Note 9 - Short-term Borrowings

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Short-term Debt [Text Block]

9. SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

Short-term borrowings consist of federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements, and short-term Federal Home Loan Bank

(“FHLB”) advances with original maturities of

one

year or less. Short-term borrowings totaled

$10.1

million and

$7.4

million as of

December

31,

2016

and

2015,

respectively.  

Federal funds purchased, which represent unsecured lines of credit that generally mature within

one

to

four

days, are availabl

e to the Bank through arrangements with correspondent banks and the Federal Reserve. As of both

December

31,

2016

and

2015,

there were no federal funds purchased outstanding, and the Bank had

$18.8

million in available unused lines of credit with correspondent banks and the Federal Reserve.

Securities sold under repurchase agreements, which are secured borrowings, generally are reflected at the amount of cash received in connection with the transaction. T

he Bank

may

be required to provide additional collateral based on the fair value of the underlying securities. The Bank monitors the fair value of the underlying securities on a daily basis. Securities sold under repurchase agreements as of 

December

31,

2016

and

2015

totaled

$0.1

million and

$0.4

million, respectively.

Short-term FHLB advances are secured borrowings available to the Bank as an alternative funding source.

  As of

December

31,

2016,

the Bank had

$10.0

million in outstanding FHLB advances with original maturities of less than

one

year. As of

December

31,

2015,

the Bank had 

$7.0

million in outstanding FHLB advances with original maturities of less than

one

year.