Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013

Commission file number 001-2979

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   No. 41-0449260
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94163

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-866-249-3302

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 þ            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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes þ            No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   þ    Accelerated filer ¨  
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company ¨  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨            No þ

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

     Shares Outstanding
April 30, 2013
    
Common stock, $1-2/3 par value    5,296,386,944   


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FORM 10-Q

CROSS-REFERENCE INDEX

 

PART I

 

Financial Information

  

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

     Page   
 

Consolidated Statement of Income

     59   
 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

     60   
 

Consolidated Balance Sheet

     61   
 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

     62   
 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

     64   
 

Notes to Financial Statements

  
 

  1  -  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     65   
 

  2  -  Business Combinations

     67   
 

  3  -   Federal Funds Sold, Securities Purchased under Resale Agreements and Other Short-Term Investments

     67   
 

  4  -  Securities Available for Sale

     68   
 

  5  -  Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses

     75   
 

  6  -  Other Assets

     92   
 

  7  -  Securitizations and Variable Interest Entities

     93   
 

  8  -  Mortgage Banking Activities

     102   
 

  9  -  Intangible Assets

     105   
 

10  -  Guarantees, Pledged Assets and Collateral

     106   
 

11  -  Legal Actions

     110   
 

12  -  Derivatives

     111   
 

13  -  Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities

     119   
 

14  -  Preferred Stock

     138   
 

15  -  Employee Benefits

     140   
 

16  -  Earnings Per Common Share

     141   
 

17  -  Other Comprehensive Income

     142   
 

18  -  Operating Segments

     144   
 

19  -  Regulatory and Agency Capital Requirements

     146   

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations (Financial Review)

  
 

Summary Financial Data

     2   
 

Overview

     3   
 

Earnings Performance

     5   
 

Balance Sheet Analysis

     11   
 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

     15   
 

Risk Management

     15   
 

Capital Management

     52   
 

Regulatory Reform

     55   
 

Critical Accounting Policies

     55   
 

Current Accounting Developments

     55   
 

Forward-Looking Statements

     56   
 

Risk Factors

     57   
 

Glossary of Acronyms

     147   

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     41   

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

     58   

PART II

 

Other Information

  

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

     148   

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

     148   

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     148   

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

     149   

Signature

       149   

Exhibit Index

       150   

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Summary Financial Data

 

 

     Quarter ended      % Change
Mar. 31, 2013 from
 
($ in millions, except per share amounts)   

Mar. 31,

2013

    Dec. 31,
2012
     Mar. 31,
2012
     Dec. 31,
2012
    Mar. 31,
2012
 

 

 

For the Period

            

Wells Fargo net income

   $             5,171       5,090        4,248        2  %      22  

Wells Fargo net income applicable to common stock

     4,931       4,857        4,022        2       23  

Diluted earnings per common share

     0.92       0.91        0.75        1       23  

Profitability ratios (annualized):

            

Wells Fargo net income to average assets (ROA)

     1.49  %      1.46        1.31        2       14  

Wells Fargo net income applicable to common stock to average Wells Fargo common stockholders’ equity (ROE)

     13.59       13.35        12.14        2       12  

Efficiency ratio (1)

     58.3       58.8        60.1        (1     (3

Total revenue

   $ 21,259       21,948        21,636        (3     (2

Pre-tax pre-provision profit (PTPP) (2)

     8,859       9,052        8,643        (2     2  

Dividends declared per common share

     0.25       0.22        0.22        14       14  

Average common shares outstanding

     5,279.0       5,272.4        5,282.6        -       -  

Diluted average common shares outstanding

     5,353.5       5,338.7        5,337.8        -       -  

Average loans

   $ 798,074       787,210        768,582        1       4  

Average assets

     1,404,334       1,387,056        1,302,921        1       8  

Average core deposits (3)

     925,866       928,824        870,516        -       6  

Average retail core deposits (4)

     662,913       646,145        616,569        3       8  

Net interest margin

     3.48  %      3.56        3.91        (2     (11

At Period End

            

Securities available for sale

   $ 248,160       235,199        230,266        6       8  

Loans

     799,966       799,574        766,521        -       4  

Allowance for loan losses

     16,711       17,060        18,852        (2     (11

Goodwill

     25,637       25,637        25,140        -       2  

Assets

     1,436,634       1,422,968        1,333,799        1       8  

Core deposits (3)

     939,934       945,749        888,711        (1     6  

Wells Fargo stockholders’ equity

     162,086       157,554        145,516        3       11  

Total equity

     163,395       158,911        146,849        3       11  

Tier 1 capital (5)

     129,071       126,607        117,444        2       10  

Total capital (5)

     161,551       157,588        150,788        3       7  

Capital ratios:

            

Total equity to assets

     11.37  %      11.17        11.01        2       3  

Risk-based capital (5):

            

Tier 1 capital

     11.80       11.75        11.78        -       -  

Total capital

     14.76       14.63        15.13        1       (2

Tier 1 leverage (5)

     9.53       9.47        9.35        1       2  

Tier 1 common equity (6)

     10.39       10.12        9.98        3       4  

Common shares outstanding

     5,288.8       5,266.3        5,301.5        -       -  

Book value per common share

   $ 28.27       27.64        25.45        2       11  

Common stock price:

            

High

     38.20       36.34        34.59        5       10  

Low

     34.43       31.25        27.94        10       23  

Period end

     36.99       34.18        34.14        8       8  

Team members (active, full-time equivalent)

     274,300       269,200        264,900        2       4  

 

 

 

(1) The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense divided by total revenue (net interest income and noninterest income).
(2) Pre-tax pre-provision profit (PTPP) is total revenue less noninterest expense. Management believes that PTPP is a useful financial measure because it enables investors and others to assess the Company’s ability to generate capital to cover credit losses through a credit cycle.
(3) Core deposits are noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing checking, savings certificates, certain market rate and other savings, and certain foreign deposits (Eurodollar sweep balances).
(4) Retail core deposits are total core deposits excluding Wholesale Banking core deposits and retail mortgage escrow deposits.
(5) See Note 19 (Regulatory and Agency Capital Requirements) to Financial Statements in this Report for additional information.
(6) See the “Capital Management” section in this Report for additional information.

 

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This Quarterly Report, including the Financial Review and the Financial Statements and related Notes, contains forward-looking statements, which may include forecasts of our financial results and condition, expectations for our operations and business, and our assumptions for those forecasts and expectations. Do not unduly rely on forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from our forward-looking statements due to several factors. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements are described in this Report, including in the “Forward-Looking Statements” section, and the “Risk Factors” and “Regulation and Supervision” sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (2012 Form 10-K).

When we refer to “Wells Fargo,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” in this Report, we mean Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries (consolidated). When we refer to the “Parent,” we mean Wells Fargo & Company. When we refer to “legacy Wells Fargo,” we mean Wells Fargo excluding Wachovia Corporation (Wachovia). See the Glossary of Acronyms at the end of this Report for terms used throughout this Report.

Financial Review

Overview

 

 

Wells Fargo & Company is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.4 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, we provide banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs and the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and we have offices in more than 35 countries to support our customers who conduct business in the global economy. With more than 274,000 active, full-time equivalent team members, we serve one in three households in the United States and rank No. 26 on Fortune’s 2012 rankings of America’s largest corporations. We ranked fourth in assets and first in the market value of our common stock among all U.S. banks at March 31, 2013.

Our vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs, help them succeed financially, be recognized as the premier financial services company in our markets and be one of America’s great companies. Our primary strategy to achieve this vision is to increase the number of our products our customers utilize and to offer them all of the financial products that fulfill their needs. Our cross-sell strategy, diversified business model and the breadth of our geographic reach facilitate growth in both strong and weak economic cycles, as we can grow by expanding the number of products our current customers have with us, gain new customers in our extended markets, and increase market share in many businesses.

Financial Performance

Wells Fargo delivered outstanding first quarter 2013 results for our shareholders. Quarterly earnings and diluted earnings per share increased at double-digit rates (22% and 23%, respectively), compared with first quarter 2012, while loans and deposits demonstrated continued growth in a challenging economic environment. In addition, expenses continued to decline as we improved efficiency across the Company, and our return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) increased and remained among the highest in our industry. Capital levels remained strong and we were very pleased to increase our dividend to $0.25 per common share in first quarter 2013 and to $0.30 per common share in second quarter 2013 from $0.22 per

common share each quarter in 2012. We believe our success in the quarter was driven by helping our customers succeed financially.

Wells Fargo net income was a record $5.2 billion in first quarter 2013, the highest quarterly profit in our history, with record diluted earnings per share of $0.92. This was our 13th consecutive quarter of earnings per share growth and 8th consecutive quarter of record earnings per share. These results were accomplished in an environment that was not ideal for generating earnings growth, demonstrating the benefit of our diversified business model. Our business is diverse in many ways: we are geographically diverse; we have over 90 different businesses that perform differently in various economic environments; and our revenue is split fairly evenly between interest and noninterest income. We believe this kind of diversity lowers risk and enhances earnings stability and growth. Average loans and deposits increased in the quarter, noninterest expense was lower than first quarter 2012, and credit metrics continued to improve with the net charge-off ratio down to 72 basis points. The increase in our net income for first quarter 2013 compared with a year ago was driven by improved credit quality results and positive operating leverage with pre-tax pre-provision profit of $8.9 billion, up 2% from the same period a year ago.

Our balance sheet continued to strengthen in first quarter 2013 with further core loan and deposit growth. Our non-strategic/liquidating loan portfolios decreased $3.7 billion during the quarter, and, excluding the planned runoff of these loans, our core loan portfolios increased $4.1 billion from the prior quarter. Included in this growth was $3.4 billion of 1-4 family conforming first mortgage production retained on the balance sheet. Total average loans were $798.1 billion, up $10.9 billion from the prior quarter. On a year-over-year basis, the asset-backed finance, commercial banking, corporate banking, credit card, government and institutional banking, mortgage, retail brokerage, real estate capital markets, and retail sales finance portfolios all experienced double-digit growth. Our short-term investments and federal funds sold balances increased by $6.5 billion during the quarter as average deposits continued to grow. We grew our securities available for sale

 

 

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Overview (continued)

 

portfolio by $13 billion, up 6% from December 31, 2012, as we purchased a total of $17.8 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities to take advantage of the interest rate back ups at various times within the quarter as rates rose and yields became more attractive. Our ROA grew to 1.49%, within our targeted range of 1.3% to 1.6%, and our ROE increased to 13.59%, also within our targeted range of 12% to 15%.

Credit Quality

Credit quality continued to improve in first quarter 2013, and in several of our commercial and consumer loan portfolios the performance was particularly strong. Our credit losses reflected the benefit of a slowly and steadily improving economy and the high quality loans we have been originating over the past few years. Net charge-offs of $1.4 billion were 0.72% (annualized) of average loans, down 53 basis points from a year ago. Nonperforming assets decreased by $1.6 billion to $22.9 billion at March 31, 2013, from $24.5 billion at December 31, 2012, with declines in both nonaccrual loans and foreclosed assets.

With the continued credit performance improvement in our loan portfolios, our $1.2 billion provision for credit losses this quarter was $776 million less than a year ago. This provision included the release of $200 million from the allowance for credit losses (the amount by which net charge-offs exceeded the provision), compared with a release of $400 million a year ago. Absent significant deterioration in the economic environment, we continue to expect future allowance releases in 2013.

Capital

We continued to build capital this quarter, increasing total equity by $4.5 billion to $163.4 billion at March 31, 2013. Our Tier 1 common equity ratio grew 27 basis points during the quarter to 10.39% of risk-weighted assets under Basel I, reflecting strong internal capital generation. The Tier 1 common equity ratio under Basel I was negatively impacted by approximately 25 basis points in first quarter 2013 by the implementation of the Federal Reserve’s Market Risk Final Rule, commonly known as “Basel 2.5,” which became effective on January 1, 2013. This implementation was reflected in our 2013 Capital Plan and did not impact our ratio under Basel III, as its impact has historically been included in our calculations. Based on our interpretation of current Basel III capital proposals, we estimate that our Tier 1 common equity ratio was 8.39% at the end of first quarter 2013, up 20 basis points from December 31, 2012. Our other regulatory capital ratios remained strong with an increase in the Tier 1 capital ratio to 11.80% and Tier 1 leverage ratio to 9.53% from 11.75% and 9.47%, respectively, at December 31, 2012. See the “Capital Management” section in this Report for more information regarding our capital, including Tier 1 common equity.

We repurchased approximately 17 million shares of our common stock in first quarter 2013 and paid a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.25 per share.

On March 14, 2013, we received a non-objection to our 2013 Capital Plan under the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), which will allow us to return more capital to our shareholders in the year ahead. The 2013 Capital Plan included a dividend rate of $0.30 per share for second quarter 2013, approved by the Board on April 23, 2013, and also included an increase in common stock repurchase activity compared with actual repurchases in 2012.

