Repurchase Agreements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Repurchase Agreements [Abstract]

Repurchase Agreements, Resale Agreements, Securities Borrowed, and Securities Loaned Disclosure [Text Block]

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

BancShares, through FCB, utilizes securities sold under customer repurchase agreements to facilitate the needs of customers and secure wholesale funding needs. Repurchase agreements are transactions whereby FCB offers to sell to a counterparty an undivided interest in an eligible security, and which obligates FCB to repurchase the security, with interest, at an agreed upon date, repurchase price, and interest rate. These agreements are recorded at the amount of cash received in connection with the transaction and are reflected as securities sold under customer repurchase agreements on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Repurchase agreements require FCB to maintain collateral to support the outstanding obligations. BancShares monitors collateral levels on a continuous basis and maintains records of each transaction specifically describing the applicable security and the counterparty’s fractional interest in that security, and segregates the security from general assets in accordance with regulations governing custodial holdings of securities. The primary risk with repurchase agreements is market risk associated with the investments securing the transactions, as additional collateral may be required based on fair value changes of the underlying investments. Securities pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements are maintained with safekeeping agents and consist of U.S. Treasury securities. The carrying value of investment securities pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements was $612.5 million and $598.6 million at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

The remaining contractual maturity of the $544.5 million and $543.9 million securities sold under repurchase agreements at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, was overnight and continuous.