
  (e) 
 
 
55
 
 
 
(9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(84
 
 
1,286
 
 
 
1,256
  (f) 
 
(a)
Included in mortgage banking revenue.
(b)
Approximately $1.5 billion, $1.3 billion$336 million, $(716) million and $(70) million included in mortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and other noninterest income, respectively.
(c)
Represents MSRs capitalized during the period.
(d)
Approximately $291 million ,
$1.7 billion
and $(70)$1 million included in mortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and other noninterest income, respectively.
(c)
Represents MSRs capitalized during the period.
(d)
Approximately $100 million, $(597) million and $1 million included in mortgage banking revenue, commercial products revenue and other noninterest income, respectively.
(e)
Approximately $363$979 million, $1.5 billion and $(1) million included in mortgage banking revenue, and $881 million included in commercial products revenue.revenue and other noninterest income, respectively.
(f)
Approximately $49$334 million, $1.7 billion and $(1) million included in mortgage banking revenue, and $1.2 billion included in commercial products revenue.revenue and other noninterest income, respectively.
The Company is also required periodically to measure certain other financial assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. These measurements of fair value usually result from the application of
lower-of-cost-or-fair
value accounting or write-downs of individual assets.
 
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 U.S. Bancorp

The following table summarizes the balances as of the measurement date of assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, and still held as of the reporting date:
 
 September 30, 2020        December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021        December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total        Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total        Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Loans (a)
 $   $   $602   $602      $   $   $136   $136  $   $   $82   $82       $   $   $385   $385 
    
Other assets (b)
          53    53                46    46           65    65                30    30 
 
(a)
Represents the carrying value of loans for which adjustments were based on the fair value of the collateral, excluding loans fully
charged-off.
(b)
Primarily represents the fair value of foreclosed properties that were measured at fair value based on an appraisal or broker price opinion of the collateral subsequent to their initial acquisition.
The following table summarizes losses recognized related to nonrecurring fair value measurements of individual assets or portfolios:
 
 Three Months Ended
September 30
   Nine Months Ended
September 30
  Three Months Ended
June 30
        Six Months Ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020   2019        2020   2019  2021   2020        2021   2020 
Loans (a)
 $184   $20      $244   $93  $12   $55       $43   $60 
    
Other assets (b)
 13    6        19    12  5    3        6    6 
 
(a)
Represents write-downs of loans which were based on the fair value of the collateral, excluding loans fully
charged-off.
(b)
Primarily represents related losses of foreclosed properties that were measured at fair value subsequent to their initial acquisition.
Fair Value Option
The following table summarizes the differences between the aggregate fair value carrying amount of MLHFS for which the fair value option has been elected and the aggregate unpaid principal amount that the Company is contractually obligated to receive at maturity:
 
 September 30, 2020        December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021        December 31, 2020 
(Dollars in Millions) Fair
Value
Carrying
Amount
   Aggregate
Unpaid
Principal
   Carrying
Amount Over
(Under) Unpaid
Principal
        Fair
Value
Carrying
Amount
   Aggregate
Unpaid
Principal
   Carrying
Amount Over
(Under) Unpaid
Principal
  Fair
Value
Carrying
Amount
   Aggregate
Unpaid
Principal
   Carrying
Amount Over
(Under) Unpaid
Principal
        Fair
Value
Carrying
Amount
   Aggregate
Unpaid
Principal
   Carrying
Amount Over
(Under) Unpaid
Principal
 
Total loans
 $7,314   $6,983   $331      $5,533   $5,366   $167  $5,836   $5,644   $192       $8,524   $8,136   $388 
Nonaccrual loans
  1    1           1    1       1    1            1    1     
Loans 90 days or more past due
                  1    1       1    1            2    2     
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following section summarizes the estimated fair value for financial instruments accounted for at amortized cost as of SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020. In accordance with disclosure guidance related to fair values of financial instruments, the Company did not include assets and liabilities that are not financial instruments, such as the value of goodwill, long-term relationships with deposit, credit card, merchant processing and trust customers, other purchased intangibles, premises and equipment, deferred taxes and other liabilities. Additionally, in accordance with the disclosure guidance, receivables and payables due in one year or less, insurance contracts, equity investments not accounted for at fair value, and deposits with no defined or contractual maturities are excluded.
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The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are shown in the table below:
 
 September 30, 2020   December 31, 2019  June 30, 2021   December 31, 2020 
 Carrying
Amount
     Fair Value      Carrying
Amount
      Fair Value  
Carrying
Amount
     Fair Value      
Carrying
Amount
      Fair Value 
(Dollars in Millions) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total      Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total      Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Financial Assets
                                                   
Cash and due from banks
 $44,047   $44,047  $  $  $44,047     $22,405    $22,405   $   $   $22,405  $44,573    $44,573  $  $  $44,573      $62,580     $62,580   $   $   $62,580 
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements
 290      290     290      1,036         1,036        1,036   248        248      248       377          377        377 
Loans held for sale (a)
 304         304  304      45             43    43   20           20   20       237              237    237 
Loans
 299,578         310,721  310,721      292,082             297,241    297,241   290,886           299,332   299,332       290,393              300,419    300,419 
Other (b)
 1,818      809  1,009  1,818      1,923         929    994    1,923   1,835        881   954   1,835       1,772          731    1,041    1,772 
    
Financial Liabilities
                                                   
Time deposits
 32,587      32,675     32,675      42,894         42,831        42,831   23,783        23,913      23,913       30,694          30,864        30,864 
Short-term borrowings (c)
 11,971      11,903     11,903      22,095         21,961        21,961   11,332        11,265      11,265       10,009          9,956        9,956 
Long-term debt
 42,443      43,657     43,657      40,167         41,077        41,077   36,360        37,087      37,087       41,297          42,485        42,485 
Other (d)
 3,541       1,245  2,296  3,541       3,678          1,342    2,336    3,678   4,039        1,133   2,906   4,039       4,052          1,234    2,818    4,052 
 
(a)
Excludes mortgages held for sale for which the fair value option under applicable accounting guidance was elected.
(b)
Includes investments in Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock and
tax-advantaged
investments.
(c)
Excludes the Company’s obligation on securities sold short required to be accounted for at fair value per applicable accounting guidance.
(d)
Includes operating lease liabilities and liabilities related to
tax-advantaged
investments.
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The fair value of unfunded commitments,
 deferred
non-yield
related loan fees, standby letters of credit and other guarantees is approximately equal to their carrying value. The carrying value of unfunded commitments, deferred
non-yield
related loan fees and standby letters of credit was $681$
656
 million and $528$
774
 million at September June 
30 2020
,
2021
and December 
31 2019,
,
2020
, respectively. The carrying value of other guarantees was $352$
315
 million and $200$
362
 million at September June 
30 2020
,
2021
and December 
31 2019,
,
2020
, respectively.
 
