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EQUITY SECURITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]  
Other Investment Securities [Text Block]

NOTE 6 – EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Institutions that are members of the FHLB system are required to maintain a minimum investment in FHLB stock. Such minimum investment is calculated as a percentage of aggregate outstanding mortgages, and the FHLB requires an additional investment that is calculated as a percentage of total FHLB advances, letters of credit, and the collateralized portion of outstanding interest-rate swaps. The stock is capital stock issued at $100 par value. Both stock and cash dividends may be received on FHLB stock.

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Corporation had investments in FHLB stock carried at a cost of $31.2 million and $34.1 million, respectively. Dividend income from FHLB stock for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 amounted to $2.0 million, $2.7 million, and $2.1 million, respectively.

 

The FHLB of New York issued the shares of FHLB stock owned by the Corporation. The FHLB of New York is part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 11 regional, stockholder-owned congressionally chartered banks. The FHLBs are all privately capitalized and operated by their member stockholders. The system is supervised by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which requires that the FHLBs operate in a financially safe and sound manner, remain adequately capitalized and able to raise funds in the capital markets, and carry out their housing finance mission.

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Corporation owned other equity securities with a readily determinable fair value of approximately $1.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively. During 2020, the Corporation recognized a marked-to-market gain of $38 thousand associated with these securities, which was recorded as part of other non-interest income in the consolidated statements of income, compared to a $0.4 thousand marked-to-market gain for 2019, and a $9 thousand marked-to-market loss for 2018. In addition, the Corporation had other equity securities that do not have a readily-determinable fair value. The carrying value of such securities as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $4.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively.