Bank of New York Mellon Corp
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 2, 2025.
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Consolidated balance sheet review
One of our key risk management objectives is to maintain a balance sheet that remains strong throughout market cycles to meet the expectations of our major stakeholders, including our shareholders, clients, creditors and regulators.
We also seek to undertake overall liquidity risk, including intraday liquidity risk, that stays within our risk appetite. The objective of our balance sheet management strategy is to maintain a balance sheet that is characterized by strong liquidity and asset quality, ready access to external funding sources at competitive rates and a strong capital structure that supports our risk-taking activities and is adequate to absorb potential losses. In managing the balance sheet, appropriate consideration is given to balancing the competing needs of maintaining sufficient levels of liquidity and complying with applicable regulations and supervisory expectations while optimizing profitability.
At March 31, 2025, total assets were $441 billion, compared with $416 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase in total assets was primarily driven by higher interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve and other central banks and securities, partially offset by lower trading assets. Deposits totaled $309 billion at March 31, 2025, compared with $290 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase reflects higher interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by lower noninterest-bearing deposits (principally U.S. offices). Total interest-bearing deposits as a percentage of total interest-earning assets were 68% at March 31, 2025 and 65% at Dec. 31, 2024.
At March 31, 2025, available funds totaled $161 billion and included cash and due from banks, interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve and other central banks, interest-bearing deposits with banks and federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements. This compares with available funds of $144 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. Total available funds as a percentage of total assets
20 BNY was 37% at March 31, 2025 and 35% at Dec. 31, 2024. For additional information on our available funds, see “Liquidity and dividends.”
Securities were $145 billion, or 33% of total assets, at March 31, 2025, compared with $137 billion, or 33% of total assets, at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase primarily reflects higher non-U.S. government securities, U.S. Treasury securities, agency residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) and unrealized pre-tax gains in the first quarter of 2025. For additional information on our securities portfolio, see “Securities” and Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Loans were $71 billion, or 16% of total assets, at March 31, 2025, compared with $72 billion, or 17% of total assets, at Dec. 31, 2024. The decrease was driven by lower overdrafts, partially offset by higher loans in the financial institutions portfolio. For additional information on our loan portfolio, see “Loans” and Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Long-term debt totaled $31 billion at March 31, 2025 and Dec. 31, 2024. Issuances and an increase in the fair value of hedged long-term debt were offset by maturities and redemptions. For additional
information on long-term debt, see “Liquidity and dividends.”
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation total shareholders’ equity totaled $43 billion at March 31, 2025 and $41 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. For additional information, see “Capital.”
Country risk exposure
The following table presents BNY’s top 10 exposure by country (excluding the U.S.) as of March 31, 2025, as well as certain countries with higher risk profiles. The exposure is presented on an internal risk management basis and has not been reduced by the allowance for credit losses. We monitor our exposure to these and other countries as part of our internal country risk management process.
The country risk exposure below reflects the Company’s risk to an immediate default of the counterparty or obligor based on the country of residence of the entity which incurs the liability. If there is credit risk mitigation, the country of residence of the entity providing the risk mitigation is the country of risk. The country of risk for securities is generally based on the domicile of the issuer of the security.
| Country risk exposure at March 31, 2025 · Interest-bearing deposits · Total exposure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in billions) · Central banks · Banks · Lending (a) · Securities (b) · Other (c) | ||||||
| Top 10 country exposure: | ||||||
| Germany | $16.3 | $0.2 | $0.8 | $3.8 | $0.1 | $21.2 |
| United Kingdom (“UK”) | 8.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 19.2 |
| Canada | — | 1.6 | — | 4.1 | 1.6 | 7.3 |
| Japan | 5.1 | 0.4 | — | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| Belgium | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| Netherlands | 1.8 | — | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Luxembourg | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
| South Korea | — | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| France | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Australia | — | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Total Top 10 country exposure | $34.9 | $5.9 | $8.4 | $22.4 | $7.6 | $79.2(d) |
| Select country exposure: | ||||||
| Brazil | $— | $— | $1.1 | $0.1 | $0.2 | $1.4 |
| Russia | — | 0.9(e) | — | — | — | 0.9 |
(a) Lending includes loans, acceptances, issued letters of credit, net of participations, and lending-related commitments.