 Note 15
 
   Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities
Visa Restructuring and Card BrandAssociation Litigation
The Company’s payment services business issues credit and debit cards and acquires credit and debit card transactions through the Visa U.S.A. Inc. card brandassociation or its affiliates (collectively “Visa”). In 2007, Visa completed a restructuring and issued shares of Visa Inc. common stock to its financial institution members in contemplation of its initial public offering (“IPO”) completed in the first quarter of 2008 (the “Visa Reorganization”). As a part of the Visa Reorganization, the Company received its proportionate number of shares of Visa Inc. common stock, which were subsequently converted to Class B shares of Visa Inc. (“Class B shares”).
Visa U.S.A. Inc. (“Visa U.S.A.”) and MasterCard International (collectively, the “Card Brands”) are defendants in antitrust lawsuits challenging the practices of the Card Brands (the “Visa Litigation”). Visa U.S.A. member banks have a contingent obligation to indemnify Visa Inc. under the Visa U.S.A. bylaws (which were modified at the time of the restructuring in October 2007) for potential losses arising from the Visa Litigation. The indemnification by the Visa U.S.A. member banks has no specific maximum amount. Using proceeds from its IPO and through reductions to the conversion ratio applicable to the Class B shares held by Visa U.S.A. member banks, Visa Inc. has funded an escrow account for the benefit of member financial institutions to fund their indemnification obligations associated with the Visa Litigation. The receivable related to the escrow account is classified in other liabilities as a direct offset to the related Visa Litigation contingent liability.
In October 2012, Visa signed a settlement agreement to resolve class action claims associated with the multi-districtmultidistrict interchange litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “Multi-District Litigation”). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the approval of that settlement and remanded the matter to the district court. Thereafter, the case was split into two putative class actions, one seeking damages (the “Damages Action”) and a separate class action seeking injunctive relief only (the “Injunctive Action”). In September 2018, Visa signed a new settlement agreement, superseding the original settlement agreement, to resolve the Damages Action. The Damages Action settlement was approved by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, but is now on appeal. The Injunctive Action, which generally seeks changes to Visa rules, is still pending.
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Other Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities
The following table is a summary of other guarantees and contingent liabilities of the Company at SeptemberJune 30, 2020:2021:
 
(Dollars in Millions) Collateral
Held
   Carrying
Amount
   Maximum
Potential
Future
Payments
  Collateral
Held
   Carrying
Amount
   Maximum
Potential
Future
Payments
 
Standby letters of credit
 $   $69   $9,838  $   $62   $9,324 
Third party borrowing arrangements
          2           3 
Securities lending indemnifications
 5,790        5,659  10,080        9,818 
Asset sales
      75    5,148 (a)       86    6,529 (a) 
Merchant processing
 668    203    88,546  853    207    113,923 
Tender option bond program guarantee
 2,796        2,445  1,738        1,491 
Other
      74    1,450       22    1,628 
(a)
The maximum potential future payments do not include loan sales where the Company provides standard representation and warranties to the buyer against losses related to loan underwriting documentation defects that may have existed at the time of sale that generally are identified after the occurrence of a triggering event such as delinquency. For these types of loan sales, the maximum potential future payments is generally the unpaid principal balance of loans sold measured at the end of the current reporting period. Actual losses will be significantly less than the maximum exposure, as only a fraction of loans sold will have a representation and warranty breach, and any losses on repurchase would generally be mitigated by any collateral held against the loans.
Merchant Processing
The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides merchant processing services. Under the rules of credit card associations, a merchant processor retains a contingent liability for credit card transactions processed. This contingent liability arises in the event of a billing dispute between the merchant and a cardholder that is ultimately resolved in the cardholder’s favor. In this situation, the transaction is “charged-back” to the merchant and the disputed amount is credited or otherwise refunded to the cardholder. If the Company is unable to collect this amount from the merchant, it bears the loss for the amount of the refund paid to the cardholder.
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The Company currently processes card transactions in the United States, Canada and Europe through wholly-owned subsidiaries and a network of other financial institutions.subsidiaries. In the event a merchant was unable to fulfill product or services subject to future delivery, such as airline tickets, the Company could become financially liable for refunding the purchase price of such products or services purchased through the credit card associations under the charge-back provisions. Charge-back risk related to these merchants is evaluated in a manner similar to credit risk assessments and, as such, merchant processing contracts contain various provisions to protect the Company in the event of default. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the value of airline tickets purchased to be delivered at a future date through card transactions processed by the Company was $12.0$7.7 billion. The Company held collateral of $517$638 million in escrow deposits, letters of credit and indemnities from financial institutions, and liens on various assets. In addition to specific collateral or other credit enhancements, the Company maintains a liability for its implied guarantees associated with future delivery. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the liability was $176$185 million primarily related to these airline processing arrangements.
Asset Sales
The Company regularly sells loans to GSEs as part of its mortgage banking activities. The Company provides customary representations and warranties to GSEs in conjunction with these sales. These representations and warranties generally require the Company to repurchase assets if it is subsequently determined that a loan did not meet specified criteria, such as a documentation deficiency or rescission of mortgage insurance. If the Company is unable to cure or refute a repurchase request, the Company is generally obligated to repurchase the loan or otherwise reimburse the GSE for losses. At SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, the Company had reserved $19$18 million for potential losses from representation and warranty obligations, compared with $9$19 million at December 31, 2019.2020. The Company’s reserve reflects management’s best estimate of losses for representation and warranty obligations. The Company’s repurchase reserve is modeled at the loan level, taking into consideration the individual credit quality and borrower activity that has transpired since origination. The model applies credit quality and economic risk factors to derive a probability of default and potential repurchase that are based on the Company’s historical loss experience, and estimates loss severity based on expected collateral value. The Company also considers qualitative factors that may result in anticipated losses differing from historical loss trends.
As of SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the Company had $8$15 million and $10$13 million, respectively, of unresolved representation and warranty claims from GSEs. The Company does not have a significant amount of unresolved claims from investors other than GSEs.
Litigation and Regulatory Matters
The Company is subject to various litigation and regulatory matters that arise in the ordinary course of its business. The Company establishes reserves for such matters when potential losses become probable and can be reasonably
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estimated. The Company believes the ultimate resolution of existing legal and regulatory matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. However, in light of the uncertainties inherent in these matters, it is possible that the ultimate resolution of one or more of these matters may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results from operations for a particular period, and future changes in circumstances or additional information could result in additional accruals or resolution in excess of established accruals, which could adversely affect the Company’s results from operations, potentially materially.
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation
Starting in 2011, the Company and other large financial institutions have been sued in their capacity as trustee for residential mortgage–backed securities trusts. In the lawsuits brought against the Company, the investors allege that the Company’s banking subsidiary, U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as trustee caused them to incur substantial losses by failing to enforce loan repurchase obligations and failing to abide by appropriate standards of care after events of default allegedly occurred. The plaintiffs in these matters seek monetary damages in unspecified amounts and most also seek equitable relief.
Regulatory Matters
The Company is continually subject to examinations, inquiries and investigations in areas of heightened regulatory scrutiny, such as compliance, risk management, third-party risk management and consumer protection. For example, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is investigating certain of the Company’s consumer sales practices, and the Company has responded and continues to respond to the CFPB. The Company is cooperating fully with all pending examinations, inquiries and investigations, any of which could lead to administrative or legal proceedings or settlements. Remedies in these proceedings or settlements may include fines, penalties, restitution or alterations in the Company’s business practices (which may increase the Company’s operating expenses and decrease its revenue).
Outlook
Due to their complex nature, it can be years before litigation and regulatory matters are resolved. The Company may be unable to develop an estimate or range of loss where matters are in early stages, there are significant factual or legal issues to be resolved, damages are unspecified or uncertain, or there is uncertainty as to a litigation class
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being certified or the outcome of pending motions, appeals or proceedings. For those litigation and regulatory matters where the Company has information to develop an estimate or range of loss, the Company believes the upper end of the range of reasonably possible losses in aggregate, in excess of any reserves established for matters where a loss is considered probable, will not be material to its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. The Company’s estimates are subject to significant judgment and uncertainties, and the matters underlying the estimates will change from time to time. Actual results may vary significantly from the current estimates.
 
 Note 16
 
   Business Segments
Within the Company, financial performance is measured by major lines of business based on the products and services provided to customers through its distribution channels. These operating segments are components of the Company about which financial information is prepared and is evaluated regularly by management in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company has five reportable operating segments:
Corporate and Commercial Banking
Corporate and Commercial Banking offers lending, equipment finance and small-ticket leasing, depository services, treasury management, capital markets services, international trade services and other financial services to middle market, large corporate, commercial real estate, financial institution,
non-profit
and public sector clients.
Consumer and Business Banking
Consumer and Business Banking delivers products and services through banking offices, telephone servicing and sales,
on-line
services, direct mail, ATM processing and mobile devices. It encompasses community banking, metropolitan banking and indirect lending, as well as mortgage banking.
Wealth Management and Investment Services
Wealth Management and Investment Services provides private banking, financial advisory services, investment management, retail brokerage services, insurance, trust, custody and fund servicing through four businesses: Wealth Management, Global Corporate Trust & Custody, U.S. Bancorp Asset Management and Fund Services.
Payment Services
Payment Services includes consumer and business credit cards, stored-value cards, debit cards, corporate, government and purchasing card services, consumer lines of credit and merchant processing.
Treasury and Corporate Support
Treasury and Corporate Support includes the Company’s investment portfolios, funding, capital management, interest rate risk management, income taxes not allocated to business segments, including
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most investments in
tax-advantaged
projects, and the residual aggregate of those expenses associated with corporate activities that are managed on a consolidated basis.
Basis of Presentation
Business segment results are derived from the Company’s business unit profitability reporting systems by specifically attributing managed balance sheet assets, deposits and other liabilities and their related income or expense. The allowance for credit losses and related provision expense are allocated to the business segments according to the volume and credit quality of the loan balances managed, but with the impact of changes in economic forecasts recorded in Treasury and Corporate Support. Goodwill and other intangible assets are assigned to the business segments based on the mix of business of an entity acquired by the Company. Within the Company, capital levels are evaluated and managed centrally; however, capital is allocated to the business segments to support evaluation of business performance. Business segments are allocated capital on a risk-adjusted basis considering economic and regulatory capital requirements. Generally, the determination of the amount of capital allocated to each business segment includes credit allocations following a Basel III regulatory framework. Interest income and expense is determined based on the assets and liabilities managed by the business segment. Because funding and asset liability management is a central function, funds transfer-pricing methodologies are utilized to allocate a cost of funds used or credit for funds provided to all business segment assets and liabilities, respectively, using a matched funding concept. Also, each business unit is allocated the taxable-equivalent benefit of
tax-exempt
products. The residual effect on net interest income of asset/liability management activities is included in Treasury and Corporate Support. Noninterest income and expenses directly managed by each business segment, including fees, service charges, salaries and benefits, and other direct revenues and costs are accounted for within each segment’s financial results in a manner similar to the consolidated financial statements. Occupancy costs are allocated based on utilization of facilities by the business segments. Generally, operating losses are charged to the business segment when the loss event is realized in a manner similar to a loan
charge-off.
Noninterest expenses incurred by centrally managed operations or business segments that directly support another business segment’s operations are charged to the applicable business segment based on its utilization of those services,
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primarily measured by the volume of customer activities, number of employees or other relevant factors. These allocated expenses are reported as net shared services expense within noninterest expense. Certain activities that do not directly support the operations of the business segments or for which the business segments are not considered financially accountable in evaluating their performance are not charged to the business segments. The income or expenses associated with these corporate activities is reported within the Treasury and Corporate Support business segment. Income taxes are assessed to each business segment at a standard tax rate with the residual tax expense or benefit to arrive at the consolidated effective tax rate included in Treasury and Corporate Support.
Designations, assignments and allocations change from time to time as management systems are enhanced, methods of evaluating performance or product lines change or business segments are realigned to better respond to the Company’s diverse customer base. During 2020,2021, certain organization and methodology changes were made and, accordingly, 20192020 results were restated and presented on a comparable basis.
 
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Business segment results for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30 were as follows:
 
 Corporate and Commercial
Banking
      Consumer and
Business Banking
      Wealth Management and
Investment Services
  Corporate and Commercial
Banking
      Consumer and
Business Banking
      Wealth Management and
Investment Services
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019      2020 2019  2021 2020      2021 2020      2021   2020 
Condensed Income Statement
                                   
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $808  $767     $1,603  $1,602     $240  $295  $683  $878      $1,650  $1,475      $167   $250 
Noninterest income
 260  212       891  666       469  454  255  339       646  886       547    499 
Total net revenue
 1,068  979      2,494  2,268      709  749  938  1,217       2,296  2,361       714    749 
Noninterest expense
 416  397      1,406  1,321      470  439  411  430       1,404  1,372       501    474 
Other intangibles
    1       4  5       3  3             3  4       4    3 
Total noninterest expense
 416  398       1,410  1,326       473  442  411  430       1,407  1,376       505    477 
Income before provision and income taxes
 652  581      1,084  942      236  307 
Income (loss) before provision and income taxes
 527  787       889  985       209    272 
Provision for credit losses
 90  39       73  69       12  1  23  22       (96 110       10    (2
Income before income taxes
 562  542      1,011  873      224  306 
Income (loss) before income taxes
 504  765       985  875       199    274 
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
 141  136       253  218       56  77  126  191       246  219       50    69 
Net income (loss)
 421  406      758  655      168  229  378  574       739  656       149    205 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                     
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $421  $406      $758  $655      $168  $229  $378  $574      $739  $656      $149   $205 
Average Balance Sheet
                                   
Loans
 $108,158  $98,760     $156,779  $145,940     $11,458  $10,264  $95,145  $122,930      $152,470  $150,210      $12,926   $11,206 
Other earning assets
 4,110  4,016      8,206  4,711      288  265  4,409  3,847       8,033  6,576       237    285 
Goodwill
 1,647  1,647      3,475  3,475      1,618  1,617  1,647  1,647       3,475  3,475       1,618    1,616 
Other intangible assets
 6  8      1,942  2,444      37  47  5  6       2,827  1,935       84    40 
Assets
 121,014  109,480      175,760  160,863      14,562  13,548  107,058  135,484       173,285  167,514       15,916    14,335 
         
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 43,302  29,058      39,941  28,590      16,797  13,613  54,958  38,749       40,477  34,499       22,249    16,396 
Interest-bearing deposits
 82,448  72,087       149,882  129,587       62,164  65,997  66,023  95,388       174,356  144,158       61,146    65,466 
Total deposits
 125,750  101,145      189,823  158,177      78,961  79,610  120,981  134,137       214,833  178,657       83,395    81,862 
         
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
 16,541  15,580       15,111  15,229       2,482  2,456  13,200  15,274       13,361  13,752       2,640    2,481 
     
