BOK FINANCIAL CORP (BOKF)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=875357. Latest filing source: 0000875357-26-000013.
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Business
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Risk Factors
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Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,531,268,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-18 |
| Net income | 577,990,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-18 |
| Assets | 52,237,501,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-18 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-18. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000875357.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 829,117,000 | 972,751,000 | 1,228,426,000 | 1,531,958,000 | 1,269,000,000 | 1,179,929,000 | 1,392,102,000 | 2,342,464,000 | 2,636,464,000 | 2,531,268,000 |
| Net income | 232,668,000 | 334,644,000 | 445,646,000 | 500,758,000 | 435,030,000 | 618,121,000 | 520,273,000 | 530,746,000 | 523,569,000 | 577,990,000 |
| Diluted EPS | 3.53 | 5.11 | 6.63 | 7.03 | 6.19 | 8.95 | 7.68 | 8.02 | 8.14 | 9.17 |
| Operating cash flow | -91,949,000 | 214,931,000 | -552,006,000 | -473,679,000 | -416,256,000 | -3,692,577,000 | 5,122,270,000 | 66,183,000 | 1,430,454,000 | 739,620,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 199,802,000 | 250,783,000 | 345,082,000 | 384,639,000 | 141,134,000 | 204,287,000 | 215,046,000 | 165,918,000 | 171,589,000 | 164,389,000 |
| Dividends paid | 113,455,000 | 116,041,000 | 127,188,000 | 143,496,000 | 144,437,000 | 144,105,000 | 143,800,000 | 143,398,000 | 142,981,000 | 147,504,000 |
| Share buybacks | 66,792,000 | 7,403,000 | 53,465,000 | 129,483,000 | 75,830,000 | 117,938,000 | 154,887,000 | 176,819,000 | 89,856,000 | 413,208,000 |
| Assets | 32,772,281,000 | 32,272,160,000 | 38,020,504,000 | 42,172,021,000 | 46,671,088,000 | 50,249,431,000 | 47,790,642,000 | 49,824,830,000 | 49,685,892,000 | 52,237,501,000 |
| Liabilities | 29,465,924,000 | 28,753,826,000 | 33,577,459,000 | 37,308,102,000 | 41,379,527,000 | 44,881,060,000 | 43,103,284,000 | 44,679,411,000 | 44,134,935,000 | 46,316,821,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 3,274,854,000 | 3,495,367,000 | 4,432,109,000 | 4,855,795,000 | 5,266,266,000 | 5,363,732,000 | 4,682,649,000 | 5,142,442,000 | 5,548,353,000 | 5,918,646,000 |
| Free cash flow | -291,751,000 | -35,852,000 | -897,088,000 | -858,318,000 | -557,390,000 | -3,896,864,000 | 4,907,224,000 | -99,735,000 | 1,258,865,000 | 575,231,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 28.06% | 34.40% | 36.28% | 32.69% | 34.28% | 52.39% | 37.37% | 22.66% | 19.86% | 22.83% |
| Return on equity | 7.10% | 9.57% | 10.05% | 10.31% | 8.26% | 11.52% | 11.11% | 10.32% | 9.44% | 9.77% |
| Return on assets | 0.71% | 1.04% | 1.17% | 1.19% | 0.93% | 1.23% | 1.09% | 1.07% | 1.05% | 1.11% |
| Liabilities / equity | 9.00 | 8.23 | 7.58 | 7.68 | 7.86 | 8.37 | 9.20 | 8.69 | 7.95 | 7.83 |
Industry Peer Context
Net margin peer context
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Financial Bridges
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Operating cash flow: accession 0000875357-26-000013; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0000875357-26-000013; concept PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | Free cash flow: accession 0000875357-26-000013; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Financial Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0000875357-26-000013; filed 2026-02-18. Concept: InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating. Source concepts: us-gaap:InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0000875357-26-000013; filed 2026-02-18. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0000875357-26-000013; filed 2026-02-18. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0000875357-26-000013; filed 2026-02-18. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
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Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0000875357-26-000013; filed 2026-02-18. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
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Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-06. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000875357.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q2 | 2022-06-30 | 1.96 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2022-Q3 | 2022-09-30 | 2.32 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q1 | 2023-03-31 | 2.43 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-06-30 | 570,367,000 | 151,308,000 | 2.27 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 617,044,000 | 134,495,000 | 2.04 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 638,324,000 | 82,575,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 645,212,000 | 83,703,000 | 1.29 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 671,817,000 | 163,713,000 | 2.54 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 680,310,000 | 139,999,000 | 2.18 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 639,125,000 | 136,154,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 618,570,000 | 119,777,000 | 1.86 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 642,427,000 | 140,018,000 | 2.19 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 644,453,000 | 140,894,000 | 2.22 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 625,818,000 | 177,301,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 615,925,000 | 155,766,000 | 2.58 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0000875357-26-000034; filed 2026-05-06. Concept: InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating. Source concepts: us-gaap:InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0000875357-26-000034; filed 2026-05-06. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0000875357-26-000034; filed 2026-05-06. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Macro Cross-References
- CPIAUCSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- DFEDTARU - Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit
- DFEDTARL - Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit
- DGS3MO - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
- DGS2 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS30 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity
- T10Y2Y - 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
- CPILFESL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy
- CPIUFDSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food
- CPIENGSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Energy
- CUSR0000SAH1 - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Shelter
- PCEPI - Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
- PCEPILFE - Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- T10YIE - 10-Year Breakeven Inflation Rate
- U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
- EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
- UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
- CE16OV - Employment Level
- ICSA - Initial Claims
- JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
- JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- A191RL1Q225SBEA - Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Period
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- HOUST - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
- PERMIT - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units
- RSAFS - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade
- PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- DSPIC96 - Real Disposable Personal Income
- PSAVERT - Personal Saving Rate
- M2SL - M2
- BOPGSTB - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Balance
- MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States
- HSN1F - New One Family Houses Sold: United States
- RHORUSQ156N - Homeownership Rate in the United States
- TTLCONS - Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States
- RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
- TOTALSL - Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- REVOLSL - Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- DRCCLACBS - Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GPDI - Gross Private Domestic Investment
- GCE - Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- PCEC - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- NETEXP - Net Exports of Goods and Services
- GFDEBTN - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt
- GFDEGDQ188S - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
- FYFSD - Federal Surplus or Deficit
- FGRECPT - Federal Government Current Receipts
- FGEXPND - Federal Government: Current Expenditures
- MANEMP - All Employees, Manufacturing
- USCONS - All Employees, Construction
- USTRADE - All Employees, Retail Trade
- USFIRE - All Employees, Financial Activities
- USGOVT - All Employees, Government
- AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private
- DGORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods
- NEWORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft
- BUSINV - Total Business Inventories
- EXPGS - Exports of Goods and Services
- IMPGS - Imports of Goods and Services
- IR - Import Price Index (End Use): All Commodities
- PPIFIS - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0000875357-26-000034.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Performance Summary
BOK Financial reported net income of $155.8 million, or $2.58 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2026 compared to $177.3 million, or $2.89 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2025. Excluding the gain recognized on the sale of a merchant banking investment and the FDIC special assessment benefit1, net income would have been $152.1 million, or $2.48 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2025. PPNR1, a non-GAAP measure, was $199.7 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to $228.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Highlights of the first quarter of 2026 compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 included:
•Net interest income totaled $342.6 million, a decrease of $2.7 million compared to the prior quarter. Net interest margin was 2.90% for the first quarter of 2026, compared to 2.98% for the prior quarter. For the first quarter of 2026, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.15% compared to 3.22% in the prior quarter.
•Fees and commissions revenue totaled $209.8 million, a decrease of $5.1 million, primarily due to lower investment banking revenue driven by seasonality and volume of transactions.
•Other operating expense totaled $354.2 million, a decrease of $6.9 million compared to the prior quarter. Excluding the FDIC special assessment benefit from fourth quarter of 2025, operating expense decreased $16.4 million. Personnel expense decreased $11.6 million and non-personnel expense decreased $4.8 million, reflecting our continued focus on managing our core cost structure.
•Period end outstanding loan balances totaled $26.2 billion at March 31, 2026, growing by $536 million over December 31, 2025, with broad-based growth across the loan portfolio, led by general business, energy, and multifamily commercial real estate loans. Average loan balances increased $683 million to $25.9 billion.
•No provision for expected credit losses was necessary for the first quarter of 2026. The favorable impact of higher projected oil prices on our energy loan portfolio and improved credit quality was offset by loan growth and a slight downward revision to economic forecast assumptions compared to the prior quarter. Net charge-offs in the first quarter were $1.9 million, or 0.03% of average loans on an annualized basis. The resulting combined allowance for credit losses totaled $323 million, or 1.23% of outstanding loans at March 31, 2026. The combined allowance for credit losses was $327 million, or 1.28% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2025.
•Nonperforming assets not guaranteed by U.S. government agencies were $52 million, a $14 million decrease compared to December 31, 2025. Accruing substandard loans decreased by $5.5 million while other loans especially mentioned decreased by $31 million compared to December 31, 2025.
•Period end deposits decreased by $758 million to $38.7 billion at March 31, 2026. Average deposits decreased $1.0 billion, including a $692 million decrease in average interest-bearing deposits and a $315 million reduction in demand deposit balances. The loan to deposit ratio was 68% at March 31, 2026, compared to 65% at December 31, 2025.
•Assets under management or administration totaled $123.6 billion at March 31, 2026, decreasing $3.0 billion compared to December 31, 2025, primarily driven by changes in the equity markets.
•The Company's tangible common equity ratio1, a non-GAAP measure, was 9.29% at March 31, 2026, and 9.46% at December 31, 2025. The tangible common equity ratio is primarily based on total shareholders' equity, which includes unrealized gains and losses on AFS securities.
•The common equity Tier 1 capital ratio at March 31, 2026, was 12.61%. Other regulatory capital ratios include the Tier 1 capital ratio at 12.61%, total capital ratio at 14.39%, and leverage ratio at 9.85%. At December 31, 2025, the common equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.90%, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.90%, the total capital ratio was 14.77%, and the leverage ratio was 9.86%.
1 See "Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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•No shares of common stock were repurchased during the first quarter of 2026. The company repurchased 2,617,414 shares of common stock at an average price of $107.99 per share in the fourth quarter of 2025. We view share buybacks opportunistically, but within the context of maintaining our strong capital position.
•The Company paid a regular cash dividend of $38.1 million, or $0.63 per common share, during the first quarter of 2026. On May 5, 2026, the Board approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.63 per common share payable on or about May 27, 2026, to shareholders of record as of May 13, 2026.
Highlights of the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 included:
•Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2026 totaled $155.8 million, or $2.58 per diluted share, compared to $119.8 million, or $1.86 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
•Net interest income totaled $342.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, and $316.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Net interest income increased $16.5 million from changes in interest rates and increased $9.9 million from changes in earning assets. Net interest margin was 2.90% compared to 2.78%. The AFS securities portfolio yield increased 11 basis points, while the yield on trading securities decreased 43 basis points. Funding costs decreased 50 basis points. The cost of interest-bearing deposits was down 53 basis points. Average earning assets increased $2.2 billion to $47.8 billion, largely driven by higher average balances for loans and AFS securities, partially offset by a decrease in average trading securities. Total interest-bearing deposits increased $1.1 billion, partially offset by a decrease of $462 million in demand deposit balances. Other borrowed funds increased $711 million and average subordinated debentures increased $265 million.
•Fees and commissions revenue totaled $209.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, a $25.7 million increase over the three months ended March 31, 2025. Brokerage and trading revenue increased $12.5 million, largely due to higher trading volumes and improved trading margins on U.S. agency residential mortgage-backed securities. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $5.5 million led by growth in trust fees related to higher market valuations and continued growth in client relationships. Transaction card revenue increased $4.9 million due to disciplined pricing strategies, targeted customer acquisition efforts, and an increase in the volume of transactions processed during the period. Deposit service charges increased $1.9 million due to growth in commercial service charges.
•Total operating expense was $354 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, an increase of $6.6 million over the three months ended March 31, 2025. Personnel expense decreased $3.0 million. Employee benefits expense decreased $5.3 million due to a combination of lower retirement plan costs and employee healthcare costs. Regular compensation increased $1.9 million, largely related to annual merit increases given to most employees in March. Non-personnel expense increased $9.6 million. Data processing and communications expense was up $4.2 million, largely driven by costs associated with ongoing projects. Mortgage banking costs grew $4.1 million due to increased prepayments.
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
Net interest income is the interest earned on debt securities, loans, and other interest-earning assets less interest paid for interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings. The net interest margin is calculated by dividing tax-equivalent net interest income by average interest-earning assets. Net interest spread is the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is typically greater than net interest spread due to interest revenue earned on assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities such as demand deposits and equity.
Tax-equivalent net interest income totaled $345.2 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to $347.8 million in the prior quarter. Net interest income increased $464 thousand from changes in interest rates and decreased $3.1 million from changes in earning assets. Table 1 shows the effect on net interest income from changes in average balances and interest rates for various types of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.
Average earning assets increased $1.2 billion over the fourth quarter of 2025. Average loan balances increased $683 million, primarily from broad-based growth across the loan portfolio. The average balance of trading securities increased $322 million and average restricted equity securities increased $111 million.
Total average deposits decreased $1.0 billion compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, including a $692 million decrease in interest-bearing deposits and a $315 million decrease in demand deposits. Average funds purchased and repurchase agreements decreased $261 million, while average other borrowings increased $2.3 billion. Average subordinated debentures increased $155 million, driven by the full quarter impact of the subordinated debt issued in the fourth quarter.
Net interest margin was 2.90% compared to 2.98% in the fourth quarter of 2025. For the first quarter of 2026, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.15% compared to 3.22% in the prior quarter. The tax-equivalent yield on average earning assets was 5.23%, a decrease of 13 basis points. The loan portfolio yield decreased 23 basis points to 6.25%. The yield on trading securities decreased 19 basis points to 4.64%, while the yield on restricted equity securities increased 17 basis points to 7.39%.
Funding costs were 2.92%, a 14 basis point decrease compared to the prior quarter. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 20 basis points to 2.71%. The cost of funds purchased and repurchase agreements decreased 57 basis points to 2.90%, while the cost of other borrowings decreased 32 basis points to 3.90%. The benefit to net interest margin from assets funded by non-interest liabilities was 59 basis points, a decrease of 9 basis points.
Our overall objective is to manage the Company's balance sheet for changes in interest rates as described in the Market Risk section of this report. Approximately 84% of our commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolios are either variable rate loans or fixed rate loans that will reprice within one year. These loans are funded primarily by deposit accounts that are either non-interest bearing, or that reprice more slowly than the loans. The result is a balance sheet that is asset sensitive, meaning that assets generally reprice more quickly than the liabilities. One of the strategies that we use to manage toward a relative rate-neutral position is to purchase fixed-rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued primarily by U.S. government agencies and fund them with market rate-sensitive liabilities. The liability-sensitive nature of this strategy provides an offset to the asset-sensitive characteristics of our loan portfolio. We also may use derivative instruments to manage our interest rate risk.
The effectiveness of these strategies is reflected in the overall change in net interest income due to changes in interest rates as shown in Table 1 and in the interest rate sensitivity projections as shown in the Market Risk section of this report.
1 See "Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Table 1 – Volume/Rate A
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Latest 10-K MD&A
ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
| Table 1 – Consolidated Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
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| December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
| Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
| Earnings per share (based on average equivalent shares): | ||||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | 9.17 | $ | 8.14 | $ | 8.02 | ||||
| Percentages (based on daily averages): | ||||||||||
| Return on average assets | 1.12 | % | 1.03 | % | 1.10 | % | ||||
| Return on average shareholders' equity | 9.89 | % | 9.82 | % | 10.82 | % | ||||
| Dividend payout ratio | 25.41 | % | 27.20 | % | 27.00 | % | ||||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans | 1.08 | % | 1.16 | % | 1.16 | % | ||||
| Combined allowance for credit losses to loans1 | 1.28 | % | 1.38 | % | 1.36 | % |
1 Includes allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk.
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Management’s Assessment of Operations and Financial Condition
Overview
The following discussion is management's analysis to assist in the understanding and evaluation of the financial condition and results of operations of BOK Financial. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes and selected financial data presented elsewhere in this report. This section and other sections provide information about our recent financial performance. For information about results of operations for 2024 compared with 2023, see the respective sections in Management's Discussion and Analysis included in our 2024 Form 10-K filed on February 19, 2025.
Reflecting the Federal Reserve's cautious confidence that inflation is moderating, the federal funds rate was reduced by 75 basis points over the last four months of 2025 to balance between inflation progress and emerging labor-market risks. The housing market showed some signs of recovery, with slight increases in sales and inventory. Homeownership affordability is being significantly impacted by the combination of higher mortgage interest rates and elevated home prices, which has greatly affected first-time homebuyers. Consumer spending also continues to remain stable but constrained, supported by continued demand for essential services while discretionary spending softened amid elevated prices and increased budget sensitivity. Unemployment increased slightly to 4.4% for December 2025. See "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis for additional discussion around our economic forecast.
Performance Summary
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2025, totaled $578.0 million, or $9.17 per diluted share, compared with net income of $523.6 million, or $8.14 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2024. PPNR1, a non-GAAP measure, was $742.6 million for 2025, compared to $684.7 million in the prior year.
Highlights of 2025 included:
•Net interest income totaled $1.3 billion for 2025, a $116.6 million increase over the prior year. Net interest margin was 2.87% for 2025, compared to 2.65% for 2024, reflecting the funding shift from wholesale borrowings to interest-bearing deposits, along with improving yields on the AFS securities portfolio. Average earning assets were $46.4 billion for 2025, up $866 million over 2024, largely due to expansion of the AFS securities portfolio and growth in loan portfolio balances.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $800.7 million for 2025, consistent with the prior year. Brokerage and trading revenue decreased $58.4 million, largely due to a shift from trading revenue to net interest income on trading securities. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $26.3 million led by growth in trust fees related to higher market valuations and continued growth in client relationships. Transaction card revenue was up $8.8 million due to disciplined pricing strategies, targeted customer acquisition efforts, and an increase in the volume of transactions processed during the year. Deposit service charges increased $6.8 million due to growth in commercial service charges.
•Other gains, net, were $43.8 million for 2025, including a $23.5 million pre-tax gain on the sale of a merchant banking investment. Other gains, net, for 2024 were $79.7 million, which included a $56.9 million pre-tax gain recognized in connection with the receipt and disposition of Visa C shares received as a result of the Exchange Offer announced by Visa, Inc. in the second quarter of 2024.
•Gains on AFS securities totaled $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to a loss of $45.8 million in the prior year resulting from the strategic repositioning of our portfolio.
•Other operating expense increased $67.1 million to $1.4 billion. Personnel expense grew $66.7 million, reflecting a combination of annual merit increases, salary adjustments, and business expansion. Non-personnel expense was consistent with the prior year. The current year included a benefit of $10.7 million from FDIC updates to the special assessment estimate, along with other adjustments to the special assessment, compared to a $5.5 million expense in the prior year. The prior year included $13.6 million in charitable contributions to the BOKF Foundation, largely driven by the $10.0 million donation of converted Visa shares to the foundation. These decreases in expense for 2025 were largely offset by higher costs for data processing and communications, professional fees and services, business promotion, and net occupancy and equipment.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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•The net economic benefit of the changes in the fair value of MSR and related economic hedges was $1.1 million during 2025, compared to a net economic cost of $5.7 million during 2024, due to reduced market volatility throughout 2025.
•The provision for credit losses was $2.0 million in 2025. The impact of loan growth was partially offset by an improvement in credit quality and the forecasted economic outlook during the year. Credit quality remained strong with net charge-offs of $6.7 million, or 0.03% of average loans in 2025, compared to $12.9 million, or 0.05% of average loans in 2024. We recorded an $18.0 million provision for expected credit losses in 2024. The combined allowance for credit losses totaled $327 million or 1.28% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2025. The combined allowance for credit losses was $332 million or 1.38% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2024.
•Nonperforming assets not guaranteed by U.S. government agencies totaled $66 million at December 31, 2025, up from a historic low of $42 million at December 31, 2024. Accruing substandard loans decreased $71 million, while other loans especially mentioned increased $29 million and nonaccrual loans increased $28 million.
•Average outstanding loan balances were $24.6 billion, growing $416 million over the prior year. Average loans to individuals increased $468 million and commercial real estate loans grew $366 million, while commercial loans decreased $418 million. Period end outstanding loan balances increased $1.5 billion to $25.7 billion at December 31, 2025.
•Average deposits increased $2.4 billion to $38.7 billion. Average interest-bearing deposits increased $2.8 billion, while average demand deposits decreased $413 million. Period end deposits increased $1.2 billion to $39.4 billion. The loan to deposit ratio was 65% at December 31, 2025, compared to 63% at December 31, 2024.
•Assets under management or administration totaled $126.6 billion at December 31, 2025, increasing $12.0 billion over December 31, 2024, primarily driven by improvements in the equity markets and growth in customer relationships during 2025.
•The Company's tangible common equity ratio1, a non-GAAP measure, was 9.46% at December 31, 2025, and 9.17% at December 31, 2024. The tangible common equity ratio is primarily based on total shareholders' equity, which includes unrealized gains and losses on AFS securities.
•The Company's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.90% at December 31, 2025. In addition, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.90%, total capital ratio was 14.77% and leverage ratio was 9.86% at December 31, 2025. At December 31, 2024, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 13.04%, the total capital ratio was 14.21%, and the leverage ratio was 9.97%.
•The Company repurchased 3,656,259 common shares at an average price of $105.72 per share during 2025 and 1,028,806 common shares at an average price of $86.49 during 2024.
•The Company paid cash dividends of $2.34 per common share during 2025, and $2.22 per common share in 2024.
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2025 totaled $177.3 million, or $2.89 per diluted share, compared to $140.9 million, or $2.22 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2025.
Highlights of the fourth quarter of 2025 included:
•Net interest income totaled $345.3 million, an increase of $7.6 million over the prior quarter. Net interest margin expanded 7 basis points to 2.98% from 2.91%. For the fourth quarter of 2025, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, grew 6 basis points to 3.22% compared to 3.16% in the prior quarter.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $214.9 million, up $10.4 million, led by growth in brokerage and trading revenue, fiduciary and asset management revenue, and transaction card revenue.
•Other gains, net, were $28.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $8.3 million in the third quarter of 2025. The fourth quarter included a $23.5 million pre-tax gain on the sale of a merchant banking investment.
•Operating expense decreased $8.7 million to $361.1 million. Excluding the FDIC special assessment benefit, personnel expense decreased $3.6 million and non-personnel expense increased $3.2 million.
•No provision for credit losses was necessary for the fourth quarter of 2025. The provision for credit losses was $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2025. Net charge-offs were $1.4 million, or 0.02% of average loans on an annualized basis, in the fourth quarter.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Critical Accounting Policies & Estimates
The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company's accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Management makes significant assumptions and estimates in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP that may be highly subjective, complex, and subject to variability. Actual results could differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates. The following discussion addresses the most critical areas where these assumptions and estimates could affect the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company. These critical accounting policies and estimates have been discussed with the appropriate committees of the Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Loan Commitments
The allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments represent the portion of amortized cost basis of loans and related unfunded commitments we do not expect to collect over the asset’s contractual life, considering past events, current conditions, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. Quarterly, a senior management Allowance Committee assesses the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk. This assessment requires judgment about effects of uncertain matters, resulting in a subjective calculation which is inherently imprecise. Because of the subjective forward-looking nature of the calculation, changes in these measures may not directly correlate with actual economic events. In future periods, management judgment may consider new or changed information which may cause significant changes in these allowances in those future periods.
See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the description of the expected credit losses calculation of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments.
For the majority of risk-graded loans, the accruing loans expected credit loss estimate is sensitive to management judgment, particularly probability of default and loss given default assumptions, changes in specific macroeconomic factor forecasts and the probability weight assigned to each economic scenario, and appropriate adjustments.
Significant assumptions and estimates affecting the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk include:
•Probability of default and loss given default measurements are based on historical data that may not be a good predictor of future performance or actual losses.
•Probability of default is based on risk grades, a subjective measurement of the risk of a loan. This subjective assessment of risk may not reflect actual risk of loss.
•The forecast for each relevant economic loss driver and the probability weighting of economic scenarios are overseen by a senior management Economic Forecast Committee which includes members independent of the allowance process. These estimates may differ from future economic conditions.
•The Allowance Committee may increase or decrease the allowance to reflect risks not captured in the quantitative component. Examples of circumstances that may result in adjustments include, but are not limited to, new lines of business, market conditions that have not been previously encountered, observed changes in credit risk that are not yet reflected in macroeconomic factors, or economic conditions that impact loss given default assumptions. These estimates may differ from actual credit losses.
Although the resulting expected credit loss estimate represents management’s best estimates at the time, actual credit losses will differ from management’s estimate. Portfolio composition will change over time, actual economic conditions will differ from probability-weighted assumptions, borrower-specific circumstances will change, as well as other factors. Differences between actual losses and management's estimates may materially affect the Company's results of operations.
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We describe critical elements affecting our estimate of expected credit loss in the "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis. While it is challenging to evaluate the allowance impact for a change in a particular input, results of such an analysis demonstrate how the quantitative element of the allowance behaves under different conditions. The sensitivity to management's economic scenario weighting may be quantified by comparing the results of weighting each economic scenario at 100%. For example, compared to a 100% base case scenario, a 100% downside case would result in an additional $189 million in quantitative reserve, while a 100% upside case would result in $13 million less in quantitative reserve at December 31, 2025. Such sensitivity calculations do not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the related allowance for a number of reasons including (1) management's weighting of multiple forecasted economic scenarios in estimating expected credit losses; (2) management's predictions of future economic trends and relationships among the scenarios may differ from actual events; and (3) management's application of subjective measures to modeled results when appropriate.
Fair Value Measurement
Certain assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Fair value is defined by applicable accounting guidance as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal markets for the given asset or liability at the measurement date based on market conditions at that date. An orderly transaction assumes exposure to the market for a customary period for marketing activities prior to the measurement date and not a forced liquidation or distressed sale.
A hierarchy for fair value has been established that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad categories: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), other observable inputs that can be observed either directly or indirectly (Level 2), and unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities (Level 3). Fair value may be recorded for certain assets and liabilities every reporting period on a recurring basis or under certain circumstances on a non-recurring basis. Fair value measurements of significant assets or liabilities that are based on unobservable inputs (Level 3) are considered Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. Additional discussion of fair value measurement and disclosure is included in Notes 7 and 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
We have a significant investment in MSR. Our MSR are primarily retained from sales in the secondary market of residential mortgage loans we have originated or purchased from correspondent lenders. MSR may be purchased from other lenders. Both originated and purchased MSR are initially recognized at fair value. We have elected to carry all MSR at fair value. Changes in fair value are recognized in earnings as they occur.
MSR are not traded in active markets. The fair value of the MSR is determined by discounting the projected cash flows. Certain significant assumptions and estimates used in valuing MSR are based on current market sources including projected prepayment speeds, assumed servicing costs, earnings on escrow deposits, ancillary income and discount rates. Assumptions used to value our MSR are considered significant unobservable inputs and represent our best estimate of assumptions that market participants would use to value this asset. A separate third-party model is used to estimate prepayment speeds based on interest rates, housing turnover rates, estimated loan curtailment, anticipated defaults, and other relevant factors. The prepayment model is updated periodically for changes in market conditions and adjusted to better correlate with actual performance of our servicing portfolio. The discount rate is based on benchmark rates for mortgage loans plus a market spread expected by investors in servicing rights. Significant assumptions used to determine the fair value of our MSR are presented in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. At least annually, we request estimates of fair value from outside sources to corroborate the results of the valuation model.
The assumptions used in this model are primarily based on mortgage interest rates. Evaluation of the effect of a change in one assumption without considering the effect of that change on other assumptions is not meaningful. Considering all related assumptions, we expect a 50 basis point parallel rate increase to increase the fair value of our servicing rights by $14.1 million. We expect a $17.8 million decrease in the fair value of our MSR from a 50 basis point parallel rate decrease.
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
2025 Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the interest earned on debt securities, loans, and other interest-earning assets less interest paid for interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings. The net interest margin is calculated by dividing tax-equivalent net interest income by average interest-earning assets. Net interest spread is the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is typically greater than net interest spread due to interest income earned on assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities such as demand deposits and equity.
Tax-equivalent net interest income totaled $1.3 billion for 2025, an increase of $117.7 million over the prior year. Net interest income grew $81.5 million due to changes in interest rates. Net interest income increased $36.2 million from growth in average assets and interest-bearing deposit balances, partially offset by lower wholesale borrowings. Table 3 shows the effects on net interest income due to changes in average balances and interest rates for the various types of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. In addition, see the Annual Financial Summary of consolidated daily average balances, average yields and rates as shown in Table 2.
Net interest margin was 2.87% for 2025 and 2.65% for 2024, reflecting the funding shift from wholesale borrowings to interest-bearing deposits, along with improving yields on the AFS securities portfolio. Our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.14% compared to 3.01% in the prior year. The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 5.45% for 2025, compared to 5.75% in 2024. Loan yields decreased 67 basis points to 6.65%. The AFS securities portfolio yield increased 20 basis points to 3.89%.
Funding costs decreased 71 basis points compared to 2024. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 57 basis points. The cost of short-term borrowings decreased 92 basis points. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 72 basis points for 2025, compared to 91 basis points for 2024.
Average earning assets for 2025 increased $866 million, or 2%, over 2024. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, increased $421 million, largely due to growth in loans to individuals and commercial real estate loans, partially offset by lower average commercial loans. The average balance of AFS securities, which consists largely of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, increased $484 million. Average trading securities increased $228 million while average investment securities decreased $232 million.
Total average deposits grew by $2.4 billion over the prior year, including a $2.8 billion increase in interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by a $413 million decrease in average demand deposit balances. Average short-term borrowings decreased $1.9 billion.
Our overall objective is to manage the Company's balance sheet for changes in interest rates as described in the Market Risk section of this report. Approximately 84% of our commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolios are either variable rate loans or fixed rate loans that will reprice within one year. These loans are funded primarily by deposit accounts that are either non-interest bearing or that reprice more slowly than the loans. The result is a balance sheet that would be asset-sensitive which means that assets generally reprice more quickly than liabilities. One of the strategies that we use to manage toward a relative rate-neutral position is to purchase fixed rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued primarily by U.S. government agencies and fund them with market rate sensitive liabilities. The liability-sensitive nature of this strategy provides an offset to the asset-sensitive characteristics of our loan portfolio. We also may use derivative instruments to manage our interest rate risk.
The effectiveness of these strategies is reflected in the overall change in net interest income due to changes in interest rates as shown in Table 3 and in the interest rate sensitivity projections as shown in the Market Risk section of this report.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Year Ended | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 527,730 | $ | 22,639 | 4.29 | % | |||||
| Trading securities | 5,911,936 | 296,425 | 5.05 | % | |||||||
| Investment securities | 1,890,820 | 26,711 | 1.41 | % | |||||||
| Available-for-sale securities | 13,285,146 | 526,825 | 3.89 | % | |||||||
| Fair value option securities | 71,196 | 3,851 | 5.30 | % | |||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 331,233 | 25,213 | 7.61 | % | |||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 83,286 | 5,075 | 6.01 | % | |||||||
| Loans | 24,582,263 | 1,634,765 | 6.65 | % | |||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (278,279) | ||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 24,303,984 | 1,634,765 | 6.73 | % | |||||||
| Total earning assets | 46,405,331 | 2,541,504 | 5.45 | % | |||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 200,820 | ||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 5,100,755 | ||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 51,706,906 | |||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 26,301,624 | $ | 814,145 | 3.10 | % | |||||
| Savings | 854,624 | 4,683 | 0.55 | % | |||||||
| Time | 3,584,733 | 136,943 | 3.82 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 30,740,981 | 955,771 | 3.11 | % | |||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 944,772 | 31,458 | 3.33 | % | |||||||
| Other borrowings | 4,672,347 | 209,301 | 4.48 | % | |||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 118,108 | 7,394 | 6.26 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 36,476,208 | 1,203,924 | 3.30 | % | |||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 8,003,931 | ||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 427,450 | ||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 953,402 | ||||||||||
| Total equity | 5,845,915 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 51,706,906 | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | $ | 1,337,580 | 2.15 | % | |||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income to earning assets | 2.87 | % | |||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 10,236 | ||||||||||
| Net interest income | 1,327,344 | ||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 2,000 | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 848,130 | ||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,432,856 | ||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 740,618 | ||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 162,640 | ||||||||||
| Net income | 577,978 | ||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (12) | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 577,990 | |||||||||
| Earnings per share: | |||||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | 9.17 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 545,020 | $ | 28,234 | 5.18 | % | $ | 632,289 | $ | 32,353 | 5.12 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 5,683,573 | 288,471 | 5.11 | % | 4,559,012 | 216,269 | 4.74 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 2,122,836 | 30,105 | 1.42 | % | 2,368,749 | 34,043 | 1.44 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities | 12,801,565 | 490,867 | 3.69 | % | 11,941,222 | 388,755 | 3.06 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 19,180 | 761 | 3.66 | % | 150,847 | 7,760 | 5.06 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 403,519 | 32,903 | 8.15 | % | 387,224 | 29,683 | 7.67 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 80,528 | 5,062 | 6.17 | % | 69,280 | 4,341 | 6.12 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 24,165,781 | 1,769,208 | 7.32 | % | 23,125,349 | 1,638,071 | 7.08 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (283,164) | (258,300) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 23,882,617 | 1,769,208 | 7.41 | % | 22,867,049 | 1,638,071 | 7.16 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 45,538,838 | 2,645,611 | 5.75 | % | 42,975,672 | 2,351,275 | 5.38 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 244,951 | 222,004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 4,965,709 | 5,046,478 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 50,749,498 | $ | 48,244,154 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 23,567,473 | $ | 861,538 | 3.66 | % | $ | 19,223,863 | $ | 540,068 | 2.81 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 828,683 | 4,845 | 0.58 | % | 901,008 | 2,913 | 0.32 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 3,506,652 | 159,346 | 4.54 | % | 2,354,511 | 83,616 | 3.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 27,902,808 | 1,025,729 | 3.68 | % | 22,479,382 | 626,597 | 2.79 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 1,295,993 | 52,371 | 4.04 | % | 2,653,654 | 119,018 | 4.49 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 6,208,654 | 338,390 | 5.45 | % | 5,979,095 | 315,717 | 5.28 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,163 | 9,216 | 7.03 | % | 131,155 | 8,952 | 6.83 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 35,538,618 | 1,425,706 | 4.01 | % | 31,243,286 | 1,070,284 | 3.43 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 8,417,151 | 10,725,452 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 417,972 | 388,353 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,041,590 | 979,685 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 5,334,167 | 4,907,378 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 50,749,498 | $ | 48,244,154 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | $ | 1,219,905 | 1.74 | % | $ | 1,280,991 | 1.95 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income to earning assets | 2.65 | % | 2.93 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 9,147 | 8,811 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 1,210,758 | 1,272,180 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 18,000 | 46,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 839,641 | 789,949 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,365,755 | 1,332,881 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 666,644 | 683,248 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 143,091 | 152,115 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 523,553 | 531,133 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | (16) | 387 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 523,569 | $ | 530,746 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | 8.14 | $ | 8.02 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 3 – Annual Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 / 2024 | December 31, 2024 / 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | Change Due To1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | (5,595) | $ | (820) | $ | (4,775) | $ | (4,119) | $ | (4,483) | $ | 364 | |||||||||||
| Trading securities | 7,954 | 11,346 | (3,392) | 72,202 | 53,232 | 18,970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | (3,394) | (3,234) | (160) | (3,938) | (3,773) | (165) | |||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities | 35,958 | 9,563 | 26,395 | 102,112 | 21,205 | 80,907 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 3,090 | 2,325 | 765 | (6,999) | (5,778) | (1,221) | |||||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | (7,690) | (6,569) | (1,121) | 3,220 | 2,065 | 1,155 | |||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 13 | 146 | (133) | 721 | 682 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans | (134,443) | 28,977 | (163,420) | 131,137 | 74,649 | 56,488 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | (104,107) | 41,734 | (145,841) | 294,336 | 137,799 | 156,537 | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | (47,393) | 92,327 | (139,720) | 321,470 | 140,061 | 181,409 | |||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | (162) | 119 | (281) | 1,932 | (321) | 2,253 | |||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | (22,403) | 3,195 | (25,598) | 75,730 | 46,661 | 29,069 | |||||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | (20,913) | (12,950) | (7,963) | (66,647) | (57,832) | (8,815) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | (129,089) | (76,297) | (52,792) | 22,673 | 12,315 | 10,358 | |||||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | (1,822) | (865) | (957) | 264 | 1 | 263 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | (221,782) | 5,529 | (227,311) | 355,422 | 140,885 | 214,537 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | 117,675 | 36,205 | 81,470 | (61,086) | (3,086) | (58,000) | |||||||||||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | 1,089 | 336 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 116,586 | $ | (61,422) |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Fourth Quarter 2025 Net Interest Income
Tax-equivalent net interest income totaled $347.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of $7.6 million over the third quarter of 2025. Net interest margin expanded 7 basis points to 2.98% for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to 2.91% for the third quarter of 2025. For the fourth quarter of 2025, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, expanded 6 basis points to 3.22% compared to 3.16% in the prior quarter.
Average earning assets for the fourth quarter of 2025 increased $161 million compared to the third quarter of 2025. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, increased $416 million, primarily due to growth in the commercial loan portfolio. Average AFS securities grew $178 million, while trading securities decreased $308 million and restricted equity securities decreased $87 million. Average interest-bearing deposits increased $1.4 billion, primarily from growth in interest-bearing transaction accounts. Average short-term borrowings decreased $1.7 billion. On November 6, 2025, $400 million of 6.108% fixed rate reset subordinated notes were issued.
The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 5.36% for the fourth quarter of 2025, a 17 basis point decrease compared to the third quarter of 2025. The yield on the AFS securities portfolio increased 1 basis point to 3.94%, while the yield on trading securities decreased 42 basis points to 4.83%. The loan portfolio yield decreased 22 basis points to 6.48%. The yield on restricted equity securities decreased 62 basis points to 7.22%.
Funding costs were 3.06%, down 27 basis points. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 23 basis points to 2.91%. The cost of short-term borrowings decreased 34 basis points to 4.01%. The cost of subordinated debentures was 6.12%, entirely driven by the subordinated debt issuance in the fourth quarter. The benefit to net interest margin from assets funded by non-interest liabilities was 68 basis points, a decrease of 3 basis points.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 546,045 | $ | 5,302 | 3.85 | % | $ | 495,091 | $ | 5,482 | 4.39 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 5,295,598 | 63,296 | 4.83 | % | 5,603,200 | 72,770 | 5.25 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities, net of allowance | 1,804,984 | 6,381 | 1.41 | % | 1,861,565 | 6,560 | 1.41 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities | 13,564,939 | 134,440 | 3.94 | % | 13,386,515 | 133,452 | 3.93 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 72,229 | 913 | 4.83 | % | 105,651 | 1,441 | 5.45 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 250,430 | 4,522 | 7.22 | % | 337,055 | 6,605 | 7.84 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 91,414 | 1,349 | 5.84 | % | 91,422 | 1,405 | 6.08 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 25,242,551 | 412,170 | 6.48 | % | 24,826,139 | 419,303 | 6.70 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (277,580) | (277,398) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 24,964,971 | 412,170 | 6.55 | % | 24,548,741 | 419,303 | 6.78 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 46,590,610 | 628,373 | 5.36 | % | 46,429,240 | 647,018 | 5.53 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 227,678 | 162,035 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 5,034,058 | 5,100,801 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 51,852,346 | $ | 51,692,076 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 27,396,541 | $ | 199,008 | 2.88 | % | $ | 26,076,475 | $ | 206,400 | 3.14 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 852,390 | 1,163 | 0.54 | % | 867,939 | 1,197 | 0.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 3,729,596 | 34,252 | 3.64 | % | 3,641,985 | 34,236 | 3.73 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 31,978,527 | 234,423 | 2.91 | % | 30,586,399 | 241,833 | 3.14 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 1,185,566 | 10,360 | 3.47 | % | 873,800 | 7,250 | 3.29 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 3,008,388 | 32,032 | 4.22 | % | 5,048,301 | 57,724 | 4.54 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 241,482 | 3,722 | 6.12 | % | — | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 36,413,963 | 280,537 | 3.06 | % | 36,508,500 | 306,807 | 3.33 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 8,009,082 | 7,894,847 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 452,673 | 329,361 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,015,185 | 996,216 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 5,961,443 | 5,963,152 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 51,852,346 | $ | 51,692,076 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | $ | 347,836 | 2.30 | % | $ | 340,211 | 2.20 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income to earning assets | 2.98 | % | 2.91 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 2,555 | 2,565 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 345,281 | 337,646 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | — | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 244,282 | 210,709 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 361,054 | 369,770 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 228,509 | 176,585 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 51,243 | 35,714 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 177,266 | 140,871 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (35) | (23) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corp. shareholders | $ | 177,301 | $ | 140,894 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | 2.89 | $ | 2.22 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue /Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 506,330 | $ | 5,626 | 4.46 | % | $ | 564,014 | $ | 6,229 | 4.48 | % | $ | 546,955 | $ | 6,322 | 4.60 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 6,876,788 | 86,488 | 5.05 | % | 5,881,997 | 73,871 | 5.07 | % | 5,636,949 | 68,817 | 4.90 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,918,969 | 6,762 | 1.41 | % | 1,980,005 | 7,008 | 1.42 | % | 2,037,072 | 7,256 | 1.42 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13,218,569 | 131,360 | 3.89 | % | 12,962,830 | 127,573 | 3.82 | % | 12,969,630 | 127,803 | 3.82 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 88,323 | 1,319 | 5.90 | % | 17,603 | 178 | 3.72 | % | 18,384 | 183 | 3.70 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 390,191 | 7,545 | 7.73 | % | 348,266 | 6,541 | 7.51 | % | 338,236 | 6,427 | 7.60 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 86,543 | 1,346 | 6.13 | % | 63,365 | 975 | 6.03 | % | 87,353 | 1,296 | 5.85 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24,176,549 | 404,555 | 6.71 | % | 24,068,227 | 398,737 | 6.71 | % | 24,024,544 | 423,487 | 7.01 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (278,191) | (279,983) | (283,685) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23,898,358 | 404,555 | 6.79 | % | 23,788,244 | 398,737 | 6.79 | % | 23,740,859 | 423,487 | 7.10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 46,984,071 | 645,001 | 5.47 | % | 45,606,324 | 621,112 | 5.45 | % | 45,375,438 | 641,591 | 5.59 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 228,563 | 184,960 | 284,793 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5,074,318 | 5,195,619 | 4,954,955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 52,286,952 | $ | 50,986,903 | $ | 50,615,186 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 25,859,336 | $ | 204,216 | 3.17 | % | $ | 25,859,733 | $ | 204,521 | 3.21 | % | $ | 24,992,464 | $ | 214,868 | 3.42 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 853,062 | 1,155 | 0.54 | % | 844,875 | 1,168 | 0.56 | % | 818,210 | 1,213 | 0.59 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,465,780 | 33,072 | 3.83 | % | 3,498,401 | 35,383 | 4.10 | % | 3,629,882 | 41,643 | 4.56 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30,178,178 | 238,443 | 3.17 | % | 30,203,009 | 241,072 | 3.24 | % | 29,440,556 | 257,724 | 3.48 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 782,039 | 6,820 | 3.50 | % | 935,716 | 7,028 | 3.05 | % | 1,076,400 | 10,231 | 3.78 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6,019,948 | 67,410 | 4.49 | % | 4,626,402 | 52,135 | 4.57 | % | 4,489,870 | 55,883 | 4.95 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 99,846 | 1,588 | 6.38 | % | 131,188 | 2,084 | 6.44 | % | 131,185 | 2,241 | 6.80 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 37,080,011 | 314,261 | 3.40 | % | 35,896,315 | 302,319 | 3.42 | % | 35,138,011 | 326,079 | 3.69 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7,958,538 | 8,156,069 | 8,378,558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 503,490 | 425,050 | 472,334 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 951,112 | 848,797 | 1,047,983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5,793,801 | 5,660,672 | 5,578,300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 52,286,952 | $ | 50,986,903 | $ | 50,615,186 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 330,740 | 2.07 | % | $ | 318,793 | 2.03 | % | $ | 315,512 | 1.90 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.80 | % | 2.78 | % | 2.75 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,574 | 2,542 | 2,466 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 328,166 | 316,251 | 313,046 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 207,098 | 186,041 | 210,044 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 354,503 | 347,529 | 347,656 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 180,761 | 154,763 | 175,434 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40,691 | 34,992 | 39,280 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 140,070 | 119,771 | 136,154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52 | (6) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 140,018 | $ | 119,777 | $ | 136,154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 2.19 | $ | 1.86 | $ | 2.12 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 5 – Quarterly Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 / Sep. 30, 2025 | |||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | |||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | (180) | $ | 529 | $ | (709) | |||||
| Trading securities | (9,474) | (3,825) | (5,649) | ||||||||
| Investment securities, net of allowance | (179) | (190) | 11 | ||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities | 988 | 414 | 574 | ||||||||
| Fair value option securities | (528) | (389) | (139) | ||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | (2,083) | (1,825) | (258) | ||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | (56) | (1) | (55) | ||||||||
| Loans | (7,133) | 6,833 | (13,966) | ||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | (18,645) | 1,546 | (20,191) | ||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | (7,392) | 10,072 | (17,464) | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | (34) | (17) | (17) | ||||||||
| Time deposits | 16 | 833 | (817) | ||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 3,110 | 2,649 | 461 | ||||||||
| Other borrowings | (25,692) | (22,482) | (3,210) | ||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 3,722 | 1,861 | 1,861 | ||||||||
| Total interest expense | (26,270) | (7,084) | (19,186) | ||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | 7,625 | 8,630 | (1,005) | ||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | (10) | ||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 7,635 |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Other Operating Revenue
2025 Other Operating Revenue
Other operating revenue was $848.1 million for 2025, an increase of $8.5 million, or 1%, compared to 2024.
Table 6 – Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2025 vs. 2024 | Year Ended December 31, | 2024 vs. 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 159,742 | $ | 218,092 | $ | (58,350) | (27) | % | $ | 240,610 | $ | (22,518) | (9) | % | |||||||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 117,680 | 108,865 | 8,815 | 8 | % | 106,858 | 2,007 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 257,161 | 230,860 | 26,301 | 11 | % | 207,318 | 23,542 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 125,529 | 118,745 | 6,784 | 6 | % | 108,514 | 10,231 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 77,585 | 74,107 | 3,478 | 5 | % | 55,698 | 18,409 | 33 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other revenue | 63,043 | 59,354 | 3,689 | 6 | % | 62,120 | (2,766) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total fees and commissions | 800,740 | 810,023 | (9,283) | (1) | % | 781,118 | 28,905 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains, net | 43,757 | 79,726 | (35,969) | N/A | 56,795 | 22,931 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivatives, net | 12,281 | (22,461) | 34,742 | N/A | (9,921) | (12,540) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | 2,618 | (256) | 2,874 | N/A | (4,292) | 4,036 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (13,227) | 18,437 | (31,664) | N/A | (3,115) | 21,552 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net | 1,961 | (45,828) | 47,789 | N/A | (30,636) | (15,192) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 848,130 | $ | 839,641 | $ | 8,489 | 1 | % | $ | 789,949 | $ | 49,692 | 6 | % |
Fees and commissions revenue
Diversified sources of fees and commissions revenue are a significant part of our business strategy and represented 38% of combined net interest income before provision for credit losses and fees and commission revenue. We believe that a variety of fee revenue sources provides diversification to changes resulting from market or economic conditions such as interest rates, values in the equity markets, commodity prices and consumer spending, all of which can be volatile. Many of these economic factors, such as decreasing interest rates, that we expect will result in a decline in net interest income or fiduciary and asset management revenue may also increase mortgage banking production volumes and related trading. The velocity of changes in market conditions and interest rates may result in timing differences between when offsetting impacts and benefits are realized. Generally, for operating revenues not as directly related to movement in interest rates, we expect growth to come through offering new products and services and by further development of our presence in other markets. However, current and future economic conditions, regulatory constraints, increased competition, and saturation in our existing markets could affect the rate of future increases.
Brokerage and trading revenue, which includes revenues from trading, customer hedging, retail brokerage and investment banking, decreased $58.4 million, or 27%, compared to the prior year.
Trading revenue includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses primarily related to sales of residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and related derivative instruments that enable our mortgage banking customers to manage their production risk. Trading revenue also includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses on municipal securities and other financial instruments that we sell to institutional customers, along with changes in the fair value of financial instruments we hold as economic hedges against market risk of our trading securities. Trading revenue was $59.0 million for 2025, a decrease of $62.9 million compared to 2024, primarily due to a shift from fee revenue to net interest income on trading securities and compressed trading margins. See additional discussion in "Reportable Segments" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis.
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Customer hedging revenue is based primarily on realized and unrealized changes in the fair value of derivative contracts held for customer risk management programs. As more fully discussed under Customer Risk Management Programs in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we offer commodity, interest rate, foreign exchange, and equity derivatives to our customers. Derivative contracts executed with customers are offset with contracts between selected counterparties and exchanges to minimize market risk from changes in commodity prices, interest rates, or foreign exchange rates. Customer hedging revenue, which is largely volume driven, totaled $28.3 million for 2025, an increase of $548 thousand, or 2%, over 2024, and was primarily attributed to our energy derivative customers partially offset by interest rate derivatives. Customer hedging revenue includes credit valuation adjustments of the fair value of derivatives to reflect the risk of counterparty default.
Investment banking, which includes fees earned upon completion of underwriting, financial advisory services and loan syndication fees, totaled $51.1 million for 2025, an increase of $2.0 million, or 4%, over 2024, largely related to the timing and volume of transactions.
Revenue earned from retail brokerage transactions totaled $21.4 million for 2025, an increase of $2.0 million, or 10%, over 2024. Retail brokerage revenue is primarily based on fees and commissions earned on sales of fixed income securities, annuities, mutual funds, and other financial instruments to retail customers. Revenue is primarily based on the volume of customer transactions and applicable commission rate for each type of product.
Transaction card revenue depends largely on the volume and amount of transactions processed, the number of TransFund ATM locations, and the number of merchants served. Transaction card revenue totaled $117.7 million for 2025, an $8.8 million, or 8%, increase over 2024. Revenues from the processing of transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund EFT network totaled $97.7 million, up $6.6 million, or 7%, over 2024. The number of TransFund ATM locations totaled 2,909 at December 31, 2025, compared to 2,872 at December 31, 2024. Corporate card revenue totaled $10.2 million, an increase of $1.8 million, or 22%, over 2024. Merchant services fees paid by customers for account management and electronic processing of card transactions totaled $9.8 million, an increase of $403 thousand, or 4%.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue is earned through managing or holding of assets for customers and executing transactions or providing related services. Fiduciary and asset management revenue is largely based on the fair value of assets. Rates applied to those asset values vary based on the nature of the relationship. Fiduciary and managed asset relationships generally have a higher fee rate than non-fiduciary and/or managed relationships.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $26.3 million, or 11%, compared to 2024, led by growth in trust fees related to increased market valuations and continued growth in client relationships.
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A distribution of assets under management or administration and related fiduciary and asset management revenue follows:
Table 7 – Assets Under Management or Administration
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managed fiduciary assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal | $ | 13,688,630 | $ | 118,604 | 0.87 | % | $ | 12,110,721 | $ | 115,886 | 0.96 | % | $ | 10,951,951 | $ | 103,626 | 0.95 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Institutional | 26,024,749 | 52,804 | 0.20 | % | 23,940,121 | 35,147 | 0.15 | % | 19,310,826 | 34,995 | 0.18 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total managed fiduciary assets | 39,713,379 | 171,408 | 0.43 | % | 36,050,842 | 151,033 | 0.42 | % | 30,262,777 | 138,621 | 0.46 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-managed assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary | 37,293,365 | 76,026 | 0.20 | % | 31,928,292 | 70,393 | 0.22 | % | 29,535,915 | 57,114 | 0.19 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-fiduciary | 22,538,905 | 9,727 | 0.04 | % | 21,116,298 | 9,434 | 0.04 | % | 19,670,248 | 11,583 | 0.06 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Safekeeping and brokerage assets under administration | 27,069,009 | — | — | % | 25,519,805 | — | — | % | 25,268,059 | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total non-managed assets | 86,901,279 | 85,753 | 0.10 | % | 78,564,395 | 79,827 | 0.10 | % | 74,474,222 | 68,697 | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets under management or administration | $ | 126,614,658 | $ | 257,161 | 0.20 | % | $ | 114,615,237 | $ | 230,860 | 0.20 | % | $ | 104,736,999 | $ | 207,318 | 0.20 | % |
1 Assets under management or administration balance excludes certain assets under custody held by a sub-custodian where minimal revenue is recognized. $23 billion, $21 billion, and $19 billion of such assets are excluded from the 2025, 2024, and 2023 assets under management or administration balances, respectively.
2 Fiduciary and asset management revenue includes asset-based and other fees associated with the assets.
3 Revenue divided by period end balance.
A summary of changes in assets under management or administration for the year ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 follows:
Table 8 – Changes in Assets Under Management or Administration
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 114,615,237 | $ | 104,736,999 | $ | 99,735,040 | |||||
| Net inflows (outflows) | 5,923,723 | 2,167,911 | (3,105,170) | ||||||||
| Net change in fair value | 6,075,698 | 7,710,327 | 8,107,129 | ||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 126,614,658 | $ | 114,615,237 | $ | 104,736,999 |
Assets under management as of December 31, 2025 consist of 42% fixed income, 35% equities, 15% cash, and 8% alternative investments. Net inflows to assets under management increased during 2025, largely due to continued growth in client relationships. The increase in fair value of $6.1 billion mainly resulted from improvements in the equity markets in 2025.
Deposit service charges and fees totaled $125.5 million for 2025, a $6.8 million, or 6%, increase over 2024. Service charges earned primarily on commercial deposit accounts totaled $73.0 million, a $6.7 million, or 10%, increase over the previous year. Overdraft fees and non-sufficient fund fees earned primarily on consumer deposit accounts totaled $22.9 million for 2025, an increase of $525 thousand, or 2%, compared to 2024. Check card revenue totaled $23.8 million, consistent with the prior year.
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Mortgage banking revenue totaled $77.6 million for 2025, a $3.5 million, or 5%, increase over 2024. Mortgage servicing revenue was $68.9 million, a $3.5 million increase compared to the prior year. The average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others totaled $22.5 billion at December 31, 2025, a $533 million increase over December 31, 2024. Mortgage production revenue was $8.7 million, consistent with the prior year. Production volume was up $38 million, while production revenue as a percentage of production volume decreased 5 basis points to 0.91%. Mortgage refinancing activity was 18% of total production in 2025, compared to 11% in 2024.
Table 9 – Mortgage Banking Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
| Mortgage production revenue | $ | 8,669 | $ | 8,739 | $ | (5,339) | ||||
| Mortgage loans funded for sale | $ | 839,158 | $ | 812,263 | $ | 666,391 | ||||
| Add: Current year end outstanding commitments | 49,048 | 36,590 | 34,783 | |||||||
| Less: Prior year end outstanding commitments | 36,590 | 34,783 | 45,492 | |||||||
| Total mortgage production volume | $ | 851,616 | $ | 814,070 | $ | 655,682 | ||||
| Production revenue as a percentage of production volume | 1.02 | % | 1.07 | % | (0.81) | % | ||||
| Realized margin on funded mortgage loans | 0.91 | % | 1.02 | % | (0.75) | % | ||||
| Mortgage loan refinances to mortgage loans funded for sale | 18 | % | 11 | % | 9 | % | ||||
| Primary mortgage interest rates: | ||||||||||
| Average | 6.60 | % | 6.72 | % | 6.79 | % | ||||
| Period end | 6.18 | % | 6.85 | % | 6.42 | % | ||||
| Mortgage servicing revenue | $ | 68,916 | $ | 65,368 | $ | 61,037 | ||||
| Average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others | 22,482,130 | 21,948,659 | 20,779,627 | |||||||
| Average mortgage servicing fee rates | 0.31 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.29 | % |
Primary rates disclosed in Table 9 above represent rates generally available to borrowers on 30 year conforming mortgage loans.
Other revenue totaled $63.0 million for 2025, an increase of $3.7 million, or 6%, compared to 2024, led by higher fees earned on derivative counterparty margin.
Other gains, net and net gains on securities and derivatives
Other gains, net, were $43.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $79.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. We recognized a $23.5 million pre-tax gain on the sale of a merchant banking investment during 2025, slightly offset by a loss of $956 thousand realized on the redemption of our subordinated debentures in the second quarter of 2025. Net unrealized gains on merchant banking investments were $11.4 million and gain on investments related to deferred compensation plans were $10.4 million for 2025. The prior year included a $56.9 million pre-tax gain recognized in connection with the receipt and disposition of Visa C shares received as a result of the Exchange Offer announced by Visa, Inc. in the second quarter of 2024. Net unrealized gains on merchant banking investments were $8.4 million and gain on investments related to deferred compensation plans were $12.0 million for 2024.
We also recognized a $2.0 million gain on the sale of AFS securities in 2025, compared to a loss of $45.8 million in 2024 resulting from the strategic repositioning of our portfolio.
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As discussed in the Market Risk section following, the fair value of our MSR changes in response to changes in primary mortgage loan rates and other assumptions. We attempt to mitigate the earnings volatility caused by changes in the fair value of MSR by designating certain financial instruments, generally U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities for which we have elected the fair value option, as an economic hedge. Changes in the fair value of these instruments are generally expected to partially offset changes in the fair value of MSR.
Table 10 – Gain (Loss) on Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net of Economic Hedge
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivatives, net | $ | 11,254 | $ | (23,401) | $ | (10,514) | ||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | 2,618 | (256) | (4,292) | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on economic hedge of mortgage servicing rights, net | 13,872 | (23,657) | (14,806) | |||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (13,227) | 18,437 | (3,115) | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on changes in fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges included in other operating revenue | 645 | (5,220) | (17,921) | |||||||
| Net interest income (expense) on fair value option securities1 | 441 | (476) | (258) | |||||||
| Total economic benefit (cost) of changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges | $ | 1,086 | $ | (5,696) | $ | (18,179) |
1 Actual interest earned on fair value option securities less internal transfer-priced cost of funds.
Fourth Quarter 2025 Other Operating Revenue
Table 11 – Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2025 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 47,310 | $ | 43,239 | $ | 4,071 | 9 | % | ||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 31,564 | 29,463 | 2,101 | 7 | % | |||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 68,347 | 63,878 | 4,469 | 7 | % | |||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 32,039 | 31,896 | 143 | — | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 19,013 | 19,764 | (751) | (4) | % | |||||||||
| Other revenue | 16,591 | 16,190 | 401 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Total fees and commissions | 214,864 | 204,430 | 10,434 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 28,078 | 8,264 | 19,814 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Loss on derivatives, net | (2,366) | (453) | (1,913) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain on fair value option securities, net | 551 | 630 | (79) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 1,407 | (2,375) | 3,782 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain on available-for-sale securities, net | 1,748 | 213 | 1,535 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 244,282 | $ | 210,709 | $ | 33,573 | 16 | % |
Other operating revenue was $244.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, a $33.6 million, or 16%, increase over the third quarter of 2025.
Brokerage and trading revenue increased $4.1 million, or 9%, to $47.3 million. Trading revenue grew $5.4 million to $20.9 million. Higher U.S. agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading activity driven by a more favorable rate environment and an improved future economic outlook, including a steepening yield curve. Investment banking revenue decreased $1.9 million to $14.3 million. Municipal underwriting activity resumed a more normal level following a strong third quarter, partially offset by growth in loan syndication fees.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $4.5 million led by growth in trust fees, primarily from higher transaction-related fees, improved market valuations, and continued growth in client relationships.
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Transaction card revenue increased $2.1 million due to an increase in the volume of transactions processed during the period.
Other gains, net, were $28.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $8.3 million in the third quarter of 2025. The fourth quarter included a $23.5 million pre-tax gain on the sale of a merchant banking investment.
Other Operating Expense
2025 Other Operating Expense
Other operating expense for 2025 totaled $1.4 billion, a $67.1 million, or 5%, increase over the prior year. Personnel expense increased $66.7 million, or 8%, while non-personnel expense was consistent with the prior year at $554.9 million. Our efficiency ratio1 was 65.13% for 2025, compared to 64.32% in the prior year.
Table 12 – Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2025 vs. 2024 | Year Ended December 31, | 2024 vs. 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 491,179 | $ | 457,922 | $ | 33,257 | 7 | % | $ | 439,987 | $ | 17,935 | 4 | % | |||||||||||
| Incentive compensation: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 218,703 | 200,247 | 18,456 | 9 | % | 196,368 | 3,879 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 25,139 | 22,685 | 2,454 | 11 | % | 15,358 | 7,327 | 48 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 10,791 | 13,042 | (2,251) | N/A | 9,818 | 3,224 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 254,633 | 235,974 | 18,659 | 8 | % | 221,544 | 14,430 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Employee benefits | 132,157 | 117,343 | 14,814 | 13 | % | 105,079 | 12,264 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 877,969 | 811,239 | 66,730 | 8 | % | 766,610 | 44,629 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Business promotion | 39,433 | 33,274 | 6,159 | 19 | % | 31,796 | 1,478 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | — | 13,610 | (13,610) | (100) | % | 2,707 | 10,903 | 403 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 62,179 | 53,921 | 8,258 | 15 | % | 55,337 | (1,416) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 131,382 | 125,328 | 6,054 | 5 | % | 121,502 | 3,826 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| FDIC and other insurance | 26,406 | 31,105 | (4,699) | (15) | % | 30,780 | 325 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| FDIC special assessment | (10,688) | 5,521 | (16,209) | N/A | 43,773 | (38,252) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data processing and communications | 198,536 | 187,273 | 11,263 | 6 | % | 181,365 | 5,908 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Printing, postage, and supplies | 15,819 | 15,079 | 740 | 5 | % | 15,225 | (146) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 10,620 | 11,612 | (992) | (9) | % | 13,882 | (2,270) | (16) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 35,731 | 34,638 | 1,093 | 3 | % | 30,524 | 4,114 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other expense | 45,469 | 43,155 | 2,314 | 5 | % | 39,380 | 3,775 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,432,856 | $ | 1,365,755 | $ | 67,101 | 5 | % | $ | 1,332,881 | $ | 32,874 | 2 | % | |||||||||||
| Average number of employees (FTE) | 5,059 | 4,982 | 77 | 2 | % | 4,877 | 105 | 2 | % |
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Personnel expense
Personnel expense was $878.0 million in 2025, an increase of $66.7 million, or 8%. Regular compensation increased $33.3 million, or 7%, due to a combination of annual merit increases commencing in the first quarter, salary adjustments, and business expansion. Cash-based incentive compensation plans, which are either intended to provide current rewards to employees who generate long-term business opportunities for the Company based on growth in loans, deposits, customer relationships, and other measurable metrics or intended to compensate employees with commissions on completed transactions, increased $18.5 million, or 9%, compared to 2024, primarily related to higher loan volumes. Changes in assumptions of certain performance-based equity awards led to a $2.5 million, or 11%, increase in share-based compensation expense. Employee benefits expense increased $14.8 million, or 13%, primarily related to increased employee healthcare costs combined with smaller increases in payroll tax expense and retirement plan costs. Deferred compensation expense decreased $2.3 million as the deferred compensation liabilities mirror the performance of the deferred compensation investments, which decreased due to performance of the equity markets in 2025.
Non-personnel expense
Non-personnel expense was $554.9 million in 2025, consistent with the prior year. The FDIC continued to update their estimate of the special assessment during 2025, and, combined with other adjustments related to the special assessment, resulted in a benefit of $10.7 million, compared to $5.5 million of expense in the prior year. FDIC and other insurance expense also decreased $4.7 million, primarily driven by a lower average standard assessment rate for 2025 compared to the prior year. The prior year included $13.6 million in charitable contributions to the BOKF Foundation, largely driven by the donation of converted Visa shares to the foundation. Data processing and communications expense increased $11.3 million, or 6%, largely driven by costs associated with ongoing projects. Professional fees and services costs grew $8.3 million, or 15%, due to additional projects in 2025. Net occupancy and equipment expense was up $6.1 million, or 5%, primarily due to facilities-related projects and expansion of technology infrastructure. Business promotion costs increased $6.2 million, or 19%, led by higher advertising and travel costs, largely related to business expansion.
Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Expense
Table 13 – Fourth Quarter 2025 Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2025 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 124,671 | $ | 124,664 | $ | 7 | — | % | ||||||
| Incentive compensation: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 59,683 | 56,096 | 3,587 | 6 | % | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 6,667 | 6,126 | 541 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 2,430 | 5,826 | (3,396) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 68,780 | 68,048 | 732 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Employee benefits | 29,275 | 33,635 | (4,360) | (13) | % | |||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 222,726 | 226,347 | (3,621) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Business promotion | 11,516 | 9,960 | 1,556 | 16 | % | |||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 18,371 | 15,137 | 3,234 | 21 | % | |||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 32,693 | 33,040 | (347) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| FDIC and other insurance | 6,078 | 7,302 | (1,224) | (17) | % | |||||||||
| FDIC special assessment | (9,479) | (1,209) | (8,270) | (684) | % | |||||||||
| Data processing and communications | 51,299 | 50,062 | 1,237 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Printing, postage, and supplies | 4,077 | 4,036 | 41 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 2,656 | 2,656 | — | — | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 10,663 | 10,668 | (5) | — | % | |||||||||
| Other expense | 10,454 | 11,771 | (1,317) | (11) | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 361,054 | $ | 369,770 | $ | (8,716) | (2) | % |
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Other operating expense for the fourth quarter of 2025 totaled $361.1 million, a decrease of $8.7 million, or 2%, compared to the third quarter of 2025.
Personnel expense was $222.7 million, a decrease of $3.6 million, or 2%. Employee benefits expense decreased $4.4 million related to lower employee healthcare costs, retirement plan costs, and payroll tax expense. Cash-based incentive compensation increased $3.6 million, primarily driven by strong loan origination activity. Deferred compensation expense decreased $3.4 million to $2.4 million. The impact of deferred compensation expense is offset by the change in the fair value of related investments included in Other gains (losses), net.
Non-personnel expense was $138.3 million, a decrease of $5.1 million, or 4%. FDIC special assessment expense decreased $8.3 million, primarily due to the FDIC updating their estimate of the special assessment and other adjustments related to the special assessment. Other expense decreased by $1.3 million due to lower operational losses. Professional fees and services increased $3.2 million, primarily driven by additional projects in the quarter. Business promotion expense grew $1.6 million due to higher travel and advertising costs, while data processing and communications costs increased $1.2 million, driven by growth in the volume of transactions processed for our transaction card customers during the quarter.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense was $162.6 million, or 22.0% of net income before taxes for 2025, and $143.1 million, or 21.5% of net income before taxes for 2024.
Net deferred tax assets totaled $123 million at December 31, 2025, compared to net deferred tax assets of $232 million at December 31, 2024. We have evaluated the recoverability of our deferred tax assets based on the weight of available evidence, considering both positive and negative factors, and determined that no valuation allowance was required in 2025 or 2024.
Income tax expense was $51.2 million, or 22.4% of net income before taxes for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $35.7 million, or 20.2% of net income before taxes for the third quarter of 2025. The third quarter of 2025 included the release of reserves for uncertain tax positions as the statute of limitations had expired.
Reportable Segments
We operate three principal segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Wealth Management. Commercial Banking includes lending, treasury and cash management services, and customer risk management products for small businesses, middle market, and larger commercial customers. Commercial Banking also includes the TransFund EFT network. Consumer Banking includes retail lending and deposit services, lending and deposit services to small business customers served through our consumer branch network, and all mortgage loan origination and servicing activities. Wealth Management engages in brokerage and trading activities mainly related to providing liquidity to the mortgage markets through trading of U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities and related derivative contracts. Wealth Management also provides fiduciary services, private banking services, and investment advisory services in all markets. Additionally, Wealth Management underwrites state and municipal securities.
In addition to our reportable segments, we have a Funds Management unit. The primary purpose of this unit is to manage our overall liquidity needs and interest rate risk. Each segment borrows funds from and provides funds to the Funds Management unit as needed to support their operations. Operating results for Funds Management and Other include the effect of interest rate risk positions and risk management activities, securities gains and losses including impairment charges, the provision for credit losses in excess of net loans charged off, tax planning strategies, and certain executive compensation costs that are not attributed to the segments. The Funds Management unit also initially recognizes accruals for loss contingencies when losses become probable. Actual losses are recognized by the applicable segment if the accruals are settled.
We allocate resources and evaluate the performance of our reportable segments using net income before taxes, which includes the allocation of cost of funds, capital costs, and certain indirect allocations. Credit costs are attributed to the segments based on net loans charged off or recovered. The difference between credit costs attributed to the segments and the consolidated provision for credit losses is attributed to Funds Management.
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Net interest income in our segments reflects our internal funds transfer pricing methodology. The funds transfer pricing methodology is the process by which the Company allocates interest income and expense to the segments and transfers the primary interest rate risk and liquidity risk to the Funds Management unit. The funds transfer pricing methodology considers the interest rate and liquidity risk characteristics of assets and liabilities. Periodically, the methodology and assumptions utilized in transfer pricing are adjusted to reflect economic conditions and other factors, which may impact the allocation of net interest income to the segments.
Non-personnel expense includes other segment items comprised of business promotion, charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation, professional fees and services, net occupancy and equipment, FDIC and other insurance, data processing and communications, printing, postage, and supplies, amortization of intangible assets, mortgage banking costs, and other miscellaneous expenses. Corporate allocations include centrally managed operational and administrative expenses that are allocated to segments.
Economic capital is assigned to the segments by a capital allocation model that reflects management's assessment of risk. This model assigns capital based upon credit, operating, interest rate, and other market risk inherent in our segments and recognizes the diversification benefits among the segments. The level of assigned economic capital is a combination of the risk taken by each segment based on its actual exposures and calibrated to its own loss history where possible. Average invested capital includes economic capital and amounts we have invested in the segment.
As shown in Table 14, net income before taxes attributable to our segments decreased $106.9 million, or 12%, compared to the prior year. Net interest income decreased $82.8 million, primarily due to changes in interest rates. Net charge-offs decreased $5.9 million compared to the prior year. Other operating revenue increased $21.5 million. Other gains, net increased $36.2 million, driven by a $23.5 million pre-tax gain from the sale of a merchant banking investment and higher gains on merchant banking services. Fees and commissions revenue decreased $14.8 million. Brokerage and trading revenue decreased $58.0 million, primarily due to a shift from fee revenue to net interest income for trading securities and compressed trading margins. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $26.3 million led by growth in trust fees related to increased market valuations and continued growth in client relationships. Transaction card revenue increased $8.8 million, driven by disciplined pricing strategies, targeted customer acquisitions efforts, and an increase in the volume of transactions processed during the year. Deposit service charges increased $6.8 million due to growth in commercial service charges. Other operating expense increased $46.3 million, including a $33.3 million increase in personnel expense and a $13.0 million increase in non-personnel expense. The increase in net income before taxes attributed to Funds Management and Other reflects the ongoing application of the Company's transfer pricing methodology.
Table 14 – Net Income Before Taxes by Segment
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 584,206 | $ | 651,246 | $ | 713,015 | ||||
| Consumer Banking | 76,412 | 112,224 | 106,977 | |||||||
| Wealth Management | 152,770 | 156,781 | 219,647 | |||||||
| Segment total | 813,388 | 920,251 | 1,039,639 | |||||||
| Funds Management and Other | (72,770) | (253,607) | (356,391) | |||||||
| BOK Financial Corporation | $ | 740,618 | $ | 666,644 | $ | 683,248 |
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2025 Commercial Banking
Commercial Banking contributed $584.2 million to consolidated net income before taxes in 2025, a decrease of $67.0 million, or 10%, compared to the prior year.
Table 15 – Commercial Banking
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2025 vs. 2024 | Year Ended December 31, | 2024 vs. 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 948,465 | $ | 1,078,190 | $ | (129,725) | (12) | % | $ | 1,178,506 | $ | (100,316) | (9) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest income (expense) from internal sources | (234,944) | (263,094) | 28,150 | 11 | % | (305,107) | 42,013 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 713,521 | 815,096 | (101,575) | (12) | % | 873,399 | (58,303) | (7) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 3,715 | 8,850 | (5,135) | (58) | % | 13,967 | (5,117) | (37) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans charged off | 709,806 | 806,246 | (96,440) | (12) | % | 859,432 | (53,186) | (6) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 269,195 | 222,584 | 46,611 | 21 | % | 247,001 | (24,417) | (10) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 204,213 | 191,398 | 12,815 | 7 | % | 193,455 | (2,057) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 120,476 | 117,216 | 3,260 | 3 | % | 124,926 | (7,710) | (6) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 324,689 | 308,614 | 16,075 | 5 | % | 318,381 | (9,767) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 70,106 | 68,970 | 1,136 | 2 | % | 75,037 | (6,067) | (8) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 584,206 | $ | 651,246 | $ | (67,040) | (10) | % | $ | 713,015 | $ | (61,769) | (9) | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 21,616,765 | $ | 21,751,103 | $ | (134,338) | (1) | % | $ | 21,003,551 | $ | 747,552 | 4 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 20,169,095 | 20,201,849 | (32,754) | — | % | 19,374,797 | 827,052 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 17,962,852 | 16,752,377 | 1,210,475 | 7 | % | 15,321,427 | 1,430,950 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,177,186 | 2,150,565 | 26,621 | 1 | % | 2,182,622 | (32,057) | (1) | % |
Net interest income decreased $101.6 million, or 12%, primarily due to decreased loan spreads resulting from changes in market conditions and a shift in deposit balances from demand to interest-bearing accounts. Net loans charged off decreased $5.1 million to $3.7 million in 2025.
Other operating revenue increased $46.6 million, or 21%. Other gains, net, increased $30.3 million compared to the prior year. The current year included a $23.5 million pre-tax gain from the sale of a merchant banking investment, as well as higher gains on merchant banking services. Transaction card revenue increased $8.1 million, driven by higher transaction volumes, targeted customer acquisition efforts, and disciplined pricing strategies. Deposit service charges and fees increased $6.3 million and investment banking revenue increased $2.2 million due to higher loan syndication fees.
Other operating expense increased $16.1 million, or 5%, compared to 2024. Personnel expense increased $12.8 million, or 7%, largely driven by increased incentive compensation costs, annual merit increases, and salary adjustments. Non-personnel expense increased $3.3 million, or 3%, as the prior year included a recovery of operational losses.
The average outstanding balance of loans attributed to Commercial Banking was consistent with the prior year at $20.2 billion. See the Loans section of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition for additional discussion of changes in commercial and commercial real estate loans, which are primarily attributed to the Commercial Banking segment.
Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $18.0 billion for 2025, a $1.2 billion, or 7%, increase over the prior year. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of this change.
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Fourth Quarter 2025 Commercial Banking
Table 16 - Commercial Banking - Fourth Quarter 2025
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2025 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 241,442 | $ | 239,835 | $ | 1,607 | 1 | % | ||||||
| Net interest income (expense) from internal sources | (61,202) | (60,638) | (564) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income | 180,240 | 179,197 | 1,043 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 929 | 2,609 | (1,680) | (64) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans charged off | 179,311 | 176,588 | 2,723 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 87,497 | 61,745 | 25,752 | 42 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 53,592 | 51,638 | 1,954 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 32,577 | 29,601 | 2,976 | 10 | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 86,169 | 81,239 | 4,930 | 6 | % | |||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 16,614 | 17,277 | (663) | (4) | % | |||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 164,025 | $ | 139,817 | $ | 24,208 | 17 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 22,017,647 | $ | 21,722,491 | $ | 295,156 | 1 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 20,529,256 | 20,280,147 | 249,109 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 18,486,299 | 18,161,258 | 325,041 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,205,435 | 2,172,371 | 33,064 | 2 | % |
Commercial Banking contributed $164.0 million to consolidated net income before taxes in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of $24.2 million, or 17%, compared to the third quarter of 2025. Combined net interest income and fee revenue increased $5.4 million. Brokerage and trading revenue increased $2.9 million driven by growth in loan syndication fees. Transaction card revenue increased $1.4 million due to higher transaction volumes, while net interest income grew $1.0 million. Net loans charged off decreased $1.7 million to $929 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2025. Other operating expenses increased $4.9 million, largely due to higher incentive compensation costs and additional technology projects in the quarter. Other gains (losses), net, grew $21.5 million, primarily due to the sale of a merchant banking investment.
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2025 Consumer Banking
Consumer Banking services are provided through four primary distribution channels: traditional branches, the 24-hour ExpressBank call center, internet banking, and mobile banking. Consumer Banking also conducts mortgage banking activities through offices located outside our Consumer Banking markets.
Net income before taxes attributed to Consumer Banking totaled $76.4 million for 2025, a $35.8 million, or 32%, decrease from the prior year.
Table 17 – Consumer Banking
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2025 vs. 2024 | Year Ended December 31, | 2024 vs. 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 55,150 | $ | 25,946 | $ | 29,204 | 113 | % | $ | 59,962 | $ | (34,016) | (57) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest income (expense) from internal sources | 175,830 | 234,101 | (58,271) | (25) | % | 207,058 | 27,043 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 230,980 | 260,047 | (29,067) | (11) | % | 267,020 | (6,973) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 4,892 | 5,827 | (935) | (16) | % | 5,157 | 670 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans charged off | 226,088 | 254,220 | (28,132) | (11) | % | 261,863 | (7,643) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 149,938 | 140,005 | 9,933 | 7 | % | 105,793 | 34,212 | 32 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 102,226 | 98,667 | 3,559 | 4 | % | 89,472 | 9,195 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 139,296 | 127,597 | 11,699 | 9 | % | 122,642 | 4,955 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 241,522 | 226,264 | 15,258 | 7 | % | 212,114 | 14,150 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 58,092 | 55,737 | 2,355 | 4 | % | 48,565 | 7,172 | 15 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 76,412 | $ | 112,224 | $ | (35,812) | (32) | % | $ | 106,977 | $ | 5,247 | 5 | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 8,321,005 | $ | 8,112,293 | $ | 208,712 | 3 | % | $ | 8,040,602 | $ | 71,691 | 1 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 2,366,189 | 2,023,837 | 342,352 | 17 | % | 1,800,320 | 223,517 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,275,256 | 8,077,700 | 197,556 | 2 | % | 8,014,159 | 63,541 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 332,796 | 313,460 | 19,336 | 6 | % | 285,997 | 27,463 | 10 | % |
Net interest income from Consumer Banking activities decreased $29.1 million, or 11%, compared to 2024, largely due to increased customer demand for time deposits and decreased spreads resulting from a change in market conditions.
Other operating revenue increased $9.9 million, or 7%, compared to prior year. Mortgage banking revenue increased $4.1 million, primarily due to higher mortgage servicing revenue. The net benefit of changes in fair value of MSR and related economic hedges, as more fully presented in Table 10, was $1.1 million for 2025, compared to a net cost of $5.7 million in 2024.
Other operating expense increased $15.3 million, or 7%. Personnel expense increased $3.6 million, or 4%, led by higher regular compensation and increased healthcare costs. Business promotion expenses increased $4.3 million, occupancy and equipment costs rose $3.1 million, and data processing and communication expense increased $1.4 million, reflecting business expansion and ongoing projects. Corporate allocations increased $2.4 million, or 4%, compared to the prior year.
