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Note 18 - Regulatory Matters
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Text Block]
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REGULATORY MATTERS
 
As required by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, in
August 2018,
the Federal Reserve Board issued an interim final rule that expanded applicability of the Board’s small bank holding company policy statement. The interim final rule raised the policy statement’s asset threshold from
$1
billion to
$3
billion in total consolidated assets for a bank holding company or savings and loan holding company that: (
1
) is
not
engaged in significant nonbanking activities; (
2
) does
not
conduct significant off-balance sheet activities; and (
3
) does
not
have a material amount of debt or equity securities, other than trust-preferred securities, outstanding. The interim final rule provides that, if warranted for supervisory purposes, the Federal Reserve
may
exclude a company from the threshold increase. Management believes the Corporation meets the conditions of the Federal Reserve’s small bank holding company policy statement and is therefore excluded from consolidated capital requirements at
December 31, 2019;
however, C&N Bank remains subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies.
 
Details concerning capital ratios at
December 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018
are presented below. Management believes, as of
December 31, 2019,
that C&N Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject and maintains a capital conservation buffer (described in more detail below) that allows the Bank to avoid limitations on capital distributions, including dividend payments and certain discretionary bonus payments to executive officers. Further, as reflected in the table below, the Corporation’s and C&N Bank’s capital ratios at
December 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018
exceed the Corporation’s Board policy threshold levels.
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minimum To Be Well
   
 
 
 
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minimum
   
Minimum To Maintain
   
Capitalized Under
   
Minimum To Meet
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital
   
Capital Conservation
   
Prompt Corrective
   
the Corporation's
 
   
Actual
   
Requirement
   
Buffer at Reporting Date
   
Action Provisions
   
Policy Thresholds
 
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
 
Ratio
 
December 31, 2019:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
  $
228,057
     
20.70
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
    $
115,689
 
≥10.5
%
C&N Bank
   
205,863
     
18.75
%    
87,817
   
≥8
%    
115,260
   
≥10.5
%    
109,771
   
≥10
%    
115,260
 
≥10.5
%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
   
211,388
     
19.19
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
93,653
 
≥8.5
%
C&N Bank
   
195,694
     
17.83
%    
65,863
   
≥6
%    
93,306
   
≥8.5
%    
87,817
   
≥8
%    
93,306
 
≥8.5
%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
   
211,388
     
19.19
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
77,126
 
≥7
%
C&N Bank
   
195,694
     
17.83
%    
49,397
   
≥4.5
%    
76,840
   
≥7.0
%    
71,351
   
≥6.5
%    
76,840
 
≥7
%
Tier 1 capital to average assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
   
211,388
     
13.10
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
129,126
 
≥8
%
C&N Bank
   
195,694
     
12.24
%    
63,940
   
≥4
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
79,925
   
≥5
%    
127,879
 
≥8
%
                                                                             
December 31, 2018:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
  $
199,226
     
24.42
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
    $
85,653
 
≥10.5
%
C&N Bank
   
176,499
     
21.75
%    
64,916
   
≥8
%    
80,130
   
≥9.875
%    
81,145
   
≥10
%    
85,202
 
≥10.5
%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
   
189,589
     
23.24
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
69,338
 
≥8.5
%
C&N Bank
   
166,862
     
20.56
%    
48,687
   
≥6
%    
63,901
   
≥7.875
%    
64,916
   
≥8
%    
68,976
 
≥8.5
%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
   
189,589
     
23.24
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
57,102
 
≥7
%
C&N Bank
   
166,862
     
20.56
%    
36,515
   
≥4.5
%    
51,730
   
≥6.375
%    
52,744
   
≥6.5
%    
56,801
 
≥7
%
Tier 1 capital to average assets:
                                                                           
Consolidated
   
189,589
     
14.78
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
102,634
 
≥8
%
C&N Bank
   
166,862
     
13.16
%    
50,715
   
≥4
%    
N/A
     
N/A
     
63,394
   
≥5
%    
101,430
 
≥8
%
 
In
July 2013,
the federal regulatory authorities issued a new capital rule based, in part, on revisions developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to the Basel capital framework (Basel III). This capital rule provides that, to avoid limitations on capital distributions, including dividend payments and certain discretionary bonus payments to executive officers, a banking organization subject to the rule must hold a capital conservation buffer composed of common equity tier
1
capital above its minimum risk-based capital requirements. The buffer is measured relative to risk-weighted assets. In
2019,
the minimum risk-based capital ratios, and the capital ratios including the capital conservation buffer, are as follows:
 
Minimum common equity tier 1 capital ratio
   
4.5%
 
Minimum common equity tier 1 capital ratio plus capital conservation buffer
   
7.0%
 
Minimum tier 1 capital ratio
   
6.0%
 
Minimum tier 1 capital ratio plus capital conservation buffer
   
8.5%
 
Minimum total capital ratio
   
8.0%
 
Minimum total capital ratio plus capital conservation buffer
   
10.5%
 
 
A banking organization with a buffer greater than
2.5%
over the minimum risk-based capital ratios would
not
be subject to additional limits on dividend payments or discretionary bonus payments; however, a banking organization with a buffer less than
2.5%
would be subject to increasingly stringent limitations as the buffer approaches zero. Also, a banking organization is prohibited from making dividend payments or discretionary bonus payments if its eligible retained income is negative in that quarter and its capital conservation buffer ratio was less than
2.5%
as of the beginning of that quarter. Eligible net income is defined as net income for the
four
calendar quarters preceding the current calendar quarter, net of any distributions and associated tax effects
not
already reflected in net income. A summary of payout restrictions based on the capital conservation buffer is as follows:
 
Capital Conservation Buffer
 
Maximum Payout
 
(as a % of risk-weighted assets)
 
(as a % of eligible retained income)
 
Greater than 2.5%
 
No payout limitation applies
 
≤2.5% and >1.875%
   
60%
 
≤1.875% and >1.25%
   
40%
 
≤1.25% and >0.625%
   
20%
 
≤0.625%
   
0%
 
 
At
December 30, 2019,
C&N Bank’s Capital Conservation Buffer, determined based on the minimum total capital ratio, was
10.75%.
 
Banking regulators limit the amount of dividends that
may
be paid by C&N Bank to the Corporation. Retained earnings against which dividends
may
be paid without prior approval of the banking regulators amounted to approximately
$94,628,000
at
December 31, 2019,
subject to the minimum capital ratio requirements noted above.
 
Restrictions imposed by federal law prohibit the Corporation from borrowing from C&N Bank unless the loans are secured in specific amounts. Such secured loans to the Corporation are generally limited to
10%
of C&N Bank’s tangible stockholder’s equity (excluding accumulated other comprehensive income) or
$19,543,000
at
December 31, 2019.