Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies	Note 1. Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies Organization Community Bankers Trust Corporation (the “Company”) is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and is the holding company for Essex Bank (the “Bank”), a Virginia state bank with 24 full-service offices, 18 of which are in Virginia and six of which are in Maryland. The Bank also operates two loan production offices. The Bank engages in a general commercial banking business and provides a wide range of financial services primarily to individuals, small businesses and larger commercial companies, including individual and commercial demand and time deposit accounts, commercial and industrial loans, consumer and small business loans, real estate and mortgage loans, investment services, on-line and mobile banking products, and cash management services. Financial Statements The consolidated statements presented include accounts of the Company and the Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and to the general practices within the banking industry. The interim financial statements have not been audited; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal accruals, were made that are necessary to present fairly the balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2020, the statements of income and comprehensive income and changes in shareholders’ equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, and the statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020. Results for the six month period ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020. The financial information contained within the statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred. A variety of factors could affect the ultimate value that is obtained when either earning income, recognizing an expense, recovering an asset or relieving a liability. The Company uses historical loss factors as one factor in determining the inherent loss that may be present in its loan portfolio. Actual losses could differ significantly from the historical factors that the Company uses. In addition, GAAP itself may change from one previously acceptable method to another method. Although the economics of the Company’s transactions would be the same, the timing of events that would impact its transactions could change. In preparing these financial statements, the Company has evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued. Recent Accounting Developments In March 2020, various regulatory agencies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “agencies”), issued an interagency statement on loan modifications and reporting for financial institutions working with customers affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The interagency statement was effective immediately and impacted accounting for loan modifications. Under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 310-40, Receivables – Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors, a restructuring of debt constitutes a troubled debt restructuring (TDR) if the creditor, for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise consider. The agencies confirmed with the staff of the FASB that short-term modifications made on a good faith basis in response to the impact of COVID-19 to borrowers who were current prior to any relief are not to be considered TDRs. This includes short-term (e.g., six months) modifications such as payment deferrals, fee waivers, extensions of repayment terms, or other delays in payment that are insignificant. Borrowers considered current are those that are less than 30 days past due on their contractual payments as of December 31, 2019. This interagency guidance is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements; however, due to the uncertainties regarding the economic effects of COVID-19, this impact cannot be quantified at this time.

Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies

Note 1. Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Community Bankers Trust Corporation (the “Company”) is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and is the holding company for Essex Bank (the “Bank”), a Virginia state bank with 24 full-service offices, 18 of which are in Virginia and six of which are in Maryland. The Bank also operates two loan production offices.

The Bank engages in a general commercial banking business and provides a wide range of financial services primarily to individuals, small businesses and larger commercial companies, including individual and commercial demand and time deposit accounts, commercial and industrial loans, consumer and small business loans, real estate and mortgage loans, investment services, on-line and mobile banking products, and cash management services.

Financial Statements

The consolidated statements presented include accounts of the Company and the Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and to the general practices within the banking industry. The interim financial statements have not been audited; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal accruals, were made that are necessary to present fairly the balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2020, the statements of income and comprehensive income and changes in shareholders’ equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, and the statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020. Results for the six month period ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020.

The financial information contained within the statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred. A variety of factors could affect the ultimate value that is obtained when either earning income, recognizing an expense, recovering an asset or relieving a liability. The Company uses historical loss factors as one factor in determining the inherent loss that may be present in its loan portfolio. Actual losses could differ significantly from the historical factors that the Company uses. In addition, GAAP itself may change from one previously acceptable method to another method. Although the economics of the Company’s transactions would be the same, the timing of events that would impact its transactions could change.

In preparing these financial statements, the Company has evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

Recent Accounting Developments

In March 2020, various regulatory agencies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “agencies”), issued an interagency statement on loan modifications and reporting for financial institutions working with customers affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The interagency statement was effective immediately and impacted accounting for loan modifications. Under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 310-40, Receivables – Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors, a restructuring of debt constitutes a troubled debt restructuring (TDR) if the creditor, for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise consider. The agencies confirmed with the staff of the FASB that short-term modifications made on a good faith basis in response to the impact of COVID-19 to borrowers who were current prior to any relief are not to be considered TDRs. This includes short-term (e.g., six months) modifications such as payment deferrals, fee waivers, extensions of repayment terms, or other delays in payment that are insignificant. Borrowers considered current are those that are less

than 30 days past due on their contractual payments as of December 31, 2019. This interagency guidance is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements; however, due to the uncertainties regarding the economic effects of COVID-19, this impact cannot be quantified at this time.