Average loans attributed to Consumer Banking increased $342 million, or 17%, to $2.4 billion. Average consumer deposits increased $198 million, or 2%, to $8.3 billion. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of the changes.
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Fourth Quarter 2025 Consumer Banking
Table 18 - Consumer Banking - Fourth Quarter 2025
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2025 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 16,806 | $ | 16,141 | $ | 665 | 4 | % | ||||||
| Net interest income (expense) from internal sources | 40,357 | 42,310 | (1,953) | (5) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income | 57,163 | 58,451 | (1,288) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 944 | 1,413 | (469) | (33) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans charged off | 56,219 | 57,038 | (819) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 36,895 | 35,820 | 1,075 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 25,181 | 25,681 | (500) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 39,587 | 38,361 | 1,226 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 64,768 | 64,042 | 726 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 13,292 | 14,326 | (1,034) | (7) | % | |||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 15,054 | $ | 14,490 | $ | 564 | 4 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 8,396,499 | $ | 8,372,125 | $ | 24,374 | — | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 2,516,158 | 2,432,968 | 83,190 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,346,245 | 8,330,481 | 15,764 | — | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 334,561 | 335,031 | (470) | — | % |
Consumer Banking contributed $15.1 million to net income before taxes in the fourth quarter of 2025, relatively consistent with the third quarter of 2025. Combined net interest income and fee revenue totaled $94.8 million, a decrease of $1.8 million, primarily due to a decrease in the spread on deposits. Other operating revenue increased $1.1 million as the net cost of changes in the fair value of MSR and related economic hedges was $579 thousand compared to $2.1 million for the third quarter of 2025. Other operating expenses were consistent with the prior quarter and corporate expense allocations decreased $1.0 million.
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2025 Wealth Management
Wealth Management contributed $152.8 million to consolidated net income before taxes in 2025, a decrease of $4.0 million, or 3%, compared to the prior year.
Table 19 – Wealth Management
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2025 vs. 2024 | Year Ended December 31, | 2024 vs. 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase(Decrease) | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 69,781 | $ | 11,266 | $ | 58,515 | 519 | % | $ | 30,020 | $ | (18,754) | (62) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest income (expense) from internal sources | 107,252 | 117,962 | (10,710) | (9) | % | 88,998 | 28,964 | 33 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 177,033 | 129,228 | 47,805 | 37 | % | 119,018 | 10,210 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off (recovered) | (25) | (184) | (159) | (86) | % | (50) | 134 | 268 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans recovered | 177,058 | 129,412 | 47,646 | 37 | % | 119,068 | 10,344 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 427,612 | 462,679 | (35,067) | (8) | % | 506,447 | (43,768) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 280,614 | 263,686 | 16,928 | 6 | % | 250,671 | 13,015 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 112,629 | 114,551 | (1,922) | (2) | % | 100,796 | 13,755 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 393,243 | 378,237 | 15,006 | 4 | % | 351,467 | 26,770 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 58,657 | 57,073 | 1,584 | 3 | % | 54,401 | 2,672 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 152,770 | $ | 156,781 | $ | (4,011) | (3) | % | $ | 219,647 | $ | (62,866) | (29) | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 11,369,530 | $ | 10,772,189 | $ | 597,341 | 6 | % | $ | 9,883,180 | $ | 889,009 | 9 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 2,303,390 | 2,177,465 | 125,925 | 6 | % | 2,201,614 | (24,149) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 10,730,248 | 9,654,008 | 1,076,240 | 11 | % | 7,739,490 | 1,914,518 | 25 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 337,562 | 323,364 | 14,198 | 4 | % | 333,157 | (9,793) | (3) | % |
Net interest income and fees and commission revenue attributed to the Wealth Management segment totaled $604.6 million in 2025, an increase of $12.7 million, or 2%, over 2024. Net interest income increased $47.8 million, while fees and commissions revenue decreased $35.1 million, primarily due to a shift from fee revenue to interest income and compressed trading margins.
Other operating expense increased $15.0 million, or 4%, over the prior year. Personnel expense rose $16.9 million, or 6%, primarily driven by higher incentive compensation and increased regular compensation. Non-personnel expense decreased $1.9 million, or 2%, largely due to lower operational losses, partially offset by higher data processing and communications costs and increased net occupancy and equipment expense associated with ongoing projects. Corporate allocations increased $1.6 million, or 3%, over the prior year.
Average Wealth Management loans grew $126 million, or 6%, to $2.3 billion. Average deposits attributed to Wealth Management increased $1.1 billion, or 11%, to $10.7 billion in 2025.
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Fourth Quarter 2025 Wealth Management
Table 20 - Wealth Management - Fourth Quarter 2025
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2025 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 13,929 | $ | 16,256 | $ | (2,327) | (14) | % | ||||||
| Net interest income (expense) from internal sources | 30,132 | 27,370 | 2,762 | 10 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income | 44,061 | 43,626 | 435 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off (recovered) | (7) | (3) | 4 | 133 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans recovered | 44,068 | 43,629 | 439 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 116,110 | 111,516 | 4,594 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 74,028 | 73,032 | 996 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 28,697 | 29,939 | (1,242) | (4) | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 102,725 | 102,971 | (246) | — | % | |||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 14,764 | 15,568 | (804) | (5) | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | $ | 42,689 | $ | 36,606 | $ | 6,083 | 17 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 11,276,162 | $ | 11,265,485 | $ | 10,677 | — | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 2,393,802 | 2,353,961 | 39,841 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 10,703,630 | 10,731,569 | (27,939) | — | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 340,560 | 337,335 | 3,225 | 1 | % |
Wealth Management contributed $42.7 million to net income before taxes in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of $6.1 million over the third quarter of 2025. Combined net interest income and fee revenue increased $5.0 million, primarily due to higher fiduciary and asset management fees driven by transaction-related fees combined with increased market valuations and continued growth in client relationships. Trading fees increased $5.4 million, driven by higher U.S agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading activity during the quarter, offset by municipal underwriting revenue returning to more normalized levels following a strong third quarter. Other operating expenses were consistent with the prior quarter.
Financial Condition
Securities
We maintain a securities portfolio to enhance profitability, manage interest rate risk, provide liquidity, and comply with regulatory requirements. Securities are classified as trading, investment (held-to-maturity), or available-for-sale. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the composition of the securities portfolio as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
We hold an inventory of trading securities in support of sales to a variety of customers including banks, corporations, insurance companies, money managers, and others. Trading securities totaled $5.4 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $494 million compared to December 31, 2024. As discussed in the Market Risk section of this report, trading activities involve risk of loss from adverse price movements. We mitigate this risk within board-approved value-at-risk limits through the use of derivative contracts, short sales, and other techniques.
At December 31, 2025, the carrying value of investment securities was $1.8 billion, including a $202 thousand allowance for expected credit losses, compared to $2.0 billion at December 31, 2024, with a $223 thousand allowance for expected credit losses. The fair value of investment securities was $1.7 billion at December 31, 2025, and $1.8 billion at December 31, 2024. Investment securities consist primarily of residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies, intermediate and long-term, fixed rate Oklahoma and Texas municipal bonds, and taxable Texas school construction bonds. The investment security portfolio is diversified among issuers.
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AFS securities, which may be sold prior to maturity, are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains or losses, net of deferred taxes, are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2025, the fair value of AFS securities was $13.6 billion, an increase of $755 million compared to December 31, 2024. The amortized cost of AFS securities totaled $13.7 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $350 million compared to December 31, 2024. AFS securities consist primarily of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities and U.S. government agency commercial mortgage-backed securities. Both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities have credit risk from delinquency or default of the underlying loans. We mitigate this risk by primarily investing in securities issued by U.S. government agencies for which the principal and interest payments on the underlying loans are fully guaranteed. Commercial mortgage-backed securities have prepayment penalties similar to commercial loans. At December 31, 2025, residential mortgage-backed securities represented 76% of total fair value of AFS securities.
A primary risk of holding residential mortgage-backed securities comes from extension during periods of rising interest rates or prepayment during periods of falling interest rates. We evaluate this risk through extensive modeling of risk both before making an investment and throughout the life of the security. Our best estimate of the effective duration of the combined residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio held in investment and AFS securities portfolios at December 31, 2025 is 3.3 years. Management estimates the combined portfolios' duration extends to 4.1 years assuming an immediate 200 basis point upward shock. The estimated duration contracts to 2.1 years assuming a 200 basis point decline in the current rate environment.
The aggregate gross amount of unrealized losses on AFS securities totaled $274 million at December 31, 2025, a $293 million decrease compared to December 31, 2024. On a quarterly basis, we perform an evaluation on debt securities to determine if the unrealized losses are temporary as more fully described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. No credit impairment of AFS securities was identified in 2025.
Certain residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies and included in Fair value option securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets have been segregated and designated as economic hedges of changes in the fair value of our MSR. We have elected to carry these securities at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in current period income. These securities are held with the intent that gains or losses will offset changes in the fair value of MSR and related derivative contracts. Fair value option securities totaled $102 million, an increase of $84 million compared to 2024. See Market Risk section for further details.
Bank-Owned Life Insurance
We have approximately $422 million of bank-owned life insurance at December 31, 2025. This investment is expected to provide a long-term source of earnings to support existing employee benefit programs. Approximately $324 million is held in separate accounts and $98 million represents the cash surrender value of policies held in general accounts and other amounts due from various insurance companies. Our separate account holdings are invested in diversified portfolios of investment-grade fixed income securities and cash equivalents, including U.S. Treasury and agency securities, residential mortgage-backed securities, corporate debt, and asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The portfolios are managed by unaffiliated professional managers within parameters established in the portfolio’s investment guidelines. The cash surrender value of certain life insurance policies is further supported by a stable value wrap which protects against changes in the fair value of the investments. As of December 31, 2025, the fair value of investments held in separate accounts covered by the stable value wrap was approximately $304 million. Since the underlying fair value of the investments held in separate accounts at December 31, 2025 was below the net book value of the investments, $17 million of cash surrender value was supported by the stable value wrap. The remaining $2.2 million of fair value held in separate accounts is not supported by the stable value wrap. The stable value wrap is provided by an investment grade financial institution.
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Loans
The aggregate loan portfolio before allowance for loan losses totaled $25.7 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $1.5 billion over December 31, 2024, driven by broad-based growth across the loan portfolio.
Table 21 – Loans
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Commercial: | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 4,008,208 | $ | 3,967,533 | |||
| Services | 3,911,917 | 3,643,203 | |||||
| Energy | 2,882,242 | 3,254,724 | |||||
| General business | 4,478,700 | 4,164,676 | |||||
| Total commercial | 15,281,067 | 15,030,136 | |||||
| Commercial real estate: | |||||||
| Multifamily | 2,432,330 | 2,237,064 | |||||
| Industrial | 1,368,436 | 1,127,867 | |||||
| Office | 814,139 | 755,838 | |||||
| Retail | 573,451 | 485,926 | |||||
| Residential construction and land development | 129,783 | 109,120 | |||||
| Other commercial real estate | 353,867 | 342,637 | |||||
| Total commercial real estate | 5,672,006 | 5,058,452 | |||||
| Loans to individuals: | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 2,731,415 | 2,436,958 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 158,359 | 136,649 | |||||
| Personal | 1,808,615 | 1,452,529 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 4,698,389 | 4,026,136 | |||||
| Total | $ | 25,651,462 | $ | 24,114,724 |
Commercial
Commercial loans represent loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchases of equipment, and other needs of commercial customers primarily located within our geographical footprint. Commercial loans are underwritten individually and represent ongoing relationships based on a thorough knowledge of the customer, the customer’s industry, and the market. Commercial loans are generally secured by the customer’s assets, including real property, inventory, accounts receivable, operating equipment, interests in mineral rights, and other property and may also include personal guarantees of the owners and related parties. The primary source of repayment of commercial loans is the ongoing cash flow from operations of the customer’s business. In addition, revolving lines of credit are generally governed by a borrower base. Inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with commercial lending policies.
Commercial loans totaled $15.3 billion, or 60% of the loan portfolio, at December 31, 2025, increasing $251 million, or 2%, over December 31, 2024. Growth in general business and services loan balances was partially offset by a decrease in energy loan balances.
Approximately 71% of commercial loans are located within our geographic footprint based on collateral location. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans and reserve-based energy loans, are categorized by the borrower's primary operating location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside of our footprint is California, totaling 5% of the portfolio segment.
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The healthcare sector of the loan portfolio totaled $4.0 billion, or 16% of total loans. Healthcare loans increased $41 million compared to December 31, 2024, primarily due to an increase in loans to senior housing. Healthcare sector loans consist primarily of loans for the development and operation of senior housing and care facilities including independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing. Generally, we loan to borrowers with a portfolio of multiple facilities which serves to help diversify risks specific to a single facility.
The services sector of the loan portfolio totaled $3.9 billion, or 15% of total loans, an increase of $269 million compared to December 31, 2024. Services sector loans consist of a large number of loans to a variety of businesses, including state and local municipal government entities, Native American tribal government and casino operations, foundations and not-for-profit organizations, educational services, and specialty trade contractors. Services sector loans are generally secured by the assets of the borrower with repayment coming from the cash flows of ongoing operations of the customer’s business.
Supporting the energy industry with loans to producers and other energy-related entities has been a hallmark of the Company since its founding and represents a large portion of our commercial loan portfolio. In addition, energy production and related industries have a significant impact on the economy in our primary markets. Loans collateralized by oil and gas properties are subject to semi-annual engineering reviews by our internal staff of petroleum engineers. These reviews are used as the basis for developing the expected cash flows supporting the loan amount. The projected cash flows are discounted according to risk characteristics of the underlying oil and gas properties. Loans are evaluated to demonstrate with reasonable certainty that crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids can be recovered from known oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions at current pricing levels and with existing conventional equipment and operating methods and costs. As part of our evaluation of credit quality, we analyze rigorous stress tests over a range of commodity prices and take proactive steps to mitigate risk when appropriate.
Outstanding energy loans totaled $2.9 billion, or 11% of total loans, at December 31, 2025, a $372 million decrease compared to December 31, 2024. Consolidation in the energy industry led to elevated payoff activity throughout the year, but this payoff activity is abating and balances are stabilizing.
Approximately $2.2 billion, or 76% of energy loans, were to oil and gas producers, a $387 million decrease compared to December 31, 2024. The majority of this portfolio is first lien, senior secured, reserve-based lending, which we believe is the lowest risk form of energy lending. Approximately 71% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing oil, and 29% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing natural gas.
Loans to midstream oil and gas companies totaled $443 million, or 15% of energy loans, an increase of $47 million over the prior year. Loans to borrowers that provide services to the energy industry totaled $188 million, or 7% of energy loans, a $37 million decrease during 2025. Loans to other energy borrowers, including those engaged in wholesale or retail energy sales, totaled $46 million, or 2% of energy loans, a $5.8 million increase compared to the prior year.
Unfunded energy loan commitments were $4.4 billion at December 31, 2025, a $59 million increase over December 31, 2024.
General business loans totaled $4.5 billion, or 17% of total loans, an increase of $314 million over December 31, 2024. This increase included the launch of the residential mortgage finance portfolio during the third quarter of 2025, which has since grown to $126 million of outstanding balances at December 31, 2025. General business loans consist of $2.9 billion of wholesale/retail loans and $1.6 billion of loans from other commercial industries.
Loans to non-depository financial institutions included in services and general business loans totaled $689 million or 3% of total loans at December 31, 2025.The majority of these loans are in the two highest credit quality subcategories, subscription lines and residential mortgage finance portfolio lines.
We participate in shared national credits when appropriate to obtain or maintain business relationships with local customers. Shared national credits are defined by banking regulators as credits of $100 million or more and with three or more non-affiliated banks as participants. At December 31, 2025, the outstanding principal balance of these loans totaled $6.0 billion, including $1.9 billion of general business loans and $1.9 billion of energy loans. Based on dollars committed, approximately 79% of shared national credits are to borrowers with local market relationships and we serve as the agent lender in approximately 22% of our shared national credits. We hold shared national credits to the same standard of analysis and perform the same level of review as internally originated credits. Our lending policies generally avoid loans in which we do not have the opportunity to maintain or achieve other business relationships with the customer.
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Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate represents loans for the construction of buildings or other improvements to real estate and property held by borrowers for investment purposes generally within our geographical footprint. We require collateral values in excess of the loan amounts, demonstrated cash flows in excess of expected debt service requirements, equity investment in the project, and a portion of the project already sold, leased, or permanent financing already secured. The expected cash flows from all significant new or renewed income producing property commitments are stress tested to reflect the risks in varying interest rates, vacancy rates, and rental rates. As with commercial loans, inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with applicable lending policies.
The outstanding balance of commercial real estate loans totaled $5.7 billion, or 22% of the loan portfolio, an increase of $614 million over December 31, 2024. Loans secured by industrial facilities were $1.4 billion, or 5% of total loans, a $241 million increase compared to the prior year. Loans secured by multifamily properties totaled $2.4 billion, or 9% of total loans, a $195 million increase over the prior year. Loans secured by retail facilities increased $88 million to $573 million, or 2% of total loans. Loans secured by office facilities increased $58 million to $814 million, or 3% of total loans.
Approximately 66% of commercial real estate loans are in our geographic footprint based on collateral location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside our footprint is Utah, totaling 7% of the segment. All other states represent less than 5% individually.
Unfunded commercial real estate loan commitments were $2.2 billion at December 31, 2025, a $299 million increase over the prior year. We take a disciplined approach to managing our concentration of total commercial real estate loan commitments as a percentage of Tier 1 Capital.
Loans to Individuals
Loans to individuals include residential mortgage and personal loans. Residential mortgage loans provide funds for our customers to purchase or refinance their primary residence or to borrow against the equity in their home. These loans are secured by a first or second mortgage on the customer's primary residence. Personal loans consist primarily of loans to Wealth Management clients secured by the cash surrender value of insurance policies and marketable securities. Personal loans also include direct loans secured by and for the purchase of automobiles, recreational and marine equipment, as well as unsecured loans. These loans are made in accordance with underwriting policies we believe to be conservative and are fully documented. Loans may be individually underwritten or credit scored based on size and other criteria. Credit scoring is assessed based on significant credit characteristics including credit history and residential and employment stability.
In general, we sell the majority of our conforming fixed-rate mortgage loan originations in the secondary market and retain the majority of our non-conforming and adjustable-rate mortgage loans. Our mortgage loan portfolio does not include payment option adjustable-rate mortgage loans or adjustable-rate mortgage loans with initial rates that are below market. Home equity loans are primarily first-lien and fully amortizing.
Residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies have limited credit exposure because of the underlying agency guarantee. This amount includes residential mortgage loans previously sold into GNMA mortgage pools that the Company may repurchase when certain defined delinquency criteria are met. Because of this repurchase right, the Company is deemed to have regained effective control over these loans and must include them on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Loans to individuals totaled $4.7 billion, or 18% of the loan portfolio, growing $672 million over December 31, 2024. Approximately 90% of loans to individuals are secured by collateral located within our geographical footprint. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans, are categorized by the borrower’s primary location.
The Company secondarily evaluates loan portfolio performance based on the primary geographical market managing the loan. Loans attributed to a geographical market may not represent the location of the borrower or the collateral. All permanent mortgage loans serviced by our mortgage banking unit and held for investment by the Company are centrally managed by the Oklahoma market.
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Table 22 – Loans Managed by Primary Geographical Market
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Commercial | $ | 7,383,319 | $ | 7,411,416 | |||
| Commercial real estate | 2,057,016 | 1,731,281 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 1,066,827 | 918,994 | |||||
| Total Texas | 10,507,162 | 10,061,691 | |||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Commercial | 3,829,109 | 3,585,592 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 589,709 | 513,101 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 3,005,460 | 2,440,874 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 7,424,278 | 6,539,567 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Commercial | 2,127,979 | 2,188,324 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 600,668 | 759,168 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 200,378 | 213,768 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 2,929,025 | 3,161,260 | |||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Commercial | 1,253,824 | 1,082,829 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 1,332,658 | 1,098,174 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 224,354 | 215,531 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 2,810,836 | 2,396,534 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Commercial | 282,189 | 305,957 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 571,331 | 515,511 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 142,392 | 164,638 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 995,912 | 986,106 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Commercial | 311,636 | 325,246 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 465,228 | 402,217 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 49,589 | 60,703 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 826,453 | 788,166 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Commercial | 93,011 | 130,772 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 55,396 | 39,000 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 9,389 | 11,628 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 157,796 | 181,400 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial loans | $ | 25,651,462 | $ | 24,114,724 |
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Table 23 – Loan Maturity and Interest Rate Sensitivity at December 31, 2025
(In thousands)
| Remaining Maturities of Selected Loans | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5 - 15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 15,281,067 | $ | 2,759,199 | $ | 10,989,602 | $ | 1,448,752 | $ | 83,514 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,672,006 | 2,479,174 | 2,978,633 | 210,423 | 3,776 | ||||||||||||||
| Loans to individuals | 4,698,389 | 843,794 | 1,220,055 | 382,430 | 2,252,110 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 25,651,462 | $ | 6,082,167 | $ | 15,188,290 | $ | 2,041,605 | $ | 2,339,400 | |||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Predetermined interest rates | $ | 7,132,413 | $ | 1,003,418 | $ | 2,523,271 | $ | 1,588,651 | $ | 2,017,073 | |||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 18,519,049 | 5,078,749 | 12,665,019 | 452,954 | 322,327 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 25,651,462 | $ | 6,082,167 | $ | 15,188,290 | $ | 2,041,605 | $ | 2,339,400 |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments
We enter into certain off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of business as shown in Table 24. Loan commitments may be unconditional obligations to provide financing or conditional obligations that depend on the borrower’s financial condition, collateral value, or other factors. Standby letters of credit are unconditional commitments to guarantee the performance of our customer to a third party. Since some of these commitments are expected to expire before being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
We have off-balance sheet commitments related to certain residential mortgage loans sold into mortgage-backed securities as part of our mortgage banking activities. We retain off-balance sheet credit risk related to losses in excess of amounts guaranteed by the VA.
We also have off-balance sheet credit risk related to certain residential mortgage loans primarily originated under community development loan programs that were sold to a U.S. government agency with full recourse prior to 2007. We are obligated to repurchase these loans for the life of these loans in the event of foreclosure for the unpaid principal and interest at the time of foreclosure. The majority of our conforming fixed rate loan originations are sold in the secondary market, and we only retain repurchase obligations under standard underwriting representations and warranties.
Table 24 – Off-Balance Sheet Credit Commitments
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Loan commitments | $ | 15,856,740 | $ | 14,735,416 | |||
| Standby letters of credit | 606,697 | 703,194 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans sold with recourse | 29,403 | 33,864 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans transferred into mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs | 855,182 | 913,977 |
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Customer Risk Management Programs
We offer programs that permit our customers to hedge various risks, including fluctuations in energy prices, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and other commodities with derivative contracts. Each of these programs work essentially the same way. Derivative contracts are executed between the customers and the Company. Offsetting contracts are executed between the Company and selected counterparties or exchanges to minimize market risk to us from changes in commodity prices, interest rates, or foreign exchange rates. The counterparty contracts are identical to the customer contracts except for a fixed pricing spread or a fee paid to us as compensation for administrative costs, credit risk, and profit.
The customer risk management programs create credit risk for potential amounts due to the Company from our customers and from the counterparties. Customer credit risk is monitored through existing credit policies and procedures. The effects of changes in commodity prices, interest rates, or foreign exchange rates are evaluated across a range of possible scenarios to determine the maximum exposure we are willing to have individually to any customer. Customers may also be required to provide cash margin or other collateral in conjunction with our credit agreements to further limit our credit risk.
Counterparty credit risk is evaluated through existing policies and procedures. This evaluation considers the total relationship between BOK Financial and each of the counterparties. Individual limits are established by management, approved by Credit Administration, and reviewed by the Asset/Liability Committee. Margin collateral is required if the exposure between the Company and any counterparty exceeds established limits. Based on declines in the counterparties’ credit ratings, these limits may be reduced and additional margin collateral may be required.
A deterioration of the credit standing of one or more of the customers or counterparties to these contracts may result in BOK Financial recognizing a loss as the fair value of the affected contracts may no longer move in tandem with the offsetting contracts. This occurs if the credit standing of the customer or counterparty deteriorates such that either the fair value of underlying collateral no longer supports the contract or the customer or counterparty’s ability to provide margin collateral becomes impaired. Credit losses on customer derivatives reduce Brokerage and trading revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Derivative contracts are carried at fair value. At December 31, 2025, the net fair values of derivative contracts, before consideration of cash margin, reported as assets under these programs totaled $428 million compared to $242 million at December 31, 2024. Derivative contracts carried as assets include energy contracts with fair values of $333 million, foreign exchange contracts with fair values of $61 million, and interest rate swaps primarily sold to loan customers with fair values of $34 million. Before consideration of cash margin paid to counterparties, the aggregate net fair values of derivative contracts held under these programs reported as liabilities totaled $399 million compared to $205 million at December 31, 2024.
At December 31, 2025, total derivative assets were reduced by $153 million of cash collateral received from counterparties, and total derivative liabilities were reduced by $6.1 million of cash collateral paid to counterparties related to instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting agreement. Derivative contracts executed with customers may be secured by non-cash collateral in conjunction with a credit agreement with that customer, such as proven producing oil and gas properties. Access to this collateral in the event of default is reasonably assured.
A table showing the notional and fair value of derivative assets and liabilities on both a gross and net basis is presented in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The fair value of derivative contracts reported as assets under these programs, net of cash margin held by the Company, by category of debtor at December 31, 2025 follows in Table 25.
Table 25 – Fair Value of Derivative Contracts
(In thousands)
| Exchanges and clearing organizations | $ | 186,545 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks and other financial institutions | 49,077 | ||
| Customers | 39,700 | ||
| Fair value of customer risk management program asset derivative contracts, net | $ | 275,322 |
At December 31, 2025, the largest exposure to a single counterparty was to an exchange for $98 million of net energy derivative positions and $100 million for cash margin placed with the exchange.
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Our customer risk management program also introduces liquidity and capital risk. We are required to provide cash margin to certain counterparties when the net negative fair value of the contracts exceeds established limits which may incur additional funding costs. Also, changes in commodity prices affect the amount of regulatory capital we are required to hold as support for the fair value of our derivative assets. These risks are modeled as part of the management of these programs. Based on current prices, a decrease in market prices down to an equivalent of $45.94 per barrel of oil and $2.95 per MMBtu of natural gas would increase the fair value of derivative assets by $13 million, with lending customers comprising the bulk of the assets. An increase in prices up to the equivalent of $68.90 per barrel of oil and $4.42 per MMBtu of natural gas would increase the fair value of derivative assets by $338 million. Liquidity requirements of this program are also affected by our credit rating. A decrease in our credit rating to below investment grade would increase our obligation to post cash margin on existing contracts by approximately $10 million.
The fair value of our to-be-announced residential mortgage-backed securities and interest rate swap derivative contracts is affected by changes in interest rates. Based on our assessment as of December 31, 2025, changes in interest rates would not materially impact regulatory capital or liquidity needed to support this portion of our customer derivative program.
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Summary of Credit Loss Experience
Table 26 – Summary of Credit Loss Experience
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | |||||
| Allowance for loan losses: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 280,035 | $ | 277,123 | ||
| Loans charged off | (10,305) | (18,835) | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged off | 3,566 | 5,956 | ||||
| Net loans charged off | (6,739) | (12,879) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | 2,564 | 15,791 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 275,860 | $ | 280,035 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 51,640 | $ | 48,977 | ||
| Provision for credit losses | (369) | 2,663 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 51,271 | $ | 51,640 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk associated with mortgage banking activities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 3,148 | $ | 3,492 | ||
| Net loans charged off | (40) | (3) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | (174) | (341) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 2,934 | $ | 3,148 | ||
| Allowance for credit losses related to investment (held-to-maturity) securities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 223 | $ | 336 | ||
| Provision for credit losses | (21) | (113) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 202 | $ | 223 | ||
| Total provision for credit losses | $ | 2,000 | $ | 18,000 | ||
| Average loans by portfolio segment: | ||||||
| Commercial | $ | 14,644,124 | $ | 15,061,959 | ||
| Commercial real estate | 5,435,587 | 5,069,162 | ||||
| Loans to individuals | 4,502,552 | 4,034,660 | ||||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans | 0.03 | % | 0.05 | % | ||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans by portfolio segment: | ||||||
| Commercial | 0.03 | % | 0.06 | % | ||
| Commercial real estate | — | % | 0.02 | % | ||
| Loans to individuals | 0.05 | % | 0.07 | % | ||
| Recoveries to gross charge-offs | 34.60 | % | 31.62 | % | ||
| Provision for loan losses (annualized) to average loans | 0.01 | % | 0.07 | % | ||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding at period end | 1.08 | % | 1.16 | % | ||
| Accrual for unfunded loan commitments to loan commitments | 0.32 | % | 0.35 | % | ||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to loans outstanding at period end | 1.28 | % | 1.38 | % |
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Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Unfunded Loan Commitments
Expected credit losses on assets carried at amortized cost are recognized over their expected lives based on models that measure the probability of default and loss given default over a 12-month reasonable and supportable forecast period. Models incorporate base case, downside, and upside macroeconomic variables such as real GDP growth, civilian unemployment rate, and WTI oil prices on a probability weighted basis. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of methodology of allowance for loan losses.
A $2.0 million provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2025, reflecting the impact of loan growth during the year, partially offset by improvements in portfolio credit quality and economic forecast scenario assumptions.
Non-pass grade loans, which include loans especially mentioned, accruing substandard, and nonaccruing loans, totaled $580 million at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $14 million compared to December 31, 2024. Non-pass grade loans were composed primarily of $207 million, or 5%, of commercial healthcare loans; $131 million, or 3%, of commercial services loans; $113 million, or 3%, of commercial general business loans; and $82 million, or 1%, of commercial real estate loans. A summary of outstanding loan balances by risk grade is included in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
No provision for credit losses was necessary for the fourth quarter of 2025.
At December 31, 2025, the allowance for loan losses totaled $276 million, or 1.08% of outstanding loans. Excluding residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 419% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $327 million, or 1.28% of outstanding loans and 497% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2025.
An $18.0 million provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2024 primarily due to improvement in the forecasted economic outlook during the year that was offset by the impact of loan growth and some risk grade migration.
At December 31, 2024, the allowance for loan losses was $280 million, or 1.16% of outstanding loans. Excluding residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 701% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $332 million, or 1.38% of outstanding loans and 831% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2024.
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A summary of macroeconomic variables considered in developing our estimate of expected credit losses at December 31, 2025 follows:
| Base | Downside | Upside | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario probability weighting | 50% | 35% | 15% |
| Economic outlook | Inflation levels continue to normalize, but remain elevated throughout 2026, reaching 2.6% by the fourth quarter of 2026.Above average inflation is largely offset by strong wage growth and generates on-trend GDP growth. Businesses avoid broad layoffs due to the elevated expense of hiring which results in only a slight increase to the national unemployment rate.There are two rate cuts over the next four quarters, bringing the federal funds target range to 3.00% to 3.25% by the end of the fourth quarter of 2026. | Widespread tariffs and restrictive immigration policies accelerate inflation and reduce real wages. This results in a significant decrease in consumer spending, which is compounded by a restrictive credit environment and declines in private sector investment, pushing the United States into a recession with a contraction in economic activity and a sharp increase in the unemployment rate. The Federal Reserve is forced to adopt an accommodative monetary policy and cut the federal funds rate significantly to encourage economic activity and job creation to help limit the depth of the recession. In total, there are seven rate cuts over the next four quarters, bringing the target range to 1.75% to 2.00% by the end of the fourth quarter of 2026. | Core inflation improves, reaching 2.2% by the fourth quarter of 2026. The impact of tariffs and restrictive immigration policies is minor. Labor force participation increases to help lift consumer spending levels and gains in productivity, which are benefitted by effective use of AI, resulting in above-trend GDP growth. There is one rate cut over the next four quarters, bringing the federal funds target range to 3.25% to 3.50% by the fourth quarter of 2026. |
| Macro-economic factors | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 2.0% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.5% in the first quarter of 2026 decreasing to 4.4% by the fourth quarter of 2026.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $52.83 per barrel over the next 12 months, with a peak of $54.92 in the first quarter of 2026 and falling 5% over the following three quarters. | –GDP is forecasted to contract 2.0% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 5.0% in the first quarter of 2026 worsens to 6.5% by the fourth quarter of 2026.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $44.65 per barrel over the next twelve months, with a peak of $48.61 in the first quarter of 2026 and falling 19% over the following three quarters. | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 2.8% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.3% in the first quarter of 2026 decreases to 4.0% by the fourth quarter of 2026.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $58.58 per barrel over the next 12 months. |
Net Loans Charged Off
In 2025, net loans charged off totaled $6.7 million, or 0.03% of average loans, down from $13 million, or 0.05% of average loans in 2024.
In 2025, net charge-offs of commercial loans were $4.4 million, primarily related to a single services loan portfolio borrower. Net loan charge-offs of loans to individuals were $2.5 million. Net charge-offs of loans to individuals include deposit account overdraft losses.
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Nonperforming Assets
As more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, loans are generally classified as nonaccruing when it becomes probable that we will not collect the full contractual principal and interest. Real estate and other repossessed assets are assets acquired in partial or total forgiveness of loans. The assets are carried at the lower of cost as determined by fair value at the date of foreclosure or current fair value, less estimated selling costs. A summary of nonperforming assets follows in Table 27:
Table 27 - Nonperforming Assets
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Nonaccruing loans: | |||||||
| Commercial | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 23,490 | $ | 13,717 | |||
| Services | 6,135 | 767 | |||||
| Energy | — | 49 | |||||
| General business | 6,477 | 114 | |||||
| Total commercial | 36,102 | 14,647 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 6,697 | 9,905 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 18,263 | 15,261 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 8,586 | 6,803 | |||||
| Personal | 4,712 | 109 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 31,561 | 22,173 | |||||
| Total nonaccruing loans | 74,360 | 46,725 | |||||
| Real estate and other repossessed assets | 176 | 2,254 | |||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 74,536 | $ | 48,979 | |||
| Total nonperforming assets excluding those guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | $ | 65,950 | $ | 42,176 | |||
| Allowance for loan losses to nonaccruing loans1 | 419.41 | % | 701.46 | % | |||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to nonaccruing loans1 | 497.36 | % | 830.81 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets | 0.29 | % | 0.20 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets1 | 0.26 | % | 0.18 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to outstanding loans | 0.29 | % | 0.19 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial loans to outstanding commercial loans | 0.24 | % | 0.10 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial real estate loans to outstanding commercial real estate loans | 0.12 | % | 0.20 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to individuals to outstanding loans to individuals1 | 0.51 | % | 0.40 | % | |||
| Accruing loans 90 days or more past due1 | $ | — | $ | — |
1 Excludes residential mortgages guaranteed by U.S. government agencies.
Excluding loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, nonperforming assets increased $24 million compared to December 31, 2024, primarily due to a $9.8 million increase in nonaccruing healthcare loans, a $6.4 million increase in nonaccruing general business loans, and a $5.4 million increase in nonaccruing services loans. Nonaccruing personal loans increased $4.6 million and nonaccruing residential mortgage loans increased $3.0 million, partially offset by a $3.2 million decrease in nonaccruing commercial real estate loans. Newly identified nonaccruing loans totaled $69 million, partially offset by $25 million in payments, $10 million of charge-offs, and $4.9 million of loans returning to accrual status. The Company generally retains nonperforming assets to maximize potential recovery, which may cause future nonperforming assets to decrease more slowly.
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A rollforward of nonperforming assets for the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024 follows in Table 28.
Table 28 – Rollforward of Nonperforming Assets
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | 14,647 | $ | 9,905 | $ | 22,173 | $ | 46,725 | $ | 2,254 | $ | 48,979 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 38,031 | 3,317 | 27,243 | 68,591 | — | 68,591 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (8,951) | (6,399) | (9,281) | (24,631) | — | (24,631) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (5,374) | (126) | (4,805) | (10,305) | — | (10,305) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | 441 | 441 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | — | — | (167) | (167) | 167 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (952) | (952) | — | (952) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | (2,686) | (2,686) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | (2,251) | — | (2,650) | (4,901) | — | (4,901) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2025 | $ | 36,102 | $ | 6,697 | $ | 31,561 | $ | 74,360 | $ | 176 | $ | 74,536 | |||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | $ | 110,131 | $ | 7,320 | $ | 28,018 | $ | 145,469 | $ | 2,875 | $ | 148,344 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 45,998 | 18,766 | 15,312 | 80,076 | — | 80,076 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (99,436) | (14,726) | (6,793) | (120,955) | — | (120,955) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (11,763) | (1,455) | (5,617) | (18,835) | — | (18,835) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | (50) | (50) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | (186) | — | (276) | (462) | 462 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (1,813) | (1,813) | — | (1,813) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | (1,033) | (1,033) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | (1,473) | (1,473) | — | (1,473) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | (30,097) | — | (5,185) | (35,282) | — | (35,282) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | 14,647 | $ | 9,905 | $ | 22,173 | $ | 46,725 | $ | 2,254 | $ | 48,979 |
We foreclose on loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies in accordance with agency guidelines. Generally, these loans are not eligible for modification programs or have failed to comply with modified loan terms. Principal is guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. government, subject to limitations, and credit risk is limited. At foreclosure, these amounts are transferred to claims receivable accounts. These properties will be conveyed to the agencies and receivables collected once applicable criteria have been met.
Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets
Real estate and other repossessed assets were at a historic low of $176 thousand at December 31, 2025, primarily composed of one-to-four family residential properties. Real estate and other repossessed assets decreased $2.1 million compared to December 31, 2024.
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Liquidity and Capital
BOK Financial has numerous material cash requirements in the normal course of business. These obligations include deposits and other borrowed funds, leased premises, commitments to extend credit to borrowers, and to purchase securities, derivative contracts, and contracts for services such as data processing that are integral to our operations. Additional information on loan commitments can be found in the "Loan Commitments" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis while the distribution of time deposit balances can be located in Note 8, "Deposits," and information related to Other Borrowings can be located in Note 9, "Other Borrowings."
Our funding sources, which primarily include deposits and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Banks, provide adequate liquidity to meet our operating needs. Based on the average balances for 2025, approximately 75% of our funding was provided by deposit accounts, 11% from borrowed funds, less than 1% from long-term subordinated debt, and 11% from equity. The loan to deposit ratio increased to 65% at December 31, 2025 from 63% at December 31, 2024, and continues to provide significant on-balance sheet liquidity to meet future loan demand and contractual obligations.
Subsidiary Bank
Deposits and borrowed funds are the primary sources of liquidity for BOKF, NA, the wholly owned subsidiary bank of BOK Financial. We compete for retail and commercial deposits by offering a broad range of products and services and focusing on customer convenience. Retail deposit growth is supported through personal and small business checking, online bill paying services, mobile banking services, an extensive network of branch locations and ATMs, and our ExpressBank call center. Commercial deposit growth is supported by offering treasury management and lockbox services. We also acquire brokered deposits when the cost of funds is advantageous to other funding sources.
Table 29 - Average Deposits by Segment
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 17,962,852 | $ | 16,752,377 | ||
| Consumer Banking | 8,275,256 | 8,077,700 | ||||
| Wealth Management | 10,730,248 | 9,654,008 | ||||
| Subtotal | 36,968,356 | 34,484,085 | ||||
| Funds Management and Other | 1,776,556 | 1,835,875 | ||||
| BOK Financial Corporation | $ | 38,744,912 | $ | 36,319,960 |
Average deposits for 2025 totaled $38.7 billion, an increase of $2.4 billion over the prior year. Average interest-bearing transaction deposit account balances increased $2.7 billion, while average demand deposits decreased $413 million.
Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $18.0 billion for 2025, growing $1.2 billion, or 7%, over 2024. Interest-bearing transaction account balances increased $1.6 billion, or 13%, while demand deposit balances decreased $376 million, or 9%. Our Commercial deposit portfolio is highly diversified across industries and customers. The highest concentration by industry within our commercial deposit portfolio is with our energy customers representing 9% of our total average deposits.
Average Consumer Banking deposit balances increased $198 million, or 2%, over the prior year. Time deposit balances increased $229 million, or 13%, demand deposit account balances increased $29 million, or 1%, and savings deposits increased $20 million, or 3%. Interest-bearing transaction account balances decreased $80 million, or 3%,
Average Wealth Management deposit balances were up $1.1 billion, or 11%, over the prior year. Interest-bearing transaction balances increased $862 million, or 11%, and time deposit balances were up $160 million, or 14%. Non-interest-bearing demand deposits increased $49 million, or 5%.
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Average brokered deposits represented 5% of total average deposits in 2025. Excluding the reciprocal component, brokered deposits represented 2% of average deposits. Reciprocal deposit balances in excess of the $5 billion general threshold, as defined by the FDIC, are included as brokered deposits. Growth in brokered deposits during the year was primarily related to growth in reciprocal deposit balances and a temporary shift from wholesale borrowings to wholesale deposits in the fourth quarter of 2025. Average interest-bearing transaction accounts for 2025 included $2.1 billion of brokered deposits, a $744 million increase over 2024. Average time deposits included $32 million of brokered deposits for 2025, a $311 million decrease compared to 2024.
The distribution of our period end deposit account balances among principal markets follows in Table 30.
Table 30 - Period End Deposits by Principal Market Area
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Demand | $ | 3,492,243 | $ | 3,618,771 | |||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 13,732,961 | 13,352,732 | |||||
| Savings | 532,284 | 497,443 | |||||
| Time | 2,232,078 | 2,138,620 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 16,497,323 | 15,988,795 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 19,989,566 | 19,607,566 | |||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Demand | 2,177,256 | 2,216,393 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 6,691,395 | 6,205,605 | |||||
| Savings | 149,593 | 154,112 | |||||
| Time | 647,158 | 646,490 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 7,488,146 | 7,006,207 | |||||
| Total Texas | 9,665,402 | 9,222,600 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Demand | 1,152,203 | 1,159,076 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 2,137,579 | 2,089,475 | |||||
| Savings | 54,809 | 59,244 | |||||
| Time | 282,320 | 280,081 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 2,474,708 | 2,428,800 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 3,626,911 | 3,587,876 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Demand | 580,400 | 659,234 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,405,940 | 1,305,044 | |||||
| Savings | 95,630 | 90,580 | |||||
| Time | 354,757 | 347,443 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,856,327 | 1,743,067 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 2,436,727 | 2,402,301 |
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| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Demand | 365,007 | 418,587 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,450,416 | 1,277,494 | |||||
| Savings | 14,656 | 12,336 | |||||
| Time | 72,286 | 70,390 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,537,358 | 1,360,220 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 1,902,365 | 1,778,807 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Demand | 281,263 | 277,440 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,194,500 | 1,169,541 | |||||
| Savings | 14,256 | 12,158 | |||||
| Time | 37,820 | 37,210 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,246,576 | 1,218,909 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 1,527,839 | 1,496,349 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Demand | 33,558 | 22,396 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 237,279 | 55,215 | |||||
| Savings | 2,695 | 2,944 | |||||
| Time | 12,664 | 15,176 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 252,638 | 73,335 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 286,196 | 95,731 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial deposits | $ | 39,435,006 | $ | 38,191,230 |
Estimated uninsured deposits totaled $21.2 billion, or 54% of total deposits, at December 31, 2025, compared to $20.4 billion, or 53% of total deposits, at December 31, 2024. In addition to insured deposits, we also hold $4.7 billion of collateralized deposits. Municipalities, Native American tribal governments, and certain trust-related deposits are all required to be collateralized. Excluding the impact of collateralized deposits and deposits related to consolidated subsidiaries, our uninsured and uncollateralized deposit level is $15.6 billion, or 40% of total deposits, at December 31, 2025. The aggregate amount of time deposits that meet or exceed the FDIC limit, as applied without regard to other deposit balances held by the depositor, was $891 million at December 31, 2025.
In addition to deposits, liquidity for the subsidiary bank is provided primarily by federal funds purchased, securities repurchase agreements, and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings. Federal funds purchased consist primarily of unsecured, overnight funds acquired from other financial institutions. Funds are primarily purchased from bankers’ banks and Federal Home Loan Banks from across the country. The largest source of wholesale federal funds purchased totaled $250 million at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Securities repurchase agreements generally mature within 90 days and are secured by certain trading or AFS securities. Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings are generally short term and are secured by a blanket pledge of eligible collateral (generally unencumbered U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities, 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, multifamily, and other qualifying commercial real estate loans). Amounts borrowed from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka averaged $4.6 billion during 2025, and $6.2 billion during 2024.
At December 31, 2025, management estimates a total potential secured borrowing capacity of approximately $28.4 billion. This includes current available secured capacity of $23.4 billion from the use of programs available to U.S. banks from the Federal Home Loan Banks and Federal Reserve Banks, and an estimated $5.0 billion of other sources that could be converted into additional secured capacity.
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BOKF, NA also has a liability related to the repurchase of certain delinquent residential mortgage loans previously sold in GNMA mortgage pools. Interest is payable monthly at rates contractually due to investors.
On November 6, 2025, BOKF, NA issued $400 million of subordinated debt set to mature on November 6, 2040. This debt bears an interest rate of 6.108% through November 5, 2035 and thereafter, the notes will bear an interest rate equal to the Five-Year U.S. Treasury rate plus 2.00%. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears beginning on May 6, 2026. The debt contains an option of redeem the notes (i) in whole, but not in part, on any date in the period commencing on and including August 8, 2035 and ending on and including November 6, 2035, (ii) in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, on or after May 10, 2040, or (iii) in whole, but not in part, at any time within 90 days following a regulatory capital treatment event. As shown in Table 31 below, the issuance of the subordinated debt caused the total capital ratio to increase as these qualified as Tier II regulatory capital.
See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of other borrowings.
Parent Company and Other Non-Bank Subsidiaries
The primary sources of liquidity for BOK Financial are cash on hand and dividends from the subsidiary bank. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $150 million at December 31, 2025. Dividends from the subsidiary bank are limited by various banking regulations to net profits, as defined, for the year plus retained profits for the two preceding years. Dividends are further restricted by minimum capital requirements. At December 31, 2025, based on the most restrictive limitations as well as management’s internal capital policy, BOKF, NA could declare up to $412 million of dividends without regulatory approval. Dividend constraints may be alleviated through increases in retained earnings, capital issuances, or changes in risk weighted assets. Future losses or increases in required regulatory capital could also affect the subsidiary bank's ability to pay dividends to the parent company.
As a result of the acquisition of CoBiz Financial, we obtained $60 million of subordinated debt issued in June 2015 that was set to mature on June 25, 2030. We also acquired $72 million of junior subordinated debentures with maturity dates from September 17, 2033 through September 30, 2035. The junior subordinated debentures were subject to early redemption prior to maturity. All acquired subordinated debt and junior subordinated debentures were redeemed during the second quarter of 2025. The redemption price was 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest up to the redemption date.
Shareholders' equity at December 31, 2025 was $5.9 billion, an increase of $370 million compared to December 31, 2024. Net income less cash dividends paid increased equity $430 million during 2025. Changes in interest rates resulted in an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $166 million at December 31, 2025, compared to an accumulated comprehensive loss of $503 million at December 31, 2024. We also repurchased $390 million of common shares during 2025. Capital is managed to maximize long-term value to the shareholders. Factors considered in managing capital include projections of future earnings, asset growth and acquisition strategies, and regulatory and debt covenant requirements. Capital management may include subordinated debt issuance, share repurchase, and stock and cash dividends.
On July 29, 2025, the Company's board of directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to five million shares of the Company's common stock, subject to market conditions, securities laws, and other regulatory compliance limitations. This authorization replaced the existing board authorization for the purchase of five million common shares, under which the Company repurchased 4,130,318 shares. Under the new authority, shares may be repurchased on the open market, including plans complying with rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18, which includes plans using accelerated share repurchases. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had repurchased 2,982,961 shares under this authorization. The Company repurchased 3,656,259 shares during 2025 at an average price of $105.72 per share, net of the 1% excise tax on share purchases. We view share buybacks opportunistically, but within the context of maintaining our strong capital position.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company entered into ASR transactions totaling $250 million. Refer to Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on share repurchase activity.
BOK Financial and the subsidiary bank are subject to various capital requirements administered by federal agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements, including a capital conservation buffer, can result in certain mandatory and additional discretionary actions by regulators that could have a material impact on operations including restrictions on capital distributions from dividends and share repurchases and executive bonus payments. These capital requirements include quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet items. The capital standards are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators.
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A summary of minimum capital requirements and other performance ratios follows for BOK Financial on a consolidated basis in Table 31.
Table 31 – Capital and Performance Ratios
| Minimum Capital Requirement | Capital Conservation Buffer | Minimum Capital Requirement Including Capital Conservation Buffer | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Capital: | ||||||||||||||
| Common equity Tier 1 | 4.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 7.00 | % | 12.90 | % | 13.03 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 capital | 6.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 8.50 | % | 12.90 | % | 13.04 | % | ||||
| Total capital | 8.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 10.50 | % | 14.77 | % | 14.21 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 Leverage | 4.00 | % | N/A | 4.00 | % | 9.86 | % | 9.97 | % | |||||
| Average total equity to average assets | 11.31 | % | 10.51 | % | ||||||||||
| Tangible common equity ratio1 | 9.46 | % | 9.17 | % | ||||||||||
| Performance Ratios: | ||||||||||||||
| Return on average equity | 9.89 | % | 9.82 | % | ||||||||||
| Return on average tangible common equity1 | 12.15 | % | 12.37 | % |
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures following.
Non-GAAP Measures
In this report we may sometimes use non-GAAP financial measures. Please note that although non-GAAP financial measures provide useful insight to analysts, investors and regulators, they should not be considered in isolation or relied upon as a substitute for analysis using GAAP measures.
Table 32 provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with financial measures defined by GAAP.
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Table 32 – Non-GAAP Measures
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Reconciliation of tangible common equity ratio and adjusted tangible common equity ratio: | |||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | $ | 5,918,646 | $ | 5,548,353 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,079,501 | 1,091,537 | |||||
| Tangible common equity | $ | 4,839,145 | $ | 4,456,816 | |||
| Total assets | $ | 52,237,501 | $ | 49,685,892 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,079,501 | 1,091,537 | |||||
| Tangible assets | $ | 51,158,000 | $ | 48,594,355 | |||
| Tangible common equity ratio | 9.46 | % | 9.17 | % | |||
| Reconciliation of return on average tangible common equity: | |||||||
| Total average shareholders' equity | $ | 5,843,463 | $ | 5,331,345 | |||
| Less: Average goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,085,283 | 1,098,737 | |||||
| Average tangible common equity | $ | 4,758,180 | $ | 4,232,608 | |||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 577,990 | $ | 523,569 | |||
| Return on average tangible common equity | 12.15 | % | 12.37 | % | |||
| Reconciliation of pre-provision net revenue: | |||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 740,618 | $ | 666,644 | |||
| Add: Provision for expected credit losses | 2,000 | 18,000 | |||||
| Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (12) | (16) | |||||
| Pre-provision net revenue | $ | 742,630 | $ | 684,660 | |||
| Calculation of efficiency ratio: | |||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,432,856 | $ | 1,365,755 | |||
| Less: Amortization of intangible assets | 10,620 | 11,612 | |||||
| Numerator for efficiency ratio | $ | 1,422,236 | $ | 1,354,143 | |||
| Net interest and dividend income | $ | 1,327,344 | $ | 1,210,758 | |||
| Add: Tax-equivalent adjustment | 10,236 | 9,147 | |||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest and dividend income | 1,337,580 | 1,219,905 | |||||
| Add: Total other operating revenue | 848,130 | 839,641 | |||||
| Less: Gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net | 1,961 | (45,828) | |||||
| Denominator for efficiency ratio | $ | 2,183,749 | $ | 2,105,374 | |||
| Efficiency ratio | 65.13 | % | 64.32 | % | |||
| Information on net interest income and net interest margin excluding trading activities: | |||||||
| Net interest and dividend income | $ | 1,327,344 | $ | 1,210,758 | |||
| Less: Trading activities net interest income | 58,848 | 7,583 | |||||
| Net interest and dividend income excluding trading activities | 1,268,496 | 1,203,175 | |||||
| Add: Tax-equivalent adjustment | 10,236 | 9,147 | |||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income excluding trading activities | $ | 1,278,732 | $ | 1,212,322 | |||
| Average interest-earning assets | $ | 46,405,331 | $ | 45,538,838 | |||
| Less: Average trading activities interest-earning assets | 5,911,936 | 5,683,573 | |||||
| Average interest-earning assets excluding trading activities | $ | 40,493,395 | $ | 39,855,265 | |||
| Net interest margin on average interest-earning assets | 2.87 | % | 2.65 | % | |||
| Net interest margin on average trading activities interest-earning assets | 1.00 | % | 0.13 | % | |||
| Net interest margin on average interest-earning assets excluding trading activities | 3.14 | % | 3.01 | % |
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Explanation of Non-GAAP Measures
The tangible common equity ratio and return on average tangible common equity are primarily based on total shareholders' equity, which includes unrealized gains and losses on AFS securities, less intangible assets and equity that do not benefit common shareholders. These measures are valuable indicators of a financial institution's capital strength since they eliminate intangible assets from shareholders' equity and retain the effect of unrealized losses on securities and other components of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity.
Pre-provision net revenue is a measure of revenue less expenses and is calculated before provision for credit losses and income tax expense. This financial measure is frequently used by investors and analysts and enables them to assess a company's ability to generate earnings to cover credit losses through a credit cycle. It also provides an additional basis for comparing the results of operations between periods by isolating the impact of the provision for credit losses, which can vary significantly between periods.
The efficiency ratio measures the company's ability to use its assets and manage its liabilities effectively in the current period.
Net interest income and net interest margin excluding trading activities remove the effect of trading activities on these metrics allowing management and investors to assess the performance of the Company's core lending and deposit activities without the associated volatility from trading activities.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the Company’s significant off-balance sheet commitments.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of newly adopted and pending accounting standards.
Forward-Looking Statements
This 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about BOK Financial Corporation, the financial services industry and the economy generally. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “outlook,” “projects,” “will,” “intends,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “potential,” “continue,” “seek,” “target,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Management judgments relating to and discussion of the provision and allowance for credit losses, allowance for uncertain tax positions, accruals for loss contingencies and valuation of mortgage servicing rights involve judgments as to expected events and are inherently forward-looking statements. Assessments that acquisitions and growth endeavors will be profitable are statements of belief as to the outcome of future events based in part on information provided by others which BOK Financial has not independently verified and for which BOK Financial assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness. These various forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions which are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what is expected, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Internal and external factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: changes in government; changes in governmental economic policy, including tariffs; changes in commodity prices; interest rates and interest rate relationships; inflation; demand for products and services; the degree of competition by traditional and nontraditional competitors; changes in banking regulations; tax laws; prices, levies and assessments; the impact of technological advances; trends in customer behavior as well as their ability to repay loans; credit quality deterioration; cybersecurity incidents and data breaches; operational failures or interruptions; liquidity risks; capital adequacy requirements; litigation and regulatory enforcement actions; and other risks detailed in BOK Financial Corporation’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. BOK Financial Corporation and its affiliates undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Annualized, pro forma, projected and estimated numbers are used for illustrative purpose only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results.
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Legal Notice
As used in this report, the term "BOK Financial" and such terms as "BOKF," "the Company," "the Corporation," "our," "we" and "us" may refer to one or more of the consolidated subsidiaries or all of them taken as a whole. All these terms are used for convenience only and are not intended as a precise description of any of the separate companies, each of which manages its own affairs.
MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.
FY 2024 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0000875357-25-000013.
ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
| Table 1 – Consolidated Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
| Earnings per share (based on average equivalent shares): | ||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 8.14 | $ | 8.02 | $ | 7.68 | ||||
| Diluted | 8.14 | 8.02 | 7.68 | |||||||
| Percentages (based on daily averages): | ||||||||||
| Return on average assets | 1.03 | % | 1.10 | % | 1.11 | % | ||||
| Return on average shareholders' equity | 9.82 | % | 10.82 | % | 10.81 | % | ||||
| Dividend payout ratio | 27.20 | % | 27.00 | % | 27.65 | % | ||||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans | 1.16 | % | 1.16 | % | 1.04 | % | ||||
| Combined allowance for credit losses to loans1 | 1.38 | % | 1.36 | % | 1.31 | % |
1 Includes allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk.
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Management’s Assessment of Operations and Financial Condition
Overview
The following discussion is management's analysis to assist in the understanding and evaluation of the financial condition and results of operations of BOK Financial. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes and selected financial data presented elsewhere in this report. This section and other sections provide information about our recent financial performance. For information about results of operations for 2023 compared with 2022, see the respective sections in Management's Discussion and Analysis included in our 2023 Form 10-K filed on February 21, 2024.
After experiencing continued economic volatility in 2023, the U.S. economy has shown signs of stabilizing in 2024. Due to greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward the Federal Reserve's target, the Federal Funds rate was reduced by 100 basis points over the last four months of 2024. The housing market showed some signs of recovery, with slight increases in sales and inventory. However, the market remained challenged by high mortgage rates and limited housing supply. Consumer spending also continues to remain steady despite the Federal Reserve's effort to decrease spending with higher rates for the majority of the year. Unemployment increased slightly to 4.0% for December 2024. See "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis for additional discussion around our economic forecast.
Performance Summary
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2024, totaled $523.6 million, or $8.14 per diluted share, compared with net income of $530.7 million, or $8.02 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2023. PPNR1, a non-GAAP measure, was $684.7 million for 2024, compared to $728.9 million in the prior year.
Highlights of 2024 included:
•Net interest income totaled $1.2 billion for 2024, a $61.4 million decrease compared to the prior year. Net interest margin was 2.65% for 2024, compared to 2.93% for 2023, primarily due to deposit repricing activity and demand deposit migration into interest-bearing accounts. Average earning assets were $45.5 billion for 2024, up $2.6 billion compared to 2023, largely due to increased trading securities and loan balances, as well as expansion of the available for sale securities portfolio.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $810.0 million for 2024, growing $28.9 million over 2023. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $23.5 million led by growth in trust fees related to higher market valuations and continued growth in client relationships. Mortgage banking revenue increased $18.4 million due to higher loan origination volumes. Deposit service charges increased $10.2 million due to growth in commercial service charges. Brokerage and trading revenue decreased $22.5 million, largely due to a shift from trading revenue to net interest income on trading securities and decreased customer hedging revenue, primarily attributed to our energy customers. The prior period also included $10.7 million of insurance brokerage revenue recognized prior to the sale of BOKFI. This decrease was partially offset by a $6.1 million increase in investment banking revenue driven by growth in underwriting fees and financial advisory fees.
•Other gains, net, were $79.7 million for 2024, including a $56.9 million pre-tax gain recognized in connection with the receipt and disposition of Visa C shares received as a result of the Exchange Offer announced by Visa, Inc. in the second quarter of 2024. Other gains, net, for 2023 were $56.8 million. The fourth quarter of 2023 included a pre-tax $31.0 million gain, before related professional fees, on the sale of our insurance brokerage and consulting business, BOKFI.
•Losses on available for sale securities totaled $45.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $30.6 million in the prior year, due to the strategic repositioning of our portfolio.
•Other operating expense increased $32.9 million to $1.4 billion. Personnel expense grew $44.6 million, reflecting a combination of annual merit increases, salary adjustments, and business expansion. Non-personnel expense decreased $11.8 million. The current year included $5.5 million related to updates to the special assessment estimate by the FDIC. Non-personnel expense for 2023 included $43.8 million related to the initial estimate of the FDIC special assessment expense. Charitable contributions to the BOKF Foundation increased $10.9 million, largely due to the donation of converted Visa shares to the foundation. Increased data processing and communications, mortgage banking costs, and occupancy and equipment expenses were partially offset by lower intangible asset amortization.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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•The net economic cost of the changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges was $5.7 million during 2024, compared to $18.2 million during 2023, due to reduced market volatility throughout 2024.
•The provision for credit losses was $18.0 million in 2024. Improvement in the forecasted economic outlook during the year was offset by the impact of loan growth and some risk grade migration. Credit quality remained strong with net charge-offs of $12.9 million or 0.05% of average loans in 2024 compared to $18.1 million or 0.08% of average loans in 2023. We recorded a $46.0 million provision for expected credit losses in 2023. The combined allowance for credit losses totaled $332 million or 1.38% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2024. The combined allowance for credit losses was $326 million or 1.36% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2023.
•Nonperforming assets not guaranteed by U.S. government agencies were at a historic low, totaling $42 million at December 31, 2024, a $96 million decrease compared to December 31, 2023. Potential problem loans increased $164 million and other loans especially mentioned increased $76 million.
•Average outstanding loan balances were $24.2 billion, growing $1.0 billion over the prior year, mostly driven by growth in commercial loans and loans to individuals. Commercial loans increased $741 million and loans to individuals increased $394 million. Period end outstanding loan balances increased $210 million to $24.1 billion at December 31, 2024.
•Average deposits increased $3.1 billion to $36.3 billion. Average interest-bearing deposits increased $5.4 billion while average demand deposits decreased $2.3 billion. Period end deposits increased $4.2 billion to $38.2 billion. The loan to deposit ratio was 63% at December 31, 2024, compared to 70% at December 31, 2023.
•Assets under management or administration totaled $114.6 billion at December 31, 2024, increasing $9.9 billion over December 31, 2023.
•The Company's tangible common equity ratio1, a non-GAAP measure, was 9.17% at December 31, 2024, and 8.29% at December 31, 2023. The tangible common equity ratio is primarily based on total shareholders' equity, which includes unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities. Adjusted for all securities portfolio losses, including the tax adjusted losses in the investment portfolio, the tangible common equity ratio would be 8.86% at December 31, 2024, and 8.02% at December 31, 2023.
•The Company's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 13.03% at December 31, 2024. In addition, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 13.04%, total capital ratio was 14.21% and leverage ratio was 9.97% at December 31, 2024. At December 31, 2023, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.07%, the total capital ratio was 13.16% and the leverage ratio was 9.45%.
•The Company repurchased 1,028,806 common shares at an average price of $86.49 per share during 2024 and 2,113,808 common shares at an average price of $82.85 during 2023.
•The Company paid cash dividends of $2.22 per common share during 2024, and $2.17 per common share in 2023.
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2024 totaled $136.2 million, or $2.12 per diluted share, compared to $140.0 million, or $2.18 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2024.
Highlights of the fourth quarter of 2024 included:
•Net interest income totaled $313.0 million, an increase of $4.9 million over the prior quarter. Net interest margin expanded 7 basis points to 2.75% compared to 2.68%, primarily attributable to liabilities re-pricing lower more quickly than assets during the quarter. For the fourth quarter of 2024, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, expanded 7 basis points to 3.09% compared to 3.02% in the prior quarter.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $206.9 million, an increase of $4.4 million over the prior quarter. Higher brokerage and trading revenue and fiduciary and asset management revenue was partially offset by a decrease in other revenue.
•Other gains, net, were $5.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $13.1 million in the third quarter of 2024. The third quarter included a $3.1 million pre-tax gain related to the sale of converted Visa shares. Unrealized gain on merchant banking investments was $2.2 million and gain on investments related to deferred compensation was $2.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $5.0 million and $3.8 million, respectively, in the prior quarter.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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•Operating expense increased $6.6 million to $347.7 million. Personnel expense grew $3.9 million due to commissions related to increased trading revenue and business expansion. Non-personnel expense increased $2.8 million due to higher professional fees and services, business promotion expense, and mortgage banking costs.
•No provision for credit losses was necessary for the fourth quarter of 2024. The provision for credit losses was $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2024. Net charge-offs remained muted at $528 thousand, or 0.01% of average loans on an annualized basis, in the fourth quarter.
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Critical Accounting Policies & Estimates
The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company's accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Management makes significant assumptions and estimates in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP that may be highly subjective, complex, and subject to variability. Actual results could differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates. The following discussion addresses the most critical areas where these assumptions and estimates could affect the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company. These critical accounting policies and estimates have been discussed with the appropriate committees of the Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Loan Commitments
The allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments represent the portion of amortized cost basis of loans and related unfunded commitments we do not expect to collect over the asset’s contractual life, considering past events, current conditions, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. Quarterly, a senior management Allowance Committee assesses the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk. This assessment requires judgment about effects of uncertain matters, resulting in a subjective calculation which is inherently imprecise. Because of the subjective forward-looking nature of the calculation, changes in these measures may not directly correlate with actual economic events. In future periods, management judgment may consider new or changed information which may cause significant changes in these allowances in those future periods.
See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the description of the expected credit losses calculation of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments.
For the majority of risk-graded loans, the accruing loans expected credit loss estimate is sensitive to management judgment, particularly probability of default and loss given default assumptions, changes in specific macroeconomic factor forecasts and the probability weight assigned to each economic scenario, and appropriate adjustments.
Significant assumptions and estimates affecting the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk include:
•Probability of default and loss given default measurements are based on historical data that may not be a good predictor of future performance or actual losses.
•Probability of default is based on risk grades, a subjective measurement of the risk of a loan. This subjective assessment of risk may not reflect actual risk of loss.
•The forecast for each relevant economic loss driver and the probability weighting of economic scenarios are overseen by a senior management Economic Forecast Committee which includes members independent of the allowance process.
•The Allowance Committee may increase or decrease the allowance to reflect risks not captured in the quantitative component. Examples of circumstances that may result in adjustments include, but are not limited to, new lines of business, market conditions that have not been previously encountered, observed changes in credit risk that are not yet reflected in macroeconomic factors, or economic conditions that impact loss given default assumptions.
Although the resulting expected credit loss estimate represents management's best estimates at the time, actual credit losses will differ from management's estimate. Portfolio composition will change over time, actual economic conditions will differ from probability-weighted assumptions, borrower-specific circumstances will change, as well as other factors. Differences between actual losses and management's estimates may materially affect the Company's results of operations.
We describe critical elements affecting our estimate of expected credit loss in the "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis. While it is challenging to evaluate the allowance impact for a change in a particular input, results of such an analysis demonstrate how the quantitative element of the allowance behaves under different conditions. The sensitivity to management's economic scenario weighting may be quantified by comparing the results of weighting each economic scenario at 100%. For example, compared to a 100% Base Case scenario, a 100% Downside case would result in an additional $192 million in quantitative reserve, while a 100% Upside Case would result in $24 million less in quantitative reserve at December 31, 2024. Such sensitivity calculations do not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the related allowance for a number of reasons including (1) management's weighting of multiple forecasted economic scenarios in estimating expected credit losses; (2) management's predictions of future economic trends and relationships among the scenarios may differ from actual events; and (3) management's application of subjective measures to modeled results when appropriate.
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Fair Value Measurement
Certain assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Fair value is defined by applicable accounting guidance as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal markets for the given asset or liability at the measurement date based on market conditions at that date. An orderly transaction assumes exposure to the market for a customary period for marketing activities prior to the measurement date and not a forced liquidation or distressed sale.
A hierarchy for fair value has been established that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad categories: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), other observable inputs that can be observed either directly or indirectly (Level 2), and unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities (Level 3). Fair value may be recorded for certain assets and liabilities every reporting period on a recurring basis or under certain circumstances on a non-recurring basis. Fair value measurements of significant assets or liabilities that are based on unobservable inputs (Level 3) are considered Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. Additional discussion of fair value measurement and disclosure is included in Notes 7 and 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
We have a significant investment in MSRs. Our MSRs are primarily retained from sales in the secondary market of residential mortgage loans we have originated or purchased from correspondent lenders. MSRs may be purchased from other lenders. Both originated and purchased MSRs are initially recognized at fair value. We carry all MSRs at fair value. Changes in fair value are recognized in earnings as they occur.
MSRs are not traded in active markets. The fair value of MSRs is determined by discounting the projected cash flows. Certain significant assumptions and estimates used in valuing MSRs are based on current market sources including projected prepayment speeds, assumed servicing costs, earnings on escrow deposits, ancillary income and discount rates. Assumptions used to value our MSRs are considered significant unobservable inputs and represent our best estimate of assumptions that market participants would use to value this asset. A separate third-party model is used to estimate prepayment speeds based on interest rates, housing turnover rates, estimated loan curtailment, anticipated defaults, and other relevant factors. The prepayment model is updated periodically for changes in market conditions and adjusted to better correlate with actual performance of our servicing portfolio. The discount rate is based on benchmark rates for mortgage loans plus a market spread expected by investors in servicing rights. Significant assumptions used to determine the fair value of our MSRs are presented in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. At least quarterly, we request estimates of fair value from outside sources to corroborate the results of the valuation model.
The assumptions used in this model are primarily based on mortgage interest rates. Evaluation of the effect of a change in one assumption without considering the effect of that change on other assumptions is not meaningful. Considering all related assumptions, we expect a 50 basis point parallel rate increase to increase the fair value of our servicing rights by $9.7 million. We expect a $12.0 million decrease in the fair value of our MSRs from a 50 basis point parallel rate decrease.
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
2024 Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the interest earned on debt securities, loans, and other interest-earning assets less interest paid for interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings. The net interest margin is calculated by dividing tax-equivalent net interest income by average interest-earning assets. Net interest spread is the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is typically greater than net interest spread due to interest income earned on assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities such as demand deposits and equity.
Tax-equivalent net interest income totaled $1.2 billion for 2024, a decrease of $61.1 million compared to the prior year. Net interest income was reduced $58.0 million due to changes in interest rates. Net interest income decreased $3.1 million from growth in average assets and interest-bearing deposit balances, partially offset by lower wholesale borrowings. Table 3 shows the effects on net interest income due to changes in average balances and interest rates for the various types of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. In addition, see the Annual Financial Summary of consolidated daily average balances, yields and rates as shown in Table 2.
Net interest margin was 2.65% for 2024 and 2.93% for 2023. Our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.01% compared to 3.31% in the prior year. In response to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate 525 basis points during 2022 and 2023. The resulting impact on market interest rates increased net interest margin at first as our earning assets, led by our significant percentage of variable-rate commercial loans, repriced at a higher rate and faster pace than our interest-bearing liabilities. Throughout 2023 and 2024, we have experienced margin compression reflecting deposit repricing activity and demand deposit migration into interest-bearing accounts. This compression began to slow in September 2024, following a series of rate cuts totaling 100 basis points through the end of the year. The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 5.75% for 2024, compared to 5.38% in 2023. Loan yields increased 24 basis points to 7.32%. The available for sale securities portfolio yield increased 63 basis points to 3.69%, and the yield on trading securities grew 37 basis points to 5.11%.
Funding costs increased 58 basis points compared to 2023. The cost of interest-bearing deposits increased 89 basis points. The cost of other short-term borrowings increased 17 basis points while the cost of funds purchased and repurchase agreements decreased 45 basis points. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 91 basis points for 2024, compared to 98 basis points for 2023.
Average earning assets for 2024 increased $2.6 billion, or 6%, over 2023. Average trading securities increased $1.1 billion. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, increased $1.0 billion, largely due to growth in commercial loans and loans to individuals. The average balance of available for sale securities, which consists largely of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, increased $860 million.
Total average deposits increased $3.1 billion over the prior year, including a $5.4 billion increase in interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by a $2.3 billion decrease in average demand deposit balances. Average short-term borrowings decreased $1.1 billion.
Our overall objective is to manage the Company's balance sheet for changes in interest rates as described in the Market Risk section of this report. Approximately 82% of our commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolios are either variable rate loans or fixed rate loans that will reprice within one year. These loans are funded primarily by deposit accounts that are either non-interest bearing or that reprice more slowly than the loans. The result is a balance sheet that would be asset-sensitive which means that assets generally reprice more quickly than liabilities. One of the strategies that we use to manage toward a relative rate-neutral position is to purchase fixed rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued primarily by U.S. government agencies and fund them with market rate sensitive liabilities. The liability-sensitive nature of this strategy provides an offset to the asset-sensitive characteristics of our loan portfolio. We also may use derivative instruments to manage our interest rate risk.
The effectiveness of these strategies is reflected in the overall change in net interest income due to changes in interest rates as shown in Table 3 and in the interest rate sensitivity projections as shown in the Market Risk section of this report.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Year Ended | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 545,020 | $ | 28,234 | 5.18 | % | |||||
| Trading securities | 5,683,573 | 288,471 | 5.11 | % | |||||||
| Investment securities | 2,122,836 | 30,105 | 1.42 | % | |||||||
| Available for sale securities | 12,801,565 | 490,867 | 3.69 | % | |||||||
| Fair value option securities | 19,180 | 761 | 3.66 | % | |||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 403,519 | 32,903 | 8.15 | % | |||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 80,528 | 5,062 | 6.17 | % | |||||||
| Loans | 24,165,781 | 1,769,208 | 7.32 | % | |||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (283,164) | ||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 23,882,617 | 1,769,208 | 7.41 | % | |||||||
| Total earning assets | 45,538,838 | 2,645,611 | 5.75 | % | |||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 244,951 | ||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 4,965,709 | ||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 50,749,498 | |||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 23,567,473 | $ | 861,538 | 3.66 | % | |||||
| Savings | 828,683 | 4,845 | 0.58 | % | |||||||
| Time | 3,506,652 | 159,346 | 4.54 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 27,902,808 | 1,025,729 | 3.68 | % | |||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 1,295,993 | 52,371 | 4.04 | % | |||||||
| Other borrowings | 6,208,654 | 338,390 | 5.45 | % | |||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,163 | 9,216 | 7.03 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 35,538,618 | 1,425,706 | 4.01 | % | |||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 8,417,151 | ||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 417,972 | ||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,041,590 | ||||||||||
| Total equity | 5,334,167 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 50,749,498 | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | $ | 1,219,905 | 1.74 | % | |||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income to earning assets | 2.65 | % | |||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 9,147 | ||||||||||
| Net interest income | 1,210,758 | ||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 18,000 | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 839,641 | ||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,365,755 | ||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 666,644 | ||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 143,091 | ||||||||||
| Net income | 523,553 | ||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (16) | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 523,569 | |||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | |||||||||||
| Net income: | |||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 8.14 | |||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 8.14 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 632,289 | $ | 32,353 | 5.12 | % | $ | 801,180 | $ | 11,552 | 1.44 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 4,559,012 | 216,269 | 4.74 | % | 4,723,130 | 115,295 | 2.24 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 2,368,749 | 34,043 | 1.44 | % | 1,493,322 | 24,490 | 1.64 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 11,941,222 | 388,755 | 3.06 | % | 11,643,103 | 249,361 | 2.07 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 150,847 | 7,760 | 5.06 | % | 64,776 | 2,145 | 3.40 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 387,224 | 29,683 | 7.67 | % | 180,760 | 8,282 | 4.58 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 69,280 | 4,341 | 6.12 | % | 139,553 | 6,027 | 4.31 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 23,125,349 | 1,638,071 | 7.08 | % | 21,279,187 | 983,413 | 4.62 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (258,300) | (245,915) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 22,867,049 | 1,638,071 | 7.16 | % | 21,033,272 | 983,413 | 4.68 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 42,975,672 | 2,351,275 | 5.38 | % | 40,079,096 | 1,400,565 | 3.42 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 222,004 | 310,974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 5,046,478 | 6,634,566 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 48,244,154 | $ | 47,024,636 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 19,223,863 | $ | 540,068 | 2.81 | % | $ | 20,550,624 | $ | 108,956 | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 901,008 | 2,913 | 0.32 | % | 969,279 | 489 | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 2,354,511 | 83,616 | 3.55 | % | 1,446,613 | 12,304 | 0.85 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 22,479,382 | 626,597 | 2.79 | % | 22,966,516 | 121,749 | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 2,653,654 | 119,018 | 4.49 | % | 1,265,045 | 13,158 | 1.04 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 5,979,095 | 315,717 | 5.28 | % | 1,628,972 | 39,325 | 2.41 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,155 | 8,952 | 6.83 | % | 131,206 | 6,490 | 4.95 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 31,243,286 | 1,070,284 | 3.43 | % | 25,991,739 | 180,722 | 0.70 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 10,725,452 | 14,884,765 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 388,353 | 451,530 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 979,685 | 879,691 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 4,907,378 | 4,816,911 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 48,244,154 | $ | 47,024,636 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | $ | 1,280,991 | 1.95 | % | $ | 1,219,843 | 2.72 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income to earning assets | 2.93 | % | 2.98 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 8,811 | 8,463 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 1,272,180 | 1,211,380 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 46,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 789,949 | 643,257 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,332,881 | 1,164,480 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 683,248 | 660,157 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 152,115 | 139,864 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 531,133 | 520,293 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 387 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 530,746 | $ | 520,273 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 8.02 | $ | 7.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 8.02 | $ | 7.68 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 3 – Annual Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 / 2023 | December 31, 2023 / 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | Change Due To1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | (4,119) | $ | (4,483) | $ | 364 | $ | 20,801 | $ | (5,557) | $ | 26,358 | |||||||||||
| Trading securities | 72,202 | 53,232 | 18,970 | 100,974 | (20,136) | 121,110 | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | (3,938) | (3,773) | (165) | 9,553 | 12,559 | (3,006) | |||||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 102,112 | 21,205 | 80,907 | 139,394 | 16,127 | 123,267 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | (6,999) | (5,778) | (1,221) | 5,615 | 3,815 | 1,800 | |||||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 3,220 | 2,065 | 1,155 | 21,401 | 13,269 | 8,132 | |||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 721 | 682 | 39 | (1,686) | (3,592) | 1,906 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans | 131,137 | 74,649 | 56,488 | 654,658 | 108,241 | 546,417 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | 294,336 | 137,799 | 156,537 | 950,710 | 124,726 | 825,984 | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 321,470 | 140,061 | 181,409 | 431,112 | (22,237) | 453,349 | |||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | 1,932 | (321) | 2,253 | 2,424 | (114) | 2,538 | |||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 75,730 | 46,661 | 29,069 | 71,312 | 19,985 | 51,327 | |||||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | (66,647) | (57,832) | (8,815) | 105,860 | 38,329 | 67,531 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 22,673 | 12,315 | 10,358 | 276,392 | 167,239 | 109,153 | |||||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 264 | 1 | 263 | 2,462 | (4) | 2,466 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | 355,422 | 140,885 | 214,537 | 889,562 | 203,198 | 686,364 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | (61,086) | (3,086) | (58,000) | 61,148 | (78,472) | 139,620 | |||||||||||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | 336 | 348 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | (61,422) | $ | 60,800 |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Fourth Quarter 2024 Net Interest Income
Tax-equivalent net interest income totaled $315.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of $5.0 million over the third quarter of 2024. Net interest margin expanded 7 basis point to 2.75% for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to 2.68% for the third quarter of 2024, primarily attributable to liabilities repricing lower more quickly than assets during the quarter. For the fourth quarter of 2024, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities1, a non-GAAP measure, expanded 7 basis points to 3.09% compared to 3.02% in the prior quarter.
Average earning assets for the fourth quarter of 2024 decreased $536 million compared to the third quarter of 2024. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, decreased $277 million, largely due to reduced commercial and commercial real estate loan balances. Average trading securities decreased $165 million. Average interest-bearing deposits increased $954 million, primarily from interest-bearing transaction accounts. Funds purchased and repurchase agreements grew $60 million, while average other borrowings decreased $1.9 billion.
