Note 4 - Deposits (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Time Deposits, at or Above FDIC Insurance Limit	$ 73.0	$ 93.5
Interest-bearing Domestic Deposit, Brokered	92.6	51.6
Deposits, Public Fund	79.9	57.3
Pledged Financial Instruments, Not Separately Reported, Securities, Total	$ 39.0	$ 35.5

Amount of public fund deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic third-party deposits placed by or through the assistance of a deposit broker, also known as brokered deposit liabilities.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the date of the latest financial statement presented of securities which are owned but transferred to another party to serve as collateral to partially or fully secure a debt obligation, repurchase agreement or other current or potential obligation, and for which the transferee is not permitted to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (b)(1)(i)
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Amount of time deposit liabilities, including certificates of deposit, in denominations that meet or exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance limit.

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-Publisher FASB
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-SubTopic 405
-Section 50
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