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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
NOTE 11 — DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Our derivatives designated as hedging instruments (“Designated Derivatives”) include interest rate swap contracts utilized to manage our interest rate exposure for items on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. This includes floating-rate loan portfolio cash flow hedges and fair value hedges of our fixed-rate borrowings.

Our derivatives not designated as hedging instruments (“Non-Designated Derivatives”) mainly include interest rate and foreign exchange contracts that our customers utilized for their risk management needs. We typically manage our exposure to these customer derivatives by entering into offsetting or “back-to-back” interest rate and foreign exchange contracts with third-party dealers. Our Non-Designated Derivatives also include risk participation agreements and commodity derivatives, as well as equity warrants that we often obtain through credit facility negotiations, primarily with private venture-backed companies in the technology, life sciences, or healthcare industries.

Derivative instruments that are cleared through certain central counterparty clearing houses are settled-to-market and reported net of collateral positions.
Refer to Note 1—Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation of our 2025 Form 10-K for accounting policies for derivatives.

The following table presents notional amounts and fair values of derivative financial instruments:

Notional Amount and Fair Value of Derivative Financial Instruments
dollars in millionsSeptember 30, 2026December 31, 2025
Notional AmountAsset Fair ValueLiability Fair ValueNotional AmountAsset Fair ValueLiability Fair Value
Designated Derivatives
Fair Value Hedges
Interest rate contracts hedging long-term borrowings (1) (2)
$3,500 $— $(1)$— $— $— 
Cash Flow Hedges
Interest rate contracts hedging loans (1) (2)
10,500 — — 4,000 — — 
Total Designated Derivatives$14,000 $— $(1)$4,000 $— $— 
Non-Designated Derivatives
Interest rate contracts (1) (2)
$32,436 $555 $(720)$28,741 $385 $(381)
Foreign exchange contracts (3)
9,141 115 (84)8,912 122 (113)
Equity warrants69 44 — 69 27 — 
Other contracts (4)
1,613 3 (2)1,416 — — 
Total Non-Designated derivatives$43,259 $717 $(806)$39,138 $534 $(494)
Derivative fair values included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (2)
$717 $(807)$534 $(494)
(1)    Fair value balances include accrued interest.
(2)    BancShares accounts for derivatives cleared by a central counterparty, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and LCH Clearnet, as “settled-to-market.” As a result, the derivative asset and liability fair values in the table above and in other assets and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are presented net of the variation margin payments as discussed below.
(3)    The foreign exchange contracts exclude foreign exchange spot contracts. The notional and net fair value amounts of these contracts were $510 million and $1 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2026, and $252 million and $0 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2025.
(4)    Other contracts primarily include risk participation agreements and commodity derivatives.

Variation margin payments are periodic cash settlements FCB receives from or pays to a central counterparty based on changes in the fair value of the underlying derivatives. The following table presents the impact of the variation margin payments on derivatives included in other assets and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:

Impact of Variation Margin Payments on Derivative Assets and Liabilities
dollars in millionsSeptember 30, 2026December 31, 2025
Asset Fair ValueLiability Fair ValueAsset Fair ValueLiability Fair Value
Designated Derivatives
Fair value, before variation margin payments$— $(236)$19 $— 
Impact of variation margin payments— 235 (19)— 
Total Designated Derivatives$— $(1)$— $— 
Non-Designated Derivatives
Fair value, before variation margin payments$956 $(835)$596 $(529)
Impact of variation margin payments(239)29 (62)35 
Total Non-Designated Derivatives$717 $(806)$534 $(494)
Derivative assets and liabilities included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets$717 $(807)$534 $(494)
Amounts subject to master netting agreements (1)
(10)10 (118)118 
Cash collateral pledged (received) subject to master netting agreements (2)
(526)(1)(204)62 
Total net derivative fair value$181 $(798)$212 $(314)
(1)    BancShares’ derivative transactions are governed by International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) agreements that allow for net settlements of certain payments as well as offsetting of all contracts with a given counterparty in the event of bankruptcy or default of one of the two parties to the transaction. BancShares believes its ISDA agreements meet the definition of a master netting arrangement or similar agreement for purposes of the above disclosure.
(2)    In conjunction with the ISDA agreements described above, BancShares has entered into collateral arrangements with its counterparties, which provide for the exchange of cash depending on the change in the market valuation of the derivative contracts outstanding. Such collateral is available to be applied in settlement of the net balances upon an event of default of one of the counterparties. Collateral pledged or received is included in other assets or deposits, respectively.
Fair Value Hedges
The following table presents the impact of fair value hedges recorded in interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Income:

Recognized Gains (Losses) on Fair Value Hedges
dollars in millionsThree Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
Interest Expense2026202520262025
Loss on hedging instruments - borrowingsBorrowings$(104)$— $(142)$— 
Gain on hedged item - time depositsDeposits— 1 — 1 
Gain on hedged item - borrowingsBorrowings103 — 141 2 
Net (loss) gain on fair value hedgesTotal interest expense$(1)$1 $(1)$3 

The following table presents the carrying value of hedged items and associated cumulative hedging adjustment related to fair value hedges as of September 30, 2026. There were no fair value hedges outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

Carrying Value of Hedged Items
dollars in millionsCumulative Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Included in the Carrying Value of Hedged Items
Carrying Value of Hedged ItemsCurrently DesignatedNo Longer Designated
September 30, 2026
Long-term borrowings$3,343 $(141)$— 

Cash Flow Hedges
The following table presents the pretax unrealized (loss) or gain on hedging instruments in cash flow hedges, which are reported in other comprehensive income, and the pretax amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to earnings:

Other Comprehensive (Loss) Gain on Cash Flow Hedges, Pretax
dollars in millionsThree Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Other comprehensive (loss) income on cash flow hedge derivatives before reclassifications$(64)$(2)$(111)$10 
Amounts reclassified from AOCI to earnings
(2)— (4)(4)
Other comprehensive (loss) income on cash flow hedge derivatives$(66)$(2)$(115)$6 
Interest income on cash flow hedges$2 $— $4 $4 

Other Information for Cash Flow Hedges
dollars in millionsSeptember 30, 2026December 31, 2025
Unrealized (loss) gain on cash flow hedge derivatives reported in AOCI, net of income taxes$(71)$14 
Estimated (decrease) increase to earnings on cash flow hedges during the next 12 months, net of income taxes (1)
$(44)$9 
Maximum number of months over which forecasted cash flows are hedged (2)
2527
(1) Estimated amounts to be reclassified from AOCI to earnings. Actual amounts could differ from estimates due to factors such as changes in interest rates, hedge de-designations and the addition of other hedges.
(2) Maximum number of months is based on the latest maturity date of cash flow hedges outstanding at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Non-Designated Derivatives
The following table presents the gain or (loss) on Non-Designated Derivatives recognized on the Consolidated Statements of Income:

Gain (Loss) on Non-Designated Derivatives
dollars in millionsThree Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
Amounts Recognized2026202520262025
Interest rate contractsOther noninterest income$22 $4 $34 $10 
Foreign currency contracts (1)
Other noninterest income8 12 45 (52)
Equity warrantsOther noninterest income(6)1 29 3 
Gain (loss) on Non-Designated Derivatives$24 $17 $108 $(39)
(1) This is primarily related to economic hedges of foreign currency risks arising from loans and other assets denominated in foreign currency. There is an offsetting impact within noninterest income for the foreign exchange revaluation of the associated assets denominated in foreign currency.