Loans and allowance for credit losses | (4) LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES The following table shows the major classification of loans, inclusive of capitalized loan origination costs, at December 31, 2023 and 2022. As of December 31, 2023 2022 (Dollars in thousands) Amount As a Amount As a Recreation $ 1,336,226 60 % $ 1,183,512 62 % Home improvement 760,617 34 626,399 33 Commercial 114,827 5 92,899 5 Taxi medallion 3,663 * 13,571 1 Strategic partnership 553 * 572 * Total gross loans 2,215,886 100 % 1,916,953 100 % Allowance for credit losses ( 84,235 ) ( 63,845 ) Total net loans $ 2,131,651 $ 1,853,108 (*) Less than 1%. The following tables show the activity of the gross loans for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. (Dollars in thousands) Recreation Home Commercial Taxi Strategic Total Gross loans – December 31, 2022 $ 1,183,512 $ 626,399 $ 92,899 $ 13,571 $ 572 $ 1,916,953 Loan originations 447,039 357,394 34,850 2,426 118,338 960,047 Principal payments, sales, maturities, and recoveries ( 231,158 ) ( 209,894 ) ( 13,389 ) ( 6,859 ) ( 118,357 ) ( 579,657 ) Charge-offs ( 50,512 ) ( 12,308 ) ( 1,019 ) ( 3,829 ) — ( 67,668 ) Transfer to loan collateral in process of foreclosure, net ( 18,875 ) — — ( 2,306 ) — ( 21,181 ) Amortization of origination costs ( 12,270 ) 2,668 14 — — ( 9,588 ) FASB origination costs, net 18,490 ( 3,642 ) ( 164 ) 660 — 15,344 Paid-in-kind interest — — 1,636 — — 1,636 Gross loans – December 31, 2023 $ 1,336,226 $ 760,617 $ 114,827 $ 3,663 $ 553 $ 2,215,886 (Dollars in thousands) Recreation Home Commercial Taxi Strategic Total Gross loans – December 31, 2021 $ 961,320 $ 436,772 $ 76,696 $ 14,046 $ 90 $ 1,488,924 Loan originations 513,062 392,543 28,172 605 49,526 983,908 Principal payments, sales, maturities, and recoveries ( 259,326 ) ( 196,203 ) ( 6,610 ) ( 419 ) ( 49,044 ) ( 511,602 ) Charge-offs ( 27,055 ) ( 6,393 ) ( 6,083 ) ( 314 ) — ( 39,845 ) Transfer to loan collateral in process of foreclosure, net ( 12,444 ) — — ( 347 ) — ( 12,791 ) Amortization of origination costs ( 10,470 ) 1,763 — — — ( 8,707 ) Amortization of loan premium ( 213 ) ( 322 ) — — — ( 535 ) FASB origination costs, net 18,638 ( 1,761 ) — — — 16,877 Paid-in-kind interest — — 724 — — 724 Gross loans – December 31, 2022 $ 1,183,512 $ 626,399 $ 92,899 $ 13,571 $ 572 $ 1,916,953 The following table sets forth the activity in the allowance for credit losses for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2023 2022 Allowance for credit losses – beginning balance (1) $ 63,845 $ 50,166 CECL transition amount upon ASU 2016-13 adoption 13,712 — Charge-offs Recreation ( 50,512 ) ( 27,055 ) Home improvement ( 12,308 ) ( 6,393 ) Commercial ( 1,019 ) ( 6,083 ) Taxi medallion ( 3,829 ) ( 314 ) Total charge-offs ( 67,668 ) ( 39,845 ) Recoveries Recreation 11,449 13,785 Home improvement 2,886 2,761 Commercial 10 47 Taxi medallion 22,191 6,872 Total recoveries 36,536 23,465 Net charge-offs (2) ( 31,132 ) ( 16,380 ) Provision for credit losses 37,810 30,059 Allowance for credit losses – ending balance (3) $ 84,235 $ 63,845 (1) Represents allowance prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13. (2) As of December 31, 2023 , cumulative net charge-offs of loans and loan collateral in process of foreclosure in the taxi medallion portfolio were $ 176.8 million, including $ 107.9 million related to loans secured by New York taxi medallions, some of which may represent collection opportunities for the Company. (3) As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there was no allowance for credit losses a nd net charge-offs related to the strategic partnership loans. With the adoption of ASC 326, the Company also adopted ASU 2022-02, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, or Topic 326: Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures. Under this standard, the Company is required to