The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 5.59% for the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of 30 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2024, in response to the rate cuts made by the Federal Reserve. The loan portfolio yield decreased 46 basis points to 7.01%, while the yield on available for sale securities increased 6 basis points to 3.82% due to repricing at higher rates. The yield on trading securities decreased 46 basis points to 4.90% and the yield on interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents decreased 73 basis points to 4.60%.
Funding costs were 3.69%, a decrease of 42 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2024. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 31 basis points to 3.48%. The cost of funds purchased and repurchase agreements decreased 11 basis points to 3.78%, while the cost of other borrowings decreased 60 basis points to 4.95%. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 85 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 90 basis points in the third quarter of 2024.
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 546,955 | $ | 6,322 | 4.60 | % | $ | 531,811 | $ | 7,131 | 5.33 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 5,636,949 | 68,817 | 4.90 | % | 5,802,448 | 76,498 | 5.36 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 2,037,072 | 7,256 | 1.42 | % | 2,094,408 | 7,406 | 1.41 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 12,969,630 | 127,803 | 3.82 | % | 12,939,422 | 125,555 | 3.76 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 18,384 | 183 | 3.70 | % | 19,095 | 189 | 3.69 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 338,236 | 6,427 | 7.60 | % | 410,800 | 8,426 | 8.20 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 87,353 | 1,296 | 5.85 | % | 95,742 | 1,495 | 6.15 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 24,024,544 | 423,487 | 7.01 | % | 24,304,884 | 455,995 | 7.47 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (283,685) | (287,227) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 23,740,859 | 423,487 | 7.10 | % | 24,017,657 | 455,995 | 7.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 45,375,438 | 641,591 | 5.59 | % | 45,911,383 | 682,695 | 5.89 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 284,793 | 216,158 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 4,954,955 | 5,029,494 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 50,615,186 | $ | 51,157,035 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 24,992,464 | $ | 214,868 | 3.42 | % | $ | 23,986,697 | $ | 227,767 | 3.78 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 818,210 | 1,213 | 0.59 | % | 820,980 | 1,232 | 0.60 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 3,629,882 | 41,643 | 4.56 | % | 3,678,964 | 42,129 | 4.56 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 29,440,556 | 257,724 | 3.48 | % | 28,486,641 | 271,128 | 3.79 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 1,076,400 | 10,231 | 3.78 | % | 1,016,688 | 9,932 | 3.89 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 4,489,870 | 55,883 | 4.95 | % | 6,366,046 | 88,774 | 5.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,185 | 2,241 | 6.80 | % | 131,155 | 2,357 | 7.15 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 35,138,011 | 326,079 | 3.69 | % | 36,000,530 | 372,191 | 4.11 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 8,378,558 | 8,273,656 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 472,334 | 348,585 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,047,983 | 1,084,458 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 5,578,300 | 5,449,806 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 50,615,186 | $ | 51,157,035 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | $ | 315,512 | 1.90 | % | $ | 310,504 | 1.78 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income to earning assets | 2.75 | % | 2.68 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 2,466 | 2,385 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 313,046 | 308,119 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | — | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 210,044 | 208,192 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 347,656 | 341,025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 175,434 | 173,286 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 39,280 | 33,313 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 136,154 | 139,973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | — | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corp. shareholders | $ | 136,154 | $ | 139,999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 2.12 | $ | 2.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 2.12 | $ | 2.18 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue /Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield/Rate1 | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield/Rate1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 533,760 | $ | 7,776 | 5.86 | % | $ | 567,680 | $ | 7,005 | 4.96 | % | $ | 605,839 | $ | 8,096 | 5.30 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 5,922,891 | 74,856 | 5.06 | % | 5,371,209 | 68,300 | 5.12 | % | 5,448,403 | 69,013 | 5.05 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,151,079 | 7,589 | 1.41 | % | 2,210,040 | 7,854 | 1.42 | % | 2,264,194 | 8,058 | 1.42 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12,755,865 | 123,916 | 3.71 | % | 12,537,981 | 113,593 | 3.48 | % | 12,063,398 | 105,556 | 3.27 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 19,170 | 194 | 3.68 | % | 20,080 | 195 | 3.59 | % | 20,086 | 199 | 3.57 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 453,303 | 9,192 | 8.11 | % | 412,376 | 8,858 | 8.59 | % | 432,780 | 8,670 | 8.01 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 81,371 | 1,348 | 6.50 | % | 57,402 | 923 | 6.25 | % | 61,146 | 1,036 | 6.59 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24,385,153 | 449,142 | 7.41 | % | 23,948,567 | 440,584 | 7.40 | % | 23,705,108 | 439,808 | 7.36 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (283,246) | (278,449) | (273,717) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24,101,907 | 449,142 | 7.49 | % | 23,670,118 | 440,584 | 7.48 | % | 23,431,391 | 439,808 | 7.45 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 46,019,346 | 674,013 | 5.80 | % | 44,846,886 | 647,312 | 5.73 | % | 44,327,237 | 640,436 | 5.64 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 171,344 | 307,389 | 276,856 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5,004,509 | 4,873,297 | 5,109,577 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 51,195,199 | $ | 50,027,572 | $ | 49,713,670 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 23,006,204 | $ | 215,122 | 3.76 | % | $ | 22,264,259 | $ | 203,781 | 3.68 | % | $ | 20,449,370 | $ | 177,475 | 3.44 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 832,704 | 1,196 | 0.58 | % | 843,037 | 1,204 | 0.57 | % | 845,705 | 1,132 | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,427,336 | 38,435 | 4.51 | % | 3,287,179 | 37,139 | 4.54 | % | 3,002,252 | 31,242 | 4.13 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 27,266,244 | 254,753 | 3.76 | % | 26,394,475 | 242,124 | 3.69 | % | 24,297,327 | 209,849 | 3.43 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,838,323 | 19,544 | 4.28 | % | 1,258,044 | 12,664 | 4.05 | % | 2,476,973 | 29,915 | 4.79 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7,151,228 | 99,193 | 5.58 | % | 6,844,633 | 94,540 | 5.56 | % | 7,120,963 | 99,542 | 5.55 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 131,156 | 2,306 | 7.07 | % | 131,154 | 2,312 | 7.09 | % | 131,151 | 2,343 | 7.09 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 36,386,951 | 375,796 | 4.15 | % | 34,628,306 | 351,640 | 4.08 | % | 34,026,414 | 341,649 | 3.98 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8,386,979 | 8,631,416 | 9,378,886 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 351,199 | 499,936 | 363,358 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 920,427 | 1,112,947 | 1,008,035 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5,149,643 | 5,154,967 | 4,936,977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 51,195,199 | $ | 50,027,572 | $ | 49,713,670 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 298,217 | 1.65 | % | $ | 295,672 | 1.65 | % | $ | 298,787 | 1.66 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.56 | % | 2.61 | % | 2.64 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,196 | 2,100 | 2,112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 296,021 | 293,572 | 296,675 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8,000 | 8,000 | 6,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 259,704 | 161,701 | 204,883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 336,690 | 340,384 | 384,083 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 211,035 | 106,889 | 111,475 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47,303 | 23,195 | 28,953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 163,732 | 83,694 | 82,522 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (9) | (53) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 163,713 | $ | 83,703 | $ | 82,575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 2.54 | $ | 1.29 | $ | 1.26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 2.54 | $ | 1.29 | $ | 1.26 |
1 Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued
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Table 5 – Quarterly Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 / Sep. 30, 2024 | |||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | |||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | (809) | $ | 185 | $ | (994) | |||||
| Trading securities | (7,681) | (1,190) | (6,491) | ||||||||
| Investment securities | (150) | (203) | 53 | ||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 2,248 | 238 | 2,010 | ||||||||
| Fair value option securities | (6) | (6) | — | ||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | (1,999) | (1,674) | (325) | ||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | (199) | (130) | (69) | ||||||||
| Loans | (32,508) | (4,834) | (27,674) | ||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | (41,104) | (7,614) | (33,490) | ||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | (12,899) | 9,182 | (22,081) | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | (19) | (1) | (18) | ||||||||
| Time deposits | (486) | (524) | 38 | ||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 299 | 582 | (283) | ||||||||
| Other borrowings | (32,891) | (24,732) | (8,159) | ||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | (116) | — | (116) | ||||||||
| Total interest expense | (46,112) | (15,493) | (30,619) | ||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income | 5,008 | 7,879 | (2,871) | ||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | 81 | ||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 4,927 |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
Other Operating Revenue
2024 Other Operating Revenue
Other operating revenue was $839.6 million for 2024, an increase of $49.7 million, or 6%, compared to 2023.
Table 6 – Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2024vs.2023 | 2024vs.2023 | Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 218,092 | $ | 240,610 | $ | (22,518) | (9) | % | $ | 140,978 | $ | 99,632 | 71 | % | |||||||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 108,865 | 106,858 | 2,007 | 2 | % | 104,266 | 2,592 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 230,860 | 207,318 | 23,542 | 11 | % | 196,326 | 10,992 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 118,745 | 108,514 | 10,231 | 9 | % | 110,636 | (2,122) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 74,107 | 55,698 | 18,409 | 33 | % | 49,365 | 6,333 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other revenue | 59,354 | 62,120 | (2,766) | (4) | % | 55,642 | 6,478 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total fees and commissions | 810,023 | 781,118 | 28,905 | 4 | % | 657,213 | 123,905 | 19 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains, net | 79,726 | 56,795 | 22,931 | N/A | 123 | 56,672 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on derivatives, net | (22,461) | (9,921) | (12,540) | N/A | (73,011) | 63,090 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | (256) | (4,292) | 4,036 | N/A | (20,358) | 16,066 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 18,437 | (3,115) | 21,552 | N/A | 80,261 | (83,376) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on available for sale securities, net | (45,828) | (30,636) | (15,192) | N/A | (971) | (29,665) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 839,641 | $ | 789,949 | $ | 49,692 | 6 | % | $ | 643,257 | $ | 146,692 | 23 | % |
Fees and commissions revenue
Diversified sources of fees and commissions revenue are a significant part of our business strategy and represented 40% of combined net interest income before provision for credit losses and fees and commission revenue. We believe that a variety of fee revenue sources provides diversification to changes resulting from market or economic conditions such as interest rates, values in the equity markets, commodity prices and consumer spending, all of which can be volatile. Many of these economic factors, such as decreasing interest rates, that we expect will result in a decline in net interest income or fiduciary and asset management revenue may also increase mortgage banking production volumes and related trading. The velocity of changes in market conditions and interest rates may result in timing differences between when offsetting impacts and benefits are realized. Generally, for operating revenues not as directly related to movement in interest rates, we expect growth to come through offering new products and services and by further development of our presence in other markets. However, current and future economic conditions, regulatory constraints, increased competition, and saturation in our existing markets could affect the rate of future increases.
Brokerage and trading revenue, which includes revenues from trading, customer hedging, retail brokerage and investment banking, decreased $22.5 million, or 9%, compared to the prior year.
Trading revenue includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses primarily related to sales of residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and related derivative instruments that enable our mortgage banking customers to manage their production risk. Trading revenue also includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses on municipal securities and other financial instruments that we sell to institutional customers, along with changes in the fair value of financial instruments we hold as economic hedges against market risk of our trading securities. Trading revenue was $121.9 million for 2024, a decrease of $12.7 million compared to 2023, primarily due to a shift from fee revenue to net interest income on trading securities. See additional discussion in "Reportable Segments" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis.
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Customer hedging revenue is based primarily on realized and unrealized changes in the fair value of derivative contracts held for customer risk management programs. As more fully discussed under Customer Derivative Programs in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we offer commodity, interest rate, foreign exchange, and equity derivatives to our customers. Derivative contracts executed with customers are offset with contracts between selected counterparties and exchanges to minimize market risk from changes in commodity prices, interest rates, or foreign exchange rates. Customer hedging revenue, which is largely volume driven, totaled $27.7 million for 2024, a decrease of $8.8 million, or 24%, compared to 2023, and was primarily attributed to our energy derivative customers. Customer hedging revenue includes credit valuation adjustments of the fair value of derivatives to reflect the risk of counterparty default.
Investment banking, which includes fees earned upon completion of underwriting, financial advisory services and loan syndication fees, totaled $49.1 million for 2024, an increase of $6.1 million, or 14%, over 2023, largely related to the timing and volume of transactions.
Revenue earned from retail brokerage transactions totaled $19.4 million for 2024, an increase of $3.5 million, or 22%, over 2023. Retail brokerage revenue is primarily based on fees and commissions earned on sales of fixed income securities, annuities, mutual funds, and other financial instruments to retail customers. Revenue is primarily based on the volume of customer transactions and applicable commission rate for each type of product.
The prior year included $10.7 million of insurance brokerage revenue recognized prior to the sale of BOKFI in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Transaction card revenue depends largely on the volume and amount of transactions processed, the number of TransFund ATM locations, and the number of merchants served. Transaction card revenue totaled $108.9 million for 2024, a $2.0 million, or 2%, increase over 2023. Revenues from the processing of transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund EFT network totaled $91.1 million, up $1.6 million, or 2%, over 2023. The number of TransFund ATM locations totaled 2,872 at December 31, 2024, compared to 2,713 at December 31, 2023. Merchant services fees paid by customers for account management and electronic processing of card transactions totaled $9.4 million, an increase of $197 thousand, or 2%. Corporate card revenue totaled $8.3 million, up $184 thousand, or 2%, over 2023.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue is earned through managing or holding of assets for customers and executing transactions or providing related services. Fiduciary and asset management revenue is largely based on the fair value of assets. Rates applied to those asset values vary based on the nature of the relationship. Fiduciary and managed asset relationships generally have a higher fee rate than non-fiduciary and/or managed relationships.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $23.5 million, or 11%, compared to 2023, led by growth in trust fees related to increased market valuations and continued growth in client relationships.
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A distribution of assets under management or administration and related fiduciary and asset management revenue follows:
Table 7 – Assets Under Management or Administration
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managed fiduciary assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal | $ | 12,110,721 | $ | 115,886 | 0.96 | % | $ | 10,951,951 | $ | 103,626 | 0.95 | % | $ | 10,317,729 | $ | 107,325 | 1.04 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Institutional | 23,940,121 | 35,147 | 0.15 | % | 19,310,826 | 34,995 | 0.18 | % | 17,229,041 | 33,482 | 0.19 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total managed fiduciary assets | 36,050,842 | 151,033 | 0.42 | % | 30,262,777 | 138,621 | 0.46 | % | 27,546,770 | 140,807 | 0.51 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-managed assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary | 31,928,292 | 70,393 | 0.22 | % | 29,535,915 | 57,114 | 0.19 | % | 28,513,725 | 43,220 | 0.15 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-fiduciary | 21,116,298 | 9,434 | 0.04 | % | 19,670,248 | 11,583 | 0.06 | % | 19,467,202 | 12,299 | 0.06 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Safekeeping and brokerage assets under administration | 25,519,805 | — | — | % | 25,268,059 | — | — | % | 24,207,343 | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total non-managed assets | 78,564,395 | 79,827 | 0.10 | % | 74,474,222 | 68,697 | 0.09 | % | 72,188,270 | 55,519 | 0.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets under management or administration | $ | 114,615,237 | $ | 230,860 | 0.20 | % | $ | 104,736,999 | $ | 207,318 | 0.20 | % | $ | 99,735,040 | $ | 196,326 | 0.20 | % |
1 Assets under management or administration balance excludes certain assets under custody held by a sub-custodian where minimal revenue is recognized. $21 billion, $19 billion, and $17 billion of such assets are excluded from the 2024, 2023, and 2022 assets under management or administration balances, respectively.
2 Fiduciary and asset management revenue includes asset-based and other fees associated with the assets.
3 Revenue divided by period end balance.
A summary of changes in assets under management or administration for the year ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 follows:
Table 8 – Changes in Assets Under Management or Administration
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 104,736,999 | $ | 99,735,040 | $ | 104,917,721 | |||||
| Net inflows (outflows) | 2,167,911 | (3,105,170) | 572,812 | ||||||||
| Net change in fair value | 7,710,327 | 8,107,129 | (5,755,493) | ||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 114,615,237 | $ | 104,736,999 | $ | 99,735,040 |
Assets under management as of December 31, 2024 consist of 42% fixed income, 35% equities, 14% cash, and 9% alternative investments. Net inflows to assets under management increased during 2024, largely due to continued growth in client relationships. The increase in fair value of $7.7 billion mainly resulted from improvements in the equity markets in 2024.
Deposit service charges and fees totaled $118.7 million for 2024, a $10.2 million, or 9%, increase compared to 2023. Service charges earned primarily on commercial deposit accounts totaled $66.3 million, an $8.6 million, or 15%, increase over the previous year. Overdraft fees and non-sufficient fund fees earned primarily on consumer deposit accounts totaled $22.4 million for 2024, an increase of $1.3 million, or 6%, compared to 2023. Check card revenue totaled $23.9 million, relatively unchanged from 2023.
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Mortgage banking revenue totaled $74.1 million for 2024, an $18.4 million, or 33%, increase over 2023. Mortgage servicing revenue was $65.4 million, a $4.3 million increase compared to the prior year. The average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others totaled $21.9 billion at December 31, 2024, a $1.2 billion increase compared to December 31, 2023. During 2024, we acquired $3.2 billion in unpaid principal balance of mortgage servicing rights, which led to higher mortgage servicing revenue. Mortgage production revenue was $8.7 million, increasing $14.1 million, largely due to higher mortgage production volume. Production volume was up $158 million and production revenue as a percentage of production volume also increased 189 basis points to 1.07%. Production revenue as a percentage of production volume for 2023 was impacted by qualifying residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies previously in forbearance that were resold into GNMA pools following the applicable performance period specified by those programs. Mortgage refinancing activity was 11% of total production in 2024, compared to 9% in 2023.
Table 9 – Mortgage Banking Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| Mortgage production revenue | $ | 8,739 | $ | (5,339) | $ | (1,838) | ||||
| Mortgage loans funded for sale | $ | 812,263 | $ | 666,391 | $ | 1,180,403 | ||||
| Add: Current year end outstanding commitments | 36,590 | 34,783 | 45,492 | |||||||
| Less: Prior year end outstanding commitments | 34,783 | 45,492 | 171,412 | |||||||
| Total mortgage production volume | $ | 814,070 | $ | 655,682 | $ | 1,054,483 | ||||
| Production revenue as a percentage of production volume | 1.07 | % | (0.81) | % | (0.17) | % | ||||
| Realized margin on funded mortgage loans | 1.02 | % | (0.75) | % | 0.63 | % | ||||
| Mortgage loan refinances to mortgage loans funded for sale | 11 | % | 9 | % | 24 | % | ||||
| Primary mortgage interest rates: | ||||||||||
| Average | 6.72 | % | 6.79 | % | 5.34 | % | ||||
| Period end | 6.85 | % | 6.42 | % | 6.41 | % | ||||
| Mortgage servicing revenue | $ | 65,368 | $ | 61,037 | $ | 51,203 | ||||
| Average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others | 21,948,659 | 20,779,627 | 17,871,306 | |||||||
| Average mortgage servicing fee rates | 0.30 | % | 0.29 | % | 0.29 | % |
Primary rates disclosed in Table 9 above represent rates generally available to borrowers on 30 year conforming mortgage loans.
Other revenue totaled $59.4 million for 2024, a decrease of $2.8 million, or 4%, compared to 2023, led by reduced fees earned on derivative counterparty margin.
Other gains, net and net gains on securities and derivatives
Other gains, net, were $79.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $56.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Included in the 2024 other gains is a $56.9 million pre-tax gain recognized in connection with the receipt and disposition of Visa C shares received as a result of the Exchange Offer announced by Visa, Inc. in the second quarter of 2024. The prior year included a pre-tax $31.0 million gain, before related professional fees, on the sale of our insurance brokerage and consulting business, BOKF Insurance. Net unrealized gains on merchant banking investment was $8.4 million and gain on investments related to deferred compensation was $12.0 million for 2024, compared to $12.5 million and $8.9 million, respectively, in 2023.
We also recognized a $45.8 million loss on the sale of available for sale securities in 2024, compared to a loss of $30.6 million in 2023.
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As discussed in the Market Risk section following, the fair value of our MSRs changes in response to changes in primary mortgage loan rates and other assumptions. We attempt to mitigate the earnings volatility caused by changes in the fair value of MSRs by designating certain financial instruments, generally U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities for which we have elected the fair value option, as an economic hedge. Changes in the fair value of these instruments are generally expected to partially offset changes in the fair value of MSRs.
Table 10 – Gain (Loss) on Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net of Economic Hedge
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| Loss on mortgage hedge derivative contracts, net | $ | (23,401) | $ | (10,514) | $ | (72,987) | ||||
| Loss on fair value option securities, net | (256) | (4,292) | (20,358) | |||||||
| Loss on economic hedge of mortgage servicing rights | (23,657) | (14,806) | (93,345) | |||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 18,437 | (3,115) | 80,261 | |||||||
| Loss on changes in fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges included in other operating revenue | (5,220) | (17,921) | (13,084) | |||||||
| Net interest income (expense) on fair value option securities1 | (476) | (258) | 569 | |||||||
| Total economic cost of changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges | $ | (5,696) | $ | (18,179) | $ | (12,515) |
1 Actual interest earned on fair value option securities less internal transfer-priced cost of funds.
Fourth Quarter 2024 Other Operating Revenue
Table 11 – Fourth Quarter 2024 Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 55,505 | $ | 50,391 | $ | 5,114 | 10 | % | ||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 27,631 | 28,495 | (864) | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 60,595 | 57,384 | 3,211 | 6 | % | |||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 30,038 | 30,450 | (412) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 18,140 | 18,372 | (232) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Other revenue | 15,029 | 17,402 | (2,373) | (14) | % | |||||||||
| Total fees and commissions | 206,938 | 202,494 | 4,444 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 4,995 | 13,087 | (8,092) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivatives, net | (21,728) | 8,991 | (30,719) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | (621) | 764 | (1,385) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 20,460 | (16,453) | 36,913 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Loss on available for sale securities, net | — | (691) | 691 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 210,044 | $ | 208,192 | $ | 1,852 | 1 | % |
Other operating revenue was $210.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, a $1.9 million, or 1%, increase over the third quarter of 2024.
Brokerage and trading revenue increased $5.1 million, or 10%, to $55.5 million. Trading revenue grew $9.4 million to $33.1 million driven by growth in U.S. agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading volumes and increased industry turnover as client demand returned to more normal levels following rate cuts at the end of the third quarter and through the fourth quarter. Investment banking revenue decreased $4.1 million to $10.3 million following an elevated third quarter, primarily due to timing and volume of transactions.
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Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $3.2 million led by growth in trust fees related to increased market valuations and continued growth in client relationships. Other revenue decreased $2.4 million to $15.0 million following seasonal highs in letter of credit fees in the third quarter. All other fee businesses performed consistently with the prior quarter.
Other gains, net, were $5.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $13.1 million in the third quarter of 2024. The prior quarter included a pre-tax gain of $3.1 million related to the sale of converted Visa shares. Net unrealized gains on merchant banking investments were $2.2 million and gain on investments related to deferred compensation was $2.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $5.0 million and $3.8 million, respectively, in the prior quarter.
Other Operating Expense
2024 Other Operating Expense
Other operating expense for 2024 totaled $1.4 billion, a $32.9 million, or 2%, increase compared to the prior year. Personnel expense increased $44.6 million, or 6%. Non-personnel expense decreased $11.8 million, or 2%. The FDIC updated their estimate of the special assessment during 2024, resulting in $5.5 million of additional net expense, compared to $43.8 million for the initial assessment in the prior year. Our efficiency ratio1 was 64.32% for 2024, compared to 62.76% in the prior year.
Table 12 – Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2024vs.2023 | 2024vs.2023 | Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 457,922 | $ | 439,987 | $ | 17,935 | 4 | % | $ | 399,107 | $ | 40,880 | 10 | % | |||||||||||
| Incentive compensation: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 200,247 | 196,368 | 3,879 | 2 | % | 172,595 | 23,773 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 22,685 | 15,358 | 7,327 | 48 | % | 9,565 | 5,793 | 61 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 13,042 | 9,818 | 3,224 | N/A | (6,235) | 16,053 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 235,974 | 221,544 | 14,430 | 7 | % | 175,925 | 45,619 | 26 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Employee benefits | 117,343 | 105,079 | 12,264 | 12 | % | 95,886 | 9,193 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 811,239 | 766,610 | 44,629 | 6 | % | 670,918 | 95,692 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Business promotion | 33,274 | 31,796 | 1,478 | 5 | % | 26,435 | 5,361 | 20 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | 13,610 | 2,707 | 10,903 | 403 | % | 2,500 | 207 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 53,921 | 55,337 | (1,416) | (3) | % | 56,342 | (1,005) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 125,328 | 121,502 | 3,826 | 3 | % | 116,867 | 4,635 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| FDIC and other insurance | 31,105 | 30,780 | 325 | 1 | % | 17,994 | 12,786 | 71 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| FDIC special assessment | 5,521 | 43,773 | (38,252) | N/A | — | 43,773 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data processing and communications | 187,273 | 181,365 | 5,908 | 3 | % | 165,907 | 15,458 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 15,079 | 15,225 | (146) | (1) | % | 15,857 | (632) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 11,612 | 13,882 | (2,270) | (16) | % | 15,692 | (1,810) | (12) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 34,638 | 30,524 | 4,114 | 13 | % | 35,834 | (5,310) | (15) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other expense | 43,155 | 39,380 | 3,775 | 10 | % | 40,134 | (754) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,365,755 | $ | 1,332,881 | $ | 32,874 | 2 | % | $ | 1,164,480 | $ | 168,401 | 14 | % | |||||||||||
| Average number of employees (full-time equivalent) | 4,982 | 4,877 | 105 | 2 | % | 4,759 | 118 | 2 | % |
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures in "Non-GAAP Measures" section following.
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Personnel expense
Personnel expense was $811.2 million in 2024, an increase of $44.6 million, or 6%. Regular compensation increased $17.9 million, or 4%, due to a combination of annual merit increases commencing in the first quarter, salary adjustments and business expansion. Changes in assumptions of certain performance-based equity awards and an increase in the quantity of share-based awards granted led to a $7.3 million, or 48%, increase in share-based compensation expense. Cash-based incentive compensation plans, which are either intended to provide current rewards to employees who generate long-term business opportunities for the Company based on growth in loans, deposits, customer relationships, and other measurable metrics or intended to compensate employees with commissions on completed transactions, increased $3.9 million, or 2%, compared to 2023, primarily related to higher loan volumes. Deferred compensation expense increased $3.2 million as the deferred compensation liabilities mirror the performance of the deferred compensation investments, which increased due to performance of the equity markets in 2024. Employee benefits expense increased $12.3 million, or 12%, related to increased employee healthcare costs, retirement plan costs, and payroll tax expense.
Non-personnel expense
Non-personnel expense decreased $11.8 million, or 2%, compared to the prior year. Expense related to the FDIC special assessment totaled $5.5 million for 2024, compared to $43.8 million for the prior year. Charitable contributions to the BOKF Foundation increased $10.9 million, largely due to the donation of converted Visa shares to the foundation. Data processing and communications expense increased $5.9 million, or 3%, and net occupancy and equipment expense grew $3.8 million, or 3%, primarily due to ongoing projects. Mortgage banking costs increased $4.1 million, or 13%, primarily due to an increase in prepayments. Other expense increased $3.8 million, or 10%, due to higher operational losses.
Fourth Quarter 2024 Operating Expense
Table 13 – Fourth Quarter 2024 Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 117,163 | $ | 114,790 | $ | 2,373 | 2 | % | ||||||
| Incentive compensation: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 56,748 | 50,682 | 6,066 | 12 | % | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 5,865 | 8,526 | (2,661) | (31) | % | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 2,441 | 3,980 | (1,539) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 65,054 | 63,188 | 1,866 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Employee benefits | 28,458 | 28,843 | (385) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 210,675 | 206,821 | 3,854 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Business promotion | 9,365 | 7,681 | 1,684 | 22 | % | |||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 15,175 | 13,405 | 1,770 | 13 | % | |||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 32,713 | 32,077 | 636 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| FDIC and other insurance | 6,862 | 8,186 | (1,324) | (16) | % | |||||||||
| FDIC special assessment | (686) | (1,437) | 751 | 52 | % | |||||||||
| Data processing and communications | 48,024 | 47,554 | 470 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 3,699 | 3,594 | 105 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 2,855 | 2,856 | (1) | — | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 10,692 | 9,059 | 1,633 | 18 | % | |||||||||
| Other expense | 8,282 | 11,229 | (2,947) | (26) | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 347,656 | $ | 341,025 | $ | 6,631 | 2 | % |
Other operating expense for the fourth quarter of 2024 totaled $347.7 million, an increase of $6.6 million, or 2%, over the third quarter of 2024.
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Personnel expense was $210.7 million, an increase of $3.9 million, or 2%. Higher sales activity led to a $6.1 million, or 12%, increase in cash based incentive compensation. Regular compensation increased $2.4 million, or 2%, primarily due to compensation related to business expansion and continued investment in our businesses. Deferred compensation expense decreased $1.5 million to $2.4 million; however, this was largely offset by a decrease in the value of related investments included in Other gains, net. Share-based compensation was $2.7 million, or 31%, lower than the prior quarter due to a full quarter impact of changes in assumptions made in the prior quarter.
Non-personnel expense was $137.0 million, an increase of $2.8 million, or 2%. Professional fees and services expenses increased $1.8 million due to ongoing technology project related expenses. Business promotion expense grew $1.7 million, primarily due to increased travel costs. Mortgage banking costs increased $1.6 million while other expense decreased by $2.9 million due to lower operational losses.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense was $143.1 million, or 21.5% of net income before taxes for 2024, and $152.1 million, or 22.3% of net income before taxes for 2023.
Net deferred tax assets totaled $231.9 million at December 31, 2024, compared to net deferred tax assets of $269.6 million at December 31, 2023. We have evaluated the recoverability of our deferred tax assets based on the weight of available evidence, considering both positive and negative factors, and determined that no valuation allowance was required in 2024 or 2023.
Income tax expense was $39.3 million, or 22.4% of net income before taxes for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $33.3 million, or 19.2% of net income before taxes for the third quarter of 2024. The third quarter of 2024 included the release of reserves for uncertain tax positions as the statute of limitations had expired.
Reportable Segments
We operate three principal segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Wealth Management. Commercial Banking includes lending, treasury and cash management services, and customer risk management products for small businesses, middle market, and larger commercial customers. Commercial Banking also includes the TransFund EFT network. Consumer Banking includes retail lending and deposit services, lending and deposit services to small business customers served through our consumer branch network, and all mortgage loan origination and servicing activities. Wealth Management provides fiduciary services, private bank services, insurance, and investment advisory services in all markets. Wealth Management also underwrites state and municipal securities and engages in brokerage and trading activities.
In addition to our reportable segments, we have a Funds Management unit. The primary purpose of this unit is to manage our overall liquidity needs and interest rate risk. Each segment borrows funds from and provides funds to the Funds Management unit as needed to support their operations. Operating results for Funds Management and other include the effect of interest rate risk positions and risk management activities, securities gains and losses including impairment charges, the provision for credit losses in excess of net loans charged off, tax planning strategies, and certain executive compensation costs that are not attributed to the segment. The Funds Management unit also initially recognizes accruals for loss contingencies when losses become probable. Actual losses are recognized by the segment if the accruals are settled.
We allocate resources and evaluate the performance of our reportable segments using net income before taxes, which includes the allocation of cost of funds, capital costs, and certain indirect allocations. Credit costs are attributed to the segments based on net loans charged off or recovered. The difference between credit costs attributed to the segment and the consolidated provision for credit losses is attributed to Funds Management.
Net interest income in our segments reflects our internal funds transfer pricing methodology. The funds transfer pricing methodology is the process by which the Company allocates interest income and expense to the segments and transfers the primary interest rate risk and liquidity risk to the Funds Management unit. The funds transfer pricing methodology considers the interest rate and liquidity risk characteristics of assets and liabilities. Periodically, the methodology and assumptions utilized in transfer pricing are adjusted to reflect economic conditions and other factors, which may impact the allocation of net interest income to the segments.
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Non-personnel expense includes other segment items comprised of Business promotion, Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation, Professional fees and services, Net occupancy and equipment, FDIC and other insurance, Data processing and communications, Printing, postage, and supplies, Amortization of intangible assets, Mortgage banking costs, and other miscellaneous expenses. Corporate allocations include centrally managed operational and administrative expenses that are allocated to segments.
Economic capital is assigned to the segments by a capital allocation model that reflects management's assessment of risk. This model assigns capital based upon credit, operating, interest rate, and other market risk inherent in our segments and recognizes the diversification benefits among the segments. The level of assigned economic capital is a combination of the risk taken by each segment based on its actual exposures and calibrated to its own loss history where possible. Average invested capital includes economic capital and amounts we have invested in the segment.
As shown in Table 14 following, net income before taxes attributable to our segments decreased $119.8 million, or 11%, compared to the prior year. Net interest income declined by $55.1 million compared to the prior year, primarily due to deposit re-pricing activity. Net charge-offs decreased $4.6 million compared to the prior year. Other operating revenue decreased $34.0 million as the prior year included the sale of BOKF Insurance that resulted in a $31.0 million pre-tax gain. Other operating expense increased $30.5 million with a $19.5 million increase in personnel expense and an $11.0 million increase in non-personnel expense. The increase in net income before taxes attributed to Funds Management and other is largely due to the $56.9 million pre-tax gain recognized in connection with receipt and disposition of Visa C shares during 2024.
Table 14 – Net Income Before Taxes by Segment
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 653,403 | $ | 715,586 | $ | 516,185 | ||||
| Consumer Banking | 112,224 | 106,977 | (50,005) | |||||||
| Wealth Management | 156,781 | 219,647 | 97,964 | |||||||
| Segment total | 922,408 | 1,042,210 | 564,144 | |||||||
| Funds Management and other | (255,764) | (358,962) | 96,013 | |||||||
| BOK Financial Corporation | $ | 666,644 | $ | 683,248 | $ | 660,157 |
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2024 Commercial Banking
Commercial Banking contributed $653.4 million to consolidated net income before taxes in 2024, a decrease of $62.2 million, or 9%, compared to the prior year.
Table 15 – Commercial Banking
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2024vs.2023 | 2024vs.2023 | Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 1,078,190 | $ | 1,178,506 | $ | (100,316) | (9) | % | $ | 809,982 | $ | 368,524 | 45 | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (263,094) | (305,107) | 42,013 | 14 | % | (159,242) | (145,865) | (92) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 815,096 | 873,399 | (58,303) | (7) | % | 650,740 | 222,659 | 34 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 8,850 | 13,967 | (5,117) | (37) | % | 17,726 | (3,759) | (21) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans charged off | 806,246 | 859,432 | (53,186) | (6) | % | 633,014 | 226,418 | 36 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 222,584 | 247,001 | (24,417) | (10) | % | 239,692 | 7,309 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 189,027 | 191,765 | (2,738) | (1) | % | 173,309 | 18,456 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 116,403 | 124,083 | (7,680) | (6) | % | 115,934 | 8,149 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 305,430 | 315,848 | (10,418) | (3) | % | 289,243 | 26,605 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 69,997 | 74,999 | (5,002) | (7) | % | 67,278 | 7,721 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 653,403 | $ | 715,586 | $ | (62,183) | (9) | % | $ | 516,185 | $ | 199,401 | 39 | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 21,751,103 | $ | 21,003,551 | $ | 747,552 | 4 | % | $ | 19,073,248 | $ | 1,930,303 | 10 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 20,201,849 | 19,374,797 | 827,052 | 4 | % | 17,553,395 | 1,821,402 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 16,752,377 | 15,321,427 | 1,430,950 | 9 | % | 18,323,412 | (3,001,985) | (16) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,150,565 | 2,182,622 | (32,057) | (1) | % | 2,057,560 | 125,062 | 6 | % |
Net interest income and fee revenue decreased $58.3 million, or 7%, primarily due to a shift in deposit balances from demand to interest-bearing accounts along with decreased spreads from a change in market conditions. Net loans charged off decreased $5.1 million to $8.9 million in 2024.
Other operating revenue decreased $24.4 million, or 10%. Customer hedging revenue decreased $18.3 million due to a reduction in energy customer hedging. A decrease of $10.0 million in other revenue was completely offset by growth in deposit service charges and fees of $8.2 million and increased transaction card revenue of $2.6 million. Other gains, net, included $5.2 million related to gains on merchant banking investments, compared to a gain of $12.3 million in the prior year.
Other operating expense decreased $10.4 million, or 3%, compared to 2023. Personnel expense decreased $2.7 million, or 1%, largely driven by lower incentive compensation costs, partially offset by a combination of annual merit increases and salary adjustments. Non-personnel expense decreased $7.7 million, or 6%, driven primarily by reduced operational losses. Corporate allocations decreased $5.0 million, or 7%, compared to the prior year.
The average outstanding balance of loans attributed to Commercial Banking increased $827 million, or 4%, over 2023 to $20.2 billion. See the Loans section of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition following for additional discussion of changes in commercial and commercial real estate loans, which are primarily attributed to the Commercial Banking segment.
Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $16.8 billion for 2024, a $1.4 billion, or 9%, increase over the prior year. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of this change.
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Fourth Quarter 2024 Commercial Banking
Table 16 - Commercial Banking - Fourth Quarter 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 243,915 | $ | 273,934 | $ | (30,019) | (11) | % | ||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (44,180) | (66,324) | 22,144 | 33 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income | 199,735 | 207,610 | (7,875) | (4) | % | |||||||||
| Net loans recovered | (115) | (1,329) | (1,214) | (91) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans recovered | 199,850 | 208,939 | (9,089) | (4) | % | |||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 58,225 | 59,482 | (1,257) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 49,592 | 48,152 | 1,440 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 31,242 | 30,235 | 1,007 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 80,834 | 78,387 | 2,447 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 16,848 | 17,371 | (523) | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 160,393 | $ | 172,663 | $ | (12,270) | (7) | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 21,510,871 | $ | 21,881,574 | $ | (370,703) | (2) | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 19,996,608 | 20,340,512 | (343,904) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 17,941,793 | 17,131,237 | 810,556 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,146,616 | 2,144,219 | 2,397 | — | % |
Commercial Banking contributed $160.4 million to consolidated net income before taxes in the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of $12.3 million, or 7%, compared to the third quarter of 2024. Net interest income decreased $7.9 million, or 4%, primarily due to lower average loan balances, along with reduced loan fees and loan spreads. Other operating revenue was relatively consistent with the prior quarter. Net loans recovered decreased $1.2 million to $115 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2024. Personnel expense increased $1.4 million, or 3%, due to increased incentive compensation costs during the quarter, and non-personnel expense increased $1.0 million, or 3%, related to ongoing project costs.
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2024 Consumer Banking
Consumer Banking services are provided through four primary distribution channels: traditional branches, the 24-hour ExpressBank call center, internet banking, and mobile banking. Consumer Banking also conducts mortgage banking activities through offices located outside our Consumer Banking markets.
Net income before taxes attributed to Consumer Banking totaled $112.2 million for 2024, a $5.2 million, or 5%, increase over the prior year.
Table 17 – Consumer Banking
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2024vs.2023 | 2024vs.2023 | Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 25,946 | $ | 59,962 | $ | (34,016) | (57) | % | $ | 69,646 | $ | (9,684) | (14) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest income from internal sources | 234,101 | 207,058 | 27,043 | 13 | % | 30,911 | 176,147 | 570 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 260,047 | 267,020 | (6,973) | (3) | % | 100,557 | 166,463 | 166 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 5,827 | 5,157 | 670 | 13 | % | 5,260 | (103) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans charged off | 254,220 | 261,863 | (7,643) | (3) | % | 95,297 | 166,566 | 175 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 140,005 | 105,793 | 34,212 | 32 | % | 108,873 | (3,080) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 98,667 | 89,472 | 9,195 | 10 | % | 87,183 | 2,289 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 127,597 | 122,642 | 4,955 | 4 | % | 122,027 | 615 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 226,264 | 212,114 | 14,150 | 7 | % | 209,210 | 2,904 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 55,737 | 48,565 | 7,172 | 15 | % | 44,965 | 3,600 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 112,224 | $ | 106,977 | $ | 5,247 | 5 | % | $ | (50,005) | $ | 156,982 | 314 | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 8,112,293 | $ | 8,040,602 | $ | 71,691 | 1 | % | $ | 8,789,697 | $ | (749,095) | (9) | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 2,023,837 | 1,800,320 | 223,517 | 12 | % | 1,688,697 | 111,623 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,077,700 | 8,014,159 | 63,541 | 1 | % | 8,763,046 | (748,887) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 313,460 | 285,997 | 27,463 | 10 | % | 250,546 | 35,451 | 14 | % |
Net interest income from Consumer Banking activities decreased by $7.0 million, or 3%, compared to 2023, largely due to increased customer demand for time deposits and a decrease in deposit spreads from a change in market conditions.
Other operating revenue increased $34.2 million, or 32%, compared to prior year. Mortgage banking revenue increased $19.0 million, primarily due to higher mortgage production volume combined with increased servicing revenue driven by recent purchases of mortgage servicing rights. Mortgage production volume increased $158 million, or 24%, and production revenue as a percentage of production volume, which includes unrealized gains and losses on our mortgage commitment pipeline and related hedges, increased 189 basis points to 1.07%. The net cost of the change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges, as more fully presented in Table 10, was $5.7 million for 2024, compared to a net cost of $18.2 million in 2023.
Other operating expense increased $14.2 million, or 7%, led by higher incentive compensation and regular compensation. Corporate allocations increased $7.2 million, or 15%, compared to the prior year.
Average loans attributed to Consumer Banking increased $224 million, or 12%, to $2.0 billion. Average consumer deposits increased $64 million, or 1%, to $8.1 billion. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of the changes.
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Fourth Quarter 2024 Consumer Banking
Table 18 - Consumer Banking - Fourth Quarter 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
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| Dec. 31, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 6,655 | $ | 5,955 | $ | 700 | 12 | % | ||||||
| Net interest income from internal sources | 58,830 | 59,308 | (478) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income | 65,485 | 65,263 | 222 | — | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 993 | 1,779 | (786) | (44) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans charged off | 64,492 | 63,484 | 1,008 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 33,872 | 32,367 | 1,505 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 24,799 | 24,616 | 183 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 35,111 | 33,163 | 1,948 | 6 | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 59,910 | 57,779 | 2,131 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 14,874 | 13,298 | 1,576 | 12 | % | |||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 23,580 | $ | 24,774 | $ | (1,194) | (5) | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 8,238,609 | $ | 8,172,256 | $ | 66,353 | 1 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 2,147,058 | 2,057,870 | 89,188 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,197,577 | 8,136,312 | 61,265 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 319,843 | 320,077 | (234) | — | % |
Consumer Banking contributed $23.6 million to net income before taxes in the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of $1.2 million, or 5%, compared to the third quarter of 2024. Net interest income was consistent with the prior quarter. Other operating revenue increased $1.5 million as the net cost of changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges was $2.2 million compared to $4.5 million for the third quarter of 2024. Other operating expense increased $2.1 million, or 4%, primarily due to higher mortgage costs.
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2024 Wealth Management
Wealth Management contributed $156.8 million to consolidated net income before taxes in 2024, a decrease of $62.9 million, or 29%, compared to the prior year. The prior year included a pre-tax gain of $31.0 million, before related professional fees, on the sale of our BOKFI insurance brokerage and consulting business.
Table 19 – Wealth Management
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2024vs.2023 | 2024vs.2023 | Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase(Decrease) | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 11,266 | $ | 30,020 | $ | (18,754) | (62) | % | $ | 137,721 | $ | (107,701) | (78) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest income (expense) from internal sources | 117,962 | 88,998 | 28,964 | 33 | % | (16,851) | 105,849 | 628 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 129,228 | 119,018 | 10,210 | 9 | % | 120,870 | (1,852) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans recovered | (184) | (50) | 134 | 268 | % | (175) | (125) | (71) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans recovered | 129,412 | 119,068 | 10,344 | 9 | % | 121,045 | (1,977) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 462,679 | 506,447 | (43,768) | (9) | % | 339,505 | 166,942 | 49 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 263,686 | 250,671 | 13,015 | 5 | % | 222,892 | 27,779 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 114,551 | 100,796 | 13,755 | 14 | % | 88,558 | 12,238 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 378,237 | 351,467 | 26,770 | 8 | % | 311,450 | 40,017 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 57,073 | 54,401 | 2,672 | 5 | % | 51,136 | 3,265 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 156,781 | $ | 219,647 | $ | (62,866) | (29) | % | $ | 97,964 | $ | 121,683 | 124 | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 10,772,189 | $ | 9,883,180 | $ | 889,009 | 9 | % | $ | 9,879,354 | $ | 3,826 | — | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 2,177,465 | 2,201,614 | (24,149) | (1) | % | 2,166,231 | 35,383 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 9,654,008 | 7,739,490 | 1,914,518 | 25 | % | 8,491,377 | (751,887) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 323,364 | 333,157 | (9,793) | (3) | % | 279,939 | 53,218 | 19 | % |
Combined net interest income and fees and commission revenue attributed to the Wealth Management segment totaled $591.9 million for 2024, a decrease of $2.6 million. Total revenue from institutional trading activities was consistent with the prior year.
Other operating expense increased $26.8 million, or 8%, over the prior year. Personnel expense increased $13.0 million, or 5%, largely due to growth in incentive compensation expense. Non-personnel expense increased $13.8 million, or 14%, primarily due to an increased level of operational losses. FDIC insurance expense increased $2.4 million driven by increased deposits in 2024. Data processing and communications expense increased $1.9 million, or 6%, and net occupancy and equipment expense grew $2.0 million, or 8%, primarily due to ongoing projects. Corporate allocations increased $2.7 million, or 5%, over the prior year.
Average Wealth Management loans declined by $24 million, or 1%, to $2.2 billion. Average deposits attributed to Wealth Management increased $1.9 billion, or 25%, to $9.7 billion in 2024.
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Fourth Quarter 2024 Wealth Management
Table 20 - Wealth Management - Fourth Quarter 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
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| Dec. 31, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest income from external sources | $ | 6,696 | $ | 5,692 | $ | 1,004 | 18 | % | ||||||
| Net interest income from internal sources | 31,448 | 27,493 | 3,955 | 14 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income | 38,144 | 33,185 | 4,959 | 15 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans recovered | (10) | (159) | (149) | (94) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest income after net loans recovered | 38,154 | 33,344 | 4,810 | 14 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 118,310 | 112,457 | 5,853 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 69,944 | 66,524 | 3,420 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 25,252 | 27,015 | (1,763) | (7) | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 95,196 | 93,539 | 1,657 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Corporate allocations | 12,353 | 13,458 | (1,105) | (8) | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | $ | 48,915 | $ | 38,804 | $ | 10,111 | 26 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 10,775,744 | $ | 10,566,503 | $ | 209,241 | 2 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 2,160,588 | 2,151,196 | 9,392 | — | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 9,983,232 | 9,837,888 | 145,344 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 327,351 | 327,197 | 154 | — | % |
Wealth Management contributed $48.9 million to net income before taxes in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of $10.1 million over the third quarter of 2024. Combined net interest and fee revenue totaled $156.5 million, an increase of $10.8 million. Total revenue from institutional trading activities increased $10.8 million, primarily driven by growth in U.S. agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading volumes and increased industry turnover as client demand returned to more normal levels following rate cuts in the prior quarter. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $3.2 million led by growth in trust fees, while investment banking revenue decreased $5.6 million following an elevated third quarter and other revenue decreased $1.7 million. Other operating expense increased $1.7 million, largely due to growth in sales-based incentive compensation expense driven by increased trading activity, partially offset by lower operational losses.
Financial Condition
Securities
We maintain a securities portfolio to enhance profitability, manage interest rate risk, provide liquidity, and comply with regulatory requirements. Securities are classified as trading, held for investment, or available for sale. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the composition of the securities portfolio as of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023.
We hold an inventory of trading securities in support of sales to a variety of customers including banks, corporations, insurance companies, money managers, and others. Trading securities totaled $4.9 billion at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $294 million compared to December 31, 2023. As discussed in the Market Risk section of this report, trading activities involve risk of loss from adverse price movements. We mitigate this risk within board-approved value-at-risk limits through the use of derivative contracts, short-sales, and other techniques.
At December 31, 2024, the carrying value of investment (held-to-maturity) securities was $2.0 billion, including a $223 thousand allowance for expected credit losses, compared to $2.2 billion at December 31, 2023, with a $336 thousand allowance for expected credit losses. The fair value of investment securities was $1.8 billion at December 31, 2024, and $2.1 billion at December 31, 2023. Investment securities consist primarily of residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies, intermediate and long-term, fixed rate Oklahoma and Texas municipal bonds, and taxable Texas school construction bonds. The investment security portfolio is diversified among issuers.
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Available for sale securities, which may be sold prior to maturity, are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains or losses, net of deferred taxes, are recorded as Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) in shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2024, the fair value of available for sale securities was $12.9 billion, an increase of $565 million compared to December 31, 2023. The amortized cost of available for sale securities totaled $13.4 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $486 million compared to December 31, 2023. Available for sale securities consist primarily of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities and U.S. government agency commercial mortgage-backed securities. Both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities have credit risk from delinquency or default of the underlying loans. We mitigate this risk by primarily investing in securities issued by U.S. government agencies for which the principal and interest payments on the underlying loans are fully guaranteed. Commercial mortgage-backed securities have prepayment penalties similar to commercial loans. At December 31, 2024, residential mortgage-backed securities represented 73% of total fair value of available for sale securities.
A primary risk of holding residential mortgage-backed securities comes from extension during periods of rising interest rates or prepayment during periods of falling interest rates. We evaluate this risk through extensive modeling of risk both before making an investment and throughout the life of the security. Our best estimate of the effective duration of the combined residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio held in investment and available for sale securities portfolios at December 31, 2024 is 3.6 years. Management estimates the combined portfolios' duration extends to 4.2 years assuming an immediate 200 basis point upward shock. The estimated duration contracts to 2.6 years assuming a 200 basis point decline in the current rate environment.
The aggregate gross amount of unrealized losses on available for sale securities totaled $567 million at December 31, 2024, a $102 million decrease compared to December 31, 2023. On a quarterly basis, we perform an evaluation on debt securities to determine if the unrealized losses are temporary as more fully described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. No credit impairment of available for sale securities was identified in 2024.
Certain residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies and included in Fair value option securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets have been segregated and designated as economic hedges of changes in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights. We have elected to carry these securities at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in current period income. These securities are held with the intent that gains or losses will offset changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related derivative contracts. Fair value option securities totaled $18 million, a decrease of $2.8 million compared to 2023. See Market Risk section for further details.
On January 23, 2024, Visa, Inc. stockholders approved an exchange offer which provided holders of Class B-1 shares an option to convert up to 50% of its Class B-1 shares to Visa Class C common stock (“Visa C shares”) and subsequently to freely transferable Visa Class A common stock (“Visa A shares”) subject to certain restrictions and holding period requirements (the "Exchange Offer"). The Company tendered all of its 252,233 Visa Class B-1 shares under the Exchange Offer and received 126,116 shares of Visa Class B-2 common stock (“Visa B-2 shares”) and 50,053 Visa C shares. Each Visa C share automatically converts into four Visa A shares upon any transfer to a person other than a Visa member or an affiliate of a Visa member.
The Visa B-2 shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions and are convertible into Visa A shares at a specified conversion rate upon final resolution of certain litigation matters involving Visa. The conversion rate of Visa B-2 shares to Visa A shares was 1.543 at December 31, 2024, and may be adjusted by Visa depending on developments related to the litigation matters. The outcome of those litigation matters, and the effect that the resolution of those matters may have on the conversion rate, is unknown. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2024, there is significant uncertainty regarding when the transfer restrictions on Visa B-2 shares may be terminated and what the final conversion rate for the Visa B-2 shares will be. The Visa B-2 shares continue to be carried at a cost of zero as there are no observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer for the Visa B-2 shares held by the Company.
Under the terms of the Exchange Offer, we were able to sell 1/3 of the Visa C shares in the market upon receipt. We sold 7,780 Visa C shares (the equivalent of 31,120 Visa A shares) in May 2024, receiving proceeds of $8.7 million from third parties. Our realized gain matched the proceeds since our cost basis in the shares was zero.
In addition, we donated 8,905 Visa C shares (the equivalent of 35,620 Visa A shares) to the BOKF Foundation which resulted in a $10 million gain on the contribution. The gain was based on the closing price of the Visa A shares on the date of donation.
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In September 2024, we sold all our remaining Visa C shares receiving proceeds of $38.0 million from third parties. Our realized gain matched the proceeds since our cost basis in the shares was zero. In total, our realized gain from the sale of the Visa C shares received in the Exchange Offer, including cash received in lieu of fractional shares, was $56.9 million and is reported in Other gains, net in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The Visa C shares are included in the average balance of Cash and other assets for the year ended December 31, 2024, for the time that we held such shares.
Bank-Owned Life Insurance
We have approximately $417 million of bank-owned life insurance at December 31, 2024. This investment is expected to provide a long-term source of earnings to support existing employee benefit programs. Approximately $321 million is held in separate accounts and $96 million represents the cash surrender value of policies held in general accounts and other amounts due from various insurance companies. Our separate account holdings are invested in diversified portfolios of investment-grade fixed income securities and cash equivalents, including U.S. Treasury and agency securities, residential mortgage-backed securities, corporate debt, asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The portfolios are managed by unaffiliated professional managers within parameters established in the portfolio’s investment guidelines. The cash surrender value of certain life insurance policies is further supported by a stable value wrap which protects against changes in the fair value of the investments. As of December 31, 2024, the fair value of investments held in separate accounts covered by the stable value wrap was approximately $290 million. Since the underlying fair value of the investments held in separate accounts at December 31, 2024 was below the net book value of the investments, $29 million of cash surrender value was supported by the stable value wrap. The remaining $2.1 million of fair value held in separate accounts is not supported by the stable value wrap. The stable value wrap is provided by an investment grade financial institution.
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Loans
The aggregate loan portfolio before allowance for loan losses totaled $24.1 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $210 million compared to December 31, 2023, driven by growth in loans to individuals and commercial loans, partially offset by a decrease in commercial real estate loans.
Table 21 – Loans
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Commercial: | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 3,967,533 | $ | 4,143,233 | |||
| Services | 3,643,203 | 3,576,223 | |||||
| Energy | 3,254,724 | 3,437,101 | |||||
| General business | 4,164,676 | 3,647,212 | |||||
| Total commercial | 15,030,136 | 14,803,769 | |||||
| Commercial real estate: | |||||||
| Multifamily | 2,237,064 | 1,872,760 | |||||
| Industrial | 1,127,867 | 1,475,165 | |||||
| Office | 755,838 | 909,442 | |||||
| Retail | 485,926 | 592,632 | |||||
| Residential construction and land development | 109,120 | 95,052 | |||||
| Other commercial real estate | 342,637 | 392,596 | |||||
| Total commercial real estate | 5,058,452 | 5,337,647 | |||||
| Loans to individuals: | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 2,436,958 | 2,160,640 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 136,649 | 149,807 | |||||
| Personal | 1,452,529 | 1,453,105 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 4,026,136 | 3,763,552 | |||||
| Total | $ | 24,114,724 | $ | 23,904,968 |
Commercial
Commercial loans represent loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchases of equipment and other needs of commercial customers primarily located within our geographical footprint. Commercial loans are underwritten individually and represent ongoing relationships based on a thorough knowledge of the customer, the customer’s industry and market. While commercial loans are generally secured by the customer’s assets including real property, inventory, accounts receivable, operating equipment, interests in mineral rights and other property and may also include personal guarantees of the owners and related parties, the primary source of repayment of the loans is the ongoing cash flow from operations of the customer’s business. Inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with commercial lending policies.
Commercial loans totaled $15.0 billion, or 62% of the loan portfolio, at December 31, 2024, increasing $226 million, or 2%, over December 31, 2023. Growth in general business and services loan balances, was partially offset by a decrease in energy and healthcare loan balances.
Approximately 72% of commercial loans are located within our geographic footprint, based on collateral location. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans and reserve-based energy loans, are categorized by the borrower's primary operating location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside of our footprint is California, totaling 5% of the segment.
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Supporting the energy industry with loans to producers and other energy-related entities has been a hallmark of the Company since its founding and represents a large portion of our commercial loan portfolio. In addition, energy production and related industries have a significant impact on the economy in our primary markets. Loans collateralized by oil and gas properties are subject to semi-annual engineering reviews by our internal staff of petroleum engineers. These reviews are used as the basis for developing the expected cash flows supporting the loan amount. The projected cash flows are discounted according to risk characteristics of the underlying oil and gas properties. Loans are evaluated to demonstrate with reasonable certainty that crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids can be recovered from known oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions at current pricing levels and with existing conventional equipment and operating methods and costs. As part of our evaluation of credit quality, we analyze rigorous stress tests over a range of commodity prices and take proactive steps to mitigate risk when appropriate.
Outstanding energy loans totaled $3.3 billion, or 13% of total loans, at December 31, 2024. Approximately $2.6 billion, or 80% of energy loans, were to oil and gas producers, a $66 million decrease compared to December 31, 2023. The majority of this portfolio is first lien, senior secured, reserve-based lending, which we believe is the lowest risk form of energy lending. Approximately 70% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing oil and 30% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing natural gas.
Loans to midstream oil and gas companies totaled $397 million, or 12% of energy loans, a decrease of $154 million compared to the prior year. Loans to borrowers that provide services to the energy industry totaled $225 million, or 7% of energy loans, a $43 million increase during 2024. Loans to other energy borrowers, including those engaged in wholesale or retail energy sales, totaled $40 million, or 1% of energy loans, a $6.4 million decrease compared to the prior year.
Unfunded energy loan commitments were $4.4 billion at December 31, 2024, a $135 million decrease compared to December 31, 2023.
The healthcare sector of the loan portfolio totaled $4.0 billion, or 16% of total loans. Healthcare loans decreased $176 million compared to December 31, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in loans to senior housing. Healthcare sector loans consist primarily of loans for the development and operation of senior housing and care facilities including independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. Generally, we loan to borrowers with a portfolio of multiple facilities that serves to help diversify risks specific to a single facility.
The services sector of the loan portfolio increased $67 million to $3.6 billion, or 15% of total loans. Service sector loans consist of a large number of loans to a variety of businesses including Native American tribal and state and local municipal government entities, Native American tribal casino operations, foundations and not-for-profit organizations, educational services, and specialty trade contractors. Service sector loans are generally secured by the assets of the borrower with repayment coming from the cash flows of ongoing operations of the customer’s business.
General business loans grew by $517 million to $4.2 billion, or 17% of total loans. General business loans primarily consist of $2.6 billion of wholesale/retail loans and $1.6 billion of loans from other commercial industries.
We participate in shared national credits when appropriate to obtain or maintain business relationships with local customers. Shared national credits are defined by banking regulators as credits of more than $100 million and with three or more non-affiliated banks as participants. At December 31, 2024, the outstanding principal balance of these loans totaled $5.8 billion, including $2.3 billion in the energy sector. Based on dollars committed, approximately 81% of shared national credits are to borrowers with local market relationships and we serve as the agent lender in approximately 20% of our shared national credits. We hold shared national credits to the same standard of analysis and perform the same level of review as internally originated credits. Our lending policies generally avoid loans in which we do not have the opportunity to maintain or achieve other business relationships with the customer. In addition to management’s quarterly assessment of credit risk, banking regulators annually review a sample of shared national credits for proper risk grading.
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Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate represents loans for the construction of buildings or other improvements to real estate and property held by borrowers for investment purposes generally within our geographical footprint. We require collateral values in excess of the loan amounts, demonstrated cash flows in excess of expected debt service requirements, equity investment in the project and a portion of the project already sold, leased or permanent financing already secured. The expected cash flows from all significant new or renewed income producing property commitments are stress tested to reflect the risks in varying interest rates, vacancy rates and rental rates. As with commercial loans, inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with applicable lending policies.
The outstanding balance of commercial real estate loans totaled $5.1 billion, or 21% of the loan portfolio, a decrease of $279 million compared to December 31, 2023. Loans secured by industrial facilities were $1.1 billion, or 5% of total loans, a $347 million decrease compared to the prior year. Loans secured by office facilities decreased $154 million to $756 million, or 3% of total loans. Loans secured by retail facilities decreased $107 million to $486 million, or 2% of total loans. Loans secured by multifamily real estate totaled $2.2 billion, or 9% of total loans, a $364 million increase over the prior year.
Approximately 68% of commercial real estate loans are in our geographic footprint based on collateral location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside our footprint is Utah, totaling 9% of the segment. All other states represent less than 5% individually.
Unfunded commercial real estate loan commitments were $1.9 billion at December 31, 2024, a $103 million increase over the prior year. We take a disciplined approach to managing our concentration of total commercial real estate loan commitments as a percentage of Tier 1 Capital. We have ample opportunity for continued modest growth in our outstanding commercial real estate balances as loans fund up.
Loans to Individuals
Loans to individuals include residential mortgage and personal loans. Residential mortgage loans provide funds for our customers to purchase or refinance their primary residence or to borrow against the equity in their home. These loans are secured by a first or second mortgage on the customer's primary residence. Personal loans consist primarily of loans to Wealth Management clients secured by the cash surrender value of insurance policies and marketable securities. It also includes direct loans secured by and for the purchase of automobiles, recreational and marine equipment as well as unsecured loans. These loans are made in accordance with underwriting policies we believe to be conservative and are fully documented. Loans may be individually underwritten or credit scored based on size and other criteria. Credit scoring is assessed based on significant credit characteristics including credit history, residential and employment stability.
In general, we sell the majority of our conforming fixed rate mortgage loan originations in the secondary market and retain the majority of our non-conforming and adjustable rate mortgage loans. Our mortgage loan portfolio does not include payment option adjustable rate mortgage loans or adjustable rate mortgage loans with initial rates that are below market. Home equity loans are primarily first-lien and fully amortizing.
Residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies have limited credit exposure because of the underlying agency guarantee. This amount includes residential mortgage loans previously sold into GNMA mortgage pools that the Company may repurchase when certain defined delinquency criteria are met. Because of this repurchase right, the Company is deemed to have regained effective control over these loans and must include them on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Loans to individuals totaled $4.0 billion, or 17% of the loan portfolio, growing $263 million over December 31, 2023. Approximately 90% of loans to individuals are secured by collateral located within our geographical footprint. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans, are categorized by the borrower’s primary operating location.
The Company secondarily evaluates loan portfolio performance based on the primary geographical market managing the loan. Loans attributed to a geographical market may not represent the location of the borrower or the collateral. All permanent mortgage loans serviced by our mortgage banking unit and held for investment by the Company are centrally managed by the Oklahoma market.
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Table 22 – Loans Managed by Primary Geographical Market
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Commercial | $ | 7,411,416 | $ | 7,384,107 | |||
| Commercial real estate | 1,731,281 | 1,987,037 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 918,994 | 914,134 | |||||
| Total Texas | 10,061,691 | 10,285,278 | |||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Commercial | 3,585,592 | 3,275,907 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 513,101 | 606,515 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 2,440,874 | 2,147,782 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 6,539,567 | 6,030,204 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Commercial | 2,188,324 | 2,273,179 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 759,168 | 769,329 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 213,768 | 228,257 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 3,161,260 | 3,270,765 | |||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Commercial | 1,082,829 | 1,143,682 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 1,098,174 | 1,003,331 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 215,531 | 248,873 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 2,396,534 | 2,395,886 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Commercial | 305,957 | 331,179 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 515,511 | 511,947 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 164,638 | 144,958 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 986,106 | 988,084 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Commercial | 325,246 | 291,736 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 402,217 | 389,106 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 60,703 | 67,485 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 788,166 | 748,327 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Commercial | 130,772 | 103,979 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 39,000 | 70,382 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 11,628 | 12,063 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 181,400 | 186,424 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial loans | $ | 24,114,724 | $ | 23,904,968 |
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Table 23 – Loan Maturity and Interest Rate Sensitivity at December 31, 2024
(In thousands)
| Remaining Maturities of Selected Loans | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5 - 15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 15,030,136 | $ | 2,740,206 | $ | 10,636,441 | $ | 1,577,018 | $ | 76,471 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,058,452 | 2,364,259 | 2,515,633 | 174,759 | 3,801 | ||||||||||||||
| Loans to individuals | 4,026,136 | 621,842 | 1,105,633 | 417,643 | 1,881,018 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 24,114,724 | $ | 5,726,307 | $ | 14,257,707 | $ | 2,169,420 | $ | 1,961,290 | |||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Predetermined interest rates | $ | 6,765,847 | $ | 562,535 | $ | 2,740,009 | $ | 1,866,130 | $ | 1,597,173 | |||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 17,348,877 | 5,163,772 | 11,517,698 | 303,290 | 364,117 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 24,114,724 | $ | 5,726,307 | $ | 14,257,707 | $ | 2,169,420 | $ | 1,961,290 |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments
We enter into certain off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of business as shown in Table 24. Loan commitments may be unconditional obligations to provide financing or conditional obligations that depend on the borrower’s financial condition, collateral value or other factors. Standby letters of credit are unconditional commitments to guarantee the performance of our customer to a third party. Since some of these commitments are expected to expire before being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
We have off-balance sheet commitments related to certain residential mortgage loans sold into mortgage-backed securities as part of our mortgage banking activities. We retain off-balance sheet credit risk related to losses in excess of amounts guaranteed by the VA.
We also have off-balance sheet credit risk related to certain residential mortgage loans primarily originated under community development loan programs that were sold to a U.S. government agency with full recourse prior to 2007. We are obligated to repurchase these loans for the life of these loans in the event of foreclosure for the unpaid principal and interest at the time of foreclosure. The majority of our conforming fixed rate loan originations are sold in the secondary market, and we only retain repurchase obligations under standard underwriting representations and warranties.
Table 24 – Off-Balance Sheet Credit Commitments
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Loan commitments | $ | 14,735,416 | $ | 14,793,025 | |||
| Standby letters of credit | 703,194 | 710,543 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans sold with recourse | 33,864 | 39,333 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans transferred into mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs | 913,977 | 959,256 |
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Customer Derivative Programs
We offer programs that permit our customers to hedge various risks including fluctuations in energy, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and other commodities. Each of these programs work essentially the same way. Derivative contracts are executed between the customers and the Company. Offsetting contracts are executed between the Company and selected counterparties or exchanges to minimize market risk to us from changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates. The counterparty contracts are identical to the customer contracts except for a fixed pricing spread or a fee paid to us as compensation for administrative costs, credit risk and profit.
The customer derivative programs create credit risk for potential amounts due to the Company from our customers and from the counterparties. Customer credit risk is monitored through existing credit policies and procedures. The effects of changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates are evaluated across a range of possible options to determine the maximum exposure we are willing to have individually to any customer. Customers may also be required to provide cash margin or other collateral in conjunction with our credit agreements to further limit our credit risk.
Counterparty credit risk is evaluated through existing policies and procedures. This evaluation considers the total relationship between BOK Financial and each of the counterparties. Individual limits are established by management, approved by Credit Administration and reviewed by the Asset/Liability Committee. Margin collateral is required if the exposure between the Company and any counterparty exceeds established limits. Based on declines in the counterparties’ credit ratings, these limits may be reduced and additional margin collateral may be required.
A deterioration of the credit standing of one or more of the customers or counterparties to these contracts may result in BOK Financial recognizing a loss as the fair value of the affected contracts may no longer move in tandem with the offsetting contracts. This occurs if the credit standing of the customer or counterparty deteriorates such that either the fair value of underlying collateral no longer supports the contract or the customer or counterparty’s ability to provide margin collateral becomes impaired. Credit losses on customer derivatives reduce Brokerage and trading revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Derivative contracts are carried at fair value. At December 31, 2024, the net fair values of derivative contracts, before consideration of cash margin, reported as assets under these programs totaled $242 million compared to $593 million at December 31, 2023. Derivative contracts carried as assets include energy contracts with fair values of $123 million, interest rate swaps primarily sold to loan customers with fair values of $77 million and foreign exchange contracts with fair values of $42 million. Before consideration of cash margin paid to counterparties, the aggregate net fair values of derivative contracts held under these programs reported as liabilities totaled $205 million.
At December 31, 2024, total derivative assets were reduced by $76 million of cash collateral received from counterparties, and total derivative liabilities were reduced by $1.4 million of cash collateral paid to counterparties related to instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting agreement. Derivative contracts executed with customers may be secured by non-cash collateral in conjunction with a credit agreement with that customer such as proven producing oil and gas properties. Access to this collateral in the event of default is reasonably assured.
A table showing the notional and fair value of derivative assets and liabilities on both a gross and net basis is presented in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The fair value of derivative contracts reported as assets under these programs, net of cash margin held by the Company, by category of debtor at December 31, 2024 follows in Table 25.
Table 25 – Fair Value of Derivative Contracts
(In thousands)
| Exchanges and clearing organizations | $ | 79,496 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customers | 55,443 | ||
| Banks and other financial institutions | 31,278 | ||
| Fair value of customer hedge asset derivative contracts, net | $ | 166,217 |
At December 31, 2024, the largest exposure to a single counterparty was to an exchange for $61 million of net energy derivative positions and $107 million for cash margin placed with the exchange.
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Our customer derivative program also introduces liquidity and capital risk. We are required to provide cash margin to certain counterparties when the net negative fair value of the contracts exceeds established limits. Also, changes in commodity prices affect the amount of regulatory capital we are required to hold as support for the fair value of our derivative assets. These risks are modeled as part of the management of these programs. Based on current prices, a decrease in market prices down to an equivalent of $54.19 per barrel of oil would decrease the fair value of derivative assets by $44 million with lending customers comprising the bulk of the assets. An increase in prices up to the equivalent of $89.25 per barrel of oil would increase the fair value of derivative assets by $679 million. Liquidity requirements of this program are also affected by our credit rating. A decrease in our credit rating to below investment grade would increase our obligation to post cash margin on existing contracts by approximately $10 million. The fair value of our to-be-announced residential mortgage-backed securities and interest rate swap derivative contracts is affected by changes in interest rates. Based on our assessment as of December 31, 2024, changes in interest rates would not materially impact regulatory capital or liquidity needed to support this portion of our customer derivative program.
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Summary of Credit Loss Experience
Table 26 – Summary of Credit Loss Experience
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023 | |||||
| Allowance for loan losses: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 277,123 | $ | 235,704 | ||
| Loans charged off | (18,835) | (27,316) | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged off | 5,956 | 9,217 | ||||
| Net loans charged off | (12,879) | (18,099) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | 15,791 | 59,518 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 280,035 | $ | 277,123 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 48,977 | 60,919 | |||
| Provision for credit losses | 2,663 | (11,942) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 51,640 | $ | 48,977 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk associated with mortgage banking activities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 3,492 | $ | 4,904 | ||
| Net loans charged off | (3) | (58) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | (341) | (1,354) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 3,148 | $ | 3,492 | ||
| Allowance for credit losses related to held-to-maturity (investment) securities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 336 | $ | 558 | ||
| Provision for credit losses | (113) | (222) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 223 | $ | 336 | ||
| Total provision for credit losses | $ | 18,000 | $ | 46,000 | ||
| Average loans by portfolio segment: | ||||||
| Commercial | $ | 15,061,959 | $ | 14,320,970 | ||
| Commercial real estate | 5,069,162 | 5,163,569 | ||||
| Loans to individuals | 4,034,660 | 3,640,810 | ||||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans | 0.05 | % | 0.08 | % | ||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans by portfolio segment: | ||||||
| Commercial | 0.06 | % | 0.07 | % | ||
| Commercial real estate | 0.02 | % | 0.10 | % | ||
| Loans to individuals | 0.07 | % | 0.09 | % | ||
| Recoveries to gross charge-offs | 31.62 | % | 33.74 | % | ||
| Provision for loan losses (annualized) to average loans | 0.07 | % | 0.26 | % | ||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding at period end | 1.16 | % | 1.16 | % | ||
| Accrual for unfunded loan commitments to loan commitments | 0.35 | % | 0.33 | % | ||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to loans outstanding at period end | 1.38 | % | 1.36 | % |
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Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Unfunded Loan Commitments
Expected credit losses on assets carried at amortized cost are recognized over their expected lives based on models that measure the probability of default and loss given default over a 12-month reasonable and supportable forecast period. Models incorporate base case, downside and upside macroeconomic variables such as real GDP growth, civilian unemployment rate and WTI oil prices on a probability weighted basis. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of methodology of allowance for loan losses.
An $18.0 million provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2024. Improvement in the forecasted economic outlook during the year was offset by the impact of loan growth and some risk grade migration.
Non-pass grade loans, which include loans especially mentioned, accruing substandard and nonaccruing loans, increased $141 million to $594 million at December 31, 2024. Non-pass grade loans were composed primarily of $267 million, or 7%, of commercial healthcare loans, $126 million, or 3%, of commercial real estate loans, $106 million, or 3%, of commercial general business loans, $56 million, or 2%, of commercial services loans, and $29 million, or 1%, of loans to individuals. A summary of outstanding loan balances by risk grade is included in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
No provision for credit losses was necessary for the fourth quarter of 2024.
At December 31, 2024, the allowance for loan losses totaled $280 million, or 1.16% of outstanding loans. Excluding residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 701% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $332 million, or 1.38% of outstanding loans and 831% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2024.
A $46.0 million provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2023 primarily due to loan growth and changes in our economic forecast during the year, including a more challenging commercial real estate environment.
At December 31, 2023, the allowance for loan losses was $277 million, or 1.16% of outstanding loans. Excluding residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 204% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $326 million, or 1.36% of outstanding loans and 240% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2023.
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A summary of macroeconomic variables considered in developing our estimate of expected credit losses at December 31, 2024 follows:
| Base | Downside | Upside | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario probability weighting | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| Economic outlook | Geopolitical conflicts remain isolated.There are two rate cuts over the next four quarters, bringing the federal funds target range to 3.75% to 4.00% by the end of the fourth quarter of 2025. Core inflation continues to improve from the previous peaks and reaches 2.4% by the fourth quarter of 2025.Job openings continue to normalize, and overall hiring levels decline causing the national unemployment rate to modestly increase over the next four quarters. Inflation pressures ease and help stabilize household income. A restrictive credit environment slows economic activity and results in below-trend GDP growth. | Geopolitical conflicts remain isolated. The Federal Reserve is forced to adopt an accommodative monetary policy and cut the federal funds rate significantly to encourage economic activity and job creation to help limit the depth of a recession. In total, there are seven rate cuts over the next four quarters, bringing the target range to 2.50% to 2.75% by the end of the fourth quarter of 2025. Tight monetary conditions result in declines in consumer spending while a restrictive credit environment decreases private sector investment. This pushes the United States into a recession with a contraction in economic activity and a sharp increase in the unemployment rate. | Geopolitical conflicts remain isolated. There are three rate cuts over the next four quarters, bringing the federal funds target range to 3.50% to 3.75% by the fourth quarter of 2025. Core inflation continues to improve from the previous peaks and reaches 2.2% by the fourth quarter of 2025. Labor force participants continue to re-enter the job market to help fill the elevated level of job openings. This increase in employment helps real household income continue to grow above its pre-pandemic trend. This supports consumer spending and maintains GDP growth consistent with pre-pandemic levels. |
| Macro-economic factors | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 1.9% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.2% in the first quarter of 2025 increasing to 4.3% by the fourth quarter of 2025.–WTI oil prices are projected to generally follow the NYMEX forward curve that existed at the end of December 2024 and are expected to average $67.17 per barrel over the next 12 months. | –GDP is forecasted to contract 1.8% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2025 worsens to 6.6% by the fourth quarter of 2025.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $46.98 per barrel over the next twelve months, with a peak of $50.24 in the first quarter of 2025 and falling 13% over the following three quarters. | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 2.2% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.2% in the first quarter of 2025 decreases slightly to 4.0% by the fourth quarter of 2025.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $66.84 per barrel over the next 12 months. |
Net Loans Charged Off
In 2024, net loans charged off totaled $13 million, or 0.05% of average loans, down from $18 million, or 0.08% of average loans in 2023.
In 2024, net charge-offs of commercial loans were $8.7 million, primarily related to a single healthcare borrower and a single general business borrower in the manufacturing sector. Net commercial real estate loan charge-offs were $1.2 million primarily related to a single office loan. Net loan charge-offs of loans to individuals were $3.0 million. Net charge-offs of loans to individuals include deposit account overdraft losses.
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Nonperforming Assets
As more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, loans are generally classified as nonaccruing when it becomes probable that we will not collect the full contractual principal and interest. Real estate and other repossessed assets are assets acquired in partial or total forgiveness of loans. The assets are carried at the lower of cost, as determined by fair value at the date of foreclosure, or current fair value, less estimated selling costs. A summary of nonperforming assets follows in Table 27:
Table 27 - Nonperforming Assets
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Nonaccruing loans: | |||||||
| Commercial | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 13,717 | $ | 81,529 | |||
| Services | 767 | 3,616 | |||||
| Energy | 49 | 17,843 | |||||
| General business | 114 | 7,143 | |||||
| Total commercial | 14,647 | 110,131 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 9,905 | 7,320 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 15,261 | 18,056 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 6,803 | 9,709 | |||||
| Personal | 109 | 253 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 22,173 | 28,018 | |||||
| Total nonaccruing loans | 46,725 | 145,469 | |||||
| Real estate and other repossessed assets | 2,254 | 2,875 | |||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 48,979 | $ | 148,344 | |||
| Total nonperforming assets excluding those guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | $ | 42,176 | $ | 138,635 | |||
| Allowance for loan losses to nonaccruing loans1 | 701.46 | % | 204.13 | % | |||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to nonaccruing loans1 | 830.81 | % | 240.20 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets | 0.20 | % | 0.62 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets1 | 0.18 | % | 0.58 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to outstanding loans | 0.19 | % | 0.61 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial loans to outstanding commercial loans | 0.10 | % | 0.74 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial real estate loans to outstanding commercial real estate loans | 0.20 | % | 0.14 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to individuals to outstanding loans to individuals1 | 0.40 | % | 0.51 | % | |||
| Accruing loans 90 days or more past due1 | $ | — | $ | 170 |
1 Excludes residential mortgages guaranteed by U.S. government agencies.
Excluding loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, nonperforming assets decreased $96 million compared to December 31, 2023, primarily due to a $68 million decrease in nonaccruing healthcare loans and an $18 million decrease in nonaccruing energy loans. Newly identified nonaccruing loans totaled $80 million, offset by $121 million in payments, $35 million of loans returning to accrual status and $19 million of charge-offs. The Company generally retains nonperforming assets to maximize potential recovery, which may cause future nonperforming assets to decrease more slowly.
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A rollforward of nonperforming assets for the years ended December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023 follows in Table 28.
