Regulatory Matters

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

REGULATORY MATTERS

Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Text Block]

Note 3.   Regulatory Matters

The Bank is under a Consent Order (the “Order”) from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) dated September 1, 2010. The Company is also subject to a Written Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (the “Reserve Bank”) dated November 24, 2010.

OCC Consent Order. The Bank, pursuant to a Stipulation and Consent to the Issuance of a Consent Order dated September 1, 2010, without admitting or denying any wrongdoing, consented and agreed to the issuance of the Order by the OCC, the Bank’s primary regulator. The Order requires the Bank to undertake certain actions within designated timeframes, and to operate in compliance with the provisions thereof during its term. The Order is based on the results of an examination of the Bank as of March 31, 2009. Since the examination, management has engaged in ongoing discussions with the OCC and has taken steps to improve the condition, policies and procedures of the Bank. Compliance with the Order is monitored by a committee (the “Committee”) of at least three directors, none of whom is an employee or controlling shareholder of the Bank or its affiliates or a family member of any such person. The Committee had been required to submit written progress reports to the OCC on a monthly basis. Effective April 10, 2014, the written progress report requirement was changed from monthly to quarterly as of quarter-end March 31, 2014. The Committee has submitted each of the required progress reports with the OCC. The members of the Committee are John P. Moses, William G. Bracey, Joseph Coccia, Keith W. Eckel and Thomas J. Melone. The material provisions of the Order are set forth below with a description of the status of the Bank’s effort to comply with such provisions:

(i) By October 31, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the “Board”) was required to adopt and implement a three-year strategic plan (a “Strategic Plan”) which must be submitted to the OCC for review and prior determination of no supervisory objection; the Strategic Plan must establish objectives for the Bank’s overall risk profile, earnings performance, growth, balance sheet mix, off-balance sheet activities, liability structure, capital adequacy, reduction in the volume of nonperforming assets, product line development, and market segments that the Bank intends to promote or develop, and is to include strategies to achieve those objectives; if the Strategic Plan involves the sale or merger of the Bank, it must address the timeline and steps to be followed to provide for a definitive agreement within 90 days after the receipt of a determination of no supervisory objection;

The Bank has developed a Strategic Plan that it believes complies with the Order requirements. A three-year Strategic Plan for the period January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 was prepared and submitted to the OCC for review. On an annual basis, the Bank prepares an updated and revised Strategic Plan. Strategic Plans for the three-year periods January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014 and January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015 were submitted to the OCC for review. The Strategic Plan for the three-year period January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 was completed and submitted to the OCC for review in April 2014. The OCC issued a written determination of supervisory non-objection to the Strategic Plan in June 2014. The Strategic Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors in June 2014.

(ii) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to adopt and implement a three year capital plan (a “Capital Plan”), which must be submitted to the OCC for review and prior determination of no supervisory objection;

The Bank has developed a Capital Plan that it believes complies with the Order requirements to ensure that the Bank’s leverage ratio equals or exceeds 9% and the Bank’s total risk-based capital ratio equals or exceeds 13%. This Capital Plan for the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013 and its annual update and revisions for 2012 and 2013 were submitted to the OCC for review. The annual update and revision to the Capital Plan for the three-year period January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 was completed and forwarded to the OCC for review in April 2014. The OCC issued a written determination of supervisory non-objection to the Capital Plan in June 2014. The Capital Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors in June 2014.

(iii) by November 30, 2010, the Bank was required to achieve and thereafter maintain a total risk-based capital equal to at least 13% of risk-weighted assets and a Tier 1 capital equal to at least 9% of adjusted total assets;

The Bank’s total risk-based capital ratio was 15.28% at September 30, 2014, which was above the 13.00% required by the Order. The Bank’s leverage capital ratio was 10.05% at September 30, 2014, which was above the 9.00% required by the Order. The Bank’s total risk-based capital increased 185 basis points, while the Bank’s leverage ratio increased 173 basis points at September 30, 2014 compared to December 31, 2013.

(iv) the Bank may not pay any dividend or capital distribution unless it is in compliance with the higher capital requirements required by the Order, the Capital Plan, applicable legal requirements and, then only after receiving a determination of no supervisory objection from the OCC;

The Board has acknowledged the prohibition on payment of dividends or any other capital distributions unless the Bank receives a determination of no supervisory objection from the OCC. The Bank has not paid any dividends or capital distributions since the effective date of the Order.

On September 8, 2014, the Company sent to the OCC a request for a determination of no supervisory objection of a $1.0 million capital distribution from the Bank to the Company to both cure the trust preferred securities interest deferral and to make regular quarterly interest payments going forward. As of the date of this filing, the Company has not received a determination of no supervisory objection from the OCC.