 

 

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Earnings Performance

 

 

Wells Fargo net income for first quarter 2013 was $5.2 billion ($0.92 diluted earnings per common share) compared with $4.2 billion ($0.75 diluted earnings per common share) for first quarter 2012. Our first quarter 2013 quarterly earnings reflected strong execution of our business strategy and growth in many of our businesses. The key drivers of our financial performance in first quarter 2013 were balanced net interest and fee income, diversified sources of fee income, a diversified loan portfolio and strong underlying credit performance.

Revenue, the sum of net interest income and noninterest income, was $21.3 billion in first quarter 2013, compared with $21.6 billion in first quarter 2012. The decrease in revenue for the first quarter of 2013 was predominantly due to a decrease in net interest income, resulting from continued repricing of the balance sheet in the current low interest rate environment. Net interest income was $10.5 billion in first quarter 2013, representing 49% of revenue, compared with $10.9 billion (50%) in first quarter 2012. Continued success in generating low-cost deposits enabled us to grow assets by funding loans and securities growth while reducing higher cost long-term debt.

Noninterest income was $10.8 billion in first quarter 2013, representing 51% of revenue, compared with $10.7 billion (50%) in first quarter 2012. The increase in noninterest income for the first quarter of 2013 was driven predominantly by solid performance in many of our core businesses. Those fee sources generating double-digit year-over-year revenue growth in first quarter 2013 included deposit service charges (up 12%), brokerage advisory and commission fees (up 12%), investment banking fees (up 37%) and mortgage servicing income (up 25%).

Noninterest expense was $12.4 billion in first quarter 2013, compared with $13.0 billion in first quarter 2012. The decrease in noninterest expense in first quarter 2013 from first quarter 2012 was primarily due to lower operating losses, a reduction in foreclosed assets expense (reflecting improvement in the housing market) and lower contract services. Our efficiency ratio was 58.3% in first quarter 2013, compared with 60.1% in first quarter 2012, reflecting our focus on expense management efforts.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income is the interest earned on debt securities, loans (including yield-related loan fees) and other interest-earning assets minus the interest paid on deposits, short-term borrowings and long-term debt. The net interest margin is the average yield on earning assets minus the average interest rate paid for deposits and our other sources of funding. Net interest income and the net interest margin are presented on a taxable-equivalent basis in Table 1 to consistently reflect income from taxable and tax-exempt loans and securities based on a 35% federal statutory tax rate.

While the Company believes that it has the ability to increase net interest income over time, net interest income and the net interest margin in any one period can be significantly affected by a variety of factors including the mix and overall size of our earning asset portfolio and the cost of funding those assets. In addition, some sources of interest income, such as resolutions

from purchased credit-impaired (PCI) loans, loan prepayment fees and collection of interest on nonaccrual loans, can vary from period to period.

Net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis was $10.7 billion in first quarter 2013, down from $11.1 billion a year ago. The net interest margin was 3.48% for first quarter 2013, down from 3.91% a year ago. The decrease in net interest income from a year ago was largely driven by the impact of higher yielding loan and available-for-sale (AFS) securities runoff, partially offset by the benefits of opportunistic AFS securities purchases and the retention of $22.8 billion in high-quality, conforming real estate 1-4 family first mortgages in 2012 and 2013. In addition, reductions in deposit and long-term debt costs also helped offset lower asset income. The decline in net interest margin in first quarter 2013, compared with the same period a year ago, was largely driven by continued runoff of higher yielding assets. In addition, net interest margin for first quarter 2013 experienced significant pressure as short-term investment balances, which are dilutive to net interest margin while essentially neutral to net interest income, increased as a result of continued deposit growth. We expect continued pressure on our net interest margin as the balance sheet continues to reprice in the current low interest rate environment.

Average earning assets increased $99.6 billion in first quarter 2013 from a year ago, as average securities available for sale increased $11.3 billion and average short-term investments increased $65.0 billion. In addition, an increase in commercial and industrial loans contributed to $29.5 billion higher average loans in first quarter 2013, compared with a year ago.

Core deposits are an important low-cost source of funding and affect both net interest income and the net interest margin. Core deposits include noninterest-bearing deposits, interest-bearing checking, savings certificates, market rate and other savings, and certain foreign deposits (Eurodollar sweep balances). Average core deposits rose to $925.9 billion in first quarter 2013, compared with $870.5 billion in first quarter 2012 and funded 116% of average loans in first quarter 2013, compared with 113% a year ago. Average core deposits decreased to 75% of average earning assets in first quarter 2013, compared with 77% a year ago. The cost of these deposits has continued to decline due to a sustained low interest rate environment and a shift in our deposit mix from higher cost certificates of deposit to lower yielding checking and savings products. About 94% of our average core deposits are in checking and savings deposits, one of the highest industry percentages.

 

 

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Earnings Performance (continued)

 

Table 1: Average Balances, Yields and Rates Paid (Taxable-Equivalent Basis) (1)(2)(3)

 

 

     Quarter ended March 31,  
     2013      2012  
(in millions)    Average
balance
     Yields/
rates
    Interest
income/
expense
     Average
balance
     Yields/
rates
    Interest
income/
expense
 

 

 

Earning assets

               

Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and other short-term investments

   $ 121,024         0.36  %    $ 107         56,020         0.52  %    $ 73   

Trading assets

     42,130         3.17       334         43,766         3.50       383   

Securities available for sale (3):

               

Securities of U.S. Treasury and federal agencies

     7,079         1.56       28         5,797         0.97       14   

Securities of U.S. states and political subdivisions

     37,584         4.38       410         32,595         4.52       368   

Mortgage-backed securities:

               

Federal agencies

     95,368         2.74       654         91,300         3.49       797   

Residential and commercial

     32,141         6.46       519         34,531         6.80       587   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total mortgage-backed securities

     127,509         3.68       1,173         125,831         4.40       1,384   

Other debt and equity securities

     53,724         3.58       476         50,402         3.82       480   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total securities available for sale

     225,896         3.70       2,087         214,625         4.19       2,246   

Mortgages held for sale (4)

     43,312         3.42       371         46,908         3.91       459   

Loans held for sale (4)

     141         8.83              748         5.09        

Loans:

               

Commercial:

               

Commercial and industrial

     184,515         3.73       1,700         166,782         4.18       1,733   

Real estate mortgage

     106,221         3.84       1,006         105,990         4.07       1,072   

Real estate construction

     16,559         4.84       197         18,730         4.79       223   

Lease financing

     12,424         6.78       210         13,129         8.89       292   

Foreign

     39,900         2.16       213         41,167         2.52       258   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total commercial

     359,619         3.74       3,326         345,798         4.16       3,578   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Consumer:

               

Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage

     252,049         4.29       2,702         229,653         4.69       2,688   

Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage

     74,068         4.28       785         84,718         4.27       900   

Credit card

     24,097         12.62       750         22,129         12.93       711   

Automobile

     46,566         7.20       826         43,686         7.79       846   

Other revolving credit and installment

     41,675         4.70       483         42,598         4.57       483   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total consumer

     438,455         5.10       5,546         422,784         5.34       5,628   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total loans (4)

     798,074         4.49       8,872         768,582         4.81       9,206   

Other

     4,255         5.19       55         4,604         4.42       51   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total earning assets

   $         1,234,832         3.86  %    $         11,829                 1,135,253         4.39  %    $         12,427   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Funding sources

               

Deposits:

               

Interest-bearing checking

   $ 32,165         0.06  %    $        32,158         0.05  %    $  

Market rate and other savings

     537,549         0.09       122         496,027         0.12       153   

Savings certificates

     55,238         1.22       167         62,689         1.36       213   

Other time deposits

     15,905         1.25       50         12,651         1.93       61   

Deposits in foreign offices

     71,077         0.14       25         64,847         0.16       26   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing deposits

     711,934         0.21       369         668,372         0.27       457   

Short-term borrowings

     55,410         0.17       24         48,382         0.15       18   

Long-term debt

     127,112         2.20       696         127,537         2.60       830   

Other liabilities

     11,608         2.24       65         9,803         2.63       64   

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     906,064         0.51       1,154         854,094         0.64       1,369   

Portion of noninterest-bearing funding sources

     328,768         -              281,159         -        

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total funding sources

   $ 1,234,832         0.38       1,154         1,135,253         0.48       1,369   

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest margin and net interest income on a taxable-equivalent basis (5)

        3.48  %    $ 10,675            3.91  %    $ 11,058   
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Noninterest-earning assets

               

Cash and due from banks

   $ 16,529              16,974        

Goodwill

     25,637              25,128        

Other

     127,336              125,566        

 

         

 

 

      

Total noninterest-earning assets

   $ 169,502              167,668        

 

         

 

 

      

Noninterest-bearing funding sources

               

Deposits

   $ 274,221              246,614        

Other liabilities

     63,634              57,201        

Total equity

     160,415              145,012        

Noninterest-bearing funding sources used to fund earning assets

     (328,768)              (281,159)        

 

         

 

 

      

Net noninterest-bearing funding sources

   $ 169,502              167,668        

 

         

 

 

      

Total assets

   $ 1,404,334              1,302,921        

 

         

 

 

      

 

 

 

(1) Our average prime rate was 3.25% for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The average three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) was 0.29% and 0.51% for the same quarters, respectively.
(2) Yield/rates and amounts include the effects of hedge and risk management activities associated with the respective asset and liability categories.
(3) Yields and rates are based on interest income/expense amounts for the period, annualized based on the accrual basis for the respective accounts. The average balance amounts represent amortized cost for the periods presented.
(4) Nonaccrual loans and related income are included in their respective loan categories.
(5) Includes taxable-equivalent adjustments of $176 million and $170 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, primarily related to tax-exempt income on certain loans and securities. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 35% for the periods presented.

 

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Noninterest Income

Table 2: Noninterest Income

 

 

     Quarter ended Mar. 31,      %  
(in millions)    2013      2012      Change  

 

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

   $ 1,214        1,084         12

Trust and investment fees:

        

Brokerage advisory, commissions and other fees (1)

     2,050        1,830         12  

Trust and investment management (1)

     799        752         6  

Investment banking

     353        257         37  

 

    

Total trust and investment fees

     3,202        2,839         13  

 

    

Card fees

     738        654         13  

Other fees:

        

Charges and fees on loans

     384        445         (14)   

Merchant processing fees

     154        125         23  

Cash network fees

     117        118         (1)   

Commercial real estate brokerage commissions

     45        50         (10)   

Letters of credit fees

     109        112         (3)   

All other fees

     225        245         (8)   

 

    

Total other fees

     1,034        1,095         (6)   

 

    

Mortgage banking:

        

Servicing income, net

     314        252         25  

Net gains on mortgage loan origination/sales activities

     2,480        2,618         (5)   

 

    

Total mortgage banking

     2,794        2,870         (3)   

 

    

Insurance

     463        519         (11)   

Net gains from trading activities

     570        640         (11)   

Net gains (losses) on debt securities available for sale

     45        (7)         NM   

Net gains from equity investments

     113        364         (69)   

Lease income

     130        59         120  

Life insurance investment income

     145        168         (14)   

All other

     312        463         (33)   

 

    

Total

   $           10,760        10,748         -  

 

 

NM - Not meaningful

(1) Prior period has been revised to reflect all fund distribution fees as brokerage related income.

Noninterest income of $ 10.8 billion represented 51% of revenue for first quarter 2013 compared with $10.7 billion, or 50%, for first quarter 2012. The increase in noninterest income was driven by solid performance in many of our core businesses including retail deposits, commercial banking, corporate banking, capital markets, commercial real estate, wealth management, and retirement services.

Our service charges on deposit accounts increased in first quarter 2013 by $130 million, or 12%, from first quarter 2012, predominantly due to product and account changes including changes to service charges and fewer fee waivers, continued customer adoption of overdraft services and primary consumer checking customer growth.

We receive brokerage advisory, commissions and other fees for providing services to full-service and discount brokerage customers. Brokerage advisory, commissions and other fees increased to $2.1 billion in first quarter 2013 from $1.8 billion a

year ago, and includes transactional commissions based on the number of transactions executed at the customer’s direction, and asset-based fees, which are based on the market value of the customer’s assets. Brokerage client assets totaled $1.3 trillion at March 31, 2013, up 7% from $1.2 trillion at March 31, 2012, due to higher market values and customer growth in assets under management.

We earn trust and investment management fees from managing and administering assets, including mutual funds, corporate trust, personal trust, employee benefit trust and agency assets. At March 31, 2013, these assets totaled $2.3 trillion, up 5% from March 31, 2012, driven by higher market values. Trust and investment management fees are largely based on a tiered scale relative to the market value of the assets under management or administration. These fees increased to $799 million in first quarter 2013 from $752 million a year ago.

We earn investment banking fees from underwriting debt and equity securities, loan syndications, and performing other related advisory services. Investment banking fees increased to $353 million in first quarter 2013 from $257 million a year ago due primarily to increased loan syndication volume.

