Cash and Cash Equivalents

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The Corporation considers all liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2020, cash and cash equivalents is defined to include cash on hand, deposits in other institutions and federal funds sold.

At December 31, 2020, the Corporation’s interest-bearing cash accounts and noninterest-bearing transaction deposits held at other institutions exceeded the $250,000 federally insured limits by approximately $384,234,000. Each correspondent bank’s financial performance and market rating are reviewed on a quarterly basis to ensure the Corporation has deposits only at institutions providing minimal risk for those exceeding the federally insured limits.

Additionally, the Corporation had approximately $140,317,000 at the Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank, which are government-sponsored entities not insured by the FDIC.

The Corporation has historically been required to maintain reserve funds in cash and/or on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank.  However, the Federal Reserve announced on March 15, 2020 that in order to support the flow of credit to households and businesses, reserve requirement ratios would move to zero effective March 26, 2020; therefore, the Corporation did not have a reserve requirement at December 31, 2020.