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While Commerce Bancshares reported higher earnings in the third quarter, the company also reported that problem assets rose from the second-quarter level.
Specifically, real estate-owned increased to $2 million from $1.8 million three months earlier at the bank.
The bank reported having over $8 billion of loans on its books at the end of the third quarter, including nearly $3.6 billion of real estate loans.
David Kemper, chairman and CEO of Commerce Bancorp, said in a statement released by the company that asset quality remains good and "exceeds peer averages with net charge-offs for the third quarter at 0.48% of average loans and the reserve for loan losses at 1.67% of ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Commerce Bancshares Reports Rise in REO on its Books.(Brief Article)