Card fees were $738 million in first quarter 2013, compared with $654 million in first quarter 2012. Card fees increased primarily due to increased purchase activity and strong credit card balance growth.

Mortgage banking noninterest income, consisting of net servicing income and net gains on loan origination/sales activities, totaled $2.8 billion in first quarter 2013, compared with $2.9 billion in first quarter 2012. The decrease in mortgage banking noninterest income from a year ago was largely driven by lower originations.

Net mortgage loan servicing income includes amortization of commercial mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), changes in the fair value of residential MSRs during the period, as well as changes in the value of derivatives (economic hedges) used to hedge the residential MSRs. Net servicing income for first quarter 2013 included a $129 million net MSR valuation gain ($761 million increase in the fair value of the MSRs offset by a $632 million hedge loss) and for first quarter 2012 included a $58 million net MSR valuation loss ($158 million decrease in the fair value of MSRs offset by a $100 million hedge gain). The first quarter 2013 MSRs valuation was driven by an increase in market interest rates. The $158 million decrease in fair value for the first quarter 2012 included the effect of a discount rate increase reflecting increased capital return requirements from market participants, partially offset by an increase in the valuation due to an increase in market interest rates. Our portfolio of loans serviced for others was $1.89 trillion at March 31, 2013, and $1.91 trillion at December 31, 2012. At March 31, 2013, the ratio of MSRs to related loans serviced for others was 0.70%, compared with 0.67% at December 31, 2012. See the “Risk Management – Mortgage Banking Interest Rate and Market Risk” section of this Report for additional information regarding our MSRs risks and hedging approach.

Net gains on mortgage loan origination/sale activities were $2.5 billion in first quarter 2013, compared with $2.6 billion in first quarter 2012. The decrease was driven by lower loan

 

 

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originations. Mortgage loan originations were $109 billion in first quarter 2013, of which 31% were for home purchases, compared with $129 billion and 29%, respectively, a year ago. During first quarter 2013, we retained for investment $3.4 billion of 1-4 family conforming first mortgage loans, forgoing approximately $112 million of revenue that could have been generated had the loans been originated for sale along with other agency conforming loan production. While retaining these mortgage loans on our balance sheet reduced mortgage revenue, we expect to generate spread income in future quarters from mortgage loans with higher yields than mortgage-backed securities we could have purchased in the market. While we do not currently plan to hold additional conforming mortgages on balance sheet, we have a large mortgage business and strong capital that provides us with the flexibility to make such choices in the future to benefit our long-term results. Mortgage applications were $140 billion in first quarter 2013, compared with $188 billion in first quarter 2012. The 1-4 family first mortgage unclosed pipeline was $74 billion at March 31, 2013, and $79 billion at March 31, 2012. For additional information about our mortgage banking activities and results, see the “Risk Management – Mortgage Banking Interest Rate and Market Risk” section and Note 8 (Mortgage Banking Activities) and Note 13 (Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities) to Financial Statements in this Report.

Net gains on mortgage loan origination/sales activities include the cost of additions to the mortgage repurchase liability. Mortgage loans are repurchased from third parties based on standard representations and warranties, and early payment default clauses in mortgage sale contracts. Additions to the mortgage repurchase liability that were charged against net gains on mortgage loan origination/sales activities during first quarter 2013 totaled $309 million (compared with $430 million for first quarter 2012), of which $250 million ($368 million for first quarter 2012) was for subsequent increases in estimated losses on prior period loan sales. For additional information about mortgage loan repurchases, see the “Risk Management – Credit Risk Management – Liability for Mortgage Loan Repurchase Losses” section and Note 8 (Mortgage Banking Activities) to Financial Statements in this Report.

We engage in trading activities primarily to accommodate the investment activities of our customers, execute economic hedging to manage certain of our balance sheet risks and for a very limited amount of proprietary trading for our own account. Net gains (losses) from trading activities, which reflect unrealized changes in fair value of our trading positions and realized gains and losses, were $570 million in first quarter 2013 and $640 million in first quarter 2012. The year-over-year decrease was driven by lower gains on deferred compensation plan investments (offset in employee benefits expense) and lower hedging gains. Net gains (losses) from trading activities do not include interest and dividend income on trading securities. Those amounts are reported within net interest income from trading assets. Proprietary trading generated $4 million of net gains in first quarter 2013 and $15 million of net gains in first quarter 2012. Proprietary trading results also included interest and fees reported in their corresponding income statement line items. Proprietary trading activities are not significant to our client-focused business model.

Net gains on debt and equity securities totaled $158 million for first quarter 2013 and $357 million for first quarter 2012, after other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) write-downs of $78 million for first quarter 2013 and $65 million for first quarter 2012.

 

 

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Noninterest Expense

Table 3: Noninterest Expense

 

 

     Quarter ended Mar. 31,      %  
(in millions)    2013      2012      Change  

 

 

Salaries

   $ 3,663        3,601        2

Commission and incentive compensation

     2,577        2,417        7  

Employee benefits

     1,583        1,608        (2

Equipment

     528        557        (5

Net occupancy

     719        704        2  

Core deposit and other intangibles

     377        419        (10

FDIC and other deposit assessments

     292        357        (18

Outside professional services

     535        594        (10

Operating losses

     157        477        (67

Foreclosed assets

     195        304        (36

Contract services

     207        303        (32

Outside data processing

     233        216        8  

Travel and entertainment

     213        202        5  

Postage, stationery and supplies

     199        216        (8

Advertising and promotion

     105        122        (14

Telecommunications

     123        124        (1

Insurance

     137        157        (13

Operating leases

     48        28        71  

All other

     509        587        (13

 

    

Total

   $     12,400        12,993        (5

 

Noninterest expense was $12.4 billion in first quarter 2013, down 5% from $13.0 billion a year ago, predominantly due to lower operating losses, a reduction in foreclosed assets expense, lower contract services and lower merger costs resulting from the completion of Wachovia merger integration activities in the prior year ($218 million in first quarter 2012).

Personnel expenses were up $197 million, or 3%, in first quarter 2013 compared with the same quarter last year, largely due to annual salary increases and related salary taxes, higher revenue-based compensation, and increased staffing primarily in our mortgage business. These increases were partially offset by the impact of one less day in first quarter 2013 and lower deferred compensation expense (offset in trading income).

The completion of Wachovia integration activities in the prior year significantly contributed to year-over-year reductions in outside professional services, contract services, advertising and promotion, and all other expense. Excluding integration-related reductions, outside professional services expense declined due to lower costs associated with regulatory-driven mortgage servicing and foreclosure matters.

Operating losses were down $320 million, or 67%, in first quarter 2013 compared with the prior year, mostly due to lower mortgage-related litigation charges, including the February 2012 settlement related to mortgage industry servicing and foreclosure practices.

Foreclosed assets expense was down $109 million, or 36%, in first quarter 2013 compared with the same quarter last year, mainly due to lower write-downs and higher gains on sale of foreclosed properties.

The Company continued to operate within its targeted efficiency ratio range of 55 to 59%, with a ratio of 58.3% in first

quarter 2013, compared with 60.1% in the prior year. We expect second quarter 2013 expenses to decline from first quarter 2013 and to remain within the target efficiency range.

Income Tax Expense

Our effective tax rate was 31.9% and 35.4% for first quarter 2013 and 2012, respectively. The lower effective tax rate in first quarter 2013 reflected tax benefits from the realization for tax purposes of a previously written down investment as well as a reduction in accruals for uncertain tax positions. Absent additional discrete benefits in 2013, we expect the effective income tax rate for the full year 2013 to be higher than the effective income tax rate for first quarter 2013.

 

 

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Earnings Performance (continued)

 

Operating Segment Results

We are organized for management reporting purposes into three operating segments: Community Banking; Wholesale Banking; and Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement. These segments are defined by product type and customer segment and their results are based on our management accounting process, for which there is no comprehensive, authoritative financial accounting guidance equivalent to generally accepted accounting principles

(GAAP). In first quarter 2012, we modified internal funds transfer rates and the allocation of funding. Table 4 and the following discussion present our results by operating segment. For a more complete description of our operating segments, including additional financial information and the underlying management accounting process, see Note 18 (Operating Segments) to Financial Statements in this Report.

 

 

Table 4: Operating Segment Results – Highlights

 

 

     Community Banking      Wholesale Banking      Wealth, Brokerage
and Retirement
     Other (1)      Consolidated
Company
 
(in billions)    2013      2012       2013     2012       2013      2012       2013     2012       2013      2012   

 

 

Quarter ended March 31,

                           

Revenue

   $ 12.9        13.4         6.1       6.0         3.2        3.1         (0.9     (0.9)         21.3        21.6   

Provision (reversal of provision) for credit losses

     1.3        1.9         (0.1     0.1         -               -              1.2        2.0   

Noninterest expense

     7.4        7.8         3.1       3.1         2.6        2.5         (0.7     (0.4)         12.4        13.0   

Net income

     2.9        2.3         2.0       1.9         0.3        0.3         (0.1     (0.3)         5.2        4.2   

 

 

Average loans

     498.9        486.1         284.5       268.6         43.8        42.5         (29.1     (28.6)         798.1        768.6   

Average core deposits

             619.2        575.2         224.1       220.9         149.4        135.6         (66.8     (61.2)         925.9        870.5   

 

 

 

(1) Includes Wachovia integration expenses, through completion in the first quarter of 2012, and the elimination of items that are included in both Community Banking and Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement, largely representing services and products for wealth management customers provided in Community Banking stores.

 

Community Banking offers a complete line of diversified financial products and services for consumers and small businesses. These products include investment, insurance and trust services in 39 states and D.C., and mortgage and home equity loans in all 50 states and D.C. through its Regional Banking and Wells Fargo Home Lending business units. Cross-sell of our products is an important part of our strategy to achieve our vision to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs. Our retail bank household cross-sell was 6.10 products per household in February 2013, up from 5.98 in February 2012. We believe there is more opportunity for cross-sell as we continue to earn more business from our customers. Our goal is eight products per customer, which is approximately half of our estimate of potential demand for an average U.S. household. As of February 2013, one of every four of our retail banking households had eight or more of our products.

Community Banking reported net income of $2.9 billion, up $576 million, or 25%, from first quarter 2012. Revenue of $12.9 billion decreased $522 million, or 4%, from first quarter 2012 primarily due to lower net interest income, equity gains, and volume-related mortgage banking revenue. Average core deposits increased $44 billion, or 8%, from first quarter 2012. Primary consumer checking customers as of February 2013 (customers who actively use their checking account with transactions such as debit card purchases, online bill payments, and direct deposit) were up a net 2% from February 2012. Noninterest expense declined $448 million, or 6%, from first quarter 2012, largely the result of lower operating losses. The provision for credit losses was $616 million lower than a year ago due to improved portfolio performance and included a $144 million allowance release compared with a $300 million allowance release a year ago.

Wholesale Banking provides financial solutions to businesses across the United States and globally with annual sales generally

in excess of $20 million. Products and business segments include Middle Market Commercial Banking, Government and Institutional Banking, Corporate Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Treasury Management, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, Insurance, International, Real Estate Capital Markets, Commercial Mortgage Servicing, Corporate Trust, Equipment Finance, Wells Fargo Securities, Principal Investments, Asset Backed Finance, and Asset Management.

Wholesale Banking reported net income of $2.0 billion, up $177 million, or 9%, from first quarter 2012 driven by a lower provision for loan losses as a result of improved credit performance. Revenue increased $53 million, or 1%, from first quarter 2012 primarily driven by increased noninterest income from broad-based business growth. Average loans of $284.5 billion increased $15.9 billion, or 6%, from first quarter 2012, driven by strong customer demand. Average core deposits of $224.1 billion increased $3.2 billion, or 1%, from first quarter 2012 reflecting continued customer liquidity. Noninterest expense increased $37 million, or 1%, from first quarter 2012 due to higher personnel expense related to growing the business and higher non-personnel expenses related to growth initiatives and compliance and regulatory requirements. The provision for credit losses decreased $153 million from first quarter 2012 due to a $203 million reduction in credit losses which was partially offset by a lower level of allowance release. The first quarter 2013 provision included a $50 million allowance release, compared with a $100 million allowance release a year ago.

Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement provides a full range of financial advisory services to clients using a planning approach to meet each client’s needs. Wealth Management provides affluent and high net worth clients with a complete range of wealth management solutions, including financial planning, private banking, credit, investment management and trust. Abbot Downing, a Wells Fargo business, provides

 

 

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comprehensive wealth management services to ultra high net worth families and individuals as well as their endowments and foundations. Brokerage serves customers’ advisory, brokerage and financial needs as part of one of the largest full-service brokerage firms in the United States. Retirement is a national leader in providing institutional retirement and trust services (including 401(k) and pension plan record keeping) for businesses, retail retirement solutions for individuals, and reinsurance services for the life insurance industry.

Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement reported net income of $337 million in first quarter 2013, up 14%, from first quarter 2012 driven by strong growth in asset-based fees and higher brokerage transaction revenue. Total revenue was up 4%, from first quarter 2012 on higher noninterest income. Excluding $36 million in lower gains on deferred compensation plan investments (offset in compensation expense), revenue was up

6% from first quarter 2012, predominantly due to strong growth in asset-based fees from improved market performance and growing market share, as well as higher brokerage transaction revenue, partially offset by lower net interest income and reduced securities gains in the brokerage business. Average core deposits of $149.4 billion grew 10% from first quarter 2012. Noninterest expense increased 4% from first quarter 2012 driven by higher personnel expenses, primarily broker commissions due to higher production levels, partially offset by lower deferred compensation expense (offset in trading income). Apart from the $33 million decrease in deferred compensation, noninterest expense increased 5% from first quarter 2012. Total provision for credit losses decreased $29 million from first quarter 2012, including a $6 million allowance release in first quarter 2013.

 

 

Balance Sheet Analysis

 

 

At March 31, 2013, our assets totaled $1.4 trillion, up $13.7 billion from December 31, 2012. The predominant areas of asset growth were in securities available for sale, which increased $13.0 billion, and federal funds sold and short-term investments, which increased $6.5 billion, partially offset by a $5.6 billion decrease in cash and due from banks. Deposit growth of $7.9 billion and total equity growth of $4.5 billion from December 31, 2012 were the predominant sources of funding our asset growth for first quarter 2013. The deposit growth resulted in an increase in the proportion of interest-bearing deposits and equity growth benefited heavily from $3.6 billion in earnings, net of dividends paid, as well as $625 million from issuance of preferred stock. The strength of our business model produced record earnings and continued internal capital

generation as reflected in our capital ratios, all of which improved from December 31, 2012. Tier 1 capital as a percentage of total risk-weighted assets increased to 11.80%, total capital increased to 14.76%, Tier 1 leverage increased to 9.53%, and Tier 1 common equity increased to 10.39% at March 31, 2013, compared with 11.75%, 14.63%, 9.47%, and 10.12%, respectively, at December 31, 2012.

The following discussion provides additional information about the major components of our balance sheet. Information regarding our capital and changes in our asset mix is included in the “Earnings Performance – Net Interest Income” and “Capital Management” sections and Note 19 (Regulatory and Agency Capital Requirements) to Financial Statements in this Report.

 

 

Securities Available for Sale

Table 5: Securities Available for Sale – Summary

 

 

     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  
(in millions)    Cost      Net
unrealized
gain
     Fair
value
     Cost      Net
unrealized
gain
     Fair
value
 

 

 

Debt securities available for sale

   $         234,727        10,654        245,381        220,946        11,468        232,414  

Marketable equity securities

     2,263        516        2,779        2,337        448        2,785  

 

 

Total securities available for sale

   $ 236,990        11,170        248,160        223,283        11,916        235,199  

 

 

 

Table 5 presents a summary of our securities available-for-sale portfolio, which consists of both debt and marketable equity securities. The total net unrealized gains on securities available for sale were $11.2 billion at March 31, 2013, down from net unrealized gains of $11.9 billion at December 31, 2012, due mostly to an increase in long-term rates.

The size and composition of the available-for-sale portfolio is largely dependent upon the Company’s liquidity and interest rate risk management objectives. Our business generates assets and liabilities, such as loans, deposits and long-term debt, which have different maturities, yields, re-pricing, prepayment characteristics and other provisions that expose us to interest

rate and liquidity risk. The available-for-sale securities portfolio consists primarily of liquid, high quality federal agency debt, privately issued mortgage-backed securities (MBS), securities issued by U.S. states and political subdivisions and corporate debt securities. Due to its highly liquid nature, the available-for-sale portfolio can be used to meet funding needs that arise in the normal course of business or due to market stress. Changes in our interest rate risk profile may occur due to changes in overall economic or market conditions that could influence drivers such as loan origination demand, prepayment speeds, or deposit balances and mix. In response, the available-for-sale securities portfolio can be rebalanced to meet the Company’s interest rate

 

 

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risk management objectives. In addition to meeting liquidity and interest rate risk management objectives, the available-for-sale securities portfolio may provide yield enhancement over other short-term assets. See the “Risk Management – Asset/Liability Management” section of this Report for more information on liquidity and interest rate risk.

We analyze securities for OTTI quarterly or more often if a potential loss-triggering event occurs. Of the $78 million in OTTI write-downs recognized in first quarter 2013, $34 million related to debt securities. There was $4 million in OTTI write-downs for marketable equity securities and $40 million in OTTI write-downs related to nonmarketable equity investments. For a discussion of our OTTI accounting policies and underlying considerations and analysis see Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Investments) in our 2012 Form 10-K and Note 4 (Securities Available for Sale) to Financial Statements in this Report.

At March 31, 2013, debt securities available for sale included $40.5 billion of municipal bonds, of which 83% were rated “A-” or better based predominantly on external and, in some cases, internal ratings. Additionally, some of the securities in our total municipal bond portfolio are guaranteed against loss by bond insurers. These guaranteed bonds are predominantly investment grade and were generally underwritten in accordance with our own investment standards prior to the determination to purchase, without relying on the bond insurer’s guarantee in making the investment decision. Our municipal bond holdings are monitored as part of our ongoing impairment analysis of our securities available for sale.

The weighted-average expected maturity of debt securities available for sale was 6.2 years at March 31, 2013. Because 57% of this portfolio is MBS, the expected remaining maturity is shorter than the remaining contractual maturity because borrowers generally have the right to prepay obligations before the underlying mortgages mature. The estimated effects of a 200 basis point increase or decrease in interest rates on the fair value and the expected remaining maturity of the MBS available for sale are shown in Table 6.

Table 6: Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

(in billions)    Fair
value
     Net
unrealized
gain (loss)
    Expected
remaining
maturity
(in years)
 

At March 31, 2013

       

Actual

   $     140.7        6.8       4.3  

Assuming a 200 basis point:

       

Increase in interest rates

     129.1        (4.8     5.9  

Decrease in interest rates

     144.3        10.4       2.9  

 

See Note 4 (Securities Available for Sale) to Financial Statements in this Report for securities available for sale by security type.

 

 

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Loan Portfolio

Total loans were $800.0 billion at March 31, 2013, up $392 million from December 31, 2012. Table 7 provides a summary of total outstanding loans for our commercial and consumer loan portfolios. Excluding the runoff in the non-strategic/liquidating portfolios of $3.7 billion, loans in the core portfolio grew $4.1 billion from December 31, 2012. Our core loan growth in 2013 included:

   

a $916 million increase in the commercial segment, which was attributed to growth in the foreign loans portfolio.

   

a $3.1 billion increase in consumer loans with growth in first mortgage, which included the retention of $3.4 billion of 1-4 family conforming first mortgages.

Additional information on the non-strategic and liquidating loan portfolios is included in Table 12 in the “Risk Management – Credit Risk Management” section of this Report.

 

 

Table 7: Loan Portfolios

 

 

     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  
(in millions)    Core      Liquidating      Total      Core      Liquidating      Total  

Commercial

   $   358,944         2,770         361,714         358,028         3,170         361,198   

Consumer

     350,131         88,121         438,252         346,984         91,392         438,376   

Total loans

   $ 709,075         90,891         799,966         705,012         94,562         799,574   

 

A discussion of average loan balances and a comparative detail of average loan balances is included in Table 1 under “Earnings Performance – Net Interest Income” earlier in this Report. Additional information on total loans outstanding by portfolio segment and class of financing receivable is included in the “Risk Management – Credit Risk Management” section in

this Report. Period-end balances and other loan related information are in Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report.

Table 8 shows contractual loan maturities for loan categories normally not subject to regular periodic principal reduction and sensitivities of those loans to changes in interest rates.

 

 

Table 8: Maturities for Selected Commercial Loan Categories

 

 

     March 31, 2013      December 31, 2012  
(in millions)   

Within
one

year

    

After

one year
through
five years

     After
five
years
     Total     

Within
one

year

    

After

one year
through
five years

     After
five
years
     Total  

 

 

Selected loan maturities:

                       

Commercial and industrial

   $ 43,876        122,745        19,002        185,623        45,212        123,578        18,969        187,759  

Real estate mortgage

     22,003        57,296        26,820        106,119        22,328        56,085        27,927        106,340  

Real estate construction

     6,994        8,406        1,250        16,650        7,685        7,961        1,258        16,904  

Foreign

     29,115        9,171        2,634        40,920        27,219        7,460        3,092        37,771  

 

 

Total selected loans

   $ 101,988        197,618        49,706        349,312        102,444        195,084        51,246        348,774  

 

 

Distribution of loans due after one year to changes in interest rates:

                       

Loans at fixed interest rates

      $ 21,347        12,256              20,894        11,387     

Loans at floating/variable interest rates

        176,271        37,450              174,190        39,859     

 

 

Total selected loans

      $ 197,618        49,706              195,084        51,246     

 

 

 

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Balance Sheet Analysis (continued)

 

Deposits

Deposits totaled $1.0 trillion at March 31, 2013, and December 31, 2012. Table 9 provides additional information regarding deposits. Information regarding the impact of deposits on net interest income and a comparison of average deposit balances

is provided in “Earnings Performance – Net Interest Income” and Table 1 earlier in this Report. Total core deposits were $939.9 billion at March 31, 2013, down $5.8 billion from $945.7 billion at December 31, 2012.

 

 

Table 9: Deposits

 

 

($ in millions)    Mar. 31,
2013
     % of
total
deposits
    Dec. 31,
2012
     % of
total
deposits
    %
Change
 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing

   $ 278,909        28  %    $ 288,207        29  %      (3

Interest-bearing checking

     44,536        4       35,275        4       26  

Market rate and other savings

     527,487        52       517,464        52       2  

Savings certificates

     54,482        5       55,966        6       (3

Foreign deposits (1)

     34,520        4       48,837        4       (29

 

   

Core deposits

     939,934        93       945,749        95       (1

Other time and savings deposits

     40,249        4       33,755        3       19  

Other foreign deposits

     30,550        3       23,331        2       31  

 

   

Total deposits

   $ 1,010,733        100  %    $ 1,002,835        100  %      1  

 

 

(1) Reflects Eurodollar sweep balances included in core deposits.

 

Fair Valuation of Financial Instruments

We use fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain financial instruments and to determine fair value disclosures. See our 2012 Form 10-K for a description of our critical accounting policy related to fair valuation of financial instruments and a discussion of our fair value measurement techniques.

Table 10 presents the summary of the fair value of financial instruments recorded at fair value on a recurring basis, and the amounts measured using significant Level 3 inputs (before derivative netting adjustments). The fair value of the remaining assets and liabilities were measured using valuation methodologies involving market-based or market-derived information (collectively Level 1 and 2 measurements).

Table 10: Fair Value Level 3 Summary

 

 

     March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
($ in billions)    Total
balance
    Level 3 (1)     Total
balance
     Level
3 (1)
 

Assets carried at fair value

   $ 373.8       41.8       358.7        51.9  

As a percentage of total assets

     26  %      3       25        4  

Liabilities carried at fair value

   $ 23.0       3.2       22.4        3.1  

As a percentage of total liabilities

     2  %      *        2        *   

 

* Less than 1%.
(1) Before derivative netting adjustments.

See Note 13 (Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities) to Financial Statements in this Report for additional information regarding our use of fair valuation of financial instruments, our related measurement techniques and the impact to our financial statements.

 

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

 

In the ordinary course of business, we engage in financial transactions that are not recorded in the balance sheet, or may be recorded in the balance sheet in amounts that are different from the full contract or notional amount of the transaction. These transactions are designed to (1) meet the financial needs of customers, (2) manage our credit, market or liquidity risks, (3) diversify our funding sources, and/or (4) optimize capital.

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions with Unconsolidated Entities

We routinely enter into various types of on- and off-balance sheet transactions with special purpose entities (SPEs), which are corporations, trusts or partnerships that are established for a limited purpose. Generally, SPEs are formed in connection with securitization transactions. For more information on securitizations, including sales proceeds and cash flows from securitizations, see Note 7 (Securitizations and Variable Interest Entities) to Financial Statements in this Report.

 

 

Risk Management

 

 

As a financial institution we must manage and control a variety of business risks that can significantly affect our financial performance. Among the key risks that we must manage are credit risks, asset/liability interest rate and market risks, and operational risks. For more information about how we managed credit, asset/liability interest rate and market risks, see the “Risk Management” section in our 2012 Form 10-K. The discussion that follows provides an update regarding these risks.

Operational Risk Management

Effective management of operational risks, which include risks relating to management information systems, security systems, and information security, is also an important focus for financial institutions such as Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo and reportedly other financial institutions continue to be the target of various denial-of-service or other cyber attacks as part of what appears to be a coordinated effort to disrupt the operations of financial institutions and potentially test their cybersecurity in advance of future and more advanced cyber attacks. To date Wells Fargo has not experienced any material losses relating to these or other cyber attacks. Cybersecurity and the continued development and enhancement of our controls, processes and systems to protect our networks, computers, software, and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access remain a priority for Wells Fargo. See the “Risk Factors” section in our 2012 Form 10-K for additional information regarding the risks associated with a failure or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, including as a result of cyber attacks.

