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Note 10 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 10: Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

 

Loan commitments are agreements to lend to a customer provided there is no violation of any condition established in the agreement. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future funding requirements. Loan commitments are subject to the Company’s normal credit policies and collateral requirements. Unfunded loan commitments were $276,157 thousand at June 30, 2019 and $278,598 thousand at December 31, 2018. Standby letters of credit commit the Company to make payments on behalf of customers when certain specified future events occur. Standby letters of credit are primarily issued to support customers’ short-term financing requirements and must meet the Company’s normal credit policies and collateral requirements. Financial and performance standby letters of credit outstanding totaled $2,760 thousand at June 30, 2019 and $2,772 thousand at December 31, 2018. The Company had no commitments outstanding for commercial and similar letters of credit at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. The Company had $550 thousand and $75 thousand in outstanding full recourse guarantees to a 3rd party credit card company at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The Company had a reserve for unfunded commitments of $2,308 thousand at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, included in other liabilities.

 

Due to the nature of its business, the Company is subject to various threatened or filed legal cases. Based on the advice of legal counsel, the Company does not expect such cases will have a material, adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations. Legal liabilities are accrued when obligations become probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In the second quarter 2019, the Company achieved a mediated settlement to dismiss a lawsuit and paid the resulting liability of $252 thousand.

 

The Company determined that it will be obligated to provide refunds of revenue recognized in years prior to 2018 to some customers. The Company initially estimated the probable amount of these obligations to be $5,542 thousand and accrued a liability for such amount in 2017; based on additional information received in the second quarter 2019, the Company increased such liability to $5,843 thousand by recognizing an expense of $301 thousand.