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REGULATORY STOCK
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
REGULATORY STOCK [Abstract]  
REGULATORY STOCK

NOTE E – REGULATORY STOCK

 

The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Pittsburgh, which is one of 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks. Each FHLB serves as a reserve or central bank for its members within its assigned region.  As a member, the Bank is required to purchase and maintain stock in the FHLB in an amount equal to 0.10% of its asset value plus an additional 4% of its outstanding advances from the FHLB and mortgage partnership finance loans sold to the FHLB.  At December 31, 2014, the Bank held $3,039,000 in stock of the FHLB, and as of December 31, 2013, the Bank held $3,472,000 of FHLB stock.

 

The FHLB repurchases excess capital stock on a quarterly basis and pays a quarterly dividend on stock held by the Corporation. The FHLB's quarterly dividend rate was 4.00% annualized as of December 31, 2014. The Corporation will continue to monitor the financial condition of the FHLB quarterly to assess its ability to continue to regularly repurchase excess capital stock and pay a quarterly dividend.

The Corporation also owned $151,000 of Federal Reserve Bank stock and $37,000 of Atlantic Community Bankers' Bank stock as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.