Credit Risk Management

Loans represent the largest component of assets on our balance sheet and their related credit risk is a significant risk we manage. We define credit risk as the risk of loss associated with a borrower or counterparty default (failure to meet obligations in accordance with agreed upon terms). Table 11 presents our total loans outstanding by portfolio segment and class of financing receivable.

Table 11: Total Loans Outstanding by Portfolio Segment and Class of Financing Receivable

 

 

(in millions)    Mar. 31,
2013
     Dec. 31,
2012
 

Commercial:

     

Commercial and industrial

   $ 185,623        187,759  

Real estate mortgage

     106,119        106,340  

Real estate construction

     16,650        16,904  

Lease financing

     12,402        12,424  

Foreign (1)

     40,920        37,771  

Total commercial

     361,714        361,198  

Consumer:

     

Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage

     252,307        249,900  

Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage

     72,543        75,465  

Credit card

     24,120        24,640  

Automobile

     47,259        45,998  

Other revolving credit and installment

     42,023        42,373  

Total consumer

     438,252        438,376  

Total loans

   $       799,966        799,574  

 

 

(1) Substantially all of our foreign loan portfolio is commercial loans. Loans are classified as foreign if the borrower’s primary address is outside of the United States.
 

 

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Risk Management – Credit Risk Management (continued)

 

Non-Strategic and Liquidating Loan Portfolios We continually evaluate and modify our credit policies to address appropriate levels of risk. We may designate certain portfolios and loan products as non-strategic or liquidating to cease their continued origination as we actively work to limit losses and reduce our exposures.

Table 12 identifies our non-strategic and liquidating loan portfolios. They consist primarily of the Pick-a-Pay mortgage portfolio and PCI loans acquired from Wachovia, certain portfolios from legacy Wells Fargo Home Equity and Wells

Fargo Financial, and our education finance government guaranteed loan portfolio. The total balance of our non-strategic and liquidating loan portfolios has decreased 52% since the merger with Wachovia at December 31, 2008, and decreased 4% from the end of 2012.

The home equity portfolio of loans generated through third party channels is designated as liquidating. Additional information regarding this portfolio, as well as the liquidating PCI and Pick-a-Pay loan portfolios, is provided in the discussion of loan portfolios that follows.

 

 

Table 12: Non-Strategic and Liquidating Loan Portfolios

 

 

     Outstanding balance  
     Mar. 31,      December 31,    
(in millions)    2013      2012      2008    

Commercial:

        

Legacy Wachovia commercial and industrial, CRE and foreign PCI loans (1)

   $ 2,770        3,170        18,704    

Total commercial

     2,770        3,170        18,704    

Consumer:

        

Pick-a-Pay mortgage (1)

     56,608        58,274        95,315    

Liquidating home equity

     4,421        4,647        10,309    

Legacy Wells Fargo Financial indirect auto

     593        830        18,221    

Legacy Wells Fargo Financial debt consolidation

     14,115        14,519        25,299    

Education Finance - government guaranteed

     11,922        12,465        20,465    

Legacy Wachovia other PCI loans (1)

     462        657        2,478    

Total consumer

     88,121        91,392        172,087    

Total non-strategic and liquidating loan portfolios

   $         90,891        94,562        190,791    

 

 

(1) Net of purchase accounting adjustments related to PCI loans.

 

PURCHASED CREDIT-IMPAIRED (PCI) LOANS Loans acquired with evidence of credit deterioration since their origination and where it is probable that we will not collect all contractually required principal and interest payments are PCI loans. PCI loans are recorded at fair value at the date of acquisition, and the historical allowance for credit losses related to these loans is not carried over. The carrying value of PCI loans totaled $29.7 billion at March 31, 2013, down from $31.0 billion and $58.8 billion at December 31, 2012 and 2008, respectively. Such loans are considered to be accruing due to the existence of the accretable yield and not based on consideration given to contractual interest payments. Substantially all of our PCI loans were acquired in the Wachovia acquisition on December 31, 2008. For additional information on PCI loans, see the “Risk Management – Credit Risk Management – Purchased Credit-Impaired Loans” section in our 2012 Form 10-K and Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report.

During first quarter 2013, we recognized as income $35 million released from the nonaccretable difference related to commercial PCI loans due to payoffs and other resolutions. We also transferred $31 million from the nonaccretable difference to the accretable yield for PCI loans with improving credit-related cash flows and absorbed $412 million of losses in the nonaccretable difference from loan resolutions and write-downs. Our cash flows expected to be collected have been favorably affected by lower expected defaults and losses as a result of observed economic strengthening, particularly in housing prices, and our loan modification efforts. See the “Real Estate 1-4 Family First and Junior Lien Mortgage Loans” section in this Report for additional information. Table 13 provides an analysis of changes in the nonaccretable difference.

 

 

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Table 13: Changes in Nonaccretable Difference for PCI Loans

 

 

(in millions)        Commercial     Pick-a-Pay     Other
consumer
    Total  

Balance, December 31, 2008

   $ 10,410       26,485       4,069       40,964  

Addition of nonaccretable difference due to acquisitions

     195       -        -        195  

Release of nonaccretable difference due to:

        

Loans resolved by settlement with borrower (1)

     (1,426     -        -        (1,426

Loans resolved by sales to third parties (2)

     (303     -        (85     (388

Reclassification to accretable yield for loans with improving credit-related cash flows (3)

     (1,531     (3,031     (792     (5,354

Use of nonaccretable difference due to:

        

Losses from loan resolutions and write-downs (4)

     (6,923     (17,222     (2,882     (27,027

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

     422       6,232       310       6,964  

Addition of nonaccretable difference due to acquisitions

     -        -        -        -   

Release of nonaccretable difference due to:

        

Loans resolved by settlement with borrower (1)

     (30     -        -        (30

Loans resolved by sales to third parties (2)

     (5     -        -        (5

Reclassification to accretable yield for loans with improving credit-related cash flows (3)

     (31     -        -        (31

Use of nonaccretable difference due to:

        

Losses from loan resolutions and write-downs (4)

     (20     (345     (47     (412

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2013

   $ 336       5,887       263       6,486  

 

 

 

(1) Release of the nonaccretable difference for settlement with borrower, on individually accounted PCI loans, increases interest income in the period of settlement. Pick-a-Pay and Other consumer PCI loans do not reflect nonaccretable difference releases for settlements with borrowers due to pool accounting for those loans, which assumes that the amount received approximates the pool performance expectations.
(2) Release of the nonaccretable difference as a result of sales to third parties increases noninterest income in the period of the sale.
(3) Reclassification of nonaccretable difference to accretable yield for loans with increased cash flow estimates will result in increased interest income as a prospective yield adjustment over the remaining life of the loan or pool of loans.
(4) Write-downs to net realizable value of PCI loans are absorbed by the nonaccretable difference when severe delinquency (normally 180 days) or other indications of severe borrower financial stress exist that indicate there will be a loss of contractually due amounts upon final resolution of the loan.

 

Since December 31, 2008, we have released $7.2 billion in nonaccretable difference, including $5.4 billion transferred from the nonaccretable difference to the accretable yield and $1.8 billion released to income through loan resolutions. Also, we have provided $1.8 billion for losses on certain PCI loans or pools of PCI loans that have had credit-related decreases to cash flows expected to be collected. The net result is a $5.4 billion reduction from December 31, 2008, through March 31, 2013, in our initial projected losses of $41.0 billion on all PCI loans.

At March 31, 2013, the allowance for credit losses on certain PCI loans was $80 million. The allowance is necessary to absorb credit-related decreases in cash flows expected to be collected and primarily relates to individual PCI commercial loans. Table 14 analyzes the actual and projected loss results on PCI loans since acquisition through March 31, 2013.

For additional information on PCI loans, see Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Loans) in our 2012 Form 10-K and Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report.

 

 

Table 14: Actual and Projected Loss Results on PCI Loans Since Acquisition of Wachovia

 

 

(in millions)    Commercial     Pick-a-Pay      Other
consumer
    Total  

Release of nonaccretable difference due to:

         

Loans resolved by settlement with borrower (1)

   $ 1,456       -         -       1,456  

Loans resolved by sales to third parties (2)

     308       -         85       393  

Reclassification to accretable yield for loans with improving credit-related cash flows (3)

     1,562       3,031        792       5,385  

 

 

Total releases of nonaccretable difference due to better than expected losses

     3,326       3,031        877       7,234  

Provision for losses due to credit deterioration (4)

     (1,661     -         (123     (1,784

 

 

Actual and projected losses on PCI loans less than originally expected

   $ 1,665       3,031        754       5,450  

 

 

 

(1) Release of the nonaccretable difference for settlement with borrower, on individually accounted PCI loans, increases interest income in the period of settlement. Pick-a-Pay and Other consumer PCI loans do not reflect nonaccretable difference releases for settlements with borrowers due to pool accounting for those loans, which assumes that the amount received approximates the pool performance expectations.
(2) Release of the nonaccretable difference as a result of sales to third parties increases noninterest income in the period of the sale.
(3) Reclassification of nonaccretable difference to accretable yield for loans with increased cash flow estimates will result in increased interest income as a prospective yield adjustment over the remaining life of the loan or pool of loans.
(4) Provision for additional losses is recorded as a charge to income when it is estimated that the cash flows expected to be collected for a PCI loan or pool of loans may not support full realization of the carrying value.

 

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Risk Management – Credit Risk Management (continued)

 

Significant Portfolio Reviews Measuring and monitoring our credit risk is an ongoing process that tracks delinquencies, collateral values, FICO scores, economic trends by geographic areas, loan-level risk grading for certain portfolios (typically commercial) and other indications of credit risk. Our credit risk monitoring process is designed to enable early identification of developing risk and to support our determination of an appropriate allowance for credit losses. The following discussion provides additional characteristics and analysis of our significant portfolios. See Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report for more analysis and credit metric information.

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS AND LEASE FINANCING For purposes of portfolio risk management, we aggregate commercial and industrial loans and lease financing according to market segmentation and standard industry codes. Table 15 summarizes commercial and industrial loans and lease financing by industry with the related nonaccrual totals. We generally subject commercial and industrial loans and lease financing to individual risk assessment using our internal borrower and collateral quality ratings. Our ratings are aligned to regulatory definitions of pass and criticized categories with criticized divided between special mention, substandard and doubtful categories.

The commercial and industrial loans and lease financing portfolio, which totaled $198.0 billion or 25% of total loans at March 31, 2013, experienced credit improvement in first quarter 2013. The annualized net charge-off rate for this portfolio declined to 0.19% in first quarter 2013 from 0.44% in fourth quarter 2012 and 0.46% for the full year of 2012. At March 31, 2013, 0.62% of this portfolio was nonaccruing compared with 0.72% at December 31, 2012. In addition, $18.6 billion of this portfolio was criticized at March 31, 2013, down from $19.0 billion at December 31, 2012.

A majority of our commercial and industrial loans and lease financing portfolio is secured by short-term assets, such as accounts receivable, inventory and securities, as well as long-lived assets, such as equipment and other business assets. Generally, the collateral securing this portfolio represents a secondary source of repayment. See Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report for additional credit metric information.

Table 15: Commercial and Industrial Loans and Lease Financing by Industry

 

 

     March 31, 2013  
(in millions)    Nonaccrual
loans
     Total
portfolio (1)
    % of
total
loans
 

Investors

   $ 1        13,754      

Oil and gas

     43        13,672       2  

Cyclical retailers

     30        13,431       2  

Financial institutions

     71        12,399       2  

Food and beverage

     42        11,678       1  

Healthcare

     43        10,122       1  

Industrial equipment

     46        9,975       1  

Real estate lessor

     32        8,312       1  

Technology

     14        7,063       1  

Transportation

     12        6,502       1  

Business services

     29        6,010       1  

Securities firms

     58        5,113       *   

Other

     797        79,994  (2)      10  

 

 

Total

   $ 1,218        198,025       25 

 

 

 

* Less than 1%.
(1) Includes $191.2 million PCI loans, which are considered to be accruing due to the existence of the accretable yield and not based on consideration given to contractual interest payments.
(2) No other single category had loans in excess of $5.1 billion.

