Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Bank to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financing and similar transactions.  Except for certain long-term guarantees, most guarantees expire within one year. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. Collateral supporting those commitments, for which collateral is deemed necessary, generally amounted to one hundred percent of the commitment amount at September 30, 2013. The Company routinely charges a fee for these credit facilities.  Such fees are amortized into income over the life of the agreement and unamortized amounts were not significant as of September 30, 2013.  At September 30, 2013, the commitments under these agreements totaled $1.6 million.

At September 30, 2013, the Company was the guarantor of trust preferred securities. The Company issued junior subordinated debentures to a wholly owned special purpose trust, which has issued trust preferred securities.  The sole assets of the special purpose trust are the junior subordinated debentures issued by the Company.  Washington Banking Company has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the capital securities along with all obligations of the Trust under the trust agreements. The maximum amount of future payments the Company will be required to make under these agreements is the principal and interest of the trust preferred securities, the principal of which totaled $25.8 million at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.