 
Payment
Services
      Treasury and
Corporate Support
      
Consolidated
Company
  
Payment
Services
      Treasury and
Corporate Support
      
Consolidated
Company
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019      2020 2019  2021 2020      2021 2020      2021   2020 
Condensed Income Statement
                                   
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $634  $629     $(33 $13     $3,252  $3,306  $596  $610      $68  $11      $3,164   $3,224 
Noninterest income
 867 (a)  957 (a)       225  325       2,712  (b)  2,614  (b)  913 (a)  658 (a)       258  232       2,619 (b)    2,614 (b) 
Total net revenue
 1,501  1,586      192  338      5,964  (c)  5,920  (c)  1,509  1,268       326  243       5,783 (c)    5,838 (c) 
Noninterest expense
 800  762      235  183      3,327  3,102  794  741       237  258       3,347    3,275 
Other intangibles
 37  33                 44  42  33  36                 40    43 
Total noninterest expense
 837  795       235  183       3,371  3,144  827  777       237  258       3,387    3,318 
Income before provision and income taxes
 664  791      (43 155      2,593  2,776 
Income (loss) before provision and income taxes
 682  491       89  (15      2,396    2,520 
Provision for credit losses
 246  260       214  (2      635  367  91  (31      (198 1,638       (170   1,737 
Income before income taxes
 418  531      (257 157      1,958  2,409 
Income (loss) before income taxes
 591  522       287  (1,653      2,566    783 
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
 105  133       (183 (72      372  492  148  131       8  (522      578    88 
Net income (loss)
 313  398      (74 229      1,586  1,917  443  391       279  (1,131      1,988    695 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
            (6 (9      (6 (9            (6 (6      (6   (6
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $313  $398      $(80 $220      $1,580  $1,908  $443  $391      $273  $(1,137     $1,982   $689 
Average Balance Sheet
                                   
Loans
 $31,168  $34,044     $3,455  $3,428     $311,018  $292,436  $30,030  $30,321      $3,713  $3,440      $294,284   $318,107 
Other earning assets
 5  6      162,477  134,239      175,086  143,237  5  5       193,783  165,299       206,467    176,012 
Goodwill
 3,123  2,825               9,863  9,564  3,177  3,101                 9,917    9,839 
Other intangible assets
 602  548               2,587  3,047  519  590                 3,435    2,571 
Assets
 36,191  39,879      189,375  157,684      536,902  481,454  35,620  35,011       219,486  191,962       551,365    544,306 
         
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 6,886  1,266      2,449  2,067      109,375  74,594  5,030  3,165       2,583  2,297       125,297    95,106 
Interest-bearing deposits
 124  117       1,530  7,551       296,148  275,339  141  117       2,247  3,068       303,913    308,197 
Total deposits
 7,010  1,383      3,979  9,618      405,523  349,933  5,171  3,282       4,830  5,365       429,210    403,303 
         
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
 6,219  6,102       12,063  13,925       52,416  53,292  7,413  6,975       16,348  13,759       52,962    52,241 
 
(a)
Presented net of related rewards and rebate costs and certain partner payments of $525$633 million and $572$445 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
(b)
Includes revenue generated from certain contracts with customers of $1.8$1.9 billion and $1.9$1.6 billion for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
(c)
The Company, as a lessor, originates retail and commercial leases either directly to the consumer or indirectly through dealer networks. Under these arrangements,arrangments, the Company recorded $246$238 million and $257$230 million of revenue for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, primarily consisting of interest income on sales-type and direct financing leases.
 
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Business segment results for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30 were as follows:
 
 Corporate and Commercial
Banking
      Consumer and
Business Banking
      Wealth Management and
Investment Services
  Corporate and Commercial
Banking
      Consumer and
Business Banking
      Wealth Management and
Investment Services
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019      2020 2019  2021 2020      2021 2020      2021   2020 
Condensed Income Statement
                                   
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $2,498  $2,318     $4,629  $4,780     $779  $894  $1,355  $1,663      $3,277  $3,007      $370   $534 
Noninterest income
 870  663       2,569  1,768       1,399  1,330  514  610       1,224  1,607       1,078    1,001 
Total net revenue
 3,368  2,981      7,198  6,548      2,178  2,224  1,869  2,273       4,501  4,614       1,448    1,535 
Noninterest expense
 1,278  1,225      4,145  3,904      1,380  1,308  816  873       2,783  2,689       980    941 
Other intangibles
    3       12  15       9  9             6  8       6    6 
Total noninterest expense
 1,278  1,228       4,157  3,919       1,389  1,317  816  873       2,789  2,697       986    947 
Income before provision and income taxes
 2,090  1,753      3,041  2,629      789  907 
Income (loss) before provision and income taxes
 1,053  1,400       1,712  1,917       462    588 
Provision for credit losses
 536  46       306  218       33   0  (17 446       (140 233       18    21 
Income before income taxes
 1,554  1,707      2,735  2,411      756  907 
Income (loss) before income taxes
 1,070  954       1,852  1,684       444    567 
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
 389  428       685  602       189  227  268  238       463  421       111    142 
Net income (loss)
 1,165  1,279      2,050  1,809      567  680  802  716       1,389  1,263       333    425 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                     
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $1,165  $1,279      $2,050  $1,809      $567  $680  $802  $716      $1,389  $1,263      $333   $425 
Average Balance Sheet
                                   
Loans
 $111,478  $98,785     $151,256  $143,862     $11,087  $9,996  $95,006  $113,147      $152,822  $148,462      $12,688   $10,909 
Other earning assets
 4,170  3,692      6,589  3,486      285  284  4,359  4,201       9,112  5,772       258    283 
Goodwill
 1,647  1,647      3,508  3,475      1,617  1,617  1,647  1,647       3,475  3,525       1,618    1,617 
Other intangible assets
 6  9      2,095  2,679      40  50  5  7       2,660  2,173       63    42 
Assets
 123,929  108,539      168,419  157,708      14,273  13,306  107,037  125,394       174,399  164,690       15,800    14,153 
         
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 37,129  29,435      34,167  27,402      15,454  13,513  53,027  34,074       39,757  31,130       21,318    14,848 
Interest-bearing deposits
 86,138  71,331       142,649  128,592       65,447  60,607  66,899  88,034       170,552  138,888       66,427    67,195 
Total deposits
 123,267  100,766      176,816  155,994      80,901  74,120  119,926  122,108       210,309  170,018       87,745    82,043 
         
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
 16,548  15,453       15,038  15,117       2,475  2,443  13,455  14,631       13,460  13,389       2,607    2,475 
     
 Payment
Services
      
Treasury and
Corporate Support
      
Consolidated
Company
  
Payment
Services
      
Treasury and
Corporate Support
      
Consolidated
Company
 
(Dollars in Millions) 2020 2019      2020 2019      2020 2019  2021 2020      2021 2020      2021   2020 
Condensed Income Statement
                                   