At the time of any modification of terms or extensions of maturity, we evaluate whether the loan should be classified as a TDR, and account for it accordingly. For more information on TDRs, see “Troubled Debt Restructurings” later in this section and Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE (CRE) The CRE portfolio totaled $122.8 billion, or 15%, of total loans at March 31, 2013, and consisted of $16.7 billion of CRE construction loans and $106.1 billion of CRE mortgage loans. Table 16 summarizes CRE loans by state and property type with the related nonaccrual totals. The portfolio is diversified both geographically and by property type. The largest geographic concentrations of combined CRE loans are in California and Florida, which represented 27% and 9% of the total CRE portfolio, respectively. By property type, the largest concentrations are office buildings at 26% and retail (excluding shopping centers) at 10% of the portfolio. CRE nonaccrual loans totaled 3.2% of the CRE outstanding balance at March 31, 2013 compared with 3.5% at December 31, 2012. At March 31, 2013, we had $17.2 billion of criticized CRE mortgage loans, down from $18.8 billion at December 31, 2012, and $3.4 billion of criticized CRE construction loans, down from $4.5 billion at December 31, 2012. See Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report for additional information on criticized loans.

At March 31, 2013, the recorded investment in PCI CRE loans totaled $2.6 billion, down from $12.3 billion when acquired at December 31, 2008, reflecting the reduction resulting from principal payments, loan resolutions and write-downs.

 

 

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Table 16: CRE Loans by State and Property Type

 

 

    
     March 31, 2013  
     Real estate mortgage      Real estate construction      Total     % of  
     Nonaccrual      Total      Nonaccrual      Total      Nonaccrual      Total     total  
(in millions)    loans      portfolio (1)      loans      portfolio (1)      loans      portfolio (1)     loans  

 

 

By state:

                   

California

   $ 723        29,490         125        3,047         848        32,537      

Florida

     363        9,146         123        1,424         486        10,570       1  

Texas

     246        8,365         30        1,508         276        9,873       1  

New York

     34        6,151         1        895         35        7,046       1  

North Carolina

     213        4,168         50        1,011         263        5,179       1  

Arizona

     129        4,051         22        469         151        4,520       1  

Virginia

     75        2,891         16        1,039         91        3,930       1  

Georgia

     193        3,291         80        507         273        3,798       *   

Washington

     33        3,017         13        537         46        3,554       *   

Colorado

     144        2,864         13        484         157        3,348       *   

Other

     945        32,685         397        5,729         1,342        38,414  (2)      5  

 

 

Total

   $ 3,098        106,119         870        16,650         3,968        122,769       15 

 

 

By property:

                   

Office buildings

   $ 724        31,025         72        1,216         796        32,241      

Retail (excluding shopping center)

     380        12,303         40        327         420        12,630       2  

Industrial/warehouse

     431        12,041         20        528         451        12,569       2  

Apartments

     153        10,967         18        1,577         171        12,544       2  

Real estate - other

     356        10,069         47        366         403        10,435       1  

Hotel/motel

     157        8,732         20        654         177        9,386       1  

Shopping center

     321        8,454         15        481         336        8,935       1  

Land (excluding 1-4 family)

     6        73         241        7,851         247        7,924       1  

Institutional

     87        2,674         -        338         87        3,012       *   

Agriculture

     150        2,514         -        20         150        2,534       *   

Other

     333        7,267         397        3,292         730        10,559       1  

 

 

Total

   $ 3,098        106,119         870        16,650         3,968        122,769       15 

 

 

 

* Less than 1%.
(1) Includes a total of $2.6 billion PCI loans, consisting of $1.8 billion of real estate mortgage and $767 million of real estate construction, which are considered to be accruing due to the existence of the accretable yield and not based on consideration given to contractual interest payments.
(2) Includes 40 states; no state had loans in excess of $2.8 billion.

 

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FOREIGN LOANS AND EUROPEAN EXPOSURE We classify loans as foreign if the borrower’s primary address is outside of the United States. At March 31, 2013, foreign loans totaled $40.9 billion, representing approximately 5% of our total consolidated loans outstanding and approximately 3% of our consolidated total assets.

Our foreign country risk monitoring process incorporates frequent dialogue with our foreign financial institution customers, counterparties and regulatory agencies, enhanced by centralized monitoring of macroeconomic and capital markets conditions in the respective countries. We establish exposure limits for each country through a centralized oversight process based on customer needs, and in consideration of relevant economic, political, social, legal, and transfer risks. We monitor exposures closely and adjust our country limits in response to changing conditions.

We evaluate our individual country risk exposure on an ultimate country of risk basis, which is normally based on the country of residence of the guarantor or collateral location. Our largest foreign country exposure on an ultimate risk basis at March 31, 2013, was the United Kingdom, which totaled $15.7 billion, or 1% of our total assets, and included $2.1 billion of sovereign claims. Our United Kingdom sovereign claims arise primarily from deposits we have placed with the Bank of England pursuant to regulatory requirements in support of our London branch.

At March 31, 2013, our Eurozone exposure, including cross-border claims on an ultimate risk basis, and foreign exchange and derivative products, aggregated approximately $11.1 billion, including $206 million of sovereign claims, compared with approximately $10.5 billion at December 31, 2012, which included $232 million of sovereign claims. Our Eurozone exposure is relatively small compared to our overall credit risk exposure and is diverse by country, type, and counterparty.

We conduct periodic stress tests of our significant country risk exposures, analyzing the direct and indirect impacts on the risk of loss from various macroeconomic and capital markets scenarios. We do not have significant exposure to foreign country risks because our foreign portfolio is relatively small. However, we have identified exposure to increased loss from U.S. borrowers associated with the potential impact of a European downturn on the U.S. economy. We mitigate these potential impacts on the risk of loss through our normal risk management processes which include active monitoring and, if necessary, the application of aggressive loss mitigation strategies.

Table 17 provides information regarding our exposures to European sovereign entities and institutions located within such countries, including cross-border claims on an ultimate risk basis, and foreign exchange and derivative products.

 

 

Table 17: European Exposure

 

 

     Lending (1)(2)      Securities (3)      Derivatives and other (4)      Total exposure    
(in millions)    Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
     Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
     Sovereign      Non-
sovereign
     Sovereign      Non-
sovereign (5)
     Total    

 

 

March 31, 2013

                          

Eurozone

                          

Netherlands

   $ -        2,540        -        309        -        21        -        2,870        2,870    

Germany

     62        1,557        -        838        -        251        62        2,646        2,708    

France

     -        412        -        1,229        -        182        -        1,823        1,823    

Luxembourg

     -        858        -        132        -        5        -        995        995    

Ireland

     34        715        -        100        -        68        34        883        917    

Spain

     -        699        -        58        -        8        -        765        765    

Austria

     106        259        -        2        -        -         106        261        367    

Italy

     -        223        -        91        -        -         -        314        314    

Belgium

     -        156        -        22        -        11        -        189        189    

Other (6)

     -        69        -        29        4        5        4        103        107    

Total Eurozone exposure

     202        7,488        -        2,810        4        551        206        10,849        11,055    

United Kingdom

     2,128        4,840        -        8,225        -        520        2,128        13,585        15,713    

Other European countries

     -        4,332        5        432        9        609        14        5,373        5,387    

Total European exposure

   $ 2,330        16,660        5        11,467        13        1,680        2,348        29,807        32,155    

 

(1) Lending exposure includes funded loans and unfunded commitments, leveraged leases, and money market placements presented on a gross basis prior to the deduction of impairment allowance and collateral received under the terms of the credit agreements.
(2) Includes $705 million in PCI loans, predominantly to customers in Germany and United Kingdom territories, and $2.4 billion in defeased leases secured predominantly by U.S. Treasury and government agency securities, or government guaranteed.
(3) Represents issuer exposure on cross-border debt and equity securities, held in trading or available-for-sale portfolio, at fair value.
(4) Represents counterparty exposure on foreign exchange and derivative contracts, and securities resale and lending agreements. This exposure is presented net of counterparty netting adjustments and reduced by the amount of cash collateral. It includes credit default swaps (CDS) predominantly used to manage our U.S. and London-based cash credit trading businesses, which sometimes results in selling and purchasing protection on the identical reference entity. Generally, we do not use market instruments such as CDS to hedge the credit risk of our investment or loan positions, although we do use them to manage risk in our trading businesses. At March 31, 2013, the gross notional amount of our CDS sold that reference assets domiciled in Europe was $7.2 billion, which was offset by the notional amount of CDS purchased of $7.3 billion. We did not have any CDS purchased or sold where the reference asset was solely the sovereign debt of a European country. Certain CDS purchased or sold reference pools of assets that contain sovereign debt, however the amount of referenced sovereign European debt was insignificant at March 31, 2013.
(5) Total non-sovereign exposure comprises $13.0 billion exposure to financial institutions and $16.8 billion to non-financial corporations at March 31, 2013.
(6) Includes non-sovereign exposure to Greece, Cyprus and Portugal in the amount of $5 million, $6 million and $28 million, respectively. We had less than $1 million sovereign debt exposure to these countries at March 31, 2013.

 

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REAL ESTATE 1-4 FAMILY FIRST AND JUNIOR LIEN MORTGAGE LOANS Our real estate 1-4 family first and junior lien mortgage loans primarily include loans we have made to customers and retained as part of our asset liability management strategy. These loans also include the Pick-a-Pay portfolio acquired from Wachovia and the home equity portfolio, which are discussed later in this Report. These loans also include other purchased loans and loans included on our balance sheet due to the adoption of consolidation accounting guidance related to variable interest entities (VIEs).

Our underwriting and periodic review of loans collateralized by residential real property includes appraisals or estimates from automated valuation models (AVMs) to support property values. Additional information about AVMs and our policy for their use can be found in the “Risk Management – Credit Risk Management – Real Estate 1-4 Family Mortgage Loans” section in our 2012 Form 10-K.

Some of our real estate 1-4 family first and junior lien mortgage loans include an interest-only feature as part of the loan terms. These interest-only loans were approximately 17% of total loans at March 31, 2013, compared with 18% at December 31, 2012.

We believe we have manageable adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) reset risk across our owned mortgage loan portfolios. We do not offer option ARM products, nor do we offer variable-rate mortgage products with fixed payment amounts, commonly referred to within the financial services industry as negative amortizing mortgage loans. Our liquidating option ARM portfolio was acquired from Wachovia. Since our acquisition of the Pick-a-Pay loan portfolio at the end of 2008, we have reduced the option payment portion of the portfolio, from 86% to 48% of the portfolio at March 31, 2013. For more information, see the “Pick-a-Pay Portfolio” section in this Report.

We continue to modify real estate 1-4 family mortgage loans to assist homeowners and other borrowers in the current difficult economic cycle. For more information on our participation in the U.S. Treasury’s Making Home Affordable (MHA) programs, see the “Risk Management – Credit Risk Management – Real Estate 1-4 Family Mortgage Loans” section in our 2012 Form 10-K.

Real estate 1-4 family first and junior lien mortgage loans by state are presented in Table 18. Our real estate 1-4 family mortgage loans to borrowers in California represented approximately 13% of total loans at March 31, 2013, located mostly within the larger metropolitan areas, with no single California metropolitan area consisting of more than 3% of total loans. We monitor changes in real estate values and underlying economic or market conditions for all geographic areas of our real estate 1-4 family mortgage portfolio as part of our credit risk management process.

We monitor the credit performance of our junior lien mortgage portfolio for trends and factors that influence the frequency and severity of loss. In first quarter 2012, we aligned our nonaccrual reporting so that a junior lien is reported as a nonaccrual loan if the related first lien is 120 days past due or is in the process of foreclosure regardless of the junior lien delinquency status in accordance with Interagency Guidance issued by bank regulators. Also, in third quarter 2012 we aligned our nonaccrual and troubled debt reclassification policies in accordance with guidance in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) update to the Bank Accounting Advisory Series (OCC guidance), which requires consumer loans discharged in bankruptcy to be written down to net realizable collateral value and classified as nonaccrual TDRs, regardless of their delinquency status.

 

 

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Table 18: Real Estate 1-4 Family First and Junior Lien Mortgage Loans by State

 

    March 31, 2013  
(in millions)   Real estate
1-4 family
first
mortgage
    Real estate
1-4 family
junior lien
mortgage
    Total real
estate 1-4
family
mortgage
    % of
total
loans
 

 

 

PCI loans:

       

California

  $ 16,985       33       17,018      

Florida

    2,250       25       2,275       *   

New Jersey

    1,233       18       1,251       *   

Other (1)

    5,618       65       5,683       *   

 

 

Total PCI loans

  $ 26,086       141       26,227      

 

 

All other loans:

       

California

  $ 65,902       20,223       86,125       11 

Florida

    15,440       6,524       21,964       3  

New York

    12,269       3,119       15,388       2  

New Jersey

    9,833       5,481       15,314       2  

Virginia

    6,856       3,812       10,668       1  

Pennsylvania

    6,129       3,411       9,540       1  

North Carolina

    6,095       3,085       9,180       1  

Texas

    7,601       1,061       8,662       1  

Georgia

    4,901       2,854       7,755       1  

Other (2)

    60,828       22,832       83,660       10  

Government insured/guaranteed loans (3)

    30,367       -       30,367       4  

 

 

Total all other loans

  $ 226,221       72,402       298,623       37 

 

 

Total

  $ 252,307       72,543       324,850       41 

 

 

 

* Less than 1%.
(1) Consists of 45 states; no state had loans in excess of $710 million.
(2) Consists of 41 states; no state had loans in excess of $7.0 billion.
(3) Represents loans whose repayments are predominantly insured by the FHA or guaranteed by the VA.

