Borrowings - Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Borrowings
Balance outstanding at year end	$ 6,915	$ 8,068
Average daily balance during the year	$ 9,272	$ 12,874
Average interest rate during the year	1.37%	1.06%
Maximum month-end balance during the year	$ 13,441	$ 16,161
Weighted-average interest rate at year end	1.40%	1.13%

Represents The Amount Of Average Balance During Period Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase.

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Represents The Percentage Of Average Interest Rate During Period Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase.

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Represents The Amount Of Maximum Month End Balance During Period Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase

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Interest rate on the amount to be repaid to the counterparty to the repurchase agreement when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under the repurchase agreement exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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Amount, after the effects of master netting arrangements, of funds outstanding borrowed in the form of a security repurchase agreement between the entity and another party for the sale and repurchase of identical or substantially the same securities at a date certain for a specified price. Includes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement and not elected to be offset.

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