Net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis)
 $1,888  $1,835     $(71 $97     $9,723  $9,924  $1,225  $1,267      $26  $      $6,253   $6,471 
Noninterest income
 2,319 (a)  2,761 (a)       694  873       7,851  (b)  7,395  (b)  1,698 (a)  1,452 (a)       486  469       5,000 (b)    5,139 (b) 
Total net revenue
 4,207  4,596      623  970      17,574  (c)  17,319  (c)  2,923  2,719       512  469       11,253 (c)    11,610 (c) 
Noninterest expense
 2,303  2,231      770  592      9,876  9,260  1,561  1,495       548  551       6,688    6,549 
Other intangibles
 108  97                 129  124  66  71                 78    85 
Total noninterest expense
 2,411  2,328       770  592       10,005  9,384  1,627  1,566       548  551       6,766    6,634 
Income before provision and income taxes
 1,796  2,268      (147 378      7,569  7,935 
Income (loss) before provision and income taxes
 1,296  1,153       (36 (82      4,487    4,976 
Provision for credit losses
 477  841       2,013  4       3,365  1,109  50  231       (908 1,799       (997   2,730 
Income before income taxes
 1,319  1,427      (2,160 374      4,204  6,826 
Income (loss) before income taxes
 1,246  922       872  (1,881      5,484    2,246 
Income taxes and taxable-equivalent adjustment
 331  357       (850 (241      744  1,373  312  231       57  (660      1,211    372 
Net income (loss)
 988  1,070      (1,310 615      3,460  5,453  934  691       815  (1,221      4,273    1,874 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
            (20 (25      (20 (25            (11 (14      (11   (14
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Bancorp
 $988  $1,070      $(1,330 $590      $3,440  $5,428  $934  $691      $804  $(1,235     $4,262   $1,860 
Average Balance Sheet
                                   
Loans
 $31,725  $33,251     $3,389  $3,384     $308,935  $289,278  $29,831  $32,005      $3,791  $3,359      $294,138   $307,882 
Other earning assets
 5  6      156,034  130,680      167,083  138,148  5  6       191,367  152,777       205,101    163,039 
Goodwill
 3,027  2,815               9,799  9,554  3,176  2,977                 9,916    9,766 
Other intangible assets
 584  532               2,725  3,270  531  573                 3,259    2,795 
Assets
 36,497  39,108      182,262  153,555      525,380  472,216  35,359  36,647       217,462  178,672       550,057    519,556 
         
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 3,852  1,221      2,333  2,140      92,935  73,711  5,146  2,318       2,596  2,254       121,844    84,624 
Interest-bearing deposits
 119  114       3,310  9,208       297,663  269,852  137  116       1,936  4,196       305,951    298,429 
Total deposits
 3,971  1,335      5,643  11,348      390,598  343,563  5,283  2,434       4,532  6,450       427,795    383,053 
         
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
 6,056  6,037       11,819  13,396       51,936  52,446  7,535  7,042       15,789  14,156       52,846    51,693 
 
(a)
Presented net of related rewards and rebate costs and certain partner payments of $1.5$1.2 billion and $1.7 billion$975 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
(b)
Includes revenue generated from certain contracts with customers of $5.1$3.6 billion and $5.5$3.3 billion for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
(c)
The Company, as a lessor, originates retail and commercial leases either directly to the consumer or indirectly through dealer networks. Under these arrangements,arrangments, the Company recorded $714$466 million and $742$468 million of revenue for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, primarily consisting of interest income on sales-type and direct financing leases.
 
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 Note 17
   Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated the impact of events that have occurred subsequent to SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 through the date the consolidated financial statements were filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Based on this evaluation, the Company has determined none of these events were required to be recognized or disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and related notes.
 
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Consolidated Daily Average Balance Sheet and Related Yields and Rates (a)
  For the Three Months Ended June 30 
      2021                      2020                        
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
 Average
Balances
  Interest        Yields and
Rates
       Average
Balances
       Interest        Yields and
Rates
           % Change
Average
Balances
 
Assets
                     
 
                           
 
        
 
Investment securities
 $160,615  $635         1.58   
 
  $120,867       $645         2.13   
 
       32.9
Loans held for sale
  7,825   55         2.78    
 
   6,307        52         3.30    
 
       24.1 
Loans (b)
                     
 
                           
 
        
 
Commercial
  102,974   676         2.63    
 
   128,039        833         2.61    
 
       (19.6
Commercial real estate
  38,564   306         3.18    
 
   41,088        360         3.53    
 
       (6.1
Residential mortgages
  73,351   621         3.38    
 
   71,122        635         3.58    
 
       3.1 
Credit card
  21,116   554         10.54    
 
   21,510        552         10.33    
 
       (1.8
Other retail
  58,279   530         3.64    
 
   56,348  
 
 
 
   579         4.13    
 
       3.4 
Total loans
  294,284   2,687         3.66    
 
   318,107        2,959         3.74    
 
       (7.5
Other earning assets
  38,027   32         .34    
 
   48,838  
 
 
 
   41         .33    
 
       (22.1
Total earning assets
  500,751   3,409         2.73    
 
   494,119        3,697         3.00    
 
       1.3 
Allowance for loan losses
  (6,310                 
 
   (6,543                      
 
       3.6 
Unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities
  851                  
 
   3,499                       
 
       (75.7
Other assets
  56,073                  
 
   53,231                       
 
       5.3 
Total assets
 $551,365                  
 
  $544,306                       
 
       1.3 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
                     
 
                           
 
        
 
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 $125,297                  
 
  $95,106                       
 
       31.7
Interest-bearing deposits
                     
 
                           
 
        
 
Interest checking
  103,356   7         .03    
 
   83,789        12         .05    
 
       23.4 
Money market savings
  113,673   50         .18    
 
   129,692        95         .30    
 
       (12.4
Savings accounts
  62,102   1         .01    
 
   51,237        11         .09    
 
       21.2 
Time deposits
  24,782   24         .39    
 
   43,479  
 
 
 
   76         .70    
 
       (43.0
Total interest-bearing deposits
  303,913   82         .11    
 
   308,197        194         .25    
 
       (1.4
Short-term borrowings
  16,462   18         .43    
 
   25,738        35         .54    
 
       (36.0
Long-term debt
  36,190   145         1.61    
 
   46,385  
 
 
 
   244         2.11    
 
       (22.0
Total interest-bearing liabilities
  356,565   245         .28    
 
   380,320        473         .50    
 
       (6.2
Other liabilities
  15,910                  
 
   16,009                       
 
       (.6
Shareholders’ equity
                     
 
                           
 
        
 
Preferred equity
  5,968                  
 
   5,984                       
 
       (.3
Common equity
  46,994                  
 
   46,257                       
 
       1.6 
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  52,962                  
 
   52,241                       
 
       1.4 
Noncontrolling interests
  631                  
 
   630                       
 
       .2 
Total equity
  53,593                  
 
   52,871                       
 
       1.4 
Total liabilities and equity
 $551,365                  
 
  $544,306                       
 
       1.3 
Net interest income
     $3,164              
 
           $3,224              
 
         
Gross interest margin
                2.45 
 
 
 
                      2.50 
 
 
 
         
Gross interest margin without taxable-equivalent increments
                2.43 
 
 
 
                      2.48 
 
 
 
         
Percent of Earning Assets
                     
 
                           
 
         
Interest income
                2.73   
 
                      3.00   
 
         
Interest expense
                .20  
 
 
 
                      .38  
 
 
 
         
Net interest margin
                2.53 
 
 
 
                      2.62 
 
 
 
