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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments

The following table presents loan commitments at March 31, 2016 (amounts in thousands).
 
March 31, 2016
Commitments to extend credit
$
21,258

Undisbursed lines of credit
95,176

Financial stand-by letters of credit
439

Performance stand-by letters of credit
199

Legally binding commitments 
117,072

 
 

Unused credit card lines
16,225

 
 

Total 
$
133,297



Pledged Assets

Certain assets are pledged to secure municipal deposits, borrowings, and borrowing capacity, subject to certain limits, at the Federal Home Loan Bank (the "FHLB") and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (the "FRB"), as well as for other purposes as required or permitted by law. FHLB borrowings are secured by securities and a floating lien covering the Company's loan portfolio of qualifying residential (1-4 units) first mortgage and commercial real estate loans. The following table provides the total market value of pledged assets by asset type at March 31, 2016 (amounts in thousands).
 
March 31, 2016
Securities
$
70,156

Loans
32,631



Litigation Proceedings

In October 2013, multiple putative class action lawsuits were filed in United States district courts across the country against a number of different banks based on the banks' alleged role in "payday lending". Four of these lawsuits, filed in the Northern District of Georgia, the Middle District of North Carolina, the District of Maryland, and the Southern District of Florida, named the Bank as one of the defendants. The lawsuits allege that, by processing Automatic Clearing House transactions indirectly on behalf of "payday" lenders, the Bank is illegally participating in an enterprise to collect unlawful debts and is therefore liable to plaintiffs for damages under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The lawsuits also allege a variety of state law claims. The Bank moved to dismiss each of these lawsuits. As previously reported, the Georgia action was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiffs and the District of Maryland granted the motion and dismissed the case, which the parties subsequently settled while on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Of the two remaining lawsuits, there are no updates to the lawsuits in the Southern District of Florida, which, as previously reported, has been stayed pending arbitration of the plaintiff's claims against the Bank's co-defendants. The Middle District of North Carolina granted the motion in part and denied it in part; the case against the Bank had been stayed pending resolution of motions to compel arbitration filed by the Bank's co-defendants, and the Court has not yet determined whether the case against the Bank will proceed pending appeal by those co-defendants.
 
Additionally, the Company is party to certain legal actions in the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes these actions are routine in nature and incidental to the operation of its business. While the outcome of these actions cannot be predicted with certainty, management’s present judgment is that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse impact on its business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or prospects. If, however, the Company's assessment of these actions is inaccurate, or there are any significant adverse developments in these actions, its business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and prospects could be adversely affected.