Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

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LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Loans Held For Investment And Allowance For Credit Losses [Abstract]  
Loans held for investment and allowance for credit losses
NOTE 3 – LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT AND ALLOWANCE
 
FOR CREDIT LOSSES
 
 
Loan Portfolio Composition
.
 
The composition of the held for investment (“HFI”) loan
 
portfolio was as follows:
(Dollars in Thousands)
March 31, 2021
 
December 31, 2020
Commercial, Financial and Agricultural
$
413,819
 
$
393,930
Real Estate – Construction
 
138,104
 
 
135,831
Real Estate – Commercial Mortgage
 
669,158
 
 
648,393
Real Estate – Residential
(1)
 
365,931
 
 
352,543
Real Estate – Home Equity
 
202,099
 
 
205,479
Consumer
(2)
 
268,616
 
 
270,250
Loans HFI, Net of Unearned Income
$
2,057,727
 
$
2,006,426
(1)
 
Includes loans in process with outstanding
 
balances of $
8.3
 
million and $
10.9
 
million at March 31, 2021 and December
 
31, 2020,
respectively.
(2)
 
Includes overdraft balances of $
0.9
 
million and $
0.7
 
million at March 31, 2021 and December 31,
 
2020, respectively.
Net deferred fees, which include premiums on purchased
 
loans, included in loans were $
1.6
 
million at March 31, 2021 and $
0.1
million at December 31, 2020.
 
 
Accrued interest receivable on loans which is excluded
 
from amortized cost totaled $
7.2
 
million at March 31, 2021 and $
6.9
 
million at
December 31, 2020, and is reported separately in Other
 
Assets.
 
The Company has pledged a blanket floating lien on all 1-4
 
family residential mortgage loans, commercial real estate mortgage
 
loans,
and home equity loans to support available borrowing
 
capacity at the FHLB of Atlanta and has pledged a blanket
 
floating lien on all
consumer loans, commercial loans, and construction loans
 
to support available borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve Bank
 
of
Atlanta.
 
Loan Purchases
.
 
The Company will periodically purchase newly originated 1-4
 
family real estate secured adjustable rate loans from
Capital City Home Loans, a related party.
 
Loan purchases from CCHL totaled $
22.2
 
million for the three month period ended March
31, 2021, and were not credit impaired.
Allowance for Credit Losses
.
 
The allowance for credit losses is calculated in accordance
 
with the current expected credit loss model,
ASC 326 (“CECL”),
 
which was adopted on January 1, 2020.
 
The allowance has two basic components: first, an asset-specific
component involving loans that do not share risk characteristics
 
and the measurement of expected credit losses for
 
such individual
loans; and second, a pooled component for expected credit
 
losses for pools of loans that share similar risk characteristics.
 
This
allowance methodology is discussed further in Note 1
 
– Business and Basis of Presentation/Significant Accounting
 
Policies in the
Company’s 2020 Form
 
10-K.
 
 
The following table details the activity in the allowance
 
for credit losses by portfolio segment.
 
Allocation of a portion of the
allowance to one category of loans does not preclude
 
its availability to absorb losses in other categories.
Commercial,
Real Estate
Financial,
 
Real Estate
Commercial
 
Real Estate
Real Estate
(Dollars in Thousands)
Agricultural
Construction
Mortgage
Residential
Home Equity
Consumer
Total
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Beginning Balance
$
2,204
$
2,479
$
7,029
$
5,440
$
3,111
$
3,553
$
23,816
Provision for Credit Losses
(314)
(225)
(718)
(305)
(655)
(95)
(2,312)
Charge-Offs
(69)
-
-
(6)
(5)
(1,056)
(1,136)
Recoveries
 
136
-
645
75
124
678
1,658
Net Recoveries
67
-
645
69
119
(378)
522
Ending Balance
$
1,957
$
2,254
$
6,956
$
5,204
$
2,575
$
3,080
$
22,026
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Beginning Balance
$
1,675
$
370
$
3,416
$
3,128
$
2,224
$
3,092
$
13,905
Impact of Adopting ASC 326
488
302
1,458
1,243
374
(596)
3,269
Provision for Credit Losses
406
567
774
1,704
101
1,438
4,990
Charge-Offs
(362)
-
(11)
(110)
(31)
(1,566)
(2,080)
Recoveries
 
40
-
191
40
33
695
999
Net Charge-Offs
(322)
-
180
(70)
2
(871)
(1,081)
Ending Balance
$
2,247
$
1,239
$
5,828
$
6,005
$
2,701
$
3,063
$
21,083
For the first three months ended March 31, 2021, the allowance
 
decreased by $
1.8
 
million and reflected a negative provision of $
2.3
million and net loan recoveries of $
0.5
 
million.
 
