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) and
AmeriServ Trust and Financial Services Company (the Trust Company).
The Bank is a Pennsylvania state-chartered full service bank with
16 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 $2.3 billion and $2.7
billion that are not reported
on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2022
and December 31, 2021, respectively.
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, intangible assets, 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,
2021.
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. This update is effective 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 ASU 2016-13 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 ASU 2016-13. Our implementation plan includes
assessment and documentation of processes, internal controls and
data sources; model development, documentation and validation,
including loan segmentation procedures and analyzing the
methodology options; and system configuration, among other things.
The Company intends to adopt ASU 2016-13 effective January 1,
2023.