CAPITAL

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Capital [Abstract]

CAPITAL

NOTE 21 CAPITAL

Capital Requirements and Ratios

The Company meets eligibility criteria of a small bank holding company in accordance with the Federal Reserve Board’s Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement issued in February of 2015, and is no longer obligated to report consolidated regulatory capital.

The Bank is subject to various capital requirements administered by 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 effect on the Bank’s financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, Tier 1 capital to average assets, and Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets. As of December 31, 2019, the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.

The Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. 

	Actual					Minimum Capital Requirement					Minimum to Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
(Dollars are in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
December 31, 2019:
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets		72,109		14.83	%	$	38,910		8.0	%		48,637		10.0	%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets		66,741		13.72	%		29,182		6.0	%		38,910		8.0	%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets		66,741		9.43	%		28,313		4.0	%		35,391		5.0	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital
to Risk Weighted Assets		66,741		13.72	%		21,887		4.5	%		31,614		6.5	%
December 31, 2018:
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets		70,002		14.39	%	$	38,912		8.0	%		48,640		10.0	%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets		64,666		13.29	%		29,184		6.0	%		38,912		8.0	%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets		64,666		9.59	%		26,960		4.0	%		33,700		5.0	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital
to Risk Weighted Assets		64,666		13.29	%		21,888		4.5	%		31,616		6.5	%

Accordingly, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Bank was well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since such dates that management believes have changed the Bank’s category.

The Bank is also subject to the rules implementing the Basel III capital framework and certain related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The final rules require the Bank to comply with the following minimum capital ratios: (i) a Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio of at least 4.5%, plus a 2.5% “capital conservation buffer” (effectively resulting in a minimum Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio of 7%), (ii) a ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 6.0%, plus the 2.5% capital conservation buffer (effectively resulting in a minimum Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5%), (iii) a ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 8.0%, plus the 2.5% capital conservation buffer (effectively resulting in a minimum total capital ratio of 10.5%), and (iv) a leverage ratio of 4%, calculated as the ratio of Tier 1 capital to average assets. The phase-in of the capital conservation buffer requirement began on January 1, 2016, at 0.625% of risk-weighted assets, increasing by the same amount each year until it was fully implemented at 2.5% on January 1, 2019. The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress. Banking institutions with a Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio above the minimum but below the conservation buffer face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases, and compensation based on the amount of the shortfall. The Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio of the Bank was 13.72% as of December 31, 2019, exceeding the minimum requirement. The Tier 1 and total capital to risk-weighted asset ratios of the Bank were 13.72% and 14.83%, respectively, as of December 31, 2019, exceeding the minimum requirements. The leverage ratio of the Bank was 9.43% as of December 31, 2019, also exceeding the minimum requirements.