(b) Securities include both the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity portfolios.
(c) Other exposure includes over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative and securities financing transactions, net of collateral.
(d) The top 10 country exposure comprises 65% of our total non-U.S. exposure.
(e) Represents cash balances with exposure to Russia.
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We have exposure to certain countries with higher risk profiles. The country risk exposure to Brazil is primarily short-term trade finance loans extended to large financial institutions. We also have operations in Brazil providing investment services and investment management services.
The war in Ukraine increased our focus on Russia. The country risk exposure to Russia consists of cash balances related to our Securities Services businesses and may increase in the future to the extent cash is received for the benefit of our clients that is subject to distribution restrictions. BNY has ceased new banking business in Russia and suspended investment management purchases of Russian securities.
Russian securities included in our AUC/A and AUM at March 31, 2025 continue to be insignificant as a percentage of the total AUC/A and AUM, respectively. We will continue to work with multinational clients that depend on our custody and recordkeeping services to manage their exposures.
We are monitoring our exposure to Israel as part of our internal country risk management process. At March 31, 2025, our total exposure to Israel was $188 million and primarily consisted of investment grade short-term interest-bearing deposits and OTC derivatives maturing within six months.
Securities
In the discussion of our securities portfolio, we have included certain credit ratings information because the information can indicate the degree of credit risk to which we are exposed. Significant changes in ratings classifications could indicate increased credit risk for us and could be accompanied by an increase in the allowance for credit losses and/or a reduction in the fair value of our securities portfolio.
The following table shows the distribution of our total securities portfolio.
| Securities portfolio · Dec. 31, 2024 · 1Q25change inunrealizedgain (loss) · March 31, 2025 · Fair value as a % of amortizedcost (a) · Unrealized(loss) · % Floatingrate (b) · Ratings (c) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBB+/BBB- · BB+andlower | ||||||||||||
| (dollars in millions) · Fairvalue · Amortizedcost (a) · Fairvalue · AAA/AA- · A+/A- · Notrated | ||||||||||||
| Agency RMBS | $42,183 | $649 | $48,279 | $44,912 | 93% | $(3,367) | 21% | 100% | —% | —% | —% | —% |
| Non-U.S. government (d) | 29,198 | 89 | 33,259 | 33,025 | 99 | (234) | 24 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| U.S. Treasury | 24,793 | 217 | 28,296 | 27,898 | 99 | (398) | 39 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) | 10,377 | 97 | 10,585 | 10,197 | 96 | (388) | 42 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Foreign covered bonds (e) | 7,623 | 17 | 7,900 | 7,856 | 99 | (44) | 37 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) | 7,637 | (23) | 7,855 | 7,844 | 100 | (11) | 100 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| U.S. government agencies | 5,636 | 72 | 5,656 | 5,391 | 95 | (265) | 25 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Non-agency commercial MBS | 2,487 | 18 | 2,594 | 2,458 | 95 | (136) | 47 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Non-agency RMBS | 1,492 | 10 | 1,588 | 1,445 | 91 | (143) | 40 | 98 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Other asset-backed securities (“ABS”) | 615 | 6 | 532 | 499 | 94 | (33) | 14 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Other debt securities | 10 | — | 11 | 10 | 91 | (1) | — | — | — | — | — | 100 |
| Total securities | $132,051 | $1,152 | $146,555 | $141,535 | 97% | $(5,020)(f) | 32% | 99% | 1% | —% | —% | —% |
(a) Amortized cost includes the impact of hedged item basis adjustments, which was a net decrease of $1,198 million, and is net of the allowance for credit losses.
