Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk [Abstract]

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

Note 11: Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The following summarizes those financial instruments with contract amounts representing credit risk as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):

	June 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Commitments to extend credit	$	296,959	$	256,888
Financial and performance standby letters of credit		2,621		4,247
	$	299,580	$	261,135

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Each instrument generally has fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses. Since many of the instruments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, total commitments to extend credit amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary, by the Company upon extension of credit is based on management’s credit evaluation of the customer. Standby letters of credit are irrevocable conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers.

On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13, see Note (6).  Upon adoption, the Company estimated an allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures, which resulted in recording a reserve for unfunded loan commitments of $500,000.  The reserve for unfunded loan commitments totaled $464,000 at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.