Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001471265-25-000137
Chunk: 67

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 67
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 ("CECL") on regulatory capital in accordance with a rule of the Federal Reserve Board and other U.S. banking agencies for a two-year deferral period, followed by a three-year transition period which began January 1, 2022. As of December 31, 2024, 75% of the impact of the CECL deferral was phased, while the impact of the CECL deferral was fully phased in as of June 30, 2025.

(2) Amounts and ratios include the capital conservation buffer of 2.5%, which does not apply to Tier 1 capital to average assets (leverage ratio).

(3) Reflects the well-capitalized standard applicable to Northwest Bank and the well-capitalized standard applicable to the Company under the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation Y.

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Regulatory Considerations 

It is uncertain how the rapid changes initiated by the Trump administration will impact our business going forward. These include the impact of tariffs, immigration reform, and changes at the agencies that regulate us, including the modification, rescission, withdrawal or changes to the approach and enforcement of rules and guidance relating to us.

In May 2025, President Trump signed a Congressional Review Act resolution that overturned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's December 2024 final rule that would have taken effect October 1, 2025 and imposed certain requirements on overdraft fees, similar to those that apply to credit cards, unless the financial institution limited the overdraft fee to an amount that covered the institution's costs and losses to provide the service or $5. 

In July 2025, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking which, if finalized, would rescind the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") final rule issued in October 2023 and reinstate the CRA framework that existed prior to the issuance of that rule. Implementation of the October 2023 final rule, which was subject to an injunction and has not taken effect, would have changed how the agencies evaluate CRA performance.

Liquidity

Northwest Bank is required to maintain a sufficient level of liquid assets, as determined by management and reviewed for adequacy by the FDIC and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities during their regular examinations. Northwest frequently monitors its liquidity position primarily using the ratio of unencumbered available-for-sale liquid assets as a percentage of deposits and borrowings (“liquidity ratio”). Northwest Bank’s liquidity