Table 28 – Rollforward of Nonperforming Assets
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | $ | 110,131 | $ | 7,320 | $ | 28,018 | $ | 145,469 | $ | — | $ | 2,875 | $ | 148,344 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 45,998 | 18,766 | 15,312 | 80,076 | — | — | 80,076 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (99,436) | (14,726) | (6,793) | (120,955) | — | — | (120,955) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (11,763) | (1,455) | (5,617) | (18,835) | — | — | (18,835) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | (50) | (50) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | (186) | — | (276) | (462) | — | 462 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (1,813) | (1,813) | — | — | (1,813) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | — | (1,033) | (1,033) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | (1,473) | (1,473) | — | — | (1,473) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | (30,097) | — | (5,185) | (35,282) | — | — | (35,282) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | 14,647 | $ | 9,905 | $ | 22,173 | $ | 46,725 | $ | — | $ | 2,254 | $ | 48,979 | |||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | 60,297 | $ | 16,570 | $ | 44,930 | $ | 121,797 | $ | 163,535 | $ | 14,304 | $ | 299,636 | |||||||||||||
| Change in accounting standard | — | — | — | — | (163,535) | — | (163,535) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Additions | 95,586 | 7,459 | 15,789 | 118,834 | — | — | 118,834 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (32,296) | (8,263) | (10,887) | (51,446) | — | — | (51,446) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (12,898) | (8,446) | (5,972) | (27,316) | — | — | (27,316) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | 622 | 622 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | — | — | (787) | (787) | — | 787 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (4,634) | (4,634) | — | — | (4,634) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | — | (12,838) | (12,838) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | 662 | 662 | — | — | 662 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | (558) | — | (11,083) | (11,641) | — | — | (11,641) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | $ | 110,131 | $ | 7,320 | $ | 28,018 | $ | 145,469 | $ | — | $ | 2,875 | $ | 148,344 |
We foreclose on loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies in accordance with agency guidelines. Generally these loans are not eligible for modification programs or have failed to comply with modified loan terms. Principal is guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. government, subject to limitations, and credit risk is limited. These properties will be conveyed to the agencies and receivables collected once applicable criteria have been met.
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Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets
Real estate and other repossessed assets totaled $2.3 million at December 31, 2024, composed primarily of $1.9 million of developed commercial real estate. Real estate and other repossessed assets decreased $621 thousand compared to December 31, 2023.
Liquidity and Capital
BOK Financial has numerous material cash requirements in the normal course of business. These obligations include deposits and other borrowed funds, leased premises, commitments to extend credit to borrowers, and to purchase securities, derivative contracts, and contracts for services such as data processing that are integral to our operations. Additional information on loan commitments can be found in the "Loan Commitments" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis while the distribution of time deposit balances can be located in Note 8, "Deposits," and information related to Other Borrowings can be located in Note 9, "Other Borrowings."
Our funding sources, which primarily include deposits and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Banks, provide adequate liquidity to meet our operating needs. Based on the average balances for 2024, approximately 72% of our funding was provided by deposit accounts, 15% from borrowed funds, less than 1% from long-term subordinated debt, and 11% from equity. The loan to deposit ratio decreased to 63% at December 31, 2024 from 70% at December 31, 2023, and continues to provide significant on-balance sheet liquidity to meet future loan demand and contractual obligations.
Subsidiary Bank
Deposits and borrowed funds are the primary sources of liquidity for BOKF, NA, the wholly owned subsidiary bank of BOK Financial. We compete for retail and commercial deposits by offering a broad range of products and services and focusing on customer convenience. Retail deposit growth is supported through personal and small business checking, online bill paying services, mobile banking services, an extensive network of branch locations and ATMs, and our ExpressBank call center. Commercial deposit growth is supported by offering treasury management and lockbox services. We also acquire brokered deposits when the cost of funds is advantageous to other funding sources.
Table 29 - Average Deposits by Segment
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 16,752,377 | $ | 15,321,427 | ||
| Consumer Banking | 8,077,700 | 8,014,159 | ||||
| Wealth Management | 9,654,008 | 7,739,490 | ||||
| Segment total | 34,484,085 | 31,075,076 | ||||
| Funds Management and other | 1,835,875 | 2,129,758 | ||||
| BOK Financial Corporation | $ | 36,319,960 | $ | 33,204,834 |
Average deposits for 2024 totaled $36.3 billion, an increase of $3.1 billion compared to the prior year. Interest-bearing transaction deposit account balances increased $4.3 billion, and average time deposits increased $1.2 billion, while demand deposits decreased $2.3 billion.
Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $16.8 billion for 2024, a $1.4 billion, or 9%, increase compared to 2023. Interest-bearing transaction account balances increased $3.2 billion, or 36%, and demand deposit balances decreased $1.8 billion, or 30%. Our Commercial deposit portfolio is highly diversified across industries and customers. The highest concentration by industry within our commercial deposit portfolio is with our energy customers representing 8% of our total average deposits.
Average Consumer Banking deposit balances increased $64 million, or 1%, compared to the prior year. Time deposit balances increased $845 million, or 99%. Interest-bearing transaction account balances decreased $504 million, or 15%, demand deposit account balances decreased $199 million, or 7%, and savings deposits decreased $78 million, or 9%.
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Average Wealth Management deposit balances grew by $1.9 billion, or 25%, compared to the prior year. Interest-bearing transaction balances increased $1.8 billion, or 31%, and time deposit balances were up $350 million, or 42%. Non-interest-bearing demand deposits decreased $229 million, or 20%.
Average brokered deposits represented 5% of total average deposits in 2024. Excluding the reciprocal component, brokered deposits represented 2% of average deposits. Beginning in the first quarter of 2024, reciprocal deposit balances exceeded the $5 billion general threshold as defined by the FDIC. Reciprocal deposit balances in excess of the $5 billion general threshold are included as brokered deposits. Growth in brokered deposits during the year was entirely related to growth in reciprocal deposit balances. Average interest-bearing transaction accounts for 2024 included $1.3 billion of brokered deposits, a $988 million increase over 2023. Average time deposits included $342 million of brokered deposits for 2024, a $118 million decrease compared to 2023.
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The distribution of our period end deposit account balances among principal markets follows in Table 30.
Table 30 - Period End Deposits by Principal Market Area
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Demand | $ | 3,618,771 | $ | 3,586,091 | |||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 13,352,732 | 10,929,704 | |||||
| Savings | 497,443 | 500,313 | |||||
| Time | 2,138,620 | 1,984,336 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 15,988,795 | 13,414,353 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 19,607,566 | 17,000,444 | |||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Demand | 2,216,393 | 2,306,334 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 6,205,605 | 5,035,856 | |||||
| Savings | 154,112 | 155,652 | |||||
| Time | 646,490 | 492,753 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 7,006,207 | 5,684,261 | |||||
| Total Texas | 9,222,600 | 7,990,595 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Demand | 1,159,076 | 1,633,672 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 2,089,475 | 1,921,605 | |||||
| Savings | 59,244 | 67,646 | |||||
| Time | 280,081 | 201,393 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 2,428,800 | 2,190,644 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 3,587,876 | 3,824,316 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Demand | 659,234 | 794,467 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,305,044 | 886,089 | |||||
| Savings | 90,580 | 95,453 | |||||
| Time | 347,443 | 258,195 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,743,067 | 1,239,737 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 2,402,301 | 2,034,204 |
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| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Demand | 418,587 | 524,167 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,277,494 | 1,174,715 | |||||
| Savings | 12,336 | 11,636 | |||||
| Time | 70,390 | 41,884 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,360,220 | 1,228,235 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 1,778,807 | 1,752,402 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Demand | 277,440 | 326,496 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,169,541 | 966,166 | |||||
| Savings | 12,158 | 13,821 | |||||
| Time | 37,210 | 23,955 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,218,909 | 1,003,942 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 1,496,349 | 1,330,438 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Demand | 22,396 | 25,266 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 55,215 | 49,966 | |||||
| Savings | 2,944 | 2,564 | |||||
| Time | 15,176 | 9,506 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 73,335 | 62,036 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 95,731 | 87,302 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial deposits | $ | 38,191,230 | $ | 34,019,701 |
Estimated uninsured deposits totaled $20.4 billion, or 53% of total deposits, at December 31, 2024, and $18.7 billion, or 55% of total deposits, at December 31, 2023. In addition to insured deposits, we also hold $3.7 billion of collateralized deposits. Municipalities, Native American tribal governments, and certain trust-related deposits are all required to be collateralized. Excluding the impact of collateralized deposits and deposits related to consolidated subsidiaries, our uninsured and uncollateralized deposit level is $15.7 billion, or 41% of total deposits, at December 31, 2024. The portion of time deposits in excess of the FDIC limit, as applied without regard to other deposit balances held by the depositor, were $750 million at December 31, 2024, and $465 million at December 31, 2023.
In addition to deposits, liquidity for the subsidiary bank is provided primarily by federal funds purchased, securities repurchase agreements, and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings. Federal funds purchased consist primarily of unsecured, overnight funds acquired from other financial institutions. Funds are primarily purchased from bankers’ banks and Federal Home Loan Banks from across the country. The largest source of wholesale federal funds purchased totaled $250 million at December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023. Securities repurchase agreements generally mature within 90 days and are secured by certain trading or available for sale securities. Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings are generally short term and are secured by a blanket pledge of eligible collateral (generally unencumbered U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities, 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, multifamily, and other qualifying commercial real estate loans). Amounts borrowed from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka averaged $6.2 billion during 2024, and $5.9 billion during 2023.
At December 31, 2024, management estimates a total potential secured borrowing capacity of approximately $27.5 billion. This includes current available secured capacity of $22.9 billion from the use of programs available to U.S. banks from the Federal Home Loan Banks and Federal Reserve Banks, and an estimated $4.6 billion of other sources that could be converted into additional secured capacity.
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BOKF, NA also has a liability related to the repurchase of certain delinquent residential mortgage loans previously sold in GNMA mortgage pools. Interest is payable monthly at rates contractually due to investors.
See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of other borrowings.
Parent Company and Other Non-Bank Subsidiaries
The primary sources of liquidity for BOK Financial are cash on hand and dividends from the subsidiary bank. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $276 million at December 31, 2024. Dividends from the subsidiary bank are limited by various banking regulations to net profits, as defined, for the year plus retained profits for the two preceding years. Dividends are further restricted by minimum capital requirements. At December 31, 2024, based on the most restrictive limitations as well as management’s internal capital policy, BOKF, NA could declare up to $660 million of dividends without regulatory approval. Dividend constraints may be alleviated through increases in retained earnings, capital issuances, or changes in risk weighted assets. Future losses or increases in required regulatory capital could also affect the subsidiary bank's ability to pay dividends to the parent company.
As a result of the acquisition of CoBiz Financial, we obtained $60 million of subordinated debt issued in June 2015 that will mature on June 25, 2030. This debt bears interest at the rate of 5.625% through June 25, 2025, and thereafter, the notes will bear an annual floating rate equal to 3-month SOFR plus 317 basis points and a 26 basis point tenor adjustment. We also acquired $72 million of junior subordinated debentures. Interest is based on spreads over 3-month SOFR ranging from 145 basis points to 295 basis points with a tenor adjustment of 26 basis points and mature September 17, 2033 through September 30, 2035. The junior subordinated debentures are subject to early redemption prior to maturity.
Shareholders' equity at December 31, 2024 was $5.5 billion, an increase of $406 million compared to December 31, 2023. Net income less cash dividends paid increased equity $381 million during 2024. Changes in interest rates resulted in an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $503 million at December 31, 2024, compared to an accumulated comprehensive loss of $599 million at December 31, 2023. We also repurchased $90 million of common shares during 2024. Capital is managed to maximize long-term value to the shareholders. Factors considered in managing capital include projections of future earnings, asset growth and acquisition strategies, and regulatory and debt covenant requirements. Capital management may include subordinated debt issuance, share repurchase, and stock and cash dividends.
On November 1, 2022, the Company's board of directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to five million shares of the Company's common stock, subject to market conditions, securities laws, and other regulatory compliance limitations. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had repurchased 3,457,020 shares under this authorization. The Company repurchased 1,028,806 shares during 2024 at an average price of $86.49 per share, net of the 1% excise tax on share purchases. We view share buybacks opportunistically, but within the context of maintaining our strong capital position.
BOK Financial and the subsidiary bank are subject to various capital requirements administered by federal agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements, including a capital conservation buffer, can result in certain mandatory and additional discretionary actions by regulators that could have a material impact on operations including restrictions on capital distributions from dividends and share repurchases and executive bonus payments. These capital requirements include quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet items. The capital standards are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators.
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A summary of minimum capital requirements and other performance ratios follows for BOK Financial on a consolidated basis in Table 31.
Table 31 – Capital and Performance Ratios
| Minimum Capital Requirement | Capital Conservation Buffer | Minimum Capital Requirement Including Capital Conservation Buffer | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Capital: | ||||||||||||||
| Common equity Tier 1 | 4.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 7.00 | % | 13.03 | % | 12.06 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 capital | 6.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 8.50 | % | 13.04 | % | 12.07 | % | ||||
| Total capital | 8.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 10.50 | % | 14.21 | % | 13.16 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 Leverage | 4.00 | % | N/A | 4.00 | % | 9.97 | % | 9.45 | % | |||||
| Average total equity to average assets | 10.51 | % | 10.17 | % | ||||||||||
| Tangible common equity ratio1 | 9.17 | % | 8.29 | % | ||||||||||
| Adjusted tangible common equity ratio1 | 8.86 | % | 8.02 | % | ||||||||||
| Performance Ratios: | ||||||||||||||
| Return on average equity | 9.82 | % | 10.82 | % | ||||||||||
| Return on average tangible common equity1 | 12.37 | % | 14.00 | % |
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures following.
In March 2020, in response to the impact on the financial markets by the COVID-19 pandemic, the banking agencies issued an interim final rule permitting banking organizations that implement CECL the option to delay for two years an estimate of the CECL methodology's effect on regulatory capital, followed by a three-year transition period. The estimate includes the implementation date adjustment as of January 1, 2020 plus an estimate of the impact of the change for a two year period following implementation of CECL. We elected to delay the regulatory capital impact of the transition in accordance with the interim final rule, with the transition period ending January 1, 2025. Deferral of the impact of CECL added 3 basis points to the Company's Common equity Tier 1 capital at December 31, 2024.
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Non-GAAP Measures
In this report we may sometimes use non-GAAP financial measures. Please note that although non-GAAP financial measures provide useful insight to analysts, investors and regulators, they should not be considered in isolation or relied upon as a substitute for analysis using GAAP measures.
Table 32 provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with financial measures defined by GAAP.
Table 32 – Non-GAAP Measures
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Reconciliation of tangible common equity ratio and adjusted tangible common equity ratio: | |||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | $ | 5,548,353 | $ | 5,142,442 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,091,537 | 1,104,728 | |||||
| Tangible common equity | 4,456,816 | 4,037,714 | |||||
| Add: Unrealized loss on investment securities, net | (199,519) | (171,903) | |||||
| Add: Tax effect on unrealized loss on investment securities, net | 46,925 | 40,430 | |||||
| Adjusted tangible common equity | $ | 4,304,222 | $ | 3,906,241 | |||
| Total assets | $ | 49,685,892 | $ | 49,824,830 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,091,537 | 1,104,728 | |||||
| Tangible assets | $ | 48,594,355 | $ | 48,720,102 | |||
| Tangible common equity ratio | 9.17 | % | 8.29 | % | |||
| Adjusted tangible common equity ratio | 8.86 | % | 8.02 | % | |||
| Reconciliation of return on average tangible common equity: | |||||||
| Total average shareholders' equity | $ | 5,331,345 | $ | 4,903,998 | |||
| Less: Average goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,098,737 | 1,113,701 | |||||
| Average tangible common equity | $ | 4,232,608 | $ | 3,790,297 | |||
| Net Income | $ | 523,569 | $ | 530,746 | |||
| Return on average tangible common equity | 12.37 | % | 14.00 | % | |||
| Reconciliation of pre-provision net revenue: | |||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 666,644 | $ | 683,248 | |||
| Add: Provision for expected credit losses | 18,000 | 46,000 | |||||
| Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (16) | 387 | |||||
| Pre-provision net revenue | $ | 684,660 | $ | 728,861 | |||
| Calculation of efficiency ratio: | |||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,365,755 | $ | 1,332,881 | |||
| Less: Amortization of intangible assets | 11,612 | 13,882 | |||||
| Numerator for efficiency ratio | $ | 1,354,143 | $ | 1,318,999 | |||
| Net interest and dividend income | $ | 1,210,758 | $ | 1,272,180 | |||
| Add: Tax-equivalent adjustment | 9,147 | 8,811 | |||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest and dividend income | 1,219,905 | 1,280,991 | |||||
| Add: Total other operating revenue | 839,641 | 789,949 | |||||
| Less: Loss on available for sale securities, net | (45,828) | (30,636) | |||||
| Denominator for efficiency ratio | $ | 2,105,374 | $ | 2,101,576 | |||
| Efficiency ratio | 64.32 | % | 62.76 | % |
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| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Information on net interest income and net interest margin excluding trading activities: | |||||||
| Net interest and dividend income | $ | 1,210,758 | $ | 1,272,180 | |||
| Less: Trading activities net interest income | 7,583 | (14,202) | |||||
| Net interest and dividend income excluding trading activities | 1,203,175 | 1,286,382 | |||||
| Add: Tax-equivalent adjustment | 9,147 | 8,811 | |||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income excluding trading activities | $ | 1,212,322 | $ | 1,295,193 | |||
| Average interest-earning assets | $ | 45,538,838 | $ | 42,975,672 | |||
| Less: Average trading activities interest-earning assets | 5,683,573 | 4,559,012 | |||||
| Average interest-earning assets excluding trading activities | $ | 39,855,265 | $ | 38,416,660 | |||
| Net interest margin on average interest-earning assets | 2.65 | % | 2.93 | % | |||
| Net interest margin on average trading activities interest-earning assets | 0.13 | % | (0.31) | % | |||
| Net interest margin on average interest-earning assets excluding trading activities | 3.01 | % | 3.31 | % |
Explanation of Non-GAAP Measures
The tangible common equity ratio and return on average tangible common equity are primarily based on total shareholders' equity, which includes unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, less intangible assets and equity that do not benefit common shareholders. The adjusted tangible common equity ratio also includes unrealized gains and losses on the investment portfolio. These measures are valuable indicators of a financial institution's capital strength since they eliminate intangible assets from shareholders' equity and retain the effect of unrealized losses on securities and other components of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity.
Pre-provision net revenue is a measure of revenue less expenses and is calculated before provision for credit losses and income tax expense. This financial measure is frequently used by investors and analysts and enables them to assess a company's ability to generate earnings to cover credit losses through a credit cycle. It also provides an additional basis for comparing the results of operations between periods by isolating the impact of the provision for credit losses, which can vary significantly between periods.
The efficiency ratio measures the Company's ability to use its assets and manage its liabilities effectively in the current period.
Net interest income and net interest margin excluding trading activities remove the effect of trading activities on these metrics allowing management and investors to assess the performance of the Company's core lending and deposit activities without the associated volatility from trading activities.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the Company’s significant off-balance sheet commitments.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of newly adopted and pending accounting standards.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This 10-K contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about BOK Financial, the financial services industry, the economy generally and the related responses of the government, consumers, and others, on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "plans," "projects," "will," "intends," variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Management judgments relating to and discussion of the provision and allowance for credit losses, allowance for uncertain tax positions, accruals for loss contingencies and valuation of mortgage servicing rights involve judgments as to expected events and are inherently forward-looking statements. Assessments that acquisitions and growth endeavors will be profitable are necessary statements of belief as to the outcome of future events based in part on information provided by others which BOK Financial has not independently verified. These various forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions which are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what is expected, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Internal and external factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to changes in commodity prices, interest rates and interest rate relationships, inflation, demand for products and services, the degree of competition by traditional and nontraditional competitors, changes in banking regulations, tax laws, prices, levies and assessments, the impact of technological advances, and trends in customer behavior as well as their ability to repay loans. BOK Financial and its affiliates undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Annualized, pro forma, projected and estimated numbers are used for illustrative purpose only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results.
Legal Notice
As used in this report, the term "BOK Financial" and such terms as "the Company," "the Corporation," "our," "we" and "us" may refer to one or more of the consolidated subsidiaries or all of them taken as a whole. All these terms are used for convenience only and are not intended as a precise description of any of the separate companies, each of which manages its own affairs.
FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0000875357-24-000008.
ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
| Table 1 – Consolidated Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
| Earnings per share (based on average equivalent shares): | ||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 8.02 | $ | 7.68 | $ | 8.95 | ||||
| Diluted | 8.02 | 7.68 | 8.95 | |||||||
| Percentages (based on daily averages): | ||||||||||
| Return on average assets | 1.10 | % | 1.11 | % | 1.23 | % | ||||
| Return on average shareholders' equity | 10.82 | % | 10.81 | % | 11.59 | % | ||||
| Dividend payout ratio | 27.00 | % | 27.65 | % | 23.29 | % | ||||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans | 1.16 | % | 1.04 | % | 1.27 | % | ||||
| Combined allowance for credit losses to loans1 | 1.36 | % | 1.31 | % | 1.43 | % |
1 Includes allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk.
Management’s Assessment of Operations and Financial Condition
Overview
The following discussion is management's analysis to assist in the understanding and evaluation of the financial condition and results of operations of BOK Financial. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes and selected financial data presented elsewhere in this report. This section and other sections provide information about our recent financial performance. For information about results of operations for 2022 compared with 2021, see the respective sections in Management's Discussion and Analysis included in our 2022 Form 10-K filed on March 1, 2023.
Economic conditions continued to be volatile in 2023 with inflationary concerns, fluctuating oil prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and instability in the geopolitical environment. In order to combat rising inflation, the Federal Reserve began increasing the Federal Funds rate in March 2022 and continued to do so through the end of 2023 for a total 525 basis point increase. This has slowed the housing market, but home prices remain elevated. Consumer spending also continues to remain steady despite the Federal Reserve's effort to decrease spending with higher rates. Unemployment remains low, coming in at 3.7% for December 2023. See "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis for additional discussion around our economic forecast.
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Performance Summary
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2023 totaled $530.7 million or $8.02 per diluted share compared with net income of $520.3 million or $7.68 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2022. PPNR, a non-GAAP measure, was $728.9 million for 2023 compared to $690.1 million in the prior year. 2023 included a 52 cent per share reduction as a result of the FDIC special assessment.
Highlights of 2023 included:
•Net interest revenue totaled $1.3 billion for 2023, an increase of $60.8 million over the prior year. Net interest margin was 2.93% for 2023 compared to 2.98% for 2022, primarily due to deposit repricing activity and liability mix-shift. Average earning assets were $43.0 billion for 2023, up $2.9 billion compared to 2022, largely due to higher loan balances.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $781.1 million for 2023, an increase of $123.9 million compared to 2022 led by a $99.6 million increase in brokerage and trading revenue. Trading revenue in 2022 was negatively affected by disruption in the fixed income markets. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $11.0 million with growth in Cavanal Hill fund fees, mutual fund fees, and trust business line fees.
•Other gains and losses, net increased $56.7 million. The fourth quarter of 2023 included a pre-tax $31.0 million gain, before related professional fees, on the sale of our insurance brokerage and consulting business, BOKF Insurance. We also recognized a $17.3 million increase in the value of deferred compensation investments, which are held to offset the cost of various employee benefit programs.
•Losses on available for sale securities totaled $30.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. We strategically repositioned a small portion of our portfolio throughout the year, mostly in the fourth quarter.
•Other operating expense increased $168.4 million to $1.3 billion. Personnel expense grew $95.7 million, reflecting a combination of annual merit increases and salary adjustments, higher sales activity, and business expansion. Non-personnel expense increased $72.7 million including the FDIC special assessment of $43.8 million. Increased data processing and communications, business promotion, ongoing FDIC assessment costs, and occupancy and equipment expenses were partially offset by lower mortgage banking costs.
•The net economic cost of the changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges was $18.2 million during 2023 compared to $12.5 million during 2022 due to continued market volatility throughout 2023.
•The provision for credit losses was $46.0 million in 2023, primarily due to loan growth and changes in our economic forecast during the year, including a more challenging commercial real estate environment. Net charge-offs were $18.1 million or 0.08% of average loans on an annualized basis in 2023. We recorded a $30.0 million provision for expected credit losses in 2022. The combined allowance for credit losses totaled $326 million or 1.36% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2023. The combined allowance for credit losses was $297 million or 1.31% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2022.
•Nonperforming assets not guaranteed by U.S. government agencies increased $18 million over December 31, 2022. Potential problem loans increased $65 million and other loans especially mentioned increased $43 million.
•Average outstanding loan balances were $23.1 billion, a $1.8 billion increase, mostly driven by growth in commercial loans and commercial real estate loans secured by multifamily properties. Commercial loans increased $914 million and commercial real estate loans increased $818 million. Period-end outstanding loan balances increased $1.3 billion to $23.9 billion at December 31, 2023.
•Average deposits decreased $4.6 billion to $33.2 billion. Average demand deposits decreased $4.2 billion while average interest-bearing deposits decreased $487 million. Period-end deposits decreased $461 million to $34.0 billion. The loan to deposit ratio was 70% at December 31, 2023 and was 65% at December 31, 2022.
•Assets under management or administration totaled $104.7 billion at December 31, 2023, increasing $5.0 billion compared to December 31, 2022.
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•The Company's tangible common equity ratio, a non-GAAP measure, was 8.29% at December 31, 2023 and 7.63% at December 31, 2022. The tangible common equity ratio is primarily based on total shareholders' equity, which includes unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities. Adjusted for all securities portfolio losses, including the tax adjusted losses in the investment portfolio, the tangible common equity ratio would be 8.02% at December 31, 2023 and 7.36% at December 31, 2022.
•The Company's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.06% at December 31, 2023. In addition, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.07%, total capital ratio was 13.16% and leverage ratio was 9.45% at December 31, 2023. At December 31, 2022, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 11.71%, the total capital ratio was 12.67% and the leverage ratio was 9.91%.
•The Company repurchased 2,113,808 common shares at an average price of $82.85 per share during 2023 and 1,632,401 common shares at an average price of $94.88 during 2022.
•The Company paid cash dividends of $2.17 per common share during 2023 and $2.13 per common share in 2022.
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2023 totaled $82.6 million or $1.26 per diluted share, compared to $134.5 million or $2.04 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2023. The fourth quarter included a 52 cent per share reduction as a result of the FDIC special assessment.
Highlights of the fourth quarter of 2023 included:
•Net interest revenue totaled $296.7 million, a decrease of $4.2 million compared to the prior quarter. Net interest margin was 2.64% compared to 2.69%, primarily due to deposit repricing activity and liability mix-shift. For the fourth quarter of 2023, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.03% compared to 3.14% in the prior quarter.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $196.8 million, largely consistent with the prior quarter. Lower brokerage and trading revenue and other revenue was offset by increased transaction card revenue.
•Other gains and losses, net increased $39.0 million to $40.5 million. The fourth quarter included a $31.0 million pre-tax gain, before related professional fees, on the sale of our insurance brokerage and consulting business, BOKF Insurance. The value of our deferred compensation investments also increased $5.9 million versus a decline of $427 thousand in the prior quarter.
•Losses on available for sale securities totaled $27.6 million in the fourth quarter. The gain on sale received from the disposition of BOKF Insurance was used to reposition a small portion of our available for sale securities portfolio.
•Operating expense increased $59.8 million to $384.1 million. Personnel expense grew $12.2 million with higher regular compensation, incentive compensation, including deferred compensation plans, and employee benefits expense. Non-personnel expense increased $47.5 million including the FDIC special assessment of $43.8 million. Increased professional fees and services, business promotion, and charitable expenses were partially offset by lower occupancy and equipment costs.
•The provision for credit losses of $6.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 reflects a stable economic forecast and continued loan growth. Net charge-offs were $4.1 million or 0.07% of average loans on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter.
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Critical Accounting Policies & Estimates
The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company's accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Management makes significant assumptions and estimates in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP that may be highly subjective, complex and subject to variability. Actual results could differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates. The following discussion addresses the most critical areas where these assumptions and estimates could affect the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. These critical accounting policies and estimates have been discussed with the appropriate committees of the Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Loan Commitments
The allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments represent the portion of amortized cost basis of loans and related unfunded commitments we do not expect to collect over the asset’s contractual life, considering past events, current conditions, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. Quarterly, a senior management Allowance Committee assesses the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk. This assessment requires judgment about effects of uncertain matters, resulting in a subjective calculation which is inherently imprecise. Because of the subjective forward-looking nature of the calculation, changes in these measures may not directly correlate with actual economic events. In future periods, management judgment may consider new or changed information which may cause significant changes in these allowances in those future periods.
See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the description of the expected credit losses calculation of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments.
For the majority of risk-graded loans, the accruing loan's expected credit loss estimate is sensitive to management judgment, particularly probability of default and loss given default assumptions, changes in specific macroeconomic factor forecasts and the probability weight assigned to each economic scenario, and appropriate adjustments.
Significant assumptions and estimates affecting the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk include:
•Probability of default and loss given default measurements are based on historical data that may not be a good predictor of future performance or actual losses.
•Probability of default is based on risk grades, a subjective measurement of the risk of a loan. This subjective assessment of risk may not reflect actual risk of loss.
•The forecast for each relevant economic loss driver and the probability weighting of economic scenarios are overseen by a senior management Economic Forecast Committee which includes members independent of the allowance process.
•The Allowance Committee may increase or decrease the allowance to reflect risks not captured in the quantitative component. Examples of circumstances that may result in adjustments include, but are not limited to, new lines of business, market conditions that have not been previously encountered, observed changes in credit risk that are not yet reflected in macroeconomic factors, or economic conditions that impact loss given default assumptions.
Although the resulting expected credit loss estimate represents management's best estimates at the time, actual credit losses will differ from management's estimate. Portfolio composition will change over time, actual economic conditions will differ from probability-weighted assumptions, borrower-specific circumstances will change, as well as other factors. Differences between actual losses and management's estimates may materially affect the Company's results of operations.
We describe critical elements affecting our estimate of expected credit loss in the "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis. While it is challenging to evaluate the allowance impact for a change in a particular input, results of such an analysis demonstrate how the quantitative element of the allowance behaves under different conditions. The sensitivity to management's economic scenario weighting may be quantified by comparing the results of weighting each economic scenario at 100%. For example, compared to a 100% Base Case scenario, a 100% Downside case would result in an additional $172 million in quantitative reserve, while a 100% Upside Case would result in $19 million less in quantitative reserve at December 31, 2023. Such sensitivity calculations do not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the related allowance for a number of reasons including (1) management's weighting of multiple forecasted economic scenarios in estimating expected credit losses; (2) management's predictions of future economic trends and relationships among the scenarios may differ from actual events; and (3) management's application of subjective measures to modeled results when appropriate.
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Fair Value Measurement
Certain assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Fair value is defined by applicable accounting guidance as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal markets for the given asset or liability at the measurement date based on market conditions at that date. An orderly transaction assumes exposure to the market for a customary period for marketing activities prior to the measurement date and not a forced liquidation or distressed sale.
A hierarchy for fair value has been established that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad categories: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), other observable inputs that can be observed either directly or indirectly (Level 2) and unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities (Level 3). Fair value may be recorded for certain assets and liabilities every reporting period on a recurring basis or under certain circumstances on a non-recurring basis. Fair value measurements of significant assets or liabilities that are based on unobservable inputs (Level 3) are considered Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. Additional discussion of fair value measurement and disclosure is included in Notes 7 and 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
We have a significant investment in MSRs. Our MSRs are primarily retained from sales in the secondary market of residential mortgage loans we have originated or purchased from correspondent lenders. MSRs may be purchased from other lenders. Both originated and purchased MSRs are initially recognized at fair value. We carry all MSRs at fair value. Changes in fair value are recognized in earnings as they occur.
MSRs are not traded in active markets. The fair value of MSRs is determined by discounting the projected cash flows. Certain significant assumptions and estimates used in valuing MSRs are based on current market sources including projected prepayment speeds, assumed servicing costs, earnings on escrow deposits, ancillary income and discount rates. Assumptions used to value our MSRs are considered significant unobservable inputs and represent our best estimate of assumptions that market participants would use to value this asset. A separate third-party model is used to estimate prepayment speeds based on interest rates, housing turnover rates, estimated loan curtailment, anticipated defaults and other relevant factors. The prepayment model is updated periodically for changes in market conditions and adjusted to better correlate with actual performance of our servicing portfolio. The discount rate is based on benchmark rates for mortgage loans plus a market spread expected by investors in servicing rights. Significant assumptions used to determine the fair value of our MSRs are presented in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. At least quarterly, we request estimates of fair value from outside sources to corroborate the results of the valuation model.
The assumptions used in this model are primarily based on mortgage interest rates. Evaluation of the effect of a change in one assumption without considering the effect of that change on other assumptions is not meaningful. Considering all related assumptions, we expect a 50 basis point parallel rate shock to increase the fair value of our servicing rights by $8.0 million. We expect a $9.9 million decrease in the fair value of our MSRs from a 50 basis point parallel rate shock.
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Revenue and Net Interest Margin
2023 Net Interest Revenue
Net interest revenue is the interest earned on debt securities, loans and other interest-earning assets less interest paid for interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings. The net interest margin is calculated by dividing tax-equivalent net interest revenue by average interest-earning assets. Net interest spread is the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is typically greater than net interest spread due to interest income earned on assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities such as demand deposits and equity.
Tax-equivalent net interest revenue totaled $1.3 billion for 2023, an increase of $61.1 million over the prior year. Net interest revenue increased $139.6 million due to changes in interest rates and decreased $78.5 million from increased average borrowing levels partially offset by growth in earning assets. Table 3 shows the effects on net interest revenue due to changes in average balances and interest rates for the various types of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. In addition, see the Annual Financial Summary of consolidated daily average balances, yields and rates as shown in Table 2.
Net interest margin was 2.93% for 2023 and 2.98% for 2022. Our core net interest margin excluding trading activities, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.31% compared to 3.26% in the prior year. In response to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate 525 basis points since the beginning of 2022. The resulting impact on market interest rates increased net interest margin at first as our earning assets, led by our significant percentage of variable-rate commercial loans, repriced at a higher rate and faster pace than our interest-bearing liabilities. Throughout 2023, we have experienced margin compression reflecting deposit repricing activity. The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 5.38% for 2023 compared to 3.42% in 2022. Loan yields increased 246 basis points to 7.08%. The available for sale securities portfolio yield increased 99 basis points to 3.06%. The yield on trading securities grew 250 basis points to 4.74% and the yield on interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents increased 368 basis points to 5.12%.
Funding costs increased 273 basis points compared to 2022. The cost of interest-bearing deposits increased 226 basis points. The cost of other short-term borrowings increased 322 basis points. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 98 basis points for 2023, up from 26 basis points for 2022.
Average earning assets for 2023 increased $2.9 billion or 7% compared 2022. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, increased $1.8 billion, largely due to growth in commercial and commercial real estate loans. The average balance of investment securities increased $875 million while the average balance of available for sale securities, which consists largely of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, increased $298 million. In the second quarter 2022, we transferred $2.4 billion of U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities from available for sale to the investment securities portfolio to limit the effect of future rate increases on the tangible common equity ratio. Average interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents decreased $169 million and average trading securities balances decreased $164 million.
Total average deposits decreased $4.6 billion compared to the prior year as customers redeploy capital. Lower average demand deposit balances of $4.2 billion and average interest-bearing transaction account balances of $1.3 billion were partially offset by higher average time deposits of $908 million. Average short-term borrowings increased $5.7 billion.
Our overall objective is to manage the Company's balance sheet for changes in interest rates as described in the Market Risk section of this report. Approximately 81% of our commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolios are either variable rate loans or fixed rate loans that will reprice within one year. These loans are funded primarily by deposit accounts that are either non-interest bearing or that reprice more slowly than the loans. The result is a balance sheet that would be asset-sensitive which means that assets generally reprice more quickly than liabilities. One of the strategies that we use to manage toward a relative rate-neutral position is to purchase fixed rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued primarily by U.S. government agencies and fund them with market rate sensitive liabilities. The liability-sensitive nature of this strategy provides an offset to the asset-sensitive characteristics of our loan portfolio. We also may use derivative instruments to manage our interest rate risk.
The effectiveness of these strategies is reflected in the overall change in net interest revenue due to changes in interest rates as shown in Table 3 and in the interest rate sensitivity projections as shown in the Market Risk section of this report.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Year Ended | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | |||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 632,289 | $ | 32,353 | 5.12 | % | |||||
| Trading securities | 4,559,012 | 216,269 | 4.74 | % | |||||||
| Investment securities | 2,368,749 | 34,043 | 1.44 | % | |||||||
| Available for sale securities | 11,941,222 | 388,755 | 3.06 | % | |||||||
| Fair value option securities | 150,847 | 7,760 | 5.06 | % | |||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 387,224 | 29,683 | 7.67 | % | |||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 69,280 | 4,341 | 6.12 | % | |||||||
| Loans | 23,125,349 | 1,638,071 | 7.08 | % | |||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (258,300) | ||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 22,867,049 | 1,638,071 | 7.16 | % | |||||||
| Total earning assets | 42,975,672 | 2,351,275 | 5.38 | % | |||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 222,004 | ||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 5,046,478 | ||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 48,244,154 | |||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 19,223,863 | $ | 540,068 | 2.81 | % | |||||
| Savings | 901,008 | 2,913 | 0.32 | % | |||||||
| Time | 2,354,511 | 83,616 | 3.55 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 22,479,382 | 626,597 | 2.79 | % | |||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 2,653,654 | 119,018 | 4.49 | % | |||||||
| Other borrowings | 5,979,095 | 315,717 | 5.28 | % | |||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,155 | 8,952 | 6.83 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 31,243,286 | 1,070,284 | 3.43 | % | |||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 10,725,452 | ||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 388,353 | ||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 979,685 | ||||||||||
| Total equity | 4,907,378 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 48,244,154 | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | $ | 1,280,991 | 1.95 | % | |||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue to earning assets | 2.93 | % | |||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 8,811 | ||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 1,272,180 | ||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 46,000 | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 789,949 | ||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,332,881 | ||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 683,248 | ||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 152,115 | ||||||||||
| Net income | 531,133 | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 387 | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 530,746 | |||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | |||||||||||
| Net income: | |||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 8.02 | |||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 8.02 |
Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, Except Per Share Data) | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 801,180 | $ | 11,552 | 1.44 | % | $ | 816,425 | $ | 1,060 | 0.13 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 4,723,130 | 115,295 | 2.24 | % | 7,823,705 | 156,214 | 1.98 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 1,493,322 | 24,490 | 1.64 | % | 222,426 | 11,065 | 4.97 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 11,643,103 | 249,361 | 2.07 | % | 13,342,526 | 230,698 | 1.80 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 64,776 | 2,145 | 3.40 | % | 67,881 | 1,542 | 2.38 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 180,760 | 8,282 | 4.58 | % | 195,488 | 5,703 | 2.92 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 139,553 | 6,027 | 4.31 | % | 188,888 | 5,465 | 2.93 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 21,279,187 | 983,413 | 4.62 | % | 21,495,156 | 777,124 | 3.62 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (245,915) | (326,121) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 21,033,272 | 983,413 | 4.68 | % | 21,169,035 | 777,124 | 3.67 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 40,079,096 | 1,400,565 | 3.42 | % | 43,826,374 | 1,188,871 | 2.74 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 310,974 | 667,149 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 6,634,566 | 5,658,180 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 47,024,636 | $ | 50,151,703 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 20,550,624 | $ | 108,956 | 0.53 | % | $ | 21,673,472 | $ | 21,961 | 0.10 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 969,279 | 489 | 0.05 | % | 865,245 | 374 | 0.04 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 1,446,613 | 12,304 | 0.85 | % | 1,876,901 | 11,149 | 0.59 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 22,966,516 | 121,749 | 0.53 | % | 24,415,618 | 33,484 | 0.14 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 1,265,045 | 13,158 | 1.04 | % | 2,238,702 | 8,084 | 0.36 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 1,628,972 | 39,325 | 2.41 | % | 2,599,861 | 9,793 | 0.38 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,206 | 6,490 | 4.95 | % | 224,058 | 10,535 | 4.70 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 25,991,739 | 180,722 | 0.70 | % | 29,478,239 | 61,896 | 0.21 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 14,884,765 | 13,505,359 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 451,530 | 800,667 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 879,691 | 1,013,050 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 4,816,911 | 5,354,388 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 47,024,636 | $ | 50,151,703 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | $ | 1,219,843 | 2.72 | % | $ | 1,126,975 | 2.53 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue to earning assets | 2.98 | % | 2.60 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 8,463 | 8,942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 1,211,380 | 1,118,033 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 30,000 | (100,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 643,257 | 755,775 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,164,480 | 1,177,708 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 660,157 | 796,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 139,864 | 179,775 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 520,293 | 616,325 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | 20 | (1,796) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 520,273 | $ | 618,121 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 7.68 | $ | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 7.68 | $ | 8.95 |
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Table 3 – Annual Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 / 2022 | December 31, 2022 / 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | Change Due To1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 20,801 | $ | (5,557) | $ | 26,358 | $ | 10,492 | $ | (111) | $ | 10,603 | |||||||||||
| Trading securities | 100,974 | (20,136) | 121,110 | (40,919) | (58,095) | 17,176 | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 9,553 | 12,559 | (3,006) | 13,425 | 43,575 | (30,150) | |||||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 139,394 | 16,127 | 123,267 | 18,663 | (14,377) | 33,040 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 5,615 | 3,815 | 1,800 | 603 | (50) | 653 | |||||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 21,401 | 13,269 | 8,132 | 2,579 | (476) | 3,055 | |||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | (1,686) | (3,592) | 1,906 | 562 | (1,696) | 2,258 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans | 654,658 | 108,241 | 546,417 | 206,289 | (8,240) | 214,529 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | 950,710 | 124,726 | 825,984 | 211,694 | (39,470) | 251,164 | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 431,112 | (22,237) | 453,349 | 86,995 | (3,662) | 90,657 | |||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | 2,424 | (114) | 2,538 | 115 | 35 | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 71,312 | 19,985 | 51,327 | 1,155 | (3,132) | 4,287 | |||||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 105,860 | 38,329 | 67,531 | 5,074 | (6,827) | 11,901 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 276,392 | 167,239 | 109,153 | 29,532 | (13,467) | 42,999 | |||||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 2,462 | (4) | 2,466 | (4,045) | (4,485) | 440 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | 889,562 | 203,198 | 686,364 | 118,826 | (31,538) | 150,364 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | 61,148 | (78,472) | 139,620 | 92,868 | (7,932) | 100,800 | |||||||||||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | 348 | (479) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | $ | 60,800 | $ | 93,347 |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Fourth Quarter 2023 Net Interest Revenue
Tax-equivalent net interest revenue totaled $298.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, a decrease of $4.3 million compared to the third quarter of 2023. Net interest margin was 2.64% for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to 2.69% for the third quarter of 2023. For the fourth quarter of 2023, our core net interest margin excluding trading activities, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.03% compared to 3.14% in the prior quarter. The Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate 100 basis points in 2023 following a 425 basis point increase in 2022. While the resulting market interest rates increased net interest margin in the beginning of the rising rate cycle, largely due to our significant percentage of variable-rate commercial loans, deposit and funding repricing outpaced the increase in net interest income in the fourth quarter.
Average earning assets for the fourth quarter of 2023 increased $315 million over the third quarter of 2023. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, increased $284 million, largely due to growth in commercial and commercial real estate loans. Available for sale securities increased $138 million while investment securities decreased $67 million. Average interest-bearing deposits increased $1.2 billion as deposits continue to shift from demand to interest-bearing. Funds purchased and repurchase agreements declined $222 million while average other borrowings increased $153 million.
The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 5.64% for the fourth quarter of 2023, an increase of 15 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2023. Loan yields increased 11 basis points to 7.36% while the yield on available for sale securities increased 16 basis points to 3.27%. The yield on trading securities was up 29 basis points to 5.05%.
Funding costs were 3.98%, an increase of 17 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2023. The cost of interest-bearing deposits increased 26 basis points to 3.43% while the cost of other short-term borrowings increased 6 basis points to 5.35%. The cost of other borrowings was up 7 basis points to 5.55%. The cost of funds purchased and repurchase agreements decreased 2 basis points to 4.79%. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 98 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2023 and 101 basis points in the third quarter of 2023.
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (In thousands, except per share data) | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 605,839 | $ | 8,096 | 5.30 | % | $ | 598,734 | $ | 8,199 | 5.43 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 5,448,403 | 69,013 | 5.05 | % | 5,444,587 | 65,301 | 4.76 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 2,264,194 | 8,058 | 1.42 | % | 2,331,595 | 8,309 | 1.43 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 12,063,398 | 105,556 | 3.27 | % | 11,925,800 | 99,238 | 3.11 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 20,086 | 199 | 3.57 | % | 41,741 | 552 | 4.61 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 432,780 | 8,670 | 8.01 | % | 445,532 | 8,776 | 7.88 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 61,146 | 1,036 | 6.59 | % | 77,208 | 1,234 | 6.27 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 23,705,108 | 439,808 | 7.36 | % | 23,414,308 | 427,649 | 7.25 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (273,717) | (267,205) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 23,431,391 | 439,808 | 7.45 | % | 23,147,103 | 427,649 | 7.33 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 44,327,237 | 640,436 | 5.64 | % | 44,012,300 | 619,258 | 5.49 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 276,856 | 268,344 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 5,109,577 | 5,038,908 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 49,713,670 | $ | 49,319,552 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 20,449,370 | $ | 177,475 | 3.44 | % | $ | 19,415,599 | $ | 155,385 | 3.18 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 845,705 | 1,132 | 0.53 | % | 874,530 | 1,043 | 0.47 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 3,002,252 | 31,242 | 4.13 | % | 2,839,947 | 28,380 | 3.96 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 24,297,327 | 209,849 | 3.43 | % | 23,130,076 | 184,808 | 3.17 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 2,476,973 | 29,915 | 4.79 | % | 2,699,027 | 32,748 | 4.81 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 7,120,963 | 99,542 | 5.55 | % | 6,968,309 | 96,271 | 5.48 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,151 | 2,343 | 7.09 | % | 131,151 | 2,321 | 7.02 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 34,026,414 | 341,649 | 3.98 | % | 32,928,563 | 316,148 | 3.81 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 9,378,886 | 10,157,821 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 363,358 | 435,927 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,008,035 | 891,675 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 4,936,977 | 4,905,566 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 49,713,670 | $ | 49,319,552 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | $ | 298,787 | 1.66 | % | $ | 303,110 | 1.68 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue to earning assets | 2.64 | % | 2.69 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 2,112 | 2,214 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 296,675 | 300,896 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 6,000 | 7,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 204,883 | 198,152 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 384,083 | 324,313 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 111,475 | 167,735 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 28,953 | 33,256 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 82,522 | 134,479 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (53) | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corp. shareholders | $ | 82,575 | $ | 134,495 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 1.26 | $ | 2.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 1.26 | $ | 2.04 |
Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent basis at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2023 | March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue /Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 708,475 | $ | 9,552 | 5.41 | % | $ | 616,596 | $ | 6,506 | 4.28 | % | $ | 568,307 | $ | 5,822 | 4.06 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 4,274,803 | 47,882 | 4.50 | % | 3,031,969 | 34,073 | 4.52 | % | 3,086,985 | 28,473 | 3.70 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,408,122 | 8,659 | 1.44 | % | 2,473,796 | 9,017 | 1.46 | % | 2,535,305 | 9,223 | 1.46 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12,033,597 | 94,849 | 3.00 | % | 11,738,693 | 89,112 | 2.87 | % | 10,953,851 | 73,317 | 2.54 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 245,469 | 3,116 | 5.07 | % | 300,372 | 3,893 | 5.17 | % | 92,012 | 931 | 4.40 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 351,944 | 6,429 | 7.31 | % | 316,724 | 5,808 | 7.34 | % | 216,673 | 3,088 | 5.70 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 72,959 | 1,092 | 5.85 | % | 65,769 | 979 | 5.79 | % | 98,613 | 1,390 | 5.56 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 22,889,054 | 400,988 | 7.03 | % | 22,476,247 | 369,626 | 6.67 | % | 21,976,004 | 331,649 | 5.99 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (252,890) | (238,909) | (242,450) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22,636,164 | 400,988 | 7.10 | % | 22,237,338 | 369,626 | 6.74 | % | 21,733,554 | 331,649 | 6.06 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 42,731,533 | 572,567 | 5.29 | % | 40,781,257 | 519,014 | 5.06 | % | 39,285,300 | 453,893 | 4.53 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 163,903 | 177,312 | 194,996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5,012,671 | 5,023,899 | 5,729,322 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 47,908,107 | $ | 45,982,468 | $ | 45,209,618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 18,368,592 | $ | 119,272 | 2.60 | % | $ | 18,639,900 | $ | 87,936 | 1.91 | % | $ | 18,898,315 | $ | 60,893 | 1.28 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 926,882 | 490 | 0.21 | % | 958,443 | 248 | 0.10 | % | 969,275 | 205 | 0.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,076,037 | 16,904 | 3.27 | % | 1,477,720 | 7,090 | 1.95 | % | 1,417,606 | 4,476 | 1.25 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 21,371,511 | 136,666 | 2.56 | % | 21,076,063 | 95,274 | 1.83 | % | 21,285,196 | 65,574 | 1.22 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,670,994 | 41,905 | 4.58 | % | 1,759,237 | 14,450 | 3.33 | % | 1,046,447 | 5,407 | 2.05 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5,275,291 | 67,316 | 5.12 | % | 4,512,280 | 52,588 | 4.73 | % | 2,523,195 | 25,961 | 4.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 131,153 | 2,219 | 6.79 | % | 131,166 | 2,069 | 6.40 | % | 131,180 | 2,038 | 6.16 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30,448,949 | 248,106 | 3.27 | % | 27,478,746 | 164,381 | 2.43 | % | 24,986,018 | 98,980 | 1.57 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10,998,201 | 12,406,408 | 14,176,189 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 436,353 | 316,738 | 575,957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,079,692 | 939,553 | 853,134 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4,944,912 | 4,841,023 | 4,618,320 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 47,908,107 | $ | 45,982,468 | $ | 45,209,618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 324,461 | 2.02 | % | $ | 354,633 | 2.63 | % | $ | 354,913 | 2.96 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.00 | % | 3.45 | % | 3.54 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,200 | 2,285 | 2,287 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 322,261 | 352,348 | 352,626 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17,000 | 16,000 | 15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 209,049 | 177,865 | 197,086 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 318,673 | 305,812 | 318,456 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 195,637 | 208,401 | 216,256 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44,001 | 45,905 | 47,864 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 151,636 | 162,496 | 168,392 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 328 | 128 | (37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 151,308 | $ | 162,368 | $ | 168,429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 2.27 | $ | 2.43 | $ | 2.51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 2.27 | $ | 2.43 | $ | 2.51 |
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Table 5 – Quarterly Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2023 / Sep. 30, 2023 | |||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | |||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | (103) | $ | 95 | $ | (198) | |||||
| Trading securities | 3,712 | (282) | 3,994 | ||||||||
| Investment securities | (251) | (249) | (2) | ||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 6,318 | 1,469 | 4,849 | ||||||||
| Fair value option securities | (353) | (262) | (91) | ||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | (106) | (193) | 87 | ||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | (198) | (256) | 58 | ||||||||
| Loans | 12,159 | 5,491 | 6,668 | ||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | 21,178 | 5,813 | 15,365 | ||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 22,090 | 8,826 | 13,264 | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | 89 | (39) | 128 | ||||||||
| Time deposits | 2,862 | 1,633 | 1,229 | ||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | (2,833) | (2,695) | (138) | ||||||||
| Other borrowings | 3,271 | 2,075 | 1,196 | ||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 22 | (1) | 23 | ||||||||
| Total interest expense | 25,501 | 9,799 | 15,702 | ||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | (4,323) | (3,986) | (337) | ||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | (102) | ||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | $ | (4,221) |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Other Operating Revenue
2023 Other Operating Revenue
Other operating revenue was $789.9 million for 2023, an increase of $146.7 million or 23% compared to 2022.
Table 6 – Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 240,610 | $ | 140,978 | $ | 99,632 | 71 | % | $ | 112,989 | $ | 27,989 | 25 | % | |||||||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 106,858 | 104,266 | 2,592 | 2 | % | 96,983 | 7,283 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 207,318 | 196,326 | 10,992 | 6 | % | 178,274 | 18,052 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 108,514 | 110,636 | (2,122) | (2) | % | 104,217 | 6,419 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 55,698 | 49,365 | 6,333 | 13 | % | 105,896 | (56,531) | (53) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other revenue | 62,120 | 55,642 | 6,478 | 12 | % | 69,950 | (14,308) | (20) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total fees and commissions revenue | 781,118 | 657,213 | 123,905 | 19 | % | 668,309 | (11,096) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains, net | 56,795 | 123 | 56,672 | N/A | 63,742 | (63,619) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on derivatives, net | (9,921) | (73,011) | 63,090 | N/A | (19,378) | (53,633) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on fair value option securities, net | (4,292) | (20,358) | 16,066 | N/A | (2,239) | (18,119) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (3,115) | 80,261 | (83,376) | N/A | 41,637 | 38,624 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on available for sale securities, net | (30,636) | (971) | (29,665) | N/A | 3,704 | (4,675) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 789,949 | $ | 643,257 | $ | 146,692 | 23 | % | $ | 755,775 | $ | (112,518) | (15) | % |
Fees and commissions revenue
Diversified sources of fees and commissions revenue are a significant part of our business strategy and represented 38% of combined net interest revenue before provision for credit losses and fees and commission revenue. We believe that a variety of fee revenue sources provides diversification to changes resulting from market or economic conditions such as interest rates, values in the equity markets, commodity prices and consumer spending, all of which can be volatile. Many of these economic factors, such as decreasing interest rates, that we expect will result in a decline in net interest revenue or fiduciary and asset management revenue may also increase mortgage banking production volumes and related trading. The velocity of changes in market conditions and interest rates may result in timing differences between when offsetting impacts and benefits are realized. Generally, for operating revenues not as directly related to movement in interest rates, we expect growth to come through offering new products and services and by further development of our presence in other markets. However, current and future economic conditions, regulatory constraints, increased competition and saturation in our existing markets could affect the rate of future increases.
Brokerage and trading revenue, which includes revenues from trading, customer hedging, retail brokerage and investment banking, increased $99.6 million or 71% over the prior year.
Trading revenue includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses primarily related to sales of residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and related derivative instruments that enable our mortgage banking customers to manage their production risk. Trading revenue also includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses on municipal securities and other financial instruments that we sell to institutional customers, along with changes in the fair value of financial instruments we hold as economic hedges against market risk of our trading securities. Trading revenue was $134.5 million for 2023, an increase of $114.2 million compared to 2022. Trading revenue was negatively affected by the disruption of the fixed income markets early in 2022. See additional discussion in "Lines of Business" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis.
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Customer hedging revenue is based primarily on realized and unrealized changes in the fair value of derivative contracts held for customer risk management programs. As more fully discussed under Customer Derivative Programs in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we offer commodity, interest rate, foreign exchange and equity derivatives to our customers. Derivative contracts executed with customers are offset with contracts between selected counterparties and exchanges to minimize market risk from changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates. Customer hedging revenue, which is largely volume driven, totaled $36.5 million for 2023, a decrease of $9.2 million or 20% compared to 2022 and was primarily attributed to our energy and interest rate derivative customers. Customer hedging revenue includes credit valuation adjustments of the fair value of derivatives to reflect the risk of counterparty default.
Investment banking, which includes fees earned upon completion of underwriting, financial advisory services and loan syndication fees, totaled $43.0 million for 2023, a decrease of $2.7 million or 6% compared to 2022, largely related to the timing and volume of transactions.
Revenue earned from retail brokerage transactions totaled $15.9 million for 2023, consistent with prior year. Retail brokerage revenue is primarily based on fees and commissions earned on sales of fixed income securities, annuities, mutual funds and other financial instruments to retail customers. Revenue is primarily based on the volume of customer transactions and applicable commission rate for each type of product.
Insurance brokerage fees were $10.7 million for 2023, a decrease of $2.2 million or 17% compared to 2022, reflecting lower revenue trends combined with the sale of this business in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Transaction card revenue depends largely on the volume and amount of transactions processed, the number of TransFund ATM locations and the number of merchants served. Transaction card revenue totaled $106.9 million for 2023, a $2.6 million or 2% increase over 2022. Revenues from the processing of transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund EFT network totaled $89.5 million, up $4.9 million or 6% over 2022. The number of TransFund ATM locations totaled 2,713 at December 31, 2023 compared to 2,774 at December 31, 2022. Merchant services fees paid by customers for account management and electronic processing of card transactions totaled $9.2 million, a decrease of $3.2 million or 26%.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue is earned through managing or holding of assets for customers and executing transactions or providing related services. Fiduciary and asset management revenue is largely based on the fair value of assets. Rates applied to those asset values vary based on the nature of the relationship. Fiduciary and managed asset relationships generally have a higher fee rate than non-fiduciary and/or managed relationships.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $11.0 million or 6% compared to 2022, primarily due to increases in Cavanal Hill fund fees, mutual fund fees, and trust business line fees. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we voluntarily waived certain administration fees on the Cavanal Hill money market funds in order to maintain positive yields on these funds in the low short-term interest rate environment. This practice subsided in 2022 with $3.1 million in fee waivers during 2022.
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A distribution of assets under management or administration and related fiduciary and asset management revenue follows:
Table 7 – Assets Under Management or Administration
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managed fiduciary assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal | $ | 10,951,951 | $ | 103,626 | 0.95 | % | $ | 10,317,729 | $ | 107,325 | 1.04 | % | $ | 12,739,289 | $ | 110,052 | 0.86 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Institutional | 19,310,826 | 34,995 | 0.18 | % | 17,229,041 | 33,482 | 0.19 | % | 17,477,280 | 29,286 | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total managed fiduciary assets | 30,262,777 | 138,621 | 0.46 | % | 27,546,770 | 140,807 | 0.51 | % | 30,216,569 | 139,338 | 0.46 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-managed assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary | 29,535,915 | 57,114 | 0.19 | % | 28,513,725 | 43,220 | 0.15 | % | 34,320,264 | 28,645 | 0.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-fiduciary | 19,670,248 | 11,583 | 0.06 | % | 19,467,202 | 12,299 | 0.06 | % | 20,253,072 | 10,291 | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Safekeeping and brokerage assets under administration | 25,268,059 | — | — | % | 24,207,343 | — | — | % | 20,127,816 | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total non-managed assets | 74,474,222 | 68,697 | 0.09 | % | 72,188,270 | 55,519 | 0.08 | % | 74,701,152 | 38,936 | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets under management or administration | $ | 104,736,999 | $ | 207,318 | 0.20 | % | $ | 99,735,040 | $ | 196,326 | 0.20 | % | $ | 104,917,721 | $ | 178,274 | 0.17 | % |
1 Assets under management or administration balance excludes certain assets under custody held by a sub-custodian where minimal revenue is recognized. $19 billion, $17 billion and $22 billion of such assets are excluded from the 2023, 2022 and 2021 assets under management or administration balances, respectively.
2 Fiduciary and asset management revenue includes asset-based and other fees associated with the assets.
3 Revenue divided by period-end balance.
A summary of changes in assets under management or administration for the year ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 follows:
Table 8 – Changes in Assets Under Management or Administration
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 99,735,040 | $ | 104,917,721 | $ | 91,592,247 | |||||
| Net inflows (outflows) | (3,105,170) | 572,812 | 4,786,237 | ||||||||
| Net change in fair value | 8,107,129 | (5,755,493) | 8,539,237 | ||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 104,736,999 | $ | 99,735,040 | $ | 104,917,721 |
Assets under management as of December 31, 2023 consist of 42% fixed income, 33% equities, 16% cash and 9% alternative investments. Net outflows from assets under management increased during 2023, largely due to larger disbursements related to retirement plans. The increase in fair value of $8.1 billion mainly resulted from improvements in the equity markets in 2023.
Deposit service charges and fees totaled $108.5 million for 2023, a $2.1 million or 2% decrease compared to 2022. Overdraft fees and non-sufficient fund fees earned primarily on consumer deposit accounts totaled $21.0 million for 2023, a decrease of $4.4 million or 17% compared to 2022. Changes were implemented in the fourth quarter of 2022 to eliminate non-sufficient funds fees and reduce consumer overdraft fees. Service charges earned primarily on commercial deposit accounts totaled $57.7 million, a $1.1 million or 2% increase over the previous year. Automated service charges totaled $6.3 million, a $1.1 million or 20% increase over 2022. Check card revenue totaled $23.5 million, relatively unchanged from 2022.
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Mortgage banking revenue totaled $55.7 million for 2023, a $6.3 million or 13% increase over 2022. Mortgage servicing revenue was $61.0 million, a $9.8 million increase compared to the prior year. The average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others totaled $20.8 billion at December 31, 2023, a $2.9 billion increase compared to December 31, 2022. During 2023, we acquired $2.8 billion in unpaid principal balance of mortgage servicing rights. This, combined with purchases in 2022 of mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $3.8 billion, led to higher mortgage servicing revenue in 2023. Mortgage production losses were $5.3 million, increasing $3.5 million, largely related to qualifying residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies previously in forbearance that have been resold into GNMA pools following the applicable performance period specified by the programs. Rising mortgage interest rates, low inventory, and home price affordability continued to place pressure on mortgage loan originations and margins in 2023. Production volume was down $399 million and production revenue as a percentage of production volume also decreased 64 basis points to (0.81)%. Mortgage refinancing activity was 9% of total production in 2023 compared to 24% in 2022.
Table 9 – Mortgage Banking Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Mortgage production revenue | $ | (5,339) | $ | (1,838) | $ | 60,712 | ||||
| Mortgage loans funded for sale | $ | 666,391 | $ | 1,180,403 | $ | 2,818,789 | ||||
| Add: Current year end outstanding commitments | 34,783 | 45,492 | 171,412 | |||||||
| Less: Prior year end outstanding commitments | 45,492 | 171,412 | 380,637 | |||||||
| Total mortgage production volume | $ | 655,682 | $ | 1,054,483 | $ | 2,609,564 | ||||
| Production revenue as a percentage of production volume | (0.81) | % | (0.17) | % | 2.33 | % | ||||
| Realized margin on funded mortgage loans | (0.75) | % | 0.63 | % | 2.71 | % | ||||
| Mortgage loan refinances to mortgage loans funded for sale | 9 | % | 24 | % | 54 | % | ||||
| Primary mortgage interest rates: | ||||||||||
| Average | 6.79 | % | 5.34 | % | 2.96 | % | ||||
| Period end | 6.42 | % | 6.41 | % | 3.11 | % | ||||
| Mortgage servicing revenue | $ | 61,037 | $ | 51,203 | $ | 45,184 | ||||
| Average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others | 20,779,627 | 17,871,306 | 15,404,548 | |||||||
| Average mortgage servicing fee rates | 0.29 | % | 0.29 | % | 0.29 | % |
Primary rates disclosed in Table 9 above represent rates generally available to borrowers on 30 year conforming mortgage loans.
Other revenue totaled $62.1 million for 2023, an increase of $6.5 million or 12% compared to 2022, largely due to increased revenue on bank-owned life insurance and increased margin interest fees.
Other gains, net and net gains on securities and derivatives
Other gains, net increased $56.7 million compared to 2022. The fourth quarter of 2023 included a pre-tax $31.0 million gain, before related professional fees, on the sale of our insurance brokerage and consulting business, BOKF Insurance. We also recognized a $17.3 million increase in the value of deferred compensation investments, which are held to offset the cost of various employee benefit programs. The increase was principally due to improvements in the equity markets in 2023.
We also recognized a $30.6 million loss on the sale of available for sale securities in 2023.
As discussed in the Market Risk section following, the fair value of our MSRs changes in response to changes in primary mortgage loan rates and other assumptions. We attempt to mitigate the earnings volatility caused by changes in the fair value of MSRs by designating certain financial instruments, generally U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities for which we have elected the fair value option, as an economic hedge. Changes in the fair value of these instruments are generally expected to partially offset changes in the fair value of MSRs.
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Table 10 – Gain (Loss) on Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net of Economic Hedge
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Loss on mortgage hedge derivative contracts, net | $ | (10,514) | $ | (72,987) | $ | (19,632) | ||||
| Loss on fair value option securities, net | (4,292) | (20,358) | (2,239) | |||||||
| Loss on economic hedge of mortgage servicing rights | (14,806) | (93,345) | (21,871) | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (3,115) | 80,261 | 41,637 | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on changes in fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges included in other operating revenue | (17,921) | (13,084) | 19,766 | |||||||
| Net interest revenue (expense) on fair value option securities1 | (258) | 569 | 1,279 | |||||||
| Total economic benefit (cost) of changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges | $ | (18,179) | $ | (12,515) | $ | 21,045 |
1 Actual interest earned on fair value option securities less internal transfer-priced cost of funds.
Fourth Quarter 2023 Other Operating Revenue
Table 11 – Fourth Quarter 2023 Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 60,896 | $ | 62,312 | $ | (1,416) | (2) | % | ||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 28,847 | 26,387 | 2,460 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 51,408 | 52,256 | (848) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 27,770 | 27,676 | 94 | — | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 12,834 | 13,356 | (522) | (4) | % | |||||||||
| Other revenue | 15,035 | 15,865 | (830) | (5) | % | |||||||||
| Total fees and commissions revenue | 196,790 | 197,852 | (1,062) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 40,452 | 1,474 | 38,978 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivatives, net | 8,592 | (9,010) | 17,602 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | 1,031 | (203) | 1,234 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (14,356) | 8,039 | (22,395) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Loss on available for sale securities, net | (27,626) | — | (27,626) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 204,883 | $ | 198,152 | $ | 6,731 | 3 | % |
Other operating revenue was $204.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, a $6.7 million or 3% increase over the third quarter of 2023.
Brokerage and trading revenue decreased $1.4 million to $60.9 million. Investment banking revenue decreased $2.4 million to $11.5 million following a record third quarter from our Public and Corporate Finance group, which underwrites municipal bonds. Trading revenue grew $1.1 million to $35.5 million, largely related to our municipal bond trading activity. Insurance brokerage fees decreased $890 thousand to $1.8 million in conjunction with the sale of this business in the fourth quarter. Transaction card revenue grew $2.5 million to $28.8 million as a result of fourth quarter transaction activity. All other fee businesses performed consistently with the prior quarter.
Other gains, net, increased $39.0 million to $40.5 million. The fourth quarter included a $31.0 million pre-tax gain, before related professional fees, on the sale of our insurance brokerage and consulting business, BOKF Insurance. The value of our deferred compensation investments also increased $5.9 million versus a decline of $427 thousand in the prior quarter due to performance of the equity markets in the fourth quarter. We also recognized a $27.6 million loss on the sale of available for sale securities in the fourth quarter. The gain on sale received from the disposition of BOKF Insurance was used to reposition a small portion of our available for sale securities portfolio.
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Other Operating Expense
2023 Other Operating Expense
Other operating expense for 2023 totaled $1.3 billion, a $168.4 million or 14% increase compared to the prior year. Personnel expense increased $95.7 million or 14%. Excluding the $43.8 million impact from the FDIC special assessment, non-personnel expense increased $28.9 million or 6% over the prior year.
Table 12 – Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | %Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 439,987 | $ | 399,107 | $ | 40,880 | 10 | % | $ | 384,808 | $ | 14,299 | 4 | % | |||||||||||
| Incentive compensation: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 196,368 | 172,595 | 23,773 | 14 | % | 187,974 | (15,379) | (8) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 15,358 | 9,565 | 5,793 | 61 | % | 13,246 | (3,681) | (28) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 9,818 | (6,235) | 16,053 | N/A | 9,789 | (16,024) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 221,544 | 175,925 | 45,619 | 26 | % | 211,009 | (35,084) | (17) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Employee benefits | 105,079 | 95,886 | 9,193 | 10 | % | 99,565 | (3,679) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 766,610 | 670,918 | 95,692 | 14 | % | 695,382 | (24,464) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Business promotion | 31,796 | 26,435 | 5,361 | 20 | % | 16,289 | 10,146 | 62 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | 2,707 | 2,500 | 207 | 8 | % | 9,000 | (6,500) | (72) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 55,337 | 56,342 | (1,005) | (2) | % | 50,906 | 5,436 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 121,502 | 116,867 | 4,635 | 4 | % | 108,587 | 8,280 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| FDIC and other insurance | 30,780 | 17,994 | 12,786 | 71 | % | 15,881 | 2,113 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| FDIC special assessment | 43,773 | — | 43,773 | 100 | % | — | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Data processing & communications | 181,365 | 165,907 | 15,458 | 9 | % | 151,614 | 14,293 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 15,225 | 15,857 | (632) | (4) | % | 14,218 | 1,639 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 13,882 | 15,692 | (1,810) | (12) | % | 18,311 | (2,619) | (14) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 30,524 | 35,834 | (5,310) | (15) | % | 42,698 | (6,864) | (16) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other expense | 39,380 | 40,134 | (754) | (2) | % | 54,822 | (14,688) | (27) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,332,881 | $ | 1,164,480 | $ | 168,401 | 14 | % | $ | 1,177,708 | $ | (13,228) | (1) | % | |||||||||||
| Average number of employees (full-time equivalent) | 4,877 | 4,759 | 118 | 2 | % | 4,816 | (57) | (1) | % |
Personnel expense
Personnel expense was $766.6 million in 2023, including $9.8 million in deferred compensation expense. Deferred compensation expense increased $16.1 million as the deferred compensation liabilities mirror the performance of the deferred compensation investments, which increased due to performance of the equity markets in 2023. Excluding deferred compensation costs, personnel expense increased $79.6 million. Regular compensation increased $40.9 million or 10% due to a combination of annual merit increases commencing in the first quarter, salary adjustments and business expansion. Cash-based incentive compensation plans, which are either intended to provide current rewards to employees who generate long-term business opportunities for the Company based on growth in loans, deposits, customer relationships and other measurable metrics or intended to compensate employees with commissions on completed transactions, increased $23.8 million or 14% compared to 2022, primarily related to higher loan and trading volumes. Changes in assumptions of certain performance-based equity awards led to a $5.8 million or 61% increase in share-based compensation expense. Employee benefits expense increased $9.2 million or 10%. The prior year included a $3.5 million decrease related to the termination of the Pension Plan. The remaining increase is primarily related to higher payroll tax expense and retirement plan costs.
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Non-personnel expense
Excluding the FDIC special assessment, non-personnel expense was $52.5 million, an increase of $28.9 million or 6% over the prior year.
Data processing and communications expense increased $15.5 million or 9%, largely affected by on-going technology project costs. Insurance expense increased $12.8 million or 71% due to higher ongoing assessment costs. On October 18, 2022, the FDIC finalized a rule that increased the initial base deposit insurance assessment rates by 2 basis points beginning with the first quarterly assessment period of 2023. Higher travel and advertising costs driven largely by business expansion led to a $5.4 million or 20% increase in business promotion expense. Occupancy and equipment expense was also up $4.6 million or 4%, primarily driven by the retirement of certain ATMs as we upgrade our network.
Mortgage banking costs decreased $5.3 million or 15%, primarily due to a decrease in prepayments.
Fourth Quarter 2023 Operating Expenses
Table 13 – Fourth Quarter 2023 Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 114,435 | $ | 111,237 | $ | 3,198 | 3 | % | ||||||
| Incentive compensation: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 55,163 | 51,139 | 4,024 | 8 | % | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 2,046 | 3,489 | (1,443) | (41) | % | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 5,363 | 60 | 5,303 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 62,572 | 54,688 | 7,884 | 14 | % | |||||||||
| Employee benefits | 26,015 | 24,866 | 1,149 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 203,022 | 190,791 | 12,231 | 6 | % | |||||||||
| Business promotion | 8,629 | 6,958 | 1,671 | 24 | % | |||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | 1,542 | 23 | 1,519 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 16,288 | 13,224 | 3,064 | 23 | % | |||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 30,355 | 32,583 | (2,228) | (7) | % | |||||||||
| Insurance | 8,495 | 7,996 | 499 | 6 | % | |||||||||
| FDIC special assessment | 43,773 | — | 43,773 | 100 | % | |||||||||
| Data processing & communications | 45,584 | 45,672 | (88) | — | % | |||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 3,844 | 3,760 | 84 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 3,543 | 3,474 | 69 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 8,085 | 8,357 | (272) | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Other expense | 10,923 | 11,475 | (552) | (5) | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 384,083 | $ | 324,313 | $ | 59,770 | 18 | % |
Other operating expense for the fourth quarter of 2023 totaled $384.1 million, an increase of $59.8 million or 18% over the third quarter of 2023, primarily driven by the $43.8 million FDIC special assessment.
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Personnel expense was $203.0 million, including $5.4 million of deferred compensation expense. Excluding deferred compensation costs, personnel expense increased $6.9 million or 4% over the prior quarter. Regular compensation increased $3.2 million or 3%, primarily due to compensation related to business expansion and transaction related employee costs on the BOKF Insurance sale. Higher sales activity led to a $4.0 million or 8% increase in cash based incentive compensation. Employee benefits expense increased $1.1 million or 5%, primarily due to seasonal employee healthcare costs.
Excluding the FDIC special assessment, non-personnel expense was $137.3 million, an increase of $3.8 million or 3%. A $3.1 million or 23% increase in professional fees and services was largely attributable to fees associated with the sale of BOKF Insurance. The fourth quarter of 2023 included a $1.5 million charitable donation to the BOKF Foundation as we continue to focus on the communities we serve. Occupancy and equipment costs decreased $2.2 million driven by the retirement of certain ATMs in the third quarter.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense was $152.1 million or 22.3% of net income before taxes for 2023 and $139.9 million or 21.2% of net income before taxes for 2022.
Net deferred tax assets totaled $269.6 million at December 31, 2023 compared to net deferred tax assets of $321.3 million at December 31, 2022. We have evaluated the recoverability of our deferred tax assets based on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible and determined that no valuation allowance was required in 2023 or 2022.
Income tax expense was $29.0 million or 26.0% of net income before taxes for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $33.3 million or 19.8% of net income before taxes for the third quarter of 2023. The fourth quarter of 2023 included an acceleration of $3.1 million of tax expense as a result of exiting three low income housing tax credit investments.
Lines of Business
We operate three principal lines of business: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking and Wealth Management. Commercial Banking includes lending, treasury and cash management services and customer risk management products for small businesses, middle market and larger commercial customers. Commercial Banking also includes the TransFund EFT network. Consumer Banking includes retail lending and deposit services, lending and deposit services to small business customers served through our consumer branch network and all mortgage loan origination and servicing activities. Wealth Management provides fiduciary services, private bank services, insurance and investment advisory services in all markets. Wealth Management also underwrites state and municipal securities and engages in brokerage and trading activities.
In addition to our lines of business, we have a Funds Management unit. The primary purpose of this unit is to manage our overall liquidity needs and interest rate risk. Each line of business borrows funds from and provides funds to the Funds Management unit as needed to support their operations. Operating results for Funds Management and other include the effect of interest rate risk positions and risk management activities, securities gains and losses, the provision for credit losses in excess of net loans charged off, tax planning strategies and certain executive compensation costs that are not attributed to the lines of business. The Funds Management unit also initially recognizes accruals for loss contingencies when losses become probable. Actual losses are recognized by the lines of business if the accruals are settled.
We allocate resources and evaluate the performance of our lines of business using the net direct contribution, which includes the allocation of funds and capital costs. Credit costs are attributed to the lines of business based on net loans charged off or recovered. The difference between credit costs attributed to the lines of business and the consolidated provision for credit losses is attributed to Funds Management. In addition, we measure the performance of our business lines after allocations of certain indirect expenses and taxes based on statutory rates.
Net interest income in our lines of business reflects our internal funds transfer pricing methodology. The funds transfer pricing methodology is the process by which the Company allocates interest income and expense to the lines of business and transfers the primary interest rate risk and liquidity risk to the Funds Management unit. The funds transfer pricing methodology considers the interest rate and liquidity risk characteristics of assets and liabilities. Periodically, the methodology and assumptions utilized in transfer pricing are adjusted to reflect economic conditions and other factors, which may impact the allocation of net interest income to the lines of business.
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As a result of the rising interest rate environment that began in 2022 and continued into 2023, the cost of funds for assets and the credits earned for liabilities have generally increased, impacting the business lines' net interest revenue. During the period ended December 31, 2023, this has resulted in a higher cost of funds for loans and contributed to margin expansion on deposits.
Economic capital is assigned to the business units by a capital allocation model that reflects management's assessment of risk. This model assigns capital based upon credit, operating, interest rate and other market risk inherent in our business lines and recognizes the diversification benefits among the units. The level of assigned economic capital is a combination of the risk taken by each business line, based on its actual exposures and calibrated to its own loss history where possible. Average invested capital includes economic capital and amounts we have invested in the lines of business.
As shown in Table 14 following, net income attributable to our lines of business increased $528.1 million or 92% compared to the prior year. Net interest revenue grew by $599.4 million over the prior year, primarily due to an increase in the spread on deposits. Net charge-offs decreased $3.7 million compared to the prior year. Other operating revenue increased $173.4 million. primarily due to growth in brokerage and trading revenues as the prior year was negatively affected by the disruption in the fixed income markets. The current year included the sale of BOKF Insurance that resulted in a $31.0 million pre-tax gain. Other operating expense increased $66.6 million with a $46.3 million increase in personnel expense and $20.3 million increase in non-personnel expense. The decrease in net income attributed to Funds Management and other is largely due to the full year impact of increased deposit credit rates to the business units from the Funding Center as market rates were rising, which exceeded the pace of rate increases the business lines passed through to their deposit products.
Table 14 – Net Income by Line of Business
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 664,461 | $ | 461,536 | $ | 326,513 | ||||
| Consumer Banking | 221,590 | 5,889 | 27,643 | |||||||
| Wealth Management | 215,483 | 106,020 | 113,246 | |||||||
| Subtotal | 1,101,534 | 573,445 | 467,402 | |||||||
| Funds Management and other | (570,788) | (53,172) | 150,719 | |||||||
| Total | $ | 530,746 | $ | 520,273 | $ | 618,121 |
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2023 Commercial Banking
Commercial Banking contributed $664.5 million to consolidated net income in 2023, an increase of $202.9 million or 44% compared to the prior year.
Table 15 – Commercial Banking
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 1,179,336 | $ | 818,213 | $ | 361,123 | 44 | % | $ | 606,902 | $ | 211,311 | 35 | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (146,965) | (73,764) | (73,201) | (99) | % | (71,167) | (2,597) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 1,032,371 | 744,449 | 287,922 | 39 | % | 535,735 | 208,714 | 39 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 13,967 | 17,726 | (3,759) | (21) | % | 31,128 | (13,402) | (43) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 1,018,404 | 726,723 | 291,681 | 40 | % | 504,607 | 222,116 | 44 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 234,334 | 233,873 | 461 | — | % | 227,081 | 6,792 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains, net | 11,891 | 7,721 | 4,170 | N/A | 35,321 | (27,600) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 246,225 | 241,594 | 4,631 | 2 | % | 262,402 | (20,808) | (8) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 189,430 | 173,309 | 16,121 | 9 | % | 166,940 | 6,369 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 123,364 | 115,934 | 7,430 | 6 | % | 112,631 | 3,303 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 312,794 | 289,243 | 23,551 | 8 | % | 279,571 | 9,672 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 951,835 | 679,074 | 272,761 | 40 | % | 487,438 | 191,636 | 39 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | 378 | 1 | 377 | N/A | 154 | (153) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on repossessed assets, net | 398 | (1,903) | 2,301 | N/A | 13,001 | (14,904) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 74,976 | 67,278 | 7,698 | 11 | % | 54,146 | 13,132 | 24 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Income before taxes | 877,635 | 609,894 | 267,741 | 44 | % | 446,447 | 163,447 | 37 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 213,174 | 148,358 | 64,816 | 44 | % | 119,934 | 28,424 | 24 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 664,461 | $ | 461,536 | $ | 202,925 | 44 | % | $ | 326,513 | $ | 135,023 | 41 | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 28,630,716 | $ | 29,084,957 | $ | (454,241) | (2) | % | $ | 28,536,881 | $ | 548,076 | 2 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 19,374,791 | 17,553,398 | 1,821,393 | 10 | % | 16,853,006 | 700,392 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 15,311,654 | 18,323,412 | (3,011,758) | (16) | % | 17,659,695 | 663,717 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,182,622 | 2,057,560 | 125,062 | 6 | % | 2,082,488 | (24,928) | (1) | % |
Net interest revenue and fee revenue increased $287.9 million or 39%, primarily due to an increase in the spread on deposits combined with loan growth. Net loans charged off decreased $3.8 million to $14.0 million in 2023.