(v) by November 15, 2010, the Committee must have reviewed the Board and the Board’s committee structure; by November 30, 2010, the Board was required to prepare or cause to be prepared an assessment of the capabilities of the Bank’s executive officers to perform their past and current duties, including those required to respond to the most recent examination report, and to perform annual performance appraisals of each officer;

The Committee completed its review of the Board and the Board committee structure on November 10, 2010 by reviewing the Board Structure Study report completed by an independent consultant engaged by the Committee. The report was forwarded to the OCC on November 24, 2010. The Company has implemented those recommendations and believes it is in compliance with the requirements of this provision. Louis A. DeNaples re-joined the Board in December 2013, William G. Bracey was appointed to the Board in May 2014, and Keith W. Eckel was appointed to the Board in September 2014. One of the Company’s directors, Joseph J. Gentile, passed away in August 2014.

The Board completed its assessment of the capabilities of the Bank’s executive officers upon receipt of a management study, completed by an independent consultant (the “Management Study”), on October 13, 2010. The Management Study was forwarded to the OCC on October 29, 2010. The Board of Directors completed a successful search for President and Chief Executive Officer in December 2011. Since the effective date of the Order, other changes have been made to the executive management team related to the size and complexity of the organization. The Board believes that it has prepared or caused to be prepared an assessment of the capabilities of the Bank’s executive officers to perform their past and current duties, including those required to respond to the most recent examination report.

Annual performance appraisals are prepared for each officer based on established and timely management goals to confirm that each officer is performing the duties outlined in his or her job description.

(vi) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to adopt, implement and thereafter ensure compliance with a comprehensive Conflict of Interest Policy applicable to the Bank’s and the Company’s directors, executive officers, principal shareholders and their affiliates and such person’s immediate family members and their related interests, employees, and by November 30, 2010, was required to review existing relationships with such persons to identify those, if any, not in compliance with the policy; and review all subsequent proposed transactions with such persons or modifications of transactions;

The Bank’s Conflict of Interest Policy has been revised to provide comprehensive guidance and a review was conducted of existing relationships to ensure compliance with the Conflict of Interest Policy. The revised policy was approved by the Board on September 29, 2010 and forwarded to the OCC on October 7, 2010. Additional revisions were approved by the Board on April 29, 2011, October 24, 2012, May 22, 2013 and November 14, 2013. The Board believes that is has adopted, implemented and maintained compliance with a comprehensive Conflict of Interest Policy in accordance with the requirements of the provision.

(vii) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to develop, implement and ensure adherence to policies and procedures for Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) compliance; and account opening and monitoring procedures compliance;

The Board believes it has developed and implemented a written program of policies and procedures to provide for compliance with the requirements of the BSA as well as compliance with account opening and monitoring procedures.

(viii) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to ensure the BSA audit function is supported by an adequately staffed department or third party firm; to adopt, implement and ensure compliance with an independent BSA audit; and to assess the capabilities of the BSA officer and supporting staff to perform present and anticipated duties;

The Board believes that the Bank’s BSA audit function is adequately staffed; and the BSA officer and staff have been assessed to determine their ability to implement and maintain compliance with the BSA policies and programs detailed above.

(ix) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to adopt, implement and ensure adherence to a written credit policy (the “Loan Policy”), including specified features, to improve the Bank’s loan portfolio management;

The Bank’s written Loan Policy has been revised to improve guidance and control over the Bank’s lending functions. The revised policy was approved by the Board on October 27, 2010. Additional periodic Loan Policy revisions were approved by the Board from November 24, 2010 through October 2014 for purposes of continued compliance with this provision.

(x) the Board was required to take certain actions to resolve certain credit and collateral exceptions;

The Board believes that it has taken action to appropriately address the credit and collateral exceptions concerns detailed in the Order.

(xi) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to establish an effective, independent and ongoing loan review system to review, at least quarterly, the Bank’s loan and lease portfolios to assure the timely identification and categorization of problem credits; by October 31, 2010, to adopt and adhere to a program for the maintenance of an adequate ALLL, and to review the adequacy of the Bank’s ALLL at least quarterly;

The Board has established an independent and ongoing loan review program on a quarterly basis that it believes provides for the timely identification and categorization of problem credits.

The ALLL policy and methodologies have been reviewed and revised to determine the appropriate level of the ALLL, including documenting the analysis in accordance with GAAP and other applicable regulatory guidelines. The revised policy was approved by the Board on October 27, 2010 and is updated on an annual basis. The Board reviews the ALLL methodology analysis on a quarterly basis as part of the financial reporting process.

