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Student loan A student loan is a type of loan designed to help students pay for post-secondary education and the associated fees, such as tuition, books and supplies, and living expenses. It may differ from other types of loans in the fact that the interest rate may be substantially lower and the repayment schedule may be deferred while the student is still in school.
Real estate appraisal Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the process of developing an opinion of value for real property (usually market value). Real estate transactions often require appraisals because they occur infrequently and every property is unique (especially their condition, a key factor in valuation), unlike corporate stocks, which are traded daily and are identical (thus a centralized Walrasian auction like a stock exchange is unrealistic).
Student loans in the United States Student loans in the United States are a form of financial aid intended to help students access higher education. In 2018, 70 percent of higher education graduates had used loans to cover some or all of their expenses.Student loan debt has proliferated since 2006, totaling $1.73 trillion by July 2021.
Loan A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent).
All India Financial Institutions All India Financial Institutions (AIFI) is a group composed of financial regulatory bodies that play a pivotal role in the financial markets. Also known as "financial instruments", the financial institutions assist in the proper allocation of resources, sourcing from businesses that have a surplus and distributing to others who have deficits - this also assists with ensuring the continued circulation of money in the economy.
Savings and loan association A savings and loan association (S&L), or thrift institution, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage and other loans. The terms "S&L" or "thrift" are mainly used in the United States; similar institutions in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries include building societies and trustee savings banks.
Commercial property Commercial property, also called commercial real estate, investment property or income property, is real estate (buildings or land) intended to generate a profit, either from capital gains or rental income. Commercial property includes office buildings, medical centers, hotels, malls, retail stores, multifamily housing buildings, farm land, warehouses, and garages.
Real-estate bubble A real-estate bubble or property bubble (or housing bubble for residential markets) is a type of economic bubble that occurs periodically in local or global real-estate markets, and typically follow a land boom. A land boom is the rapid increase in the market price of real property such as housing until they reach unsustainable levels and then decline.
Reverse mortgage A reverse mortgage is a mortgage loan, usually secured by a residential property, that enables the borrower to access the unencumbered value of the property. The loans are typically promoted to older homeowners and typically do not require monthly mortgage payments.
Participation loan Participation loans are loans made by multiple lenders to a single borrower. \nSeveral banks, for example, might chip in to fund one extremely large loan, with one of the banks taking the role of the "lead bank".
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses In banking, the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL), formerly known as the reserve for bad debts, is a calculated reserve that financial institutions establish in relation to the estimated credit risk within the institution's assets. This credit risk represents the charge-offs that will most likely be realized against an institution's operating income as of the financial statement end date.
December 18 December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 20 days remain until the end of the year.\n\n\n== Events ==\n\n\n=== Pre-1600 ===\n220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.
December 10 December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 21 days remain until the end of the year.\n\n\n== Events ==\n\n\n=== Pre-1600 ===\n1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
December 26 December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 16 days remain until the end of the year.\n\n\n== Events ==\n\n\n=== Pre-1600 ===\n533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
Current Expected Credit Losses Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) is a credit loss accounting standard (model) that was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on June 16, 2016. CECL replaces the current Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL) accounting standard.
Citibank Citibank is the consumer division of financial services multinational Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, and later became First National City Bank of New York.
Special Activities Center The Special Activities Center (SAC) is a division of the Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert operations and paramilitary operations. The unit was named Special Activities Division (SAD) prior to 2015.
Operations research Operations research (British English: operational research), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of advanced analytical methods to improve decision-making. It is sometimes considered to be a subfield of mathematical sciences.
Surgery Surgery is a medical or dental specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function, appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.\nThe act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply "surgery".
Bitwise operation In computer programming, a bitwise operation operates on a bit string, a bit array or a binary numeral (considered as a bit string) at the level of its individual bits. It is a fast and simple action, basic to the higher-level arithmetic operations and directly supported by the processor.
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Interest rate An interest rate is the amount of interest due per period, as a proportion of the amount lent, deposited, or borrowed (called the principal sum). The total interest on an amount lent or borrowed depends on the principal sum, the interest rate, the compounding frequency, and the length of time over which it is lent, deposited, or borrowed.
