BankUnited Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 28, 2025.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
Commission File Number:001-35039
BankUnited, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 27-0162450 | |
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| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 14817 Oak Lane | Miami Lakes | FL | 33016 |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(305)569-2000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Exchange on Which Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value | BKU | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | Emerging growth company | ☐ |
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| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Acto
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to Section 240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐No ☒
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2024 was $2,158,931,046.
The number of outstanding shares of the registrant common stock, $0.01 par value, as of February 26, 2025 was 74,751,086.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Portions of the registrant's definitive proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K in response to Part II. Item 5 and Part III. Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
BANKUNITED, INC.
Form 10-K
For the Year Ended December 31, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||
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| PART I | ||
| Item 1. | Business | 1 |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 12 |
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 26 |
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 26 |
| Item 2. | Properties | 27 |
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 27 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 27 |
| PART II | ||
| Item 5. | Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 28 |
| Item 6. | Reserved | 30 |
| Item 7. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 30 |
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 69 |
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 69 |
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 132 |
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 132 |
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 132 |
| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 132 |
| PART III | ||
| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 133 |
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 133 |
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 133 |
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 133 |
| Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 133 |
| PART IV | ||
| Item 15. | Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | 134 |
| Signatures | 138 | |
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GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS
The following acronyms and terms may be used throughout this Form 10-K, including the consolidated financial statements and related notes.
| ACL | Allowance for credit losses |
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| AFS | Available for sale |
| ALCO | Asset Liability Committee |
| ALM | Asset Liability Management |
| AML | Anti-Money Laundering |
| AOCI | Accumulated other comprehensive income |
| APY | Annual Percentage Yield |
| ARM | Adjustable rate mortgage |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ASU | Accounting Standards Update |
| Basel Committee | International Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BHC Act | Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 |
| BHC | Bank Holding company |
| BKU | BankUnited, Inc. |
| BMA | Bank Merger Act |
| BOLI | Bank Owned Life Insurance |
| BankUnited | BankUnited, National Association |
| The Bank | BankUnited, National Association |
| Bridge | Bridge Funding Group, Inc. |
| BSA | Bank Secrecy Act |
| Buyout Loans | FHA and VA insured mortgages from third party servicers who have exercised their right to purchase these loans out of GNMA securitizations |
| CAO | Chief Accounting Officer |
| CCA | Cloud Computing Arrangements |
| CCAR | Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review |
| CDARS | Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service |
| CD | Certificate of Deposit |
| CECL | Current expected credit losses |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CET1 | Common Equity Tier 1 capital |
| CFPB | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| CISO | Chief Information Security Officer |
| CLO | Collateralized loan obligations |
| CMBS | Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
| CME | Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| CMOs | Collateralized mortgage obligations |
| CODM | Chief Operating Decision Maker |
| CPR | Constant prepayment rate |
| CRA | Community Reinvestment Act |
| CRE | Commercial real estate loans, including non-owner occupied commercial real estate and construction and land |
| CRO | Chief Risk Officer |
| C&I | Commercial and Industrial loans, including owner-occupied commercial real estate |
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| DIF | Deposit insurance fund |
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| DSCR | Debt Service Coverage Ratio |
| ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
| EVE | Economic value of equity |
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board |
| FDIA | Federal Deposit Insurance Act |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FHA | Federal Housing Administration |
| FHFA | Federal Housing Finance Agency |
| FHLB | Federal Home Loan Bank |
| FICO | Fair Isaac Corporation (credit score) |
| FinTech | Financial Technology |
| FRB | Federal Reserve Bank |
| GAAP | U.S. generally accepted accounting principles |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GLB Act | The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act of 1999 |
| GNMA | Government National Mortgage Association |
| HOA | Homeowner Association |
| HPI | Home price indices |
| ISDA | International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| LGD | Loss Given Default |
| LIHTC | Low Income Housing Tax Credits |
| LTV | Loan-to-value |
| MAT | Materiality Assessment Team |
| MBS | Mortgage-backed securities |
| MSA | Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| MWL | Mortgage warehouse lending |
| M&A | Mergers & acquisitions |
| NIDDA | Non-interest bearing demand deposits |
| NPA | Non-performing asset |
| NRSRO | Nationally recognized statistical rating organization |
| NSF | Non-sufficient funds |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| OCC | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| OFAC | U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control |
| OREO | Other real estate owned |
| PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board |
| PCD | Purchased credit-deteriorated |
| PD | Probability of default |
| Pinnacle | Pinnacle Public Finance, Inc. |
| Proxy Statement | Definitive proxy statement for the Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders |
| PSU | Performance Share Unit |
| REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
| ROAA | Return on Average Assets |
| ROAE | Return on Average Equity |
| ROU Asset | Right-of-use Asset |
| RPA | Risk Participation Agreement |
| RSA | Restricted Share Award |
| RSU | Restricted Share Unit |
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| RWA | Risk-weighted Assets |
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| SAR | Share Appreciation Right |
| SBA | U.S. Small Business Administration |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| S&P 500 | Standard & Poor's 500 Index |
| TDR | Troubled-debt restructuring |
| Tri-State | New York, New Jersey and Connecticut |
| UPB | Unpaid principal balance |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| VA loan | Loan guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VIEs | Variable interest entities |
| WARM | Weighted-average remaining maturity |
| 2010 Plan | 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan |
| 2014 Plan | 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan |
| 401(k) Plan | BankUnited 401(k) Plan |
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Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," "project," "predict," "will" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on management's current views with respect to future results, and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are based on beliefs and assumptions made by management using currently available information, such as market and industry data, historical performance and current trends. These statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by a forward-looking statement will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and assumptions, including those relating to the Company's operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy and liquidity and to the operating environment. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the Company's underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, the Company's actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by a forward-looking statement. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation:
strategic risk:
an inability to successfully execute our core business strategy;
competition;
disruptive events such as natural or man-made disasters, social or health care crises or political unrest;
loss of executive officers or key personnel;
climate change or societal responses thereto and stakeholder expectations around ESG;
stability of the banking system or other financial institutions
our ability to access capital, including the impact of our credit rating
credit risk inherent in the business of making loans and embedded in our securities portfolio:
inadequate allowance for credit losses:
the accuracy and completeness of information about counterparties and borrowers;
real estate market conditions, real estate valuations and other risks related to holding loans secured by real estate or real estate received in satisfaction of loans;
geographic concentration of the Company's markets in Florida and the New York tri-state area;
fluctuations in demand for and valuation of operating lease equipment;
interest rate risk;
liquidity risk:
an inability to maintain adequate liquidity;
the risk of material unanticipated deposit outflows;
availability of credit from the FHLB and FRB;
we have a significant amount of uninsured deposits;
restrictions on the ability of BankUnited, N.A. to pay dividends to BankUnited, Inc.;
risks related to the regulation of our industry;
operational risk:
inadequate or inaccurate forecasting tools and models;
inability to successfully launch new products, services, or business initiatives;
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susceptibility to fraud, risk or errors;
dependence on information technology and third party service providers and the risk of systems failures, interruptions or breaches of security or inability to keep pace with technological change;
reputational risk;
the impact of conditions in the financial markets and economic conditions generally;
ineffective risk management or internal controls; and
the selection and application of accounting policies and methods and related assumptions and estimates.
Additional factors are set forth in the Company's filings with the SEC, including this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
As used herein, the terms the "Company," "we," "us," and "our" refer to BankUnited, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires.
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