FHLB and other borrowings

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 11. FHLB and other borrowings

The Company’s FHLB and other borrowings and weighted average interest rates are summarized below:

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
	Amount		Rate	Amount		Rate
	(in thousands)
By type of borrowing:
FHLB borrowings	$	494,148	1.23%	$	464,553	1.18%
Repurchase agreements		31,000	5.90%		31,000	5.90%
Total borrowings	$	525,148	1.51%	$	495,553	1.48%
By remaining period to maturity:
One year or less	$	238,148	0.50%		258,553	0.50%
One to two years		55,000	1.20%		30,000	1.40%
Two to three years		71,000	2.33%		71,000	2.33%
Three to four years		96,000	2.67%		96,000	2.67%
Four to five years		25,000	1.85%		—	—
Greater than five years		40,000	3.43%		40,000	3.42%
Total borrowings	$	525,148	1.51%	$	495,553	1.48%

The FHLB borrowings are secured by pledges of certain collateral, including but not limited to U.S. government and agency mortgage-backed securities and a blanket assignment of qualifying first lien mortgage loans, consisting of both residential mortgages and commercial real estate loans.

The Company has entered into agreements under which it has sold securities subject to an obligation to repurchase the same or similar securities. Under these arrangements, the Company may transfer legal control over the assets but still retain effective control through an agreement that both entitles and obligates the Company to repurchase the assets. The obligation to repurchase the securities is reflected as a liability in the Company’s consolidated statement of condition, while the securities underlying the securities sold under agreements to repurchase remain in the respective asset accounts and are delivered to and held as collateral by third party trustees.

Three of the FHLB notes ($2,500,000 and $7,500,000 each due April 2, 2018, and $5,000,000 due July 16, 2018) contain a convertible option which allows the FHLB, at quarterly intervals, to convert the fixed convertible advance into replacement funding for the same or lesser principal based on any advance then offered by the FHLB at its current market rate. The Company has the option to repay these advances, if converted, without penalty. The remaining advances are payable at its stated maturity, with a prepayment penalty for fixed rate advances. All FHLB advances are fixed rate while the REPOs are variable rate advances. The advances at March 31, 2015 were collateralized by approximately $809 million of commercial mortgage loans, net of required over collateralization amounts, under a blanket lien arrangement. At March 31, 2015 the Company had remaining borrowing capacity of approximately $315 million.