Skip to main content

M&T BANK CORP

For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 4, 2025.

View on SEC.gov

About this filing

A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Aug 4, 2025

MTB$220.61-1.0%Stored close · as of Nov 10, 2026

Extracted filing text, with the paragraph anchors used by the comparison.

See the whole filing, with its images and exhibits
Contents

Provision for Credit Losses

A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance to reflect expected credit losses that are based on economic forecasts as of each reporting date. A provision for credit losses of $125 million was recorded in the second quarter of 2025, compared with $130 million in the first quarter of 2025. In the recent quarter the provision for credit losses included $20 million of provision for unfunded credit commitments. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $255 million and $350 million, respectively. The lower provision for credit losses in the first half of 2025 as compared with the similar 2024 period reflects improved performance of loans to commercial customers, partially offset by growth in M&T's consumer loan portfolio.

A summary of the Company's net loan charge-offs by loan type and as an annualized percent of such average loans is presented in the table that follows.

NET CHARGE-OFF (RECOVERY) INFORMATION

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2025March 31, 2025
(Dollars in millions)Net Charge-Offs (Recoveries)Annualized Percent of Average LoansNet Charge-Offs (Recoveries)Annualized Percent of Average Loans
Commercial and industrial$38.24%$29.20%
Real estate:
Commercial21.4119.38
Residential builder and developer————
Other commercial construction2.19—-.04
Residential—.02—-.01
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans(1)-.11—.03
Recreational finance21.62311.00
Automobile3.267.54
Other244.34285.19
Total$108.32%$114.34%
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2025June 30, 2024
(Dollars in millions)Net Charge-Offs (Recoveries)Annualized Percent of Average LoansNet Charge-Offs (Recoveries)Annualized Percent of Average Loans
Commercial and industrial$67.22%$143.50%
Real estate:
Commercial40.4034.28
Residential builder and developer———.04
Other commercial construction2.0811.35
Residential———-.01
Consumer:
Home equity lines and loans(1)-.04—-.01
Recreational finance52.8037.70
Automobile10.397.35
Other524.76434.23
Total$222.33%$275.41%
  • 56 -

Asset quality

A summary of nonperforming assets and certain past due loan data and credit quality ratios is presented in the accompanying table.

NONPERFORMING ASSET AND PAST DUE LOAN DATA

(Dollars in millions)June 30, 2025March 31, 2025December 31, 2024June 30, 2024
Nonaccrual loans$1,573$1,540$1,690$2,024
Real estate and other foreclosed assets30343533
Total nonperforming assets$1,603$1,574$1,725$2,057
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (a)$496$384$338$233
Government-guaranteed loans included in totals above:
Nonaccrual loans$75$69$69$64
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more (a)450368318215
Loans 30-89 days past due1,3681,4471,6551,387
Nonaccrual loans as a percent of total loans1.16%1.14%1.25%1.50%
Nonperforming assets as a percent of total loans and real estate and other foreclosed assets1.181.171.271.52
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more as a percent of total loans.36.29.25.17
Loans 30-89 days past due as a percent of total loans1.001.081.221.03

(a)Predominantly government-guaranteed residential real estate loans.

Nonaccrual loans increased $33 million from March 31, 2025 to June 30, 2025 reflecting a $125 million increase in commercial and industrial nonaccrual loans, partially offset by reductions of $50 million and $23 million in consumer nonaccrual loans and commercial real estate nonaccrual loans, respectively. As compared with December 31, 2024, the $117 million decline in nonaccrual loans at June 30, 2025 reflects a $136 million reduction in commercial real estate nonaccrual loans and a $58 million reduction in consumer nonaccrual loans, partially offset by a $91 million increase in commercial and industrial nonaccrual loans. Approximately 55% of nonaccrual commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans were considered current with respect to their payment status at June 30, 2025.

