UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INCUCB
UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC New Standards Disclosure
Recently Adopted Standards
In August 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-05, Business Combinations - Joint Venture Formations (Subtopic 805-60): Recognition and Initial Measurement. The update addresses the accounting for contributions made to a joint venture, upon formation, in a joint venture’s separate financial statements. Specifically, a joint venture must apply a new basis of accounting upon formation and will initially measure its assets and liabilities at fair value. This guidance is effective prospectively for all joint venture formations dated on or after January 1, 2025. Adoption of this update as of January 1, 2025 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The update requires disclosure of specific categories in the rate reconciliation and information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. In addition, the update requires disaggregated disclosure of income taxes paid and income tax expense by jurisdiction. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Adoption of this update as of
January 1, 2025 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements; see Note 19 for disclosures required by this update.
Accounting Standards Updates Not Yet Adopted as of December 31, 2025
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), further clarified by ASU No. 2025-01. The update requires disclosure of specified information about certain expenses, including: employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization included in each relevant expense caption. The update also requires disclosure of certain other expenses, gains and losses that are already required to be disclosed in the same disclosure as other disaggregation requirements. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. United does not expect the new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326):Purchased Loans. The update expands the population of acquired financial assets subject to the gross-up approach in Topic 326 to include acquired seasoned loans without credit deterioration (excluding credit cards). This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods with early adoption permitted. The amendments in this update are to be applied prospectively to loans that are acquired on or after the initial application date. United adopted this update January 1, 2026 and will implement the guidance upon the occurrence of a future acquisition transaction.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Hedge Accounting Improvements. The update clarifies hedge accounting guidance and addresses issues arising from the global reference rate reform initiative. There are five issues addressed: 1) expanding risks permitted to be aggregated for cash flow hedges to include those having a similar risk exposure; 2) provide cash flow accounting guidance on choose-your-rate debt instruments; 3) expand hedge accounting for forecasted purchases and sales of nonfinancial assets; 4) update guidance on net written options as hedging instruments; 5) refine foreign-currency-denominated debt instrument as hedging instrument and hedged item (dual hedge). This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. The amendments in this update are to be applied on a prospective basis. United does not expect the new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements. The update provides a comprehensive list of interim disclosures that are required by GAAP to provide clarity about the current requirements. The update also includes a disclosure principle that requires entities to disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. This guidance is effective for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this update can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. United does not expect the new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
About New Standards Disclosures
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