Fees and commissions revenue was consistent with the prior year. Growth in other revenue of $6.1 million and transaction card revenue of $2.3 million was completely offset by decreases in underwriting fees and customer hedging revenue.
Operating expense increased $23.6 million or 8% over 2022. Personnel expense increased $16.1 million or 9%, reflecting a combination of annual merit increases and salary adjustments, along with increased incentive compensation costs associated with growth in loans. Non-personnel expense increased $7.4 million or 6%, driven primarily by ongoing technology projects, retirement of certain ATMs and increased insurance assessment costs. Corporate expense allocations increased $7.7 million or 11% compared to the prior year due to growth in lending activity.
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The average outstanding balance of loans attributed to Commercial Banking increased $1.8 billion or 10% over 2022 to $19.4 billion. See the Loans section of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition following for additional discussion of changes in commercial and commercial real estate loans, which are primarily attributed to the Commercial Banking segment.
Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $15.3 billion for 2023, a $3.0 billion or 16% decrease compared to the prior year. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of this change.
Fourth Quarter 2023 Commercial Banking
Table 16 - Commercial Banking - Fourth Quarter 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 293,073 | $ | 298,293 | $ | (5,220) | (2) | % | ||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (42,422) | (43,829) | 1,407 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 250,651 | 254,464 | (3,813) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 2,987 | 4,904 | (1,917) | (39) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 247,664 | 249,560 | (1,896) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 60,937 | 57,858 | 3,079 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 462 | 1,295 | (833) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 61,399 | 59,153 | 2,246 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 51,805 | 48,823 | 2,982 | 6 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 28,625 | 32,928 | (4,303) | (13) | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 80,430 | 81,751 | (1,321) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 228,633 | 226,962 | 1,671 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net | 216 | (11) | 227 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Loss on repossessed assets, net | (601) | (268) | (333) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 18,020 | 17,834 | 186 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 210,228 | 208,849 | 1,379 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 51,182 | 50,919 | 263 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 159,046 | $ | 157,930 | $ | 1,116 | 1 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 29,324,296 | $ | 28,849,597 | $ | 474,699 | 2 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 19,928,574 | 19,645,259 | 283,315 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 15,471,827 | 15,098,038 | 373,789 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,187,780 | 2,178,908 | 8,872 | — | % |
Commercial Banking contributed $159.0 million to consolidated net income in the fourth quarter of 2023, an increase of $1.1 million over the third quarter of 2023. Net interest revenue decreased $3.8 million resulting from a shift in deposit balances from demand to interest-bearing transaction accounts. Fees and commissions revenue increased $3.1 million, primarily driven by growth in transaction card revenue. Net loans charged off decreased $1.9 million to $3.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. Personnel expense increased $3.0 million led by increases in cash-based incentive compensation and regular compensation. Non-personnel expense decreased $4.3 million as the prior quarter included the retirement of certain ATMs.
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2023 Consumer Banking
Consumer Banking services are provided through four primary distribution channels: traditional branches, the 24-hour ExpressBank call center, internet banking and mobile banking. Consumer Banking also conducts mortgage banking activities through offices located outside our Consumer Banking markets.
Net income attributed to Consumer Banking totaled $221.6 million for 2023 compared to $5.9 million in the prior year.
Table 17 – Consumer Banking
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 59,985 | $ | 69,646 | $ | (9,661) | (14) | % | $ | 67,856 | $ | 1,790 | 3 | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from internal sources | 389,791 | 88,603 | 301,188 | 340 | % | 35,671 | 52,932 | 148 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 449,776 | 158,249 | 291,527 | 184 | % | 103,527 | 54,722 | 53 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 5,157 | 5,260 | (103) | (2) | % | 4,009 | 1,251 | 31 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 444,619 | 152,989 | 291,630 | 191 | % | 99,518 | 53,471 | 54 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 123,732 | 121,926 | 1,806 | 1 | % | 173,364 | (51,438) | (30) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other losses, net | (54) | (107) | 53 | N/A | (23) | (84) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 123,678 | 121,819 | 1,859 | 2 | % | 173,341 | (51,522) | (30) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 89,472 | 87,183 | 2,289 | 3 | % | 85,989 | 1,194 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other non-personnel expense | 122,642 | 122,027 | 615 | 1 | % | 123,607 | (1,580) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 212,114 | 209,210 | 2,904 | 1 | % | 209,596 | (386) | — | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 356,183 | 65,598 | 290,585 | 443 | % | 63,263 | 2,335 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss on financial instruments, net | (14,806) | (93,346) | 78,540 | N/A | (21,871) | (71,475) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (3,115) | 80,261 | (83,376) | N/A | 41,637 | 38,624 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on repossessed assets, net | 36 | 139 | (103) | N/A | 85 | 54 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 48,565 | 44,965 | 3,600 | 8 | % | 46,010 | (1,045) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 289,733 | 7,687 | 282,046 | 3669 | % | 37,104 | (29,417) | (79) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 68,143 | 1,798 | 66,345 | 3690 | % | 9,461 | (7,663) | (81) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 221,590 | $ | 5,889 | $ | 215,701 | 3663 | % | $ | 27,643 | $ | (21,754) | (79) | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 9,561,512 | $ | 10,230,437 | $ | (668,925) | (7) | % | $ | 10,029,687 | $ | 200,750 | 2 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 1,800,320 | 1,688,697 | 111,623 | 7 | % | 1,769,384 | (80,687) | (5) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,014,159 | 8,763,046 | (748,887) | (9) | % | 8,439,577 | 323,469 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 285,997 | 250,546 | 35,451 | 14 | % | 250,554 | (8) | — | % |
Net interest revenue from Consumer Banking activities increased by $291.5 million or 184% compared to 2022, largely due to an increase in the spread on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit.
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Fees and commissions revenue increased $1.8 million or 1% compared to the prior year. Mortgage banking revenue increased $6.7 million, primarily due to growth in mortgage servicing revenue driven by recent purchases of mortgage servicing rights, partially offset by a decline in mortgage production volumes due to a combination of factors largely attributed to reduced mortgage loan production volume combined with narrowing margins. Mortgage production volume decreased $399 million or 38% and production revenue as a percentage of production volume, which includes unrealized gains and losses on our mortgage commitment pipeline and related hedges, decreased 64 basis points to (0.81)%. Deposit service charges and fees decreased $3.7 million as non-sufficient funds fees were eliminated and consumer overdraft fees were reduced in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Operating expense increased $2.9 million or 1% led by higher regular compensation. Corporate expense allocations increased $3.6 million or 8% compared to the prior year.
Average loans attributed to Consumer Banking increased $112 million or 7% to $1.8 billion. Average consumer deposits declined $749 million or 9% to $8.0 billion. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of the changes.
The net cost of the change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges, as more fully presented in Table 10, was $18.2 million for 2023 compared to a net cost of $12.5 million in 2022.
Fourth Quarter 2023 Consumer Banking
Table 18 - Consumer Banking - Fourth Quarter 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 9,625 | $ | 11,386 | $ | (1,761) | (15) | % | ||||||
| Net interest revenue from internal sources | 104,771 | 101,222 | 3,549 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 114,396 | 112,608 | 1,788 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off (recovered) | 1,443 | 1,402 | 41 | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 112,953 | 111,206 | 1,747 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 30,075 | 30,715 | (640) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | — | 1 | (1) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 30,075 | 30,716 | (641) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 23,051 | 22,591 | 460 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 32,028 | 31,906 | 122 | — | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 55,079 | 54,497 | 582 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 87,949 | 87,425 | 524 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net | 9,307 | (9,183) | 18,490 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (14,356) | 8,039 | (22,395) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain on repossessed assets, net | 11 | 11 | — | N/A | ||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 12,705 | 11,920 | 785 | 7 | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 70,206 | 74,372 | (4,166) | (6) | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 16,511 | 17,491 | (980) | (6) | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 53,695 | $ | 56,881 | $ | (3,186) | (6) | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 9,342,840 | $ | 9,379,478 | $ | (36,638) | — | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 1,877,303 | 1,812,606 | 64,697 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 7,890,032 | 7,936,186 | (46,154) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 291,705 | 285,325 | 6,380 | 2 | % |
Consumer Banking contributed $53.7 million to net income in the fourth quarter of 2023, a decrease of $3.2 million compared to the third quarter of 2023. The net cost of changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges was $5.2 million compared to $1.3 million for the third quarter of 2023. Net interest revenue increased $1.8 million, mainly due to an increase in the funds credit on deposit balances. Fees and commissions revenue and operating expense were consistent with the prior quarter.
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2023 Wealth Management
Wealth Management contributed $215.5 million to consolidated net income in 2023, an increase of $109.5 million or 103% compared to the prior year. The current year included a pre-tax gain of $31.0 million, before related professional fees, on the sale of our insurance brokerage and consulting business, BOKF Insurance.
Table 19 – Wealth Management
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2023vs.2022 | 2023vs.2022 | Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 39,198 | $ | 155,974 | $ | (116,776) | (75) | % | $ | 214,458 | $ | (58,484) | (27) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue (expense) from internal sources | 142,340 | 5,623 | 136,717 | 2431 | % | (386) | 6,009 | (1557) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 181,538 | 161,597 | 19,941 | 12 | % | 214,072 | (52,475) | (25) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans recovered | (50) | (175) | 125 | 71 | % | (223) | 48 | (22) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans recovered | 181,588 | 161,772 | 19,816 | 12 | % | 214,295 | (52,523) | (25) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 475,447 | 339,538 | 135,909 | 40 | % | 298,765 | 40,773 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains (losses), net | 31,000 | (37) | 31,037 | N/A | 197 | (234) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 506,447 | 339,501 | 166,946 | 49 | % | 298,962 | 40,539 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 251,644 | 223,718 | 27,926 | 12 | % | 234,031 | (10,313) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other non-personnel expense | 100,896 | 88,659 | 12,237 | 14 | % | 86,695 | 1,964 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 352,540 | 312,377 | 40,163 | 13 | % | 320,726 | (8,349) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 335,495 | 188,896 | 146,599 | 78 | % | 192,531 | (3,635) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | — | 4 | (4) | N/A | — | 4 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 53,463 | 50,241 | 3,222 | 6 | % | 40,341 | 9,900 | 25 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 282,032 | 138,659 | 143,373 | 103 | % | 152,190 | (13,531) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income tax | 66,549 | 32,639 | 33,910 | 104 | % | 38,944 | (6,305) | (16) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 215,483 | $ | 106,020 | $ | 109,463 | 103 | % | $ | 113,246 | $ | (7,226) | (6) | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 13,570,153 | $ | 16,209,684 | $ | (2,639,531) | (16) | % | $ | 19,425,475 | $ | (3,215,791) | (17) | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 2,201,614 | 2,166,231 | 35,383 | 2 | % | 1,981,159 | 185,072 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 7,739,490 | 8,491,377 | (751,887) | (9) | % | 9,426,771 | (935,394) | (10) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 333,157 | 279,939 | 53,218 | 19 | % | 310,627 | (30,688) | (10) | % |
Combined net interest revenue and fees and commission revenue attributed to the Wealth Management segment totaled $657.0 million for 2023, an increase of $155.9 million, primarily driven by an increase in the spread on deposits combined with growth in brokerage and trading revenues. The prior year was negatively affected by the disruption in the fixed income markets. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $10.8 million led by higher Cavanal Hill fund fees, mutual fund fees, and trust business line fees. Other revenue increased $8.9 million, largely due to higher derivative margin use fees.
Average Wealth Management loans grew by $35 million or 2% to $2.2 billion. Average deposits attributed to Wealth Management decreased $752 million or 9% to $7.7 billion in 2023.
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Operating expense increased $40.2 million or 13% over the prior year. Personnel expense increased $27.9 million or 12% due to a combination of higher trading volumes and business expansion. Non-personnel expense increased $12.2 million or 14% due to increased professional fees and services from the sale of BOKF Insurance combined with higher data processing and communications expense from ongoing technology projects. Corporate expense allocations increased $3.2 million or 6% over the prior year.
Fourth Quarter 2023 Wealth Management
Table 20 - Wealth Management - Fourth Quarter 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 6,221 | $ | 7,622 | $ | (1,401) | (18) | % | ||||||
| Net interest revenue from internal sources | 35,422 | 28,815 | 6,607 | 23 | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 41,643 | 36,437 | 5,206 | 14 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans recovered | 41,633 | 36,428 | 5,205 | 14 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 119,872 | 123,614 | (3,742) | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 31,007 | — | 31,007 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 150,879 | 123,614 | 27,265 | 22 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 66,151 | 63,706 | 2,445 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 30,124 | 25,661 | 4,463 | 17 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 96,275 | 89,367 | 6,908 | 8 | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 96,237 | 70,675 | 25,562 | 36 | % | |||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 14,198 | 14,331 | (133) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 82,039 | 56,344 | 25,695 | 46 | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 19,349 | 13,315 | 6,034 | 45 | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 62,690 | $ | 43,029 | $ | 19,661 | 46 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 14,879,450 | $ | 14,740,641 | $ | 138,809 | 1 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 2,154,416 | 2,219,829 | (65,413) | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,085,643 | 7,886,962 | 198,681 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 333,179 | 329,856 | 3,323 | 1 | % |
Wealth Management contributed $62.7 million to net income in the fourth quarter of 2023, an increase of $19.7 million compared to the third quarter of 2023. The fourth quarter included a pre-tax gain of $31.0 million, before related professional fees, on the sale of BOKF Insurance. Combined net interest and fee revenue totaled $161.5 million, an increase of $1.5 million. Total revenue from institutional trading activities increased $4.1 million due to favorable market opportunities, largely related to our municipal bond trading activity. Investment banking revenue decreased $3.3 million following a record third quarter from our Public and Corporate Finance group. Operating expense increased $6.9 million. Personnel expense increased $2.4 million due to increased cash-based incentive compensation driven by growth in trading activities and transaction related employee costs on the BOKF Insurance sale. Non-personnel expense increased $4.5 million with $2.5 million in professional fees directly related to the sale of BOKF Insurance and the remainder primarily resulting from settlement of certain disputed matters.
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Financial Condition
Securities
We maintain a securities portfolio to enhance profitability, manage interest rate risk, provide liquidity and comply with regulatory requirements. Securities are classified as trading, held for investment, or available for sale. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the composition of the securities portfolio as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
We hold an inventory of trading securities in support of sales to a variety of customers including banks, corporations, insurance companies, money managers and others. Trading securities totaled $5.2 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $729 million compared to December 31, 2022. As discussed in the Market Risk section of this report, trading activities involve risk of loss from adverse price movements. We mitigate this risk within board-approved value-at-risk limits through the use of derivative contracts, short-sales and other techniques.
At December 31, 2023, the carrying value of investment (held-to-maturity) securities was $2.2 billion, including a $336 thousand allowance for expected credit losses, compared to $2.5 billion at December 31, 2022 with a $558 thousand allowance for expected credit losses. The fair value of investment securities was $2.1 billion at December 31, 2023 and $2.3 billion at December 31, 2022. Investment securities consist primarily of residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies, intermediate and long-term, fixed rate Oklahoma and Texas municipal bonds, and taxable Texas school construction bonds. The investment security portfolio is diversified among issuers. During the second quarter of 2022, the Company transferred certain U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities from the available for sale portfolio to the investment securities portfolio to limit the effect of future rate increases on the tangible common equity ratio. No gains or losses were recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings at the time of the transfer. At the time of transfer, the fair value totaled $2.4 billion, amortized cost totaled $2.7 billion and the pretax unrealized loss totaled $268 million. Transfers of debt securities into the investment securities portfolio are made at fair value at the date of transfer. The unrealized holding gain or loss at the date of transfer is retained in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income and in the carrying value of the investment securities portfolio. Such amounts are amortized over the estimated remaining lives of the securities as an adjustment to yield, offsetting the related amortization of the premium or accretion of the discount on the transferred securities.
Available for sale securities, which may be sold prior to maturity, are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains or losses, net of deferred taxes, are recorded as Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2023, the fair value of available for sale securities was $12.3 billion, an increase of $793 million compared to December 31, 2022. The amortized cost of available for sale securities totaled $12.9 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $544 million compared to December 31, 2022. Available for sale securities consist primarily of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities and U.S. government agency commercial mortgage-backed securities. Both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities have credit risk from delinquency or default of the underlying loans. We mitigate this risk by primarily investing in securities issued by U.S. government agencies for which the principal and interest payments on the underlying loans are fully guaranteed. Commercial mortgage-backed securities have prepayment penalties similar to commercial loans. At December 31, 2023, residential mortgage-backed securities represented 62% of total fair value of available for sale securities.
A primary risk of holding residential mortgage-backed securities comes from extension during periods of rising interest rates or prepayment during periods of falling interest rates. We evaluate this risk through extensive modeling of risk both before making an investment and throughout the life of the security. Our best estimate of the effective duration of the combined residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio held in investment and available for sale securities portfolios at December 31, 2023 is 3.4 years. Management estimates the combined portfolios' duration extends to 3.8 years assuming an immediate 200 basis point upward shock. The estimated duration contracts to 2.5 years assuming a 200 basis point decline in the current rate environment.
The aggregate gross amount of unrealized losses on available for sale securities totaled $669 million at December 31, 2023, a $225 million decrease compared to December 31, 2022. On a quarterly basis, we perform an evaluation on debt securities to determine if the unrealized losses are temporary as more fully described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. No credit impairment of available for sale securities was identified in 2023.
Certain residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies and included in Fair value option securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets have been segregated and designated as economic hedges of changes in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights. We have elected to carry these securities at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in current period income. These securities are held with the intent that gains or losses will offset changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related derivative contracts. Fair value option securities totaled $21 million, a decrease of $276 million compared to 2022. See Market Risk section for further details.
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At December 31, 2023, we hold 252,233 non-transferable Class B-1 (formerly class B) shares of Visa, Inc. in connection with a restructuring and public offering by Visa U.S.A. As a member of Visa U.S.A., we received the Class B shares based on our interest in Visa U.S.A. On September 13, 2023, Visa, Inc. announced its intent to engage with common stockholders on a potential proposal that would result in the release of certain transfer restrictions on a portion of Visa Class B-1 common stock. The proposal was approved by a majority of voting common stockholders on January 23, 2024. As approved, the proposal is expected to provide us the option to convert up to 50% of our Class B-1 shares to Visa Class C shares and subsequently to freely transferable Visa Class A common shares. The details regarding the exchange process are undetermined as of February 21, 2024. The per share closing price of a Visa Class A common share was $260.35 at December 31, 2023. In light of uncertainties associated with certain ongoing litigation matters involving Visa and the timing and outcome of the aforementioned proposal, the ultimate impact of this gain contingency is unknown.
Bank-Owned Life Insurance
We have approximately $410 million of bank-owned life insurance at December 31, 2023. This investment is expected to provide a long-term source of earnings to support existing employee benefit programs. Approximately $314 million is held in separate accounts and $96 million represents the cash surrender value of policies held in general accounts and other amounts due from various insurance companies. Our separate account holdings are invested in diversified portfolios of investment-grade fixed income securities and cash equivalents, including U.S. Treasury and agency securities, residential mortgage-backed securities, corporate debt, asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The portfolios are managed by unaffiliated professional managers within parameters established in the portfolio’s investment guidelines. The cash surrender value of certain life insurance policies is further supported by a stable value wrap which protects against changes in the fair value of the investments. As of December 31, 2023, the fair value of investments held in separate accounts covered by the stable value wrap was approximately $289 million. Since the underlying fair value of the investments held in separate accounts at December 31, 2023 was below the net book value of the investments, $22 million of cash surrender value was supported by the stable value wrap. The remaining $2 million of fair value held in separate accounts is not supported by the stable value wrap. Future rate increases may cause write-downs in the current period. The stable value wrap is provided by an investment grade financial institution.
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Loans
The aggregate loan portfolio before allowance for loan losses totaled $23.9 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $1.3 billion compared to December 31, 2022, driven by growth in commercial loans, commercial real estate loans and loans to individuals.
Table 21 – Loans
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Commercial: | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 4,143,233 | $ | 3,845,017 | |||
| Services | 3,576,223 | 3,431,521 | |||||
| Energy | 3,437,101 | 3,424,790 | |||||
| General business | 3,647,212 | 3,511,171 | |||||
| Total commercial | 14,803,769 | 14,212,499 | |||||
| Commercial real estate: | |||||||
| Multifamily | 1,872,760 | 1,212,883 | |||||
| Industrial | 1,475,165 | 1,221,501 | |||||
| Office | 909,442 | 1,053,331 | |||||
| Retail | 592,632 | 620,518 | |||||
| Residential construction and land development | 95,052 | 95,684 | |||||
| Other commercial real estate | 392,596 | 402,860 | |||||
| Total commercial real estate | 5,337,647 | 4,606,777 | |||||
| Loans to individuals: | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 2,160,640 | 1,890,784 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 149,807 | 245,940 | |||||
| Personal | 1,453,105 | 1,601,150 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 3,763,552 | 3,737,874 | |||||
| Total | $ | 23,904,968 | $ | 22,557,150 |
Commercial
Commercial loans represent loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchases of equipment and other needs of commercial customers primarily located within our geographical footprint. Commercial loans are underwritten individually and represent ongoing relationships based on a thorough knowledge of the customer, the customer’s industry and market. While commercial loans are generally secured by the customer’s assets including real property, inventory, accounts receivable, operating equipment, interests in mineral rights and other property and may also include personal guarantees of the owners and related parties, the primary source of repayment of the loans is the ongoing cash flow from operations of the customer’s business. Inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with commercial lending policies.
Commercial loans totaled $14.8 billion or 62% of the loan portfolio at December 31, 2023, increasing $591 million or 4% compared to December 31, 2022, led by growth in healthcare loan balances, with services, general business and energy loans also increasing.
Approximately 70% of commercial loans are located within our geographic footprint, based on collateral location. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans and reserve-based energy loans, are categorized by the borrower's primary operating location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside of our footprint is California, totaling 5% of the segment.
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Supporting the energy industry with loans to producers and other energy-related entities has been a hallmark of the Company since its founding and represents a large portion of our commercial loan portfolio. In addition, energy production and related industries have a significant impact on the economy in our primary markets. Loans collateralized by oil and gas properties are subject to semi-annual engineering reviews by our internal staff of petroleum engineers. These reviews are used as the basis for developing the expected cash flows supporting the loan amount. The projected cash flows are discounted according to risk characteristics of the underlying oil and gas properties. Loans are evaluated to demonstrate with reasonable certainty that crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids can be recovered from known oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions at current pricing levels and with existing conventional equipment and operating methods and costs. As part of our evaluation of credit quality, we analyze rigorous stress tests over a range of commodity prices and take proactive steps to mitigate risk when appropriate.
Outstanding energy loans totaled $3.4 billion or 14% of total loans at December 31, 2023. Approximately $2.7 billion or 78% of energy loans were to oil and gas producers, largely unchanged compared to December 31, 2022. The majority of this portfolio is first lien, senior secured, reserve-based lending, which we believe is the lowest risk form of energy lending. Approximately 69% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing oil and 31% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing natural gas.
Loans to midstream oil and gas companies totaled $551 million or 16% of energy loans, a decrease of $24 million compared to the prior year. Loans to borrowers that provide services to the energy industry totaled $182 million or 5% of energy loans, a $25 million increase during 2023. Loans to other energy borrowers, including those engaged in wholesale or retail energy sales, totaled $47 million or 1% of energy loans, a $20 million increase over the prior year.
Unfunded energy loan commitments were $4.5 billion at December 31, 2023, up $687 million over December 31, 2022. Utilization levels remain low, providing ample capacity for growth from our current customer base.
The healthcare sector of the loan portfolio totaled $4.1 billion or 17% of total loans. Healthcare loans increased $298 million over December 31, 2022, primarily due to growth in loans to senior housing and other medical practices. Healthcare sector loans consist primarily of loans for the development and operation of senior housing and care facilities including independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. Generally, we loan to borrowers with a portfolio of multiple facilities that serves to help diversify risks specific to a single facility.
The services sector of the loan portfolio increased $145 million to $3.6 billion or 15% of total loans. Service sector loans consist of a large number of loans to a variety of businesses including Native American tribal and state and local municipal government entities, Native American tribal casino operations, educational services, foundations and not-for-profit organizations and specialty trade contractors. Approximately $1.6 billion of the services category is made up of loans with individual balances of less than $10 million. Service sector loans are generally secured by the assets of the borrower with repayment coming from the cash flows of ongoing operations of the customer’s business.
General business loans increased $136 million to $3.6 billion or 15% of total loans. General business loans primarily consist of $2.2 billion of wholesale/retail loans and $1.4 billion of loans from other commercial industries.
We participate in shared national credits when appropriate to obtain or maintain business relationships with local customers. Shared national credits are defined by banking regulators as credits of more than $100 million and with three or more non-affiliated banks as participants. At December 31, 2023, the outstanding principal balance of these loans totaled $5.7 billion, including $2.5 billion in the energy sector. Based on dollars committed, approximately 79% of shared national credits are to borrowers with local market relationships and we serve as the agent lender in approximately 22% of our shared national credits. We hold shared national credits to the same standard of analysis and perform the same level of review as internally originated credits. Our lending policies generally avoid loans in which we do not have the opportunity to maintain or achieve other business relationships with the customer. In addition to management’s quarterly assessment of credit risk, banking regulators annually review a sample of shared national credits for proper risk grading.
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Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate represents loans for the construction of buildings or other improvements to real estate and property held by borrowers for investment purposes generally within our geographical footprint. We require collateral values in excess of the loan amounts, demonstrated cash flows in excess of expected debt service requirements, equity investment in the project and a portion of the project already sold, leased or permanent financing already secured. The expected cash flows from all significant new or renewed income producing property commitments are stress tested to reflect the risks in varying interest rates, vacancy rates and rental rates. As with commercial loans, inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with applicable lending policies.
The outstanding balance of commercial real estate loans totaled $5.3 billion or 22% of the loan portfolio, an increase of $731 million over December 31, 2022. Loans secured by multifamily real estate totaled $1.9 billion or 8% of total loans, a $660 million increase over the prior year. Loans secured by industrial facilities were $1.5 billion or 6% of total loans, a $254 million increase over the prior year. Loans secured by office facilities decreased $144 million to $909 million or 4% of total loans. Loans secured by retail facilities decreased $28 million to $593 million or 2% of total loans.
Approximately 66% of commercial real estate loans are in our geographic footprint based on collateral location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside our footprint is Utah, totaling 9% of the segment. All other states represent less than 5% individually.
Unfunded commercial real estate loan commitments were $1.8 billion at December 31, 2023, a $1.3 billion decrease compared to the prior year. We take a disciplined approach to managing our concentration of total commercial real estate loan commitments as a percentage of Tier 1 Capital. We have ample opportunity for continued modest growth in our outstanding commercial real estate balances as loans fund up.
Loans to Individuals
Loans to individuals include residential mortgage and personal loans. Residential mortgage loans provide funds for our customers to purchase or refinance their primary residence or to borrow against the equity in their home. These loans are secured by a first or second mortgage on the customer's primary residence. Personal loans consist primarily of loans to Wealth Management clients secured by the cash surrender value of insurance policies and marketable securities. It also includes direct loans secured by and for the purchase of automobiles, recreational and marine equipment as well as unsecured loans. These loans are made in accordance with underwriting policies we believe to be conservative and are fully documented. Loans may be individually underwritten or credit scored based on size and other criteria. Credit scoring is assessed based on significant credit characteristics including credit history, residential and employment stability.
In general, we sell the majority of our conforming fixed rate mortgage loan originations in the secondary market and retain the majority of our non-conforming and adjustable rate mortgage loans. Our mortgage loan portfolio does not include payment option adjustable rate mortgage loans or adjustable rate mortgage loans with initial rates that are below market. Home equity loans are primarily first-lien and fully amortizing.
Residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies have limited credit exposure because of the underlying agency guarantee. This amount includes residential mortgage loans previously sold into GNMA mortgage pools that the Company may repurchase when certain defined delinquency criteria are met. Because of this repurchase right, the Company is deemed to have regained effective control over these loans and must include them on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Loans to individuals totaled $3.8 billion or 16% of the loan portfolio, growing $26 million over December 31, 2022. Approximately 91% of loans to individuals are secured by collateral located within our geographical footprint. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans, are categorized by the borrower’s primary operating location.
The Company secondarily evaluates loan portfolio performance based on the primary geographical market managing the loan. Loans attributed to a geographical market may not represent the location of the borrower or the collateral. All permanent mortgage loans serviced by our mortgage banking unit and held for investment by the Company are centrally managed by the Oklahoma market.
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Table 22 – Loans Managed by Primary Geographical Market
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Commercial | $ | 7,384,107 | $ | 6,878,618 | |||
| Commercial real estate | 1,987,037 | 1,555,508 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 914,134 | 982,700 | |||||
| Total Texas | 10,285,278 | 9,416,826 | |||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Commercial | 3,275,907 | 3,382,577 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 606,515 | 582,109 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 2,147,782 | 2,077,124 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 6,030,204 | 6,041,810 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Commercial | 2,273,179 | 2,149,199 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 769,329 | 613,912 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 228,257 | 241,902 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 3,270,765 | 3,005,013 | |||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Commercial | 1,143,682 | 1,124,289 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 1,003,331 | 860,947 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 248,873 | 229,872 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 2,395,886 | 2,215,108 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Commercial | 331,179 | 310,715 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 511,947 | 479,968 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 144,958 | 131,307 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 988,084 | 921,990 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Commercial | 291,736 | 263,349 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 389,106 | 417,008 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 67,485 | 67,163 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 748,327 | 747,520 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Commercial | 103,979 | 103,752 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 70,382 | 97,325 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 12,063 | 7,806 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 186,424 | 208,883 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial loans | $ | 23,904,968 | $ | 22,557,150 |
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Table 23 – Loan Maturity and Interest Rate Sensitivity at December 31, 2023
(In thousands)
| Remaining Maturities of Selected Loans | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5 - 15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 14,803,769 | $ | 3,008,401 | $ | 9,820,829 | $ | 1,895,537 | $ | 79,002 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,337,647 | 2,229,303 | 2,857,824 | 233,925 | 16,595 | ||||||||||||||
| Loans to individuals | 3,763,552 | 651,718 | 1,004,315 | 524,789 | 1,582,730 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 23,904,968 | $ | 5,889,422 | $ | 13,682,968 | $ | 2,654,251 | $ | 1,678,327 | |||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Predetermined interest rates | $ | 6,688,861 | $ | 542,790 | $ | 2,771,028 | $ | 2,077,614 | $ | 1,297,429 | |||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 17,216,107 | 5,346,632 | 10,911,940 | 576,637 | 380,898 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 23,904,968 | $ | 5,889,422 | $ | 13,682,968 | $ | 2,654,251 | $ | 1,678,327 |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments
We enter into certain off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of business as shown in Table 24. Loan commitments may be unconditional obligations to provide financing or conditional obligations that depend on the borrower’s financial condition, collateral value or other factors. Standby letters of credit are unconditional commitments to guarantee the performance of our customer to a third party. Since some of these commitments are expected to expire before being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
We have off-balance sheet commitments related to certain residential mortgage loans sold into mortgage-backed securities as part of our mortgage banking activities. We retain off-balance sheet credit risk related to losses in excess of amounts guaranteed by the VA.
We also have off-balance sheet credit risk related to certain residential mortgage loans primarily originated under community development loan programs that were sold to a U.S. government agency with full recourse prior to 2007. We are obligated to repurchase these loans for the life of these loans in the event of foreclosure for the unpaid principal and interest at the time of foreclosure. The majority of our conforming fixed rate loan originations are sold in the secondary market, and we only retain repurchase obligations under standard underwriting representations and warranties.
Table 24 – Off-Balance Sheet Credit Commitments
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Loan commitments | $ | 14,793,025 | $ | 15,424,431 | |||
| Standby letters of credit | 710,543 | 740,039 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans sold with recourse | 39,333 | 44,742 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans transferred into mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs | 959,256 | 1,005,368 |
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Customer Derivative Programs
We offer programs that permit our customers to hedge various risks including fluctuations in energy, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and other commodities. Each of these programs work essentially the same way. Derivative contracts are executed between the customers and the Company. Offsetting contracts are executed between the Company and selected counterparties or exchanges to minimize market risk to us from changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates. The counterparty contracts are identical to the customer contracts except for a fixed pricing spread or a fee paid to us as compensation for administrative costs, credit risk and profit.
The customer derivative programs create credit risk for potential amounts due to the Company from our customers and from the counterparties. Customer credit risk is monitored through existing credit policies and procedures. The effects of changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates are evaluated across a range of possible options to determine the maximum exposure we are willing to have individually to any customer. Customers may also be required to provide cash margin or other collateral in conjunction with our credit agreements to further limit our credit risk.
Counterparty credit risk is evaluated through existing policies and procedures. This evaluation considers the total relationship between BOK Financial and each of the counterparties. Individual limits are established by management, approved by Credit Administration and reviewed by the Asset/Liability Committee. Margin collateral is required if the exposure between the Company and any counterparty exceeds established limits. Based on declines in the counterparties’ credit ratings, these limits may be reduced and additional margin collateral may be required.
A deterioration of the credit standing of one or more of the customers or counterparties to these contracts may result in BOK Financial recognizing a loss as the fair value of the affected contracts may no longer move in tandem with the offsetting contracts. This occurs if the credit standing of the customer or counterparty deteriorates such that either the fair value of underlying collateral no longer supports the contract or the customer or counterparty’s ability to provide margin collateral becomes impaired. Credit losses on customer derivatives reduce brokerage and trading revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Derivative contracts are carried at fair value. At December 31, 2023, the net fair values of derivative contracts, before consideration of cash margin, reported as assets under these programs totaled $593 million compared to $1.0 billion at December 31, 2022. Derivative contracts carried as assets include energy contracts with fair values of $437 million, interest rate swaps primarily sold to loan customers with fair values of $102 million and foreign exchange contracts with fair values of $54 million. Before consideration of cash margin paid to counterparties, the aggregate net fair values of derivative contracts held under these programs reported as liabilities totaled $587 million.
At December 31, 2023, total derivative assets were reduced by $265 million of cash collateral received from counterparties, and total derivative liabilities were reduced by $6.4 million of cash collateral paid to counterparties related to instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting agreement. Derivative contracts executed with customers may be secured by non-cash collateral in conjunction with a credit agreement with that customer such as proven producing oil and gas properties. Access to this collateral in the event of default is reasonably assured.
A table showing the notional and fair value of derivative assets and liabilities on both a gross and net basis is presented in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The fair value of derivative contracts reported as assets under these programs, net of cash margin held by the Company, by category of debtor at December 31, 2023 follows in Table 25.
Table 25 – Fair Value of Derivative Contracts
(In thousands)
| Exchanges and clearing organizations | $ | 236,373 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customers | 51,774 | ||
| Banks and other financial institutions | 40,022 | ||
| Fair value of customer hedge asset derivative contracts, net | $ | 91,796 |
The largest exposure to a single counterparty was to an exchange for $186 million of net derivative positions, net of cash collateral, at December 31, 2023.
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Our customer derivative program also introduces liquidity and capital risk. We are required to provide cash margin to certain counterparties when the net negative fair value of the contracts exceeds established limits. Also, changes in commodity prices affect the amount of regulatory capital we are required to hold as support for the fair value of our derivative assets. These risks are modeled as part of the management of these programs. Based on current prices, a decrease in market prices down to an equivalent of $54.72 per barrel of oil would decrease the fair value of derivative assets by $11 million with lending customers comprising the bulk of the assets. An increase in prices up to the equivalent of $88.58 per barrel of oil would increase the fair value of derivative assets by $397 million. Liquidity requirements of this program are also affected by our credit rating. A decrease in our credit rating to below investment grade would increase our obligation to post cash margin on existing contracts by approximately $10 million. The fair value of our to-be-announced residential mortgage-backed securities and interest rate swap derivative contracts is affected by changes in interest rates. Based on our assessment as of December 31, 2023, changes in interest rates would not materially impact regulatory capital or liquidity needed to support this portion of our customer derivative program.
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Summary of Credit Loss Experience
Table 26 – Summary of Credit Loss Experience
(In thousands)
| Year Ended | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | |||||
| Allowance for loan losses: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 235,704 | $ | 256,421 | ||
| Loans charged off | (27,316) | (28,746) | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged off | 9,217 | 7,601 | ||||
| Net loans charged off | (18,099) | (21,145) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | 59,518 | 428 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 277,123 | $ | 235,704 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 60,919 | 32,977 | |||
| Provision for credit losses | (11,942) | 27,942 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 48,977 | $ | 60,919 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk associated with mortgage banking activities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 4,904 | $ | 3,382 | ||
| Net loans charged off | (58) | (105) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | (1,354) | 1,627 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 3,492 | $ | 4,904 | ||
| Allowance for credit losses related to held-to-maturity (investment) securities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 558 | $ | 555 | ||
| Provision for credit losses | (222) | 3 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 336 | $ | 558 | ||
| Total provision for credit losses | $ | 46,000 | $ | 30,000 | ||
| Average loans by portfolio segment : | ||||||
| Commercial | $ | 14,320,970 | $ | 13,407,297 | ||
| Commercial real estate | 5,163,569 | 4,345,783 | ||||
| Loans to individuals | 3,640,810 | 3,526,107 | ||||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans | 0.08 | % | 0.10 | % | ||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans by portfolio segment: | ||||||
| Commercial | 0.07 | % | 0.13 | % | ||
| Commercial real estate | 0.10 | % | — | % | ||
| Loans to individuals | 0.09 | % | 0.10 | % | ||
| Recoveries to gross charge-offs | 33.74 | % | 26.44 | % | ||
| Provision for loan losses (annualized) to average loans | 0.26 | % | — | % | ||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding at period-end | 1.16 | % | 1.04 | % | ||
| Accrual for unfunded loan commitments to loan commitments | 0.33 | % | 0.39 | % | ||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to loans outstanding at period-end | 1.36 | % | 1.31 | % |
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Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Unfunded Loan Commitments
Expected credit losses on assets carried at amortized cost are recognized over their expected lives based on models that measure the probability of default and loss given default over a 12-month reasonable and supportable forecast period. Models incorporate base case, downside, and upside macroeconomic variables such as real GDP growth, civilian unemployment rate and WTI oil prices on a probability weighted basis. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of methodology of allowance for loan losses.
A $46.0 million provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2023, primarily due to loan growth and changes in our economic forecast during the year, including a more challenging commercial real estate environment.
Non-pass grade loans, which include loans especially mentioned, accruing substandard and nonaccruing loans, increased $132 million to $453 million at December 31, 2023. Non-pass grade loans were composed primarily of $174 million or 4% of commercial healthcare loans, $124 million or 3% of commercial general business loans, $49 million or 1% of energy loans, $38 million or 1% of commercial services loans, $36 million or 1% of loans to individuals and $33 million or 1% of commercial real estate loans. A summary of outstanding loan balances by risk grade is included in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The provision for credit losses of $6.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 reflects a stable economic environment, continued loan growth and the impact of net charge-offs for the quarter.
At December 31, 2023, the allowance for loan losses totaled $277 million or 1.16% of outstanding loans. Excluding residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 204% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $326 million or 1.36% of outstanding loans and 240% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2023.
A $30.0 million provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2022 primarily due to strong growth in loans and loan commitments, partially offset by improvement in credit quality metrics. The uncertainty in our economic forecast increased resulting in an increase in the probability weighting of the downside scenario. In addition, some key economic factors were less favorable to growth across all scenarios.
At December 31, 2022, the allowance for loan losses was $236 million or 1.04% of outstanding loans. Excluding loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 221% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $297 million or 1.31% of outstanding loans and 278% of nonaccruing loans.
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A summary of macroeconomic variables considered in developing our estimate of expected credit losses at December 31, 2023 follows:
| Base | Downside | Upside | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario probability weighting | 50% | 35% | 15% |
| Economic outlook | Geopolitical conflicts remain isolated.The federal funds rate target range of 5.25% to 5.50% is held flat for the forecast horizon. Core inflation continues to improve from the previous peaks and reaches 2.6% by the fourth quarter of 2024. Job openings revert to more normalized levels, and overall hiring levels decline causing the national unemployment rate to modestly increase over the next four quarters. Inflation pressures ease and help stabilize household income. A restrictive credit environment slows economic activity and results in below-trend GDP growth. | Geopolitical conflicts remain isolated. The Federal Reserve is forced to adopt an accomodative monetary policy and cut the federal funds rate significantly to encourage economic activity and job creation to help limit the depth of a recession. In total, there are ten rate cuts in 2024 bringing the target range to 2.75% to 3.00% by the fourth quarter of 2024. Tight monetary conditions result in declines in consumer spending while a restrictive credit environment decreases private sector investment. This pushes the United States into a recession with a contraction in economic activity and a sharp increase in the unemployment rate. | Geopolitical conflicts remain isolated. There is one federal funds rate cut in each quarter of 2024, bringing the target range to 4.25% to 4.50% by the fourth quarter of 2024. Core inflation continues to improve from the previous peaks and reaches 2.3% by the fourth quarter of 2024. Labor force participants continue to re-enter the job market to help fill the elevated level of job openings. This increase in employment helps real household income continue to grow above its pre-pandemic trend. This supports consumer spending and maintains GDP growth consistent with pre-pandemic levels. |
| Macro-economic factors | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 1.6% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 3.9% in the first quarter of 2024 increasing to 4.2% by the fourth quarter of 2024.–WTI oil prices are projected to generally follow the NYMEX forward curve that existed at the end of December 2023 and are expected to average $71.34 per barrel over the next 12 months. | –GDP is forecasted to contract 1.8% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.7% in the first quarter of 2024 worsens to 6.1% by the fourth quarter of 2024.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $54.46 per barrel over the next twelve months, with a peak of $62.44 in the first quarter of 2024 and falling 22% over the following three quarters. | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 1.9% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 3.8% in the first quarter of 2024 increases slightly to 4.0% by the fourth quarter of 2024.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $74.75 per barrel over the next 12 months. |
Net Loans Charged Off
In 2023, net loans charged off totaled $18 million or 0.08%, down from $21 million or 0.10% of average loans in 2022.
In 2023, net charge-offs of commercial loans were $9.7 million, primarily related to a single services borrower and a single general business borrower in the wholesale/retail sector. Net commercial real estate loan charge-offs were $5.1 million primarily related to a single office loan. Net loan charge-offs of loans to individuals were $3.4 million. Net charge-offs of loans to individuals include deposit account overdraft losses.
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Nonperforming Assets
As more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, loans are generally classified as nonaccruing when it becomes probable that we will not collect the full contractual principal and interest. Accruing renegotiated loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies represent residential mortgage loans that have been modified in troubled debt restructurings. Interest continues to accrue based on the modified terms of the loan and loans may be sold once they become eligible according to U.S. government agency guidelines. Real estate and other repossessed assets are assets acquired in partial or total forgiveness of loans. The assets are carried at the lower of cost, as determined by fair value at the date of foreclosure, or current fair value, less estimated selling costs. A summary of nonperforming assets follows in Table 27:
Table 27 - Nonperforming Assets
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Nonaccruing loans: | |||||||
| Commercial | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 81,529 | $ | 41,034 | |||
| Energy | 17,843 | 1,399 | |||||
| Services | 3,616 | 16,228 | |||||
| General business | 7,143 | 1,636 | |||||
| Total commercial | 110,131 | 60,297 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 7,320 | 16,570 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 18,056 | 29,791 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 9,709 | 15,005 | |||||
| Personal | 253 | 134 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 28,018 | 44,930 | |||||
| Total nonaccruing loans | 145,469 | 121,797 | |||||
| Accruing renegotiated loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies1 | — | 163,535 | |||||
| Real estate and other repossessed assets | 2,875 | 14,304 | |||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 148,344 | $ | 299,636 | |||
| Total nonperforming assets excluding those guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | $ | 138,635 | $ | 121,096 | |||
| Allowance for loan losses to nonaccruing loans2 | 204.13 | % | 220.71 | % | |||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to nonaccruing loans2 | 240.20 | % | 277.76 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets | 0.62 | % | 1.33 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets2 | 0.58 | % | 0.54 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to outstanding loans | 0.61 | % | 0.54 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial loans to outstanding commercial loans | 0.74 | % | 0.42 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial real estate loans to outstanding commercial real estate loans | 0.14 | % | 0.36 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to individuals to outstanding loans to individuals2 | 0.51 | % | 0.86 | % | |||
| Accruing loans 90 days or more past due2 | $ | 170 | $ | 510 |
1 The Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2022-02, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, which eliminates designation of these loans as troubled debt restructurings effective January 1, 2023.
2 Excludes residential mortgages guaranteed by U.S. government agencies.
Excluding loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, nonperforming assets increased $18 million compared to December 31, 2022, primarily due to a $40 million increase in nonaccruing healthcare loans and a $16 million increase in nonaccruing energy loans. These increases were partially offset by a $13 million decrease in nonaccruing service sector loans, a $12 million decrease in nonaccruing residential real estate mortgage loans and a $9.3 million decrease in nonaccruing commercial real estate loans. Newly identified nonaccruing loans totaled $119 million, offset by $51 million in payments, $27 million of charge-offs, $12 million of loans returning to accrual status and $4.6 million in foreclosures of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies. The Company generally retains nonperforming assets to maximize potential recovery, which may cause future nonperforming assets to decrease more slowly.
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A rollforward of nonperforming assets for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 follows in Table 28.
Table 28 – Rollforward of Nonperforming Assets
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | 60,297 | $ | 16,570 | $ | 44,930 | $ | 121,797 | $ | 163,535 | $ | 14,304 | $ | 299,636 | |||||||||||||
| Change in accounting standard | — | — | — | — | (163,535) | — | (163,535) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Additions | 95,586 | 7,459 | 15,789 | 118,834 | — | — | 118,834 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (32,296) | (8,263) | (10,887) | (51,446) | — | — | (51,446) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (12,898) | (8,446) | (5,972) | (27,316) | — | — | (27,316) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | 622 | 622 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | — | — | (787) | (787) | — | 787 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (4,634) | (4,634) | — | — | (4,634) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | — | (12,838) | (12,838) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | 662 | 662 | — | — | 662 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | (558) | — | (11,083) | (11,641) | — | — | (11,641) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | $ | 110,131 | $ | 7,320 | $ | 28,018 | $ | 145,469 | $ | — | $ | 2,875 | $ | 148,344 | |||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 74,104 | $ | 14,262 | $ | 45,693 | $ | 134,059 | $ | 210,618 | $ | 24,589 | $ | 369,266 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 58,822 | 20,683 | 17,372 | 96,877 | 38,644 | — | 135,521 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (42,484) | (944) | (12,049) | (55,477) | (6,382) | — | (61,859) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (22,382) | (269) | (6,095) | (28,746) | — | — | (28,746) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | (1,194) | (1,194) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | (7,960) | (3,956) | (410) | (12,326) | — | 12,326 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (4,929) | (4,929) | (3,431) | — | (8,360) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | (71,520) | (21,417) | (92,937) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | 5,774 | 5,774 | (5,774) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | 197 | (13,206) | (426) | (13,435) | — | — | (13,435) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | — | — | — | — | 1,380 | — | 1,380 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | 60,297 | $ | 16,570 | $ | 44,930 | $ | 121,797 | $ | 163,535 | $ | 14,304 | $ | 299,636 |
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We foreclose on loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies in accordance with agency guidelines. Generally these loans are not eligible for modification programs or have failed to comply with modified loan terms. Principal is guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. government, subject to limitations, and credit risk is limited. These properties will be conveyed to the agencies and receivables collected once applicable criteria have been met.
Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets
Real estate and other repossessed assets totaled $2.9 million at December 31, 2023, composed primarily of $2.1 million of developed commercial real estate. Real estate and other repossessed assets decreased $11 million compared to December 31, 2022, primarily related to the sale of developed commercial real estate and oil and gas properties.
Liquidity and Capital
BOK Financial has numerous material cash requirements in the normal course of business. These obligations include deposits and other borrowed funds, leased premises, commitments to extend credit to borrowers and to purchase securities, derivative contracts and contracts for services such as data processing that are integral to our operations. Additional information on loan commitments can be found in the "Loan Commitments" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis while the distribution of time deposit balances can be located in Note 8, "Deposits," and information related to Other Borrowings can be located in Note 9, "Other Borrowings."
Our funding sources, which primarily include deposits and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Banks, provide adequate liquidity to meet our operating needs. Based on the average balances for 2023, approximately 69% of our funding was provided by deposit accounts, 18% from borrowed funds, less than 1% from long-term subordinated debt and 10% from equity. The loan to deposit ratio increased to 70% at December 31, 2023 from 65% at December 31, 2022, and continues to provide significant on-balance sheet liquidity to meet future loan demand and contractual obligations. BOK Financial, similar to the banking industry as a whole, saw deposits continue to decline in 2023 as customers redeployed capital and moved to other off-balance sheet alternatives seeking higher yields in the rising interest rate environment.
Subsidiary Bank
Deposits and borrowed funds are the primary sources of liquidity for BOKF, NA the wholly owned subsidiary bank of BOK Financial. We compete for retail and commercial deposits by offering a broad range of products and services and focusing on customer convenience. Retail deposit growth is supported through personal and small business checking, online bill paying services, mobile banking services, an extensive network of branch locations and ATMs and our ExpressBank call center. Commercial deposit growth is supported by offering treasury management and lockbox services. We also acquire brokered deposits when the cost of funds is advantageous to other funding sources.
Table 29 - Average Deposits by Line of Business
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 15,311,654 | $ | 18,323,412 | ||
| Consumer Banking | 8,014,159 | 8,763,046 | ||||
| Wealth Management | 7,739,490 | 8,491,377 | ||||
| Subtotal | 31,065,303 | 35,577,835 | ||||
| Funds Management and other | 2,139,531 | 2,273,446 | ||||
| Total | $ | 33,204,834 | $ | 37,851,281 |
Average deposits for 2023 totaled $33.2 billion, a decrease of $4.6 billion compared to the prior year. Demand deposits decreased $4.2 billion while interest-bearing transaction deposit account balances decreased $1.3 billion. Average time deposits increased $908 million.
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Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $15.3 billion for 2023, a $3.0 billion or 16% decrease compared to 2022. Demand deposit balances decreased $3.4 billion or 36% and time deposit balances decreased $83 million or 28%. Interest-bearing transaction account balances increased $521 million or 6%. Our Commercial deposit portfolio is highly diversified across industries and customers. The highest concentration by industry within our commercial deposit portfolio is with our energy customers representing 7% of our total average deposits.
Average Consumer Banking deposit balances decreased $749 million or 9% compared to the prior year. Average interest-bearing transaction account balances decreased $630 million or 15%. Average demand deposit account balances decreased by $245 million or 8% while savings deposits decreased $63 million or 7%. Time deposit balances increased $189 million or 28%.
Average Wealth Management deposit balances decreased by $752 million or 9% compared to the prior year. Interest-bearing transaction balances decreased $632 million or 10%. Non-interest-bearing demand deposits decreased $482 million or 30% and time deposit balances were up $366 million or 78%.
Total brokered deposits represented 2% of total average deposits in 2023. Average interest-bearing transaction accounts for 2023 included $336 million of brokered deposits, a $499 million decrease compared to 2022. Average time deposits included $460 million of brokered deposits for 2023, a $409 million increase over 2022.
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The distribution of our period end deposit account balances among principal markets follows in Table 30.
Table 30 - Period End Deposits by Principal Market Area
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Demand | $ | 3,586,091 | $ | 4,585,963 | |||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 10,929,704 | 9,475,528 | |||||
| Savings | 500,313 | 555,407 | |||||
| Time | 1,984,336 | 794,002 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 13,414,353 | 10,824,937 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 17,000,444 | 15,410,900 | |||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Demand | 2,306,334 | 3,873,759 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 5,035,856 | 4,878,482 | |||||
| Savings | 155,652 | 178,356 | |||||
| Time | 492,753 | 356,538 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 5,684,261 | 5,413,376 | |||||
| Total Texas | 7,990,595 | 9,287,135 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Demand | 1,633,672 | 2,462,891 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,921,605 | 2,123,218 | |||||
| Savings | 67,646 | 77,961 | |||||
| Time | 201,393 | 135,043 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 2,190,644 | 2,336,222 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 3,824,316 | 4,799,113 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Demand | 794,467 | 1,141,958 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 886,089 | 691,915 | |||||
| Savings | 95,453 | 112,430 | |||||
| Time | 258,195 | 133,625 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,239,737 | 937,970 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 2,034,204 | 2,079,928 |
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| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Demand | 524,167 | 844,327 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,174,715 | 739,628 | |||||
| Savings | 11,636 | 16,496 | |||||
| Time | 41,884 | 24,846 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,228,235 | 780,970 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 1,752,402 | 1,625,297 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Demand | 326,496 | 436,259 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 966,166 | 694,163 | |||||
| Savings | 13,821 | 20,678 | |||||
| Time | 23,955 | 12,963 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,003,942 | 727,804 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 1,330,438 | 1,164,063 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Demand | 25,266 | 50,180 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 49,966 | 56,181 | |||||
| Savings | 2,564 | 3,083 | |||||
| Time | 9,506 | 4,825 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 62,036 | 64,089 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 87,302 | 114,269 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial deposits | $ | 34,019,701 | $ | 34,480,705 |
Estimated uninsured deposits totaled $18.7 billion or 55% of total deposits at December 31, 2023 and $21.3 billion or 62% of total deposits at December 31, 2022. In addition to insured deposits, we also hold $4.6 billion of collateralized deposits. Municipalities, Native American tribal governments and certain trust-related deposits are all required to be collateralized. Excluding the impact of collateralized deposits and deposits related to consolidated subsidiaries, our uninsured and uncollateralized deposit level is $12.9 billion or 38% of total deposits at December 31, 2023. The portion of time deposits in excess of the FDIC limit, as applied without regard to other deposit balances held by the depositor, were $465 million at December 31, 2023 and $373 million at December 31, 2022.
In addition to deposits, liquidity for the subsidiary bank is provided primarily by federal funds purchased, securities repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings. Federal funds purchased consist primarily of unsecured, overnight funds acquired from other financial institutions. Funds are primarily purchased from bankers’ banks and Federal Home Loan Banks from across the country. The largest source of wholesale federal funds purchased totaled $250 million at December 31, 2023. There were no wholesale federal funds purchased outstanding at December 31, 2022. Securities repurchase agreements generally mature within 90 days and are secured by certain trading or available for sale securities. Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings are generally short term and are secured by a blanket pledge of eligible collateral (generally unencumbered U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities, 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, multifamily and other qualifying commercial real estate loans). Amounts borrowed from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka averaged $5.9 billion during 2023 and $1.6 billion during 2022. Increased borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank were primarily related to higher average total assets and slightly lower average deposit balances.
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At December 31, 2023, management estimates a total potential secured borrowing capacity of approximately $23.1 billion. This includes current available secured capacity of $18.3 billion from the use of programs available to U.S. banks from the Federal Home Loan Banks and Federal Reserve Banks and an estimated $4.8 billion of other sources that could be converted into additional secured capacity.
BOKF, NA also has a liability related to the repurchase of certain delinquent residential mortgage loans previously sold in GNMA mortgage pools. Interest is payable monthly at rates contractually due to investors.
See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of other borrowings.
Parent Company and Other Non-Bank Subsidiaries
The primary sources of liquidity for BOK Financial are cash on hand and dividends from the subsidiary bank. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $204 million at December 31, 2023. Dividends from the subsidiary bank are limited by various banking regulations to net profits, as defined, for the year plus retained profits for the two preceding years. Dividends are further restricted by minimum capital requirements. At December 31, 2023, based on the most restrictive limitations as well as management’s internal capital policy, BOKF, NA could declare up to $405 million of dividends without regulatory approval. Dividend constraints may be alleviated through increases in retained earnings, capital issuances or changes in risk weighted assets. Future losses or increases in required regulatory capital could also affect its ability to pay dividends to the parent company.
As a result of the acquisition of CoBiz Financial, we obtained $60 million of subordinated debt issued in June 2015 that will mature on June 25, 2030. This debt bears interest at the rate of 5.625% through June 25, 2025 and thereafter, the notes will bear an annual floating rate equal to 3-month SOFR plus 317 basis points and a 26 basis point tenor adjustment. We also acquired $72 million of junior subordinated debentures. Interest is based on spreads over 3-month SOFR ranging from 145 basis points to 295 basis points with a tenor adjustment of 26 basis points and mature September 17, 2033 through September 30, 2035. The junior subordinated debentures are subject to early redemption prior to maturity.
Shareholders' equity at December 31, 2023 was $5.1 billion, an increase of $460 million compared to December 31, 2022. Net income less cash dividends paid increased equity $387 million during 2023. Changes in interest rates resulted in an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $599 million at December 31, 2023, compared to an accumulated comprehensive loss of $837 million at December 31, 2022. We also repurchased $177 million of common shares during 2023. Capital is managed to maximize long-term value to the shareholders. Factors considered in managing capital include projections of future earnings, asset growth and acquisition strategies, and regulatory and debt covenant requirements. Capital management may include subordinated debt issuance, share repurchase and stock and cash dividends.
On November 1, 2022, the Company's board of directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to five million shares of the Company's common stock, subject to market conditions, securities laws and other regulatory compliance limitations. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had repurchased 2,428,214 shares under this authorization. The Company repurchased 2,113,808 shares during 2023 at an average price of $82.85 per share, net of the 1% excise tax on share purchases. We view share buybacks opportunistically, but within the context of maintaining our strong capital position.
BOK Financial and the subsidiary bank are subject to various capital requirements administered by federal agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements, including a capital conservation buffer, can result in certain mandatory and additional discretionary actions by regulators that could have a material impact on operations including restrictions on capital distributions from dividends and share repurchases and executive bonus payments. These capital requirements include quantitative measures of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items. The capital standards are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators.
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A summary of minimum capital requirements and other performance ratios follows for BOK Financial on a consolidated basis in Table 31.
Table 31 – Capital and Performance Ratios
| Minimum Capital Requirement | Capital Conservation Buffer | Minimum Capital Requirement Including Capital Conservation Buffer | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Capital: | ||||||||||||||
| Common equity Tier 1 | 4.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 7.00 | % | 12.06 | % | 11.69 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 capital | 6.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 8.50 | % | 12.07 | % | 11.71 | % | ||||
| Total capital | 8.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 10.50 | % | 13.16 | % | 12.67 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 Leverage | 4.00 | % | N/A | 4.00 | % | 9.45 | % | 9.91 | % | |||||
| Average total equity to average assets | 10.17 | % | 10.24 | % | ||||||||||
| Tangible common equity ratio1 | 8.29 | % | 7.63 | % | ||||||||||
| Adjusted tangible common equity ratio1 | 8.02 | % | 7.36 | % | ||||||||||
| Performance Ratios: | ||||||||||||||
| Return on average equity | 10.82 | % | 10.81 | % | ||||||||||
| Return on average tangible common equity1 | 14.00 | % | 14.12 | % |
1 See Explanation and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures following.
In March 2020, in response to the impact on the financial markets by the COVID-19 pandemic, the banking agencies issued an interim final rule permitting banking organizations that implement CECL the option to delay for two years an estimate of the CECL methodology's effect on regulatory capital, followed by a three-year transition period. The estimate includes the implementation date adjustment as of January 1, 2020 plus an estimate of the impact of the change for a two year period following implementation of CECL. We elected to delay the regulatory capital impact of the transition in accordance with the interim final rule. Deferral of the impact of CECL added 6 basis points to the Company's Common equity Tier 1 capital at December 31, 2023.
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Non-GAAP Measures
In this report we may sometimes use non-GAAP financial measures. Please note that although non-GAAP financial measures provide useful insight to analysts, investors and regulators, they should not be considered in isolation or relied upon as a substitute for analysis using GAAP measures.
Table 32 provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with financial measures defined by GAAP.
Table 32 – Non-GAAP Measures
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Reconciliation of tangible common equity ratio and adjusted tangible common equity ratio: | |||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | $ | 5,142,442 | $ | 4,682,649 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,104,728 | 1,120,880 | |||||
| Tangible common equity | 4,037,714 | 3,561,769 | |||||
| Add: Unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities, net | (171,903) | (167,477) | |||||
| Add: Tax effect on unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities, net | 40,430 | 39,196 | |||||
| Adjusted tangible common equity | $ | 3,906,241 | $ | 3,433,488 | |||
| Total assets | $ | 49,824,830 | $ | 47,790,642 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,104,728 | 1,120,880 | |||||
| Tangible assets | $ | 48,720,102 | $ | 46,669,762 | |||
| Tangible common equity ratio | 8.29 | % | 7.63 | % | |||
| Adjusted tangible common equity ratio | 8.02 | % | 7.36 | % | |||
| Reconciliation of return on average tangible common equity: | |||||||
| Total average shareholders' equity | $ | 4,903,998 | $ | 4,812,677 | |||
| Less: Average goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,113,701 | 1,128,469 | |||||
| Average tangible common equity | $ | 3,790,297 | $ | 3,684,208 | |||
| Net Income | $ | 530,746 | $ | 520,273 | |||
| Return on average tangible common equity | 14.00 | % | 14.12 | % | |||
| Reconciliation of pre-provision net revenue: | |||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 683,248 | $ | 660,157 | |||
| Add: Provision for expected credit losses | 46,000 | 30,000 | |||||
| Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 387 | 20 | |||||
| Pre-provision net revenue | $ | 728,861 | $ | 690,137 |
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| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Calculation of efficiency ratio and efficiency ratio excluding adjustments: | |||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,332,881 | $ | 1,164,480 | |||
| Less: Amortization of intangible assets | 13,882 | 15,692 | |||||
| Adjusted total other operating expense | 1,318,999 | 1,148,788 | |||||
| Less: FDIC special assessment | 43,773 | — | |||||
| Less: Expenses related to sale of BOKF Insurance | 3,436 | — | |||||
| Adjusted total other operating expense excluding adjustments | $ | 1,271,790 | $ | 1,148,788 | |||
| Net interest revenue | $ | 1,272,180 | $ | 1,211,380 | |||
| Tax-equivalent adjustment | 8,811 | 8,463 | |||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | 1,280,991 | 1,219,843 | |||||
| Total other operating revenue | 789,949 | 643,257 | |||||
| Less: Gain (loss) on available for sale securities, net | (30,636) | (971) | |||||
| Adjusted revenue | 2,101,576 | 1,864,071 | |||||
| Less: Gain on sale of BOKF Insurance | 31,007 | — | |||||
| Adjusted revenue excluding adjustments | $ | 2,070,569 | $ | 1,864,071 | |||
| Efficiency ratio | 62.76 | % | 61.63 | % | |||
| Efficiency ratio excluding adjustments | 61.42 | % | 61.63 | % | |||
| Information on net interest revenue and net interest margin excluding trading activities: | |||||||
| Net interest revenue | $ | 1,272,180 | $ | 1,211,380 | |||
| Less: Trading activities net interest revenue | (14,202) | 53,855 | |||||
| Net interest revenue excluding trading activities | 1,286,382 | 1,157,525 | |||||
| Tax-equivalent adjustment | 8,811 | 8,463 | |||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue excluding trading activities | $ | 1,295,193 | $ | 1,165,988 | |||
| Average interest-earning assets | $ | 42,975,672 | $ | 40,079,096 | |||
| Less: Average trading activities interest-earning assets | 4,559,012 | 4,723,130 | |||||
| Average interest-earning assets excluding trading activities | $ | 38,416,660 | $ | 35,355,966 | |||
| Net interest margin on average interest-earning assets | 2.93 | % | 2.98 | % | |||
| Net interest margin on average trading activities interest-earning assets | (0.31) | % | 1.05 | % | |||
| Net interest margin on average interest-earning assets excluding trading activities | 3.31 | % | 3.26 | % |
Explanation of Non-GAAP Measures
The tangible common equity ratio and return on average tangible common equity are primarily based on total shareholders' equity, which includes unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, less intangible assets and equity that do not benefit common shareholders. The adjusted tangible common equity ratio also includes unrealized gains and losses on the investment portfolio. These measures are valuable indicators of a financial institution's capital strength since they eliminate intangible assets from shareholders' equity and retain the effect of unrealized losses on securities and other components of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity.
Pre-provision net revenue is a measure of revenue less expenses and is calculated before provision for credit losses and income tax expense. This financial measure is frequently used by investors and analysts and enables them to assess a company's ability to generate earnings to cover credit losses through a credit cycle. It also provides an additional basis for comparing the results of operations between periods by isolating the impact of the provision for credit losses, which can vary significantly between periods.
The efficiency ratio measures the Company's ability to use its assets and manage its liabilities effectively in the current period.
Net interest revenue and net interest margin excluding trading activities remove the effect of trading activities on these metrics allowing management and investors to assess the performance of the Company's core lending and deposit activities without the associated volatility from trading activities.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the Company’s significant off-balance sheet commitments.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of newly adopted and pending accounting standards.
Forward-Looking Statements
This 10-K contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about BOK Financial, the financial services industry, the economy generally and the related responses of the government, consumers, and others, on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "plans," "projects," "will," "intends," variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Management judgments relating to and discussion of the provision and allowance for credit losses, allowance for uncertain tax positions, accruals for loss contingencies and valuation of mortgage servicing rights involve judgments as to expected events and are inherently forward-looking statements. Assessments that acquisitions and growth endeavors will be profitable are necessary statements of belief as to the outcome of future events based in part on information provided by others which BOK Financial has not independently verified. These various forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions which are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what is expected, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Internal and external factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to changes in commodity prices, interest rates and interest rate relationships, inflation, demand for products and services, the degree of competition by traditional and nontraditional competitors, changes in banking regulations, tax laws, prices, levies and assessments, the impact of technological advances, and trends in customer behavior as well as their ability to repay loans. BOK Financial and its affiliates undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Annualized, pro forma, projected and estimated numbers are used for illustrative purpose only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results.
Legal Notice
As used in this report, the term "BOK Financial" and such terms as "the Company," "the Corporation," "our," "we" and "us" may refer to one or more of the consolidated subsidiaries or all of them taken as a whole. All these terms are used for convenience only and are not intended as a precise description of any of the separate companies, each of which manages its own affairs.
FY 2022 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0000875357-23-000009.
ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
| Table 1 – Consolidated Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||
| Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
| Earnings per share (based on average equivalent shares): | ||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 7.68 | $ | 8.95 | $ | 6.19 | ||||
| Diluted | 7.68 | 8.95 | 6.19 | |||||||
| Percentages (based on daily averages): | ||||||||||
| Return on average assets | 1.11 | % | 1.23 | % | 0.89 | % | ||||
| Return on average shareholders' equity | 10.81 | % | 11.59 | % | 8.55 | % | ||||
| Dividend payout ratio | 27.65 | % | 23.29 | % | 33.04 | % | ||||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans, excluding PPP loans1 | 1.05 | % | 1.29 | % | 1.82 | % | ||||
| Combined allowance for credit losses to loans, excluding PPP loans1,2 | 1.32 | % | 1.45 | % | 2.00 | % |
1 Metric meaningful due to the U.S. government agency guarantee and short-term nature of the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loans.
2 Includes allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk.
Management’s Assessment of Operations and Financial Condition
Overview
The following discussion is management's analysis to assist in the understanding and evaluation of the financial condition and results of operations of BOK Financial Corporation ("BOK Financial" or "the Company"). This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes and selected financial data presented elsewhere in this report. This section and other sections provide information about our recent financial performance. For information about results of operations for 2021 compared with 2020, see the respective sections in Management's Discussion and Analysis included in our 2021 Form 10-K filed February 23, 2022.
Economic conditions have been volatile in 2022 with soaring inflation, fluctuating oil prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to combat rising inflation, the Federal Reserve began increasing the Federal Funds rate in March and continued to do so through the end of the year for a total 425 basis point increase. Consumer spending has remained high through 2022, and unemployment remains low at 3.5% for December 2022. See "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis for additional discussion around our economic forecast.
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Performance Summary
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2022 totaled $520.3 million or $7.68 per diluted share compared with net income of $618.1 million or $8.95 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2021. Pre-provision net revenue ("PPNR"), a non-GAAP measure, was $690.1 million for 2022 compared to $697.9 million in the prior year.
Highlights of 2022 included:
•Net interest revenue totaled $1.2 billion for 2022, an increase of $93.3 million over the prior year. Net interest margin was 2.98% for 2022 compared to 2.60% for 2021. In response to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate 425 basis points since the beginning of the year. The resulting impact on market interest rates has increased net interest margin as our earning assets, led by our significant percentage of variable-rate commercial loans, reprice at a higher rate and faster pace than our interest-bearing liabilities. Average earning assets were $40.1 billion for 2022, down $3.7 billion compared to 2021, largely due to decreased trading securities.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $657.2 million for 2022, a decrease of $11.1 million compared to 2021. Mortgage banking revenue decreased $56.5 million due to a decrease in mortgage production volume caused by rising mortgage interest rates and continued housing inventory shortages. Other revenue decreased $14.3 million, primarily due to lower production revenue on repossessed oil and gas properties sold in 2021. Brokerage and trading revenues grew $28.0 million, largely due to increased customer hedging and investment banking revenues. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $18.1 million with growth in mutual fund fees and decreased fee waivers.
•Other gains and losses, net decreased $63.6 million due to sales of an alternative investment and repossessed assets in the prior year.
•Other operating expense totaled $1.2 billion, a $13.2 million decrease compared to 2021. Personnel expense decreased $24.5 million, primarily driven by lower incentive compensation costs, partially offset by higher regular compensation. Non-personnel expense increased $11.2 million, largely due to additional business promotion fees, project-related data processing and communications and professional fees. These were partially offset by lower mortgage banking costs and expenses on repossessed assets.
•The net economic cost of the changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges was $12.5 million during 2022 compared to an economic benefit of $21.0 million during 2021 due to increased market volatility throughout 2022.
•We recorded a $30.0 million provision for expected credit losses in 2022, primarily due to strong growth in loans and loan commitments, partially offset by improvement in credit quality metrics. The uncertainty in our economic forecast increased and some key economic factors were less favorable to growth across all scenarios. A negative $100.0 million provision for expected credit losses was recorded in 2021. The combined allowance for credit losses totaled $296.6 million or 1.31% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2022. The combined allowance for credit losses was $289.4 million or 1.43% of outstanding loans at December 31, 2021.
•Nonperforming assets not guaranteed by U.S. government agencies decreased $23.7 million compared to December 31, 2021. Potential problem loans decreased $128 million and other loans especially mentioned increased $5.5 million. Net charge-offs were $21.1 million or 0.10% of average loans in 2022. Net loans charged-off were $37.0 million or 0.17% of average loans in 2021.
•Period-end outstanding loan balances increased $2.4 billion to $22.6 billion at December 31, 2022. Of this increase, commercial loans increased $1.7 billion, commercial real estate loans increased $775 million, and loans to individuals grew by $146 million. Paycheck Protection Program loans decreased $262 million. Average outstanding loan balances were $21.3 billion, a $216 million decrease.
•Average deposits decreased $70 million to $37.9 billion and period-end deposits decreased $6.8 billion to $34.5 billion, primarily driven by institutional clients moving to off-balance sheet alternatives seeking higher yields.
•The Company's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 11.69% at December 31, 2022. In addition, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 11.71%, total capital ratio was 12.67% and leverage ratio was 9.91% at December 31, 2022. At December 31, 2021, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.25%, the total capital ratio was 13.29% and the leverage ratio was 8.55%.
•The Company repurchased 1,632,401 common shares at an average price of $94.88 per share during 2022 and 1,359,657 common shares at an average price of $86.74 during 2021.
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•The Company paid cash dividends of $2.13 per common share during 2022 and $2.09 per common share in 2021.
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2022 totaled $168.4 million or $2.51 per diluted share, compared to $156.5 million or $2.32 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2022.
Highlights of the fourth quarter of 2022 included:
•Net interest revenue totaled $352.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $36.3 million compared to the prior quarter. Net interest margin was 3.54% compared to 3.24%. In response to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate another 125 basis points in the fourth quarter. The resulting impact on market interest rates increased our net interest margin.
•Fees and commissions revenue was relatively consistent with the prior quarter at $193.6 million. Increased brokerage and trading revenue, transaction card revenue, and other revenue was offset by lower revenue from mortgage banking and deposit service charges.
•Operating expense increased $23.7 million to $318.5 million. Personnel expense increased $16.1 million, largely driven by higher incentive compensation expense. Non-personnel expense increased $7.6 million, primarily related to project-related professional fees and data processing and communications costs.
•We recorded a $15.0 million provision for expected credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2022, primarily due to strong growth in loans and loan commitments. The level of uncertainty in the economic outlook remained high and key economic factors in the base case were slightly less favorable to economic growth. We also recorded a $15.0 million provision for expected credit losses in the third quarter of 2022, primarily as a result of growth in loans and loan commitments during the quarter.
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Critical Accounting Policies & Estimates
The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The Company's accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 of the Consolidated Financial Statements. Management makes significant assumptions and estimates in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP that may be highly subjective, complex and subject to variability. Actual results could differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates. The following discussion addresses the most critical areas where these assumptions and estimates could affect the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. These critical accounting policies and estimates have been discussed with the appropriate committees of the Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Loan Commitments
The allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments represent the portion of amortized cost basis of loans and related unfunded commitments we do not expect to collect over the asset’s contractual life, considering past events, current conditions, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. Appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments is determined by a senior management Allowance Committee which requires judgment about effects of uncertain matters, resulting in a subjective calculation which is inherently imprecise. Because of the subjective forward-looking nature of the calculation, changes in these measures may not directly correlate with actual economic events. In future periods, management judgment may consider new or changed information which may cause significant changes in these allowances in those future periods.
On January 1, 2020, BOK Financial’s accounting policies changed significantly with the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Assets Measured at Amortized Cost ("ASU 2016-13" or "CECL"). Prior years were not restated. Prior to January 1, 2020, general allowances and nonspecific allowances were based on incurred credit losses. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the description of the expected credit losses calculation of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments.
For the majority of risk-graded loans, the accruing loan's expected credit loss estimate is sensitive to management judgment, particularly probability of default and loss given default assumptions, changes in specific macroeconomic factor forecasts and the probability weight assigned to each economic scenario, and appropriate adjustments.
Significant assumptions and estimates affecting the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk include:
•Probability of default and loss given default measurements are based on historical data that may not be a good predictor of future performance or actual losses.
•Probability of default is based on risk grades, a subjective measurement of the risk of a loan. This subjective assessment of risk may not reflect actual risk of loss.
•The forecast for each relevant economic loss driver and the probability weighting of economic scenarios are overseen by a senior management Economic Forecast Committee which includes members independent of the allowance process.
•The Allowance Committee may increase or decrease the allowance to reflect risks not captured in the quantitative component. Examples of circumstances that may result in adjustments include, but are not limited to, new lines of business, market conditions that have not been previously encountered, observed changes in credit risk that are not yet reflected in macroeconomic factors, or economic conditions that impact loss given default assumptions.
Although the resulting expected credit loss estimate represents management's best estimates at the time, actual credit losses will differ from management's estimate. Portfolio composition will change over time, actual economic conditions will differ from probability-weighted assumptions, borrower-specific circumstances will change, as well as other factors. Differences between actual losses and management's estimates may materially affect the Company's results of operations.
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We describe critical elements affecting our estimate of expected credit loss in the "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis. While it is challenging to evaluate the allowance impact for a change in a particular input, results of such an analysis demonstrate how the quantitative element of the allowance behaves under different conditions. The sensitivity to management's economic scenario weighting may be quantified by comparing the results of weighting each economic scenario at 100%. For example, compared to a 100% Base Case scenario, a 100% Downside case would result in an additional $117 million in quantitative reserve, while a 100% Upside Case would result in $18 million less in quantitative reserve at December 31, 2022. Such sensitivity calculations do not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the related allowance for a number of reasons including (1) management's weighting of multiple forecasted economic scenarios in estimating expected credit losses; (2) management's predictions of future economic trends and relationships among the scenarios may differ from actual events; and (3) management's application of subjective measures to modeled results when appropriate.
Fair Value Measurement
Certain assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Fair value is defined by applicable accounting guidance as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal markets for the given asset or liability at the measurement date based on market conditions at that date. An orderly transaction assumes exposure to the market for a customary period for marketing activities prior to the measurement date and not a forced liquidation or distressed sale.
A hierarchy for fair value has been established that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad categories: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), other observable inputs that can be observed either directly or indirectly (Level 2) and unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities (Level 3). Fair value may be recorded for certain assets and liabilities every reporting period on a recurring basis or under certain circumstances on a non-recurring basis. Fair value measurements of significant assets or liabilities that are based on unobservable inputs (Level 3) are considered Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. Additional discussion of fair value measurement and disclosure is included in Notes 7 and 19 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
We have a significant investment in mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs"). Our MSRs are primarily retained from sales in the secondary market of residential mortgage loans we have originated or purchased from correspondent lenders. MSRs may be purchased from other lenders. Both originated and purchased MSRs are initially recognized at fair value. We carry all MSRs at fair value. Changes in fair value are recognized in earnings as they occur.
MSRs are not traded in active markets. The fair value of MSRs is determined by discounting the projected cash flows. Certain significant assumptions and estimates used in valuing MSRs are based on current market sources including projected prepayment speeds, assumed servicing costs, earnings on escrow deposits, ancillary income and discount rates. Assumptions used to value our MSRs are considered significant unobservable inputs and represent our best estimate of assumptions that market participants would use to value this asset. A separate third party model is used to estimate prepayment speeds based on interest rates, housing turnover rates, estimated loan curtailment, anticipated defaults and other relevant factors. The prepayment model is updated periodically for changes in market conditions and adjusted to better correlate with actual performance of our servicing portfolio. The discount rate is based on benchmark rates for mortgage loans plus a market spread expected by investors in servicing rights. Significant assumptions used to determine the fair value of our MSRs are presented in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. At least quarterly, we request estimates of fair value from outside sources to corroborate the results of the valuation model.
The assumptions used in this model are primarily based on mortgage interest rates. Evaluation of the effect of a change in one assumption without considering the effect of that change on other assumptions is not meaningful. Considering all related assumptions, we expect a 50 basis point increase in primary mortgage interest rates to increase the fair value of our servicing rights by $6.1 million. We expect an $8.2 million decrease in the fair value of our MSRs from a 50 basis point decrease in primary mortgage interest rates.
