Loans - Foregone on Non-accrual Loans and Loans Classified as TDR (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Note 5 - Loans - Summary of Interest Foregone on Non-accrual Loans and Loans Classified as TDR (Details)
Interest income that would have been recognized had the loans performed in accordance with their original terms	$ 506	$ 371
Less: Interest income included in the results of operations	4	155
Total foregone interest	502	216
loans classified as TDR	$ 192	$ 151

The gross interest income that would have been recorded in the period on troubled debt restructurings and nonaccrual loans, if the loans had been current in accordance with their original terms and had been outstanding throughout the period or since origination, if held for part of the period.

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Interest income, relating to troubled debt and non-accrual loans, that would have been recognized had the loans performed in accordance with their original terms less the amount of interest income recognized in the results of operations. This amount represents the total foregone interest.

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Interest income from troubled debt and non-accrual loans which was recognized in the results of operations.

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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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