NOTE 8 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company uses fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and to determine fair value disclosures. The Company did not have any liabilities that were measured at fair value at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Securities available-for-sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Additionally, from time to time, the Company may be required to record at fair value other assets or liabilities on a non-recurring basis, such as certain impaired loans and goodwill. These non-recurring fair value adjustments generally involve the write-down of individual assets due to impairment losses.

Accounting guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis

Assets measured on a recurring basis are limited to the Bank’s available-for-sale securities (“AFS”) portfolio, equity investments and interest rate cap derivative contract. The AFS portfolio is carried at estimated fair value with any unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in shareholders’ equity. Equity investments are carried at estimated fair value with changes in fair value reported as unrealized gain/(loss) on the statement of operations. The interest rate cap derivative contract is carried at estimated fair value with changes in fair value reported as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in shareholders’ equity. The fair values for substantially all of these assets are obtained monthly from an independent nationally recognized pricing service. On a quarterly basis, the Bank assesses the reasonableness of the fair values obtained by reference to a second independent nationally recognized pricing service. Based on the nature of these securities, the Bank’s independent pricing service provides prices which are categorized as Level 2 since quoted prices in active markets for identical assets are generally not available for the majority of securities in the Bank’s portfolio. Various modeling techniques are used to determine pricing for the Bank’s mortgage-backed securities, including option pricing and discounted cash flow models. The inputs to these models include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data. On an annual basis, the Bank obtains the models, inputs and assumptions utilized by its pricing service and reviews them for reasonableness.

Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below (in thousands):


	Fair Value Measurement using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)
At March 31, 2020
Residential mortgage securities	$	169,114	$	—	$	169,114	$	—
Commercial mortgage securities		30,740		—		30,740		—
CRA Mutual Fund		2,272		2,272		—		—
Interest rate cap derivative		1,892		—		1,892		—


	Fair Value Measurement using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)

At December 31, 2019
Residential mortgage securities	$	177,263	$	—	$	177,263	$	—
Commercial mortgage securities		32,472		—		32,472		—
U.S. Government agency securities		25,207		—		25,207		—
CRA Mutual Fund		2,224		2,224		—		—

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

There were no material assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

The Bank has engaged an independent pricing service provider to provide the fair values of its financial assets and liabilities measured at amortized cost. This provider follows FASB’s exit pricing guidelines, as required by

ASU 2016-01, when calculating the fair market value.

Carrying amount and estimated fair values of financial instruments at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):


			Fair Value Measurement Using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable		Total Fair
At March 31, 2020	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)		Value
Financial Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	12,501	$	12,501	$	—	$	—	$	12,501
Overnight deposits		569,927		569,927		—		—		569,927
Securities available for sale		199,854		—		199,854		—		199,854
Securities held to maturity		3,520		—		3,588		—		3,588
Equity investments		2,272		2,272		—		—		2,272
Loans, net		2,735,175		—		—		2,732,185		2,732,185
Other investments		—		—		—		—		—
FRB Stock		7,335		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
FHLB Stock		8,122		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
SBA Loan Fund		5,000		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Disability Fund		500		—		500		—		500
Time deposits at banks		498		498		—		—		498
Interest rate cap derivative		1,892		—		1,892		—		1,892
Accrued interest receivable		9,108		—		503		8,605		9,108

Financial liabilities:
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits	$	1,250,584	$	1,250,584	$	—	$	—	$	1,250,584
Money market and savings deposits		1,673,452		1,673,452		—		—		1,673,452
Time deposits		97,656		—		98,846		—		98,846
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances		144,000		—		144,813		—		144,813
Trust preferred securities payable		20,620		—		—		20,024		20,024
Subordinated debt, net of issuance cost		24,615		—		24,125		—		24,125
Accrued interest payable		1,146		9		941		196		1,146


			Fair Value Measurement Using:
			Quoted Prices
			in Active		Significant
			Markets		Other		Significant
	Carrying		For Identical		Observable		Unobservable		Total Fair
At December 31, 2019	Amount		Assets (Level 1)		Inputs (Level 2)		Inputs (Level 3)		Value
Financial Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	9,619	$	9,619	$	—	$	—	$	9,619
Overnight deposits		381,104		381,104		—		—		381,104
Securities available for sale		234,942		—		234,942		—		234,942
Securities held to maturity		3,722		—		3,712		—		3,712
Equity investments		2,224		2,224		—		—		2,224
Loans, net		2,646,677		—		—		2,609,233		2,609,233
Other investments
FRB Stock		7,317		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
FHLB Stock		8,122		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
SBA Loan Fund		5,000		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Disability Fund		500		—		500		—		500
Time deposits at banks		498		498		—		—		498
Accrued interest receivable		8,862		—		544		8,318		8,862

Financial liabilities:
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits	$	1,090,479	$	1,090,479	$	—	$	—	$	1,090,479
Money market and savings deposits		1,589,920		1,589,920		—		—		1,589,920
Time deposits		110,375		—		110,800		—		110,800
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances		144,000		—		144,229		—		144,229
Trust preferred securities payable		20,620		—		—		20,011		20,011
Subordinated debt, net of issuance cost		24,601		—		25,375		—		25,375
Accrued interest payable		1,229		14		1,009		206		1,229