         
Net interest margin without taxable-equivalent increments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   2.51 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   2.60 
 
 
 
         
(a)
Interest and rates are presented on a fully taxable-equivalent basis based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent.
(b)
Interest income and rates on loans include loan fees. Nonaccrual loans are included in average loan balances.
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Consolidated Daily Average Balance Sheet and Related Yields and Rates (a)
 
 For the Three Months Ended September 30  For the Six Months Ended June 30 
    2020                     2019                          2021                     2020                      
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
 Average
Balances
 Interest        Yields
and
Rates
      Average
Balances
      Interest        Yields
and
Rates
         % Change
Average
Balances
  Average
Balances
 Interest        Yields and
Rates
      Average
Balances
      Interest        Yields and
Rates
         % Change
Average
Balances
 
Assets
                                                           
Investment securities
 $128,565  $602      1.87    $117,213    $748      2.55     9.7 $153,109  $1,169       1.53     $120,856     $1,351       2.24       26.7
Loans held for sale
 7,983  61      3.06      4,476     48      4.24      78.4  8,922  122       2.73       5,527      96       3.49        61.4 
Loans (b)
                                                           
Commercial
 115,489  718      2.48      103,660     1,063      4.07      11.4  102,535  1,349       2.65       117,013      1,774       3.05        (12.4
Commercial real estate
 40,929  341      3.31      38,990     473      4.81      5.0  38,675  611       3.18       40,583      788       3.91        (4.7
Residential mortgages
 75,786  687      3.62      68,608     665      3.87      10.5  74,271  1,266       3.41       71,007      1,298       3.66        4.6 
Credit card
 22,052  583      10.51      23,681     686      11.50      (6.9 21,130  1,132       10.81       22,673      1,211       10.74        (6.8
Other retail
 56,762  572      4.01      57,497      682      4.70      (1.3 57,527  1,062       3.72       56,606      1,211       4.30        1.6 
Total loans
 311,018  2,901      3.72      292,436     3,569      4.85      6.4  294,138  5,420       3.71       307,882      6,282       4.10        (4.5
Other earning assets
 38,538  34      .35      21,548      100      1.85      78.8  43,070  65       .31       36,656      110       .60        17.5 
Total earning assets
 486,104  3,598      2.95      435,673     4,465      4.08      11.6  499,239  6,776       2.73       470,921      7,839       3.34        6.0 
Allowance for loan losses
 (7,824          (4,021            (94.6 (6,788              (6,066                  (11.9
Unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities
 3,655           426             *  1,342               2,462                   (45.5
Other assets
 54,967           49,376             11.3  56,264               52,239                   7.7 
Total assets
 $536,902          $481,454             11.5  $550,057              $519,556                   5.9 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
                                                           
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 $109,375          $74,594             46.6 $121,844              $84,624                   44.0
Interest-bearing deposits
                                                           
Interest checking
 84,494  7      .04      72,007     56      .31      17.3  100,387  13       .03       80,573      51       .13        24.6 
Money market savings
 124,115  68      .22      114,475     447      1.55      8.4  119,218  100       .17       125,819      406       .65        (5.2
Savings accounts
 53,499  5      .04      46,348     30      .25      15.4  60,484  3       .01       49,643      37       .15        21.8 
Time deposits
 34,040  50      .58      42,509      211      1.97      (19.9 25,862  51       .40       42,394      225       1.07        (39.0
Total interest-bearing deposits
 296,148  130      .17      275,339     744      1.07      7.6  305,951  167       .11       298,429      719       .48        2.5 
Short-term borrowings
 18,049  19      .43      18,597     100      2.13      (2.9 14,794  34       .47       22,995      108       .94        (35.7
Long-term debt
 43,542  197      1.80      42,691      315      2.93      2.0  37,817  322       1.71       45,116      541       2.41        (16.2
Total interest-bearing liabilities
 357,739  346      .39      336,627     1,159      1.37      6.3  358,562  523       .29       366,540      1,368       .75        (2.2
Other liabilities
 16,742           16,312             2.6  16,174               16,069                   .7 
Shareholders’ equity
                                                           
Preferred equity
 5,984           5,984                6,090               5,984                   1.8 
Common equity
 46,432           47,308             (1.9 46,756               45,709                   2.3 
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
 52,416           53,292             (1.6 52,846               51,693                   2.2 
Noncontrolling interests
 630           629             .2  631               630                   .2 
Total equity
 53,046           53,921             (1.6 53,477               52,323                   2.2 
Total liabilities and equity
 $536,902          $481,454             11.5  $550,057              $519,556                   5.9 
Net interest income
  $3,252            $3,306             $6,253                 $6,471               
Gross interest margin
       2.56             2.71                2.44                 2.59        
Gross interest margin without taxable-equivalent increments
       2.54             2.69                2.42                 2.57        
Percent of Earning Assets
             ��                                           
Interest income
       2.95            4.08               2.73                 3.34        
Interest expense
       .28              1.06                 .21                  .58         
Net interest margin
       2.67             3.02                2.52                 2.76        
Net interest margin without taxable-equivalent
increments
          2.65                 3.00                2.50                 2.74        
 
*
Not meaningful
(a)
Interest and rates are presented on a fully taxable-equivalent basis based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent.
(b)
Interest income and rates on loans include loan fees. Nonaccrual loans are included in average loan balances.     
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U.S. Bancorp
Consolidated Daily Average Balance Sheet and Related Yields and Rates (a)
  For the Nine Months Ended September 30    
  2020   2019          
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
 Average
Balances
  Interest        Yields
and
Rates
       Average
Balances
       Interest        Yields
and
Rates
           % Change
Average
Balances
 
Assets
                       
Investment securities
 $123,444  $1,953      2.11    $115,628    $2,227      2.57      6.8
Loans held for sale
  6,352   157      3.31      3,265     107      4.36       94.5 
Loans (b)
                       
Commercial
  116,501   2,492      2.86      102,957     3,238      4.20       13.2 
Commercial real estate
  40,699   1,129      3.71      39,274     1,474      5.02       3.6 
Residential mortgages
  72,612   1,985      3.65      67,019     1,980      3.94       8.3 
Credit card
  22,465   1,794      10.66      23,040     2,003      11.63       (2.5
Other retail
  56,658   1,783      4.20      56,988        2,025      4.75       (.6
Total loans
  308,935   9,183      3.97      289,278     10,720      4.95       6.8 
Other earning assets
  37,287   144      .52      19,255        272      1.89       93.6 
Total earning assets
  476,018   11,437      3.21      427,426     13,326      4.16       11.4 
Allowance for loan losses
  (6,656          (4,005             (66.2
Unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities
  2,863           (297             * 
Other assets
  53,155           49,092              8.3 
Total assets
 $525,380          $472,216              11.3 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
             ��         
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 $92,935          $73,711              26.1
Interest-bearing deposits
                       
Interest checking
  81,890   58      .10      71,539     171      .32       14.5 
Money market savings
  125,247   474      .51      107,568     1,257      1.56       16.4 
Savings accounts
  50,937   42      .11      45,855     80      .23       11.1 
Time deposits
  39,589   275      .93      44,890        693      2.06       (11.8
Total interest-bearing deposits
  297,663   849      .38      269,852     2,201      1.09       10.3 
Short-term borrowings
  21,335   127      .80      18,046     289      2.14       18.2 
Long-term debt
  44,587   738      2.21      41,664        912      2.93       7.0 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
  363,585   1,714      .63      329,562     3,402      1.38       10.3 
Other liabilities
  16,294           15,869              2.7 
Shareholders’ equity
                       
