Note 27 - Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

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. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Some of the directors and executive officers (and their associated or affiliated companies) were customers of and had banking transactions with us in the ordinary course of our business and we expect to have such transactions in the future. All deposits, loans and commitments to fund loans included in such transactions were made in compliance with the applicable laws on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons of similar creditworthiness.

The following table presents a summary of aggregate activity involving related party borrowers for the years ended

December 31,

2017

and

2016.

(Amounts in thousands)	2017			2016
Balance at beginning of year	$	13,424		$	13,707
Advances on existing lines of credit		29,166			24,447
Principal repayments		(29,360	)		(24,730	)
Balance at end of year	$	13,230		$	13,424

At

December 31,

2017

and

2016,

deposits of related parties amounted to

$6.7

million and

$6.0

million, respectively. As of

December 31, 2017

and

2016,

there were

no

related party loans which were past due or adversely classified. At

December 31, 2017

and

2016

there was

$12.4

million, and

$8.8

million, respectively, in outstanding loan commitments to related parties. In our opinion, these transactions did

not

involve more than a normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable terms.