Part of our credit monitoring includes tracking delinquency, FICO scores and collateral values (LTV/CLTV) on the entire real estate 1-4 family mortgage loan portfolio. These credit risk indicators, which exclude government insured/guaranteed loans, continued to improve in first quarter 2013 on the non-PCI mortgage portfolio. Loans 30 days or more delinquent at March 31, 2013, totaled $14.2 billion, or 5%, of total non-PCI mortgages, compared with $15.5 billion, or 5%, at December 31, 2012. Loans with FICO scores lower than 640 totaled $36.9 billion at March 31, 2013, or 12% of total non-PCI mortgages, compared with $37.7 billion, or 13%, at December 31, 2012. Mortgages with a LTV/CLTV greater than 100% totaled $55.8 billion at March 31, 2013, or 19% of total non-PCI mortgages, compared with $58.7 billion, or 20%, at December 31, 2012. Information regarding credit risk indicators can be found in Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report.

 

 

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Pick-a-Pay Portfolio The Pick-a-Pay portfolio was one of the consumer residential first mortgage portfolios we acquired from Wachovia and a majority of the portfolio was identified as PCI loans.

The Pick-a-Pay portfolio includes loans that offer payment options (Pick-a-Pay option payment loans), and also includes loans that were originated without the option payment feature, loans that no longer offer the option feature as a result of our modification efforts since the acquisition, and loans where the customer voluntarily converted to a fixed-rate product. The Pick-a-Pay portfolio is included in the consumer real estate 1-4 family first mortgage class of loans throughout this Report. Real estate

1-4 family junior lien mortgages and lines of credit associated with Pick-a-Pay loans are reported in the home equity portfolio. Table 19 provides balances by types of loans as of March 31, 2013, as a result of modification efforts, compared to the types of loans included in the portfolio at acquisition. Total PCI Pick-a-Pay loans were $31.1 billion at March 31, 2013, compared with $61.0 billion at acquisition. Modification efforts have predominantly involved option payment PCI loans, which have declined to 19% of the total Pick-a-Pay portfolio at March 31, 2013, compared with 51% at acquisition.

 

 

Table 19: Pick-a-Pay Portfolio - Comparison to Acquisition Date

 

 

                   December 31,  
      March 31, 2013     2012     2008  
(in millions)    Adjusted
unpaid
principal
balance (1)
     % of  
total  
    Adjusted
unpaid
principal
balance (1)
     % of
total
    Adjusted
unpaid
principal
balance (1)
     % of
total
 

 

 

Option payment loans

   $ 29,566        48  %    $ 31,510        49  %    $ 99,937        86  % 

Non-option payment adjustable-rate and fixed-rate loans (2)

     8,781        14       8,781        14       15,763        14  

Full-term loan modifications

     23,455        38       23,528        37       -        -  

 

 

Total adjusted unpaid principal balance (2)

   $ 61,802        100  %    $ 63,819        100  %    $ 115,700        100  % 

 

 

Total carrying value

   $ 56,608          58,274          95,315     

 

 

 

(1) Adjusted unpaid principal balance includes write-downs taken on loans where severe delinquency (normally 180 days) or other indications of severe borrower financial stress exist that indicate there will be a loss of contractually due amounts upon final resolution of the loan.

 

(2) Includes loans refinanced under the Consumer Relief Refinance Program.

 

Pick-a-Pay loans may have fixed or adjustable rates with payment options that include a minimum payment, an interest-only payment or fully amortizing payment (both 15 and 30 year options). Total interest deferred due to negative amortization on Pick-a-Pay loans was $1.2 billion at March 31, 2013, and $1.4 billion at December 31, 2012. Approximately 90% of the Pick-a-Pay customers making a minimum payment in March 2013 did not defer interest, consistent with December 2012.

Deferral of interest on a Pick-a-Pay loan may continue as long as the loan balance remains below a pre-defined principal cap, which is based on the percentage that the current loan balance represents to the original loan balance. Substantially all the Pick-a-Pay portfolio has a cap of 125% of the original loan balance. Most of the Pick-a-Pay loans on which there is a deferred interest balance re-amortize (the monthly payment amount is reset or “recast”) on the earlier of the date when the loan balance reaches its principal cap, or generally the 10-year anniversary of the loan. After a recast, the customers’ new payment terms are reset to the amount necessary to repay the balance over the rest of the original loan term.

Due to the terms of the Pick-a-Pay portfolio, there is little recast risk in the near term. Based on assumptions of a flat rate environment, if all eligible customers elect the minimum payment option 100% of the time and no balances prepay, we would expect the following balances of loans to recast based on reaching the principal cap: $19 million for the remainder of 2013, $46 million in 2014 and $94 million in 2015. In addition, in a flat rate environment, we would expect the following balances of loans to start fully amortizing due to reaching their recast anniversary date: $81 million for the remainder of 2013, $307 million in 2014 and $865 million in 2015. In first quarter 2013, the amount of loans reaching their recast anniversary date and also having a payment change over the annual 7.5% reset was $2 million.

Table 20 reflects the geographic distribution of the Pick-a-Pay portfolio broken out between PCI loans and all other loans. The LTV ratio is a useful metric in predicting future real estate 1-4 family first mortgage loan performance, including potential charge-offs. Because PCI loans were initially recorded at fair value, including write-downs for expected credit losses, the ratio of the carrying value to the current collateral value will be lower compared with the LTV based on the adjusted unpaid principal balance. For informational purposes, we have included both ratios for PCI loans in the following table.

 

 

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Table 20: Pick-a-Pay Portfolio (1)

 

 

      March 31, 2013  
      PCI loans     All other loans  
(in millions)    Adjusted
unpaid
principal
balance (2)
     Current
LTV
ratio (3)
    Carrying
value (4)
     Ratio of
carrying
value to
current
value (5)
    Carrying
value (4)
     Ratio of
carrying
value to
current
value (5)
 

 

 

California

   $ 21,043        109  %    $ 16,971        87  %    $ 15,036        79  % 

Florida

     2,720        109       2,178        83       3,154        90  

New Jersey

     1,179        91       1,195        88       1,994        79  

New York

     684        89       676        84       893        78  

Texas

     293        78       277        72       1,237        63  

Other states

     5,159        100       4,468        85       8,529        83  

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total Pick-a-Pay loans

   $ 31,078        $     25,765        $     30,843     

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

(1) The individual states shown in this table represent the top five states based on the total net carrying value of the Pick-a-Pay loans at the beginning of 2013.

 

(2) Adjusted unpaid principal balance includes write-downs taken on loans where severe delinquency (normally 180 days) or other indications of severe borrower financial stress exist that indicate there will be a loss of contractually due amounts upon final resolution of the loan.

 

(3) The current LTV ratio is calculated as the adjusted unpaid principal balance divided by the collateral value. Collateral values are generally determined using automated valuation models (AVM) and are updated quarterly. AVMs are computer-based tools used to estimate market values of homes based on processing large volumes of market data including market comparables and price trends for local market areas.

 

(4) Carrying value, which does not reflect the allowance for loan losses, includes remaining purchase accounting adjustments, which, for PCI loans may include the nonaccretable difference and the accretable yield and, for all other loans, an adjustment to mark the loans to a market yield at date of merger less any subsequent charge-offs.

 

(5) The ratio of carrying value to current value is calculated as the carrying value divided by the collateral value.

 

To maximize return and allow flexibility for customers to avoid foreclosure, we have in place several loss mitigation strategies for our Pick-a-Pay loan portfolio. We contact customers who are experiencing financial difficulty and may in certain cases modify the terms of a loan based on a customer’s documented income and other circumstances.

We also have taken steps to work with customers to refinance or restructure their Pick-a-Pay loans into other loan products. For customers at risk, we offer combinations of term extensions of up to 40 years (from 30 years), interest rate reductions, forbearance of principal, and, in geographies with substantial property value declines, we may offer permanent principal forgiveness.

In first quarter 2013, we completed more than 3,300 proprietary and Home Affordability Modification Program (HAMP) Pick-a-Pay loan modifications. We have completed more than 115,000 modifications since the Wachovia acquisition, resulting in $5.3 billion of principal forgiveness to our Pick-a-Pay customers as well as an additional $400 million of conditional forgiveness that can be earned by borrowers through performance over the next three years.

Due to better than expected performance observed on the Pick-a-Pay PCI portfolio compared with the original acquisition estimates, we have reclassified $3.0 billion from the nonaccretable difference to the accretable yield since acquisition. Our cash flows expected to be collected have been favorably affected by lower expected defaults and losses as a result of observed and forecasted economic strengthening, particularly in housing prices, and our loan modification efforts. These factors are expected to reduce the frequency and severity of defaults and keep these loans performing for a longer period, thus increasing future principal and interest cash flows. The resulting increase in the accretable yield will be realized over the remaining life of the portfolio, which is estimated to have a weighted-average

remaining life of approximately 12.3 years at March 31, 2013. The weighted-average remaining life decreased slightly from fourth quarter 2012 due to the passage of time. The accretable yield percentage at March 31, 2013, was 4.70%, unchanged from the end of 2012. Fluctuations in the accretable yield are driven by changes in interest rate indices for variable rate PCI loans, prepayment assumptions, and expected principal and interest payments over the estimated life of the portfolio, which will be affected by the pace and degree of improvements in the U.S. economy and housing markets and projected lifetime performance resulting from loan modification activity. Changes in the projected timing of cash flow events, including loan liquidations, modifications and short sales, can also affect the accretable yield rate and the estimated weighted-average life of the portfolio.

The Pick-a-Pay portfolio includes a significant portion of our PCI loans. For further information on the judgment involved in estimating expected cash flows for PCI loans, see “Critical Accounting Policies – Purchased Credit-Impaired Loans” in our 2012 Form 10-K.

 

 

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HOME EQUITY PORTFOLIOS Our home equity portfolios consist of real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgages and first and junior lines of credit secured by real estate. Our first lien lines of credit represent 21% of our home equity portfolio and are included in real estate 1-4 family first mortgages. The majority of our junior lien loan products are amortizing payment loans with fixed interest rates and repayment periods between 5 to 30 years.

Our first and junior lien lines of credit products generally have a draw period of 10 years with variable interest rates and payment options during the draw period of (1) interest only or (2) 1.5% of total outstanding balance. During the draw period, the borrower has the option of converting all or a portion of the line from a variable interest rate to a fixed rate with terms including interest-only payments for a fixed period between three to seven years or a fully amortizing payment with a fixed period between five to 30 years. At the end of the draw period, a line of credit generally converts to an amortizing payment

schedule with repayment terms of up to 30 years based on the balance at time of conversion. Certain loans have been structured with a balloon payment, which requires full repayment of the outstanding balance at the end of the loan term.

The lines that enter their amortization period may experience higher delinquencies and higher loss rates than the ones in their draw or term period. In anticipation of our customers reaching the end of their contractual commitment, we have created a process to help borrowers transition from interest-only to fully-amortizing payments or full repayment.

Table 21 reflects the outstanding balance of our home equity portfolio segregated into scheduled draw periods and amortizing payments. It excludes real estate 1-4 family first lien line reverse mortgages because they are predominantly insured by the FHA, and PCI loans because their losses are generally covered by PCI accounting adjustments at the date of acquisition.

 

 

Table 21: Home Equity Portfolio Payment Schedule

 

 

                  Scheduled end of draw / term               
(in millions)    Outstanding balance
Mar. 31, 2013
     % of
total
    2013-2014      % of
total
    2015-2017      % of
total
    Thereafter      % of
total
    Amortizing      % of
total
 

 

 

Home equity liens secured by real estate:

                         

Junior residential lines

   $ 62,551         $ 5,802         $ 24,414         $ 30,609         $ 1,726      

First residential lines

     19,301           1,755           3,865           13,217           464      

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total residential lines (1) (2)(3)

     81,852         89  %      7,557         9  %      28,279         35  %      43,826         53  %      2,190         3  % 

Junior loans (4)

     9,867         11        31                493         5        1,768         18        7,575         77   

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total home equity portfolio

   $ 91,719         100  %    $ 7,588         8  %    $ 28,772         31  %    $ 45,594         50  %    $ 9,765         11  % 

 

 

 

* Less than 1%
(1) Includes scheduled end-of-term balloon payments totaling $1.7 billion during 2013 to 2014, $1.5 billion during 2015 to 2017 and $2.1 billion thereafter, and $125 million reported as “Amortizing” in the table.
(2) The portfolio also has unfunded credit commitments of $77.0 billion, at March 31, 2013.
(3) At March 31, 2013, $127 million, or 6% of outstanding lines of credit that are amortizing are 30 or more days past due compared to $1.6 billion, or 2% for lines in their draw period.
(4) Includes $2.4 billion of junior loans that require a balloon payment upon the end of the loan term, of which $96 million is reported as “Amortizing” in the table.