Government-guaranteed loans designated as accruing loans past due 90 days or more included one-to-four family residential mortgage loans serviced by the Company that were repurchased to reduce associated servicing costs, including a requirement to advance principal and interest payments that had not been received from individual mortgagors. Despite the loans being purchased by the Company, the insurance or guarantee by the applicable government-related entity remains in force. The outstanding principal balances of the repurchased loans that are guaranteed by government-related entities included in accruing loans past due 90 days or more totaled $377 million at June 30, 2025, $240 million at March 31, 2025, $224 million at December 31, 2024 and $170 million at June 30, 2024. Accruing loans past due 90 days or more not guaranteed by government-related entities were loans considered to be with creditworthy borrowers that were in the process of collection or renewal.

Approximately 70% of loans 30 to 89 days past due were less than 60 days delinquent at June 30, 2025, compared with 76% at March 31, 2025 and 73% at December 31, 2024. Additional information about past due and nonaccrual loans at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

During the normal course of business, the Company modifies loans to maximize recovery efforts. The modifications that the Company grants are typically comprised of maturity extensions, payment deferrals and interest rate reductions, but may also include other modification types. The Company may offer such modified terms to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Such modified loans may be considered nonaccrual if the Company does not expect to collect all amounts owed under the terms of the loan agreement. Information about modifications of loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

The Company utilizes a loan grading system to differentiate risk amongst its commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans. Loans with a lower expectation of default are assigned one of ten possible “pass” loan

  • 57 - grades while specific loans determined to have an elevated level of credit risk are designated as “criticized.” A criticized loan may be designated as “nonaccrual” if the Company no longer expects to collect all amounts owed under the terms of the loan agreement or the loan is delinquent 90 days or more.

Line of business personnel in different geographic locations with support from and review by the Company’s credit risk personnel review and reassign loan grades based on their detailed knowledge of individual borrowers and their judgment of the impact on such borrowers resulting from changing conditions in their respective regions. The Company’s policy is that, at least annually, updated financial information is obtained from commercial borrowers associated with pass grade loans greater than $1 million and additional analysis performed. On a quarterly basis, the Company’s centralized credit risk department personnel review criticized commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans greater than $5 million to determine the appropriateness of the assigned loan grade, including whether the loan should be reported as accruing or nonaccruing. For criticized nonaccrual loans, additional meetings are held with loan officers and their managers, workout specialists and senior management to discuss each of the relationships. In analyzing criticized loans, borrower-specific information is reviewed, including operating results, future cash flows, recent developments and the borrower’s outlook, and other pertinent data. The timing and extent of potential losses, considering collateral valuation and other factors, and the Company’s potential courses of action are contemplated. Targeted loan reviews are periodically performed over segments of loan portfolios that may be experiencing heightened credit risk due to current or anticipated economic conditions. The intention of such reviews is to identify trends across such portfolios and inform portfolio risk limits and loss mitigation strategies. In 2025, the Company assessed loans to certain not-for-profit borrowers, government contractors and other commercial borrowers that may be impacted by changes to government funding and reductions in the federal workforce. The Company is monitoring commercial borrowers in certain industry sectors that may be impacted by international trade policy changes, such as tariffs, including retail and wholesale trade, manufacturing and construction companies. The Company has considered the information gathered in such reviews in its assignment of loan grades.

