ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE A - ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

Select Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) is a bank holding company whose principal business activity consists of ownership of Select Bank & Trust Company (referred to as the “Bank”). All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. In 2004, the Company formed New Century Statutory Trust I, which issued trust preferred securities to provide additional capital for general corporate purposes, including the current and future expansion of the Company. New Century Statutory Trust I is not a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. The Company is subject to the rules and regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks.

Select Bank & Trust Company was originally incorporated as New Century Bank on May 19, 2000 and began banking operations on May 24, 2000. Legacy Select Bank & Trust Company was incorporated on July 30, 2004 and was merged with and into the Bank on July 25, 2014 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Legacy Select. Select Bank & Trust Company continues as the only banking subsidiary of the Company with its headquarters and operations center located in Dunn, NC. The Bank is engaged in general commercial and retail banking in central and eastern North Carolina and operates under the banking laws of North Carolina and the rules and regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks. The Bank undergoes periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities. 

Reclassification

Certain items for 2013 have been reclassified to conform to the 2014 presentation. Such reclassifications had no effect on net income, total assets or shareholders’ equity as previously reported.