Substantially equal periodic payments Substantially equal periodic payments (SEPP) are one of the exceptions in the United States Internal Revenue Code that allows a retiree to receive payments before age 591⁄2 from a retirement plan or deferred annuity without the 10% early distribution penalty under certain circumstances.\n\n\n== Rules ==\nThe rules for SEPPs are set out in Code section 72(t) (for retirement plans) and section 72(q) (for annuities), and allow for three methods of calculating the allowed withdrawal amount:\n\nRequired minimum distribution method, based on the life expectancy of the account owner (or the joint life of the owner and his/her beneficiary) using the IRS tables for required minimum distributions.
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Risk Factors
PARTNERS TRUST FINANCIAL GROUP INC ITEM 1A RISK FACTORS Our Commercial Real Estate, Commercial and Consumer Loans Expose Us To Increased Lending Risks At December 31, 2005, the composition of our loan portfolio was as follows: * residential real estate loans of dlra1dtta1 billion, or 51dtta4prca of total loans; * commercial real estate loans of dlra304dtta5 million, or 14dtta0prca of total loans; * commercial and industrial loans of dlra173dtta1 million, or 7dtta9prca of total loans; and * consumer loans of dlra583dtta1 million, or 26dtta7prca of total loans
Commercial real estate, commercial and industrial and consumer loans expose a lender to a greater risk of loss than one- to four-family residential loans
Commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loans typically involve larger loan balances to single borrowers or groups of related borrowers compared to one- to four-family residential loans
Consequently, an adverse development with respect to one loan or one credit relationship can expose us to a significantly greater risk of loss compared to an adverse development with respect to one residential mortgage loan
Similarly, consumer loans generally have a higher credit risk than residential loans due to the loan being unsecured or secured by rapidly depreciable assets
See the Business - Lending Activities section of this Form 10-K If Our Allowance For Loan Losses Is Not Sufficient to Cover Actual Loan Losses, Our Earnings Could Decrease Our loan customers may not repay their loans according to their terms, and the collateral securing the payment of these loans may be insufficient to pay any remaining loan balance
We may experience significant loan losses, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results
We make various assumptions and judgments about the collectibility of our loan portfolio, including the creditworthiness of our borrowers and the value of the real estate and other assets serving as collateral for the repayment of many of our loans
At December 31, 2005, our allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans was 556dtta3prca, and our allowance for loan losses to total loans was 1dtta7prca
In determining the amount of the allowance for loan losses, we rely on an allowance valuation model that considers a review of loans, our experience and our evaluation of economic conditions
If our assumptions prove to be incorrect, our allowance for loan losses may not be sufficient to cover losses inherent in our loan portfolio, resulting in additions to our allowance
Material additions to our allowance would materially decrease our net income
In addition, bank regulators periodically review our allowance for loan losses and may require us to increase our provision for loan losses or recognize further loan charge-offs
Any increase in our allowance for loan losses or loan charge-offs as required by these regulatory authorities could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition
We are required by US generally accepted accounting principles to test goodwill for impairment at least annually
Testing for impairment of goodwill involves the estimation of fair values
The estimation of fair values involves a high degree of judgment and subjectivity in the assumptions used
As of December 31, 2005, if our goodwill were fully impaired and we were required to charge-off all of our goodwill, the pro-forma reduction to our stockholders &apos equity would be approximately dlra5dtta00 per share
Our Local Economy has Limited Growth Potential and This May Hurt Our Ability to Generate Profits and Grow our Business The success of our business depends on our ability to generate profits and grow our franchise
Our primary market area in central New York has experienced a decline in population, reflecting a decrease in the manufacturing sector, and the loss of major employers during the past decade
Moreover, economic and population growth in central New York is expected to be limited for the foreseeable future
The relatively weak economy will make it more difficult for us to grow our earnings and to generate internal asset growth
Changes in Market Interest Rates Could Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations and Financial Condition Our results of operations and financial condition are significantly affected by changes in interest rates
Our results of operations are substantially dependent on our net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on our interest-earning assets and the interest expense paid on our interest-bearing liabilities
Because as a general matter our interest-bearing liabilities reprice or mature more quickly than our interest-earning assets, an increase in interest rates generally would result in a decrease in our average interest rate spread and net interest income
Changes in interest rates also affect the value of our interest-earning assets, and in particular our securities portfolio
Generally, the value of debt securities fluctuates inversely with changes in interest rates
Changes in the unrealized gains and losses on our securities available-for-sale could have an adverse effect on stockholders &apos equity