The Company continues to monitor its commercial real estate loan portfolio. Criticized investor-owned commercial real estate loans totaled $4.6 billion or 19% of such loans at June 30, 2025, improved from $5.4 billion or 21% at March 31, 2025 and $6.0 billion or 23% at December 31, 2024. Investor-owned commercial real estate loans comprised 54% of total criticized loans at June 30, 2025, compared with 57% at March 31, 2025 and 61% at December 31, 2024. The primary source of repayment of these loans is typically tenant lease payments to the investor/borrower. Elevated vacancies impacting some property types and higher interest rates have contributed to lower current and anticipated future debt service coverage ratios, which have and may continue to influence the ability of borrowers to make existing loan payments. Lower debt service coverage ratios and reduced commercial real estate values also impact the ability of borrowers, in particular those borrowers with loans secured by office properties, to refinance their obligations at loan maturity. Despite these challenges, the ability of borrowers to service loans secured by certain investor-owned real estate, including health services, office and multifamily properties, has improved in recent quarters. The LTV ratio is one of many factors considered in assessing overall portfolio risks and loss mitigation strategies for the investor-owned commercial real estate portfolio. The weighted-average LTV ratio for investor-owned commercial real estate loans was approximately 56% at each of June 30, 2025, December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024, compared with 57% at March 31, 2025. Criticized loans secured by investor-owned commercial real estate had a weighted-average LTV ratio of approximately 64%, 66%, 63% and 62% at June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025, December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024, respectively. In determining the LTV ratio, the Company considers cross-collateralization of all exposures secured by the supporting collateral and the estimated value of such collateral. Subsequent to the origination of commercial real estate loans, updated appraisals are obtained in the normal course of business for renewals, extensions and modifications to commitment levels. As the quality of a loan deteriorates to the point of designating the loan as "criticized nonaccrual," the process of obtaining updated collateral valuation information is usually initiated, unless it is not considered warranted given factors such as the relative size of the loan or the age of the last valuation. In those cases where current appraisals may not yet be available, prior appraisals are utilized with adjustments, as deemed necessary, for estimates of subsequent declines in values as determined by line of business and/or loan workout personnel. Those adjustments are reviewed and assessed for reasonableness by the Company’s credit risk personnel. Accordingly, for real estate collateral securing larger nonaccrual commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans, estimated collateral values are generally based on current appraisals and estimates of value.

  • 58 -

The Company monitors its concentration of commercial real estate lending as a percent of its Tier 1 capital plus its allowable allowance for credit losses, consistent with a metric utilized to differentiate such concentrations amongst regulated financial institutions. This metric, as prescribed in supervisory guidance, excludes loans secured by commercial real estate considered to be owner-occupied, but includes certain other loans, such as loans to real estate investment trusts, that are classified as commercial and industrial loans. The Company's commercial real estate loan concentration approximated 129% of Tier 1 capital plus its allowable allowance for credit losses at June 30, 2025, compared with 133% at March 31, 2025, 136% at December 31, 2024 and 151% at June 30, 2024. The Company intentionally reduced its relative concentration of investor-owned commercial real estate loans throughout 2024.

The accompanying tables summarize the outstanding balances, and associated criticized balances, of commercial and industrial loans by industry and commercial real estate loans by property type, respectively, at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

CRITICIZED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
(Dollars in millions)OutstandingCriticized AccrualCriticized NonaccrualTotal CriticizedOutstandingCriticized AccrualCriticized NonaccrualTotal Criticized
Commercial and industrial excluding owner-occupied real estate by industry:
Financial and insurance$12,138$200$26$226$11,479$71$35$106
Services7,646295993947,409247112359
Motor vehicle and recreational finance dealers6,502402995017,22952738565
Manufacturing6,189376884646,077394116510
Wholesale4,246305783834,05733428362
Transportation, communications, utilities3,807186652513,56728662348
Retail3,079123161393,097661783
Construction2,275188642522,14315544199
Health services1,8795932911,89220736243
Real estate investors1,31413061361,7511488156
Other1,377105331381,77310939148
Total commercial and industrial excluding owner-occupied real estate$50,452$2,369$606$2,975$50,474$2,544$535$3,079
Owner-occupied real estate by industry:
Services$2,402$120$36$156$2,345$153$26$179
Motor vehicle and recreational finance dealers2,239105181232,23631839
Retail1,8085818761,677691685
Health services1,313118651831,33015666222
Wholesale951103310685762365
Manufacturing785841599809732497
Real estate investors6302693570243649
Other1,0803617531,051541266
Total owner-occupied real estate11,20865018183111,007641161802
Total$61,660$3,019$787$3,806$61,481$3,185$696$3,881
  • 59 -

