Related Party Transactions (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Certain officers, directors and principal stockholders of the Company and its subsidiaries, their immediate families or their affiliated companies (“related parties”) have loans with one or more of the subsidiaries. These loans are made in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms, including interest and collateral, as those prevailing for comparable transactions with others. Loans to related parties totaled approximately $94,006,000 and $76,835,000 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Activity during 2018 and 2017 was as follows (in thousands):



	2018			2017
Beginning balance	$	76,835		$	54,502
New loans	24,957			29,725
Loan repayments	(7,786		)	(7,392		)
Ending balance	$	94,006		$	76,835

Deposits from related parties held by First Mid Bank at December 31, 2018 and 2017 totaled $96,624,000 and $110,324,000, respectively.