(b) Includes the impact of hedges.
(c) Represents ratings by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or the equivalent.
(d) Includes supranational securities. Primarily consists of exposure to the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands.
(e) Primarily consists of exposure to Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
(f) At March 31, 2025, includes pre-tax net unrealized losses of $1,170 million related to available-for-sale securities, net of hedges, and $3,850 million related to held-to-maturity securities. The after-tax unrealized losses, net of hedges, related to available-for-sale securities is $884 million and the after-tax equivalent related to held-to-maturity securities is $2,937 million.
The fair value of our securities portfolio was $141.5 billion at March 31, 2025, compared with $132.1 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase primarily
reflects higher non-U.S. government securities, U.S. Treasury securities, agency RMBS and unrealized pre-tax gains in the first quarter of 2025.
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At March 31, 2025, the securities portfolio had a net unrealized loss, including the impact of related hedges, of $5.0 billion, compared with $6.2 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The improvement in the unrealized loss, including the impact of related hedges, primarily reflects the impact of lower interest rates.
The fair value of the available-for-sale securities totaled $96.9 billion at March 31, 2025, or 68% of the securities portfolio. The fair value of the held-to-maturity securities totaled $44.6 billion at March 31, 2025, or 32% of the securities portfolio.
The unrealized loss (after-tax) on our available-for-sale securities portfolio, net of hedges, included in
accumulated other comprehensive income was $884 million at March 31, 2025, compared with $1.2 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The improvement in the net unrealized loss, including the impact of hedges, primarily reflects the lower interest rates.
At March 31, 2025, 99% of the securities in our portfolio were rated AAA/AA-, unchanged compared with Dec. 31, 2024.
See Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the pre-tax net securities gains (losses) by security type. See Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for securities by level in the fair value hierarchy.
The following table presents the net premium (discount) and net amortization (accretion) related to the securities portfolio.
| Net premium (discount) and net amortization (accretion) related to the securities portfolio (a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (in millions) | 1Q25 | 4Q24 | 1Q24 |
| Net purchase premium (discount) that is amortizable (accretable) | $(1,285) | $(57) | $419 |
| Net amortization (accretion) (b) | $(24) | $(7) | $19 |
(a) Amortization of purchase premium decreases net interest income while accretion of discount increases net interest income. Both were recorded on a level yield basis.
(b) Including the impact of the accretion of discontinued hedges, there was a net accretion of $82 million in the first quarter of 2025, $66 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and $14 million in the first quarter of 2024.
Loans
| Total exposure – consolidated | March 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in billions) | Loans | Unfundedcommitments | Totalexposure | Loans | Unfundedcommitments | Totalexposure |
| Financial institutions | $14.0 | $34.6 | $48.6 | $13.2 | $35.2 | $48.4 |
| Commercial | 1.3 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 1.4 | 11.9 | 13.3 |
| Wealth management loans | 8.9 | 0.6 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 9.4 |
| Wealth management mortgages | 8.9 | 0.2 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 9.1 |
| Commercial real estate | 6.8 | 3.2 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 9.9 |
| Lease financings | 0.6 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | — | 0.6 |
| Other residential mortgages | 1.2 | — | 1.2 | 1.1 | — | 1.1 |
| Overdrafts | 2.2 | — | 2.2 | 3.5 | — | 3.5 |
| Capital call financing | 5.1 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 8.3 |
| Other | 3.2 | — | 3.2 | 3.1 | — | 3.1 |
| Margin loans | 19.2 | 0.4 | 19.6 | 19.1 | — | 19.1 |
| Total | $71.4 | $54.3 | $125.7 | $71.6 | $54.2 | $125.8 |
At March 31, 2025, our total lending-related exposure was $125.7 billion, essentially unchanged compared with Dec. 31, 2024, primarily reflecting higher margin loans, offset by lower overdrafts.
