1.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements of HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. presented herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules of the SEC for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by GAAP. In the opinion of Management, all adjustments and disclosures considered necessary for the fair presentation of the accompanying unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been included. Interim results are not necessarily reflective of the results of the entire year. The accompanying unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company; the Company’s subsidiaries, Legion Parkway Company LLC (a security corporation) and HarborOne Bank; and the Bank’s wholly owned subsidiaries, which consist of HarborOne Mortgage, LLC, HarborOne Security Company, Inc., and a passive investment corporation. The passive investment corporation maintains and manages certain assets of the Bank. The security company was established for the purpose of buying, holding and selling securities on its own behalf. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year financial statement presentation. These changes and reclassifications did not impact previously reported net income or comprehensive income.
Nature of Operations
The Company provides a variety of financial services to individuals and businesses through its 30 full-service branches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and a commercial lending office in each of Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. HarborOne Mortgage maintains offices in Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Rhode Island and originates loans in five additional states.
The Company’s primary deposit products are checking, money market, savings, and term certificate of deposit accounts, while its primary lending products are commercial real estate, commercial, residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans. The Company also originates, sells and services residential mortgage loans through HarborOne Mortgage.
Risks and Uncertainties
Macroeconomic trends are mixed as uncertainty remains about the economy and banking industry. Market conditions and external factors may unpredictably impact the Company causing adverse effects on its business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. If there is severe or prolonged inflation or a recession, the Company’s customers could experience similar adverse effects from these uncertainties that would impair their ability to fulfill their financial obligations to the Company resulting in deteriorating credit quality and loan charge-offs.
The competitive landscape for deposits in the banking industry and the interest rate environment has increased competition for liquidity and the premium at which liquidity is available to meet funding needs. An unexpected increase of withdrawals of deposits could adversely impact the Company’s ability to fund its operations, potentially requiring greater reliance on
sources of liquidity to meet withdrawal demands or to fund continuing operations. These sources may include proceeds from FRBB and FHLB advances, sales of investment securities and loans, federal funds lines of credit from correspondent banks, and brokered deposits.
Reliance on secondary funding sources could increase the Company’s overall cost of funds and thereby reduce net income. While the Company believes its current sources of liquidity are adequate to fund operations, there is no guarantee they will suffice to meet future liquidity demands. This may necessitate slowing or discontinuing loan growth, capital expenditures, or other investments, or liquidating assets.