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Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Credit Risk
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Credit Risk [Abstract]  
Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Credit Risk

Note 10 – Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Credit Risk

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments consist primarily of commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. In addition to the amounts shown below, the Company has extended commitment letters at December 31, 2014 in the amount of $23.280 million to various borrowers. At December 31, 2013, commitment letters totaled $12.364 million. Commitment letters are done in the normal course of business and typically expire after 120 days. All of these off-balance-sheet instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheet, although material losses are not anticipated. The contract or notional amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in particular classes of financial instruments.

The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit is represented by the contractual notional amount of those instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.

The totals for financial instruments whose contract amount represents credit risk are shown below:

  Notional Amount
  December 31, 2014   December 31, 2013
 
Unfunded lines-of-credit   $ 80,589
  $ 79,519
ACH 16,316 14,287
Letters of credit   5,034
  5,364
     Total     $ 101,939
  $ 99,170

 
Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer's creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral, if deemed necessary by the Company upon extension of credit, is based on management's credit evaluation of the counterparty. Collateral normally consists of real property.

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financing, and similar transactions.The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The Company holds real estate and bank deposits as collateral supporting those commitments for which collateral is deemed necessary.

The Company has approximately $100 thousand in deposits in other financial institutions in excess of amounts insured by the FDIC at December 31, 2014.