(xii) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to adopt and the Bank implement and adhere to a program to protect the Bank’s interest in criticized assets; and the Bank may only extend additional credit (including renewals) to a borrower whose loans are criticized under specified circumstances;

The Board committed to a program to reduce the Bank’s risk exposure to criticized assets by implementing a detailed monthly reporting and monitoring process. The Board believes that this program has resulted in a substantial reduction in criticized assets.

In accordance with the requirements of the Order, since the date of the Order, the Bank has not extended any additional credit to, or for the benefit of, any borrower who has a loan or other extension of credit that either has been charged off or criticized without the prior approval of the Bank’s Board, or loan committee under specified circumstances, since the date of the Order.

(xiii) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to adopt and ensure adherence to action plans for each piece of other real estate owned;

The Board committed to action plans for each piece of other real estate owned centered around a robust reporting and monitoring process. The Board believes that this program has resulted in a substantial reduction in other real estate owned balances.

(xiv) by November 30, 2010, the Board was required to develop, implement and ensure adherence to a policy for effective monitoring and management of concentrations of credit;

The Board believes it developed and implemented a written concentration management program consistent with OCC Bulletin 2006-46 on November 24, 2010. This program was forwarded to the OCC on November 30, 2010. Loan concentration analysis reports are prepared and reviewed quarterly by the Board as part of the Bank’s loan portfolio management practices.

(xv) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to revise and implement the Bank’s Other Than Temporary Impairment Policy;

The Board believes that the Other Than Temporary Impairment Policy has been reviewed and revised so that the quarterly other than temporary impairment (“OTTI”) analysis process identifies and measures OTTI in accordance with GAAP and supervisory guidance, including Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 320-10-35 (Recognition and Presentation of Other-than-Temporary Impairments), OCC Bulletin 2009-11 dated April 17, 2009, "Other-than-Temporary Impairment Accounting", OCC Bulletin 2013-28, “Uniform Agreement on the Classification and Appraisal of Securities Held by Depository Institutions” and OCC Call Report Instructions.

(xvi) by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to take action to maintain adequate sources of stable funding and liquidity and a contingency funding plan; by October 31, 2010, the Board was required to adopt, implement and ensure compliance with an independent, internal audit program;

The Board believes that it has taken action to maintain adequate sources of stable funding and liquidity and developed an appropriate contingency funding plan for the Bank. A liquidity funding policy that addresses liquidity needs, funding sources and contingency funding was approved by the Board on November 24, 2010 and has been implemented and is reviewed and updated annually. Additional policies related to liquidity, funding and contingency funding have since been created and are updated annually since the Order was executed.

The Board believes that it has taken appropriate steps to adopt, implement and comply with an independent, adequately-staffed internal audit program.

(xvii) take actions to correct cited violations of law; and adopt procedures to prevent future violations and address compliance management.

The Board and management believe that they have taken appropriate action to correct cited violations and adopted procedures designed to prevent future violations and address compliance management.

Federal Reserve Agreement. On November 24, 2010, the Company entered into the Agreement with the Reserve Bank. The Agreement requires the Company to undertake certain actions within designated timeframes, and to operate in compliance with the provisions thereof during its term. The material provisions of the Agreement are set forth below with a description of the status of the Company’s efforts to comply with such provisions:

(i) the Company’s Board was required to take appropriate steps to fully utilize the Company’s financial and managerial resources to serve as a source of strength to the Bank, including taking steps to ensure that the Bank complies with its Consent Order entered into with the OCC;

The Company has taken, and continues to take, steps the Board believes are appropriate to use the Company’s financial and managerial resources to serve as a source of strength to the Bank. The steps the Bank has taken to comply with the Order are discussed above.

(ii) the Company may not declare or pay any dividends without the prior written approval of the Reserve Bank and the Director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation (the “Director”) of the Federal Reserve Board;

The Company has acknowledged the prohibition on payment of dividends without the prior written consent of the Reserve Bank and Director. The Company has not paid any dividends since the effective date of the Agreement.

(iii) the Company may not take dividends or other payments representing a reduction of the Bank’s capital without the prior written approval of the Reserve Bank;

The Company has acknowledged the prohibition on taking dividends or any other capital distributions from the Bank without the prior written consent of the Reserve Bank. The Bank has not paid and the Company has not received any dividends or capital distributions from the Bank since the effective date of the Agreement.