Preferred equity
  5,984           5,984               
Common equity
  45,952           46,462              (1.1
Total U.S. Bancorp shareholders’ equity
  51,936           52,446              (1.0
Noncontrolling interests
  630           628              .3 
Total equity
  52,566           53,074              (1.0
Total liabilities and equity
 $525,380          $472,216              11.3 
Net interest income
  $9,723            $9,924          
Gross interest margin
       2.58              2.78       
Gross interest margin without taxable-equivalent increments
       2.56              2.76       
Percent of Earning Assets
                      
Interest income
       3.21            4.16     
Interest expense
       .48               1.06        
Net interest margin
       2.73              3.10       
Net interest margin without taxable-equivalent increments
                2.71                          3.08       
*
Not meaningful
(a)
Interest and rates are presented on a fully taxable-equivalent basis based on a federal income tax rate of 21 percent.
(b)
Interest income and rates on loans include loan fees. Nonaccrual loans are included in average loan balances.
 
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Part II — Other Information
Item
 1. Legal Proceedings
— See the information set forth in Note 15 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I, Item 1 of this Report, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
— There are a number of factors that may adversely affect the Company’s business, financial results or stock price. These risks are described elsewhereRefer to “Risk Factors” in this report or the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019. Additional risks that the Company currently does not know about or currently views as immaterial may also impair the Company’s business or adversely impact its financial results or stock price.
There are no material changes from the risk factors set forth under Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019, and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
2020, for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020 (the “June
10-Q”),
except that the following risk factor replaces the risk factor in the June
10-Q:
The Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity, capital and results of operations have been, and will likely continue to be, adversely affected by the
COVID-19
pandemic
The
COVID-19
pandemic has created economic and financial disruptions that have adversely affected, and are likely to continue to adversely affect, the Company’s business, financial condition, capital, liquidity and results of operations. The Company cannot predict at this time the extent to which it will continue to be negatively affected by the
COVID-19
pandemic. The extent of any continued or future adverse effects of the
COVID-19
pandemic will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and outside the Company’s control, including the scope and duration of the pandemic, the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on the Company’s employees, customers, counterparties and service providers, as well as other market participants, and actions taken by governmental authorities and other third parties in response to the pandemic. If the pandemic is prolonged, or other diseases emerge that give rise to similar effects, the adverse impact on the global economy and Company could deepen.
Many of the Company’s counterparties and third-party service providers have been, and may further be, affected by
“stay-at-home”
orders, market volatility and other factors that increase their risks of business disruption or that may otherwise affect their ability to perform under the terms of any agreements with the Company or provide essential services. As a result, the Company’s operational and other risks are generally expected to increase until the pandemic subsides. In addition, the Company’s business operations may be disrupted if significant portions of its workforce are unable to work effectively, including because of illness, caring for dependents, quarantines, government actions, or other restrictions in connection with the pandemic. The Company has temporarily, and in some cases permanently, closed certain of its offices and reduced operating hours and/or lobby services at its branches. The Company may also face heightened cybersecurity, information security or other operational risks resulting from alternative working arrangements of its employees.
In response to the pandemic and to support its customers, the Company is offering fee waivers, payment deferrals and other expanded assistance to credit card, automobile, mortgage, small business and personal lending customers, including committing in certain states in which it operates, to suspend mortgage payments and foreclosure sales for financially impacted customers for certain periods of time. A significant number of the Company’s customers have already sought to suspend their mortgage payments under these programs. Suspensions of mortgage payments and foreclosures and reduced pricing under these programs may adversely affect the Company’s revenue and results of operations. In addition, if these or other measures provided by the Company are not effective in mitigating the financial consequences of
COVID-19
on customers, including providing loans under various newly created government-sponsored lending programs such as the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”), the Company may experience higher rates of default, increased credit losses and additional increases in its allowance for credit losses in future periods.
Certain industries where the Company has credit exposure, including the transportation industry, and in particular air travel, have experienced significant operational challenges as a result of
COVID-19.
These negative effects have resulted in a number of corporate lending clients making higher than usual draws on outstanding lines of credit over the last several months. Manydiscussion of these customers have since paid down these draws, but if current economic conditions
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persist or worsen, client draws on outstanding lines of credit may begin to increase again which may adversely affect the Company’s liquidity. The economic effects of
COVID-19
may also cause the Company’s customers to be unable to pay their loans as they come due or decrease the value of collateral, which the Company expects would cause significant increases in its credit losses and result in additional increases in the Company’s allowance for credit losses. In addition, the Company could be exposed to further losses in its role as merchant processor of credit card transactions, as under the rules of credit card associations, a merchant processor retains a contingent liability for credit card transactions processed. In the event a merchant was unable to fulfill product or services subject to future delivery, such as airline tickets, the Company could become financially liable for refunding to the cardholders the purchase price of such products or services purchased through credit card associations, in the event the merchant was not able to do so.
Net interest income is significantly affected by market rates of interest. The significant reductions to the federal funds rate have led to a decrease in the rates and yields on U.S. Treasury securities, in some cases declining below zero. If interest rates are reduced further in response to
COVID-19,
the Company’s net interest income could continue to decline, perhaps significantly. The overall effect of lower interest rates cannot be predicted at this time and depends on future actions the Federal Reserve may take to increase or reduce the targeted federal funds rate in response to the
COVID-19
pandemic and resulting economic conditions.
The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides credit and debit card, corporate payments products and merchant processing services. Revenues from its payment services businesses depend on consumer and business credit card spending, including at many small and medium-sized businesses. Due to responses to
COVID-19,
including
stay-at-home
orders that require businesses other than those defined as essential to close and for consumers to remain at home unless they are engaged in essential activities, consumer and business credit card spending significantly declined. Although
stay-at-home
orders have gradually been lifted and business activity has increased, if business closures reoccur, consumers are reluctant to return to open businesses or unemployment continues to stay at elevated levels, the Company expects to experience further adverse effects on its payment services businesses. This negative effect could continue after the pandemic subsides if a substantial number of businesses were to close permanently as a result of
COVID-19’s
economic effects or if consumer and business spending were to remain depressed.
The effects of the
COVID-19
pandemic on economic and market conditions may negatively affect the Company’s capital and leverage ratios. During 2020 the Federal Reserve implemented measures, requiring all large bank holding companies to preserve capital through the suspension of share repurchase programs and capping common stock dividends to existing rates that do not exceed the average of the last four quarters’ earnings. These capital preservation actions apply to the third and fourth quarters of 2020 but may be extended or modified by the Federal Reserve as economic conditions develop. The
COVID-19
pandemic may cause the Company to further extend the suspension of its share repurchase program and limit capital distributions, including reducing or suspending its common stock dividend. Additionally, as a result of the
COVID-19
sensitivity analysis conducted by the Federal Reserve, banks are required to resubmit capital plans in the fourth quarter of 2020 to reflect current stressed capital conditions.
Governmental authorities worldwide have taken unprecedented measures to stabilize the markets and support economic growth. However, these measures may not be sufficient to address the negative economic effects of
COVID-19
or avert severe and prolonged reductions in economic activity.
Many financial institutions, including the Company, have received inquiries from the United States Congress, regulators and other government agencies regarding implementation of provisions and programs under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, and also are subject to early-stage litigation concerning their participation in the PPP under that Act. The Company’s involvement in these and other programs created in response to the
COVID-19
pandemic may lead to additional government and regulatory inquiries and litigation in the future, any of which could negatively impact the Company’s business, reputation, financial condition and results of operations.
Other negative effects of
COVID-19
and the resulting economic and market disruptions, including customer disputes, challenges of transitioning employees back to the workplace, litigation and governmental and regulatory scrutiny of response actions taken by the Company, that may impact the Company’s business, reputation, financial condition, liquidity, capital and results of operations cannot be predicted at this time. However, it is likely that the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity, capital and results of operations will continue to be adversely affected until the pandemic subsides and the domestic economy recovers. Further, the
COVID-19
pandemic may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form
10-K.
Until the pandemic subsides, the Company expects reduced revenues from its lending businesses, possible additional increases in its allowance and related provision for credit losses and decreased
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revenue from its payments businesses. Even after the pandemic subsides, it is possible that the domestic and other major global economies will continue to experience a prolonged recession, which the Company expects would adversely affect its business, financial condition, liquidity, capital and results of operations, potentially materially.risks.
Item
 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
— Refer to the “Capital Management” section within Management’s Discussion and Analysis in Part I, Item 2 of this Report for information regarding shares repurchased by the Company during the thirdsecond quarter of 2020.2021.
Item 6. Exhibits
 
