Note 22 - Dividend Reinvestment Plan	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements
Dividend Reinvestment Plan [Text Block]	*22.* Dividend Reinvestment Plan The Company has a Dividend Reinvestment Plan which allows for participants’ reinvestment of cash dividends and certain optional additional investments in the Bancorp’s common stock. Shares issued under the plan and the consideration received were 86,501 shares for $3.7 million in 2022, 84,011 shares for $3.6 million in 2021, and 358,157 shares for $9.8 million in 2020.

The full disclosure for the dividend reinvestment plan.

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