The negative provision was attributable to improving economic
 
conditions, primarily
a lower rate of unemployment and its potential effect
 
on rates of default.
 
Three unemployment rate forecast scenarios were utilized to
estimate probability of default and were weighted based
 
on management’s estimate
 
of probability.
 
The mitigating impact of the
unprecedented fiscal stimulus, including direct payments
 
to individuals, increased unemployment benefits, as well as various
government sponsored loan programs, was also considered.
 
See Note 8 – Commitments and Contingencies for information
 
on the
allowance for off-balance sheet credit commitments.
Loan Portfolio Aging.
 
A loan is defined as a past due loan when one full payment is past
 
due or a contractual maturity is over 30 days
past due (“DPD”).
 
The following table presents the aging of the amortized cost
 
basis in accruing past due loans by class of loans.
30-59
 
60-89
 
90 +
 
Total
Total
Nonaccrual
Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
DPD
DPD
DPD
Past Due
Current
Loans
Loans
March 31, 2021
Commercial, Financial and Agricultural
$
55
$
58
$
-
$
113
$
413,556
$
150
$
413,819
Real Estate – Construction
 
565
-
-
565
137,360
179
138,104
Real Estate – Commercial Mortgage
 
183
-
-
183
667,719
1,256
669,158
Real Estate – Residential
 
289
226
-
515
362,266
3,150
365,931
Real Estate – Home Equity
 
355
-
-
355
201,282
462
202,099
Consumer
 
712
179
-
891
267,560
165
268,616
Total
$
2,159
$
463
$
-
$
2,622
$
2,049,743
$
5,362
$
2,057,727
December 31, 2020
Commercial, Financial and Agricultural
$
194
$
124
$
-
$
318
$
393,451
$
161
$
393,930
Real Estate – Construction
 
-
717
-
717
134,935
179
135,831
Real Estate – Commercial Mortgage
 
293
-
-
293
646,688
1,412
648,393
Real Estate – Residential
 
375
530
-
905
348,508
3,130
352,543
Real Estate – Home Equity
 
325
138
-
463
204,321
695
205,479
Consumer
 
1,556
342
-
1,898
268,058
294
270,250
Total
 
$
2,743
$
1,851
$
-
$
4,594
$
1,995,961
$
5,871
$
2,006,426
Nonaccrual Loans
.
 
Loans are generally placed on nonaccrual status if principal or
 
interest payments become 90 days past due and/or
management deems
 
the collectability of the principal and/or interest to be doubtful.
 
Loans are returned to accrual status when the
principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought
 
current or when future payments are reasonably assured.
 
 
The following table presents the amortized cost basis of loans in
 
nonaccrual status and loans past due over 90 days and
 
still on accrual
by class of loans.
March 31,
 
2021
December 31, 2020
Nonaccrual
Nonaccrual
Nonaccrual
Nonaccrual
With
With No
90 + Days
With
With No
90 + Days
(Dollars in Thousands)
ACL
 
ACL
 
Still Accruing
 
ACL
 
ACL
Still Accruing
Commercial, Financial and Agricultural
$
150
$
-
$
-
$
161
$
-
$
-
Real Estate – Construction
 
179
 
-
-
179
-
-
Real Estate – Commercial Mortgage
 
199
 
1,057
-
337
1,075
-
Real Estate – Residential
 
1,641
 
1,509
-
1,617
1,513
-
Real Estate – Home Equity
 
462
 
-
-
695
-
-
Consumer
 
165
 
-
-
294
-
-
Total Nonaccrual
 
Loans
$
2,796
$
2,566
$
-
$
3,283
$
2,588
$
-
Collateral Dependent Loans.
 
