Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase ("Repurchase Agreements")

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase ("Repurchase Agreements") [Abstract]

Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase ("Repurchase Agreements")

10. Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase ("Repurchase Agreements")

The Corporation enters into agreements under which it sells securities subject to an obligation to repurchase the same or similar securities. Under these arrangements, the Corporation may transfer legal control over the assets but still retain effective control through an agreement that both entitles and obligates the Corporation to repurchase the assets. As a result, these repurchase agreements are accounted for as collateralized financing agreements (i.e., secured borrowings) and not as a sale and subsequent repurchase of securities. The obligation to repurchase the securities is reflected as a liability in the Corporation's consolidated statements of condition, while the securities underlying the repurchase agreements remain in the respective investment securities asset accounts. In other words, there is no offsetting or netting of the investment securities assets with the repurchase agreement liabilities. In addition, as the Corporation does not enter into reverse repurchase agreements, there is no such offsetting to be done with the repurchase agreements.

The right of setoff for a repurchase agreement resembles a secured borrowing, whereby the collateral would be used to settle the fair value of the repurchase agreement should the Corporation be in default (e.g., fails to make an interest payment to the counterparty). For private institution repurchase agreements, if the private institution counterparty were to default (e.g., declare bankruptcy), the Corporation could cancel the repurchase agreement (i.e., cease payment of principal and interest), and attempt collection on the amount of collateral value in excess of the repurchase agreement fair value. The collateral is held by a third party financial institution in the counterparty's custodial account. The counterparty has the right to sell or repledge the investment securities. For government entity repurchase agreements, the collateral is held by the Corporation in a segregated custodial account under a tri-party agreement.

The following table presents the liabilities subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or repurchase agreements as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

								Gross Amounts Not offset in the Statements of Condition
Dollars in thousands		Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities		Gross Amounts offset in the Statements of Condition		Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statements of Condition		Financial Instruments			Cash Collateral Pledged		Net Amount
March 31, 2013
Repurchase agreements
Commercial Customers and Government Entities	(a)	$	42,269	$	—	$	42,269	$	(42,269	)	$	—	$	—
December 31, 2012
Repurchase agreements
Commercial Customers and Government Entities	(a)	$	47,303	$	—	$	47,303	$	(47,303	)	$	—	$	—

(a) As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the fair value of securities pledged was $52,777 and $56,392, respectively.