Loans and Credit Quality
Loans, net of deferred fees, increased $23.4 million to $2.0 billion at March 31, 2022, compared to December 31, 2023, and increased $40.6 million compared to March 31, 2022. The increase in loans at March 31, 2023 compared to December 31, 2022 primarily was due to $78.8 million of new loan originations, partially offset by $56.3 million of loan repayments, including $5.1 million in PPP loan repayments. At March 31, 2023, there was a total of $5.9 million PPP loans outstanding compared to $11.1 million at December 31, 2022, and $114.6 million at March 31, 2022.
Nonperforming loans, consisting of non-accrual loans and accruing loans 90 days or more past due, totaled $13.1 million or 0.64% of total loans at March 31, 2023, compared to $15.2 million or 0.75% of total loans at December 31, 2022, and $12.6 million or 0.63% of total loans at March 31, 2022. The decrease in nonperforming loans from the prior quarter was primarily due to the renewal of one loan during the current quarter totaling $934,000 which was 90 days or more past due and in the process of collection at December 31, 2022, and the charge-off of five non-accrual loans totaling $330,000 during the current quarter. The portion of nonaccrual loans guaranteed by government agencies totaled $818,000, $839,000, and $800,000 at March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively. There were no loans, one loan totaling $934,000 and one loan totaling $117,000, 90 days or more past due and still accruing and in the process of collection at March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively. Accruing loans past due between 30 and 89 days at March 31, 2023, were $12.4 million, compared to $1.5 million at December 31, 2022, and $3.4 million at March 31, 2022. The increase in accruing loans past due between 30-89 days from the prior quarter was primarily due to timing of borrower payments. Of the total $12.4 million in accruing loans 30-89 days past due at March 31, 2023, $11.6 million of that was 30 days past due with $9.1 million of the $11.6 million being brought current subsequent to March 31, 2023.
At March 31, 2023, the Company’s allowance for credit losses for loans was $20.4 million, or 1.00% of total loans, compared to $18.9 million, or 0.90% of total loans, at December 31, 2022 and $17.7 million, or 0.88% of total loans, at March 31, 2022. We recorded net charge-offs of $315,000 for the first quarter of 2023, compared to net recoveries of $233,000 in the prior quarter 2022 and net charge-offs of $7,000 in the same quarter in 2022.
In accordance with acquisition accounting, loans acquired from acquisitions were recorded at their estimated fair value, which resulted in a net discount to the loans contractual amounts. Credit discounts are included in the determination of fair value and as a result, no allowance for credit losses is recorded for acquired loans at the acquisition date. However, the allowance for credit loss includes an estimate for credit deterioration of acquired loans that occurs after the date of acquisition, which is included in the loan loss provision in the period that the deterioration occurred. The discount recorded on the acquired loans is not reflected in the allowance for credit losses on loans or the related allowance coverage ratios. As of March 31, 2023, acquired loans net of their discount totaled $247.9 million with a remaining net discount on these loans of $371,000, compared to $257.9 million of acquired loans with a remaining net discount of $522,000 at December 31, 2022, and $349.8 million of acquired loans with a remaining net discount of $603,000 at March 31, 2022. The net discount includes a credit discount based on estimated losses in the acquired loans partially offset by a premium, if any, based market interest rates on the date of acquisition.
Deposits and Borrowings
Deposits totaled $2.1 billion at both March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, compared to $2.3 billion at March 31, 2022. At March 31, 2023, noninterest bearing deposits totaled $705.9 million, or 33.2% of total deposits, compared to $773.3 million, or 37.1% of total deposits at December 31, 2022, and $783.1 million, or 33.6% of total deposits at March 31, 2022.
At both March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding junior subordinated debt, net of fair value adjustments, related to junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures assumed in connection with its previous acquisitions totaling $8.5 million, compared to $8.4 million at March 31, 2022. At March 31, 2023, the Company also had outstanding subordinated debt, net of costs to issue, totaling $63.8 million, compared to $63.7 million and $63.5 million at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively.
At March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company had no other borrowings outstanding.