Past Due Loans
Past due loans still accruing interest totaled $29.0 million or 0.21% of total loans held for investment at September 30, 2022, compared to $20.4 million or 0.15% of total loans held for investment at June 30, 2022, and $38.8 million or 0.30% of total loans held for investment at September 30, 2021. The increase in past due loan levels in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to the second quarter of 2022 was primarily due to increases in past due credit relationships within the commercial real estate – owner occupied and commercial and industrial portfolios. Of the total past due loans still accruing interest, $7.4 million or 0.05% of total loans held for investment were loans past due 90 days or more at September 30, 2022, compared to $4.6 million or 0.03% of total loans held for investment at June 30, 2022, and $11.0 million or 0.08% of total loans held for investment at September 30, 2021.
Allowance for Credit Losses
At September 30, 2022, the ACL was $119.0 million and included an allowance for loan and lease losses (“ALLL”) of $108.0 million and a reserve for unfunded commitments (“RUC”) of $11.0 million. The ACL at September 30, 2022 increased $5.8 million from June 30, 2022, primarily due to increased uncertainty in the macroeconomic outlook and the impact of loan growth in the third quarter of 2022.
The ACL as a percentage of total loans increased to 0.86% at September 30, 2022, compared to 0.83% at June 30, 2022. The ALLL as a percentage of total loans was 0.78% at September 30, 2022, compared to 0.76% at June 30, 2022.
Net Charge-offs
Net charge-offs were $587,000 or 0.02% of total average loans on an annualized basis for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, compared to $939,000 or 0.03% (annualized) for the second quarter of 2022, and $113,000 or less than 0.01% (annualized) for the third quarter of 2021. On a year-to-date basis through September 30, 2022, net charge-offs totaled $1.5 million or 0.02% of total average loans (annualized).
Provision for Credit Losses
For the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $6.4 million, compared to a provision for credit losses of $3.6 million in the previous quarter, and a negative provision for credit losses of $18.8 million recorded during the same quarter in 2021. The provision for credit losses for the third quarter of 2022 reflected a provision of $4.4 million for loan and lease losses and a $2.0 million reserve for unfunded commitments.
NONINTEREST INCOME
Noninterest income decreased $12.7 million to $25.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 from $38.3 million in the prior quarter, primarily due to the impact of the sale of Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc. (“DHFB”), as the prior quarter included a $9.1 million pre-tax gain on the transaction within other operating income. In addition, the current quarter’s fiduciary and asset management fees decreased $2.8 million from the prior quarter due to a decrease in assets under management primarily driven by the DHFB sale. Other decreases from the prior quarter include a $1.3 million decrease in service charges on deposit accounts, reflective of the changes to the Company’s overdraft policy, a $810,000 decrease in mortgage banking income due to a decline in mortgage origination volumes and lower gain on sales margins, and a $550,000 reduction in loan related interest rate swap fee income driven by a decrease in average transaction swap fees. These noninterest income category decreases were partially offset by increases of $819,000 primarily related to syndication, foreign exchange, and other capital market transaction fees, included in other operating income, an increase of $729,000 in bank owned life insurance income due to mortality benefits, and an increase of $193,000 in interchange fees.
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
Noninterest expense increased to $99.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 from $98.8 million in the prior quarter, primarily driven by a $1.3 million increase in salaries and benefits expense due primarily to elevated new hire recruiting expenses and lower deferred loan origination costs resulting from changes in loan originations production mix from the prior quarter. In addition, other expenses increased from the prior quarter by $1.1 million primarily driven by OREO gains of $631,000 realized in the prior quarter. The increases to noninterest expense were partially offset by a $1.2 million decline in professional services expense primarily driven by lower strategic project costs.