Our financial institutions and commercial portfolios comprise our largest concentrated risk. These portfolios comprised 49% of our total exposure at March 31, 2025 and Dec. 31, 2024. Additionally, most of our overdrafts relate to financial institutions.
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Financial institutions
The financial institutions portfolio is shown below.
| Financial institutionsportfolio exposure(dollars in billions) · March 31, 2025 · Dec. 31, 2024 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans · Unfundedcommitments · Totalexposure · % Inv.grade · % due<1 yr. · Loans · Unfundedcommitments · Totalexposure | ||||||||
| Securities industry | $3.1 | $20.0 | $23.1 | 100% | 99% | $2.3 | $20.3 | $22.6 |
| Banks | 8.8 | 1.5 | 10.3 | 87 | 95 | 8.9 | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| Asset managers | 1.7 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 95 | 74 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 10.2 |
| Insurance | 0.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 100 | 10 | — | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Government | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 100 | 37 | — | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Other | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 100 | 63 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Total | $14.0 | $34.6 | $48.6 | 96% | 84% | $13.2 | $35.2 | $48.4 |
The financial institutions portfolio exposure of $48.6 billion at March 31, 2025, was unchanged compared with Dec. 31, 2024, primarily reflecting higher exposure in the securities industry portfolio, offset by lower exposure in the asset managers portfolio.
Financial institution exposures are high quality, with 96% of the exposures meeting the investment grade equivalent criteria of our internal credit rating classification at March 31, 2025. Each customer is assigned an internal credit rating, which is mapped to an equivalent external rating agency grade based upon a number of dimensions, which are continually evaluated and may change over time. For ratings of non-U.S. counterparties, our internal credit rating is generally capped at a rating equivalent to the sovereign rating of the country where the counterparty resides, regardless of the internal credit rating assigned to the counterparty or the underlying collateral.
The exposure to financial institutions is generally short term, with 84% of the exposures expiring within one year. At March 31, 2025, 21% of the exposure to financial institutions had an expiration within 90 days, compared with 18% at Dec. 31, 2024.
In addition, 68% of the financial institutions exposure is secured at March 31, 2025. For example, securities
industry clients and asset managers often borrow against marketable securities held in custody.
At March 31, 2025, the secured intraday credit provided to dealers in connection with their tri-party repo activity totaled $13.4 billion and was included in the securities industry portfolio. Dealers secure the outstanding intraday credit with high-quality liquid collateral having a market value in excess of the amount of the outstanding credit. Secured intraday credit facilities represent 28% of the exposure in the financial institutions portfolio and are reviewed and reapproved annually.
Our banks portfolio exposure primarily relates to our global trade finance. These exposures are short term in nature, with 95% due in less than one year. The investment grade percentage of our banks exposure was 87% at March 31, 2025, compared with 85% at Dec. 31, 2024. Our non-investment grade exposures are primarily trade finance loans in Brazil.
The asset managers portfolio exposure is high quality, with 95% of the exposures meeting our investment grade equivalent ratings criteria as of March 31, 2025. These exposures are generally short-term liquidity facilities, with the majority to regulated mutual funds.
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Commercial
The commercial portfolio is presented below.
| Commercial portfolio exposure · March 31, 2025 · Dec. 31, 2024 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in billions) | Loans | Unfundedcommitments | Totalexposure | % Inv.grade | % due<1 yr. | Loans | Unfundedcommitments | Totalexposure |
| Energy and utilities | $0.2 | $4.1 | $4.3 | 95% | 5% | $0.2 | $4.1 | $4.3 |
| Services and other | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 97 | 22 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| Manufacturing | 0.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 97 | 16 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Media and telecom | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 81 | — | — | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Total | $1.3 | $12.1 | $13.4 | 96% | 13% | $1.4 | $11.9 | $13.3 |
The commercial portfolio exposure was $13.4 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of 1% from Dec. 31, 2024, primarily driven by higher exposure in the manufacturing portfolio.