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Revenue and Net Interest Margin
2022 Net Interest Revenue
Net interest revenue is the interest earned on debt securities, loans and other interest-earning assets less interest paid for interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings. The net interest margin is calculated by dividing tax-equivalent net interest revenue by average interest-earning assets. Net interest spread is the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is typically greater than net interest spread due to interest income earned on assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities such as demand deposits and equity.
Tax-equivalent net interest revenue totaled $1.2 billion for 2022, an increase of $92.9 million over the prior year. This includes $7.3 million of PPP loan fees for 2022 and $42.7 million for 2021. Net interest revenue increased $100.8 million due to changes in interest rates and decreased $7.9 million from a decrease in earning assets, partially offset by a decrease in interest-bearing liabilities. Table 3 shows the effects on net interest revenue due to changes in average balances and interest rates for the various types of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. In addition, see the Annual Financial Summary of consolidated daily average balances, yields and rates as shown in Table 2.
Net interest margin was 2.98% for 2022 and 2.60% for 2021. The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 3.42% for 2022 compared to 2.74% in 2021. During 2022, the Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate 425 basis points in response to rising inflation. The resulting impact on market interest rates has increased net interest margin as our earning assets, led by our significant percentage of variable-rate commercial loans, reprice at a higher rate and faster pace than our interest-bearing liabilities. Loan yields increased 100 basis points to 4.62%. The available for sale securities portfolio yield increased 27 basis points to 2.07%. The yield on trading securities grew 26 basis points to 2.24% and the yield on interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents increased 131 basis points to 1.44%.
Funding costs increased 49 basis points compared to 2021. The cost of interest-bearing deposits increased 39 basis points. The cost of other short-term borrowings increased 144 basis points. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 26 basis points for 2022, up from 7 basis points for 2021.
Average earning assets for 2022 decreased $3.7 billion or 9% compared 2021. Average trading securities balances decreased $3.1 billion in response to lower origination volumes in the residential mortgage industry driven by increases in mortgage interest rates. The average balance of available for sale securities, which consists largely of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, decreased $1.7 billion, while investment securities increased $1.3 billion. In the second quarter 2022, we transferred $2.4 billion of U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities from available for sale to the investment securities portfolio to limit the effect of future rate increases on the tangible common equity ratio. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, decreased $136 million.
Total average deposits decreased $70 million compared to the prior year. Average interest-bearing transaction account balances decreased $1.1 billion while average demand deposit balances increased $1.4 billion. Average time deposits also decreased $430 million. Average short-term borrowings decreased $1.9 billion.
Our overall objective is to manage the Company's balance sheet in such a way as to limit exposure to changes in interest rates. These strategies are further described in the Market Risk section of this report. Approximately 79% of our commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolios are either variable rate loans or fixed rate loans that will reprice within one year. These loans are funded primarily by deposit accounts that are either non-interest bearing or that reprice more slowly than the loans. The result is a balance sheet that would be asset-sensitive which means that assets generally reprice more quickly than liabilities. One of the strategies that we use to manage toward a relative rate-neutral position is to purchase fixed rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued primarily by U.S. government agencies and fund them with market rate sensitive liabilities. The liability-sensitive nature of this strategy provides an offset to the asset-sensitive characteristics of our loan portfolio. We also may use derivative instruments to manage our interest rate risk.
The effectiveness of these strategies is reflected in the overall change in net interest revenue due to changes in interest rates as shown in Table 3 and in the interest rate sensitivity projections as shown in the Market Risk section of this report.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) | Year Ended | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | |||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 801,180 | $ | 11,552 | 1.44 | % | |||||
| Trading securities | 4,723,130 | 115,295 | 2.24 | % | |||||||
| Investment securities | 1,493,322 | 24,490 | 1.64 | % | |||||||
| Available for sale securities | 11,643,103 | 249,361 | 2.07 | % | |||||||
| Fair value option securities | 64,776 | 2,145 | 3.40 | % | |||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 180,760 | 8,282 | 4.58 | % | |||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 139,553 | 6,027 | 4.31 | % | |||||||
| Loans | 21,279,187 | 983,413 | 4.62 | % | |||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (245,915) | ||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 21,033,272 | 983,413 | 4.68 | % | |||||||
| Total earning assets | 40,079,096 | 1,400,565 | 3.42 | % | |||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 310,974 | ||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 6,634,566 | ||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 47,024,636 | |||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 20,550,624 | $ | 108,956 | 0.53 | % | |||||
| Savings | 969,279 | 489 | 0.05 | % | |||||||
| Time | 1,446,613 | 12,304 | 0.85 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 22,966,516 | 121,749 | 0.53 | % | |||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 1,265,045 | 13,158 | 1.04 | % | |||||||
| Other borrowings | 1,628,972 | 39,325 | 2.41 | % | |||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,206 | 6,490 | 4.95 | % | |||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 25,991,739 | 180,722 | 0.70 | % | |||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 14,884,765 | ||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 451,530 | ||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 879,691 | ||||||||||
| Total equity | 4,816,911 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 47,024,636 | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | $ | 1,219,843 | 2.72 | % | |||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue to earning assets | 2.98 | % | |||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 8,463 | ||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 1,211,380 | ||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 30,000 | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 643,257 | ||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,164,480 | ||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 660,157 | ||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 139,864 | ||||||||||
| Net income | 520,293 | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 20 | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 520,273 | |||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | |||||||||||
| Net income: | |||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 7.68 | |||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 7.68 |
Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued.
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Table 2 - Annual Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (Dollars in thousands, Except Per Share Data) | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 816,425 | $ | 1,060 | 0.13 | % | $ | 634,401 | $ | 2,830 | 0.45 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 7,823,705 | 156,214 | 1.98 | % | 3,078,075 | 67,942 | 2.75 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 222,426 | 11,065 | 4.97 | % | 265,455 | 12,760 | 4.81 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 13,342,526 | 230,698 | 1.80 | % | 12,420,678 | 261,404 | 2.21 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 67,881 | 1,542 | 2.38 | % | 769,760 | 18,475 | 2.39 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 195,488 | 5,703 | 2.92 | % | 281,594 | 10,963 | 3.89 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 188,888 | 5,465 | 2.93 | % | 215,296 | 6,397 | 3.05 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 21,495,156 | 777,124 | 3.62 | % | 23,402,195 | 898,445 | 3.84 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (326,121) | (368,820) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 21,169,035 | 777,124 | 3.67 | % | 23,033,375 | 898,445 | 3.90 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 43,826,374 | 1,188,871 | 2.74 | % | 40,698,634 | 1,279,216 | 3.24 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 667,149 | 3,329,727 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 5,658,180 | 4,676,029 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 50,151,703 | $ | 48,704,390 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 21,673,472 | $ | 21,961 | 0.10 | % | $ | 18,676,146 | $ | 60,424 | 0.32 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 865,245 | 374 | 0.04 | % | 666,549 | 385 | 0.06 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 1,876,901 | 11,149 | 0.59 | % | 2,220,749 | 29,187 | 1.31 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 24,415,618 | 33,484 | 0.14 | % | 21,563,444 | 89,996 | 0.42 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 2,238,702 | 8,084 | 0.36 | % | 3,635,541 | 15,605 | 0.43 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 2,599,861 | 9,793 | 0.38 | % | 4,659,453 | 41,011 | 0.88 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 224,058 | 10,535 | 4.70 | % | 275,965 | 13,944 | 5.05 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 29,478,239 | 61,896 | 0.21 | % | 30,134,403 | 160,556 | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 13,505,359 | 11,201,554 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 800,667 | 1,081,674 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,013,050 | 1,193,445 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 5,354,388 | 5,093,314 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 50,151,703 | $ | 48,704,390 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | $ | 1,126,975 | 2.53 | % | $ | 1,118,660 | 2.71 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue to earning assets | 2.60 | % | 2.83 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 8,942 | 10,216 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 1,118,033 | 1,108,444 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | (100,000) | 222,592 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 755,775 | 842,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 1,177,708 | 1,164,308 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 796,100 | 563,864 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 179,775 | 128,793 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 616,325 | 435,071 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (1,796) | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corporation shareholders | $ | 618,121 | $ | 435,030 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 8.95 | $ | 6.19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 8.95 | $ | 6.19 |
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Table 3 – Annual Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2022 / 2021 | December 31, 2021 / 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | Change Due To1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 10,492 | $ | (111) | $ | 10,603 | $ | (1,770) | $ | 540 | $ | (2,310) | |||||||||||
| Trading securities | (40,919) | (58,095) | 17,176 | 88,272 | 128,039 | (39,767) | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 13,425 | 43,575 | (30,150) | (1,695) | (2,018) | 323 | |||||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 18,663 | (14,377) | 33,040 | (30,706) | 20,115 | (50,821) | |||||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 603 | (50) | 653 | (16,933) | (16,899) | (34) | |||||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 2,579 | (476) | 3,055 | (5,260) | (3,286) | (1,974) | |||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 562 | (1,696) | 2,258 | (932) | (694) | (238) | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans | 206,289 | (8,240) | 214,529 | (121,321) | (71,533) | (49,788) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | 211,694 | (39,470) | 251,164 | (90,345) | 54,264 | (144,609) | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 86,995 | (3,662) | 90,657 | (38,463) | 6,108 | (44,571) | |||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | 115 | 35 | 80 | (11) | 121 | (132) | |||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 1,155 | (3,132) | 4,287 | (18,038) | (3,277) | (14,761) | |||||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 5,074 | (6,827) | 11,901 | (7,521) | (5,491) | (2,030) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 29,532 | (13,467) | 42,999 | (31,218) | (13,023) | (18,195) | |||||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | (4,045) | (4,485) | 440 | (3,409) | (2,532) | (877) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | 118,826 | (31,538) | 150,364 | (98,660) | (18,094) | (80,566) | |||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | 92,868 | (7,932) | 100,800 | 8,315 | 72,358 | (64,043) | |||||||||||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | (479) | (1,274) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | $ | 93,347 | $ | 9,589 |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Fourth Quarter 2022 Net Interest Revenue
Tax-equivalent net interest revenue totaled $354.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $36.4 million compared to the third quarter of 2022. The rapid increase in interest rates combined with our strong loan growth and our asset-sensitive position drove a linked quarter increase in net interest revenue and a 30 basis point increase in net interest margin.
Net interest margin was 3.54% for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to 3.24% for the third quarter of 2022. The Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate 125 basis points in the fourth quarter in response to rising inflation. The resulting impact on market interest rates increased the net interest margin. The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 4.53% for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of 82 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2022. Loan yields increased 110 basis points to 5.99%. The yield on trading securities was up 98 basis points to 3.70% while the yield on available for sale securities increased 33 basis points to 2.54%. The yield on interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents increased 219 basis points to 4.06%.
Funding costs increased 81 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2022. The cost of other short-term borrowings increased 171 basis points while the cost of interest-bearing deposits increased 59 basis points. The cost of other borrowings was up 175 basis points to 4.08%. The cost of funds purchased and repurchase agreements increased 133 basis points to 2.05%. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 58 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 29 basis points in the third quarter of 2022.
Average earning assets for the fourth quarter of 2022 increased $757 million over the third quarter of 2022. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, increased $375 million, largely due to growth in commercial and commercial real estate loans. Available for sale securities increased $648 million as we repositioned our balance sheet to a more rate-risk neutral position. Average interest bearing cash and cash equivalents decreased $180 million while average trading securities balances decreased $91 million.
Average deposits decreased $1.6 billion compared to the third quarter of 2022 as customers redeploy resources following the savings trend during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Average demand deposit balances decreased $929 million. Average interest-bearing transaction accounts decreased $658 million. Other borrowings increased $994 million while funds purchased and repurchase agreements increased $246 million.
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| (In thousands, except per share data) | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | Average Balance | Revenue/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 568,307 | $ | 5,822 | 4.06 | % | $ | 748,263 | $ | 3,520 | 1.87 | % | ||||||||||
| Trading securities | 3,086,985 | 28,473 | 3.70 | % | 3,178,068 | 22,772 | 2.72 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | 2,535,305 | 9,223 | 1.46 | % | 2,593,989 | 9,207 | 1.42 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 10,953,851 | 73,317 | 2.54 | % | 10,306,257 | 59,144 | 2.21 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 92,012 | 931 | 4.40 | % | 36,846 | 286 | 2.98 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 216,673 | 3,088 | 5.70 | % | 173,656 | 2,703 | 6.23 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | 98,613 | 1,390 | 5.56 | % | 132,685 | 1,684 | 5.05 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans | 21,976,004 | 331,649 | 5.99 | % | 21,599,232 | 265,997 | 4.89 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (242,450) | (241,136) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans, net of allowance | 21,733,554 | 331,649 | 6.06 | % | 21,358,096 | 265,997 | 4.94 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 39,285,300 | 453,893 | 4.53 | % | 38,527,860 | 365,313 | 3.71 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Receivable on unsettled securities sales | 194,996 | 219,113 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 5,729,322 | 6,372,229 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 45,209,618 | $ | 45,119,202 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction | $ | 18,898,315 | $ | 60,893 | 1.28 | % | $ | 19,556,806 | $ | 31,266 | 0.63 | % | ||||||||||
| Savings | 969,275 | 205 | 0.08 | % | 978,596 | 135 | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time | 1,417,606 | 4,476 | 1.25 | % | 1,409,069 | 3,314 | 0.93 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 21,285,196 | 65,574 | 1.22 | % | 21,944,471 | 34,715 | 0.63 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 1,046,447 | 5,407 | 2.05 | % | 800,759 | 1,445 | 0.72 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 2,523,195 | 25,961 | 4.08 | % | 1,528,887 | 8,988 | 2.33 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 131,180 | 2,038 | 6.16 | % | 131,199 | 1,677 | 5.07 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 24,986,018 | 98,980 | 1.57 | % | 24,405,316 | 46,825 | 0.76 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing demand deposits | 14,176,189 | 15,105,305 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Due on unsettled securities purchases | 575,957 | 331,428 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 853,134 | 501,731 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 4,618,320 | 4,775,422 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 45,209,618 | $ | 45,119,202 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | $ | 354,913 | 2.96 | % | $ | 318,488 | 2.95 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue to earning assets | 3.54 | % | 3.24 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less tax-equivalent adjustment | 2,287 | 2,163 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 352,626 | 316,325 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 197,086 | 189,698 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 318,456 | 294,751 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 216,256 | 196,272 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 47,864 | 39,681 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 168,392 | 156,591 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (37) | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to BOK Financial Corp. shareholders | $ | 168,429 | $ | 156,510 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings Per Average Common Share Equivalent: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 2.51 | $ | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 2.51 | $ | 2.32 |
Yield calculations are shown on a tax equivalent at the statutory federal and state rates for the periods presented. The yield calculations exclude security trades that have been recorded on trade date with no corresponding interest income and the unrealized gains and losses. The yield calculation also includes average loan balances for which the accrual of interest has been discontinued and are net of unearned income. Yield/rate calculations are generally based on the conventions that determine how interest income and expense is accrued
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Table 4 - Quarterly Financial Summary (continued)
Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Average Yields and Rates
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Balance | Revenue /Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 843,619 | $ | 1,737 | 0.83 | % | $ | 1,050,409 | $ | 473 | 0.18 | % | $ | 1,208,552 | $ | 483 | 0.16 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 4,166,954 | 23,009 | 2.00 | % | 8,537,390 | 41,041 | 1.71 | % | 9,260,778 | 44,537 | 1.89 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 610,983 | 3,585 | 2.35 | % | 195,198 | 2,475 | 5.07 | % | 213,188 | 2,661 | 4.99 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12,258,072 | 58,882 | 1.84 | % | 13,092,422 | 58,018 | 1.77 | % | 13,247,607 | 55,638 | 1.72 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 54,832 | 437 | 2.92 | % | 75,539 | 491 | 2.81 | % | 46,458 | 302 | 2.71 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 167,732 | 1,384 | 3.30 | % | 164,484 | 1,107 | 2.69 | % | 137,874 | 1,028 | 2.98 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 148,183 | 1,559 | 4.22 | % | 179,697 | 1,394 | 3.11 | % | 163,433 | 1,242 | 3.06 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 21,057,714 | 205,694 | 3.92 | % | 20,463,662 | 180,073 | 3.57 | % | 20,242,653 | 188,547 | 3.70 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (246,064) | (254,191) | (271,794) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20,811,650 | 205,694 | 3.96 | % | 20,209,471 | 180,073 | 3.61 | % | 19,970,859 | 188,547 | 3.75 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 39,062,025 | 296,287 | 2.96 | % | 43,504,610 | 285,072 | 2.58 | % | 44,248,749 | 294,438 | 2.66 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 457,165 | 375,616 | 585,901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7,769,208 | 6,680,848 | 5,769,406 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 47,288,398 | $ | 50,561,074 | $ | 50,604,056 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 21,037,294 | $ | 11,454 | 0.22 | % | $ | 22,763,479 | $ | 5,343 | 0.10 | % | $ | 22,326,401 | $ | 5,097 | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||||||
| 981,493 | 76 | 0.03 | % | 947,407 | 73 | 0.03 | % | 909,131 | 96 | 0.04 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,373,036 | 2,332 | 0.68 | % | 1,589,039 | 2,182 | 0.56 | % | 1,747,715 | 2,351 | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 23,391,823 | 13,862 | 0.24 | % | 25,299,925 | 7,598 | 0.12 | % | 24,983,247 | 7,544 | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,224,134 | 1,608 | 0.53 | % | 2,004,466 | 4,698 | 0.95 | % | 2,893,128 | 5,292 | 0.73 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,301,358 | 3,286 | 1.01 | % | 1,148,440 | 1,090 | 0.38 | % | 880,837 | 1,091 | 0.49 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 131,219 | 1,473 | 4.50 | % | 131,228 | 1,302 | 4.02 | % | 131,224 | 1,330 | 4.02 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 26,048,534 | 20,229 | 0.31 | % | 28,584,059 | 14,688 | 0.21 | % | 28,888,436 | 15,257 | 0.21 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15,202,597 | 15,062,282 | 14,818,841 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 380,332 | 519,097 | 629,642 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 924,605 | 1,247,785 | 898,848 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4,732,330 | 5,147,851 | 5,368,289 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 47,288,398 | $ | 50,561,074 | $ | 50,604,056 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 276,058 | 2.65 | % | $ | 270,384 | 2.37 | % | $ | 279,181 | 2.45 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.76 | % | 2.44 | % | 2.52 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,040 | 1,973 | 2,104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 274,018 | 268,411 | 277,077 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | (17,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 168,617 | 87,856 | 157,443 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 273,655 | 277,618 | 299,495 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 168,980 | 78,649 | 152,025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36,122 | 16,197 | 34,836 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 132,858 | 62,452 | 117,189 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | (36) | (129) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 132,846 | $ | 62,488 | $ | 117,318 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 1.96 | $ | 0.91 | $ | 1.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 1.96 | $ | 0.91 | $ | 1.71 |
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Table 5 – Quarterly Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2022 / Sep. 30, 2022 | |||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | |||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,302 | $ | (1,338) | $ | 3,640 | |||||
| Trading securities | 5,701 | (2,207) | 7,908 | ||||||||
| Investment securities | 16 | (230) | 246 | ||||||||
| Available for sale securities | 14,173 | 5,012 | 9,161 | ||||||||
| Fair value option securities | 645 | 427 | 218 | ||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 385 | 619 | (234) | ||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | (294) | (445) | 151 | ||||||||
| Loans | 65,652 | 5,205 | 60,447 | ||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | 88,580 | 7,043 | 81,537 | ||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 29,627 | (1,730) | 31,357 | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | 70 | (3) | 73 | ||||||||
| Time deposits | 1,162 | 23 | 1,139 | ||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 3,962 | 862 | 3,100 | ||||||||
| Other borrowings | 16,973 | 8,034 | 8,939 | ||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 361 | — | 361 | ||||||||
| Total interest expense | 52,155 | 7,186 | 44,969 | ||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | 36,425 | (143) | 36,568 | ||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | 124 | ||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | $ | 36,301 |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Other Operating Revenue
2022 Other Operating Revenue
Other operating revenue was $643.3 million for 2022, a decrease of $112.5 million or 15% compared to 2021. A decline in mortgage banking revenue and other gains, net was partially offset by increased brokerage and trading revenue and fiduciary and asset management revenue.
Table 6 – Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | Year Ended December 31, | 2021 vs. 2020 | 2021 vs. 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2020 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 140,978 | $ | 112,989 | $ | 27,989 | 25 | % | $ | 221,833 | $ | (108,844) | (49) | % | |||||||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 104,266 | 96,983 | 7,283 | 8 | % | 90,182 | 6,801 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 196,326 | 178,274 | 18,052 | 10 | % | 167,445 | 10,829 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 110,636 | 104,217 | 6,419 | 6 | % | 96,805 | 7,412 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 49,365 | 105,896 | (56,531) | (53) | % | 182,360 | (76,464) | (42) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other revenue | 55,642 | 69,950 | (14,308) | (20) | % | 51,695 | 18,255 | 35 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total fees and commissions revenue | 657,213 | 668,309 | (11,096) | (2) | % | 810,320 | (142,011) | (18) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains, net | 123 | 63,742 | (63,619) | N/A | 6,046 | 57,696 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivatives, net | (73,011) | (19,378) | (53,633) | N/A | 42,320 | (61,698) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | (20,358) | (2,239) | (18,119) | N/A | 53,248 | (55,487) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 80,261 | 41,637 | 38,624 | N/A | (79,524) | 121,161 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on available for sale securities, net | (971) | 3,704 | (4,675) | N/A | 9,910 | (6,206) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 643,257 | $ | 755,775 | (112,518) | (15) | % | $ | 842,320 | $ | (86,545) | (10) | % |
Fees and commissions revenue
Diversified sources of fees and commissions revenue are a significant part of our business strategy and represented 35% of combined net interest revenue before provision for credit losses and fees and commission revenue. We believe that a variety of fee revenue sources provides an offset to changes in interest rates, values in the equity markets, commodity prices and consumer spending, all of which can be volatile. Many of these economic factors, such as rising interest rates, that we expect will result in growth in net interest revenue or fiduciary and asset management revenue may also decrease mortgage banking production volumes and related trading. The velocity of changes in market conditions and interest rates may result in timing differences between when offsetting impacts and benefits are realized. As interest rates are expected to move higher, we expect to experience increased benefits to our net interest margin, which provides an offset to reduced mortgage-related fee income. Generally, for operating revenues not as directly related to movement in interest rates, we expect growth to come through offering new products and services and by further development of our presence in other markets. However, current and future economic conditions, including the recent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory constraints, increased competition and saturation in our existing markets could affect the rate of future increases.
Brokerage and trading revenue, which includes revenues from trading, customer hedging, retail brokerage and investment banking, increased $28.0 million or 25% over the prior year.
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Trading revenue includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses primarily related to sales of residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and related derivative instruments that enable our mortgage banking customers to manage their production risk. Trading revenue also includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses on municipal securities and other financial instruments that we sell to institutional customers, along with changes in the fair value of financial instruments we hold as economic hedges against market risk of our trading securities. Trading revenue was $20.3 million for 2022, a decrease of $7.3 million compared to 2021. Trading revenue was negatively affected by the disruption of the fixed income markets early in 2022. This was largely offset by favorable market conditions and increased market volatility, which led to higher margins and increased trading activity in the second half of the year. See additional discussion in "Lines of Business" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis.
Customer hedging revenue is based primarily on realized and unrealized changes in the fair value of derivative contracts held for customer risk management programs. As more fully discussed under Customer Derivative Programs in Note 6 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, we offer commodity, interest rate, foreign exchange and equity derivatives to our customers. Derivative contracts executed with customers are offset with contracts between selected counterparties and exchanges to minimize market risk from changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates. Customer hedging revenue, which is largely volume driven, totaled $45.7 million for 2022, an increase of $25.3 million or 124% compared to 2021 and was primarily attributed to our energy and interest rate derivative customers. Customer hedging revenue includes credit valuation adjustments of the fair value of derivatives to reflect the risk of counterparty default.
Investment banking, which includes fees earned upon completion of underwriting, financial advisory services and loan syndication fees, totaled $45.6 million for 2022, an increase of $11.2 million or 33% compared to 2021, largely related to the timing and volume of commercial loan syndication fees and municipal bond transactions.
Revenue earned from retail brokerage transactions totaled $16.4 million for 2022, a decrease of $2.4 million or 13% compared to 2021. Retail brokerage revenue is primarily based on fees and commissions earned on sales of fixed income securities, annuities, mutual funds and other financial instruments to retail customers. Revenue is primarily based on the volume of customer transactions and applicable commission rate for each type of product.
Insurance brokerage fees were $12.9 million for 2022, an increase of $1.1 million or 9% over the prior year.
Transaction card revenue depends largely on the volume and amount of transactions processed, the number of TransFund automated teller machine ("ATM") locations and the number of merchants served. Transaction card revenue totaled $104.3 million for 2022, a $7.3 million or 8% increase over 2021. Revenues from the processing of transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund electronic funds transfer ("EFT") network totaled $84.6 million, up $4.5 million or 6% over 2021. The number of TransFund ATM locations totaled 2,774 at December 31, 2022 compared to 2,593 at December 31, 2021. Corporate card revenue totaled $7.2 million, up $2.3 million or 45% over 2021 due to increased transactions from the broader reopening of the economy. Merchant services fees paid by customers for account management and electronic processing of card transactions totaled $12.4 million, relatively consistent with the prior year.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue is earned through managing or holding of assets for customers and executing transactions or providing related services. Approximately 80% of fiduciary and asset management revenue is primarily based on the fair value of assets. Rates applied to those asset values vary based on the nature of the relationship. Fiduciary and managed asset relationships generally have a higher fee rate than non-fiduciary and/or managed relationships.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $18.1 million or 10% compared to 2021. Higher mutual fund fees and a reduction in fee waivers was partially offset by lower trust fees. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we voluntarily waived certain administration fees on the Cavanal Hill money market funds in order to maintain positive yields on these funds in the low short-term interest rate environment. This practice subsided in 2022. We had approximately $3.1 million in fee waivers during 2022 compared to approximately $11.7 million in fee waivers during 2021.
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A distribution of assets under management or administration and related fiduciary and asset management revenue follows:
Table 7 – Assets Under Management or Administration
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | Balance1 | Revenue2 | Margin3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managed fiduciary assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal | $ | 10,317,729 | $ | 107,325 | 1.04 | % | $ | 12,739,289 | $ | 110,052 | 0.86 | % | $ | 11,172,457 | $ | 96,094 | 0.86 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Institutional | 17,229,041 | 33,482 | 0.19 | % | 17,477,280 | 29,286 | 0.17 | % | 15,364,387 | 26,555 | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total managed fiduciary assets | 27,546,770 | 140,807 | 0.51 | % | 30,216,569 | 139,338 | 0.46 | % | 26,536,844 | 122,649 | 0.46 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-managed assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary | 28,513,725 | 43,220 | 0.15 | % | 34,320,264 | 28,645 | 0.08 | % | 28,949,648 | 38,899 | 0.13 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-fiduciary | 19,467,202 | 12,299 | 0.06 | % | 20,253,072 | 10,291 | 0.05 | % | 18,599,156 | 5,897 | 0.03 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Safekeeping and brokerage assets under administration | 24,207,343 | — | — | % | 20,127,816 | — | — | % | 17,506,599 | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total non-managed assets | 72,188,270 | 55,519 | 0.08 | % | 74,701,152 | 38,936 | 0.05 | % | 65,055,403 | 44,796 | 0.07 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets under management or administration | $ | 99,735,040 | $ | 196,326 | 0.20 | % | $ | 104,917,721 | $ | 178,274 | 0.17 | % | $ | 91,592,247 | $ | 167,445 | 0.18 | % |
1 Assets under management or administration balance excludes certain assets under custody held by a sub-custodian where minimal revenue is recognized. $17 billion, $22 billion and $21 billion of such assets are excluded from the 2022, 2021 and 2020 assets under management or administration balances, respectively.
2 Fiduciary and asset management revenue includes asset-based and other fees associated with the assets.
3 Revenue divided by period-end balance.
A summary of changes in assets under management or administration for the year ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 follows:
Table 8 – Changes in Assets Under Management or Administration
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 104,917,721 | $ | 91,592,247 | $ | 82,740,961 | |||||
| Net inflows (outflows) | 572,812 | 4,786,237 | 1,859,868 | ||||||||
| Net change in fair value | (5,755,493) | 8,539,237 | 6,991,418 | ||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 99,735,040 | $ | 104,917,721 | $ | 91,592,247 |
Assets under management as of December 31, 2022 consist of 45% fixed income, 32% equities, 14% cash and 9% alternative investments. Net inflows to assets under management increased during 2022 as new financial institution client relationships were gained and existing clients added to their asset balances. The decrease in fair value of $5.8 billion mainly resulted from declines in both the fixed income and equity markets in 2022.
Deposit service charges and fees totaled $110.6 million for 2022, a $6.4 million or 6% increase over 2021, largely affected by transaction volumes as customer activity resumed following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Service charges earned primarily on commercial deposit accounts totaled $56.6 million, a $2.3 million or 4% increase over the previous year. Overdraft fees and non-sufficient fund fees earned primarily on consumer deposit accounts totaled $25.4 million for 2022, an increase of $3.8 million or 18% over 2021. Changes were implemented in the fourth quarter of 2022 to eliminate non-sufficient funds fees
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and reduce consumer overdraft fees, which is expected to reduce total deposit service charges by approximately $10 million in 2023. Check card revenue totaled $23.3 million, relatively unchanged from 2021.
Mortgage banking revenue totaled $49.4 million for 2022, a $56.5 million or 53% decrease compared to 2021. Rising mortgage interest rates, low inventory, and home price affordability have placed pressure on mortgage loan originations and margins in 2022. Mortgage production revenue decreased $62.6 million. Production volume was down $1.6 billion and production revenue as a percentage of production volume also decreased 250 basis points to (0.17)%. Mortgage refinancing activity was 24% of total production in 2022 compared to 54% in 2021. Mortgage servicing revenue was $51.2 million, a $6.0 million increase compared to the prior year. The average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others totaled $17.9 billion at December 31, 2022, a $2.5 billion increase compared to December 31, 2021. During 2022, we acquired $3.8 billion in unpaid principal balance of mortgage servicing rights. This, combined with a purchase in the fourth quarter of 2021 with an unpaid principal balance of $2.0 billion, led to the higher mortgage servicing revenue in 2022.
Table 9 – Mortgage Banking Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||
| Mortgage production revenue | $ | (1,838) | $ | 60,712 | $ | 125,848 | ||||
| Mortgage loans funded for sale | $ | 1,180,403 | $ | 2,818,789 | $ | 3,764,112 | ||||
| Add: Current year end outstanding commitments | 45,492 | 171,412 | 380,637 | |||||||
| Less: Prior year end outstanding commitments | 171,412 | 380,637 | 158,460 | |||||||
| Total mortgage production volume | 1,054,483 | 2,609,564 | 3,986,289 | |||||||
| Production revenue as a percentage of production volume | (0.17) | % | 2.33 | % | 3.16 | % | ||||
| Realized margin on funded mortgage loans | 0.63 | % | 2.71 | % | 2.87 | % | ||||
| Mortgage loan refinances to mortgage loans funded for sale | 24 | % | 54 | % | 58 | % | ||||
| Primary mortgage interest rates: | ||||||||||
| Average | 5.34 | % | 2.96 | % | 3.10 | % | ||||
| Period end | 6.41 | % | 3.11 | % | 2.67 | % | ||||
| Mortgage servicing revenue | $ | 51,203 | $ | 45,184 | $ | 56,512 | ||||
| Average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others | 17,871,306 | 15,404,548 | 18,422,210 | |||||||
| Average mortgage servicing fee rates | 0.29 | % | 0.29 | % | 0.31 | % |
Primary rates disclosed in Table 9 above represent rates generally available to borrowers on 30 year conforming mortgage loans.
Other revenue totaled $55.6 million for 2022, a decrease of $14.3 million or 20% compared to 2021, primarily due to lower production revenue from repossessed oil and gas properties sold in 2021; however, this impact was also partially offset by lower operating expenses related to these properties.
Other gains, net and net gains on securities and derivatives
Other gains, net decreased $63.6 million compared to 2021. In 2021, the sale of an alternative investment and sale of an equity interest received as part of the workout of a defaulted energy loan resulted in a $45.2 million gain. In addition, we experienced a $15.7 million decrease in the value of deferred compensation investments, which are held to offset the cost of various employee benefit programs in 2022.
As discussed in the Market Risk section following, the fair value of our MSRs changes in response to changes in primary mortgage loan rates and other assumptions. We attempt to mitigate the earnings volatility caused by changes in the fair value of MSRs by designating certain financial instruments, generally U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities for which we have elected the fair value option, as an economic hedge. Changes in the fair value of these instruments are generally expected to partially offset changes in the fair value of MSRs.
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Table 10 – Gain (Loss) on Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net of Economic Hedge
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||
| Gain (loss) on mortgage hedge derivative contracts, net | $ | (72,987) | $ | (19,632) | $ | 42,096 | ||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | (20,358) | (2,239) | 53,248 | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on economic hedge of mortgage servicing rights | (93,345) | (21,871) | 95,344 | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 80,261 | 41,637 | (79,524) | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on changes in fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges included in other operating revenue | (13,084) | 19,766 | 15,820 | |||||||
| Net interest revenue on fair value option securities1 | 569 | 1,279 | 9,085 | |||||||
| Total economic benefit (cost) of changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges | $ | (12,515) | $ | 21,045 | $ | 24,905 |
1 Actual interest earned on fair value option securities less internal transfer-priced cost of funds.
Fourth Quarter 2022 Other Operating Revenue
Table 11 – Fourth Quarter 2022 Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 63,008 | $ | 61,006 | $ | 2,002 | 3 | % | ||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 27,136 | 25,974 | 1,162 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 49,899 | 50,190 | (291) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 26,429 | 28,703 | (2,274) | (8) | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 10,065 | 11,282 | (1,217) | (11) | % | |||||||||
| Other revenue | 17,034 | 15,479 | 1,555 | 10 | % | |||||||||
| Total fees and commissions revenue | 193,571 | 192,634 | 937 | — | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 8,427 | 979 | 7,448 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivatives, net | 4,548 | (17,009) | 21,557 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Loss on fair value option securities, net | (2,568) | (4,368) | 1,800 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (2,904) | 16,570 | (19,474) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on available for sale securities, net | (3,988) | 892 | (4,880) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | 197,086 | 189,698 | 7,388 | 4 | % |
Other operating revenue was $197.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, a $7.4 million or 4% increase compared to the third quarter of 2022.
Brokerage and trading revenue increased $2.0 million to $63.0 million. Trading revenue grew $9.5 million, largely due to an increase in volume and higher margins on U.S. agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading activity driven by favorable market conditions and increased market volatility. A decline from heightened energy derivative activity in the third quarter led to a $4.7 million decrease in customer hedging revenue. Investment banking revenue decreased $2.4 million, following record levels in the third quarter driven primarily by municipal bond transaction growth. Other revenue increased $1.6 million, largely due to higher revenue on repossessed assets while transaction card revenue grew $1.2 million along with a rise in seasonal transaction volumes.
Deposit service charges decreased $2.3 million. In the fourth quarter, we implemented changes to eliminate non-sufficient funds fees and reduce consumer overdraft fees.
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Mortgage banking revenue was $10.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $1.2 million compared to the third quarter of 2022, as rising mortgage interest rates and continued inventory constraints place pressure on mortgage loan originations. Mortgage loan production volumes were $111 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to $230 million in the third quarter of 2022. Production revenue as a percentage of production volume, which includes unrealized gains and losses on our mortgage commitment pipeline and related hedges, decreased 254 basis points to (3.59)%.
Other gains, net, increased $7.4 million compared to the prior quarter primarily driven by the sale of a repossessed entity combined with a change in the value of deferred compensation investments which are held to offset the cost of various employee benefit programs. We also recognized a $4.0 million loss on the sale of available for sale securities in the fourth quarter as we repositioned our balance sheet for the current rate environment.
Other Operating Expense
2022 Other Operating Expense
Other operating expense for 2022 totaled $1.2 billion, a $13.2 million or 1% decrease compared to the prior year. Personnel expense decreased $24.5 million or 4%. Non-personnel expense increased $11.2 million or 2%.
Table 12 – Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | Year Ended December 31, | 2021 vs. 2020 | 2021 vs. 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2020 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 399,107 | $ | 384,808 | $ | 14,299 | 4 | % | $ | 390,282 | $ | (5,474) | (1) | % | |||||||||||
| Incentive compensation: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 172,595 | 187,974 | (15,379) | (8) | % | 183,868 | 4,106 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 9,565 | 13,246 | (3,681) | (28) | % | 18,228 | (4,982) | (27) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation | (6,235) | 9,789 | (16,024) | (164) | % | 8,401 | 1,388 | 17 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 175,925 | 211,009 | (35,084) | (17) | % | 210,497 | 512 | — | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Employee benefits | 95,886 | 99,565 | (3,679) | (4) | % | 87,695 | 11,870 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 670,918 | 695,382 | (24,464) | (4) | % | 688,474 | 6,908 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Business promotion | 26,435 | 16,289 | 10,146 | 62 | % | 14,511 | 1,778 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | 2,500 | 9,000 | (6,500) | (72) | % | 9,000 | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 56,342 | 50,906 | 5,436 | 11 | % | 53,437 | (2,531) | (5) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 116,867 | 108,587 | 8,280 | 8 | % | 112,722 | (4,135) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Insurance | 17,994 | 15,881 | 2,113 | 13 | % | 19,990 | (4,109) | (21) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Data processing & communications | 165,907 | 151,614 | 14,293 | 9 | % | 135,497 | 16,117 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 15,857 | 14,218 | 1,639 | 12 | % | 15,061 | (843) | (6) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 15,692 | 18,311 | (2,619) | (14) | % | 20,443 | (2,132) | (10) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 35,834 | 42,698 | (6,864) | (16) | % | 56,711 | (14,013) | (25) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other expense | 40,134 | 54,822 | (14,688) | (27) | % | 38,462 | 16,360 | 43 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,164,480 | $ | 1,177,708 | $ | (13,228) | (1) | % | $ | 1,164,308 | $ | 13,400 | 1 | % | |||||||||||
| Average number of employees (full-time equivalent) | 4,759 | 4,816 | (57) | (1) | % | 5,011 | (195) | (4) | % |
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Personnel expense
Personnel expense decreased $24.5 million in 2022. Cash-based incentive compensation plans, which are either intended to provide current rewards to employees who generate long-term business opportunities for the Company based on growth in loans, deposits, customer relationships and other measurable metrics or intended to compensate employees with commissions on completed transactions, decreased $15.4 million or 8% compared 2021, primarily related to a decline in institutional trading activity, partially offset by increased incentives from growth in loans and loan commitments in the current year. Deferred compensation expense, which is offset by deferred compensation investments in other revenue, decreased $16.0 million or 164%, directly related to market movements. Regular compensation increased $14.3 million or 4%, largely due to employee merit increases received in the first quarter. Changes in assumptions of certain performance-based equity awards led to a $3.7 million or 28% decrease in share-based compensation expense. Employee benefits expense decreased $3.7 million or 4% primarily due to reduced employee healthcare costs.
Non-personnel expense
Non-personnel expense increased $11.2 million or 2% over the prior year.
Data processing and communications expense increased $14.3 million or 9% and professional fees and services increased $5.4 million or 11%, both largely affected by on-going technology project costs. Higher travel costs following a lull in travel during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased advertising costs led to a $10.1 million or 62% increase in business promotion expense. Occupancy and equipment expense was also up $8.3 million or 8% driven largely by higher operating costs on leases.
Other expense decreased $14.7 million or 27%, primarily due to lower operating expenses on repossessed assets sold in 2021; however, this was offset by lower operating revenue on these properties. Mortgage banking costs decreased $6.9 million or 16%, primarily due to a decrease in prepayments. Charitable contributions to the BOKF Foundation were $2.5 million in the current year compared to $9.0 million in the prior year. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extreme needs it created in the communities we serve, we increased our charitable contributions to the BOKF Foundation during 2021.
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Fourth Quarter 2022 Operating Expenses
Table 13 – Fourth Quarter 2022 Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 102,943 | $ | 101,368 | $ | 1,575 | 2 | % | ||||||
| Incentive compensation: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 54,295 | 44,376 | 9,919 | 22 | % | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 3,107 | 3,744 | (637) | (17) | % | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 3,864 | (1,005) | 4,869 | (484) | % | |||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 61,266 | 47,115 | 14,151 | 30 | % | |||||||||
| Employee benefits | 22,210 | 21,865 | 345 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 186,419 | 170,348 | 16,071 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Business promotion | 7,470 | 6,127 | 1,343 | 22 | % | |||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | 2,500 | — | 2,500 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 18,365 | 14,089 | 4,276 | 30 | % | |||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 29,227 | 29,296 | (69) | — | % | |||||||||
| Insurance | 4,677 | 4,306 | 371 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Data processing & communications | 43,048 | 41,743 | 1,305 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 3,890 | 4,349 | (459) | (11) | % | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 3,736 | 3,943 | (207) | (5) | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 9,016 | 9,504 | (488) | (5) | % | |||||||||
| Other expense | 10,108 | 11,046 | (938) | (8) | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 318,456 | 294,751 | 23,705 | 8 | % |
Other operating expense for the fourth quarter of 2022 totaled $318.5 million, an increase of $23.7 million or 8% over the third quarter of 2022.
Personnel expense increased $16.1 million or 9% compared to the third quarter of 2022. Cash-based incentive compensation increased $9.9 million or 22% due to increased sales activity combined with a one-time incentive given to all employees in the fourth quarter. Deferred compensation expense, which is offset by deferred compensation investments in other revenue, increased $4.9 million or 484%.
Non-personnel expense increased $7.6 million or 6% compared to the third quarter of 2022. A $4.3 million or 30% increase in professional fees and services and $1.3 million or 3% increase in data processing and communications expense was largely attributed to ongoing technology projects. The fourth quarter of 2022 included a $2.5 million charitable donation to the BOKF Foundation as we continue to focus on the communities we serve.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense was $139.9 million or 21.2% of net income before taxes for 2022 and $179.8 million or 22.6% of net income before taxes for 2021.
Net deferred tax assets totaled $321.3 million at December 31, 2022 compared to net deferred tax assets of $34.5 million at December 31, 2021. We have evaluated the recoverability of our deferred tax assets based on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible and determined that no valuation allowance was required in 2022 or 2021.
Income tax expense was $47.9 million or 22.1% of net income before taxes for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to $39.7 million or 20.2% of net income before taxes for the third quarter of 2022.
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Lines of Business
We operate three principal lines of business: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking and Wealth Management. Commercial Banking includes lending, treasury and cash management services and customer risk management products for small businesses, middle market and larger commercial customers. Commercial Banking also includes the TransFund EFT network. Consumer Banking includes retail lending and deposit services, lending and deposit services to small business customers served through our consumer branch network and all mortgage loan origination and servicing activities. Wealth Management provides fiduciary services, private bank services, insurance and investment advisory services in all markets. Wealth Management also underwrites state and municipal securities and engages in brokerage and trading activities.
In addition to our lines of business, we have a Funds Management unit. The primary purpose of this unit is to manage our overall liquidity needs and interest rate risk. Each line of business borrows funds from and provides funds to the Funds Management unit as needed to support their operations. Operating results for Funds Management and other include the effect of interest rate risk positions and risk management activities, securities gains and losses, the provision for credit losses in excess of net loans charged off, tax planning strategies and certain executive compensation costs that are not attributed to the lines of business. The Funds Management unit also initially recognizes accruals for loss contingencies when losses become probable. Actual losses are recognized by the lines of business if the accruals are settled.
We allocate resources and evaluate the performance of our lines of business using the net direct contribution, which includes the allocation of funds and capital costs. Credit costs are attributed to the lines of business based on net loans charged off or recovered. The difference between credit costs attributed to the lines of business and the consolidated provision for credit losses is attributed to Funds Management. In addition, we measure the performance of our business lines after allocations of certain indirect expenses and taxes based on statutory rates.
The cost of funds borrowed from the Funds Management unit by the operating lines of business is transfer priced at rates that approximate market rates for funds with similar repricing and cash flow characteristics. Market rates are generally based on the applicable wholesale borrowing rates or interest rate swap rates, adjusted for prepayment risk and liquidity risk. This method of transfer-pricing funds that support assets of the operating lines of business tends to insulate them from interest rate risk.
The value of funds provided by the operating lines of business to the Funds Management unit is also based on rates that approximate wholesale market rates for funds with similar repricing and cash flow characteristics. Market rates are generally based on a proxy of wholesale borrowing rates or interest rate swap rates. The funds credit formula applied to deposit products with indeterminate maturities is established based on their repricing characteristics reflected in a combination of the short-term wholesale funding rate and a moving average of an intermediate term swap rate, with an appropriate spread applied to both. Shorter duration products are weighted towards the short term wholesale funding rates and longer duration products are weighted towards the intermediate swap rates. The expected duration ranges from 30 days for certain rate-sensitive deposits to five years. In order to appropriately reflect the organizational value of these deposits to the lines of business, methodology adjustments are made each January that attribute more or less deposit credit value to the business lines dependent upon historical and forward-looking interest rate expectations with the offset to Funds Management and other. After several years of decreased funding credits provided to business lines from a sustained low interest rate environment, increases in short-term and long-term rates in response to the Federal Reserve's actions to control inflation caused a commensurate increase in funding credits to business lines in 2022.
Economic capital is assigned to the business units by a capital allocation model that reflects management's assessment of risk. This model assigns capital based upon credit, operating, interest rate and other market risk inherent in our business lines and recognizes the diversification benefits among the units. The level of assigned economic capital is a combination of the risk taken by each business line, based on its actual exposures and calibrated to its own loss history where possible. Average invested capital includes economic capital and amounts we have invested in the lines of business.
As shown in Table 14 following, net income attributable to our lines of business increased $103.0 million or 22% compared to the prior year. Net interest revenue grew by $211.0 million over the prior year, primarily due to increases in the short-term interest rate related to a 425 basis point increase in the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve during 2022. Net charge-offs decreased $12.1 million compared to the prior year. Other operating revenue decreased $31.8 million. The prior year included the sale of an alternative investment that resulted in a $31.1 million pre-tax gain, net of non-controlling interest. Other operating expense was consistent with prior year. The decrease in net income attributed to Funds Management and other is largely due to the excess provision for expected credit losses over net charge-offs recorded in 2022 compared to a release of provision recorded in the prior year.
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Table 14 – Net Income by Line of Business
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 460,361 | $ | 328,516 | $ | 306,005 | ||||
| Consumer Banking | 5,889 | 27,643 | 97,974 | |||||||
| Wealth Management | 106,173 | 113,246 | 115,302 | |||||||
| Subtotal | 572,423 | 469,405 | 519,281 | |||||||
| Funds Management and other | (52,150) | 148,716 | (84,251) | |||||||
| Total | $ | 520,273 | $ | 618,121 | $ | 435,030 |
2022 Commercial Banking
Commercial Banking contributed $460.4 million to consolidated net income in 2022, an increase of $131.8 million or 40% compared to the prior year.
Table 15 – Commercial Banking
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | Year Ended December 31, | 2021vs.2020 | 2021vs.2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2020 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 818,213 | $ | 606,902 | $ | 211,311 | 35 | % | $ | 714,932 | $ | (108,030) | (15) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (73,764) | (71,167) | (2,597) | 4 | % | (126,444) | 55,277 | (44) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 744,449 | 535,735 | 208,714 | 39 | % | 588,488 | (52,753) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 17,726 | 31,128 | (13,402) | (43) | % | 69,475 | (38,347) | (55) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 726,723 | 504,607 | 222,116 | 44 | % | 519,013 | (14,406) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 233,873 | 227,081 | 6,792 | 3 | % | 187,119 | 39,962 | 19 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains, net | 7,721 | 35,321 | (27,600) | (78) | % | 242 | 35,079 | 14495 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 241,594 | 262,402 | (20,808) | (8) | % | 187,361 | 75,041 | 40 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 174,505 | 168,285 | 6,220 | 4 | % | 159,165 | 9,120 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 116,212 | 112,804 | 3,408 | 3 | % | 99,738 | 13,066 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 290,717 | 281,089 | 9,628 | 3 | % | 258,903 | 22,186 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 677,600 | 485,920 | 191,680 | 39 | % | 447,471 | 38,449 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | 1 | 154 | (153) | N/A | 193 | (39) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on repossessed assets, net | (1,903) | 13,001 | (14,904) | N/A | (2,677) | 15,678 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 67,337 | 49,941 | 17,396 | 35 | % | 24,862 | 25,079 | 101 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Income before taxes | 608,361 | 449,134 | 159,227 | 35 | % | 420,125 | 29,009 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 148,000 | 120,618 | 27,382 | 23 | % | 114,120 | 6,498 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 460,361 | $ | 328,516 | $ | 131,845 | 40 | % | $ | 306,005 | $ | 22,511 | 7 | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 29,084,957 | $ | 28,536,881 | $ | 548,076 | 2 | % | $ | 26,994,075 | $ | 1,542,806 | 6 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 17,553,398 | 16,853,006 | 700,392 | 4 | % | 18,711,372 | (1,858,366) | (10) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 18,323,412 | 17,659,695 | 663,717 | 4 | % | 14,319,729 | 3,339,966 | 23 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,057,560 | 2,082,488 | (24,928) | (1) | % | 2,220,177 | (137,689) | (6) | % |
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Net interest revenue increased $208.7 million or 39% compared to the prior year primarily due to an increase in the spread on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit. Net loans charged-off decreased $13.4 million.
Fees and commissions revenue increased $6.8 million or 3%. Customer hedging revenue grew $11.3 million, primarily attributed to our energy and interest rate derivative customers. Syndication fees increased $7.5 million due to the timing and volume of completed transactions during the year. Transaction card revenue was also up $7.0 million due to growth in revenues from the processing of transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund EFT network combined with increased transactions from the broader reopening of the economy. These were partially offset by a decline in production revenue from repossessed oil and gas properties sold in 2021.
Operating expense increased $9.6 million or 3% over 2021. Personnel expense increased $6.2 million or 4%, primarily due to incentive compensation costs associated with growth in loans and deposit balances. Non-personnel expense increased $3.4 million or 3%, primarily due to project related data processing and communications fees, occupancy expenses and business promotion fees. These were partially offset by decreased operating expenses on repossessed oil and gas properties sold in 2021. The prior year also included the sale of an alternative investment that resulted in a $31.1 million pre-tax gain, net of non-controlling interest. Corporate expense allocations increased $17.4 million or 35% compared to the prior year due to growth in lending activity.
The average outstanding balance of loans attributed to Commercial Banking increased $700 million or 4% compared to 2021 to $17.6 billion. See the Loans section of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition following for additional discussion of changes in commercial and commercial real estate loans, which are primarily attributed to the Commercial Banking segment.
Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $18.3 billion for 2022, a $664 million or 4% increase over the prior year. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of this change.
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Fourth Quarter 2022 Commercial Banking
Table 16 - Commercial Banking - Fourth Quarter 2022
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 271,615 | $ | 226,016 | $ | 45,599 | 20 | % | ||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (38,781) | (17,951) | (20,830) | (116) | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 232,834 | 208,065 | 24,769 | 12 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off (recovered) | 14,411 | (526) | 14,937 | 2840 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off (recovered) | 218,423 | 208,591 | 9,832 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 58,881 | 58,147 | 734 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 3,213 | 2,239 | 974 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 62,094 | 60,386 | 1,708 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 48,366 | 44,998 | 3,368 | 7 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 31,356 | 30,874 | 482 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 79,722 | 75,872 | 3,850 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 200,795 | 193,105 | 7,690 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | 140 | 4 | 136 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on repossessed assets, net | 978 | (158) | 1,136 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 18,007 | 16,451 | 1,556 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 183,906 | 176,500 | 7,406 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 44,532 | 42,670 | 1,862 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 139,374 | $ | 133,830 | $ | 5,544 | 4 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 28,373,856 | $ | 28,890,429 | $ | (516,573) | (2) | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 18,254,559 | 17,904,779 | 349,780 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 16,832,244 | 17,966,661 | (1,134,417) | (6) | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,107,241 | 2,059,149 | 48,092 | 2 | % |
Commercial Banking contributed $139.4 million to consolidated net income in the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $5.5 million compared to the third quarter of 2022. Net interest revenue increased $24.8 million over the prior quarter, largely due to an increase in the spread on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit. Net loans charged off increased $14.9 million. Personnel expense increased $3.4 million driven by incentive compensation costs associated with growth in revenue.
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2022 Consumer Banking
Consumer Banking services are provided through four primary distribution channels: traditional branches, the 24-hour ExpressBank call center, internet banking and mobile banking. Consumer Banking also conducts mortgage banking activities through offices located outside our Consumer Banking markets.
Net income attributed to Consumer Banking totaled $5.9 million for 2022 compared to $27.6 million in the prior year. This decrease is largely due to lower mortgage loan production volumes as rising mortgage interest rates and continued inventory constraints place pressure on mortgage loan originations.
Table 17 – Consumer Banking
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | Year Ended December 31, | 2021vs.2020 | 2021vs.2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2020 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 69,646 | $ | 67,856 | $ | 1,790 | 3 | % | $ | 78,004 | $ | (10,148) | (13) | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from internal sources | 88,603 | 35,671 | 52,932 | 148 | % | 69,000 | (33,329) | (48) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 158,249 | 103,527 | 54,722 | 53 | % | 147,004 | (43,477) | (30) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 5,260 | 4,009 | 1,251 | 31 | % | 2,805 | 1,204 | 43 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 152,989 | 99,518 | 53,471 | 54 | % | 144,199 | (44,681) | (31) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 121,926 | 173,364 | (51,438) | (30) | % | 245,554 | (72,190) | (29) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other losses, net | (107) | (23) | (84) | 365 | % | (1,835) | 1,812 | (99) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 121,819 | 173,341 | (51,522) | (30) | % | 243,719 | (70,378) | (29) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 87,183 | 85,989 | 1,194 | 1 | % | 91,903 | (5,914) | (6) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other non-personnel expense | 122,027 | 123,607 | (1,580) | (1) | % | 138,499 | (14,892) | (11) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 209,210 | 209,596 | (386) | — | % | 230,402 | (20,806) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 65,598 | 63,263 | 2,335 | 4 | % | 157,516 | (94,253) | (60) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net | (93,346) | (21,871) | (71,475) | N/A | 95,344 | (117,215) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 80,261 | 41,637 | 38,624 | N/A | (79,524) | 121,161 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on repossessed assets, net | 139 | 85 | 54 | N/A | 276 | (191) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 44,965 | 46,010 | (1,045) | (2) | % | 42,155 | 3,855 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 7,687 | 37,104 | (29,417) | (79) | % | 131,457 | (94,353) | (72) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 1,798 | 9,461 | (7,663) | (81) | % | 33,483 | (24,022) | (72) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 5,889 | $ | 27,643 | $ | (21,754) | (79) | % | $ | 97,974 | $ | (70,331) | (72) | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 10,230,437 | $ | 10,029,687 | $ | 200,750 | 2 | % | $ | 9,842,114 | $ | 187,573 | 2 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 1,688,697 | 1,769,384 | (80,687) | (5) | % | 1,764,682 | 4,702 | — | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,763,046 | 8,439,577 | 323,469 | 4 | % | 7,599,937 | 839,640 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 250,546 | 250,554 | (8) | — | % | 259,333 | (8,779) | (3) | % |
Net interest revenue from Consumer Banking activities increased by $54.7 million or 53% compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in the spread on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit. Average consumer deposits grew $323 million or 4%.
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Fees and commissions revenue decreased $51.4 million or 30% compared to the prior year, largely attributed to reduced mortgage loan production volume combined with narrowing margins. Mortgage production volume decreased $1.6 billion or 60% and production revenue as a percentage of production volume, which includes unrealized gains and losses on our mortgage commitment pipeline and related hedges, decreased 250 basis points to (0.17)%. Operating expense was consistent with the prior year. Corporate expense allocations decreased $1.0 million or 2% compared to the prior year.
The net cost of change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges, as more fully presented in Table 10, was $12.5 million for 2022 compared to a net benefit of $21.0 million in 2021.
Fourth Quarter 2022 Consumer Banking
Table 18 - Consumer Banking - Fourth Quarter 2022
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 18,464 | $ | 17,482 | $ | 982 | 6 | % | ||||||
| Net interest revenue from internal sources | 34,838 | 26,469 | 8,369 | 32 | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 53,302 | 43,951 | 9,351 | 21 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 1,544 | 1,408 | 136 | 10 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 51,758 | 42,543 | 9,215 | 22 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 27,618 | 30,230 | (2,612) | (9) | % | |||||||||
| Other losses, net | (35) | (44) | 9 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 27,583 | 30,186 | (2,603) | (9) | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 22,446 | 22,243 | 203 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 32,080 | 30,993 | 1,087 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 54,526 | 53,236 | 1,290 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 24,815 | 19,493 | 5,322 | 27 | % | |||||||||
| Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net | 1,805 | (21,395) | 23,200 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | (2,904) | 16,570 | (19,474) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 11,972 | 10,792 | 1,180 | 11 | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 11,744 | 3,876 | 7,868 | 203 | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 2,748 | 906 | 1,842 | 203 | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 8,996 | $ | 2,970 | $ | 6,026 | 203 | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 10,078,381 | $ | 10,233,401 | $ | (155,020) | (2) | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 1,725,555 | 1,686,498 | 39,057 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,617,085 | 8,812,884 | (195,799) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 256,905 | 250,256 | 6,649 | 3 | % |
Consumer Banking contributed $9.0 million to net income in the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $6.0 million compared to the third quarter of 2022. Net interest revenue increased $9.4 million, mainly due to improved spreads on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit. Fees and commissions revenue decreased $2.6 million. Deposit service charges decreased $1.5 million from reduced consumer overdraft charges as expected from changes implemented in the fourth quarter of 2022. Mortgage banking revenue decreased $1.2 million due to reduced mortgage production volume combined with narrowing margins. Other operating expense increased $1.3 million over the third quarter of 2022 due to increases in professional fees and other expenses.
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2022 Wealth Management
Wealth Management contributed $106.2 million to consolidated net income in 2022, a decrease of $7.1 million or 6% compared to the prior year.
Table 19 – Wealth Management
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2022vs.2021 | 2022vs.2021 | Year Ended December 31, | 2021vs.2020 | 2021vs.2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2020 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 155,974 | $ | 214,458 | $ | (58,484) | (27) | % | $ | 130,818 | $ | 83,640 | 64 | % | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue (expense) from internal sources | 5,623 | (386) | 6,009 | (1557) | % | (13,528) | 13,142 | (97) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 161,597 | 214,072 | (52,475) | (25) | % | 117,290 | 96,782 | 83 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loans recovered | (175) | (223) | 48 | (22) | % | (209) | (14) | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans recovered | 161,772 | 214,295 | (52,523) | (25) | % | 117,499 | 96,796 | 82 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 339,538 | 298,765 | 40,773 | 14 | % | 399,229 | (100,464) | (25) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains (losses), net | (37) | 197 | (234) | (119) | % | (395) | 592 | (150) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 339,501 | 298,962 | 40,539 | 14 | % | 398,834 | (99,872) | (25) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Personnel expense | 223,718 | 234,031 | (10,313) | (4) | % | 243,681 | (9,650) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other non-personnel expense | 88,459 | 86,695 | 1,764 | 2 | % | 82,335 | 4,360 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other operating expense | 312,177 | 320,726 | (8,549) | (3) | % | 326,016 | (5,290) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 189,096 | 192,531 | (3,435) | (2) | % | 190,317 | 2,214 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | 4 | — | 4 | N/A | 4 | (4) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 50,241 | 40,341 | 9,900 | 25 | % | 35,359 | 4,982 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income before taxes | 138,859 | 152,190 | (13,331) | (9) | % | 154,962 | (2,772) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Federal and state income tax | 32,686 | 38,944 | (6,258) | (16) | % | 39,660 | (716) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 106,173 | $ | 113,246 | $ | (7,073) | (6) | % | $ | 115,302 | $ | (2,056) | (2) | % | |||||||||||
| Average assets | $ | 16,209,684 | $ | 19,425,475 | $ | (3,215,791) | (17) | % | $ | 15,695,646 | $ | 3,729,829 | 24 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | 2,166,231 | 1,981,159 | 185,072 | 9 | % | 1,758,226 | 222,933 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,491,377 | 9,426,771 | (935,394) | (10) | % | 8,676,047 | 750,724 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Average invested capital | 279,939 | 310,627 | (30,688) | (10) | % | 300,860 | 9,767 | 3 | % |
Combined net interest revenue and fees and commission revenue attributed to the Wealth Management segment totaled $501.1 million for 2022, a decrease of $11.7 million compared to the prior year. Total revenue from trading activities decreased $89.5 million compared to 2021, largely due to disruption in the fixed income markets due to economic uncertainty, primarily in the first quarter of 2022, combined with narrowing margins and lower trading volumes. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in the spread on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit. Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $18.0 million. Growth in mutual fund fees and decreased waivers were partially offset by lower trust fees. Other revenue increased $26.7 million, largely due to higher derivative margin use fees.
Average Wealth Management loans grew by $185 million or 9% to $2.2 billion. Average deposits attributed to Wealth Management decreased $935 million or 10% to $8.5 billion in 2022.
Operating expense decreased $8.5 million or 3% compared to the prior year due to incentive compensation costs related to reduced trading activity. Corporate expense allocations increased $9.9 million or 25% over the prior year.
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Fourth Quarter 2022 Wealth Management
Table 20 - Wealth Management - Fourth Quarter 2022
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 25,585 | $ | 34,746 | $ | (9,161) | (26) | % | ||||||
| Net interest revenue (expense) from internal sources | 8,913 | (1,162) | 10,075 | 867 | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 34,498 | 33,584 | 914 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans recovered | (22) | (22) | — | — | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans recovered | 34,520 | 33,606 | 914 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 114,630 | 113,113 | 1,517 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Other losses, net | (20) | — | (20) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 114,610 | 113,113 | 1,497 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 59,041 | 56,939 | 2,102 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 22,970 | 22,212 | 758 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 82,011 | 79,151 | 2,860 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 67,119 | 67,568 | (449) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 12,733 | 12,934 | (201) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 54,390 | 54,634 | (244) | — | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 12,790 | 12,826 | (36) | — | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 41,600 | $ | 41,808 | $ | (208) | — | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 12,912,630 | $ | 13,818,299 | $ | (905,669) | (7) | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 2,223,275 | 2,163,975 | 59,300 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 7,888,753 | 7,999,074 | (110,321) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 292,689 | 284,681 | 8,008 | 3 | % |
Wealth Management contributed $41.6 million to net income in the fourth quarter of 2022, consistent with the third quarter of 2022. Combined net interest and fee revenue totaled $149.1 million, an increase of $2.4 million compared to prior quarter, primarily due to higher volume of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading activity. Other revenue decreased $2.3 million due to lower energy hedging in the fourth quarter. Operating expense increased $2.9 million, primarily due to increased volume-driven incentive compensation costs.
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Financial Condition
Securities
We maintain a securities portfolio to enhance profitability, manage interest rate risk, provide liquidity and comply with regulatory requirements. Securities are classified as trading, held for investment, or available for sale. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the composition of the securities portfolio as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
We hold an inventory of trading securities in support of sales to a variety of customers including banks, corporations, insurance companies, money managers and others. Trading securities totaled $4.5 billion at December 31, 2022, a decrease of $4.7 billion compared to December 31, 2021. Our trading portfolio expanded during 2021 in order to provide greater liquidity in the housing market during a time of record mortgage loan production volumes and to meet demand of our growing institutional customer base. As inflation pressure increased throughout 2022 and the conflict in Ukraine intensified, fixed income markets were disrupted reducing the demand for these securities. Consequently, we reduced our inventory of trading securities. As discussed in the Market Risk section of this report, trading activities involve risk of loss from adverse price movements. We mitigate this risk within board-approved value-at-risk limits through the use of derivative contracts, short-sales and other techniques. These limits remain relatively unchanged from levels set before our expanded trading activities.
At December 31, 2022, the carrying value of investment (held-to-maturity) securities was $2.5 billion, including a $558 thousand allowance for expected credit losses, compared to $211 million at December 31, 2021 with a $555 thousand allowance for expected credit losses. The fair value of investment securities was $2.3 billion at December 31, 2022 and $231 million at December 31, 2021. Investment securities consist primarily of residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies, intermediate and long-term, fixed rate Oklahoma and Texas municipal bonds, and taxable Texas school construction bonds. The investment security portfolio is diversified among issuers. During the second quarter of 2022, the Company transferred certain U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities from the available for sale portfolio to the investment securities portfolio to limit the effect of future rate increases on the tangible common equity ratio. No gains or losses were recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings at the time of the transfer. At the time of transfer, the fair value totaled $2.4 billion, amortized cost totaled $2.7 billion and the pretax unrealized loss totaled $268 million. Transfers of debt securities into the investment securities portfolio are made at fair value at the date of transfer. The unrealized holding gain or loss at the date of transfer is retained in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income and in the carrying value of the investment securities portfolio. Such amounts are amortized over the estimated remaining lives of the securities as an adjustment to yield, offsetting the related amortization of the premium or accretion of the discount on the transferred securities.
Available for sale securities, which may be sold prior to maturity, are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains or losses, net of deferred taxes, are recorded as Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2022, the fair value of available for sale securities was $11.5 billion, a decrease of $1.7 billion compared to December 31, 2021. The amortized cost of available for sale securities totaled $12.4 billion at December 31, 2022, a decrease of $705 million compared to December 31, 2021. Available for sale securities consist primarily of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities and U.S. government agency commercial mortgage-backed securities. Both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities have credit risk from delinquency or default of the underlying loans. We mitigate this risk by primarily investing in securities issued by U.S. government agencies for which the principal and interest payments on the underlying loans are fully guaranteed. Commercial mortgage-backed securities have prepayment penalties similar to commercial loans. At December 31, 2022, residential mortgage-backed securities represented 56% of total fair value of available for sale securities.
A primary risk of holding residential mortgage-backed securities comes from extension during periods of rising interest rates or prepayment during periods of falling interest rates. We evaluate this risk through extensive modeling of risk both before making an investment and throughout the life of the security. Our best estimate of the effective duration of the combined residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio held in investment and available for sale securities portfolios at December 31, 2022 is 3.2 years. Management estimates the combined portfolios' duration extends to 3.7 years assuming an immediate 200 basis point upward shock. The estimated duration contracts to 2.9 years assuming a 100 basis point decline in the current rate environment.
The aggregate gross amount of unrealized losses on available for sale securities totaled $894 million at December 31, 2022, a $780 million increase compared to December 31, 2021. On a quarterly basis, we perform an evaluation on debt securities to determine if the unrealized losses are temporary as more fully described in Note 2 of the Consolidated Financial Statements. No credit impairment of available for sale securities was identified in 2022.
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Certain residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies and included in Fair value option securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets have been segregated and designated as economic hedges of changes in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights. We have elected to carry these securities at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in current period income. These securities are held with the intent that gains or losses will offset changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related derivative contracts. Fair value option securities totaled $297 million, an increase of $253 million over 2021. See Market Risk section for further details.
Bank-Owned Life Insurance
We have approximately $407 million of bank-owned life insurance at December 31, 2022. This investment is expected to provide a long-term source of earnings to support existing employee benefit programs. Approximately $312 million is held in separate accounts and $95 million represents the cash surrender value of policies held in general accounts and other amounts due from various insurance companies. Our separate account holdings are invested in diversified portfolios of investment-grade fixed income securities and cash equivalents including U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, residential mortgage-backed securities, corporate debt, asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The portfolios are managed by unaffiliated professional managers within parameters established in the portfolio’s investment guidelines. The cash surrender value of certain life insurance policies is further supported by a stable value wrap which protects against changes in the fair value of the investments. As of December 31, 2022, the fair value of investments held in separate accounts covered by the stable value wrap was approximately $282 million. Since the underlying fair value of the investments held in separate accounts at December 31, 2022 was below the net book value of the investments, $29 million of cash surrender value was supported by the stable value wrap. Future rate increases may cause write-downs in the short-term. The stable value wrap is provided by a domestic financial institution.
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Loans
The aggregate loan portfolio before allowance for loan losses totaled $22.6 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $2.4 billion compared to December 31, 2021, driven by growth in commercial loans, commercial real estate loans and loans to individuals.
Table 21 – Loans
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Commercial: | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 3,845,017 | $ | 3,414,940 | |||
| Services | 3,431,521 | 3,367,193 | |||||
| Energy | 3,424,790 | 3,006,884 | |||||
| General business | 3,496,859 | 2,717,448 | |||||
| Total commercial | 14,198,187 | 12,506,465 | |||||
| Commercial real estate: | |||||||
| Industrial | 1,221,501 | 766,125 | |||||
| Multifamily | 1,212,883 | 786,404 | |||||
| Office | 1,053,331 | 1,040,963 | |||||
| Retail | 620,518 | 679,917 | |||||
| Residential construction and land development | 95,684 | 120,016 | |||||
| Other commercial real estate | 402,860 | 437,900 | |||||
| Total commercial real estate | 4,606,777 | 3,831,325 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 14,312 | 276,341 | |||||
| Loans to individuals: | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 1,890,784 | 1,722,170 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 245,940 | 354,173 | |||||
| Personal | 1,601,150 | 1,515,206 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 3,737,874 | 3,591,549 | |||||
| Total | $ | 22,557,150 | $ | 20,205,680 |
Commercial
Commercial loans represent loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchases of equipment and other needs of commercial customers primarily located within our geographical footprint. Commercial loans are underwritten individually and represent ongoing relationships based on a thorough knowledge of the customer, the customer’s industry and market. While commercial loans are generally secured by the customer’s assets including real property, inventory, accounts receivable, operating equipment, interests in mineral rights and other property and may also include personal guarantees of the owners and related parties, the primary source of repayment of the loans is the on-going cash flow from operations of the customer’s business. Inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with commercial lending policies.
Commercial loans totaled $14.2 billion or 63% of the loan portfolio at December 31, 2022, increasing $1.7 billion or 14% compared to December 31, 2021, primarily related to growth in general business loan balances, with healthcare, energy and services loans also increasing.
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Approximately 73% of commercial loans are located within our geographic footprint, based on collateral location. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans and reserve-based energy loans, are categorized by the borrower's primary operating location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside of our footprint is California, totaling 5% of the segment.
Supporting the energy industry with loans to producers and other energy-related entities has been a hallmark of the Company since its founding and represents a large portion of our commercial loan portfolio. In addition, energy production and related industries have a significant impact on the economy in our primary markets. Loans collateralized by oil and gas properties are subject to semi-annual engineering reviews by our internal staff of petroleum engineers. These reviews are used as the basis for developing the expected cash flows supporting the loan amount. The projected cash flows are discounted according to risk characteristics of the underlying oil and gas properties. Loans are evaluated to demonstrate with reasonable certainty that crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids can be recovered from known oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions at current pricing levels and with existing conventional equipment and operating methods and costs. As part of our evaluation of credit quality, we analyze rigorous stress tests over a range of commodity prices and take proactive steps to mitigate risk when appropriate.
Outstanding energy loans totaled $3.4 billion or 15% of total loans at December 31, 2022. Approximately $2.7 billion or 78% of energy loans were to oil and gas producers, a $478 million increase compared to December 31, 2021. The majority of this portfolio is first lien, senior secured, reserve-based lending, which we believe is the lowest risk form of energy lending. Approximately 72% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing oil and 28% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing natural gas.
Loans to midstream oil and gas companies totaled $575 million or 17% of energy loans, a decrease of $71 million compared to the prior year. Loans to borrowers that provide services to the energy industry totaled $157 million or 5% of energy loans, a $15 million increase during 2022. Loans to other energy borrowers, including those engaged in wholesale or retail energy sales, totaled $26 million or less than 1% of energy loans, a $3.9 million decrease from the prior year.
Unfunded energy loan commitments were $3.8 billion at December 31, 2022, up $806 million over December 31, 2021. While utilization levels remain low, this provides ample capacity for growth from our current customer base.
The healthcare sector of the loan portfolio totaled $3.8 billion or 17% of total loans. Healthcare loans increased $430 million over December 31, 2021, primarily due to growth in loans to senior housing and care facilities. Healthcare sector loans consist primarily of loans for the development and operation of senior housing and care facilities including independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. Generally, we loan to borrowers with a portfolio of multiple facilities that serves to help diversify risks specific to a single facility.
The services sector of the loan portfolio increased $64 million to $3.4 billion or 15% of total loans. Service sector loans consist of a large number of loans to a variety of businesses including Native American tribal and state and local municipal government entities, Native American tribal casino operations, educational services, foundations and not-for-profit organizations and specialty trade contractors. Approximately $1.6 billion of the services category is made up of loans with individual balances of less than $10 million. Service sector loans are generally secured by the assets of the borrower with repayment coming from the cash flows of ongoing operations of the customer’s business.
General business loans increased $779 million to $3.5 billion or 16% of total loans. General business loans primarily consist of $2.1 billion of wholesale/retail loans and $1.4 billion of loans from other commercial industries.
We participate in shared national credits when appropriate to obtain or maintain business relationships with local customers. Shared national credits are defined by banking regulators as credits of more than $100 million and with three or more non-affiliated banks as participants. At December 31, 2022, the outstanding principal balance of these loans totaled $5.3 billion, including $2.5 billion in the energy sector. Based on dollars committed, approximately 80% of shared national credits are to borrowers with local market relationships and we serve as the agent lender in approximately 22% of our shared national credits. We hold shared national credits to the same standard of analysis and perform the same level of review as internally originated credits. Our lending policies generally avoid loans in which we do not have the opportunity to maintain or achieve other business relationships with the customer. In addition to management’s quarterly assessment of credit risk, banking regulators annually review a sample of shared national credits for proper risk grading.
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Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate represents loans for the construction of buildings or other improvements to real estate and property held by borrowers for investment purposes generally within our geographical footprint. We require collateral values in excess of the loan amounts, demonstrated cash flows in excess of expected debt service requirements, equity investment in the project and a portion of the project already sold, leased or permanent financing already secured. The expected cash flows from all significant new or renewed income producing property commitments are stress tested to reflect the risks in varying interest rates, vacancy rates and rental rates. As with commercial loans, inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with applicable lending policies.
The outstanding balance of commercial real estate loans totaled $4.6 billion or 20% of the loan portfolio, an increase of $775 million over December 31, 2021. Loans secured by industrial facilities increased $455 million or 59%. Loans secured by multifamily real estate increased $426 million or 54%. Loans secured by retail facilities decreased $59 million or 9%. Other real estate loans decreased $35 million or 8%.
Approximately 67% of commercial real estate loans are in our geographic footprint based on collateral location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside our footprint is Utah, totaling 10% of the segment. All other states represent less than 5% individually.
Unfunded commercial real estate loan commitments were $3.1 billion at December 31, 2022, a $1.2 billion increase over the prior year. We take a disciplined approach to managing our concentration of commercial real estate loan commitments as a percentage of Tier 1 Capital. While loan commitments are presently at the upper concentration limit, we expect continued growth in our outstanding commercial real estate balances as loans fund.
Paycheck Protection Program
We participated in programs initiated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"), including the Small Business Administration's ("SBA") Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") that began on April 3, 2020. PPP provided fully forgivable loans when utilized for qualified expenditures including to help small business maintain payrolls during the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining loans in this portfolio generally have a contractual term of five years, though most are expected to be forgiven prior to maturity after completion of a compliance period. Loans are guaranteed, and amounts forgiven will be reimbursed to the Company by the SBA. The loans carry a fixed interest rate of 1%. Interest plus loan fees, which vary depending on loan size, are accrued over the contractual life of the loan. The remaining outstanding balance of PPP loans was $14 million or less than 1% of the loan portfolio. Remaining unaccreted origination fees were not significant at December 31, 2022.
Loans to Individuals
Loans to individuals include residential mortgage and personal loans. Residential mortgage loans provide funds for our customers to purchase or refinance their primary residence or to borrow against the equity in their home. These loans are secured by a first or second mortgage on the customer's primary residence. Personal loans consist primarily of loans to Wealth Management clients secured by the cash surrender value of insurance policies and marketable securities. It also includes direct loans secured by and for the purchase of automobiles, recreational and marine equipment as well as unsecured loans. These loans are made in accordance with underwriting policies we believe to be conservative and are fully documented. Loans may be individually underwritten or credit scored based on size and other criteria. Credit scoring is assessed based on significant credit characteristics including credit history, residential and employment stability.
In general, we sell the majority of our conforming fixed rate mortgage loan originations in the secondary market and retain the majority of our non-conforming and adjustable-rate mortgage loans. Our mortgage loan portfolio does not include payment option adjustable rate mortgage loans or adjustable rate mortgage loans with initial rates that are below market. Home equity loans are primarily first-lien and fully amortizing.
Residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies have limited credit exposure because of the underlying agency guarantee. This amount includes residential mortgage loans previously sold into GNMA mortgage pools that the Company may repurchase when certain defined delinquency criteria are met. Because of this repurchase right, the Company is deemed to have regained effective control over these loans and must include them on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
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Loans to individuals totaled $3.7 billion or 17% of the loan portfolio, growing $146 million over December 31, 2021. Approximately 91% of loans to individuals are secured by collateral located within our geographical footprint. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans, are categorized by the borrower’s primary operating location.
The Company secondarily evaluates loan portfolio performance based on the primary geographical market managing the loan. Loans attributed to a geographical market may not represent the location of the borrower or the collateral. All permanent mortgage loans serviced by our mortgage banking unit and held for investment by the Company are centrally managed by the Oklahoma market.
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Table 22 – Loans Managed by Primary Geographical Market
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Commercial | $ | 6,869,979 | $ | 6,068,700 | |||
| Commercial real estate | 1,555,508 | 1,253,439 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 8,639 | 81,654 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 982,700 | 942,982 | |||||
| Total Texas | 9,416,826 | 8,346,775 | |||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Commercial | 3,379,468 | 2,633,014 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 582,109 | 546,021 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 3,109 | 69,817 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 2,077,124 | 2,024,404 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 6,041,810 | 5,273,256 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Commercial | 2,147,969 | 1,936,149 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 613,912 | 470,937 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 1,230 | 82,781 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 241,902 | 256,533 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 3,005,013 | 2,746,400 | |||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Commercial | 1,123,569 | 1,130,798 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 860,947 | 674,309 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 720 | 21,594 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 229,872 | 186,528 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 2,215,108 | 2,013,229 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Commercial | 310,715 | 338,697 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 479,968 | 382,761 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | — | 4,718 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 131,307 | 110,889 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 921,990 | 837,065 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Commercial | 262,735 | 306,964 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 417,008 | 442,128 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 614 | 13,510 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 67,163 | 63,930 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 747,520 | 826,532 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Commercial | 103,752 | 92,143 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 97,325 | 61,730 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | — | 2,267 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 7,806 | 6,283 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 208,883 | 162,423 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial loans | $ | 22,557,150 | $ | 20,205,680 |
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Table 23 – Loan Maturity and Interest Rate Sensitivity at December 31, 2022
(In thousands)
| Remaining Maturities of Selected Loans | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5 - 15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 14,198,187 | $ | 2,218,916 | $ | 9,907,795 | $ | 1,826,250 | $ | 245,226 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 4,606,777 | 1,532,618 | 2,767,611 | 281,275 | 25,273 | ||||||||||||||
| Paycheck protection program | 14,312 | 8,643 | 5,669 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Loans to individuals | 3,737,874 | 581,351 | 1,084,957 | 670,433 | 1,401,133 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 22,557,150 | $ | 4,341,528 | $ | 13,766,032 | $ | 2,777,958 | $ | 1,671,632 | |||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Predetermined interest rates | $ | 6,363,116 | $ | 375,344 | $ | 2,531,446 | $ | 2,144,232 | $ | 1,312,094 | |||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 16,194,034 | 3,966,184 | 11,234,586 | 633,726 | 359,538 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 22,557,150 | $ | 4,341,528 | $ | 13,766,032 | $ | 2,777,958 | $ | 1,671,632 |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments
We enter into certain off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of business as shown in Table 24. Loan commitments may be unconditional obligations to provide financing or conditional obligations that depend on the borrower’s financial condition, collateral value or other factors. Standby letters of credit are unconditional commitments to guarantee the performance of our customer to a third party. Since some of these commitments are expected to expire before being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
We have off-balance sheet commitments related to certain residential mortgage loans sold into mortgage-backed securities as part of our mortgage banking activities. We retain off-balance sheet credit risk related to losses in excess of amounts guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs ("VA").