The following table presents the amortized cost basis of collateral-dependent
 
loans.
March 31, 2021
December 31, 2020
Real Estate
Non Real Estate
Real Estate
Non Real Estate
(Dollars in Thousands)
Secured
Secured
Secured
Secured
Commercial, Financial and Agricultural
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
Real Estate – Commercial Mortgage
1,113
-
3,900
-
Real Estate – Residential
2,537
-
3,022
-
Real Estate – Home Equity
 
299
 
-
 
219
 
-
Consumer
 
-
 
29
 
-
 
29
Total Collateral Dependent
 
Loans
$
3,949
$
29
$
7,141
$
29
A loan is collateral dependent when the borrower is experiencing
 
financial difficulty and repayment of the loan
 
is dependent on the
sale or operation of the underlying collateral.
 
 
The Bank’s collateral dependent
 
loan portfolio is comprised primarily of real estate secured loans,
 
collateralized by either residential
or commercial collateral types.
 
The loans are carried at fair value based on current values determined
 
by either independent appraisals
or internal evaluations, adjusted for selling costs or other
 
amounts to be deducted when estimating expected net sales proceeds.
Residential Real Estate Loans In Process
 
of Foreclosure
.
 
At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company
 
had $
1.2
 
million
and $
1.6
 
million, respectively, in 1-4
 
family residential real estate loans for which formal foreclosure
 
proceedings were in process.
Troubled
 
Debt Restructurings (“TDRs”)
.
 
TDRs are loans in which the borrower is experiencing
 
financial difficulty and the Company
has granted an economic concession to the borrower
 
that it would not otherwise consider.
 
In these instances, as part of a work-out
alternative, the Company will make concessions including
 
the extension of the loan term, a principal moratorium, a
 
reduction in the
interest rate, or a combination thereof.
 
The impact of the TDR modifications and defaults are factored
 
into the allowance for credit
losses on a loan-by-loan basis as all TDRs are, by definition,
 
impaired loans.
 
Thus, specific reserves are established based upon the
results of either a discounted cash flow analysis or the
 
underlying collateral value, if the loan is deemed to
 
be collateral dependent.
 
A
TDR classification can be removed if the borrower’s
 
financial condition improves such that the borrower is no
 
longer in financial
difficulty,
 
the loan has not had any forgiveness of principal or interest,
 
and the loan is subsequently refinanced or restructured at
market terms and qualifies as a new loan.
At March 31, 2021, the Company had $
14.3
 
million in TDRs, of which $
13.6
 
million were performing in accordance with the
modified terms.
 
At December 31, 2020 the Company had $
14.3
 
million in TDRs, of which $
13.9
 
million were performing in
accordance with modified terms.
 
For TDRs, the Company estimated $
0.7
 
million and $
0.6
 
million of credit loss reserves at March 31,
2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
 
The modifications made to TDRs involved either an
 
extension of the loan term, a principal moratorium, a reduction in the interest
 
rate,
or a combination thereof.
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, there were
two
 
loans modified with a recorded investment of
$
0.4
 
million.
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, there was
one
 
loan modified with a recorded investment of $
0.2
 
million.
 
 
For the three month period ended March 31, 2021 there
 
were
no
 
loans classified as TDRs, for which there was a payment default
 
and
the loans were modified within the 12 months prior to default.
 
For the three month period ended March 31, 2020,
 
there were
two
loans totaling $
0.1
 
million that were classified as TDRs, for which there was a payment
 
default and the loans were modified within the
12 months prior to default.
Credit Risk Management
.
 
The Company has adopted comprehensive lending policies, underwritin
 
g
 
standards and loan review
procedures designed to maximize loan income within
 
an acceptable level of risk.
 
Management and the Board of Directors review and
approve these policies and procedures on a regular
 
basis (at least annually).
 
 
Reporting systems are used to monitor loan originations,
 
loan quality, concentrations
 
of credit, loan delinquencies and nonperforming
loans and potential problem loans.
 
Management and the Credit Risk Oversight Committee periodically
 
review our lines of business to
monitor asset quality trends and the appropriateness of
 
credit policies.
 
In addition, total borrower exposure limits are established and
concentration risk is monitored.
 
