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Loans and Allowance For Loan Losses: Credit Quality Indicators Policy (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Policies  
Credit Quality Indicators Policy

Credit Quality Indicators. The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends among other factors.  The Company analyzes loans individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk.  This analysis is performed on all loans at origination, and is updated on a quarterly basis for loans risk rated “Special Mention”, “Substandard”, or “Doubtful”.  In addition, lending relationships over $250,000 are subject to an independent loan review following origination, and lending relationships in excess of $2.5 million are subject to an independent loan review annually, as are a sample of lending relationships between $1.0 million and $2.5 million, in order to verify risk ratings. 

 

The Company uses the following definitions for risk ratings:

 

Watch – Loans classified as watch exhibit weaknesses that require more than usual monitoring.  Issues may include deteriorating financial condition, payments made after due date but within 30 days, adverse industry conditions or management problems.

 

Special Mention – Loans classified as special mention exhibit signs of further deterioration but still generally make payments within 30 days.  This is a transitional rating and loans should typically not be rated Special Mention for more than 12 months

 

Substandard – Loans classified as substandard possess weaknesses that jeopardize the ultimate collection of the principal and interest outstanding.  These loans exhibit continued financial losses, ongoing delinquency, overall poor financial condition, and insufficient collateral.  They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

 

Doubtful – Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses of substandard loans, and have deteriorated to the level that there is a high probability of substantial loss.

 

Loans not meeting the criteria above that are analyzed individually as part of the above described process are considered to be Pass rated loans.