We also have off-balance sheet credit risk related to certain residential mortgage loans primarily originated under community development loan programs that were sold to a U.S. government agency with full recourse prior to 2007. We are obligated to repurchase these loans for the life of these loans in the event of foreclosure for the unpaid principal and interest at the time of foreclosure. The majority of our conforming fixed rate loan originations are sold in the secondary market, and we only retain repurchase obligations under standard underwriting representations and warranties.
Table 24 – Off-Balance Sheet Credit Commitments
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Loan commitments | $ | 15,424,431 | $ | 12,471,482 | |||
| Standby letters of credit | 740,039 | 699,743 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans sold with recourse | 44,742 | 54,619 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans transferred into mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs | 1,005,368 | 1,095,877 |
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Customer Derivative Programs
We offer programs that permit our customers to hedge various risks including fluctuations in energy, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and other commodities. Each of these programs work essentially the same way. Derivative contracts are executed between the customers and the Company. Offsetting contracts are executed between the Company and selected counterparties or exchanges to minimize market risk to us from changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates. The counterparty contracts are identical to the customer contracts except for a fixed pricing spread or a fee paid to us as compensation for administrative costs, credit risk and profit.
The customer derivative programs create credit risk for potential amounts due to the Company from our customers and from the counterparties. Customer credit risk is monitored through existing credit policies and procedures. The effects of changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates are evaluated across a range of possible options to determine the maximum exposure we are willing to have individually to any customer. Customers may also be required to provide cash margin or other collateral in conjunction with our credit agreements to further limit our credit risk.
Counterparty credit risk is evaluated through existing policies and procedures. This evaluation considers the total relationship between BOK Financial and each of the counterparties. Individual limits are established by management, approved by Credit Administration and reviewed by the Asset/Liability Committee. Margin collateral is required if the exposure between the Company and any counterparty exceeds established limits. Based on declines in the counterparties’ credit ratings, these limits may be reduced and additional margin collateral may be required.
A deterioration of the credit standing of one or more of the customers or counterparties to these contracts may result in BOK Financial recognizing a loss as the fair value of the affected contracts may no longer move in tandem with the offsetting contracts. This occurs if the credit standing of the customer or counterparty deteriorates such that either the fair value of underlying collateral no longer supports the contract or the customer or counterparty’s ability to provide margin collateral becomes impaired. Credit losses on customer derivatives reduce brokerage and trading revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Derivative contracts are carried at fair value. At December 31, 2022, the net fair values of derivative contracts, before consideration of cash margin, reported as assets under these programs totaled $1.0 billion compared to $1.1 billion at December 31, 2021. Derivative contracts carried as assets include energy contracts with fair values of $638 million, foreign exchange contracts with fair values of $217 million and interest rate swaps primarily sold to loan customers with fair values of $159 million. Before consideration of cash margin paid to counterparties, the aggregate net fair values of derivative contracts held under these programs reported as liabilities totaled $1.0 billion.
At December 31, 2022, total derivative assets were reduced by $182 million of cash collateral received from counterparties, and total derivative liabilities were reduced by $484 million of cash collateral paid to counterparties related to instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting agreement. Derivative contracts executed with customers may be secured by non-cash collateral in conjunction with a credit agreement with that customer such as proven producing oil and gas properties. Access to this collateral in the event of default is reasonably assured.
A table showing the notional and fair value of derivative assets and liabilities on both a gross and net basis is presented in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The fair value of derivative contracts reported as assets under these programs, net of cash margin held by the Company, by category of debtor at December 31, 2022 follows in Table 25.
Table 25 – Fair Value of Derivative Contracts
(In thousands)
| Customers | $ | 595,711 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks and other financial institutions | 136,134 | ||
| Exchanges and clearing organizations | 99,394 | ||
| Fair value of customer hedge asset derivative contracts, net | $ | 831,239 |
The largest exposure to a single counterparty was to an exchange for $88 million of net derivative positions and $104 million of cash collateral placed at December 31, 2022.
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Our customer derivative program also introduces liquidity and capital risk. We are required to provide cash margin to certain counterparties when the net negative fair value of the contracts exceeds established limits. Also, changes in commodity prices affect the amount of regulatory capital we are required to hold as support for the fair value of our derivative assets. These risks are modeled as part of the management of these programs. Based on current prices, a decrease in market prices down to an equivalent of $60.93 per barrel of oil would decrease the fair value of derivative assets by $328 million with lending customers comprising the bulk of the assets. An increase in prices up to the equivalent of $91.25 per barrel of oil would increase the fair value of derivative assets by $601 million. Liquidity requirements of this program are also affected by our credit rating. A decrease in our credit rating to below investment grade would increase our obligation to post cash margin on existing contracts by approximately $10 million. The fair value of our to-be-announced residential mortgage-backed securities and interest rate swap derivative contracts is affected by changes in interest rates. Based on our assessment as of December 31, 2022, changes in interest rates would not materially impact regulatory capital or liquidity needed to support this portion of our customer derivative program.
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Summary of Credit Loss Experience
Table 26 – Summary of Credit Loss Experience
(In thousands)
| Year Ended | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | |||||
| Allowance for loan losses: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 256,421 | $ | 388,640 | ||
| Loans charged off | (28,746) | (51,351) | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged off | 7,601 | 14,334 | ||||
| Net loans charged off | (21,145) | (37,017) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | 428 | (95,202) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 235,704 | $ | 256,421 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 32,977 | 36,921 | |||
| Provision for credit losses | 27,942 | (3,944) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 60,919 | $ | 32,977 | ||
| Accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk associated with mortgage banking activities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 3,382 | $ | 4,282 | ||
| Loans charged off | (105) | (179) | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | 1,627 | (721) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 4,904 | $ | 3,382 | ||
| Allowance for credit losses related to held-to-maturity (investment) securities: | ||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 555 | $ | 688 | ||
| Provision for credit losses | 3 | (133) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | 558 | $ | 555 | ||
| Total provision for credit losses | $ | 30,000 | $ | (100,000) | ||
| Average loans by portfolio segment : | ||||||
| Commercial | $ | 13,393,796 | $ | 13,304,596 | ||
| Commercial real estate | 4,345,783 | 4,075,831 | ||||
| Paycheck protection program | 13,501 | 293,976 | ||||
| Loans to individuals | 3,526,107 | 3,820,753 | ||||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans | 0.10 | % | 0.17 | % | ||
| Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans by portfolio segment: | ||||||
| Commercial | 0.13 | % | 0.25 | % | ||
| Commercial real estate | — | % | 0.04 | % | ||
| Paycheck protection program | — | % | — | % | ||
| Loans to individuals | 0.10 | % | 0.05 | % | ||
| Recoveries to gross charge-offs | 26.44 | % | 27.91 | % | ||
| Provision for loan losses (annualized) to average loans | — | % | (0.44) | % | ||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding at period-end | 1.04 | % | 1.27 | % | ||
| Accrual for unfunded loan commitments to loan commitments | 0.39 | % | 0.26 | % | ||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to loans outstanding at period-end | 1.31 | % | 1.43 | % |
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Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Unfunded Loan Commitments
Expected credit losses on assets carried at amortized cost are recognized over their expected lives based on models that measure the probability of default and loss given default over a 12-month reasonable and supportable forecast period. Models incorporate base case, downside, and upside macroeconomic variables such as real gross domestic product ("GDP") growth, civilian unemployment rate and West Texas Intermediate ("WTI") oil prices on a probability weighted basis. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of methodology of allowance for loan losses.
A $30.0 million provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to strong growth in loans and loan commitments, partially offset by improvement in credit quality metrics. The uncertainty in our economic forecast increased resulting in an increase in the probability weighting of the downside scenario. In addition, some key economic factors were less favorable to growth across all scenarios.
Non-pass grade loans, which include loans especially mentioned, accruing substandard and nonaccruing loans, decreased $135 million to $321 million at December 31, 2022. Non-pass grade loans were composed primarily of $98 million or 3% of commercial healthcare loans, $58 million or 2% of commercial services loans, $57 million or 2% of commercial general business loans, $31 million or 1% of energy loans and $24 million or 1% of commercial real estate loans. A summary of outstanding loan balances by risk grade is included in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
We recorded a $15.0 million provision for credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2022, primarily due to strong growth in loans and loan commitments. The level of uncertainty in the economic outlook remained high, and key economic factors in the base case were slightly less favorable to economic growth.
At December 31, 2022, the allowance for loan losses totaled $236 million or 1.04% of outstanding loans. Excluding residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 221% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $297 million or 1.31% of outstanding loans and 278% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2022.
A $100.0 million negative provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily related to improvements in our reasonable and supportable forecasts of macroeconomic variables influenced by the anticipated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic developments. Throughout 2021, energy commodity prices strengthened and stabilized and the outlook of growth in GDP and the labor markets improved. Changes from credit quality metrics, primarily from changes in specific impairment, improving credit quality metrics and lower loan balances resulted in a decrease in the allowance for loan losses.
At December 31, 2021, the allowance for loan losses was $256 million or 1.27% of outstanding loans. Excluding loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, the allowance for loan losses was 213% of nonaccruing loans. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $289 million or 1.43% of outstanding loans and 241% of nonaccruing loans.
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A summary of macroeconomic variables considered in developing our estimate of expected credit losses at December 31, 2022 follows:
| Base | Downside | Upside | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario probability weighting | 50% | 40% | 10% |
| Economic outlook | The Russia-Ukraine conflict remains isolated.The Federal Reserve increases the federal funds rate twice in the first quarter of 2023, resulting in a target range of 4.75% to 5.00%. No additional rate increases in 2023 are anticipated. Inflation pressures cause modest declines in real household income compared to pre-pandemic levels, resulting in below-trend GDP growth. Job openings revert to more normalized levels, and overall hiring levels decline causing the national unemployment rate to modestly increase over the next four quarters. | The Russia-Ukraine conflict remains isolated. Higher levels of inflation force the Federal Reserve to adopt a more aggressive monetary policy as compared to the base case scenario. This results in a federal funds rate target range of 5.75% to 6.00% by December 2023. Inflation moderates slightly from the peak experienced in the third quarter of 2022, but remains elevated through the forecast horizon. The United States economy is pushed into a recession with a contraction in economic activity and a sharp increase in the unemployment rate. | The Russia-Ukraine conflict remains isolated. The Federal Reserve increases the federal funds rate once in the first quarter of 2023, resulting in a target range of 4.50% to 4.75%. No additional rate increases in 2023 are anticipated. Inflation continues to improve from the peak experienced in the third quarter of 2022. Labor force participants continue to re-enter the job market to help fill the elevated level of job openings. This increase in employment helps maintain real household income above its pre-pandemic trend. This, coupled with a drawdown in savings, supports consumer spending and produces GDP growth consistent with pre-pandemic levels. |
| Macro-economic factors | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 0.9% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 3.9% in the first quarter of 2023 increasing to 4.1% by the fourth quarter of 2023.–WTI oil prices are projected to generally follow the NYMEX forward curve that existed at the end of December 2022 and are expected to average $75.05 per barrel over the next 12 months. | –GDP is forecasted to contract 1.3% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2023 worsens to 6.0% by the fourth quarter of 2023.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $65.87 per barrel over the next twelve months, peaking at $70.78 in the first quarter of 2023 and falling 15% over the following three quarters. | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 1.6% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 3.7% in the first quarter of 2023 increases slightly to 3.8% by the fourth quarter of 2023.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $83.58 per barrel over the next 12 months. |
Net Loans Charged Off
In 2022, net loans charged off totaled $21 million or 0.10%, down from $37 million or 0.17% of average loans in 2021.
In 2022, net charge-offs of commercial loans were $17.7 million, primarily related to a single services borrower in the fourth quarter. Net commercial real estate loan charge-offs were $92 thousand and net loan charge-offs of loans to individuals were $3.4 million. Net charge-offs of loans to individuals include deposit account overdraft losses.
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Nonperforming Assets
As more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, loans are generally classified as nonaccruing when it becomes probable that we will not collect the full contractual principal and interest. Accruing renegotiated loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies represent residential mortgage loans that have been modified in troubled debt restructurings. Interest continues to accrue based on the modified terms of the loan and loans may be sold once they become eligible according to U.S. government agency guidelines. Real estate and other repossessed assets are assets acquired in partial or total forgiveness of loans. The assets are carried at the lower of cost, as determined by fair value at the date of foreclosure, or current fair value, less estimated selling costs. A summary of nonperforming assets follows in Table 27:
Table 27 - Nonperforming Assets
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Nonaccruing loans: | |||||||
| Commercial | |||||||
| Energy | $ | 1,399 | $ | 31,091 | |||
| Healthcare | 41,034 | 15,762 | |||||
| Services | 16,228 | 17,170 | |||||
| General business | 1,636 | 10,081 | |||||
| Total commercial | 60,297 | 74,104 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 16,570 | 14,262 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | — | — | |||||
| Loans to individuals | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 29,791 | 31,574 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 15,005 | 13,861 | |||||
| Personal | 134 | 258 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 44,930 | 45,693 | |||||
| Total nonaccruing loans | 121,797 | 134,059 | |||||
| Accruing renegotiated loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 163,535 | 210,618 | |||||
| Real estate and other repossessed assets | 14,304 | 24,589 | |||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 299,636 | $ | 369,266 | |||
| Total nonperforming assets excluding those guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | $ | 121,096 | $ | 144,787 | |||
| Allowance for loan losses to nonaccruing loans1 | 220.71 | % | 213.33 | % | |||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to nonaccruing loans1 | 277.76 | % | 240.77 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets | 1.33 | % | 1.83 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets1 | 0.54 | % | 0.73 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to outstanding loans | 0.54 | % | 0.66 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial loans to outstanding commercial loans | 0.42 | % | 0.59 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial real estate loans to outstanding commercial real estate loans | 0.36 | % | 0.37 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to individuals to outstanding loans to individuals1 | 0.86 | % | 0.98 | % | |||
| Accruing loans 90 days or more past due1 | $ | 510 | $ | 313 |
1 Excludes residential mortgages guaranteed by U.S. government agencies.
Excluding loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, nonperforming assets decreased $24 million compared to December 31, 2021, primarily due to a $30 million decrease in nonaccruing energy loans, a $10 million decrease in real estate and other repossessed assets and an $8.4 million decrease in nonaccruing general business loans. These decreases were partially offset by a $25 million increase in nonaccruing healthcare sector loans. Newly identified nonaccruing loans totaled $97 million, offset by $55 million in payments, $29 million of charge-offs, $13 million of loans returning to accrual status and $12 million in foreclosures. The Company generally retains nonperforming assets to maximize potential recovery, which may cause future nonperforming assets to decrease more slowly.
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A rollforward of nonperforming assets for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 follows in Table 28.
Table 28 – Rollforward of Nonperforming Assets
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 74,104 | $ | 14,262 | $ | 45,693 | $ | 134,059 | $ | 210,618 | $ | 24,589 | $ | 369,266 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 58,822 | 20,683 | 17,372 | 96,877 | 38,644 | — | 135,521 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (42,484) | (944) | (12,049) | (55,477) | (6,382) | — | (61,859) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (22,382) | (269) | (6,095) | (28,746) | — | — | (28,746) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | (1,194) | (1,194) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | (7,960) | (3,956) | (410) | (12,326) | — | 12,326 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (4,929) | (4,929) | (3,431) | — | (8,360) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | (71,520) | (21,417) | (92,937) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | 5,774 | 5,774 | (5,774) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | 197 | (13,206) | (426) | (13,435) | — | — | (13,435) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | — | — | — | — | 1,380 | — | 1,380 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | 60,297 | $ | 16,570 | $ | 44,930 | $ | 121,797 | $ | 163,535 | $ | 14,304 | $ | 299,636 | |||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 | $ | 167,159 | $ | 27,246 | $ | 40,288 | $ | 234,693 | $ | 151,775 | $ | 90,526 | $ | 476,994 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 61,129 | 327 | 25,241 | 86,697 | 105,535 | 8,688 | 200,920 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfer from premises and equipment | — | — | — | — | — | 217 | 217 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (102,717) | (10,537) | (17,443) | (130,697) | (3,948) | — | (134,645) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (43,956) | (2,485) | (4,910) | (51,351) | — | — | (51,351) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | 13,842 | 13,842 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | (7,511) | — | (809) | (8,320) | — | 8,320 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (2,435) | (2,435) | (866) | — | (3,301) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | (37,322) | (97,004) | (134,326) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | 6,081 | 6,081 | (6,081) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | — | (289) | (320) | (609) | — | — | (609) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | — | — | — | — | 1,525 | — | 1,525 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 74,104 | $ | 14,262 | $ | 45,693 | $ | 134,059 | $ | 210,618 | $ | 24,589 | $ | 369,266 |
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We foreclose on loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies in accordance with agency guidelines. Generally these loans are not eligible for modification programs or have failed to comply with modified loan terms. Principal is guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. government, subject to limitations and credit risk is limited. These properties will be conveyed to the agencies and receivables collected once applicable criteria have been met.
Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets
Real estate and other repossessed assets totaled $14 million at December 31, 2022, composed primarily of $9.5 million of developed commercial real estate. Real estate and other repossessed assets decreased $10 million compared to December 31, 2021, primarily related to the sale of developed commercial real estate and oil and gas properties.
Liquidity and Capital
BOK Financial has numerous material cash requirements in the normal course of business. These obligations include deposits and other borrowed funds, leased premises, commitments to extend credit to borrowers and to purchase securities, derivative contracts and contracts for services such as data processing that are integral to our operations. Additional information on loan commitments can be found in the "Loan Commitments" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis while the distribution of time deposit balances can be located in Note 8, "Deposits," and information related to Other Borrowings can be located in Note 9, "Other Borrowings."
Our funding sources, which primarily include deposits and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Banks, provide adequate liquidity to meet our operating needs. Based on the average balances for 2022, approximately 80% of our funding was provided by deposit accounts, 6% from borrowed funds, less than 1% from long-term subordinated debt and 10% from equity. The loan to deposit ratio increased to 65% at December 31, 2022 from 49% at December 31, 2021, and continues to provide significant on-balance sheet liquidity to meet future loan demand and contractual obligations. BOK Financial, similar to the banking industry as a whole, saw deposits decline in 2022 as customers begin redeploying capital and moving to other off-balance sheet alternatives seeking higher yields in the rising interest rate environment. We are maintaining higher balances at the Federal Reserve to cover vital business obligations, to meet future asset growth opportunities and to stay nimble in a rising rate environment.
Subsidiary Bank
Deposits and borrowed funds are the primary sources of liquidity for the subsidiary bank. Deposit accounts represent our largest funding source. We compete for retail and commercial deposits by offering a broad range of products and services and focusing on customer convenience. Retail deposit growth is supported through personal and small business checking, online bill paying services, mobile banking services, an extensive network of branch locations and ATMs and our ExpressBank call center. Commercial deposit growth is supported by offering treasury management and lockbox services. We also acquire brokered deposits when the cost of funds is advantageous to other funding sources.
Table 29 - Average Deposits by Line of Business
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 18,323,412 | $ | 17,659,695 | ||
| Consumer Banking | 8,763,046 | 8,439,577 | ||||
| Wealth Management | 8,491,377 | 9,426,771 | ||||
| Subtotal | 35,577,835 | 35,526,043 | ||||
| Funds Management and other | 2,273,446 | 2,394,934 | ||||
| Total | $ | 37,851,281 | $ | 37,920,977 |
Average deposits for 2022 totaled $37.9 billion, a decrease of $70 million compared to the prior year, primarily driven by institutional clients moving to off-balance sheet alternatives seeking higher yields. Interest-bearing transaction deposit account balances decreased $1.1 billion while demand deposits increased $1.4 billion. Average time deposits also decreased $430 million.
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Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $18.3 billion for 2022, a $664 million or 4% increase over 2021. Demand deposit balances increased $984 million or 11%. Time deposit balances decreased $227 million or 43% while interest-bearing transaction account balances decreased $94 million or 1%. Commercial customers continued to retain large cash reserves, especially in the first half of the year, primarily due to a combination of factors including uncertainty about the economic environment and potential for growth, lack of preferable liquid alternatives and a desire to minimize deposit charges through the earnings credit. The earnings credit is a non-cash method that enables commercial customers to offset deposit service charges based on account balances. We anticipate that commercial deposit balances may contract as short-term rates continue to move higher enhancing other investment alternatives for commercial customers.
Average Consumer Banking deposit balances increased $323 million or 4% over the prior year. Average interest-bearing transaction account balances increased $234 million or 6%. Average demand deposit account balances grew by $101 million or 3% while savings deposits increased $99 million or 12%. Time deposit balances decreased $110 million or 14%.
Average Wealth Management deposit balances decreased by $935 million or 10% compared to the prior year. Interest-bearing transaction balances decreased $1.1 billion or 14%. Non-interest-bearing demand deposits increased $234 million or 17% and time deposit balances decreased $110 million or 19%.
Brokered deposits included in time deposits averaged $51 million for 2022 compared to $62 million for 2021. Brokered deposits included in time deposits totaled $42 million at December 31, 2022 and $49 million at December 31, 2021.
Average interest-bearing transaction accounts for 2022 included $1.9 billion of brokered deposits compared to $2.1 billion for 2021. Brokered deposits included in interest-bearing transaction accounts totaled $1.5 billion at December 31, 2022 and $2.1 billion at December 31, 2021.
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The distribution of our period end deposit account balances among principal markets follows in Table 30.
Table 30 - Period End Deposits by Principal Market Area
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Demand | $ | 4,585,963 | $ | 5,433,405 | |||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 9,475,528 | 12,689,367 | |||||
| Savings | 555,407 | 521,439 | |||||
| Time | 794,002 | 978,822 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 10,824,937 | 14,189,628 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 15,410,900 | 19,623,033 | |||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Demand | 3,873,759 | 4,552,983 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 4,878,482 | 5,345,461 | |||||
| Savings | 178,356 | 178,458 | |||||
| Time | 356,538 | 337,559 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 5,413,376 | 5,861,478 | |||||
| Total Texas | 9,287,135 | 10,414,461 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Demand | 2,462,891 | 2,526,855 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 2,123,218 | 2,334,371 | |||||
| Savings | 77,961 | 78,636 | |||||
| Time | 135,043 | 174,351 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 2,336,222 | 2,587,358 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 4,799,113 | 5,114,213 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Demand | 1,141,958 | 1,196,057 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 691,915 | 858,394 | |||||
| Savings | 112,430 | 107,963 | |||||
| Time | 133,625 | 163,871 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 937,970 | 1,130,228 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 2,079,928 | 2,326,285 |
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| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Demand | 844,327 | 934,282 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 739,628 | 834,491 | |||||
| Savings | 16,496 | 16,182 | |||||
| Time | 24,846 | 31,274 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 780,970 | 881,947 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 1,625,297 | 1,816,229 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Demand | 436,259 | 658,342 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 694,163 | 1,086,946 | |||||
| Savings | 20,678 | 18,844 | |||||
| Time | 12,963 | 12,255 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 727,804 | 1,118,045 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 1,164,063 | 1,776,387 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Demand | 50,180 | 42,499 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 56,181 | 119,543 | |||||
| Savings | 3,083 | 3,213 | |||||
| Time | 4,825 | 6,196 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 64,089 | 128,952 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 114,269 | 171,451 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial deposits | $ | 34,480,705 | $ | 41,242,059 |
Estimated uninsured deposits totaled $21.3 billion at December 31, 2022 and $27.1 billion at December 31, 2021. The portion of time deposits in excess of the FDIC limit, as applied without regard to other deposit balances held by the depositor, were $373 million at December 31, 2022.
In addition to deposits, liquidity for the subsidiary bank is provided primarily by federal funds purchased, securities repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings. Federal funds purchased consist primarily of unsecured, overnight funds acquired from other financial institutions. Funds are primarily purchased from bankers’ banks and Federal Home Loan Banks from across the country. The Company had no wholesale federal funds purchased at December 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021. Securities repurchase agreements generally mature within 90 days and are secured by certain trading or available for sale securities. Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings are generally short term and are secured by a blanket pledge of eligible collateral (generally unencumbered U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities, 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, multifamily and other qualifying commercial real estate loans). Amounts borrowed from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka averaged $1.6 billion during 2022 and $1.7 billion during 2021.
At December 31, 2022, the estimated unused credit available to BOKF, NA from collateralized sources was approximately $12.5 billion.
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BOKF, NA also has a liability related to the repurchase of certain delinquent residential mortgage loans previously sold in GNMA mortgage pools. Interest is payable monthly at rates contractually due to investors.
See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of other borrowings.
Parent Company and Other Non-Bank Subsidiaries
The primary sources of liquidity for BOK Financial are cash on hand and dividends from the subsidiary bank. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $165 million at December 31, 2022. Dividends from the subsidiary bank are limited by various banking regulations to net profits, as defined, for the year plus retained profits for the two preceding years. Dividends are further restricted by minimum capital requirements. At December 31, 2022, based on the most restrictive limitations as well as management’s internal capital policy, BOKF, NA could declare up to $227 million of dividends without regulatory approval. Dividend constraints may be alleviated through increases in retained earnings, capital issuances or changes in risk weighted assets. Future losses or increases in required regulatory capital could also affect its ability to pay dividends to the parent company.
As a result of the acquisition of CoBiz Financial, we obtained $60 million of subordinated debt issued in June 2015 that will mature on June 25, 2030. This debt bears interest at the rate of 5.625% through June 25, 2025 and thereafter, the notes will bear an annual floating rate equal to 3-month LIBOR plus 317 basis points. We also acquired $72 million of junior subordinated debentures. Interest is based on spreads over 3-month LIBOR ranging from 145 basis points to 295 basis points and mature September 17, 2033 through September 30, 2035. The junior subordinated debentures are subject to early redemption prior to maturity. These LIBOR-based subordinated debentures will be subject to transition on July 1, 2023 in conjunction with the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act as implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Shareholders' equity at December 31, 2022 was $4.7 billion, a decrease of $681 million compared to December 31, 2021. Net income less cash dividends paid increased equity $376 million during 2022. Changes in interest rates resulted in an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $837 million at December 31, 2022, compared to accumulated comprehensive income of $72 million at December 31, 2021. We also repurchased $155 million of common shares during 2022. Capital is managed to maximize long-term value to the shareholders. Factors considered in managing capital include projections of future earnings, asset growth and acquisition strategies, and regulatory and debt covenant requirements. Capital management may include subordinated debt issuance, share repurchase and stock and cash dividends.
On November 1, 2022, the Company's board of directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to five million shares of the Company's common stock, subject to market conditions, securities laws and other regulatory compliance limitations. This authorization replaces the existing board authorization for the purchase of five million commons shares, under which 4,651,465 shares were repurchased. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had repurchased 314,406 shares under this new authorization. The Company repurchased 1,632,401 shares during 2022 at an average price of $94.88 per share. We view share buybacks opportunistically, but within the context of maintaining our strong capital position.
BOK Financial and the subsidiary bank are subject to various capital requirements administered by federal agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements, including a capital conservation buffer, can result in certain mandatory and additional discretionary actions by regulators that could have a material impact on operations including restrictions on capital distributions from dividends and share repurchases and executive bonus payments. These capital requirements include quantitative measures of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items. The capital standards are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators.
A summary of minimum capital requirements follows for BOK Financial on a consolidated basis in Table 31.
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Table 31 – Capital Ratios
| Minimum Capital Requirement | Capital Conservation Buffer | Minimum Capital Requirement Including Capital Conservation Buffer | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Risk-based capital: | ||||||||||||||
| Common equity Tier 1 | 4.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 7.00 | % | 11.69 | % | 12.24 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 capital | 6.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 8.50 | % | 11.71 | % | 12.25 | % | ||||
| Total capital | 8.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 10.50 | % | 12.67 | % | 13.29 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 Leverage | 4.00 | % | N/A | 4.00 | % | 9.91 | % | 8.55 | % | |||||
| Average total equity to average assets | 10.24 | % | 10.68 | % | ||||||||||
| Tangible common equity ratio | 7.63 | % | 8.61 | % |
In March 2020, in response to the impact on the financial markets by the COVID-19 pandemic, the banking agencies issued an interim final rule permitting banking organizations that implement CECL the option to delay for two years an estimate of the CECL methodology's effect on regulatory capital, followed by a three-year transition period. The estimate includes the implementation date adjustment as of January 1, 2020 plus an estimate of the impact of the change for a two year period following implementation of CECL. We elected to delay the regulatory capital impact of the transition in accordance with the interim final rule. Deferral of the impact of CECL added 8 basis points to the Company's Common equity Tier 1 capital at December 31, 2022.
Capital resources of financial institutions are also regularly measured by the tangible common shareholders’ equity ratio. Tangible common shareholders’ equity is shareholders’ equity as defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP"), including unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, less intangible assets and equity which does not benefit common shareholders. Equity that does not benefit common shareholders includes preferred equity. This non-GAAP measure is a valuable indicator of a financial institution’s capital strength since it eliminates intangible assets from shareholders’ equity and retains the effect of unrealized losses on securities and other components of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity.
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Non-GAAP Measures
In this report we may sometimes use non-GAAP financial measures. Please note that although non-GAAP financial measures provide useful insight to analysts, investors and regulators, they should not be considered in isolation or relied upon as a substitute for analysis using GAAP measures.
Table 32 following provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with financial measures defined by GAAP.
Table 32 – Non-GAAP Measures
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Tangible common equity ratio: | |||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | $ | 4,682,649 | $ | 5,363,732 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,120,880 | 1,136,527 | |||||
| Tangible common equity | 3,561,769 | 4,227,205 | |||||
| Total assets | 47,790,642 | 50,249,431 | |||||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,120,880 | 1,136,527 | |||||
| Tangible assets | $ | 46,669,762 | $ | 49,112,904 | |||
| Tangible common equity ratio | 7.63 | % | 8.61 | % | |||
| Pre-provision net revenue: | |||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 660,157 | $ | 796,100 | |||
| Add: Provision for expected credit losses | 30,000 | (100,000) | |||||
| Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | 20 | (1,796) | |||||
| Pre-provision net revenue | $ | 690,137 | $ | 697,896 |
Pre-provision net revenue is a measure of revenue less expenses, and is calculated before provision for credit losses and income tax expense. This financial measure is frequently used by investors and analysts that enables them to assess a company's ability to generate earnings to cover credit losses through a credit cycle. It also provides an additional basis for comparing the results of operations between periods by isolating the impact of the provision for credit losses which can vary significantly between periods.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the Company’s significant off-balance sheet commitments.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
See Note 1 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of newly adopted and pending accounting standards.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This 10-K contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about BOK Financial, the financial services industry, the economy generally and the expected or potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the related responses of the government, consumers, and others, on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "plans," "projects," "will," "intends," variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Management judgments relating to and discussion of the provision and allowance for credit losses, allowance for uncertain tax positions, accruals for loss contingencies and valuation of mortgage servicing rights involve judgments as to expected events and are inherently forward-looking statements. Assessments that acquisitions and growth endeavors will be profitable are necessary statements of belief as to the outcome of future events based in part on information provided by others which BOK Financial has not independently verified. These various forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions which are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what is expected, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Internal and external factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to changes in government, consumer or business responses to, and ability to treat or prevent further outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, commodity prices, interest rates and interest rate relationships, inflation, demand for products and services, the degree of competition by traditional and nontraditional competitors, changes in banking regulations, tax laws, prices, levies and assessments, the impact of technological advances, and trends in customer behavior as well as their ability to repay loans. BOK Financial and its affiliates undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Annualized, pro forma, projected and estimated numbers are used for illustrative purpose only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results.
Legal Notice
As used in this report, the term "BOK Financial" and such terms as "the Company," "the Corporation," "our," "we" and "us" may refer to one or more of the consolidated subsidiaries or all of them taken as a whole. All these terms are used for convenience only and are not intended as a precise description of any of the separate companies, each of which manages its own affairs.
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FY 2021 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0000875357-22-000013.
ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
| Table 1 – Consolidated Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
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| December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||
| Earnings per share (based on average equivalent shares): | ||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 8.95 | $ | 6.19 | $ | 7.03 | ||||
| Diluted | 8.95 | 6.19 | 7.03 | |||||||
| Percentages (based on daily averages): | ||||||||||
| Return on average assets | 1.23 | % | 0.89 | % | 1.19 | % | ||||
| Return on average shareholders' equity | 11.59 | % | 8.55 | % | 10.73 | % | ||||
| Dividend payout ratio | 23.29 | % | 33.04 | % | 28.56 | % | ||||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans, excluding PPP loans1 | 1.29 | % | 1.82 | % | 0.97 | % | ||||
| Combined allowance for credit losses to loans, excluding PPP loans1,2 | 1.45 | % | 2.00 | % | 0.98 | % |
1 Metric meaningful due to the U.S. government agency guarantee and short-term nature of the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loans.
2 Includes allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk.
Management’s Assessment of Operations and Financial Condition
Overview
The following discussion is management’s analysis to assist in the understanding and evaluation of the financial condition and results of operations of BOK Financial Corporation ("BOK Financial" or "the Company"). This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes and selected financial data presented elsewhere in this report.
Economic conditions across the U.S. have continued to improve throughout 2021 following the initial year of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of December, 2021, the unemployment rate was down to 3.9%, a sharp decline from the levels experienced in 2020. In 2021, real GDP increased 5.7% compared to 3.4% in 2020. Inflation continues to be well above the FOMC's target of 2%. The Federal Reserve has kept the Federal Funds rate at or near zero throughout 2021, but has recently announced that increases may soon be appropriate. In addition, the FOMC has decided to reduce the monthly pace of net asset purchases and bring them to an end in March, 2022. See "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis for additional discussion around our economic forecast.
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Performance Summary
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2021 totaled $618.1 million or $8.95 per diluted share compared with net income of $435.0 million or $6.19 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2020. An improved outlook of economic conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and massive government stimulus drove a $100.0 million reversal in 2021 of the $222.6 million provision for credit losses recorded in 2020.
Pre-provision net revenue ("PPNR"), a non-GAAP measure, was $697.9 million for 2021 compared to $786.4 million in the prior year. The decrease in PPNR was due to lower combined net interest revenue and fees and commission revenue. This was largely driven by lower average loan balances due to customer deleveraging during current economic uncertainty, narrowing net interest margin and compressed margins and production volumes from our mortgage-banking activities. The decline was partially offset by gains recognized on the sales of an alternative investment and repossessed assets.
Highlights of 2021 included:
•Net interest revenue totaled $1.1 billion for 2021, consistent with the prior year. Net interest margin was 2.60% for 2021 compared to 2.83% for 2020. The full impact of the reduction of the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve in 2020 was realized in 2021. The following reduction in other short-term market interest rates reduced the yield on floating-rate assets by more than the amount by which funding costs could be reduced, compressing the margin. Average earning assets were $43.8 billion for 2021, up $3.1 billion over 2020, largely due to increased trading securities.
•Fees and commissions revenue was $668.3 million for 2021, a decrease of $142.0 million compared to 2020. Brokerage and trading revenues decreased $108.8 million due to a shift from fee revenue to net interest revenue, combined with narrowing margins. Mortgage banking revenue decreased $76.5 million due to a decrease in mortgage production volume combined with a reduction in production revenue as a percentage of production volume. Other revenue increased $18.3 million, primarily due to higher production revenue on repossessed oil and gas properties, which was largely offset by related operating expenses.
•Other gains, net increased $57.7 million to $63.7 million due to sales of an alternative investment and repossessed assets.
•Other operating expense totaled $1.2 billion, a $13.4 million increase compared to 2020. Personnel expense increased $6.9 million. Non-personnel expense increased $6.5 million, including an increase of $10.8 million of operating expenses on repossessed assets.
•The net economic benefit of the changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related economic hedges was $21.0 million during 2021 compared to an economic benefit of $24.9 million during 2020.
•The combined allowance for credit losses totaled $289 million or 1.45% of outstanding loans, excluding Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loans, at December 31, 2021. The combined allowance for credit losses was $426 million or 2.00% of outstanding loans, excluding PPP loans, at December 31, 2020.
•Nonperforming assets not guaranteed by U.S. government agencies decreased $173 million compared to December 31, 2020. Potential problem loans decreased $255 million and other loans especially mentioned decreased $212 million. Net charge-offs were $37.0 million or 0.17% of average loans, excluding PPP loans, in 2021. Net loans charged-off were $70.4 million or 0.32% of average loans, excluding PPP loans, in 2020.
•Period-end outstanding loan balances decreased $2.8 billion to $20.2 billion at December 31, 2021. Period-end PPP loans decreased $1.4 billion to $276.3 million. Commercial real estate loans decreased $867 million and commercial loans decreased $571 million. Average loans were $21.5 billion, a $1.9 billion decrease compared to 2020.
•Average deposits increased $5.2 billion to $37.9 billion and period-end deposits increased $5.1 billion to $41.2 billion at December 31, 2021, as customers maintained higher deposit balances during this time of economic uncertainty. Average interest bearing deposits increased $2.9 billion and average demand deposits grew by $2.3 billion.
•Common equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.24% at December 31, 2021. In addition, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.25%, total capital ratio was 13.29% and leverage ratio was 8.55% at December 31, 2021. At December 31, 2020, the Tier 1 capital ratio was 11.95%, the total capital ratio was 13.82% and the leverage ratio was 8.28%.
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•The Company repurchased 1,359,657 common shares at an average price of $86.74 per share during 2021 and 1,107,100 common shares at an average price of $68.49 during 2020.
•The Company paid cash dividends of $2.09 per common share during 2021 and $2.05 per common share in 2020.
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2021 totaled $117.3 million or $1.71 per diluted share, compared to $188.3 million or $2.74 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2021.
Highlights of the fourth quarter of 2021 included:
•Net interest revenue totaled $277.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of $3.2 million compared to the third quarter of 2021. Net interest margin was 2.52% for the fourth quarter of 2021 and 2.66% for the third quarter of 2021. PPP loan fees of $7.7 million were recognized in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $12.7 million in the previous quarter.
•Operating revenue totaled $157.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, a $72.4 million decrease compared to the third quarter of 2021. Brokerage and trading revenue decreased $33.1 million as uncertainty in the markets led to reduced transaction activity and tighter margins compared to elevated volumes in the third quarter. Lower mortgage loan production volume and smaller margins also reduced mortgage banking revenue by $5.0 million. The prior quarter also included a $31.1 million pre-tax gain on the sale of an alternative investment.
•Operating expenses in the fourth quarter totaled $299.5 million, an $8.2 million increase compared to the third quarter of 2021. The fourth quarter of 2021 included a $5.0 million charitable donation to the BOKF Foundation. Increases in business promotion costs, professional fees, and other expenses were partially offset by lower personnel expense.
•Continued strength in commodity prices coupled with an outlook for moderate growth in gross domestic product and the labor markets, improving credit quality metrics and lower loan balances resulted in a $17.0 million negative provision for expected credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2021. A $23.0 million negative provision for expected credit losses was recorded in the third quarter of 2021.
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Critical Accounting Policies & Estimates
The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Company's accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 of the Consolidated Financial Statements. Management makes significant assumptions and estimates in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP that may be highly subjective, complex and subject to variability. Actual results could differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates. The following discussion addresses the most critical areas where these assumptions and estimates could affect the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. These critical accounting policies and estimates have been discussed with the appropriate committees of the Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Loan Commitments
The allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments represent the portion of amortized cost basis of loans and related unfunded commitments we do not expect to collect over the asset’s contractual life, considering past events, current conditions, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. Appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments is determined by a senior management Allowance Committee which requires judgment about effects of uncertain matters, resulting in a subjective calculation which is inherently imprecise. Because of the subjective forward-looking nature of the calculation, changes in these measures may not directly correlate with actual economic events. In future periods, management judgment may consider new or changed information which may cause significant changes in these allowances in those future periods.
On January 1, 2020 BOK Financial’s accounting policies changed significantly with the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Assets Measured at Amortized Cost ("ASU 2016-13" or "CECL"). Prior years were not restated. Prior to January 1, 2020, general allowances and nonspecific allowances were based on incurred credit losses. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the description of the expected credit losses calculation of the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments.
For the majority of risk-graded loans, the accruing loan’s expected credit loss estimate is sensitive to management judgment, particularly probability of default and loss given default assumptions, changes in specific macroeconomic factor forecasts and the probability weight assigned to each economic scenario, and appropriate adjustments.
Significant assumptions and estimates affecting the allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk include:
•Probability of default and loss given default measurements are based on historical data that may not be a good predictor of future performance or actual losses.
•Probability of default is based on risk grades, a subjective measurement of the risk of a loan. This subjective assessment of risk may not reflect actual risk of loss.
•The forecast for each relevant economic loss driver and the probability weighting of economic scenarios are overseen by a senior management Economic Forecast Committee which includes members independent of the allowance process.
•The Allowance Committee may increase or decrease the allowance to reflect risks not captured in the quantitative component. Examples of circumstances that may result in adjustments include, but are not limited to, new lines of business, market conditions that have not been previously encountered, observed changes in credit risk that are not yet reflected in macroeconomic factors, or economic conditions that impact loss given default assumptions.
Although the resulting expected credit loss estimate represents management’s best estimates at the time, actual credit losses will differ from management’s estimate. Portfolio composition will change over time, actual economic conditions will differ from probability-weighted assumptions, borrower-specific circumstances will change, as well as other factors. Differences between actual losses and management's estimates may materially affect the Company's results of operations.
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We describe critical elements affecting our estimate of expected credit loss in the "Summary of Credit Loss Experience" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis. While it is challenging to evaluate the allowance impact for a change in a particular input, results of such an analysis demonstrate how the quantitative element of the allowance behaves under different conditions. The sensitivity to management's economic scenario weighting may be quantified by comparing the results of weighting each economic scenario at 100%. For example, compared to a 100% Base Case scenario, a 100% Downside case would result in an additional $85 million in quantitative reserve, while a 100% Upside Case would result in $8 million less in quantitative reserve at December 31, 2021. Such sensitivity calculations do not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the related allowance for a number of reasons including (1) management's weighting of multiple forecasted economic scenarios in estimating expected credit losses; (2) management's predictions of future economic trends and relationships among the scenarios may differ from actual events; and (3) management's application of subjective measures to modeled results when appropriate.
Fair Value Measurement
Certain assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Fair value is defined by applicable accounting guidance as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal markets for the given asset or liability at the measurement date based on market conditions at that date. An orderly transaction assumes exposure to the market for a customary period for marketing activities prior to the measurement date and not a forced liquidation or distressed sale.
A hierarchy for fair value has been established that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad categories: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), other observable inputs that can be observed either directly or indirectly (Level 2) and unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities (Level 3). Fair value may be recorded for certain assets and liabilities every reporting period on a recurring basis or under certain circumstances on a non-recurring basis. Fair value measurements of significant assets or liabilities that are based on unobservable inputs (Level 3) are considered Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. Additional discussion of fair value measurement and disclosure is included in Notes 7 and 19 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
We have a significant investment in mortgage servicing rights. Our mortgage servicing rights are primarily retained from sales in the secondary market of residential mortgage loans we have originated or purchased from correspondent lenders. Occasionally, mortgage servicing rights may be purchased from other lenders. Both originated and purchased mortgage servicing rights are initially recognized at fair value. We carry all mortgage servicing rights at fair value. Changes in fair value are recognized in earnings as they occur.
Mortgage servicing rights are not traded in active markets. The fair value of mortgage servicing rights is determined by discounting the projected cash flows. Certain significant assumptions and estimates used in valuing mortgage servicing rights are based on current market sources including projected prepayment speeds, assumed servicing costs, earnings on escrow deposits, ancillary income and discount rates. Assumptions used to value our mortgage servicing rights are considered significant unobservable inputs and represent our best estimate of assumptions that market participants would use to value this asset. A separate third party model is used to estimate prepayment speeds based on interest rates, housing turnover rates, estimated loan curtailment, anticipated defaults and other relevant factors. The prepayment model is updated periodically for changes in market conditions and adjusted to better correlate with actual performance of our servicing portfolio. The discount rate is based on benchmark rates for mortgage loans plus a market spread expected by investors in servicing rights. Significant assumptions used to determine the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights are presented in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. At least annually, we request estimates of fair value from outside sources to corroborate the results of the valuation model.
The assumptions used in this model are primarily based on mortgage interest rates. Evaluation of the effect of a change in one assumption without considering the effect of that change on other assumptions is not meaningful. Considering all related assumptions, we expect a 50 basis point increase in primary mortgage interest rates to increase the fair value of our servicing rights by $32 million. We expect a $42 million decrease in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights from a 50 basis point decrease in primary mortgage interest rates.
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Results of Operations
Net Interest Revenue and Net Interest Margin
2021 Net Interest Revenue
Net interest revenue is the interest earned on debt securities, loans and other interest-earning assets less interest paid for interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings. The net interest margin is calculated by dividing tax-equivalent net interest revenue by average interest-earning assets. Net interest spread is the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is typically greater than net interest spread due to interest income earned on assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities such as demand deposits and equity.
Tax-equivalent net interest revenue totaled $1.1 billion for 2021, consistent with the prior year. This includes $42.7 million of PPP loan fees for 2021 and $35.5 million for 2020. At December 31, 2021, $7.5 million of PPP loan fees remain to be recognized. Also included in 2021 was $16.1 million of net purchase discount accretion compared to $26.0 million in 2020. Approximately $31 million of purchase accounting discount remains to be accreted. Net interest revenue decreased $64.0 million due to changes in interest rates and increased $72.4 million from growth in earning assets. Table 2 shows the effects on net interest revenue due to changes in average balances and interest rates for the various types of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. In addition, see the Annual and Quarterly Financial Summary of consolidated daily average balances, yields and rates following the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Net interest margin was 2.60% for 2021 and 2.83% for 2020. The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 2.74% for 2021 compared to 3.24% in 2020. The full impact of the reduction of the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve in 2020 was realized in 2021. A reduction in other short-term market interest rates followed, which reduced the yield on floating-rate assets by more than funding costs could be reduced, compressing the margin. Loan yields decreased 22 basis points to 3.62%. The available for sale securities portfolio yield decreased 41 basis points to 1.80%. The yield on trading securities fell 77 basis points to 1.98%. The yield on interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents decreased 32 basis points to 0.13%.
Funding costs decreased 32 basis points compared to 2020. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 28 basis points. The cost of other short-term borrowings decreased 31 basis points. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 7 basis points for 2021, down from 12 basis points for 2020.
Average earning assets for 2021 increased $3.1 billion or 8% over 2020, largely due to an increase in our trading of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities, partially offset by a reduction in the loan portfolio. Average trading securities balances increased $4.7 billion due to increased customer demand. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, decreased $1.9 billion, largely due to purposeful deleveraging by our customers as borrowers continue to pay down during this time of economic uncertainty. The average balance of available for sale securities, which consists largely of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, increased $922 million. Fair value option securities that we hold as an economic hedge against changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights decreased $702 million.
Total average deposits grew by $5.2 billion over the prior year. This increase is largely due to customers retaining elevated balances in the current economic environment combined with government stimulus-related deposits. Average interest-bearing transaction account balances increased $3.0 billion. Average demand deposit balances increased $2.3 billion. Average short-term borrowings decreased $3.5 billion.
Our overall objective is to manage the Company’s balance sheet for changes in interest rates as is further described in the Market Risk section of this report. Approximately 76% of our commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolios are either variable rate loans or fixed rate loans that will re-price within one year. These loans are funded primarily by deposit accounts that are either non-interest bearing, or that re-price more slowly than the loans. The result is a balance sheet that would be asset sensitive, which means that assets generally re-price more quickly than liabilities. Among the strategies that we use to manage toward a relatively rate-neutral position, we purchase fixed rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued primarily by U.S. government agencies and fund them with market rate sensitive liabilities. The liability-sensitive nature of this strategy provides an offset to the asset-sensitive characteristics of our loan portfolio. We also may use derivative instruments to manage our interest rate risk.
The effectiveness of these strategies is reflected in the overall change in net interest revenue due to changes in interest rates as shown in Table 2 and in the interest rate sensitivity projections as shown in the Market Risk section of this report.
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Fourth Quarter 2021 Net Interest Revenue
Tax-equivalent net interest revenue totaled $279.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of $3.3 million compared to the third quarter of 2021.
Net interest margin was 2.52% for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to 2.66% for the third quarter of 2021. PPP loan fees of $7.7 million were recognized in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $12.7 million in the previous quarter. The tax-equivalent yield on earning assets was 2.66% for the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of 12 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2021. Loan yields increased 2 basis points to 3.70%. Excluding PPP loan fees, the loan portfolio yield increased 11 basis points, primarily due to the timing of loan fees. Yield on available for sale securities decreased 8 basis points to 1.72%. Yield on trading securities was down 15 basis points to 1.89%.
Funding costs increased 2 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2021. The cost of other short-term borrowings increased 37 basis points while the cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 1 basis point. The cost of subordinated debentures decreased 61 basis points due to the redemption of $150 million in the third quarter of 2021. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 7 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2021 and third quarter of 2021.
Average earning assets for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased $1.3 billion over the third quarter of 2021. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, decreased $572 million, largely due to paydowns of PPP and commercial real estate loans, partially offset by growth in commercial loans. Trading securities balances increased $1.6 billion as we increased our trading of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities. Average interest bearing cash and cash equivalents grew by $526 million. Available for sale securities decreased $198 million.
Average deposits increased $2.0 billion over the third quarter of 2021, as customers choose to retain elevated balances in the current environment. Average demand deposit balances increased $1.1 billion and average interest-bearing transaction accounts increased $891 million. Other borrowings decreased $1.7 billion while funds purchased and repurchase agreements increased $1.4 billion.
2020 Net Interest Revenue
Tax-equivalent net interest revenue for 2020 was $1.1 billion, consistent with 2019. This included $26.0 million of net purchase discount accretion for 2020 and $37.8 million for 2019. Also included for 2020 was $35.5 million of PPP loan fees, which were not present in 2019. Net interest revenue decreased $108.7 million due to rates and increased $102.8 million from growth in earning assets.
Net interest margin was 2.83% for 2020 compared to 3.11% for 2019. The tax-equivalent yield on average earning assets decreased 103 basis points compared to 2019. In response to the anticipated impact to the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve reduced the federal funds rate to near zero in March, 2020. The resulting impact on market interest rates compressed the net interest margin. Loan yields decreased 129 basis points. The available for sale securities portfolio yield decreased 37 basis points. The yield on interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents decreased 183 basis points. The yield on trading securities fell 80 basis points. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 69 basis points and the cost of other short-term borrowings decreased 161 basis points. The benefit to net interest margin from earning assets funded by non-interest bearing liabilities was 12 basis points for 2020, down from 45 basis points for 2019.
Average earning assets increased $4.3 billion or 12% over 2019, largely due to the expansion of the available for sale securities portfolio, loans originated as part of the PPP, and an increase in trading of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities. Average loans, net of allowance for loan losses, increased $1.1 billion, primarily related to $1.4 billion in average PPP loans. The average balance of available for sale securities increased $2.3 billion in order to reduce our exposure to falling short-term interest rates. The average balance of trading securities increased $1.3 billion. Total average deposits grew by $7.1 billion over 2019. This increase was largely due to the combination of focused deposit gathering initiatives, stimulus-related deposits, and customers retaining elevated balances in the current economic environment. Average interest-bearing transaction deposits increased $5.6 billion. Average short-term borrowings decreased $1.7 billion.
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Table 2 – Volume/Rate Analysis
(In thousands)
| Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| December 31, 2021 / 2020 | December 31, 2020 / 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | Change Due To1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | (1,770) | $ | 540 | $ | (2,310) | $ | (9,384) | $ | 1,332 | $ | (10,716) | |||||||||||
| Trading securities | 88,272 | 128,039 | (39,767) | 5,982 | 22,824 | (16,842) | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | (1,695) | (2,018) | 323 | (1,657) | (2,270) | 613 | |||||||||||||||||
| Available for sale securities | (30,706) | 20,115 | (50,821) | 7,303 | 47,992 | (40,689) | |||||||||||||||||
| Fair value option securities | (16,933) | (16,899) | (34) | (14,461) | (9,178) | (5,283) | |||||||||||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | (5,260) | (3,286) | (1,974) | (15,897) | (10,782) | (5,115) | |||||||||||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | (932) | (694) | (238) | (708) | 822 | (1,530) | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans | (121,321) | (71,533) | (49,788) | (235,592) | 58,016 | (293,608) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | (90,345) | 54,264 | (144,609) | (264,414) | 108,756 | (373,170) | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | (38,463) | 6,108 | (44,571) | (72,430) | 38,117 | (110,547) | |||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | (11) | 121 | (132) | (292) | 88 | (380) | |||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | (18,038) | (3,277) | (14,761) | (12,820) | 176 | (12,996) | |||||||||||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | (7,521) | (5,491) | (2,030) | (37,398) | 9,191 | (46,589) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | (31,218) | (13,023) | (18,195) | (134,414) | (41,577) | (92,837) | |||||||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | (3,409) | (2,532) | (877) | (1,169) | (8) | (1,161) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | (98,660) | (18,094) | (80,566) | (258,523) | 5,987 | (264,510) | |||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | 8,315 | 72,358 | (64,043) | (5,891) | 102,769 | (108,660) | |||||||||||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | (1,274) | (1,456) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | $ | 9,589 | $ | (4,435) |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Table 2 – Volume/Rate Analysis (continued)
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2021 / Sep. 30, 2021 | |||||||||||
| Change Due To1 | |||||||||||
| Change | Volume | Yield / Rate | |||||||||
| Tax-equivalent interest revenue: | |||||||||||
| Interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 238 | $ | 195 | $ | 43 | |||||
| Trading securities | 5,531 | 8,876 | (3,345) | ||||||||
| Investment securities | (79) | (58) | (21) | ||||||||
| Available for sale securities | (1,753) | 750 | (2,503) | ||||||||
| Fair value option securities | (40) | (51) | 11 | ||||||||
| Restricted equity securities | (537) | (705) | 168 | ||||||||
| Residential mortgage loans held for sale | (32) | (33) | 1 | ||||||||
| Loans | (4,570) | (5,621) | 1,051 | ||||||||
| Total tax-equivalent interest revenue | (1,242) | 3,353 | (4,595) | ||||||||
| Interest expense: | |||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 95 | 149 | (54) | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | — | 1 | (1) | ||||||||
| Time deposits | (216) | (126) | (90) | ||||||||
| Funds purchased and repurchase agreements | 4,570 | 1,681 | 2,889 | ||||||||
| Other borrowings | (1,253) | (1,788) | 535 | ||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | (1,175) | (909) | (266) | ||||||||
| Total interest expense | 2,021 | (992) | 3,013 | ||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest revenue | (3,263) | 4,345 | (7,608) | ||||||||
| Change in tax-equivalent adjustment | (113) | ||||||||||
| Net interest revenue | $ | (3,150) |
1 Changes attributable to both volume and yield/rate are allocated to both volume and yield/rate on an equal basis.
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Other Operating Revenue
2021 Other Operating Revenue
Other operating revenue was $755.8 million for 2021, a decrease of $86.5 million or 10% compared to 2020. Brokerage and trading revenue decreased largely due to a shift from fee revenue to net interest revenue and narrowing margins. Mortgage production revenue was negatively impacted by a decline in mortgage production volumes and margin compression. Other gains, net increased $57.7 million due to sales of an alternative investment and repossessed assets.
Table 3 – Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2021 vs. 2020 | 2021 vs. 2020 | Year Ended December 31, | 2020 vs. 2019 | 2020 vs. 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2019 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 112,989 | $ | 221,833 | $ | (108,844) | (49) | % | $ | 159,826 | $ | 62,007 | 39 | % | |||||||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 96,983 | 90,182 | 6,801 | 8 | % | 87,216 | 2,966 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 178,274 | 167,445 | 10,829 | 6 | % | 177,025 | (9,580) | (5) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 104,217 | 96,805 | 7,412 | 8 | % | 112,485 | (15,680) | (14) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 105,896 | 182,360 | (76,464) | (42) | % | 107,541 | 74,819 | 70 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other revenue | 69,950 | 51,695 | 18,255 | 35 | % | 58,108 | (6,413) | (11) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total fees and commissions revenue | 668,309 | 810,320 | (142,011) | (18) | % | 702,201 | 108,119 | 15 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other gains, net | 63,742 | 6,046 | 57,696 | N/A | 10,214 | (4,168) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivatives, net | (19,378) | 42,320 | (61,698) | N/A | 14,951 | 27,369 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | (2,239) | 53,248 | (55,487) | N/A | 15,787 | 37,461 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 41,637 | (79,524) | 121,161 | N/A | (53,517) | (26,007) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on available for sale securities, net | 3,704 | 9,910 | (6,206) | N/A | 5,597 | 4,313 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | $ | 755,775 | $ | 842,320 | (86,545) | (10) | % | $ | 695,233 | $ | 147,087 | 21 | % |
Fees and commissions revenue
Diversified sources of fees and commissions revenue are a significant part of our business strategy and represented 37% of total revenue for 2021, excluding provision for credit losses, gains and losses on securities and derivatives, other gains and losses and the change in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights. We believe that a variety of fee revenue sources provides an offset to changes in interest rates, values in the equity markets, commodity prices and consumer spending, all of which can be volatile. As an example of this strength, many of the economic factors such as rising interest rates resulting in growth in net interest revenue or fiduciary and asset management revenue may also decrease mortgage banking production volumes and related trading. We expect growth in other operating revenue to come through offering new products and services and by further development of our presence in other markets. However, current and future economic conditions, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory constraints, increased competition and saturation in our existing markets could affect the rate of future increases.
Brokerage and trading revenue, which includes revenues from trading, customer hedging, retail brokerage and investment banking, decreased $108.8 million or 49% compared to the prior year.
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Trading revenue includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses primarily related to sales of residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and related derivative instruments that enable our mortgage-banking customers to manage their production risk. Trading revenue also includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses on municipal securities, asset-backed securities and other financial instruments that we sell to institutional customers, along with changes in the fair value of financial instruments we hold as economic hedges against market risk of our trading securities. Trading revenue was $27.6 million for 2021, a decrease of $116.7 million compared to 2020, due to a shift from fee revenue to net interest revenue on trading securities, combined with increased market volatility. See additional discussion in "Lines of Business" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis.
Customer hedging revenue is based primarily on realized and unrealized changes in the fair value of derivative contracts held for customer risk management programs. As more fully discussed under Customer Derivative Programs in Note 3 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, we offer commodity, interest rate, foreign exchange and equity derivatives to our customers. Derivative contracts executed with customers are offset with contracts between selected counterparties and exchanges to minimize market risk from changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates. Customer hedging revenue totaled $20.4 million for 2021, a decrease of $2.3 million or 10% compared to 2020, primarily attributed to our energy customers.
Revenue earned from retail brokerage transactions totaled $18.8 million for 2021, an increase of $3.1 million or 20% over 2020. Retail brokerage revenue is primarily based on fees and commissions earned on sales of fixed income securities, annuities, mutual funds and other financial instruments to retail customers. Revenue is primarily based on the volume of customer transactions and applicable commission rate for each type of product.
Insurance brokerage fees were $11.8 million for 2021, consistent with the prior year.
Investment banking, which includes fees earned upon completion of underwriting, financial advisory services and loan syndication fees, totaled $34.4 million for 2021, an increase of $8.0 million or 30% compared to 2020, related to the timing and volume of commercial loan syndication fees.
Transaction card revenue depends largely on the volume and amount of transactions processed, the number of TransFund automated teller machine (“ATM”) locations and the number of merchants served. Transaction card revenue totaled $97.0 million for 2021, a $6.8 million or 8% increase over 2020. Revenues from the processing of transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund electronic funds transfer ("EFT") network totaled $80.1 million, up $1.8 million or 2% over 2020. The number of TransFund ATM locations totaled 2,593 at December 31, 2021 compared to 2,599 at December 31, 2020. Corporate card revenue totaled $5.0 million, up $2.4 million or 93% over 2020 due to increased transactions from the broader reopening of the economy. Merchant services fees paid by customers for account management and electronic processing of card transactions totaled $11.9 million, an increase of $2.6 million or 28% over the prior year.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue is earned through managing or holding of assets for customers and executing transactions or providing related services. Approximately 90% of fiduciary and asset management revenue is primarily based on the fair value of assets. Rates applied to those asset values vary based on the nature of the relationship. Fiduciary and managed asset relationships generally have a higher fee rate than non-fiduciary and/or managed relationships.
Fiduciary and asset management revenue increased $10.8 million or 6% compared to 2020. An increase in trust and managed account fees from higher client asset balances was partially offset by a decrease in mutual fund fees as the low rate environment has put pressure on our mutual fund revenue streams. We also had approximately $11.7 million in fee waivers during 2021 compared to approximately $5.6 million in fee waivers during 2020. We have voluntarily waived certain administration fees on the Cavanal Hill money market funds in order to maintain positive yields on these funds in the current low short-term interest rate environment.
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A distribution of assets under management or administration and related fiduciary and asset management revenue follows:
Table 4 -- Assets Under Management or Administration
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance | Revenue1 | Margin2 | Balance | Revenue1 | Margin2 | Balance | Revenue1 | Margin2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managed fiduciary assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal | $ | 12,739,289 | $ | 110,052 | 0.86 | % | $ | 11,172,457 | $ | 96,094 | 0.86 | % | $ | 10,441,048 | $ | 99,850 | 0.96 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Institutional | 17,477,280 | 29,286 | 0.17 | % | 15,364,387 | 26,555 | 0.17 | % | 13,485,300 | 21,143 | 0.16 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total managed fiduciary assets | 30,216,569 | 139,338 | 0.46 | % | 26,536,844 | 122,649 | 0.46 | % | 23,926,348 | 120,993 | 0.51 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-managed assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiduciary | 34,320,264 | 28,645 | 0.08 | % | 28,949,648 | 38,899 | 0.13 | % | 24,923,807 | 47,272 | 0.19 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-fiduciary | 20,253,072 | 10,291 | 0.05 | % | 18,599,156 | 5,897 | 0.03 | % | 17,752,566 | 8,760 | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Safekeeping and brokerage assets under administration | 20,127,816 | — | — | % | 17,506,599 | — | — | % | 16,138,240 | — | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total non-managed assets | 74,701,152 | 38,936 | 0.05 | % | 65,055,403 | 44,796 | 0.07 | % | 58,814,613 | 56,032 | 0.10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets under management or administration | $ | 104,917,721 | $ | 178,274 | 0.17 | % | $ | 91,592,247 | $ | 167,445 | 0.18 | % | $ | 82,740,961 | $ | 177,025 | 0.21 | % |
1 Fiduciary and asset management revenue includes asset-based and other fees associated with the assets.
2 Revenue divided by period-end balance.
A summary of changes in assets under management or administration for the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 follows:
Table 5 -- Changes in Assets Under Management or Administration
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 91,592,247 | $ | 82,740,961 | $ | 76,279,777 | |||||
| Net inflows (outflows) | 4,786,237 | 1,859,868 | (257,531) | ||||||||
| Net change in fair value | 8,539,237 | 6,991,418 | 6,718,715 | ||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 104,917,721 | $ | 91,592,247 | $ | 82,740,961 |
Assets under management as of December 31, 2021 consist of 41% fixed income, 38% equities, 14% cash and 7% alternative investments. Net inflows to assets under management increased during 2021 as new financial institution client relationships were gained and existing clients added to their asset balances.
Deposit service charges and fees totaled $104.2 million for 2021, a $7.4 million or 8% increase over 2020. Service charges earned primarily on commercial deposit accounts totaled $54.4 million, a $5.9 million or 12% increase over the previous year. Decreases in the earnings credit rates caused by the low interest rate environment resulted in higher service charges. Check card revenue totaled $23.7 million, up $2.4 million or 11% over 2020 due to increased volume. Overdraft fees earned primarily on consumer deposit accounts totaled $21.6 million for 2021, unchanged from 2020.
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Mortgage banking revenue totaled $105.9 million for 2021, a $76.5 million or 42% decrease compared to 2020. Mortgage production revenue decreased $65.1 million. Production volume was down $1.4 billion and production revenue as a percentage of production volume also decreased 83 basis points to 2.33%. Mortgage servicing revenue was $45.2 million, an $11.3 million decrease compared to the prior year. The average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others totaled $15.4 billion at December 31, 2021, a $3.0 billion decrease compared to December 31, 2020, largely due to a decline in mortgage loan production attributable to industry-wide housing inventory constraints and overall market conditions. During the fourth quarter of 2021, we completed an acquisition of mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $2.0 billion.
Table 6 – Mortgage Banking Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Mortgage production revenue | $ | 60,712 | $ | 125,848 | $ | 42,720 | ||||
| Mortgage loans funded for sale | $ | 2,818,789 | $ | 3,764,112 | $ | 2,973,291 | ||||
| Add: Current year end outstanding commitments | 171,412 | 380,637 | 158,460 | |||||||
| Less: Prior year end outstanding commitments | 380,637 | 158,460 | 160,848 | |||||||
| Total mortgage production volume | 2,609,564 | 3,986,289 | 2,970,903 | |||||||
| Production revenue as a percentage of production volume | 2.33 | % | 3.16 | % | 1.44 | % | ||||
| Realized margin on funded mortgage loans | 2.15 | % | 3.34 | % | 1.44 | % | ||||
| Mortgage loan refinances to mortgage loans funded for sale | 58 | % | 58 | % | 44 | % | ||||
| Primary mortgage interest rates: | ||||||||||
| Average | 2.96 | % | 3.10 | % | 3.94 | % | ||||
| Period end | 3.11 | % | 2.67 | % | 3.74 | % | ||||
| Mortgage servicing revenue | $ | 45,184 | $ | 56,512 | $ | 64,821 | ||||
| Average outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for others | 15,404,548 | 18,422,210 | 21,257,462 | |||||||
| Average mortgage servicing fee rates | 0.29 | % | 0.31 | % | 0.30 | % |
Primary rates disclosed in Table 6 above represent rates generally available to borrowers on 30 year conforming mortgage loans.
Other revenue totaled $70.0 million for 2021, an increase of $18.3 million or 35% over 2020, primarily due to higher production revenue from repossessed oil and gas properties; however, this was partially offset by increased operating expenses on these properties.
Other gains, net and net gains on securities and derivatives
Other gains, net increased $57.7 million compared to 2020. The sale of an alternative investment resulted in a $31.1 million gain, net of non-controlling interest. A $14.1 million gain realized on the sale of an equity interest received as part of the workout of a defaulted energy loan was partially offset by a $5.2 million loss on the extinguishment of subordinated debentures.
As discussed in the Market Risk section following, the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs") changes in response to changes in primary mortgage loan rates and other assumptions. We attempt to mitigate the earnings volatility caused by changes in the fair value of MSRs by designating certain financial instruments as an economic hedge. Changes in the fair value of these instruments are generally expected to partially offset changes in the fair value of MSRs.
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Table 7 – Gain (Loss) on Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net of Economic Hedge
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Gain (loss) on mortgage hedge derivative contracts, net | $ | (19,632) | $ | 42,096 | $ | 14,589 | ||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | (2,239) | 53,248 | 15,787 | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on economic hedge of mortgage servicing rights | (21,871) | 95,344 | 30,376 | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 41,637 | (79,524) | (53,517) | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on changes in fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges included in other operating revenue | 19,766 | 15,820 | (23,141) | |||||||
| Net interest revenue on fair value option securities1 | 1,279 | 9,085 | 5,214 | |||||||
| Total economic benefit (cost) of changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges | $ | 21,045 | $ | 24,905 | $ | (17,927) |
1 Actual interest earned on fair value option securities less internal transfer-priced cost of funds.
Fourth Quarter 2021 Other Operating Revenue
Table 8 – Fourth Quarter 2021 Other Operating Revenue
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Brokerage and trading revenue | $ | 14,869 | $ | 47,930 | $ | (33,061) | (69) | % | ||||||
| Transaction card revenue | 24,998 | 24,632 | 366 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Fiduciary and asset management revenue | 46,872 | 45,248 | 1,624 | 4 | % | |||||||||
| Deposit service charges and fees | 26,718 | 27,429 | (711) | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking revenue | 21,278 | 26,286 | (5,008) | (19) | % | |||||||||
| Other revenue | 11,586 | 18,896 | (7,310) | (39) | % | |||||||||
| Total fees and commissions revenue | 146,321 | 190,421 | (44,100) | (23) | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 6,081 | 31,091 | (25,010) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Loss on derivatives, net | (4,788) | (5,760) | 972 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on fair value option securities, net | 1,418 | (120) | 1,538 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 7,859 | 12,945 | (5,086) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain on available for sale securities, net | 552 | 1,255 | (703) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Total other operating revenue | 157,443 | 229,832 | (72,389) | (31) | % |
Other operating revenue was $157.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, a $72.4 million or 31% decrease compared to the third quarter of 2021.
Brokerage and trading revenue decreased $33.1 million to $14.9 million. Uncertainty around tapering by the Federal Reserve combined with year-end balance sheet management and concerns over yield curve steepening, resulted in decreased transaction activity and tighter margins for trading activities in the market. These factors combined to decrease trading revenue by $37.3 million. Customer hedging revenue increased $2.2 million, primarily attributed to energy customers. Investment banking revenue increased $2.6 million, largely due to the timing and increase of syndication activity.
Mortgage banking revenue was $21.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of $5.0 million compared to the third quarter of 2021 due to lower production volume combined with narrowing margins. Mortgage loan production volumes were $501 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to $615 million in the third quarter of 2021. Production revenue as a percentage of production volume, which includes unrealized gains and losses on our mortgage commitment pipeline and related hedges, decreased 50 basis points to 2.00%.
Other revenue decreased $7.3 million as a result of lower operating revenue from repossessed oil and gas assets due to the sale of a property, which was largely offset by a reduction of expenses on the same property.
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Other gains, net, decreased $25.0 million compared to the prior quarter. The third quarter of 2021 included a $31.1 million gain on the sale of an alternative investment, which was partially offset by a $5.2 million loss on the extinguishment of subordinated debentures and a $3.9 million loss on the sale of a repossessed oil and gas asset.
2020 Other Operating Revenue
Other operating revenue totaled $842.3 million for 2020, an increase of $147.1 million or 21% compared to 2019. Lower mortgage interest rates during 2020 increased both mortgage loan production and related trading activities.
Brokerage and trading revenue for 2020 increased $62.0 million compared to 2019. Trading revenue increased $55.7 million over 2019. Customer hedging revenue increased $3.8 million compared to 2019 as energy customers increased hedging activity in the volatile commodity price environment. Insurance brokerage fees decreased $1.2 million compared to 2019. Investment banking revenue increased $4.1 million related to the timing and volume of completed transactions.
Transaction card revenue grew by $3.0 million over 2019, primarily due to growth in transaction volumes. Fiduciary and asset management revenue decreased $9.6 million compared to 2019. The low rate environment put pressure on our mutual fund revenue streams, partially offset by increased trust and managed account fees from higher client asset balances. Deposits service charges and fees decreased $15.7 million due to lower overdraft fee volumes.
Mortgage banking revenue increased by $74.8 million over 2019. Lower mortgage interest rates led to an increase in mortgage loan production.
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Other Operating Expense
2021 Other Operating Expense
Other operating expense for 2021 totaled $1.2 billion, a $13.4 million or 1% increase over the prior year. Personnel expense increased $6.9 million or 1%. Non-personnel expense increased $6.5 million or 1%.
Table 9 – Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | 2021 vs. 2020 | 2021 vs. 2020 | Year Ended December 31, | 2020 vs. 2019 | 2020 vs. 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | 2019 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 384,808 | $ | 390,282 | $ | (5,474) | (1) | % | $ | 395,902 | $ | (5,620) | (1) | % | |||||||||||
| Incentive compensation: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 187,974 | 183,868 | 4,106 | 2 | % | 143,317 | 40,551 | 28 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 13,246 | 18,228 | (4,982) | (27) | % | 16,753 | 1,475 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 9,789 | 8,401 | 1,388 | 17 | % | 8,711 | (310) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 211,009 | 210,497 | 512 | — | % | 168,781 | 41,716 | 25 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Employee benefits | 99,565 | 87,695 | 11,870 | 14 | % | 95,882 | (8,187) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 695,382 | 688,474 | 6,908 | 1 | % | 660,565 | 27,909 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Business promotion | 16,289 | 14,511 | 1,778 | 12 | % | 35,662 | (21,151) | (59) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | 9,000 | 9,000 | — | — | % | 3,000 | 6,000 | 200 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 50,906 | 53,437 | (2,531) | (5) | % | 54,861 | (1,424) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 108,587 | 112,722 | (4,135) | (4) | % | 110,275 | 2,447 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Insurance | 15,881 | 19,990 | (4,109) | (21) | % | 20,906 | (916) | (4) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Data processing & communications | 151,614 | 135,497 | 16,117 | 12 | % | 124,983 | 10,514 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 14,218 | 15,061 | (843) | (6) | % | 16,517 | (1,456) | (9) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 18,311 | 20,443 | (2,132) | (10) | % | 20,618 | (175) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 42,698 | 56,711 | (14,013) | (25) | % | 50,685 | 6,026 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other expense | 54,822 | 38,462 | 16,360 | 43 | % | 35,172 | 3,290 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total other operating expense | $ | 1,177,708 | $ | 1,164,308 | $ | 13,400 | 1 | % | $ | 1,133,244 | $ | 31,064 | 3 | % | |||||||||||
| Average number of employees (full-time equivalent) | 4,816 | 5,011 | (195) | (4) | % | 5,155 | (144) | (3) | % |
Personnel expense
Personnel expense increased $6.9 million in 2021. Employee benefits expense increased $11.9 million or 14%, largely due to increased employee healthcare costs. Healthcare costs in 2020 were unusually low due to limitations placed on non-essential procedures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cash-based incentive compensation plans, which are either intended to provide current rewards to employees who generate long-term business opportunities for the Company based on growth in loans, deposits, customer relationships and other measurable metrics or intended to compensate employees with commissions on completed transactions, grew $4.1 million or 2% over 2020, primarily related to incentives on trading activity. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $5.5 million or 1% in regular compensation expense and lower share-based compensation expense which decreased $5.0 million or 27% based on changes in assumptions of certain performance-based equity awards.
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Non-personnel expense
Non-personnel expense increased $6.5 million or 1% over the prior year.
Other expense increased $16.4 million or 43%, primarily due to increased operating expense on repossessed assets; however, this was offset by increased operating revenue on these properties. Data processing and communications expense increased $16.1 million or 12%, largely due to technology project costs. These expense increases were partially offset by a decrease of $14.0 million or 25% in mortgage banking costs, primarily due to lower accruals related to default servicing and loss mitigation costs on loans serviced for others, combined with a decrease in prepayments. Occupancy and equipment expense decreased $4.1 million or 4%, as the prior year included impairment of two leases. Expense associated with FDIC insurance decreased $4.1 million or 21% as the Company's risk profile and liquidity improved.
Fourth Quarter 2021 Operating Expenses
Table 10 – Fourth Quarter 2021 Other Operating Expense
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Regular compensation | $ | 95,708 | $ | 95,808 | $ | (100) | — | % | ||||||
| Incentive compensation: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash-based compensation | 45,610 | 54,437 | (8,827) | (16) | % | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 7,153 | 1,272 | 5,881 | 462 | % | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation | 2,071 | 1,549 | 522 | 34 | % | |||||||||
| Total incentive compensation | 54,834 | 57,258 | (2,424) | (4) | % | |||||||||
| Employee benefits | 23,932 | 22,797 | 1,135 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Total personnel expense | 174,474 | 175,863 | (1,389) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Business promotion | 6,452 | 4,939 | 1,513 | 31 | % | |||||||||
| Charitable contributions to BOKF Foundation | 5,000 | — | 5,000 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Professional fees and services | 14,129 | 12,436 | 1,693 | 14 | % | |||||||||
| Net occupancy and equipment | 26,897 | 28,395 | (1,498) | (5) | % | |||||||||
| Insurance | 3,889 | 3,712 | 177 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Data processing & communications | 39,358 | 38,371 | 987 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 2,935 | 3,558 | (623) | (18) | % | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 4,438 | 4,488 | (50) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Mortgage banking costs | 8,667 | 8,962 | (295) | (3) | % | |||||||||
| Other expense | 13,256 | 10,553 | 2,703 | 26 | % | |||||||||
| Total other operating expense | 299,495 | 291,277 | 8,218 | 3 | % |
Other operating expense for the fourth quarter of 2021 totaled $299.5 million, an increase of $8.2 million or 3% over the third quarter of 2021.
Personnel expense decreased $1.4 million or 1% compared to the third quarter of 2021. Cash-based incentive compensation plans, which are either intended to provide current rewards to employees who generate long-term business opportunities for the Company based on growth in loans, deposits, customer relationships and other measurable metrics or intended to compensate employees with commissions on completed transactions, decreased $8.8 million or 16%, primarily due to reduced trading volumes. Share-based compensation expense, which represents expense for equity awards based on the grant date fair value, increased $5.9 million or 462% due to changes in vesting assumptions related to performance-based share awards.
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Non-personnel expense increased $9.6 million or 8% compared to the third quarter of 2021. The fourth quarter of 2021 included a $5.0 million charitable donation to the BOKF Foundation as we continue to focus on the communities we serve and the extreme need created by the pandemic. Smaller increases in business promotion costs, professional fees and services expense, and other expense supplemented the overall increase in non-personnel expense.
2020 Operating Expenses
Other operating expense totaled $1.2 billion for 2020, a $31.1 million or 3% increase over 2019. CoBiz added $17.2 million in integration costs in 2019. The fluctuation discussion below excludes these costs.
Personnel expense increased $30.8 million in 2020. Cash based incentive compensation grew $41.6 million over 2019, largely related to growth in mortgage-backed securities trading activities. This increase was partially offset by lower employee benefits costs of $7.2 million, largely related to decreased employee healthcare costs.