As part of this process, the overall composition of the portfolio
 
is reviewed to gauge diversification
of risk, client concentrations, industry group, loan type,
 
geographic area, or other relevant classifications of loans.
 
Specific segments
of the loan portfolio are monitored and reported
 
to the Board on a quarterly basis and have strategic plans in place
 
to supplement
Board approved credit policies governing exposure
 
limits and underwriting standards.
 
Detailed below are the types of loans within
the Company’s loan portfolio
 
and risk characteristics unique to each.
 
 
Commercial, Financial, and Agricultural – Loans in
 
this category are primarily made based on identified cash flows of the borrower
with consideration given to underlying collateral and
 
personal or other guarantees.
 
Lending policy establishes debt service coverage
ratio limits that require a borrower’s cash flow
 
to be sufficient to cover principal and interest payments on
 
all new and existing debt.
 
The majority of these loans are secured by the assets being
 
financed or other business assets such as accounts receivable, inventory,
 
or
equipment.
 
Collateral values are determined based upon third party appraisals and
 
evaluations.
 
Loan to value ratios at origination are
governed by established policy guidelines.
 
 
Real Estate Construction – Loans in this category
 
consist of short-term construction loans, revolving and non-revolving credit
 
lines
and construction/permanent loans made to individuals
 
and investors to finance the acquisition, development, construction
 
or
rehabilitation of real property.
 
These loans are primarily made based on identifie
 
d
 
cash flows of the borrower or project and generally
secured by the property being financed, including 1-4 family
 
residential properties and commercial properties that are
 
either owner-
occupied or investment in nature.
 
These properties may include either vacant or improved property.
 
Construction loans are generally
based upon estimates of costs and value associated with the
 
completed project.
 
Collateral values are determined based upon third
party appraisals and evaluations.
 
Loan to value ratios at origination are governed by established
 
policy guidelines.
 
The disbursement
of funds for construction loans is made in relation
 
to the progress of the project and as such these loans are closely
 
monitored by on-
site inspections.
 
 
Real Estate Commercial Mortgage – Loans in this category
 
consists of commercial mortgage loans secured by property
 
that is either
owner-occupied or investment in nature.
 
These loans are primarily made based on identified cash flows of
 
the borrower or project
with consideration given to underlying real estate collateral
 
and personal guarantees.
 
Lending policy establishes debt service
coverage ratios and loan to value ratios specific to
 
the property type.
 
Collateral values are determined based upon third party
appraisals and evaluations.
 
 
Real Estate Residential – Residential mortgage loans held
 
in the Company’s loan portfolio
 
are made to borrowers that demonstrate the
ability to make scheduled payments with full consideration
 
to underwriting factors such as current income, employment status, current
assets, and other financial resources, credit history,
 
and the value of the collateral.
 
Collateral consists of mortgage liens on 1-4 family
residential properties.
 
Collateral values are determined based upon third party appraisals and
 
evaluations.
 
The Company does not
originate sub-prime loans.
 
 
Real Estate Home Equity – Home equity loans and lines are made
 
to qualified individuals for legitimate purposes generally secured
by senior or junior mortgage liens on owner-occupied
 
1-4 family homes or vacation homes.
 
Borrower qualifications include
favorable credit history combined with supportive
 
income and debt ratio requirements and combined loan to value
 
ratios within
established policy guidelines.
 
Collateral values are determined based upon third party
 
appraisals and evaluations.
 
 
Consumer Loans – This loan portfolio includes personal
 
installment loans, direct and indirect automobile financing, and
 
overdraft
lines of credit.
 
The majority of the consumer loan portfolio consists of indirect and
 
direct automobile loans.
 
Lending policy
establishes maximum debt to income ratios, minimum
 
credit scores, and includes guidelines for verification of applicants’ income
 
and
receipt of credit reports.
Credit Quality Indicators
.
 
As part of the ongoing monitoring of the Company’s
 
loan portfolio quality,
 
management categorizes loans
into risk categories based on relevant information about
 
the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial
information, historical payment performance, credit documentation,
 
and current economic and market trends, among other
factors.
 