     3.1  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2021).
   31.1  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
   31.2  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
   32  Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 101.INS  XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
 101.SCH  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
 101.CAL  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 101.DEF  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
 101.LAB  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
 101.PRE  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
 104  The cover page of U.S. Bancorp’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
for the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 2020,2021, formatted in Inline XBRL (included within the Exhibit 101 attachments).
 
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
  U.S. BANCORP
 
 By: /s/    L
ISA
R. S
TARK
  
 
Dated: November 5, 2020August 3, 2021   
Lisa R. Stark
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)
 
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 U.S. Bancorp

EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, Andrew Cecere, certify that:
 
(1)
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
of U.S. Bancorp;
 
(2)
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
(3)
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
(4)
The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:
 
 (a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 (b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
 (c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 (d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
(5)
The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 (a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 (b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
/
S
/    A
NDREW
C
ECERE
Andrew Cecere
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: November 5, 2020
August 3, 2021
 
U.S. Bancorp 
8379

EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14(a)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, Terrance R. Dolan, certify that:
 
(1)
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
of U.S. Bancorp;
 
(2)
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
(3)
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
(4)
The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e))
and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:
 
 (a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 (b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
 (c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 (d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
(5)
The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 (a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 (b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
/
S
/    T
ERRANCE
R. D
OLAN
Terrance R. Dolan
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: November 5, 2020
August 3, 2021
 
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 U.S. Bancorp

EXHIBIT 32
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), do hereby certify that:
 
(1)
The Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
for the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 20202021 (the “Form
10-Q”)
of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)
The information contained in the Form
10-Q
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
/s/    A
NDREW
C
ECERE
 
  /s/    T
ERRANCE
R. D
OLAN
Andrew Cecere
Chief Executive Officer
 
Dated: November 5, 2020August 3, 2021
   
Terrance R. Dolan
Chief Financial Officer
 
U.S. Bancorp 
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Corporate Information
Executive Offices
U.S. Bancorp
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Common Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar
Computershare acts as our transfer agent and registrar, dividend paying agent and dividend reinvestment plan administrator, and maintains all shareholder records for the Company. Inquiries related to shareholder records, stock transfers, changes of ownership, lost stock certificates, changes of address and dividend payment should be directed to the transfer agent at:
Computershare
P.O. Box 505000
Louisville, KY 40233
Phone:
888-778-1311
or
201-680-6578
(international calls)
Internet: www.computershare.com/investor
Registered or Certified Mail:
Computershare
462 South 4
th
Street, Suite 1600
Louisville, KY 40202
Telephone representatives are available weekdays from 8:008 a.m. to 6:006 p.m., Central Time, and automated support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Specific information about your account is available on Computershare’s Investor Center website.
Independent Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP serves as the independent auditor for U.S. Bancorp’s financial statements.
Common Stock Listing and Trading
U.S. Bancorp common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol USB.
Dividends and Reinvestment Plan
U.S. Bancorp currently pays quarterly dividends on our common stock on or about the 15th day of January, April, July and October, subject to approval by our Board of Directors. U.S. Bancorp shareholders can choose to participate in a plan that provides automatic reinvestment of dividends and/or optional cash purchase of additional shares of U.S. Bancorp common stock. For more information, please contact our transfer agent, Computershare.
Investor Relations Contact
Jennifer A. Thompson, CFA
Executive Vice President, Investor Relations
jen.thompson@usbank.com
Phone:
612-303-0778
or
866-775-9668
Financial Information
U.S. Bancorp news and financial results are available through our website and by mail.
Website
 For information about U.S. Bancorp, including news, financial results, annual reports and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, visit usbank.com and click on
About Us
.
Mail
At your request, we will mail to you our quarterly earnings, news releases, quarterly financial data reported on
Form 10-Q,
Form 10-K
and additional copies of our annual reports. Please contact:
U.S. Bancorp Investor Relations
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
investorrelations@usbank.com
Phone:
866-775-9668
Media Requests
David R. Palombi
Global Chief Communications Officer
Public Affairs and Communications
david.palombi@usbank.com
Phone:
612-303-3167
Privacy
U.S. Bancorp is committed to respecting the privacy of our customers and safeguarding the financial and personal information provided to us. To learn more about the U.S. Bancorp commitment to protecting privacy, visit usbank.com and click on
Privacy
.
Code of Ethics
At U.S. Bancorp, our commitment to high ethical standards guides everything we do. Demonstrating this commitment through our words and actions is how each of us does the right thing every day for our customers, shareholders, communities and each other. Our ethical culture has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, which again named us to its World’s Most Ethical Companies
®
list.
For details about our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, visit usbank.com and click on
About Us
and then
Investor Relations
and then
Corporate Governance
.
Diversity and Inclusion
At U.S. Bancorp, embracing diversity, championing equity and fostering inclusion are business imperatives. We view everything we do through a diversity, equity and inclusion lens to deepen our relationships with our stakeholders: our employees, customers, shareholders and communities.
Our employees bring their whole selves to work. We respect and value each other’s differences, strengths and perspectives, and we strive to reflect the communities we serve. This makes us stronger, more innovative and more responsive to our diverse customers’ needs.
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
U.S. Bancorp and our subsidiaries are committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment. In keeping with this commitment, employment decisions are made based on abilities, not race, color, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin or ancestry, gender, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other factors protected by law. The Company complies with municipal, state and federal fair employment laws, including regulations applying to federal contractors.
U.S. Bancorp, including each of our subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce.
Accessibility
U.S. Bancorp is committed to providing ready access to our products and services so all of our customers, including people with disabilities, can succeed financially. To learn more, visit usbank.com and click on
Accessibility.
 

 
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