(iv) the Company and its nonbank subsidiary may not make any payment of interest, principal or other amounts on the Company’s subordinated debentures or trust preferred securities without the prior written approval of the Reserve Bank and the Director;

The Company has acknowledged the prohibition on any payment related to the Company’s subordinated debentures and trust preferred securities without the written approval of the Reserve Bank and Director. The Company has not made any payments of interest, principal or other amounts on the Company’s subordinated debentures or trust preferred securities since the effective date of the Agreement.

On September 8, 2014 the Company sent to the Reserve Bank requests for approval for the Company to receive a $1.0 million capital distribution from the Bank, and to make a distribution on the trust preferred securities to cure the interest deferral and resume regular quarterly interest payments commencing on March 15, 2015. As of the date of this filing the Company has not received approval from the Reserve Bank.

(v) the Company may not make any payment of interest, principal or other amounts on debt owed to insiders of the Company without the prior written approval of the Reserve Bank and Director;

The Company has acknowledged the prohibition on any payment related to the debt owed to insiders of the Company without the written approval of the Reserve Bank and Director. The Company has not made any payments related to debt owed to insiders since the effective date of the Agreement.

(vi) the Company and its nonbank subsidiary may not incur, increase or guarantee any debt without the prior written approval of the Reserve Bank;

The Company has acknowledged the prohibition on incurring, increasing or guaranteeing any debt without the written approval of the Reserve Bank other than permitted borrowings by the Bank from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”). The Company has not incurred, increased or guaranteed any debt since the effective date of the Agreement.

(vii) the Company may not purchase or redeem any shares of its stock without the prior written approval of the Reserve Bank;

The Company has acknowledged the prohibition on purchasing or redeeming any shares of its stock without the written approval of the Reserve Bank. The Company has not purchased or redeemed any shares of its stock since the effective date of the Agreement.

(viii) the Company was required to submit to the Reserve Bank, by January 23, 2011, an acceptable written plan to maintain sufficient capital at the Company on a consolidated basis. Thereafter, the Company must notify the Reserve Bank within 45 days of the end of any quarter in which the Company’s capital ratios fall below the approved capital plan’s minimum ratios, and submit an acceptable written plan to increase the Company’s capital ratios above the capital plan’s minimums;

The Company has developed a Capital Plan that it believes is acceptable and maintains sufficient capital at the Company on a consolidated basis. The Capital Plan was submitted to the Reserve Bank on January 11, 2011. The Capital Plan has since been updated at least annually and forwarded to the Reserve Bank. The annual update and revision to the Capital Plan for the three-year period January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 was completed in conjunction with the annual budget and strategic planning initiatives and provided to the Reserve Bank in April 2014. The Company notified the Reserve Bank that the OCC issued a written determination of supervisory non-objection to the Capital Plan in June 2014, and that the Bank’s Board of Directors adopted the plan in June 2014.

The Bank’s total risk-based capital ratio was 15.28% at September 30, 2014, which was above the 13.00% minimum required by the Order. The Bank’s leverage ratio was 10.05% at September 30, 2014, which was also above the 9.00% required by the Order.

(ix) the Company was required to immediately take all actions necessary to ensure that: (1) each regulatory report accurately reflects the Company’s condition on the date for which it is filed and all material transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries; (2) each such report is prepared in accordance with its instructions; and (3) all records indicating how the report was prepared are maintained for supervisory review;

The Company believes that it has taken actions to ensure that all required regulatory reports are filed to accurately reflect its financial condition on the date filed, are prepared in accordance with instructions and that records detailing how the reports were filed are maintained and available for supervisory review.

(x) the Company was required to submit to the Reserve Bank, by January 23, 2011, acceptable written procedures to strengthen and maintain internal controls to ensure all required regulatory reports and notices filed with the Board of Governors are accurate and filed in accordance with the instructions for preparation;

The Company believes that it has designed effective written procedures and strengthened internal controls so that all required Board of Governors reports and notices filed are accurate, timely and in accordance with instructions. The written procedures were provided to the Reserve Bank on January 21, 2011.

(xi) the Company was required to submit to the Reserve Bank, by January 8, 2011, a cash flow projection for 2011, reflecting the Company’s planned sources and uses of cash, and submit a cash flow projection for each subsequent calendar year at least one month prior to the beginning of such year;

The Company created a cash flow projection for 2011 and submitted it to the Reserve Bank on January 7, 2011 in accordance with requirements of the Agreement. Similar projections for 2012, 2013, and 2014 were provided to the Reserve Bank within the time requirements prescribed in the Agreement. At the request of the Reserve Bank, the Company provided the Reserve Bank with an updated cash flow projection for 2014-2016 in August of 2013. The cash flow projection for 2015 is scheduled to be delivered to the Federal Reserve Bank in December 2014.