Risk ratings are assigned to each loan and revised as needed through
 
established monitoring procedures for individual loan
relationships over a predetermined amount and review
 
of smaller balance homogenous loan pools.
 
The Company uses the definitions
noted below for categorizing and managing its criticized
 
loans.
 
Loans categorized as “Pass” do not meet the criteria set forth
 
below
and are not considered criticized.
 
Special Mention – Loans in this category are presently
 
protected from loss, but weaknesses are apparent which, if
 
not corrected, could
cause future problems.
 
Loans in this category may not meet required underwriting
 
criteria and have no mitigating factors.
 
More than
the ordinary amount of attention is warranted for these loans.
 
Substandard – Loans in this category exhibit well-defined
 
weaknesses that would typically bring normal repayment into
 
jeopardy.
These loans are no longer adequately protected due
 
to well-defined weaknesses that affect the repayment
 
capacity of the
borrower.
 
The possibility of loss is much more evident and above average
 
supervision is required for these loans.
 
Doubtful – Loans in this category have all the weaknesses inherent
 
in a loan categorized as Substandard, with the characteristic that
the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full,
 
on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and
 
values, highly
questionable and improbable.
 
Performing/Nonperforming – Loans within certain
 
homogenous loan pools (home equity and consumer) are not
 
individually reviewed,
but are monitored for credit quality via the aging
 
status of the loan and by payment activity.
 
The performing or nonperforming status
is updated on an on-going basis dependent upon improvement
 
and deterioration in credit quality.
 
The following table summarizes gross loans held for
 
investment at March 31, 2021 by years of origination and internally
 
assigned
credit risk ratings (refer to Credit Risk Management section
 
for detail on risk rating system).
Term
 
Loans by Origination Year
Revolving
(Dollars in Thousands)
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Prior
Loans
Total
Commercial, Financial,
Agriculture:
Pass
$
77,066
$
188,688
$
41,681
$
32,674
$
12,792
$
21,622
$
38,528
$
413,051
Special Mention
-
-
189
39
4
55
-
287
Substandard
 
-
 
12
 
-
 
285
 
38
 
88
 
58
 
481
Total
$
77,066
$
188,700
$
41,870
$
32,998
$
12,834
$
21,765
$
38,586
$
413,819
Real Estate -
Construction:
Pass
$
13,786
$
80,577
$
29,221
$
6,301
$
1,570
$
-
$
3,451
$
134,906
Special Mention
643
-
2,376
-
-
-
-
3,019
Substandard
 
-
 
-
 
179
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
179
Total
$
14,429
$
80,577
$
31,776
$
6,301
$
1,570
$
-
$
3,451
$
138,104
Real Estate -
Commercial Mortgage:
Pass
$
35,435
$
158,436
$
100,143
$
115,971
$
69,848
$
111,707
$
24,321
$
615,861
Special Mention
-
4,161
6,040
14,296
4,618
13,143
397
42,655
Substandard
 
1,604
 
589
 
3,597
 
87
 
1,829
 
2,936
 
-
 
10,642
Total
$
37,039
$
163,186
$
109,780
$
130,354
$
76,295
$
127,786
$
24,718
$
669,158
Real Estate - Residential:
Pass
$
42,559
$
92,152
$
58,624
$
39,575
$
37,006
$
78,360
$
6,290
$
354,566
Special Mention
-
139
23
124
173
535
-
994
Substandard
 
133
 
1,402
 
2,653
 
1,603
 
1,341
 
3,239
 
-
 
10,371
Total
 
$
42,692
$
93,693
$
61,300
$
41,302
$
38,520
$
82,134
$
6,290
$
365,931
Real Estate - Home
Equity:
Performing
$
39
$
62
$
358
$
238
$
767
$
2,247
$
197,926
$
201,637
Nonperforming
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
462
 
462
Total
 
$
39
$
62
$
358
$
238
$
767
$
2,247
$
198,388
$
202,099
Consumer:
Performing
$
30,721
$
97,423
$
61,532
$
44,126
$
20,292
$
9,502
$
4,855
$
268,451
Nonperforming
-
55
61
5
12
32
-
165
Total
$
30,721
$
97,478
$
61,593
$
44,131
$
20,304
$
9,534
$
4,855
$
268,616