Note 10 - Capital Resources (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Notes Tables

Schedule of Subordinated Borrowing [Table Text Block]

		Principa l		No t			Curren t			Date o f	Payable /
	Issuanc e	Balance of		Redeemabl e	Stated	Annualize d	Interes t			Rat e	Distributio n
Trust Nam e	Dat e	Note s		Unti l	Maturit y	Coupon Rat e	Rat e			Chang e	Dat e
(Dollars in thousands )
Cathay Capita l Trust I	June 26 ,	$	20,619	June 30 ,	June 30 ,	3-mont h		4.84	%	December 30 ,	March 3 0
	200 3			200 8	203 3	LIBO R				201 7	June 3 0
						+ 3.15 %					September 3 0
											December 3 0
Cathay Statutor y Trust I	September 17 ,		20,619	September 17 ,	September 17 ,	3-mont h		4.60	%	December 18 ,	March 1 7
	200 3			200 8	203 3	LIBO R				201 7	June 1 7
						+ 3.00 %					September 1 7
											December 1 7
Cathay Capita l Trust II	December 30 ,		12,887	March 30 ,	March 30 ,	3-mont h		4.59	%	December 30 ,	March 3 0
	200 3			200 9	203 4	LIBO R				201 7	June 3 0
						+ 2.90 %					September 3 0
											December 3 0
Cathay Capita l Trust III	March 28 ,		46,392	June 15 ,	June 15 ,	3-mont h		3.07	%	December 15 ,	March 1 5
	200 7			201 2	203 7	LIBO R				201 7	June 1 5
						+ 1.48 %					September 1 5
											December 1 5
Cathay Capita l Trust IV	May 31 ,		18,619	September 6 ,	September 6 ,	3-mont h		2.91	%	December 6 ,	March 6
	200 7			201 2	203 7	LIBO R				201 7	June 6
						+ 1.4 %					September 6
											December 6
Total Junior Subordinated Note s		$	119,136