Non-personnel expense increased $17.5 million or 4% over 2019. Data processing and communications expense increased $12.5 million due to technology project costs. Occupancy and equipment expense increased $6.4 million, largely due to increased cleaning costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as increased depreciation costs. Mortgage banking costs increased $6.0 million, primarily due to an increase in prepayments and accruals related to default servicing and loss mitigation costs on loans serviced for others. Charitable contributions to the BOKF Foundation increased $6.0 million as we focus on the communities we serve and the extreme need created by the pandemic. Professional fees increased $5.0 million. Business promotion costs, consisting largely of travel and entertainment and advertising costs, were down $19.5 million, primarily due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense was $179.8 million or 22.6% of net income before taxes for 2021, $128.8 million or 22.8% of net income before taxes for 2020 and $130.2 million or 20.6% of net income before taxes for 2019.
Net deferred tax assets totaled $34.5 million at December 31, 2021 compared to net deferred tax liabilities of $9.5 million at December 31, 2020. We have evaluated the recoverability of our deferred tax assets based on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible and determined that no valuation allowance was required in 2021 or 2020.
Income tax expense was $34.8 million or 22.9% of net income before taxes for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $54.1 million or 22.4% of net income before taxes for the third quarter of 2021.
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Lines of Business
We operate three principal lines of business: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking and Wealth Management. Commercial Banking includes lending, treasury and cash management services and customer risk management products for small businesses, middle market and larger commercial customers. Commercial Banking also includes the TransFund EFT network. Consumer Banking includes retail lending and deposit services, lending and deposit services to small business customers served through our consumer branch network and all mortgage loan origination and servicing activities. Wealth Management provides fiduciary services, private bank services, insurance and investment advisory services in all markets. Wealth Management also underwrites state and municipal securities and engages in brokerage and trading activities.
In addition to our lines of business, we have a Funds Management unit. The primary purpose of this unit is to manage our overall liquidity needs and interest rate risk. Each line of business borrows funds from and provides funds to the Funds Management unit as needed to support their operations. Operating results for Funds Management and other include the effect of interest rate risk positions and risk management activities, securities gains and losses including impairment charges, the provision for credit losses in excess of net loans charged off, tax planning strategies and certain executive compensation costs that are not attributed to the lines of business. The Funds Management unit also initially recognizes accruals for loss contingencies when losses become probable. Actual losses are recognized by the lines of business if the accruals are settled.
We allocate resources and evaluate the performance of our lines of business using the net direct contribution, which includes the allocation of funds and capital costs. Credit costs are attributed to the lines of business based on net loans charged off or recovered. The difference between credit costs attributed to the lines of business and the consolidated provision for credit losses is attributed to Funds Management. In addition, we measure the performance of our business lines after allocations of certain indirect expenses and taxes based on statutory rates.
The cost of funds borrowed from the Funds Management unit by the operating lines of business is transfer priced at rates that approximate market rates for funds with similar repricing and cash flow characteristics. Market rates are generally based on the applicable wholesale borrowing rates or interest rate swap rates, adjusted for prepayment risk and liquidity risk. This method of transfer-pricing funds that support assets of the operating lines of business tends to insulate them from interest rate risk.
The value of funds provided by the operating lines of business to the Funds Management unit is also based on rates that approximate wholesale market rates for funds with similar repricing and cash flow characteristics. Market rates are generally based on a proxy of wholesale borrowing rates or interest rate swap rates. The funds credit formula applied to deposit products with indeterminate maturities is established based on their repricing characteristics reflected in a combination of the short-term wholesale funding rate and a moving average of an intermediate term swap rate, with an appropriate spread applied to both. Shorter duration products are weighted towards the short term wholesale funding rates and longer duration products are weighted towards the intermediate swap rates. The expected duration ranges from 30 days for certain rate-sensitive deposits to five years. In order to appropriately reflect the organizational value of these deposits to the lines of business, methodology adjustments are made each January that attribute more or less deposit credit value to the business lines dependent upon historical and forward-looking interest rate expectations, with the offset to Funds Management and other. During 2019, short-term rates moved down materially, which was reflected in the funding credit to the business lines beginning in January, 2020. Those funding credits continued their downward trend in 2021 as a result of the sustained low-rate environment.
Economic capital is assigned to the business units by a capital allocation model that reflects management’s assessment of risk. This model assigns capital based upon credit, operating, interest rate and other market risk inherent in our business lines and recognizes the diversification benefits among the units. The level of assigned economic capital is a combination of the risk taken by each business line, based on its actual exposures and calibrated to its own loss history where possible. Average invested capital includes economic capital and amounts we have invested in the lines of business.
As shown in Table 11 following, net income attributable to our lines of business decreased $49.9 million or 10% compared to the prior year. Net interest revenue was consistent with the prior year as increased interest revenue from trading activities was offset by a decrease resulting from reduced average loan balances in 2021. Net charge-offs decreased $37.2 million compared to the prior year. Other operating revenue decreased $95.2 million largely due to a shift from fee revenue to net interest revenue and a decrease in mortgage banking revenues. An increase in other gains (losses), net, primarily from the $31.1 million gain recognized on the sale of an alternative investment, positively impacted other operating revenue. Other operating expense decreased $3.9 million compared to prior year, largely due to decreased compensation costs. The increase in net income attributed to Funds Management and other is largely due to release of provision during 2021 for expected credit losses over net charge-offs.
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Table 11 – Net Income by Line of Business
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 328,516 | $ | 306,005 | $ | 374,806 | ||||
| Consumer Banking | 27,643 | 97,974 | 60,193 | |||||||
| Wealth Management | 113,550 | 115,614 | 95,331 | |||||||
| Subtotal | 469,709 | 519,593 | 530,330 | |||||||
| Funds Management and other | 148,412 | (84,563) | (29,572) | |||||||
| Total | $ | 618,121 | $ | 435,030 | $ | 500,758 |
2021 Commercial Banking
Commercial Banking contributed $328.5 million to consolidated net income in 2021, an increase of $22.5 million or 7% compared to prior year. Other gains, net increased $35.1 million, primarily from the gain recognized on the sale of a merchant banking alternative investment in the third quarter of 2021.
Table 12 – Commercial Banking
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 606,902 | $ | 714,932 | $ | 919,148 | ||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (71,167) | (126,444) | (242,907) | |||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 535,735 | 588,488 | 676,241 | |||||||
| Net loans charged off | 31,128 | 69,475 | 39,011 | |||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 504,607 | 519,013 | 637,230 | |||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 227,081 | 187,119 | 168,667 | |||||||
| Other gains, net | 35,321 | 242 | 1,745 | |||||||
| Other operating revenue | 262,402 | 187,361 | 170,412 | |||||||
| Personnel expense | 168,285 | 159,165 | 163,106 | |||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 112,804 | 99,738 | 89,353 | |||||||
| Other operating expense | 281,089 | 258,903 | 252,459 | |||||||
| Net direct contribution | 485,920 | 447,471 | 555,183 | |||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | 154 | 193 | 106 | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on repossessed assets, net | 13,001 | (2,677) | 331 | |||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 49,941 | 24,862 | 43,055 | |||||||
| Income before taxes | 449,134 | 420,125 | 512,565 | |||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 120,618 | 114,120 | 137,759 | |||||||
| Net income | $ | 328,516 | $ | 306,005 | $ | 374,806 | ||||
| Average assets | $ | 28,536,881 | $ | 26,994,075 | $ | 22,807,589 | ||||
| Average loans | 16,853,006 | 18,711,372 | 18,090,224 | |||||||
| Average deposits | 17,659,695 | 14,319,729 | 10,319,677 | |||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,082,488 | 2,220,177 | 2,218,013 |
Net interest revenue decreased $52.8 million or 9% compared to the prior year, primarily due to reduced loan balances and lower yields on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit as the value of deposits was impacted by falling interest rates. Net loans charged-off decreased $38.3 million.
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Fees and commissions revenue increased $40.0 million or 21%. Production revenue from repossessed oil and gas properties increased $17.1 million. Syndication fees increased $7.7 million due to the timing and volume of completed transactions during the year. The remaining increase was due to growth in revenues from the processing of transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund EFT network and deposit service charges and fees.
Operating expense increased $22.2 million or 9% over 2020. Personnel expense increased $9.1 million or 6%, primarily due to incentive compensation costs. Non-personnel expense increased $13.1 million or 13%, primarily due to increased operating expenses on repossessed oil and gas properties. Corporate expense allocations increased $25.1 million or 101% compared to the prior year, largely due to credits received in 2020 related to PPP loan originations.
The average outstanding balance of loans attributed to Commercial Banking decreased $1.9 billion or 10% compared to 2020 to $16.9 billion, primarily due to purposeful deleveraging by our customers. See the Loans section of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition following for additional discussion of changes in commercial and commercial real estate loans, which are primarily attributed to the Commercial Banking segment.
Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $17.7 billion for 2021, a $3.3 billion or 23% increase over the prior year. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital for further discussion of change.
Fourth Quarter 2021 Commercial Banking
Table 13 - Commercial Banking - Fourth Quarter 2021
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 148,948 | $ | 150,211 | $ | (1,263) | (1) | % | ||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | (8,225) | (16,107) | 7,882 | (49) | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 140,723 | 134,104 | 6,619 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off (recovered) | (1,933) | 2,807 | (4,740) | (169) | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off (recovered) | 142,656 | 131,297 | 11,359 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 57,414 | 56,452 | 962 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Other gains, net | 629 | 36,059 | (35,430) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 58,043 | 92,511 | (34,468) | (37) | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 47,242 | 41,942 | 5,300 | 13 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 27,217 | 26,359 | 858 | 3 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 74,459 | 68,301 | 6,158 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 126,240 | 155,507 | (29,267) | (19) | % | |||||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | 43 | 44 | (1) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on repossessed assets, net | 646 | (3,945) | 4,591 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 12,926 | 11,769 | 1,157 | 10 | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 114,003 | 139,837 | (25,834) | (18) | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 30,489 | 37,143 | (6,654) | (18) | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 83,514 | $ | 102,694 | $ | (19,180) | (19) | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 29,451,007 | $ | 28,474,132 | $ | 976,875 | 3 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 16,334,695 | 16,588,875 | (254,180) | (2) | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 19,537,285 | 17,881,673 | 1,655,612 | 9 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 2,021,214 | 2,038,519 | (17,305) | (1) | % |
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Commercial Banking contributed $83.5 million to consolidated net income in the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of $19.2 million compared to the third quarter of 2021. The prior quarter included a pre-tax gain of $31.1 million from the sale of an alternative investment. Net interest revenue increased $6.6 million over the third quarter of 2021, largely driven by increased deposit balances and improved spreads, partially offset by a $5.3 million increase in personnel expense.
2020 Commercial Banking
Commercial Banking contributed $306.0 million to consolidated net income in 2020, a decrease of $68.8 million or 18% compared to 2019. Net interest revenue decreased $87.8 million or 13% as yields on deposits sold to the Funds Management unit decreased as the value of deposits was impacted by falling interest rates. Net loans charged-off increased $30.5 million.
Fees and commissions revenue increased $18.5 million or 11% due to growth in customer energy hedging revenue and an increase in revenues from processing transactions on behalf of the members of our TransFund EFT network.
Operating expense increased $6.4 million or 3%, over 2019. Non-personnel expense increased $10.4 million or 12%. Increases in data processing and communications expense, occupancy and equipment expense, intangible amortization and deposit insurance costs were partially offset by a decrease in business promotion expense. Personnel expense decreased $3.9 million or 2%. A decrease in incentive compensation costs was partially offset by an increase in regular compensation. Corporate expense allocations decreased $18.2 million or 42% compared to the prior year.
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2021 Consumer Banking
Consumer Banking services are provided through four primary distribution channels: traditional branches, the 24-hour ExpressBank call center, Internet banking and mobile banking. Consumer Banking also conducts mortgage banking activities through offices located outside of our Consumer Banking markets.
Net income attributed to Consumer Banking totaled $27.6 million for 2021, compared to $98.0 million in the prior year, largely due to lower mortgage loan production volumes and compression of margins.
Table 14 – Consumer Banking
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 67,856 | $ | 78,004 | $ | 99,679 | ||||
| Net interest revenue from internal sources | 35,671 | 69,000 | 95,775 | |||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 103,527 | 147,004 | 195,454 | |||||||
| Net loans charged off | 4,009 | 2,805 | 6,271 | |||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 99,518 | 144,199 | 189,183 | |||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 173,364 | 245,554 | 187,996 | |||||||
| Other losses, net | (23) | (1,835) | (496) | |||||||
| Other operating revenue | 173,341 | 243,719 | 187,500 | |||||||
| Personnel expense | 85,989 | 91,903 | 93,006 | |||||||
| Other non-personnel expense | 123,607 | 138,499 | 133,340 | |||||||
| Total other operating expense | 209,596 | 230,402 | 226,346 | |||||||
| Net direct contribution | 63,263 | 157,516 | 150,337 | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net | (21,871) | 95,344 | 30,375 | |||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 41,637 | (79,524) | (53,517) | |||||||
| Gain on repossessed assets, net | 85 | 276 | 496 | |||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 46,010 | 42,155 | 46,926 | |||||||
| Net income before taxes | 37,104 | 131,457 | 80,765 | |||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 9,461 | 33,483 | 20,572 | |||||||
| Net income | $ | 27,643 | $ | 97,974 | $ | 60,193 | ||||
| Average assets | $ | 10,029,687 | $ | 9,842,114 | $ | 9,301,341 | ||||
| Average loans | 1,769,384 | 1,764,682 | 1,762,915 | |||||||
| Average deposits | 8,439,577 | 7,599,937 | 6,876,676 | |||||||
| Average invested capital | 250,554 | 259,333 | 294,923 |
Net interest revenue from Consumer Banking activities decreased by $43.5 million or 30% compared to 2020, primarily due to a decrease in the yield on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit. Average consumer deposits grew $840 million with interest-bearing transaction deposit balances increasing $429 million or 13% and demand deposit balances up by $390 million or 15%.
Fees and commissions revenue decreased $72.2 million or 29% compared to the prior year due to lower mortgage loan production volume combined with narrowing margins. Mortgage production volume decreased $1.4 billion or 35% and production revenue as a percentage of production volume, which includes unrealized gains and losses on our mortgage commitment pipeline and related hedges, decreased 83 basis points to 2.33%. Operating expense decreased $20.8 million or 9% compared to 2020, due to lower mortgage banking costs and compensation expense. Corporate expense allocations increased $3.9 million or 9% compared to the prior year.
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Changes in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights, net of economic hedges, as more fully presented in Table 7, resulted in a $19.8 million increase to pre-tax net income for 2021 compared to a $15.8 million increase to pre-tax net income in 2020.
Fourth Quarter 2021 Consumer Banking
Table 15 - Consumer Banking - Fourth Quarter 2021
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 16,650 | $ | 16,967 | $ | (317) | (2) | % | ||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | 13,735 | 10,255 | 3,480 | 34 | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 30,385 | 27,222 | 3,163 | 12 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans charged off | 1,198 | 928 | 270 | 29 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans charged off | 29,187 | 26,294 | 2,893 | 11 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 38,944 | 44,405 | (5,461) | (12) | % | |||||||||
| Other losses, net | — | (4) | 4 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 38,944 | 44,401 | (5,457) | (12) | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 21,689 | 21,284 | 405 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 30,347 | 28,199 | 2,148 | 8 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 52,036 | 49,483 | 2,553 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 16,095 | 21,212 | (5,117) | (24) | % | |||||||||
| Loss on financial instruments, net | (3,444) | (5,949) | 2,505 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights | 7,859 | 12,945 | (5,086) | N/A | ||||||||||
| Gain on repossessed assets, net | 44 | — | 44 | N/A | ||||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 11,420 | 11,516 | (96) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 9,134 | 16,692 | (7,558) | (45) | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 2,324 | 4,260 | (1,936) | (45) | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 6,810 | $ | 12,432 | $ | (5,622) | (45) | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 9,898,751 | $ | 9,813,757 | $ | 84,994 | 1 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 10,186,797 | 10,083,593 | 103,204 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 8,682,437 | 8,516,942 | 165,495 | 2 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 249,446 | 242,319 | 7,127 | 3 | % |
Consumer Banking contributed $6.8 million to net income in the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of $5.6 million compared to the third quarter of 2021. Net interest revenue increased $3.2 million mainly due to increased deposit balances and improved spreads. Fees and commissions revenue decreased $5.5 million primarily due to normal seasonality in mortgage loan production volume and margin compression. Other operating expense increased $2.6 million over the third quarter of 2021, due to increases in professional fees and other expenses.
2020 Consumer Banking
Net income attributed to Consumer Banking totaled $98.0 million for 2020, compared to $60.2 million in 2019. Net interest revenue decreased $48.5 million or 25%, primarily due to a decrease in the yield on deposits sold to our Funds Management unit. Fees and commissions revenue increased $57.6 million or 31% over 2019. Lower mortgage interest rates increased mortgage loan origination volumes by $1.0 billion or 34% and production revenue as a percentage of production volume increased 172 basis points due to industry-wide capacity constraints. Deposit service charges decreased $15.4 million or 24% as we proactively waived certain fees and the pandemic resulted in customers retaining cash and not maintaining the usual level of spending. Operating expense increased $4.1 million or 2% over 2019 as an increase in mortgage banking costs was largely offset by lower business promotion expenses.
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2021 Wealth Management
Wealth Management contributed $113.6 million to consolidated net income in 2021, a decrease of $2.1 million or 2% compared to record earnings in the prior year.
Table 16 – Wealth Management
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 214,458 | $ | 130,818 | $ | 61,277 | ||||
| Net interest revenue from internal sources | (386) | (13,528) | 38,815 | |||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 214,072 | 117,290 | 100,092 | |||||||
| Net loans recovered | (223) | (209) | (308) | |||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans recovered | 214,295 | 117,499 | 100,400 | |||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 298,765 | 399,229 | 341,333 | |||||||
| Other gains (losses), net | 197 | (395) | 56 | |||||||
| Other operating revenue | 298,962 | 398,834 | 341,389 | |||||||
| Personnel expense | 233,808 | 243,461 | 201,368 | |||||||
| Other non-personnel expense | 86,549 | 82,166 | 75,899 | |||||||
| Other operating expense | 320,357 | 325,627 | 277,267 | |||||||
| Net direct contribution | 192,900 | 190,706 | 164,522 | |||||||
| Gain on financial instruments, net | — | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 40,301 | 35,331 | 36,239 | |||||||
| Net income before taxes | 152,599 | 155,379 | 128,285 | |||||||
| Federal and state income tax | 39,049 | 39,765 | 32,954 | |||||||
| Net income | $ | 113,550 | $ | 115,614 | $ | 95,331 | ||||
| Average assets | $ | 19,425,475 | $ | 15,695,646 | $ | 10,204,426 | ||||
| Average loans | 1,981,159 | 1,758,226 | 1,609,464 | |||||||
| Average deposits | 9,426,771 | 8,676,047 | 6,447,987 | |||||||
| Average invested capital | 310,627 | 300,860 | 274,599 |
Combined net interest revenue and fees and commission revenue attributed to the Wealth Management segment totaled $512.8 million for 2021, largely unchanged from the previous year. Revenue, primarily from U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading activity, decreased $10.8 million due to narrowing margins, which was completely offset by increased fiduciary and asset management revenue. Growth in trust fees and managed account fees as a result of growth in assets under management and administration was partially offset by lower mutual fund fees and increased waivers.
Average Wealth Management loans grew by $223 million or 13% to $2.0 billion. Average deposits attributed to Wealth Management increased $751 million or 9% to $9.4 billion in 2021, led by growth in interest-bearing transaction deposits.
Operating expense decreased $5.3 million or 2% compared to the prior year. Personnel expense decreased $9.7 million or 4% primarily related to incentive compensation as a result of lower trading revenue. Non-personnel expense increased $4.4 million or 5% over 2020 largely due to technology project costs. Corporate expense allocations increased $5.0 million or 14% over the prior year.
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Fourth Quarter 2021 Wealth Management
Table 17 - Wealth Management - Fourth Quarter 2021
(Dollars in thousands)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Increase (Decrease) | % Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||
| Net interest revenue from external sources | $ | 57,239 | $ | 55,697 | $ | 1,542 | 3 | % | ||||||
| Net interest expense from internal sources | 990 | (501) | 1,491 | (298) | % | |||||||||
| Total net interest revenue | 58,229 | 55,196 | 3,033 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Net loans recovered | (71) | (70) | (1) | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue after net loans recovered | 58,300 | 55,266 | 3,034 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Fees and commissions revenue | 56,275 | 97,966 | (41,691) | (43) | % | |||||||||
| Other losses, net | (472) | (78) | (394) | 505 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating revenue | 55,803 | 97,888 | (42,085) | (43) | % | |||||||||
| Personnel expense | 51,871 | 65,802 | (13,931) | (21) | % | |||||||||
| Non-personnel expense | 23,076 | 21,615 | 1,461 | 7 | % | |||||||||
| Other operating expense | 74,947 | 87,417 | (12,470) | (14) | % | |||||||||
| Net direct contribution | 39,156 | 65,737 | (26,581) | (40) | % | |||||||||
| Corporate expense allocations | 9,971 | 10,101 | (130) | (1) | % | |||||||||
| Income before taxes | 29,185 | 55,636 | (26,451) | (48) | % | |||||||||
| Federal and state income taxes | 7,485 | 14,230 | (6,745) | (47) | % | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,700 | $ | 41,406 | $ | (19,706) | (48) | % | ||||||
| Average assets | $ | 20,725,903 | $ | 19,109,704 | $ | 1,616,199 | 8 | % | ||||||
| Average loans | 2,065,261 | 1,971,380 | 93,881 | 5 | % | |||||||||
| Average deposits | 9,194,019 | 9,120,446 | 73,573 | 1 | % | |||||||||
| Average invested capital | 309,038 | 310,414 | (1,376) | — | % |
Wealth Management contributed $21.7 million to net income in the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of $19.7 million compared to the third quarter of 2021. Combined net interest and fee revenue totaled $114.5 million, a decrease of $38.7 million compared to prior quarter. Uncertainty around tapering by the Federal Reserve combined with year-end balance sheet management and concerns over yield curve steepening, resulted in decreased transaction activity and tighter margins. Operating expense decreased $12.5 million, primarily due to incentive compensation costs related to reduced trading activity.
2020 Wealth Management
Wealth Management contributed $115.6 million to consolidated net income in 2020, up $20.3 million or 21% over 2019. Revenue attributed to the Wealth Management segment totaled $516.5 million for 2020, a $75.1 million or 17% increase over the previous year. Demand for mortgage loans and related derivative contracts increased significantly due to a decrease in mortgage interest rates that began in early 2020 and continued throughout the year. We expanded trading activities that provide liquidity to our mortgage banking customers and enable them to manage their market risk. Growth in transaction volumes resulted in an $89.7 million increase in combined net interest revenue and trading revenue.
Growth in total revenue from expanded trading activities was partially offset by decreased net interest revenue generated by deposits sold to our Funds Management unit and loans attributed to the Wealth Management segment, and fiduciary and asset management fees. Both were negatively affected by the low short-term interest rate environment.
Operating expense increased $48.4 million or 17% over 2019. Personnel expense increased $42.1 million or 21%, primarily related to incentive compensation as a result of higher trading activity. Non-personnel expense increased $6.3 million or 8% over 2019.
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Financial Condition
Securities
We maintain a securities portfolio to enhance profitability, manage interest rate risk, provide liquidity and comply with regulatory requirements. Securities are classified as trading, held for investment, or available for sale. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the composition of the securities portfolio as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
We hold an inventory of trading securities in support of sales to a variety of customers, including banks, corporations, insurance companies, money managers and others. Trading securities totaled $9.1 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase of $4.4 billion compared to December 31, 2020. Our trading portfolio expanded during 2021 in order to provide greater liquidity in the housing market during a time of record mortgage loan production volumes and to meet demand of our growing institutional customer base. Inventory levels were elevated at December 31, 2021 as many investors moved to the sidelines on the news of the upcoming taper by the Federal Reserve, year-end balance sheet management and concerns over yield curve steepening. As discussed in the Market Risk section of this report, trading activities involve risk of loss from adverse price movement. We mitigate this risk within board-approved value-at-risk limits through the use of derivative contracts, short-sales and other techniques. These limits remain relatively unchanged from levels set before our expanded trading activities.
Investment securities consist primarily of intermediate and long-term, fixed rate Oklahoma and Texas municipal bonds and taxable Texas school construction bonds. The investment security portfolio is diversified among issuers.
Available for sale securities, which may be sold prior to maturity, are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains or losses, net of deferred taxes, are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity. The amortized cost of available for sale securities totaled $13.1 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase of $455 million compared to December 31, 2020. Available for sale securities consist primarily of U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities and U.S. government agency commercial mortgage-backed securities. Both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities have credit risk from delinquency or default of the underlying loans. We mitigate this risk by primarily investing in securities issued by U.S. government agencies. Principal and interest payments on the underlying loans are fully guaranteed. Commercial mortgage-backed securities have prepayment penalties similar to commercial loans. At December 31, 2021, residential mortgage-backed securities represented 61% of total available for sale securities.
A primary risk of holding residential mortgage-backed securities comes from extension during periods of rising interest rates or prepayment during periods of falling interest rates. We evaluate this risk through extensive modeling of risk both before making an investment and throughout the life of the security. Our best estimate of the effective duration of the combined residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio held in investment and available for sale securities portfolios at December 31, 2021 is 3.1 years. Management estimates the combined portfolios' duration extends to 4.2 years assuming an immediate 200 basis point upward shock. The estimated duration contracts to 2.1 years assuming a 100 basis point decline in the current low rate environment.
The aggregate gross amount of unrealized losses on available for sale securities totaled $114 million at December 31, 2021, a $105 million increase compared to December 31, 2020. On a quarterly basis, we perform an evaluation on debt securities to determine if the unrealized losses are temporary as more fully described in Note 2 of the Consolidated Financial Statements. No credit impairment of available for sale securities was identified in 2021.
Certain residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies and included in Fair value option securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets have been segregated and designated as economic hedges of changes in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights. We have elected to carry these securities at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in current period income. These securities are held with the intent that gains or losses will offset changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related derivative contracts. Fair value option securities totaled $44 million, a decrease of $71 million. See Market Risk section for further details.
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Bank-Owned Life Insurance
We have approximately $406 million of bank-owned life insurance at December 31, 2021. This investment is expected to provide a long-term source of earnings to support existing employee benefit programs. Approximately $313 million is held in separate accounts. Our separate account holdings are invested in diversified portfolios of investment-grade fixed income securities and cash equivalents, including U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, residential mortgage-backed securities, corporate debt, asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The portfolios are managed by unaffiliated professional managers within parameters established in the portfolio’s investment guidelines. The cash surrender value of certain life insurance policies is further supported by a stable value wrap, which protects against changes in the fair value of the investments. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of investments held in separate accounts was approximately $323 million. As the underlying fair value of the investments held in a separate account at December 31, 2021 exceeded the net book value of the investments, no cash surrender value was supported by the stable value wrap. The stable value wrap is provided by a domestic financial institution. The remaining cash surrender value of $93 million primarily represents the cash surrender value of policies held in general accounts and other amounts due from various insurance companies.
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Loans
The aggregate loan portfolio before allowance for loan losses totaled $20.2 billion at December 31, 2021, a decrease of $2.8 billion compared to December 31, 2020, primarily due to a decrease in PPP loan balances and paydowns of energy and commercial real estate loans.
Table 18 – Loans
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Commercial: | |||||||
| Healthcare | $ | 3,414,940 | $ | 3,305,990 | |||
| Services | 3,367,193 | 3,508,583 | |||||
| Energy | 3,006,884 | 3,469,194 | |||||
| General business | 2,717,448 | 2,793,768 | |||||
| Total commercial | 12,506,465 | 13,077,535 | |||||
| Commercial real estate: | |||||||
| Office | 1,040,963 | 1,085,257 | |||||
| Multifamily | 786,404 | 1,328,045 | |||||
| Industrial | 766,125 | 810,510 | |||||
| Retail | 679,917 | 796,223 | |||||
| Residential construction and land development | 120,016 | 119,394 | |||||
| Other commercial real estate | 437,900 | 559,109 | |||||
| Total commercial real estate | 3,831,325 | 4,698,538 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 276,341 | 1,682,310 | |||||
| Loans to individuals: | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 1,722,170 | 1,863,003 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 354,173 | 408,687 | |||||
| Personal | 1,515,206 | 1,277,447 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 3,591,549 | 3,549,137 | |||||
| Total | $ | 20,205,680 | $ | 23,007,520 |
Commercial
Commercial loans represent loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchases of equipment and other needs of commercial customers primarily located within our geographical footprint. Commercial loans are underwritten individually and represent ongoing relationships based on a thorough knowledge of the customer, the customer’s industry and market. While commercial loans are generally secured by the customer’s assets including real property, inventory, accounts receivable, operating equipment, interests in mineral rights and other property and may also include personal guarantees of the owners and related parties, the primary source of repayment of the loans is the on-going cash flow from operations of the customer’s business. Inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with commercial lending policies.
Commercial loans totaled $12.5 billion or 62% of the loan portfolio at December 31, 2021, decreasing $571 million or 4% compared to December 31, 2020 primarily related to paydowns of energy loan balances. Services and general business loans also decreased, partially offset by growth in healthcare sector loans.
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Approximately 77% of loans in this segment are located within our geographic footprint, based on collateral location. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans and reserve-based energy loans are categorized by the borrower's primary operating location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside of our footprint is California, totaling 4% of the segment.
Supporting the energy industry with loans to producers and other energy-related entities has been a hallmark of the Company since its founding and represents a large portion of our commercial loan portfolio. In addition, energy production and related industries have a significant impact on the economy in our primary markets. Loans collateralized by oil and gas properties are subject to a semi-annual engineering review by our internal staff of petroleum engineers. This review is used as the basis for developing the expected cash flows supporting the loan amount. The projected cash flows are discounted according to risk characteristics of the underlying oil and gas properties. Loans are evaluated to demonstrate with reasonable certainty that crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids can be recovered from known oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions at current pricing levels and with existing conventional equipment and operating methods and costs. As part of our evaluation of credit quality, we analyze rigorous stress tests over a range of commodity prices and take proactive steps to mitigate risk when appropriate.
Outstanding energy loans totaled $3.0 billion or 15% of total loans at December 31, 2021. Approximately $2.2 billion or 73% of energy loans were to oil and gas producers, a $435 million decrease compared to December 31, 2020. The majority of this portfolio is first lien, senior secured, reserve-based lending, which we believe is the lowest risk form of energy lending. Approximately 67% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing oil and 33% of the committed production loans are secured by properties primarily producing natural gas.
Loans to midstream oil and gas companies totaled $646 million or 21% of energy loans, a decrease of $54 million compared to the prior year. Loans to borrowers that provide services to the energy industry totaled $142 million or 5% of energy loans, a $33 million increase during 2021. Loans to other energy borrowers, including those engaged in wholesale or retail energy sales totaled $30 million or 1% of energy loans, a $5.7 million decrease from the prior year.
Unfunded energy loan commitments were $3.0 billion at December 31, 2021, up $569 million over December 31, 2020. While utilization levels remain low, this provides ample capacity for growth from our current customer base.
The healthcare sector of the loan portfolio totaled $3.4 billion or 17% of total loans. Healthcare loans increased $109 million over December 31, 2020, primarily due to growth in loans to senior housing and care facilities. Healthcare sector loans consist primarily of loans for the development and operation of senior housing and care facilities, including independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. Generally we loan to borrowers with a portfolio of multiple facilities that serves to help diversify risks specific to a single facility.
The services sector of the loan portfolio decreased $141 million to $3.4 billion or 17% of total loans. Service sector loans consist of a large number of loans to a variety of businesses, including Native American tribal and state and local governments, Native American tribal casino operations, foundations and not-for-profit organizations, educational services and specialty trade contractors. Approximately $1.7 billion of the services category is made up of loans with individual balances of less than $10 million. Service sector loans are generally secured by the assets of the borrower with repayment coming from the cash flows of ongoing operations of the customer’s business.
General business loans decreased $76 million to $2.7 billion or 13% of total loans. General business loans primarily consist of $1.4 billion of wholesale/retail loans and $1.3 billion of loans from other commercial industries.
We participate in shared national credits when appropriate to obtain or maintain business relationships with local customers. Shared national credits are defined by banking regulators as credits of more than $100 million and with three or more non-affiliated banks as participants. At December 31, 2021, the outstanding principal balance of these loans totaled $3.8 billion, including $1.7 billion in the energy sector. Approximately 84% of shared national credits are to borrowers with local market relationships. We serve as the agent lender in approximately 24% of our shared national credits, based on dollars committed. We hold shared national credits to the same standard of analysis and perform the same level of review as internally originated credits. Our lending policies generally avoid loans in which we do not have the opportunity to maintain or achieve other business relationships with the customer. In addition to management’s quarterly assessment of credit risk, banking regulators annually review a sample of shared national credits for proper risk grading.
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Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate represents loans for the construction of buildings or other improvements to real estate and property held by borrowers for investment purposes generally within our geographical footprint. We require collateral values in excess of the loan amounts, demonstrated cash flows in excess of expected debt service requirements, equity investment in the project and a portion of the project already sold, leased or permanent financing already secured. The expected cash flows from all significant new or renewed income producing property commitments are stress tested to reflect the risks in varying interest rates, vacancy rates and rental rates. As with commercial loans, inherent lending risks are centrally monitored on a continuous basis from underwriting throughout the life of the loan for compliance with applicable lending policies.
The commercial real estate loan balance as a percentage of our total loan portfolio has historically ranged from 20% to 25%. The outstanding balance of commercial real estate loans decreased $867 million compared to 2020. Borrowers continued to refinance to long-term, non-recourse markets in this low interest rate environment as markets became more open in 2021. Loans secured by multifamily real estate decreased $542 million or 41%. Other real estate loans decreased $121 million or 22%. Loans secured by retail facilities decreased $116 million or 15%. Loans secured by office buildings decreased $44 million or 4% and loans secured by industrial facilities decreased $44 million or 5%.
Approximately 71% of loans in this segment are in our geographic footprint based on collateral location. The largest concentration of loans in this segment outside our footprint is Utah, totaling 9% of the segment. All other states represent less than 5% individually.
Paycheck Protection Program
We participated in programs initiated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"), including the Small Business Administration's ("SBA") Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") that began on April 3, 2020. PPP provided fully forgivable loans when utilized for qualified expenditures, including to help small business maintain payrolls during the COVID-19 pandemic. These loans generally have a contractual term of two years, though most are expected to be forgiven prior to maturity after completion of a compliance period. Loans are guaranteed and amounts forgiven will be reimbursed to the Company by the SBA. The loans carry a rate of 1%. Interest plus loan fees, which vary depending on loan size, are accrued over the contractual life of the loan. Any unaccreted origination fees will be recognized when the loan is paid. The pace of forgiveness activity for the initial rounds of PPP loans was slower than initially anticipated. At December 31, 2021, approximately $39 million of PPP loans from the initial rounds remain outstanding, with an insignificant unaccreted origination fee balance remaining.
The Company also participated in the most recent round of PPP in 2021. Approximately $237 million of PPP loans from this round remain outstanding. The newest round of loans have a fixed interest rate of 1% and a contractual term of five years, but are expected to be forgiven prior to maturity. Unaccreted origination fees related to the 2021 vintage of PPP loans totaled $7.5 million at December 31, 2021.
Loans to Individuals
Loans to individuals include residential mortgage and personal loans. Residential mortgage loans provide funds for our customers to purchase or refinance their primary residence or to borrow against the equity in their home. These loans are secured by a first or second mortgage on the customer's primary residence. These loans are made in accordance with underwriting policies we believe to be conservative and are fully documented. Loans may be individually underwritten or credit scored based on size and other criteria. Credit scoring is assessed based on significant credit characteristics including credit history, residential and employment stability.
In general, we sell the majority of our conforming fixed rate loan originations in the secondary market and retain the majority of our non-conforming and adjustable-rate mortgage loans. Our mortgage loan portfolio does not include payment option adjustable rate mortgage loans or adjustable rate mortgage loans with initial rates that are below market. Home equity loans are primarily first-lien and fully amortizing.
Residential mortgage, which includes home equity loans, and personal loans are made in accordance with underwriting policies we believe to be conservative and are fully documented. Loans may be individually underwritten or credit scored based on size and other criteria. Credit scoring is assessed based on significant credit characteristics including credit history, residential and employment stability.
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Personal loans consist primarily of loans to Wealth Management clients secured by the cash surrender value of insurance policies and marketable securities. It also includes direct loans secured by and for the purchase of automobiles, recreational and marine equipment as well as unsecured loans. Personal loans grew by $238 million or 19%.
Approximately 91% of the loans in this segment are secured by collateral located within our geographical footprint. Loans for which the collateral location is less relevant, such as unsecured loans are categorized by the borrower’s primary operating location.
Residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies have limited credit exposure because of the agency guarantee. This amount includes residential mortgage loans previously sold into GNMA mortgage pools that the Company may repurchase when certain defined delinquency criteria are met. Because of this repurchase right, the Company is deemed to have regained effective control over these loans and must include them on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies decreased $55 million compared to December 31, 2020. As loans exited forbearance and delinquencies cured, many of these loan met GNMA requirements to be resold into GNMA mortgage pools.
The Company secondarily evaluates loan portfolio performance based on the primary geographical market managing the loan. Loans attributed to a geographical market may not represent the location of the borrower or the collateral. All permanent mortgage loans serviced by our mortgage banking unit and held for investment by the Company are centrally managed by the Oklahoma market.
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Table 19 – Loans Managed by Primary Geographical Market
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Commercial | $ | 6,068,700 | $ | 5,926,534 | |||
| Commercial real estate | 1,253,439 | 1,519,217 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 81,654 | 501,079 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 942,982 | 855,410 | |||||
| Total Texas | 8,346,775 | 8,802,240 | |||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Commercial | 2,633,014 | 3,144,782 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 546,021 | 597,733 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 69,817 | 413,108 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 2,024,404 | 2,052,784 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 5,273,256 | 6,208,407 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Commercial | 1,936,149 | 1,929,320 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 470,937 | 879,648 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 82,781 | 377,111 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 256,533 | 264,295 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 2,746,400 | 3,450,374 | |||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Commercial | 1,130,798 | 1,219,072 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 674,309 | 726,111 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 21,594 | 211,725 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 186,528 | 177,948 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 2,013,229 | 2,334,856 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Commercial | 338,697 | 455,914 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 382,761 | 366,821 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 4,718 | 56,011 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 110,889 | 105,995 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 837,065 | 984,741 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Commercial | 306,964 | 303,833 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 442,128 | 473,204 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 13,510 | 109,881 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 63,930 | 75,665 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 826,532 | 962,583 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Commercial | 92,143 | 98,080 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 61,730 | 135,804 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | 2,267 | 13,395 | |||||
| Loans to individuals | 6,283 | 17,040 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 162,423 | 264,319 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial loans | $ | 20,205,680 | $ | 23,007,520 |
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Table 20 – Loan Maturity and Interest Rate Sensitivity at December 31, 2021
(In thousands)
| Remaining Maturities of Selected Loans | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5 - 15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 12,506,465 | $ | 2,308,134 | $ | 8,180,566 | $ | 1,924,275 | $ | 93,490 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 3,831,325 | 1,187,686 | 2,314,303 | 307,062 | 22,274 | ||||||||||||||
| Paycheck protection program | 276,341 | 35,989 | 240,352 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Loans to individuals | 3,591,549 | 543,644 | 912,965 | 771,208 | 1,363,732 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 20,205,680 | $ | 4,075,453 | $ | 11,648,186 | $ | 3,002,545 | $ | 1,479,496 | |||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Predetermined interest rates | $ | 6,507,283 | $ | 263,902 | $ | 2,674,422 | $ | 2,418,355 | $ | 1,150,604 | |||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 13,698,397 | 3,811,551 | 8,973,764 | 584,190 | 328,892 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 20,205,680 | $ | 4,075,453 | $ | 11,648,186 | $ | 3,002,545 | $ | 1,479,496 |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments
We enter into certain off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of business as shown in Table 21. Loan commitments may be unconditional obligations to provide financing or conditional obligations that depend on the borrower’s financial condition, collateral value or other factors. Standby letters of credit are unconditional commitments to guarantee the performance of our customer to a third party. Since some of these commitments are expected to expire before being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
We have off-balance sheet commitments related to certain residential mortgage loans sold into mortgage-backed securities as part of our mortgage banking activities. We retain off-balance sheet credit risk related to losses in excess of amounts guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs ("VA").
We also have off-balance sheet credit risk related to certain residential mortgage loans primarily originated under community development loan programs that were sold to a U.S. government agency with full recourse prior to 2007. We are obligated to repurchase these loans for the life of these loans in the event of foreclosure for the unpaid principal and interest at the time of foreclosure. The majority of our conforming fixed rate loan originations are sold in the secondary market and we only retain repurchase obligations under standard underwriting representations and warranties.
Table 21 – Off-Balance Sheet Credit Commitments
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Loan commitments | $ | 12,471,482 | $ | 10,967,546 | |||
| Standby letters of credit | 699,743 | 764,886 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans sold with recourse | 54,619 | 73,055 | |||||
| Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans transferred into mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs | 1,095,877 | 1,442,504 |
Customer Derivative Programs
We offer programs that permit our customers to hedge various risks, including fluctuations in energy, cattle and other agricultural product prices, interest rates and foreign exchange rates. Each of these programs work essentially the same way. Derivative contracts are executed between the customers and the Company. Offsetting contracts are executed between the Company and selected counterparties or exchanges to minimize market risk to us from changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates. The counterparty contracts are identical to the customer contracts, except for a fixed pricing spread or a fee paid to us as compensation for administrative costs, credit risk and profit.
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The customer derivative programs create credit risk for potential amounts due to the Company from our customers and from the counterparties. Customer credit risk is monitored through existing credit policies and procedures. The effects of changes in commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates are evaluated across a range of possible options to determine the maximum exposure we are willing to have individually to any customer. Customers may also be required to provide cash margin or other collateral in conjunction with our credit agreements to further limit our credit risk.
Counterparty credit risk is evaluated through existing policies and procedures. This evaluation considers the total relationship between BOK Financial and each of the counterparties. Individual limits are established by management, approved by Credit Administration and reviewed by the Asset/Liability Committee. Margin collateral is required if the exposure between the Company and any counterparty exceeds established limits. Based on declines in the counterparties’ credit ratings, these limits may be reduced and additional margin collateral may be required.
A deterioration of the credit standing of one or more of the customers or counterparties to these contracts may result in BOK Financial recognizing a loss as the fair value of the affected contracts may no longer move in tandem with the offsetting contracts. This occurs if the credit standing of the customer or counterparty deteriorated such that either the fair value of underlying collateral no longer supports the contract or the customer or counterparty’s ability to provide margin collateral was impaired. Credit losses on customer derivatives reduce brokerage and trading revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Derivative contracts are carried at fair value. At December 31, 2021, the net fair values of derivative contracts, before consideration of cash margin, reported as assets under these programs totaled $1.1 billion compared to $625 million at December 31, 2020. Derivative contracts carried as assets include energy contracts with fair values of $793 million, foreign exchange contracts with fair values of $215 million and interest rate swaps primarily sold to loan customers with fair values of $44 million. Before consideration of cash margin paid to counterparties, the aggregate net fair values of derivative contracts held under these programs reported as liabilities totaled $1.1 billion.
At December 31, 2021, total derivative assets were reduced by $242 thousand of cash collateral received from counterparties and total derivative liabilities were reduced by $837 million of cash collateral paid to counterparties related to instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting agreement.
A table showing the notional and fair value of derivative assets and liabilities on both a gross and net basis is presented in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The fair value of derivative contracts reported as assets under these programs, net of cash margin held by the Company, by category of debtor at December 31, 2021 follows in Table 22.
Table 22 – Fair Value of Derivative Contracts
(In thousands)
| Customers | $ | 917,987 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks and other financial institutions | 134,193 | ||
| Fair value of customer hedge asset derivative contracts, net | $ | 1,052,180 |
The largest exposure to a single counterparty was to a customer for an energy swap which totaled $61 million at December 31, 2021.
Our customer derivative program also introduces liquidity and capital risk. We are required to provide cash margin to certain counterparties when the net negative fair value of the contracts exceeds established limits. Also, changes in commodity prices affect the amount of regulatory capital we are required to hold as support for the fair value of our derivative assets. These risks are modeled as part of the management of these programs. Based on current prices, a decrease in market prices equal to the equivalent of $33.38 per barrel of oil would decrease the fair value of derivative assets by $388 million, with dealer counterparties comprising the bulk of the assets. An increase in prices equal to the equivalent of $91.03 per barrel of oil would increase the fair value of derivative assets by $447 million. Liquidity requirements of this program are also affected by our credit rating. A decrease in credit rating to below investment grade would increase our obligation to post cash margin on existing contracts by approximately $10 million. The fair value of our to-be-announced residential mortgage-backed securities and interest rate swap derivative contracts is affected by changes in interest rates. Based on our assessment as of December 31, 2021, changes in interest rates would not materially impact regulatory capital or liquidity needed to support this portion of our customer derivative program.
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Summary of Credit Loss Experience
Table 23 – Summary of Loan Loss Experience
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | PPP | Individual | Nonspecific Allowance | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 254,934 | $ | 86,558 | $ | — | $ | 47,148 | $ | — | $ | 388,640 | |||||||||||
| Provision for loan losses | (59,326) | (26,522) | — | (9,354) | — | (95,202) | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans charged off | (43,956) | (2,485) | — | (4,910) | — | (51,351) | |||||||||||||||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged off | 10,404 | 1,002 | — | 2,928 | — | 14,334 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 162,056 | $ | 58,553 | $ | — | $ | 35,812 | $ | — | $ | 256,421 | |||||||||||
| Allowance for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 14,422 | $ | 20,571 | $ | — | $ | 1,928 | $ | — | $ | 36,921 | |||||||||||
| Provision for off-balance sheet credit risk | (610) | (3,129) | — | (205) | — | (3,944) | |||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 13,812 | $ | 17,442 | $ | — | $ | 1,723 | $ | — | $ | 32,977 | |||||||||||
| Outstanding loans | $ | 12,506,465 | $ | 3,831,325 | $ | 276,341 | $ | 3,591,549 | $ | — | $ | 20,205,680 | |||||||||||
| % of outstanding loans1 | 61.90 | % | 18.96 | % | 1.37 | % | 17.77 | % | — | % | 100.00 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | $ | 13,304,596 | $ | 4,075,831 | $ | 293,976 | $ | 3,820,753 | $ | — | $ | 21,495,156 | |||||||||||
| Provision for loan losses to average loans | (0.45) | % | (0.65) | % | — | % | (0.24) | % | — | % | (0.44) | % | |||||||||||
| Net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans | 0.25 | % | 0.04 | % | — | % | 0.05 | % | — | % | 0.17 | % | |||||||||||
| Recoveries to gross charge-offs | 23.67 | % | 40.32 | % | — | % | 59.63 | % | — | % | 27.91 | % | |||||||||||
| Accrual for unfunded loan commitments to loan commitments | 0.15 | % | 0.92 | % | — | % | 0.12 | % | — | % | 0.26 | % | |||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding at period-end | 1.30 | % | 1.53 | % | — | % | 1.00 | % | — | % | 1.27 | % | |||||||||||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to loans outstanding at period-end | 1.41 | % | 1.98 | % | — | % | 1.05 | % | — | % | 1.43 | % |
1 Represents ratio of loan category balance to total loans.
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Table 23 – Summary of Loan Loss Experience (continued)
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | PPP | Individual | Nonspecific Allowance | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 118,187 | $ | 51,805 | $ | — | $ | 23,572 | $ | 17,195 | $ | 210,759 | |||||||||||
| CECL transition adjustment1 | 33,681 | (4,620) | — | 13,943 | (17,195) | 25,809 | |||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance, adjusted | 151,868 | 47,185 | — | 37,515 | — | 236,568 | |||||||||||||||||
| Provision for loan losses | 171,800 | 40,407 | — | 10,253 | — | 222,460 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans charged off | (73,370) | (1,300) | — | (4,729) | — | (79,399) | |||||||||||||||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged off | 4,636 | 266 | — | 4,109 | — | 9,011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 254,934 | $ | 86,558 | $ | — | $ | 47,148 | $ | — | $ | 388,640 | |||||||||||
| Allowance for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 1,434 | $ | 107 | $ | — | $ | 44 | $ | — | $ | 1,585 | |||||||||||
| Transition adjustment | 10,144 | 11,660 | — | 1,748 | — | 23,552 | |||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance, adjusted | 11,578 | 11,767 | — | 1,792 | — | 25,137 | |||||||||||||||||
| Provision for off-balance sheet credit risk | 2,844 | 8,804 | — | 136 | — | 11,784 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 14,422 | $ | 20,571 | $ | — | $ | 1,928 | $ | — | $ | 36,921 | |||||||||||
| Outstanding loans | $ | 13,077,535 | $ | 4,698,538 | $ | 1,682,310 | $ | 3,549,137 | $ | — | $ | 23,007,520 | |||||||||||
| % of outstanding loans2 | 56.84 | % | 20.42 | % | 7.31 | % | 15.43 | % | — | % | 100.00 | % | |||||||||||
| Average loans | $ | 13,301,869 | $ | 4,779,138 | $ | 1,711,169 | $ | 3,610,019 | $ | — | $ | 23,402,195 | |||||||||||
| Provision for loan losses to average loans | 1.29 | % | 0.85 | % | — | % | 0.28 | % | — | % | 0.95 | % | |||||||||||
| Net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans | 0.52 | % | 0.02 | % | — | % | 0.02 | % | — | % | 0.30 | % | |||||||||||
| Recoveries to gross charge-offs | 6.32 | % | 20.46 | % | — | % | 86.89 | % | — | % | 11.35 | % | |||||||||||
| Accrual for unfunded loan commitments to loan commitments | 0.17 | % | 1.46 | % | — | % | 0.15 | % | — | % | 0.34 | % | |||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to loans outstanding at period-end | 1.95 | % | 1.84 | % | — | % | 1.33 | % | — | % | 1.69 | % | |||||||||||
| Combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments to loans outstanding at period-end | 2.06 | % | 2.28 | % | — | % | 1.38 | % | — | % | 1.85 | % |
1 The Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Assets Measured at Amortized Cost ("CECL") on January 1, 2020. The transition adjustment included $1.3 million related to measurement changes to the allowance attributed to outstanding loan balances and $24.5 million related to recognition of expected credit losses on acquired loans.
2 Represents ratio of loan category balance to total loans.
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Allowance for Loan Losses and Accrual for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk from Unfunded Loan Commitments
Expected credit losses on assets carried at amortized cost are recognized over their expected lives based on models that measure the probability of default and loss given default over a 12-month reasonable and supportable forecast period. Models incorporate base case, downside, and upside macroeconomic variables such as real gross domestic product ("GDP") growth, civilian unemployment rate and West Texas Intermediate ("WTI") oil prices on a probability weighted basis. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of methodology of allowance for loan losses.
A $100.0 million negative provision for credit losses was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily related to a $90.1 million decrease in the allowance for credit losses related to lending activities from improvements in our reasonable and supportable forecasts of macroeconomic variables influenced by the anticipated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic developments. Throughout 2021, energy commodity prices strengthened and stabilized and the outlook of growth in GDP and the labor markets improved. Changes in the loan portfolio characteristics, primarily from net recoveries and changes in specific impairment, improving credit quality metrics and lower loan balances resulted in a $9.0 million decrease in the allowance for credit losses related to lending activities during the year.
We recorded a $17.0 million negative provision for credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2021. Changes in our reasonable and supportable forecasts of macroeconomic variables, primarily due to continued strength in commodity prices and an outlook for moderate growth in GDP and the labor markets resulted in a $12.6 million decrease in the allowance for credit losses related to lending activities. Changes in the loan portfolio characteristics, primarily from net recoveries and changes in specific impairment, improving credit quality metrics and lower loan balances resulted in a $4.7 million decrease in the allowance for credit losses related to lending activities.
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Our reasonable and supportable forecast of macroeconomic variables is significantly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic developments and related government stimulus policies, which remain highly uncertain. A summary of macroeconomic variables considered in developing our estimate of expected credit losses at December 31, 2021 follows:
| Base | Downside | Upside | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario probability weighting | 65% | 25% | 10% |
| COVID-19 trajectory | COVID-19 case levels increase due to the Omicron and Delta variants during the winter months, though global virus immunity continues to become more widespread and remains effective against severe virus outcomes. | New COVID-19 variants such as the Omicron and Delta variants continue to emerge and spread rapidly in areas of the country with lower vaccination rates as the U.S. enters the winter months. The severity of the situation is compounded by uncertainty around vaccine durability and many states/regions are forced to reinstate restrictions. | COVID-19 case levels increase due to the Omicron and Delta variants during the winter months, though global virus immunity continues to become more widespread and remains effective against severe virus outcomes. |
| Economic recovery (driven by COVID-19 trajectory) | Elevated consumer consumption and the need for inventory restocking is expected to result in GDP growth consistent with pre-pandemic levels. Labor force participants will continue to re-enter the job market to help meet record job openings. This increase in employment helps maintain household income above its pre-pandemic trend and prevents a sharp drop-off in spending. | Monetary policy remains accommodative, though there is a lack of Congressional support for additional fiscal stimulus. This results in a relatively mild recession with conditions beginning to improve in the late summer of 2022. | Elevated consumer consumption and the need for inventory restocking is expected to result in GDP growth consistent with pre-pandemic levels. Labor force participants will continue to re-enter the job market to help meet record job openings. This increase in employment helps maintain household income above its pre-pandemic trend and prevents a sharp drop-off in spending. |
| Macro-economic factors | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 2.9% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.0% in the first quarter of 2022 improving to 3.7% by the fourth quarter of 2022.–The Federal Reserve completes the tapering of their bond purchases in March 2022 and one federal funds rate increase in 2022.–WTI oil prices are projected to generally follow the NYMEX forward curve that existed at the end of December 2021 and are expected to average $68.75 per barrel over the next 12 months. | –GDP is forecasted to slow to 1.0% in the first quarter of 2022, contract in the second and third quarters of 2022 and return to 1.0% growth in the fourth quarter of 2022.–Civilian unemployment rate of 5.0% in the first quarter of 2022 worsens to 6.0% by the fourth quarter of 2022.–WTI oil prices are projected to fall modestly in the first through third quarters of 2022, then recover in the fourth quarter of 2022. WTI oil prices average $54.23 per barrel over the next 12 months. | –GDP is forecasted to grow by 4.0% over the next 12 months.–Civilian unemployment rate of 4.0% in the first quarter of 2022 improving to 3.4% by the fourth quarter of 2022.–The Federal Reserve completes the tapering of their bond purchases in March 2022 and there are two federal funds rate increases in 2022.–WTI oil prices are projected to average $75.40 per barrel over the next 12 months. |
Net charge-offs and changes in specific impairments attributed to certain credits required a $20.9 million provision during 2021 while improvements in risk grading during the year resulted in a $10.9 million decrease in allowance for credit losses related to lending activities. Changes in outstanding loan balances resulted in a $20.9 million decrease in the allowance for credit losses. A summary of outstanding loan balances by risk grade is included in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Non-pass grade loans include other loans especially mentioned, defined by regulatory guidelines as loans that are currently performing in compliance with original terms but may have a potential weakness that deserves management’s close attention, accruing substandard loans, and nonaccruing loans. Non-pass grade loans totaled $456 million at December 31, 2021, composed primarily of $144 million or 5% of energy loans, $79 million or 2% of commercial healthcare loans, $73 million or 2% of commercial services loans, $67 million or 2% of commercial real estate loans and $46 million or 2% of commercial general business loans. Non-pass grade loans totaled $1.0 billion at December 31, 2020.
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The allowance for loan losses totaled $256 million or 1.27% of outstanding loans and 213% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2021, excluding residential mortgage loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $289 million or 1.43% of outstanding loans and 241% of nonaccruing loans at December 31, 2021. Excluding PPP loans, the allowance for loan losses was 1.29% of outstanding loans and the combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was 1.45%.
The allowance for credit losses attributed to energy was 1.74% of outstanding energy loans at December 31, 2021. Our most recent semi-annual borrowing base redetermination was completed during the fourth quarter of 2021 based on forward pricing curves that existed at that time. The pricing environment remains sensitive and tied to the continued economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors such as geopolitical tensions, etc.
We also conduct quarterly stress tests of our energy borrowers with more than 50% funding on their lines of credit and all non-pass graded loans using a current price deck discounted at 30%. This stress test helps us identify potential issues, although the most recent test corroborated the risk grading of energy borrowers evaluated once hedging was taken into consideration. Of all the energy customers that we stress test, which makes up 98% of production loans outstanding, 97% of our customers have some level of hedging in the 12-month range and many of them carry into the 24-month range.
The provision for credit losses was $222.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Changes in our reasonable and supportable forecasts of macroeconomic variables during 2020 resulted in a $99.1 million provision for credit losses related to lending activities. Volatility in economic conditions experienced in the first half of 2020 began to moderate in the latter half of the year. Changes in the loan portfolio characteristics, including specific impairment and losses, loan balances and risk grading resulted in a $135.1 million provision for credit losses related to lending activities. This was partially offset by an $11.3 million decrease in the accrual for expected credit loses from mortgage banking activities related to the sale of certain mortgage servicing rights.
The allowance for loan losses was $389 million or 1.69% of outstanding loans and 171% of nonaccruing loans, excluding loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies at December 31, 2020. The combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was $426 million or 1.85% of outstanding loans and 188% of nonaccruing loans. Excluding PPP loans, the allowance for loan losses was 1.82% of outstanding loans and the combined allowance for loan losses and accrual for off-balance sheet credit risk from unfunded loan commitments was 2.00%.
Net Loans Charged Off
Net loans charged off totaled $37 million or 0.17% of average loans, excluding PPP loans, in 2021. Net loans charged off were $70 million or 0.32% of average loans, excluding PPP loans, in 2020.
In 2021, net charge-offs of commercial loans were $34 million, primarily related to energy borrowers. Net commercial real estate loan charge-offs were $1.5 million and net loan charge-offs of loans to individuals were $2.0 million. Net charge-offs of loans to individuals include deposit account overdraft losses.
Nonperforming Assets
As more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, loans are generally classified as nonaccruing when it becomes probable that we will not collect the full contractual principal and interest. Accruing renegotiated loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies represent residential mortgage loans that have been modified in troubled debt restructurings. Interest continues to accrue based on the modified terms of the loan and loans may be sold once they become eligible according to U.S. government agency guidelines. Real estate and other repossessed assets are assets acquired in partial or total forgiveness of loans. The assets are carried at the lower of cost as determined by fair value at the date of foreclosure or current fair value, less estimated selling costs. A summary of nonperforming assets follows in Table 24:
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Table 24 - Nonperforming Assets
(Dollars in Thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Nonaccruing loans: | |||||||
| Commercial | |||||||
| Energy | $ | 31,091 | $ | 125,059 | |||
| Healthcare | 15,762 | 3,645 | |||||
| Services | 17,170 | 25,598 | |||||
| General business | 10,081 | 12,857 | |||||
| Total commercial | 74,104 | 167,159 | |||||
| Commercial real estate | 14,262 | 27,246 | |||||
| Paycheck protection program | — | — | |||||
| Loans to individuals | |||||||
| Residential mortgage | 31,574 | 32,228 | |||||
| Residential mortgage guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 13,861 | 7,741 | |||||
| Personal | 258 | 319 | |||||
| Total loans to individuals | 45,693 | 40,288 | |||||
| Total nonaccruing loans | $ | 134,059 | $ | 234,693 | |||
| Accruing renegotiated loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | 210,618 | 151,775 | |||||
| Real estate and other repossessed assets | 24,589 | 90,526 | |||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 369,266 | $ | 476,994 | |||
| Total nonperforming assets excluding those guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | $ | 144,787 | $ | 317,478 | |||
| Allowance for loan losses to nonaccruing loans1 | 213.33 | % | 171.24 | % | |||
| Nonperforming assets to outstanding loans and repossessed assets1 | 0.74 | % | 1.51 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to outstanding loans | 0.66 | % | 1.02 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial loans to outstanding commercial loans | 0.59 | % | 1.28 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing commercial real estate loans to outstanding commercial real estate loans | 0.37 | % | 0.58 | % | |||
| Nonaccruing loans to individuals to outstanding loans to individuals1 | 0.98 | % | 1.04 | % | |||
| Accruing loans 90 days or more past due1 | $ | 313 | $ | 10,369 |
1 Excludes residential mortgage and PPP loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies.
Excluding assets guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, nonperforming assets decreased $173 million compared to December 31, 2020, primarily due to a $94 million decrease in nonaccruing energy loans, a $66 million decrease in real estate and other repossessed assets and a $13 million decrease in nonaccruing commercial real estate loans. These decreases were partially offset by a $12 million increase in nonaccruing healthcare sector loans. Newly identified nonaccruing loans totaled $87 million, offset by $131 million in payments, $51 million of charge-offs and $8.3 million of foreclosures. The Company generally retains nonperforming assets to maximize potential recovery, which may cause future nonperforming assets to decrease more slowly.
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A rollforward of nonperforming assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 follows in Table 25.
Table 25 – Rollforward of Nonperforming Assets
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2020 | $ | 167,159 | $ | 27,246 | $ | 40,288 | $ | 234,693 | $ | 151,775 | $ | 90,526 | $ | 476,994 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 61,129 | 327 | 25,241 | 86,697 | 105,535 | 8,688 | 200,920 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfer from premises and equipment | — | — | 217 | 217 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (102,717) | (10,537) | (17,443) | (130,697) | (3,948) | — | (134,645) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (43,956) | (2,485) | (4,910) | (51,351) | — | — | (51,351) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | 13,842 | 13,842 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | (7,511) | — | (809) | (8,320) | — | 8,320 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (2,435) | (2,435) | (866) | — | (3,301) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | (37,322) | (97,004) | (134,326) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | 6,081 | 6,081 | (6,081) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | — | (289) | (320) | (609) | — | — | (609) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | — | — | — | — | 1,525 | — | 1,525 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 74,104 | $ | 14,262 | $ | 45,693 | $ | 134,059 | $ | 210,618 | $ | 24,589 | $ | 369,266 | |||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nonaccruing Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | Commercial Real Estate | Loan to Individuals | Total | Renegotiated Loans | Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets | Total Nonperforming Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2019 | $ | 115,416 | $ | 27,626 | $ | 37,909 | $ | 180,951 | $ | 92,452 | $ | 20,359 | $ | 293,762 | |||||||||||||
| Additions | 263,981 | 19,919 | 20,658 | 304,558 | 96,935 | — | 401,493 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments | (61,617) | (459) | (11,567) | (73,643) | (2,752) | — | (76,395) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charge-offs | (73,370) | (1,300) | (4,729) | (79,399) | — | — | (79,399) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) and write-downs | — | — | — | — | — | (1,628) | (1,628) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of nonaccruing loans | (65,690) | (18,540) | (1,093) | (85,323) | — | 85,323 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreclosure of loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies | — | — | (1,506) | (1,506) | (3,422) | — | (4,928) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales | — | — | — | — | (30,860) | (13,528) | (44,388) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transfers to nonaccruing loans | — | — | 1,326 | 1,326 | — | — | 1,326 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to accrual status | (11,561) | — | (710) | (12,271) | (1,916) | — | (14,187) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | — | — | — | — | 1,338 | — | 1,338 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 167,159 | $ | 27,246 | $ | 40,288 | $ | 234,693 | $ | 151,775 | $ | 90,526 | $ | 476,994 |
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We foreclose on loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies in accordance with agency guidelines. Generally these loans are not eligible for modification programs or have failed to comply with modified loan terms. Principal is guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. government, subject to limitations and credit risk is limited. These properties will be conveyed to the agencies and receivables collected once applicable criteria have been met.
Real Estate and Other Repossessed Assets
Real estate and other repossessed assets totaled $25 million at December 31, 2021, composed primarily of $15 million of developed commercial real estate and $7.1 million of oil and gas properties. Real estate and other repossessed assets decreased $66 million compared to December 31, 2020 primarily related to the sale of repossessed oil and gas properties. The decrease of $4.2 million compared to September 30, 2021 was primarily due to the sale of certain repossessed oil and gas properties.
Liquidity and Capital
BOK Financial has numerous material cash requirements in the normal course of business. These obligations include deposits and other borrowed funds, leased premises, commitments to extend credit to borrowers and to purchase securities, derivative contracts and contracts for services such as data processing that are integral to our operations. Additional information on loan commitments can be found in the "Loan Commitments" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis while the distribution of time deposit balances can be located in Note 8, "Deposits", and information related to Other Borrowings can be located in Note 9, "Other Borrowings".
Our funding sources, which primarily include deposits and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Banks, provide adequate liquidity to meet our operating needs. Based on the average balances for 2021, approximately 76% of our funding was provided by deposit accounts, 10% from borrowed funds, less than 1% from long-term subordinated debt and 11% from equity. The loan to deposit ratio decreased to 49% at December 31, 2021 from 64% at December 31, 2020, providing significant on-balance sheet liquidity to meet future loan demand and contractual obligations. BOK Financial, similar to the banking industry as a whole, saw significant transaction deposit growth in 2021. We are maintaining higher balances at the Federal Reserve to cover vital business obligations, to meet future asset growth opportunities and to stay nimble in a potential rising rate environment.
Subsidiary Bank
Deposits and borrowed funds are the primary sources of liquidity for the subsidiary bank. Deposit accounts represent our largest funding source. We compete for retail and commercial deposits by offering a broad range of products and services and focusing on customer convenience. Retail deposit growth is supported through personal and small business checking, online bill paying services, mobile banking services, an extensive network of branch locations and ATMs and our ExpressBank call center. Commercial deposit growth is supported by offering treasury management and lockbox services. We also acquire brokered deposits when the cost of funds is advantageous to other funding sources.
Table 26 - Average Deposits by Line of Business
(In thousands)
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Commercial Banking | $ | 17,659,695 | $ | 14,319,729 | ||
| Consumer Banking | 8,439,577 | 7,599,937 | ||||
| Wealth Management | 9,426,771 | 8,676,047 | ||||
| Subtotal | 35,526,043 | 30,595,713 | ||||
| Funds Management and other | 2,394,934 | 2,169,285 | ||||
| Total | $ | 37,920,977 | $ | 32,764,998 |
Average deposits for 2021 totaled $37.9 billion and represented approximately 76% of total liabilities and capital compared to $32.8 billion and 67% of total liabilities and capital for 2020. Average deposits increased $5.2 billion over the prior year. Inflows resulting from PPP loans and government stimulus payments during the pandemic, along with additional core deposit growth as customers maintain higher balances during the current economic environment, have all contributed to the significant increase in deposits. Interest-bearing transaction deposit account balances increased by $3.0 billion and demand deposits grew by $2.3 billion.
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Average deposits attributed to Commercial Banking were $17.7 billion for 2021, a $3.3 billion or 23% increase over 2020. Interest-bearing transaction account balances increased $1.7 billion or 25% and demand deposit balances increased $1.6 billion or 23%. Commercial customers continue to retain large cash reserves primarily due to a combination of factors including uncertainty about the economic environment and potential for growth, lack of preferable liquid alternatives and a desire to minimize deposit charges through the earnings credit. The earnings credit is a non-cash method that enables commercial customers to offset deposit service charges based on account balances. Commercial deposit balances may decrease as the economic outlook improves and if short-term rates move higher, enhancing their investment alternatives.
Average Consumer Banking deposit balances increased $840 million or 11% over the prior year. Average demand deposit and average interest-bearing transaction account balances grew by $390 million or 15% and $429 million or 13%, respectively, while time deposit balances decreased $172 million or 18%.
Average Wealth Management deposit balances grew by $751 million or 9% over the prior year. Interest-bearing transaction balances increased $633 million or 9%. Non-interest-bearing demand deposits increased $275 million or 25% and time deposit balances decreased $163 million or 22%.
Brokered deposits included in time deposits averaged $62 million for 2021, compared to $131 million for 2020. Brokered deposits included in time deposits totaled $49 million at December 31, 2021 and $81 million at December 31, 2020.
Average interest-bearing transaction accounts for 2021 included $2.1 billion of brokered deposits compared to $1.9 billion for 2020. Brokered deposits included in interest-bearing transaction accounts totaled $2.1 billion at December 31, 2021 and $2.2 billion at December 31, 2020.
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The distribution of our period end deposit account balances among principal markets follows in Table 27.
Table 27 - Period End Deposits by Principal Market Area
(In thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Oklahoma: | |||||||
| Demand | $ | 5,433,405 | $ | 4,329,205 | |||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 12,689,367 | 12,603,658 | |||||
| Savings | 521,439 | 420,996 | |||||
| Time | 978,822 | 1,134,453 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 14,189,628 | 14,159,107 | |||||
| Total Oklahoma | 19,623,033 | 18,488,312 | |||||
| Texas: | |||||||
| Demand | 4,552,983 | 3,449,882 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 5,345,461 | 3,800,427 | |||||
| Savings | 178,458 | 139,173 | |||||
| Time | 337,559 | 383,062 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 5,861,478 | 4,322,662 | |||||
| Total Texas | 10,414,461 | 7,772,544 | |||||
| Colorado: | |||||||
| Demand | 2,526,855 | 2,168,404 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 2,334,371 | 2,170,485 | |||||
| Savings | 78,636 | 69,384 | |||||
| Time | 174,351 | 208,778 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 2,587,358 | 2,448,647 | |||||
| Total Colorado | 5,114,213 | 4,617,051 | |||||
| New Mexico: | |||||||
| Demand | 1,196,057 | 941,074 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 858,394 | 733,007 | |||||
| Savings | 107,963 | 91,646 | |||||
| Time | 163,871 | 186,307 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,130,228 | 1,010,960 | |||||
| Total New Mexico | 2,326,285 | 1,952,034 |
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| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Arizona: | |||||||
| Demand | 934,282 | 905,201 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 834,491 | 768,220 | |||||
| Savings | 16,182 | 12,174 | |||||
| Time | 31,274 | 32,721 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 881,947 | 813,115 | |||||
| Total Arizona | 1,816,229 | 1,718,316 | |||||
| Kansas/Missouri: | |||||||
| Demand | 658,342 | 426,738 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 1,086,946 | 960,237 | |||||
| Savings | 18,844 | 16,286 | |||||
| Time | 12,255 | 14,610 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 1,118,045 | 991,133 | |||||
| Total Kansas/Missouri | 1,776,387 | 1,417,871 | |||||
| Arkansas: | |||||||
| Demand | 42,499 | 45,834 | |||||
| Interest-bearing: | |||||||
| Transaction | 119,543 | 122,388 | |||||
| Savings | 3,213 | 2,333 | |||||
| Time | 6,196 | 7,197 | |||||
| Total interest-bearing | 128,952 | 131,918 | |||||
| Total Arkansas | 171,451 | 177,752 | |||||
| Total BOK Financial deposits | $ | 41,242,059 | $ | 36,143,880 |
Estimated uninsured deposits totaled $27.1 billion at December 31, 2021 and $21.0 billion at December 31, 2020. The portion of time deposits in excess of the FDIC limit, as applied without regard to other deposit balances held by the depositor, were $747 million at December 31, 2021.
In addition to deposits, liquidity for the subsidiary bank is provided primarily by federal funds purchased, securities repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings. Federal funds purchased consist primarily of unsecured, overnight funds acquired from other financial institutions. Funds are primarily purchased from bankers’ banks and Federal Home Loan Banks from across the country. The Company had no wholesale federal funds purchased at December 31, 2021 and $200 million at December 31, 2020. Securities repurchase agreements generally mature within 90 days and are secured by certain trading or available for sale securities. Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings are generally short term and are secured by a blanket pledge of eligible collateral (generally unencumbered U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities, 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, multifamily and other qualifying commercial real estate loans). Amounts borrowed from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka averaged $1.7 billion during 2021 and $3.4 billion during 2020.
On April 13, 2020, the banking agencies published an interim final rule which permits banking organizations to exclude from regulatory capital requirements PPP covered loans pledged to the Federal Reserve's Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility ("PPPLF"). The Company initially funded PPP loans from deposits and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, but transitioned to the PPPLF in June of 2020 in order to realize this regulatory capital relief. As PPP loans paid off and this benefit declined, the Company paid off the PPPLF during the third quarter of 2021.
At December 31, 2021, the estimated unused credit available to BOKF, NA from collateralized sources was approximately $18.1 billion.
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BOKF, NA also has a liability related to the repurchase of certain delinquent residential mortgage loans previously sold in GNMA mortgage pools. Interest is payable monthly at rates contractually due to investors.
See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of other borrowings.
Parent Company and Other Non-Bank Subsidiaries
The primary sources of liquidity for BOK Financial are cash on hand and dividends from the subsidiary bank. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $231 million at December 31, 2021. Dividends from the subsidiary bank are limited by various banking regulations to net profits, as defined, for the year plus retained profits for the two preceding years. Dividends are further restricted by minimum capital requirements. At December 31, 2021, based on the most restrictive limitations as well as management’s internal capital policy, BOKF, NA could declare up to $293 million of dividends without regulatory approval. Dividend constraints may be alleviated through increases in retained earnings, capital issuances or changes in risk weighted assets. Future losses or increases in required regulatory capital could also affect its ability to pay dividends to the parent company.
As a result of the acquisition of CoBiz Financial, we obtained $60 million of subordinated debt issued in June 2015 that will mature on June 25, 2030. This debt bears interest at the rate of 5.625% through June 25, 2025 and thereafter, the notes will bear an annual floating rate equal to 3-month LIBOR plus 317 basis points. We also acquired $72 million of junior subordinated debentures. Interest is based on spreads over 3-month LIBOR ranging from 145 basis points to 295 basis points and mature September 17, 2033 through September 30, 2035. The junior subordinated debentures are subject to early redemption prior to maturity.
Shareholders' equity at December 31, 2021 was $5.4 billion, an increase of $97 million over December 31, 2020. Net income less cash dividends paid increased equity $474 million during 2021. Changes in interest rates resulted in accumulated other comprehensive income of $72 million at December 31, 2021, compared to $336 million at December 31, 2020. Capital is managed to maximize long-term value to the shareholders. Factors considered in managing capital include projections of future earnings, asset growth and acquisition strategies, and regulatory and debt covenant requirements. Capital management may include subordinated debt issuance, share repurchase and stock and cash dividends.
On April 30, 2019, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase up to five million common shares, subject to market conditions, securities laws and other regulatory compliance limitations. As of December 31, 2021, a cumulative total of 3,333,470 shares have been repurchased under this authorization. The Company repurchased 1,359,657 shares during 2021 at an average price of $86.74 per share. We view share buybacks opportunistically, but within the context of maintaining our strong capital position.
BOK Financial and the subsidiary bank are subject to various capital requirements administered by federal agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements, including capital conservation buffer, can result in certain mandatory and additional discretionary actions by regulators that could have a material impact on operations including restrictions on capital distributions from dividends and share repurchases and executive bonus payments. These capital requirements include quantitative measures of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items. The capital standards are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators.
A summary of minimum capital requirements follows for BOK Financial on a consolidated basis in Table 28.
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Table 28 – Capital Ratios
| Minimum Capital Requirement | Capital Conservation Buffer | Minimum Capital Requirement Including Capital Conservation Buffer | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Risk-based capital: | ||||||||||||||
| Common equity Tier 1 | 4.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 7.00 | % | 12.24 | % | 11.95 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 capital | 6.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 8.50 | % | 12.25 | % | 11.95 | % | ||||
| Total capital | 8.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 10.50 | % | 13.29 | % | 13.82 | % | ||||
| Tier 1 Leverage | 4.00 | % | N/A | 4.00 | % | 8.55 | % | 8.28 | % | |||||
| Average total equity to average assets | 10.68 | % | 10.46 | % | ||||||||||
| Tangible common equity ratio | 8.61 | % | 9.02 | % |
In March 2020, in response to the impact on the financial markets by the COVID-19 pandemic, the banking agencies issued an interim final rule permitting banking organizations that implement CECL the option to delay for two years an estimate of the CECL methodology's effect on regulatory capital, followed by a three-year transition period. The estimate includes the implementation date adjustment as of January 1, 2020 plus an estimate of the impact of the change for a two year period following implementation of CECL. We have elected to delay the regulatory capital impact of the transition in accordance with the interim final rule. Deferral of the impact of CECL added 15 basis points to the Company's Common equity Tier 1 capital at December 31, 2021.
Capital resources of financial institutions are also regularly measured by the tangible common shareholders’ equity ratio. Tangible common shareholders’ equity is shareholders’ equity as defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), including unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, less intangible assets and equity which does not benefit common shareholders. Equity that does not benefit common shareholders includes preferred equity. This non-GAAP measure is a valuable indicator of a financial institution’s capital strength since it eliminates intangible assets from shareholders’ equity and retains the effect of unrealized losses on securities and other components of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity.
Table 29 following provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with financial measures defined by GAAP.
Table 29 – Non-GAAP Measures
(Dollars in thousands)
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| Tangible common equity ratio: | |||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | $ | 5,363,732 | $ | 5,266,266 | |||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,136,527 | 1,161,527 | |||||
| Tangible common equity | 4,227,205 | 4,104,739 | |||||
| Total assets | 50,249,431 | 46,671,088 | |||||
| Less: Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 1,136,527 | 1,161,527 | |||||
| Tangible assets | $ | 49,112,904 | $ | 45,509,561 | |||
| Tangible common equity ratio | 8.61 | % | 9.02 | % | |||
| Pre-provision net revenue: | |||||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 796,100 | $ | 563,864 | |||
| Add: Provision for expected credit losses | (100,000) | 222,592 | |||||
| Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | (1,796) | 41 | |||||
| Pre-provision net revenue | $ | 697,896 | $ | 786,415 |
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Pre-provision net revenue is a measure of revenue less expenses, and is calculated before provision for credit losses and income tax expense. This financial measure is frequently used by investors and analysts that enables them to assess a company's ability to generate earnings to cover credit losses through a credit cycle. It also provides an additional basis for comparing the results of operations between periods by isolating the impact of the provision for credit losses, which can vary significantly between periods.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the Company’s significant off-balance sheet commitments.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
See Note 1 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of newly adopted and pending accounting standards.
Forward-Looking Statements
This 10-K contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about BOK Financial, the financial services industry, the economy generally and the expected or potential impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the related responses of the government, consumers, and others, on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “intends,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Management judgments relating to and discussion of the provision and allowance for credit losses, allowance for uncertain tax positions, accruals for loss contingencies and valuation of mortgage servicing rights involve judgments as to expected events and are inherently forward-looking statements. Assessments that acquisitions and growth endeavors will be profitable are necessary statements of belief as to the outcome of future events based in part on information provided by others which BOK Financial has not independently verified. These various forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions which are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what is expected, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Internal and external factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to changes in government, consumer or business responses to, and ability to treat or prevent further outbreak of, the COVID-19 pandemic, commodity prices, interest rates and interest rate relationships, inflation, demand for products and services, the degree of competition by traditional and nontraditional competitors, changes in banking regulations, tax laws, prices, levies and assessments, the impact of technological advances, and trends in customer behavior as well as their ability to repay loans. BOK Financial and its affiliates undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Annualized, pro forma, projected and estimated numbers are used for illustrative purpose only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results.
Legal Notice
As used in this report, the term “BOK Financial” and such terms as “the Company,” “the Corporation,” “our,” “we” and “us” may refer to one or more of the consolidated subsidiaries or all of them taken as a whole. All these terms are used for convenience only and are not intended as a precise description of any of the separate companies, each of which manages its own affairs.
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