disclose current period gross write-offs, by year of origination, for financing receivables. (Dollars in thousands) 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Prior Total Recreation $ 3,136 $ 18,836 $ 10,857 $ 5,115 $ 5,001 $ 7,567 $ 50,512 Home improvement 2,196 5,686 2,662 702 435 627 12,308 Commercial — — 119 — 900 — 1,019 Taxi medallion — — — — — 3,829 3,829 Total $ 5,332 $ 24,522 $ 13,638 $ 5,817 $ 6,336 $ 12,023 $ 67,668 The following tables set forth the allowance for credit losses by type as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. December 31, 2023 (Dollars in thousands) Amount Percentage Allowance as Allowance as Recreation $ 57,532 68 % 4.31 % 221.50 % Home improvement 21,019 25 2.76 80.92 Commercial 4,148 5 3.61 15.97 Taxi medallion 1,536 2 41.93 5.91 Total $ 84,235 100 % 3.80 % 324.31 % December 31, 2022 (Dollars in thousands) Amount Percentage Allowance as Allowance as Recreation $ 41,966 66 % 3.55 % 130.60 % Home improvement 11,340 18 1.81 35.29 Commercial 1,049 1 1.13 3.26 Taxi medallion 9,490 15 69.93 29.53 Total $ 63,845 100 % 3.33 % 198.69 % The following table presents total nonaccrual loans and foregone interest, substantially all of which is in the taxi medallion portfolio. The fluctuation in nonaccrual interest foregone is due to past due loans and market conditions. Year Ended December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2023 2022 2021 Total nonaccrual loans $ 25,974 $ 32,133 $ 35,571 Interest foregone for the year 928 1,267 1,620 Amount of foregone interest applied to principal for the year 238 375 432 Interest foregone life-to-date 2,119 2,419 3,623 Amount of foregone interest applied to principal life-to-date 822 1,204 942 Percentage of nonaccrual loans to gross loan portfolio 1.2 % 1.7 % 2.4 % Percentage of allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans 324.3 % 198.7 % 141.0 % The following tables present the performance status of loans as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. December 31, 2023 (Dollars in thousands) Performing Nonperforming Total Percentage of Recreation $ 1,326,567 $ 9,655 $ 1,336,222 0.72 % Home improvement 759,128 1,493 760,621 0.20 Commercial 103,664 11,163 114,827 9.72 Taxi medallion — 3,663 3,663 100.00 Strategic partnership 553 — 553 — Total $ 2,189,912 $ 25,974 $ 2,215,886 1.17 % December 31, 2022 (Dollars in thousands) Performing Nonperforming Total Percentage of Recreation $ 1,173,846 $ 9,666 $ 1,183,512 0.82 % Home improvement 625,820 579 626,399 0.09 Commercial 84,165 8,734 92,899 9.40 Taxi medallion — 13,571 13,571 100.00 Strategic partnership 572 — 572 — Total $ 1,884,403 $ 32,550 $ 1,916,953 1.70 % For those loans aged under 90 days past due, there is a possibility that their delinquency status will continue to deteriorate and they will subsequently be placed on nonaccrual status and be reserved for, and as such, deemed nonperforming. The following tables provide additional information on attributes of the nonperforming loan portfolio as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, all of which had an allowance recorded against the principal balance. December 31, 2023 2022 (Dollars in thousands) Recorded Unpaid Related Recorded Unpaid Related With an allowance recorded Recreation $ 9,655 $ 9,655 $ 416 $ 9,666 $ 9,666 $ 343 Home improvement 1,493 1,493 41 579 579 10 Commercial 11,163 11,301 1,897 8,734 8,823 963 Taxi medallion 3,663 4,347 1,536 13,571 14,686 9,490 Total nonperforming loans with an allowance $ 25,974 $ 26,796 $ 3,890 $ 32,550 $ 33,754 $ 10,806 Year Ended December 31, 2023 2022 (Dollars in thousands) Average Interest Income Average Interest Income With an allowance recorded Recreation $ 9,048 $ 16 $ 9,093 $ 401 Home improvement 1,382 1 514 4 Commercial 7,368 — 13,381 — Taxi medallion 4,607 — 16,019 — Total nonperforming loans with an allowance $ 22,405 $ 17 $ 39,007 $ 405 The following tables show the