CRITICIZED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
(Dollars in millions)OutstandingCriticized AccrualCriticized NonaccrualTotal CriticizedOutstandingCriticized AccrualCriticized NonaccrualTotal Criticized
Permanent finance by property type:
Apartments/Multifamily$6,082$600$73$673$5,628$935$114$1,049
Retail/Service4,435745818264,74767380753
Office3,7208071029094,1701,1251171,242
Industrial/Warehouse2,098138111491,92614313156
Hotel1,889313874001,984317118435
Health services1,669302213232,03856025585
Other2623013128730131
Total permanent20,1552,9353763,31120,7803,7834684,251
Construction/Development4,4121,219241,2435,9841,715681,783
Total$24,567$4,154$400$4,554$26,764$5,498$536$6,034

Loans to the health services and the transportation, communications and utilities industries contributed to the $75 million decrease in commercial and industrial criticized loans from December 31, 2024 to June 30, 2025, partially offset by higher criticized loans to the financial and insurance industry. The $1.5 billion decline in commercial real estate criticized loans from December 31, 2024 to June 30, 2025 spanned most property types and also reflected lower criticized construction and development loans. At June 30, 2025, approximately 96% of criticized accrual loans and 55% of criticized nonaccrual loans were considered current with respect to their payment status.

For loans secured by residential real estate, the Company’s loss identification and estimation techniques make reference to loan performance and house price data in specific areas of the country where collateral securing those loans is located. For residential real estate-related loans, including home equity loans and lines of credit, the excess of the loan balance over the net realizable value of the property collateralizing the loan is charged-off when the loan becomes 150 days delinquent. That charge-off is based on recent indications of value from external parties that are generally obtained shortly after a loan becomes nonaccrual. Loans to consumers that file for bankruptcy are generally charged-off to estimated net collateral value shortly after the Company is notified of such filings. Limited documentation first lien mortgage loans represent loans secured by residential real estate that at origination typically included some form of limited borrower documentation requirements as compared with more traditional loans. The Company no longer originates limited documentation loans. With respect to junior lien loans, to the extent known by the Company, if a related senior lien loan would be on nonaccrual status because of payment delinquency, even if such senior lien loan was not owned by the Company, the junior lien loan or line that is owned by the Company is placed on nonaccrual status. In monitoring the credit quality of its home equity portfolio for purposes of determining the allowance for loan losses, the Company reviews delinquency and nonaccrual information and considers recent charge-off experience. When evaluating individual home equity loans and lines of credit for charge-off and for purposes of determining the allowance for loan losses, the Company considers the required repayment of any first lien positions related to collateral property. Information about the location of nonaccrual loans secured by residential real estate at June 30, 2025 is presented in the following table.

  • 60 -

NONACCRUAL LOANS SECURED BY RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE

June 30, 2025
Nonaccrual
(Dollars in millions)Outstanding BalancesBalancesPercent of Outstanding Balances
Residential mortgage loans (a):
New York$6,831$1021.50%
Mid-Atlantic (b)7,541871.15
New England (c)6,39847.73
Other3,34729.84
Total$24,117$2651.09%
First lien home equity loans and lines of credit:
New York$755$141.79%
Mid-Atlantic (b)876171.96
New England (c)4224.95
Other18316.02
Total$2,071$381.82%
Junior lien home equity loans and lines of credit:
New York$864$161.87%
Mid-Atlantic (b)1,037161.55
New England (c)6345.74
Other28—.53
Total$2,563$371.45%

(a)Includes $731 million of limited documentation first lien mortgage loans with nonaccrual loan balances totaling $51 million.