(xii) the Company must comply with: (1) the notice provisions of Section 32 of the FDI Act and Subpart H of Regulation Y in appointing any new director or senior executive officer or changing the duties of any senior executive officer; and (2) the restrictions on indemnification and severance payments of Section 18(k) of the FDI Act and Part 359 of the FDIC’s regulations;

The Company has acknowledged the notice requirements on the appointment of any new director or senior executive officer. The Company has filed the appropriate notice for each new director or senior executive officer since the date of the Agreement.

The Company acknowledges the restriction on indemnification and severance payments under Section 18(k) of the FDI Act and Part 359 of the FDIC’s regulations. The Company has not made any such indemnification or severance payments since the effective date of the Agreement without obtaining prior regulatory non-objection from the OCC and regulatory concurrence from the FDIC as required by Part 359.

(xiii) the Board must submit written progress reports within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter.

The Company’s Board has filed each of the required written progress reports with the Reserve Bank since the Agreement was executed.

Banking regulations also limit the amount of dividends that may be paid without prior approval of the Bank’s regulatory agency. At September 30, 2014, the Company and the Bank are restricted from paying any dividends, without regulatory approval.

The Company is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on the Company’s financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices must be met. Capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

Current quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total and Tier I capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier I capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined).

In accordance with the Order, the Bank is required to achieve and thereafter maintain a total risk-based capital ratio equal to at least 13.00% of risk-weighted assets and a Tier I capital ratio equal to at least 9.00% of adjusted total assets. As of September 30, 2014, the Bank met both the 13.00% minimum requirement for the total-risk based capital ratio and the 9.00% minimum requirement for the Tier I leverage ratio. The minimum capital requirements under the Order take precedence over the standard regulatory capital adequacy definitions described in the tables below.

The Company’s and the Bank’s actual capital positions, risk-weighted assets, and total average assets for the Tier I leverage ratio at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are presented in the following table:

Capital Analysis

	September 30,		December 31,
(in thousands)	2014		2013
Company
Tier I capital:
Total tier I capital	$	59,810	$	46,165
Tier II capital:
Subordinated notes		25,000		23,085
Allowable portion of allowance for loan losses		8,703		8,462
Total tier II capital		33,703		31,547
Total risk-based capital	$	93,513	$	77,712
Total risk-weighted assets	$	692,693	$	670,894
Total average assets (for Tier I leverage ratio)	$	965,740	$	980,754
Bank
Tier I capital:
Total tier I capital	$	97,096	$	81,581
Tier II capital:
Allowable portion of allowance for loan losses		8,698		8,456
Total tier II capital		8,698		8,456
Total risk-based capital	$	105,794	$	90,037
Total risk-weighted assets	$	692,314	$	670,416
Total average assets (for Tier I leverage ratio)	$	965,709	$	980,747

The following tables present summary information regarding the Company’s and the Bank’s risk-based capital and related ratios at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

									To Be Well
									Capitalized
									Under Prompt
					For Capital				Corrective
	Actual				Adequacy Purposes				Action Provision
(dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
September 30, 2014
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	$	93,513	13.50	%	$	>55,415	>8.00	%		N/A	N/A
Bank	$	105,794	15.28	%	$	>55,385	>8.00	%	$	>69,231	>10.00	%
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	$	59,810	8.63	%	$	>27,708	>4.00	%		N/A	N/A
Bank	$	97,096	14.02	%	$	>27,693	>4.00	%	$	>41,539	>6.00	%
Tier I capital (to average assets)
Company	$	59,810	6.19	%	$	>38,630	>4.00	%		N/A	N/A
Bank	$	97,096	10.05	%	$	>38,628	>4.00	%	$	>48,285	>5.00	%

									To Be Well
									Capitalized
									Under Prompt
					For Capital				Corrective
	Actual				Adequacy Purposes				Action Provision
(dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
December 31, 2013
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	$	77,712	11.58	%	$	>53,672	>8.00	%		N/A	N/A
Bank	$	90,037	13.43	%	$	>53,633	>8.00	%	$	>67,042	>10.00	%
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	$	46,165	6.88	%	$	>26,836	>4.00	%		N/A	N/A
Bank	$	81,581	12.17	%	$	>26,817	>4.00	%	$	>40,225	>6.00	%
Tier I capital (to average assets)
Company	$	46,165	4.71	%	$	>39,230	>4.00	%		N/A	N/A
Bank	$	81,581	8.32	%	$	>39,230	>4.00	%	$	>49,038	>5.00	%