We are also subject to reinvestment risk relating to interest rate movements
Decreases in interest rates can result in increased prepayments of loans and mortgage related securities, as borrowers refinance to reduce borrowing costs
Under these circumstances, we are subject to reinvestment risk to the extent that we are unable to reinvest such prepayments at rates that are comparable to the rates on existing loans or securities
If Economic Conditions Deteriorate, Our Results of Operations and Financial Condition Could Be Adversely Impacted As Borrowers &apos Ability to Repay Loans Declines and the Value of the Collateral Securing Our Loans Decreases Our financial results may be adversely affected by changes in prevailing economic conditions, including decreases in real estate values, adverse employment conditions, the monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government and other significant external events
Because we have a significant amount of real estate loans, decreases in real estate values could adversely affect the value of property used as collateral
Adverse changes in the economy may also have a negative effect on the ability of our borrowers to make timely repayments of their loans, which would have an adverse impact on our earnings
In addition, substantially all of our loans are to individuals and businesses in Oneida, Onondaga, Herkimer, Broome, Tioga and Chenango Counties, New York
Consequently, any decline in the economy of these market areas could have an adverse impact on our earnings
Strong Competition Within Our Market Area May Limit Our Growth and Profitability Competition in the banking and financial services industry is intense
The central New York area has a high concentration of financial institutions including large money center and regional banks, community banks and credit unions
Some of our competitors offer products and services that we currently do not offer, such as private banking
Some of these competitors have substantially greater resources and lending limits than we do and may offer certain services that we do not or cannot provide
This competition has made it more difficult for us to make new loans and at times has forced us to offer higher deposit rates
Price competition for loans and deposits might result in us earning less on our loans and paying more on our deposits, which reduces net interest income
We expect competition to increase in the future as a result of legislative, regulatory and technological changes and the continuing trend of consolidation in the financial services industry
Our profitabi lity depends upon our continued ability to successfully compete in our market area
We May Have Difficulty Managing Our Growth, Which May Divert Resources and Limit Our Ability to Successfully Expand Our Operations We have grown substantially, from dlra973dtta4 million of total assets and dlra636dtta3 million of total deposits at December 31, 1999 to dlra3dtta8 billion of total assets and dlra2dtta3 billion of total deposits at December 31, 2005, primarily through acquisitions of other financial institutions
Over this period, we have expanded our branch network from 12 offices at December 31, 1999, to 35 offices at December 31, 2005
We have incurred substantial expenses to build our management team and personnel, develop our delivery systems and establish our infrastructure to support future growth
Our future success will depend on the ability of our officers and key employees to continue to implement and improve our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures, and to manage a growing number of client relationships
We may not be able to successfully implement improvements to our management information and control systems in an efficient or timely manner, and we may discover deficiencies in our existing systems and controls
Thus, we cannot assure you that our growth strategy will not place a strain on our administrative and operational infrastructure or require us to incur additional expenditures beyond current projections to support our recent and future growth
A Breach Of Information Security Could Negatively Affect Our Earnings Increasingly, we depend upon data processing, communication and information exchange on a variety of computing platforms and networks, and over the Internet
We cannot be certain all our systems are entirely free from vulnerability to attack, despite safeguards we have instituted
In addition, we rely on the services of a variety of vendors to meet our data processing and communication needs
If information security is breached, information can be lost or misappropriated, resulting in financial loss or costs to us or damages to others
These costs or losses could materially exceed the amount of insurance coverage, if any, which would adversely affect our earnings
We Operate in a Highly Regulated Environment and We May Be Adversely Affected by Changes in Laws and Regulations We are subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination by the Office of Thrift Supervision, our chartering authority, and by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as insurer of deposits
Such regulation and supervision govern the activities in which an institution and its holding company may engage and are intended primarily for the protection of the insurance fund and depositors
Regulatory authorities have extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement activities, including the imposition of restrictions on the operation of an institution, the classification of assets by the institution and the adequacy of an institutionapstas allowance for loan losses
Any change in such regulation and oversight, whether in the form of regulatory policy, regulations, or legislation, including changes in the regulations governing holding companies, could have a material impact on the combined banks, Partners Trust Financial Group, and our opera tions