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Net income of $61.2 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021, compared to $50.1 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2020. The net income for the first quarter of 2021 and fourth quarter of 2020 included the following items of note:
- Provision for credit losses was a net benefit of $15.3 million ($9.5 million after-tax, or an increase of $0.04 per diluted share) for the first quarter of 2021, compared to an expense of $7.7 million ($4.8 million after-tax, or a decrease of $0.02 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2020. The reserve release in the first quarter of 2021 was primarily due to positive changes in the outlook of macroeconomic assumptions to which the reserve is correlated.