(b)Includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

(c)Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Factors that influence the Company’s credit loss experience include overall economic conditions affecting businesses and consumers, generally, but also residential and commercial real estate valuations, in particular, given the size of the Company’s real estate loan portfolios. Commercial real estate valuations can be highly subjective, as they are based upon many assumptions. Such valuations can be significantly affected over relatively short periods of time by changes in business climate, economic conditions, interest rates and, in many cases, the results of operations of businesses and other occupants of the real property. Similarly, residential real estate valuations can be impacted by housing trends, the availability of financing at reasonable interest rates and general economic conditions affecting consumers.

Consumer loans not secured by residential real estate are generally charged-off when the loans are 91 to 180 days past due, depending on whether the loan is collateralized and the status of repossession activities with respect to such collateral. A comparative summary of consumer loans in nonaccrual status by product is presented in the following table.

NONACCRUAL CONSUMER LOANS

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
(Dollars in millions)Nonaccrual LoansPercent of Outstanding BalancesNonaccrual LoansPercent of Outstanding Balances
Home equity lines and loans$751.61%$811.77%
Recreational finance25.1831.25
Automobile9.1812.25
Other12.55552.49
Total$121.47%$179.74%
  • 61 -

Allowance for loan losses

Management determines the allowance for loan losses under accounting guidance that requires estimating the amount of current expected credit losses over the remaining contractual term of the loan portfolio. A description of the methodologies used by the Company to estimate its allowance for loan losses can be found in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

In establishing the allowance for loan losses, the Company estimates losses attributable to specific troubled credits identified through both normal and targeted credit review processes and also estimates losses for other loans with similar risk characteristics on a collective basis. For purposes of determining the level of the allowance for loan losses, the Company evaluates its portfolio by loan type. At the time of the Company’s analysis regarding the determination of the allowance for loan losses as of June 30, 2025 concerns existed about the impact of potential inflationary pressures and increases in unemployment on the discretionary income and purchasing power of consumers, which could impact their ability to service existing debt obligations; slower economic growth in future quarters; the volatile nature of global markets and international economic conditions that could impact the U.S. economy, including the effect of international trade policies on domestic businesses and consumers; uncertainty related to Federal Reserve positioning of monetary policy; downward pressures on commercial real estate values, especially in the office sector; the persistence of elevated interest rates impacting the ability of commercial borrowers to refinance maturing debt obligations; and the extent to which borrowers may be negatively affected by general economic conditions.

The Company generally estimates current expected credit losses on loans with similar risk characteristics on a collective basis. To estimate expected losses, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to project principal balances over the remaining contractual lives of the loan portfolios and determine estimated credit losses through a reasonable and supportable forecast period. The Company’s approach for estimating current expected credit losses for loans at each reporting date included utilizing macroeconomic assumptions to project losses over a two-year reasonable and supportable forecast period. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company reverted to longer-term historical loss experience, over a period of one year, to estimate expected credit losses over the remaining contractual life. In determining the allowance for loan losses, the Company may adjust forecasted loss estimates for inherent limitations or biases in the models as well as for other factors that may not be adequately considered in its quantitative methodologies including the impact of portfolio concentrations, imprecision in economic forecasts, geopolitical conditions and other risk factors that influence the loss estimation process. At each of June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company qualitatively adjusted credit loss estimates for inherent limitations in the ability to assess real-time changes in commercial borrower performance and for environmental influences affecting certain loan portfolios. Qualitative adjustments at June 30, 2025, primarily related to portfolio exposures to certain commercial and industrial borrowers, commercial real estate loans and recreational finance consumer loans, were not significantly changed from March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Forward-looking estimates of certain macroeconomic variables are determined by the M&T Scenario Review Committee, which is comprised of senior management business leaders and economists. The weighted-average of macroeconomic assumptions utilized as of June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are presented in the following table and were based on information available at or near the time the Company was preparing its estimate of expected credit losses as of those dates.

ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES MACROECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS

June 30, 2025 · March 31, 2025 · December 31, 2024
Year 1 · Year 2 · Cumulative · Year 1 · Year 2 · Cumulative · Year 1 · Year 2 · Cumulative
National unemployment rate4.8%5.3%4.7%5.2%4.5%4.7%
Real GDP growth rate.81.82.6%.72.22.9%1.31.73.0%
Commercial real estate price index growth/decline rate-2.5-.4-2.7-3.02.9.1-2.91.4-1.4
Home price index growth/ decline rate-.22.11.9-.72.21.4-.12.42.3
  • 62 -

With respect to economic forecasts, the Company assessed the likelihood of alternative economic scenarios during the two-year reasonable and supportable forecast period. Generally, an increase in unemployment rate or a decrease in any of the rate of change in GDP, commercial real estate prices or home prices could have an adverse impact on expected credit losses and may result in an increase to the allowance for loan losses. Forward-looking economic forecasts are subject to inherent imprecision and future outcomes may differ materially from forecasted events. In consideration of such uncertainty, the following alternative economic scenarios were considered to estimate the possible impact on modeled credit losses.

ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES SENSITIVITIES

June 30, 2025Year 1Year 2Cumulative
Potential downside economic scenario:
National unemployment rate7.0%8.1%
Real GDP growth/decline rate-2.51.4-1.1%
Commercial real estate price index decline rate-14.5-7.6-21.0
Home price index growth/decline rate-9.12.2-7.1
Potential upside economic scenario:
National unemployment rate3.73.9
Real GDP growth rate3.12.15.2
Commercial real estate price index growth rate2.52.95.4
Home price index growth rate4.33.98.4
(Dollars in millions)Impact to Modeled Credit Losses Increase (Decrease)
Potential downside economic scenario$235
Potential upside economic scenario(109)

These examples are only a few of the numerous possible economic scenarios that could be utilized in assessing the sensitivity of expected credit losses. The estimated impacts on credit losses in such scenarios pertain only to modeled credit losses and do not include consideration of other factors the Company may evaluate when determining its allowance for loan losses. As a result, it is possible that the Company may, at another point in time, reach different conclusions regarding credit loss estimates. The Company’s process for determining the allowance for loan losses undergoes quarterly and periodic evaluations by independent risk management personnel, which among many other considerations, evaluate the reasonableness of management’s methodology and significant assumptions. Further information about the Company’s methodology to estimate expected credit losses is included in note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.

Management has assessed that the allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2025 appropriately reflected expected credit losses in the portfolio as of that date. The allowance for loan losses totaled $2.2 billion at each of June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. As a percent of loans outstanding, the allowance for loan losses was 1.61% at each of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, compared with 1.63% at March 31, 2025. The decrease in the allowance for loan losses as a percent of loans outstanding from March 31, 2025 reflects lower levels of criticized commercial real estate loans. Included in the allocation of the allowance for loan losses were reserves for loans secured by office properties of 4.54% at June 30, 2025, 4.37% at March 31, 2025 and 4.70% at December 31, 2024. The level of the allowance reflects management’s evaluation of the loan portfolio using the methodology and considering the factors as described herein. Should the various economic forecasts and credit factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for loan losses change and should management’s assessment of losses in the loan portfolio also change, the level of the allowance as a percent of loans could increase or decrease in future periods. The reported level of the allowance for loan losses reflects management’s evaluation of the loan portfolio as of each respective date. Considering the methodologies and other factors described herein, management also estimated a reserve for unfunded credit commitments of $80 million at June 30, 2025, compared with $60 million at each of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. That reserve is included in Accrued interest and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

  • 63 -

The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to total nonaccrual loans at June 30, 2025, March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was 140%, 143% and 129%, respectively. Given the Company’s general position as a secured lender and its practice of charging off loan balances when collection is deemed doubtful, that ratio and changes in the ratio are generally not an indicative measure of the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for loan losses, nor does management rely upon that ratio in assessing the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for loan losses.

ContentsView on SEC.gov

The text of this filing, as the company filed it with the SEC, without its images or exhibits. This is not investment advice.