Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001169770-25-000029
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Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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 credit losses may be recorded to reflect credit deterioration after the origination date or after the acquisition date, respectively. 

We regularly review loans and leases to determine whether there has been any deterioration in credit quality resulting from borrower operations or changes in collateral value or other factors which may affect the collectability of our loans and leases. Changes in economic conditions, such as the rate of economic growth, the unemployment rate, rate of inflation, increases in the general level of interest rates, declines in real estate values, changes in commodity prices, and adverse conditions in borrowers’ businesses, could negatively impact our borrowers and cause us to adversely classify loans and leases. An increase in classified loans and leases generally results in increased provisions for credit losses and an increased ACL. Any deterioration in the commercial real estate market may lead to increased provisions for credit losses because our loans are concentrated in commercial real estate loans.

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The Level of Noninterest Expense

Our noninterest expense includes fixed and controllable overhead, the largest components of which are compensation expense, customer related expense, information technology and data processing expense, and occupancy expense. Customer related expenses are primarily earnings credit rate ("ECRs") payments to customers and are mostly driven by the Homeowners Association ("HOA") business. ECRs are rate-sensitive and fluctuate in response to changes in the federal funds rate. Additionally, noninterest expense includes insurance and assessments, intangible asset amortization, leased equipment depreciation, other professional services, loan expenses, acquisition, integration and organization costs, and other expense. We monitor our efficiency ratio as a key measure of operational performance.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make a number of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the condensed consolidated financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions based upon historical experience and various other factors and circumstances. We believe that our estimates and assumptions are reasonable; however, actual results may ultimately differ significantly from these estimates and assumptions, which could have a material adverse effect on the carrying value of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates and on our results of operations for the reporting periods.

 Our accounting policies and estimates are fundamental to understanding the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations. We identify critical policies and estimates as those that require management to make particularly difficult, subjective