EQUITY CAPITAL

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE H — EQUITY CAPITAL

The Company is well capitalized and at September 30, 2015, the Company and the Company’s principal banking subsidiary, Seacoast National Bank, or “Seacoast National”, met the new common equity Tier 1 capital ratio (CET1) regulatory threshold of 6.5% for well-capitalized institutions under the new Basel III standardized transition approach, as well as risk-based and leverage ratio requirements for well capitalized banks under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.