 

Table 22 summarizes delinquency and loss rates by the holder of the lien. For additional information regarding current junior liens behind delinquent first lien loans, see the “Risk Management – Credit Risk Management – Real Estate 1-4 Family First and Junior Lien Mortgage Loans” section in this Report.

 

 

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Risk Management – Credit Risk Management (continued)

 

Table 22: Home Equity Portfolios Performance by Holder of 1st Lien (1)

 

    
     Outstanding balance (2)      % of loans
two payments
or more past due
     Loss rate
(annualized)
quarter ended
 
(in millions)    Mar. 31,
2013
     Dec. 31,
2012
     Mar. 31,
2013
    Dec. 31,
2012
     Mar. 31,
2013
     Dec. 31,
2012 (3)
     Sept. 30,
2012 (3)
     June 30,
2012
     Mar. 31,
2012
 

 

 

Junior lien mortgages and lines behind:

                         

Wells Fargo owned or serviced first lien

   $ 36,236        37,913        2.45  %      2.65        2.46        3.81        4.96        3.34        3.54  

Third party first lien

     36,182        37,417        2.67       2.86        2.48        3.15        5.40        3.44        3.72  

 

                     

Total junior lien mortgages and lines

     72,418        75,330        2.56       2.75        2.47        3.48        5.18        3.39        3.63  

 

                     

First lien lines

     19,301        19,744        3.03       3.08        0.61        1.00        0.95        0.88        1.35  

 

                     

Total

   $     91,719        95,074        2.66       2.82        2.08        2.97        4.32        2.89        3.18  

 

 

 

(1) Excludes real estate 1-4 family first lien line reverse mortgages predominantly insured by the FHA, and PCI loans.

 

(2) Includes $1.3 billion at March 31, 2013 and at December 31, 2012, associated with the Pick-a-Pay portfolio.

 

(3) Reflects the OCC guidance issued in third quarter 2012, which requires consumer loans discharged in bankruptcy to be written down to net realizable collateral value, regardless of their delinquency status. The junior lien loss rates for third quarter 2012 reflect losses based on estimates of collateral value to implement the OCC guidance, which were then adjusted in the fourth quarter to reflect actual appraisals. Fourth quarter 2012 losses on the junior liens where Wells Fargo owns or services the first lien were elevated primarily due to the OCC guidance.

 

We monitor the number of borrowers paying the minimum amount due on a monthly basis. In March 2013, approximately 43% of our borrowers with a home equity outstanding balance paid only the minimum amount due; 94% paid the minimum or more.

The home equity liquidating portfolio includes home equity loans generated through third party channels, including correspondent loans. This liquidating portfolio represents less than 1% of our total loans outstanding at March 31, 2013, and contains some of the highest risk in our home equity portfolio, with an annualized loss rate of 5.87% compared with 1.89% for the core (non-liquidating) home equity portfolio for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

 

 

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Table 23 shows the credit attributes of the core and liquidating home equity portfolios and lists the top five states by outstanding balance for the core portfolio. California loans represent the largest state concentration in each of these portfolios. The decrease in outstanding balances since December 31, 2012, primarily reflects loan paydowns and charge-offs. As of March 31, 2013, 33% of the outstanding balance of the core home equity portfolio was associated with loans that had a

combined loan to value (CLTV) ratio in excess of 100%. CLTV means the ratio of the total loan balance of first mortgages and junior lien mortgages (including unused line amounts for credit line products) to property collateral value. The unsecured portion of the outstanding balances of these loans (the outstanding amount that was in excess of the most recent property collateral value) totaled 15% of the core home equity portfolio at March 31, 2013.

 

 

Table 23: Home Equity Portfolios (1)

 

 

     Outstanding balance      % of loans
two payments
or more past due
     Loss Rate  
(annualized)  
quarter ended  
 
     Mar. 31      Dec. 31,      Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,      Mar. 31,      Dec. 31,      Sept. 30,      June 30,      Mar. 31,    
(in millions)    2013      2012      2013     2012      2013      2012 (2)      2012 (2)      2012      2012    

 

 

Core portfolio (3)

                         

California

   $ 22,065        22,900        2.35  %      2.46        2.01        2.89        4.77        3.13        3.56    

Florida

     9,460        9,763        3.92       4.15        2.61        3.09        4.75        3.76        4.79    

New Jersey

     7,147        7,338        3.32       3.43        1.70        2.30        3.22        2.02        2.46    

Virginia

     4,612        4,758        1.94       2.04        1.36        1.78        2.54        1.60        1.42    

Pennsylvania

     4,550        4,683        2.45       2.67        1.36        1.72        2.15        1.45        1.49    

Other

     39,464        40,985        2.41       2.59        1.80        2.77        3.75        2.37        2.50    

 

                     

Total

     87,298        90,427        2.61       2.77        1.89        2.69        3.93        2.60        2.91    

 

                     

Liquidating portfolio

     4,421        4,647        3.64       3.82        5.87        8.33        11.60        8.14        8.11    

 

                     

Total core and liquidating portfolios

   $       91,719        95,074        2.66       2.82        2.08        2.97        4.32        2.89        3.18    

 

                     

 

 

 

(1) Consists predominantly of real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgages and first and junior lines of credit secured by real estate, but excludes PCI loans because their losses are generally covered by PCI accounting adjustments at the date of acquisition, and excludes real estate 1-4 family first lien open-ended line reverse mortgages because they do not have scheduled payments. These reverse mortgage loans are predominantly insured by the FHA.

 

(2) Reflects the OCC guidance issued in third quarter 2012, which requires consumer loans discharged in bankruptcy to be written down to net realizable collateral value, regardless of their delinquency status.
(3) Includes $1.3 billion at March 31, 2013 and at December 31, 2012, associated with the Pick-a-Pay portfolio.

 

CREDIT CARDS Our credit card portfolio totaled $24.1 billion at March 31, 2013, which represented 3% of our total outstanding loans. The quarterly net charge-off rate (annualized) for our credit card loans was 3.96% for first quarter 2013, compared with 4.40% for first quarter 2012.

AUTOMOBILE Our automobile portfolio, predominantly composed of indirect loans, totaled $47.3 billion at March 31, 2013. The quarterly net charge-off rate (annualized) for our automobile portfolio for first quarter 2013 was 0.66%, compared with 0.68% for first quarter 2012.

OTHER REVOLVING CREDIT AND INSTALLMENT Other revolving credit and installment loans totaled $42.0 billion at March 31, 2013, and mostly include student and security-based margin loans. The quarterly net charge-off rate (annualized) for other revolving credit and installment loans was 1.37% for first quarter 2013, compared with 1.32% for first quarter 2012. Excluding government guaranteed student loans, the quarterly net charge-off rates (annualized) were 1.83% and 1.95% for first quarter 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

 

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Risk Management – Credit Risk Management (continued)

 

NONPERFORMING ASSETS (NONACCRUAL LOANS AND FORECLOSED ASSETS) Table 24 summarizes nonperforming assets (NPAs) for each of the last four quarters. We generally place loans on nonaccrual status when:

   

the full and timely collection of interest or principal becomes uncertain (generally based on an assessment of the borrower’s financial condition and the adequacy of collateral, if any);

   

they are 90 days (120 days with respect to real estate 1-4 family first and junior lien mortgages) past due for interest

   

or principal, unless both well-secured and in the process of collection;

   

part of the principal balance has been charged off;

   

effective first quarter 2012, for junior lien mortgages, we have evidence that the related first lien mortgage may be 120 days past due or in the process of foreclosure regardless of the junior lien delinquency status; or

   

effective third quarter 2012, performing consumer loans are discharged in bankruptcy, regardless of their delinquency status.

 

 

Table 24: Nonperforming Assets (Nonaccrual Loans and Foreclosed Assets)

 

 

      March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012     September 30, 2012     June 30, 2012  
                                                   
($ in millions)    Balance     % of
total
loans
    Balance     % of
total
loans
    Balance      % of
total
loans
    Balance     % of
total
loans
 

 

 

Nonaccrual loans:

                 

Commercial:

                 

Commercial and industrial

   $ 1,193       0.64  %    $ 1,422       0.76  %    $ 1,404        0.79  %    $ 1,549       0.87  % 

Real estate mortgage

     3,098       2.92       3,322       3.12       3,599        3.44       3,832       3.63  

Real estate construction

     870       5.23       1,003       5.93       1,253        7.08       1,421       8.08  

Lease financing

     25       0.20       27       0.22       49        0.40       43       0.34  

Foreign

     56       0.14       50       0.13       66        0.17       79       0.20  

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total commercial (1)

     5,242       1.45       5,824       1.61       6,371        1.81       6,924       1.96  

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Consumer:

                 

Real estate 1-4 family first mortgage (2)

     11,320       4.49       11,455       4.58       11,195        4.65       10,368       4.50  

Real estate 1-4 family junior lien mortgage

     2,712       3.74       2,922       3.87       3,140        4.02       3,091       3.82  

Automobile

     220       0.47       245       0.53       295        0.64       164       0.36  

Other revolving credit and installment

     32       0.08       40       0.09       43        0.10       31       0.07  

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total consumer (3)

     14,284       3.26       14,662       3.34       14,673        3.41       13,654       3.24  

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total nonaccrual loans (3)(4)(5)(6)

     19,526       2.44       20,486       2.56       21,044        2.69       20,578       2.65  

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Foreclosed assets:

                 

Government insured/guaranteed (7)

     969         1,509         1,479          1,465    

Non-government insured/guaranteed

     2,381         2,514         2,730          2,842    

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total foreclosed assets

     3,350         4,023         4,209          4,307    

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total nonperforming assets

   $ 22,876       2.86  %    $      24,509       3.07  %    $      25,253        3.23  %    $ 24,885       3.21  % 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Change in NPAs from prior quarter

   $ (1,633       (744       368          (1,758  

 

 

 

(1) Includes LHFS of $15 million, $16 million, $22 million and $17 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, September 30, and June 30, 2012, respectively.

 

(2) Includes MHFS of $368 million, $336 million, $338 million and $310 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, September 30, and June 30, 2012, respectively.

 

(3) Includes $2.5 billion, $1.8 billion and $1.4 billion at March 31, 2013, December 31 and September 30, 2012, respectively, resulting from the OCC guidance issued in third quarter 2012, which requires performing consumer loans discharged in bankruptcy to be placed on nonaccrual status and written down to net realizable collateral value, regardless of their delinquency status.

 

(4) Excludes PCI loans because they continue to earn interest income from accretable yield, independent of performance in accordance with their contractual terms.

 

(5) Real estate 1-4 family mortgage loans predominantly insured by the FHA or guaranteed by the VA and student loans predominantly guaranteed by agencies on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education under the Federal Family Education Loan Program are not placed on nonaccrual status because they are insured or guaranteed.

 

(6) See Note 5 (Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses) to Financial Statements in this Report for further information on impaired loans.

 

(7) Consistent with regulatory reporting requirements, foreclosed real estate securing government insured/guaranteed loans are classified as nonperforming. Both principal and interest for government insured/guaranteed loans secured by the foreclosed real estate are collectible because the loans are predominantly insured by the FHA or guaranteed by the VA.

 

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Total NPAs were $22.9 billion (2.86% of total loans) at March 31, 2013, and included $19.5 billion of nonaccrual loans and $3.4 billion of foreclosed assets. Nonaccrual loans decreased

$960 million in first quarter 2013. Table 25 provides an analysis of the changes in nonaccrual loans.

 

 

Table 25: Analysis of Changes in Nonaccrual Loans

 

 

      Quarter ended  
     Mar. 31,     Dec. 31,     Sept. 30,     June 30,     Mar. 31,  
(in millions)    2013     2012     2012     2012     2012  

Commercial nonaccrual loans

          

Balance, beginning of quarter

   $ 5,824       6,371       6,924       7,599       8,217  

Inflows

     611       746       976       952       1,138  

Outflows:

          

Returned to accruing

     (109     (135     (90     (242     (188

Foreclosures

     (91     (107     (151     (92     (119

Charge-offs

     (189     (322     (364     (402     (347

Payments, sales and other (1)

     (804     (729     (924     (891     (1,102

Total outflows

     (1,193     (1,293     (1,529     (1,627     (1,756

Balance, end of quarter

     5,242       5,824       6,371       6,924       7,599  

Consumer nonaccrual loans

          

Balance, beginning of quarter

     14,662       14,673       13,654       14,427       13,087  

Inflows (2)

     2,340       2,943       4,111       2,750       4,765  

Outflows:

          

Returned to accruing

     (1,031     (893     (1,039     (1,344     (943

Foreclosures

     (173     (151     (182     (186     (226

Charge-offs

     (775     (1,053     (987     (1,137     (1,364

Payments, sales and other (1)

     (739     (857     (884     (856     (892

Total outflows

     (2,718