FNB Corp. in Pittsburgh sold a portfolio of indirect auto loans at a loss.
The $48 billion-asset FNB said in a press release that it sold $431 million of performing loans in September as part of a balance sheet repositioning. The company said it lost $11.6 million from the sale, though it also improved the loan-to-deposit ratio by about 120 basis points.
The sale also improved FNB’s Common Equity Tier 1 regulatory capital ratio by about 10 basis points.
Overall, FNB’s third-quarter earnings fell by 23% from a year earlier, to $110.1 million.