Our credit strategy is to focus on investment grade clients that are active users of our non-credit services. The following table summarizes the percentage of the financial institutions and commercial portfolio exposures that are investment grade.
| Percentage of the portfolios that are investment grade | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter ended | |||||
| March 31, 2025 · Dec. 31, 2024 · Sept. 30, 2024 · June 30, 2024 · March 31, 2024 | |||||
| Financial institutions | 96% | 96% | 96% | 97% | 97% |
| Commercial | 96% | 96% | 97% | 96% | 96% |
Wealth management loans
Our wealth management loan exposure was $9.5 billion at March 31, 2025, compared with $9.4 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. Wealth management loans
primarily consist of loans to high-net-worth individuals, a majority of which are secured by the customers’ investment management accounts or custody accounts.
Wealth management mortgages
Our wealth management mortgage exposure was $9.1 billion at March 31, 2025, unchanged compared with Dec. 31, 2024. Wealth management mortgages primarily consist of loans to high-net-worth individuals, which are secured by residential property. Wealth management mortgages are primarily interest-only, adjustable-rate mortgages with a weighted-average loan-to-value ratio of 61% at origination. Less than 1% of the mortgages were past due at March 31, 2025.
At March 31, 2025, the wealth management mortgage portfolio consisted of the following geographic concentrations: California – 21%; New York – 14%; Florida – 11%; Massachusetts – 8%; and other – 46%.
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Commercial real estate
The composition of the commercial real estate portfolio by asset class, including percentage secured, is presented below.
| Composition of commercial real estate portfolio by asset class | March 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totalexposure | Percentagesecured (a) | Totalexposure | Percentagesecured (a) | |
| (in billions) | ||||
| Residential | $4.3 | 88% | $4.2 | 88% |
| Office | 2.5 | 75 | 2.4 | 75 |
| Retail | 0.7 | 60 | 0.7 | 58 |
| Mixed use | 0.8 | 28 | 0.7 | 32 |
| Hotels | 0.6 | 32 | 0.6 | 33 |
| Healthcare | 0.6 | 46 | 0.7 | 43 |
| Other | 0.5 | 66 | 0.6 | 65 |
| Total commercial real estate | $10.0 | 71% | $9.9 | 71% |
(a) Represents the percentage of exposure secured by real estate in each asset class.
Our commercial real estate exposure totaled $10.0 billion at March 31, 2025 and $9.9 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. Our income-producing commercial real estate facilities are focused on experienced owners and are structured with moderate leverage based on existing cash flows. Our commercial real estate lending activities also include construction and renovation facilities. Our client base consists of experienced developers and long-term holders of real estate assets. Loans are approved on the basis of existing or projected cash flows and supported by appraisals and knowledge of local market conditions. Development loans are structured with moderate leverage and, in many instances, involve some level of recourse to the developer.
At March 31, 2025, the unsecured portfolio consisted of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and real estate operating companies, which are both primarily investment grade.
At March 31, 2025, our commercial real estate portfolio consisted of the following concentrations: New York metro – 34%; REITs and real estate operating companies – 29%; and other – 37%.
Lease financings
The lease financings portfolio exposure totaled $605 million at March 31, 2025 and $603 million at Dec. 31, 2024. At March 31, 2025, all of leasing exposure was investment grade, or investment grade equivalent, and consisted of exposures backed by well-diversified assets, primarily real estate and large-ticket transportation equipment. Assets are both
domestic and foreign-based, with primary concentrations in Germany and the U.S.
Other residential mortgages
The other residential mortgages portfolio primarily consists of 1-4 family residential mortgage loans and totaled $1.2 billion at March 31, 2025 and $1.1 billion at Dec. 31, 2024.
Overdrafts
Overdrafts primarily relate to custody and securities clearance clients and are generally repaid within two business days.
