REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Broker-Dealer, Net Capital Requirement, SEC Regulation [Abstract]

REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

The Bank is subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and prompt corrective action regulations involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators. Failure to meet capital requirements can initiate regulatory action. Under Basel III rules, the Bank must hold a capital conservation buffer of 2.5 % above the adequately capitalized risk-based capital ratios. The net unrealized gain or loss on available for sale securities and changes in the funded status of the defined benefit pension plan and other benefit plans are not included in computing regulatory capital. Management believes as of December 31, 2022, the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

Prompt corrective action regulations provide five classifications: well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized, and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are not used to represent overall financial condition. If adequately capitalized, regulatory approval is required to accept brokered deposits. If undercapitalized, capital distributions are limited, as is asset growth and expansion, and capital restoration plans are required. At December 31, 2022, the most recent regulatory notifications categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. The Corporation is no longer subject to FRB consolidated capital requirements applicable to bank holding companies, which are similar to those applicable to the Bank, until it reaches $3.0 billion in assets.

As of December 31, 2022, the most recent notification from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, common equity Tier 1 risk-based and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table below. There have been no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank's or the Corporation's capital category.

The Corporation’s principal source of funds for dividend payments is dividends received from the Bank. Banking regulations limit the amount of dividends that may be paid without prior approval of regulatory agencies. Under these regulations, the amount of dividends that may be paid in any calendar year is limited to the current year’s net income, combined with the retained net income of the preceding two years, subject to the capital requirements in the table below.  During 2023, the Bank could, without prior approval, declare dividends of approximately $49.3 million plus any 2023 net income retained to the date of the dividend declaration.

The actual capital amounts and ratios of the Corporation and the Bank are presented in the following tables (in thousands):

	Actual				Minimal Capital Adequacy				Minimal Capital Adequacy with Capital Buffer				To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
As of December 31, 2022	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
Total Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
Consolidated	$	239,478	12.57	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	230,560	12.10	%	$	152,414	8.00	%	$	200,044	10.50	%	$	190,518	10.00	%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
Consolidated	$	219,820	11.54	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	210,901	11.07	%	$	114,311	6.00	%	$	161,940	8.50	%	$	152,414	8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
Consolidated	$	219,820	11.54	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	210,901	11.07	%	$	85,733	4.50	%	$	133,363	7.00	%	$	123,837	6.50	%
Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets):
Consolidated	$	219,820	8.23	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	210,901	7.91	%	$	106,616	4.00	%	N/A		N/A		$	133,270	5.00	%

	Actual				Minimum Capital Adequacy				Minimal Capital Adequacy with Capital Buffer				To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
As of December 31, 2021	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
Total Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
Consolidated	$	215,091	14.21	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	206,988	13.69	%	$	120,950	8.00	%	$	158,746	10.50	%	$	151,187	10.00	%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
Consolidated	$	196,147	12.96	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	188,063	12.44	%	$	90,712	6.00	%	$	128,509	8.50	%	$	120,950	8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
Consolidated	$	196,147	12.96	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	188,063	12.44	%	$	68,034	4.50	%	$	105,831	7.00	%	$	98,272	6.50	%
Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets):
Consolidated	$	196,147	8.06	%	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Bank	$	188,063	7.74	%	$	97,151	4.00	%	N/A		N/A		$	121,439	5.00	%