Note 19 - Regulatory Restrictions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Banking And Thrift [Abstract]

Regulatory Restrictions

Note 19 - Regulatory Restrictions

Dividends payable by the Company and the Bank are subject to various limitations imposed by statutes, regulations and policies adopted by bank regulatory agencies. Under Pennsylvania and Federal banking law, the Bank is subject to certain restrictions on the amount of dividends that it may declare without prior regulatory approval. Under Federal Reserve regulations, the Bank is limited as to the amount it may lend affiliates, including the Company, unless such loans are collateralized by specific obligations.

Both the Company and the Bank are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by Federal bank regulatory agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate actions by regulators that could have an effect on the financial statements. Under the framework for prompt corrective action, both the Company and the Bank must meet capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items. The final rules implementing the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s capital guidelines for U.S. banks (“Basel III”) became effective for QNB on January 1, 2015, with full compliance with all the of final rule’s requirements phased in over a multi-year schedule, to be fully phased-in by January 1, 2019.

Under the final rules, minimum requirements increased for both the quantity and quality of capital held by banks. The rules include a new common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets minimum ratio of 4.5%, raise the minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets from 4.0% to 6.0%, require a minimum ratio of Total Capital to risk-weighted assets of 8.0%, and require a minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio of 4.0%. A new capital conservation buffer, comprised of common equity Tier 1 capital, is also established above the regulatory minimum capital requirements. This capital conservation buffer will be phased in beginning January 1, 2016, at 0.625% of risk-weighted assets and increase each subsequent year by an additional 0.625% until reaching its final level of 2.5% on January 1, 2019. Strict eligibility criteria for regulatory capital instruments were also implemented. The final rules also revised the definition and calculation of Tier 1 capital, Total Capital, and risk-weighted assets.

The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators. Management believes, as of December 31, 2017, that the Company and the Bank met capital adequacy requirements to which they were subject.

The Bank is presently considered to be “well capitalized” under the regulatory framework. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Company and the Bank must maintain minimum ratios set forth in the table below.

The Company and the Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios are presented as follows:

	Capital levels
	Actual					Adequately capitalized					Well capitalized
As of December 31, 2017	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
Total risk-based capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Consolidated	$	110,352		12.52	%	$	70,520		8.00	%	$	88,150		10.00	%
Bank		101,040	11.67				69,277	8.00				86,596	10.00
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Consolidated		102,438	11.62				52,890	6.00				52,890	6.00
Bank		93,126	10.75				51,957	6.00				69,277	8.00
Common equity tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Consolidated		102,438	11.62				39,668	4.50			N/A		N/A
Bank		93,126	10.75				38,968	4.50				56,287	6.50
Tier I capital (to average assets):
Consolidated		102,438	8.88				46,149	4.00			N/A		N/A
Bank		93,126	8.14				45,761	4.00				57,201	5.00

	Capital levels
	Actual					Adequately capitalized					Well capitalized
As of December 31, 2016	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
Total risk-based capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Consolidated	$	104,820		12.75	%	$	65,777		8.00	%	$	82,221		10.00	%
Bank		96,478	12.10				63,792	8.00				79,740	10.00
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Consolidated		97,320	11.84				49,333	6.00				49,333	6.00
Bank		89,025	11.16				47,844	6.00				63,792	8.00
Common equity tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Consolidated		97,320	11.84				36,999	4.50			N/A		N/A
Bank		89,025	11.16				35,883	4.50				51,831	6.50
Tier I capital (to average assets):
Consolidated		97,320	9.16				42,479	4.00			N/A		N/A
Bank		89,025	8.45				42,144	4.00				52,680	5.00