Capital call financing
Capital call financing includes loans to private equity funds that are secured by the fund investors’ capital commitments and the funds’ rights to call capital.
Other loans
Other loans primarily include loans to consumers that are fully collateralized with equities, mutual funds and fixed-income securities.
Margin loans
Margin loan exposure of $19.6 billion at March 31, 2025 and $19.1 billion at Dec. 31, 2024 was collateralized with marketable securities. Borrowers are required to maintain a daily collateral margin in excess of 100% of the value of the loan. Margin loans included $8 billion at March 31, 2025 and $8
26 BNY billion at Dec. 31, 2024 related to a term loan program that offers fully collateralized loans to broker-dealers.
Allowance for credit losses
Our credit strategy is to focus on investment grade clients who are active users of our non-credit services. Our primary exposure to the credit risk of a customer consists of funded loans, unfunded contractual commitments to lend, standby letters of credit and overdrafts associated with our custody and securities clearance businesses.
The following table details changes in our allowance for credit losses.
| Allowance for credit losses activity | March 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | March 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in millions) | |||
| Beginning balance of allowance for credit losses | $392 | $401 | $414 |
| Provision for credit losses | 18 | 20 | 27 |
| Net (charge-offs) recoveries: | |||
| Loans: | |||
| Commercial real estate | (10) | (29) | — |
| Other residential mortgages | 1 | — | — |
| Wealth management mortgages | — | — | (1) |
| Other financial instruments | — | — | — |
| Net (charge-offs) | (9) | (29) | (1) |
| Ending balance of allowance for credit losses | $401 | $392 | $440 |
| Allowance for loan losses | $295 | $294 | $322 |
| Allowance for lending-related commitments | 75 | 72 | 81 |
| Allowance for other financial instruments (a) | 31 | 26 | 37 |
| Total allowance for credit losses | $401 | $392 | $440 |
| Total loans, at period end | $71,404 | $71,570 | $73,615 |
| Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans | 0.41% | 0.41% | 0.44% |
| Allowance for loan losses and lending-related commitments as a percentage of total loans | 0.52% | 0.51% | 0.55% |
(a) Includes allowance for credit losses on federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, accounts receivable, cash and due from banks and interest-bearing deposits with banks.
Provision for credit losses was $18 million in the first quarter of 2025, primarily driven by increases in the allowance related to commercial real estate exposure.
The allowance for loan losses and the allowance for lending-related commitments represent
management’s estimate of lifetime expected losses in our credit portfolio. This evaluation process is subject to numerous estimates and judgments. To the extent actual results differ from forecasts or management’s judgment, the allowance for credit losses may be greater or less than future charge-offs.
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Based on an evaluation of the allowance for credit losses as discussed in “Critical accounting estimates” in our 2024 Annual Report, we have allocated our allowance for loans and lending-related commitments as presented below.
| Allocation of allowance for loan losses and lending-related commitments (a) | March 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in millions) | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % |
| Commercial real estate | $326 | 88% | $315 | 86% | $347 | 86% |
| Financial institutions | 16 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 4 |
| Commercial | 15 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 6 |
| Wealth management mortgages | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Capital call financing | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Other residential mortgages | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Wealth management loans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | $370 | 100% | $366 | 100% | $403 | 100% |
(a) The allowance allocated to lease financing, margin loans, overdrafts and other loans was insignificant at March 31, 2025, Dec. 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024. We have rarely suffered a loss on these types of loans.
The allocation of the allowance for credit losses is inherently judgmental, and the entire allowance for credit losses is available to absorb credit losses regardless of the nature of the losses.
