Capital Requirements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Broker-Dealer, Net Capital Requirement, SEC Regulation [Abstract]

Capital Requirements

NOTE 15. Capital Requirements

The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

In 2019, the federal banking agencies jointly issued a final rule that provides for an optional, simplified measure of capital adequacy, the Community Bank Leverage Ratio framework (CBLR), for qualifying community banking organizations, consistent with Section 201 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The final rule became effective on January 1, 2020. The CBLR removes the requirement for qualifying banking organizations to calculate and report risk-based capital but rather only requires a Tier 1 to average assets (leverage) ratio. Qualifying banking organizations that elect to use the CBLR and that maintain a leverage ratio of greater than the required minimum will be considered to have satisfied the generally applicable risk-based and leverage capital requirements in the agencies’ capital rules and, if applicable, will be considered to have met the well-capitalized ratio requirements for purposes of section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Under the regulatory capital rules, an institution electing to use the CBLR must maintain a minimum leverage ratio of 9%. Qualifying institutions are allowed a two-quarter grace period to correct a ratio that falls below the required amount, provided the institution maintains a ratio of more than 8%. At December 31, 2022, the Bank was a qualifying institution and elected to utilize the CBLR to measure capital adequacy. As such, the related amounts and ratios for December 31, 2022, are presented below using the CLBR. As the Bank did not elect to utilize the CBLR at December 31, 2021, the amounts and ratios are presented using the risk-based capital framework.

At December 31, 2022, and 2021, Management believes the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which it was subject. Additionally, at December 31, 2022, the most recent notification from the Federal Reserve categorized the Bank as well-capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since the notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category.

The following table presents the Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios at December 31, 2022 and 2021:

	Actual					Minimum Capital Requirement					Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
	(dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2022
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets	$	143,214		9.19	%	n/a		n/a			$	140,210		9.00	%
December 31, 2021
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets	$	107,570		10.44	%	$	46,362		4.50	%	$	66,967		6.50	%
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets		116,420		11.30	%		82,421		8.00	%		103,026		10.00	%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets		107,570		10.44	%		61,816		6.00	%		82,421		8.00	%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets		107,570		8.84	%		48,654		4.00	%		60,817		5.00	%