Regulatory Capital Requirements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Banking and Thrift, Other Disclosure [Abstract]

Regulatory Capital Requirements

Note 16 – Regulatory Capital Requirements

We are 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 our consolidated financial statements. The Bank is required to comply with applicable capital adequacy standards established by the federal banking agencies. West Virginia state chartered banks, such as the Bank, are subject to similar capital requirements adopted by the West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of capital. The optional community bank leverage ratio ("CBLR") framework, which is issued through interagency guidance, intends to provide a simple alternative measure of capital adequacy for electing qualifying depository institutions as directed under the EGRRCPA. Under the CBLR, if a qualifying depository institution elects to use such measure, such institutions will be considered well capitalized if its ratio of Tier 1 capital to average total consolidated assets (i.e., leverage ratio) exceeds a 9% threshold, subject to a limited two quarter grace period, during which the leverage ratio cannot go 100 basis points below the then applicable threshold, and will not be required to calculate and report risk-based capital ratios. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

The most recent notification from the FDIC categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain the minimum CBLR as set forth in the table below. Our actual capital amounts and ratio is presented in the table below.

In April 2020, under the CARES Act, the 9% leverage ratio threshold was temporarily reduced to 8% in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The threshold increased to 8.5% in 2021 and has returned to 9% in 2022. The Bank elected to begin using the CBLR for the first quarter of 2021 and intends to utilize this measure for the foreseeable future. Eligibility criteria to utilize the CBLR includes the following:

●    Total assets of less than $10 billion;

●    Total trading assets plus liabilities of 5% or less of consolidated assets;

●    Total off-balance sheet exposures of 25% or less of consolidated assets;

●    Cannot be an advanced approaches banking organization; and

●    Leverage ratio greater than 9% or temporarily prescribed threshold established in response to COVID-19.

	Actual			Minimum Capital Requirement			Minimum to be Well Capitalized
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2022
Community Bank leverage ratio
Subsidiary bank	$	307,936	9.8%	$	250,675	8.0%	$	282,010	9.0%
As of December 31, 2021
Community Bank leverage ratio
Subsidiary bank	$	321,282	11.6%	$	208,344	7.5%	$	236,123	8.5%