Our allowance for credit losses is sensitive to a number of inputs, most notably the macroeconomic forecast assumptions that are incorporated into our estimate of credit losses through the expected life of the loan portfolio, as well as credit ratings assigned to each borrower. As the macroeconomic environment and related forecasts change, the allowance for credit losses may change materially. The following sensitivity analyses do not represent management’s expectations of the deterioration of our portfolios or the economic environment, but are provided as hypothetical scenarios to assess the sensitivity of the allowance for credit losses to changes in key inputs. If commercial real estate property values were increased 10% and all other credits were rated one grade better, the quantitative allowance would have decreased by $44 million, and if commercial real estate property values were decreased 10% and all other credits were rated one grade worse, the quantitative allowance would have increased by $74 million. Our multi-scenario-based macroeconomic forecast used in determining the March 31, 2025 allowance for credit losses consisted of three scenarios. The baseline scenario reflects positive but slightly declining GDP growth through the end of 2025 before moderating, stable unemployment through the end of 2025 and stable commercial real estate prices through the end of 2025. The upside scenario reflects higher GDP growth through the second quarter of 2025 before moderating, declining unemployment through the end of 2025 and increasing commercial real estate prices through the
end of 2025 compared with the baseline. The downside scenario contemplates negative GDP growth through the end of 2025 before moderating, rapidly increasing unemployment through the end of 2025 and sharply lower commercial real estate prices through the end of 2025 compared with the baseline. At March 31, 2025, we placed the most weight on our baseline scenario, with the remaining weighting equally placed on the upside and downside scenarios. From a sensitivity perspective, at March 31, 2025, if we had applied 100% weighting to the downside scenario, the allowance for credit losses would have been approximately $143 million higher.
Nonperforming assets
The table below presents our nonperforming assets.
| Nonperforming assets | March 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| (dollars in millions) | ||
| Nonperforming loans: | ||
| Commercial real estate | $182 | $143 |
| Other residential mortgages | 19 | 19 |
| Wealth management mortgages | 10 | 15 |
| Total nonperforming loans | 211 | 177 |
| Other assets owned | 2 | 2 |
| Total nonperforming assets | $213 | $179 |
| Nonperforming assets ratio | 0.30% | 0.25% |
| Allowance for loan losses/nonperforming loans | 139.8 | 166.1 |
| Allowance for loan losses/nonperforming assets | 138.5 | 164.2 |
| Allowance for loan losses and lending-related commitments/nonperforming loans | 175.4 | 206.8 |
| Allowance for loan losses and lending-related commitments/nonperforming assets | 173.7 | 204.5 |
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Deposits
Total deposits were $308.6 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of 7%, compared with $289.5 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase reflects higher interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by lower noninterest-bearing deposits (principally U.S. offices).
Noninterest-bearing deposits were $51.5 billion at March 31, 2025, compared with $58.3 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. Interest-bearing deposits were primarily demand deposits and totaled $257.1 billion at March 31, 2025, compared with $231.3 billion at Dec. 31, 2024.
Short-term borrowings
We fund ourselves primarily through deposits and, to a lesser extent, other short-term borrowings and long-term debt. Short-term borrowings consist of federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements, payables to customers and broker-dealers, commercial paper and other borrowed funds. Certain short-term borrowings, for example, securities sold under repurchase agreements, require the delivery of securities as collateral.
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements include repurchase agreement activity with the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (“FICC”), where we record interest expense on a gross basis, but the ending and average balances reflect the impact of offsetting under enforceable netting agreements. This activity primarily relates to government securities collateralized resale and repurchase agreements executed with clients that are novated to and settle with the FICC.
Payables to customers and broker-dealers represent funds awaiting reinvestment and short sale proceeds payable on demand. Payables to customers and broker-dealers are driven by customer trading activity and market volatility.
The Bank of New York Mellon issues commercial paper that matures within 397 days from the date of issue and is not redeemable prior to maturity or subject to voluntary prepayment.
Other borrowed funds primarily include borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank, overdrafts of sub-custodian account balances in our Securities Services businesses and borrowings under lines of credit by
our Pershing subsidiaries. Overdrafts typically relate to timing differences for settlements.
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