aging of all loans as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. December 31, 2023 Days Past Due Recorded (Dollars in thousands) 30-59 60-89 90 + Total Current Total (1) Accruing Recreation $ 40,282 $ 15,039 $ 9,095 $ 64,416 $ 1,228,175 $ 1,292,591 $ — Home improvement 3,936 2,562 1,502 8,000 756,069 764,069 — Commercial — 2,156 6,240 8,396 107,140 115,536 — Taxi medallion 201 — — 201 3,462 3,663 — Strategic partnership — — — — 553 553 — Total $ 44,419 $ 19,757 $ 16,837 $ 81,013 $ 2,095,399 $ 2,176,412 $ — (1) Excludes $ 40.0 million of capitalized loan origination costs. December 31, 2022 Days Past Due Recorded (Dollars in thousands) 30-59 60-89 90 + Total Current Total (1) Accruing Recreation $ 31,781 $ 11,877 $ 7,365 $ 51,023 $ 1,095,072 $ 1,146,095 $ — Home improvement 3,266 1,256 579 5,101 623,776 628,877 — Commercial — — 74 74 93,396 93,470 — Taxi medallion 142 393 885 1,420 12,151 13,571 — Strategic partnership — — — — 572 572 — Total $ 35,189 $ 13,526 $ 8,903 $ 57,618 $ 1,824,967 $ 1,882,585 $ — (1) Excludes $ 34.9 million of capitalized loan origination costs. The Company estimates that the weighted average loan-to-value ratio of the taxi medallion loans was approximately 183 % and 339 % as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. Under ASU 2022-02, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures," concurrent with the elimination of troubled debt restructuring, or TDR, disclosures, the Company must disclose loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty that were modified during the reporting period. The Company did not have any such loan modifications on January 1, 2023 or during the year ended December 31, 2023. The following table shows the TDRs, which the Company entered into during the year ended December 31, 2022. (Dollars in thousands) Number of Loans Pre- Post- Recreation loans 80 1,203 1,203 Taxi medallion loans 2 252 252 As of December 31, 2022 , no taxi medallion loans and two commercial loans were modified as TDRs in the previous 12 months. Modified taxi medallion loans and commercial loans had a respective investment value of $ 0.9 million and $ 5.3 million. As of December 31, 2022 , 63 recreation loans modified as TDRs were in default and had an investment value of $ 0.9 million. The following tables show the activity of the loan collateral in process of foreclosure, which relates only to the recreation and taxi medallion loans, for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. Year Ended December 31, 2023 (Dollars in thousands) Recreation Taxi (1) Total Loan collateral in process of foreclosure – December 31, 2022 $ 1,376 $ 20,443 $ 21,819 Transfer from loans, net 18,875 2,306 21,181 Sales ( 7,890 ) ( 700 ) ( 8,590 ) Cash payments received ( 730 ) ( 11,311 ) ( 12,041 ) Collateral valuation adjustments ( 9,852 ) ( 745 ) ( 10,597 ) Loan collateral in process of foreclosure – December 31, 2023 $ 1,779 $ 9,993 $ 11,772 (1) As of December 31, 2023, taxi medallion loans in the process of foreclosure included 333 taxi medallions in the New York market, 206 taxi medallions in the Chicago market, 31 taxi medallions in the Newark market, and 31 taxi medallions in various other markets. Year Ended December 31, 2022 (Dollars in thousands) Recreation Taxi (1) Total Loan collateral in process of foreclosure – December 31, 2021 $ 1,720 $ 35,710 $ 37,430 Transfer from loans, net 12,444 347 12,791 Sales ( 7,707 ) ( 2,668 ) ( 10,375 ) Cash payments received — ( 12,289 ) ( 12,289 ) Collateral valuation adjustments ( 5,081 ) ( 657 ) ( 5,738 ) Loan collateral in process of foreclosure – December 31, 2022 $ 1,376 $ 20,443 $ 21,819 (1) As of December 31, 2022, taxi medallion loans in the process of foreclosure included 452 taxi medallions in the New York market, 335 taxi medallions in the Chicago market, 54 taxi medallions in the Newark market, and 39 taxi medallions in various other markets. |