NOTES TO
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
Principles of
Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of AmeriServ Financial,
Inc. (the Company) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, AmeriServ
Financial Bank (the Bank), AmeriServ Trust and Financial Services
Company (the Trust Company), and AmeriServ Life Insurance Company
(AmeriServ Life). The Bank is a Pennsylvania state-chartered full
service bank with 15 locations in Pennsylvania and 1 location in
Maryland. The Trust Company offers a complete range of trust and
financial services and administers assets valued at
$2.2 billion that are not reported on the Company’s
Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2020. AmeriServ Life
is a captive insurance company that engages in underwriting as a
reinsurer of credit life and disability insurance.
In addition, the Parent Company
is an administrative group that provides support in such areas as
audit, finance, investments, loan review, general services, and
marketing. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP) requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from these estimates
and the differences may be material to the Consolidated Financial
Statements. The Company’s most significant estimates relate to the
allowance for loan losses, goodwill, income taxes, investment
securities, pension, and the fair value of financial
instruments.
2.
Basis of
Preparation
The unaudited consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America for interim financial information. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring entries
considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.
They are not, however, necessarily indicative of the results of
consolidated operations for a full-year.
For further information, refer
to the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes
included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2019.
3.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB
issued ASU 2016-13, Financial
Instruments — Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on
Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13), which changes the impairment
model for most financial assets. This Update is intended to improve
financial reporting by requiring timelier recording of credit
losses on loans and other financial instruments held by financial
institutions and other organizations. The underlying premise of the
Update is that financial assets measured at amortized cost should
be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, through an
allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized
cost basis. The allowance for credit losses should reflect
management’s current estimate of credit losses that are expected to
occur over the remaining life of a financial asset. The income
statement will be affected for the measurement of credit losses for
newly recognized financial assets, as well as the expected
increases or decreases of expected credit losses that have taken
place during the period. With certain exceptions, transition to the
new requirements will be through a cumulative effect adjustment to
opening retained earnings as of the beginning of the first
reporting period in which the guidance is adopted.
In November 2019, the FASB
issued ASU 2019-10, Financial
Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging
(Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842). This update defers the effective date of
ASU 2016-13 for SEC filers that are eligible to be smaller
reporting companies, non-SEC filers, and all other companies to
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including
interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company, as a
smaller reporting company, continues to evaluate the impact that
the Update will have on our consolidated financial statements. We
are currently working with an industry leading third-party
consultant and software provider to assist us in the implementation
of this standard. We expect to recognize a one-time cumulative
effect adjustment to the allowance for loan losses as of the
beginning