Note 8 - Regulatory Matters

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Notes to Financial Statements

Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Text Block]

8. Regulatory Matters

Banks and bank holding companies are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations, involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators. Failure to meet capital requirements can initiate regulatory action.

In

2018,

the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System amended its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement by increasing the policy’s consolidated assets threshold from

$1

 billion to

$3

 billion. The primary benefit of being deemed a "small bank holding company" is the exemption from the requirement to maintain consolidated regulatory capital ratios; instead, regulatory capital ratios only apply at the subsidiary bank level.

The final rules implementing Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s capital guidelines for U.S. banks (BASEL III rules) became effective for the Bank on

January 1, 2015

with full compliance with all of the requirements being phased in over a multi-year schedule, and fully phased in by

January 1, 2019.

Under the BASEL III rules, the Bank must hold a capital conservation buffer above the adequately capitalized risk-based capital ratios. The capital conservation buffer was phased in from

0.0%

for

2015

to

2.50%

by

2019.

The capital conservation buffer for

2019

is

2.50%

and for

2018

was 

1.875%.

Amounts recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income are 

not

included in computing regulatory capital. Management believes as of

March 

31,

2019,

the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

Prompt corrective action regulations provide

five

classifications: well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are

not

used to represent overall financial condition. If adequately capitalized, regulatory approval is required to accept brokered deposits. If undercapitalized, capital distributions are limited, as is asset growth and expansion, and capital restoration plans are required. At

March 

31,

2019,

the most recent regulatory notifications categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are

no

conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution's category.

The following table sets forth certain information concerning the Bank’s regulatory capital as of the dates presented. The capital adequacy ratios disclosed below are exclusive of the capital conservation buffer. 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)	March 31, 2019					December 31, 2018
	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
Actual	$	77,459		13.26	%	$	76,344		12.93	%
For capital adequacy purposes		46,738		8.00	%		47,252		8.00	%
To be well capitalized		58,421		10.00	%		59,065		10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Actual	$	70,820		12.12	%	$	69,836		11.82	%
For capital adequacy purposes		35,053		6.00	%		35,439		6.00	%
To be well capitalized		46,738		8.00	%		47,252		8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Actual	$	70,820		12.12	%	$	69,836		11.82	%
For capital adequacy purposes		26,289		4.50	%		26,579		4.50	%
To be well capitalized		37,974		6.50	%		38,393		6.50	%
Tier 1 capital to average assets:
Actual	$	70,820		8.13	%	$	69,836		7.95	%
For capital adequacy purposes		34,851		4.00	%		35,126		4.00	%
To be well capitalized		43,564		5.00	%		43,908		5.00	%