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COMMITMENTS, CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS, CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK AND CONTINGENCIES

Note 16—COMMITMENTS, CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK AND CONTINGENCIES

The Bank is party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit is represented by the contractual amount of these instruments. The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments as for on-balance sheet instruments. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Bank had commitments to extend credit including lines of credit of $135.7 million and $126.2 million, respectively.

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require a payment of a fee. Since commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Bank evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the party. Collateral held varies but may include inventory, property and equipment, residential real estate and income producing commercial properties.

The primary market areas served by the Bank include the Midlands Region of South Carolina to include Lexington, Richland, Newberry and Kershaw Counties; the Central Savannah River Region include Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond and Columbia Counties in Georgia. With the acquisition of Cornerstone, we also serve Greenville, Anderson and Pickens Counties in South Carolina which we refer to as the Upstate Region. Management closely monitors its credit concentrations and attempts to diversify the portfolio within its primary market area. The Company considers concentrations of credit risk to exist when pursuant to regulatory guidelines, the amounts loaned to multiple borrowers engaged in similar business activities represent 25% or more of the Bank’s risk based capital, or approximately $29.9 million. Based on this criteria, the Bank had six such concentrations at December 31, 2019, including $229.2 million (31.1% of total loans) to lessors of non-residential property, $89.7 million (12.2% of total loans) to lessors of residential properties, $63.0 million (8.5% of total loans) to private households, $45.0 million (6.1% of total loans) to religious organizations, $36.9 million to other activities related to real estate (5.0% of total loans) and $30.7 million to hotels (4.2% of total loans). As reflected above, lessors of non-residential properties and lessors of residential buildings equate to approximately 191.6% and 75.0% of total regulatory capital, respectively. The risk in these portfolios is diversified over a large number of loans approximately 440 for lessors of non-residential properties and 436 loans for lessors of residential buildings. Commercial real estate loans and commercial construction loans represent $587.4 million, or 79.9%, of the portfolio. Approximately $229.4 million, or 39.1%, of the total commercial real estate loans are owner occupied, which can tend to reduce the risk associated with these credits. Although the Bank’s loan portfolio, as well as existing commitments, reflects the diversity of its market areas, a substantial portion of its debtor’s ability to honor their contracts is dependent upon the economic stability of these areas.

 

The nature of the business of the Company and Bank may at times result in a certain amount of litigation. The Bank is involved in certain litigation that is considered incidental to the normal conduct of business. Management believes that the liabilities, if any, resulting from the proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, consolidated results of operations or consolidated cash flows of the Company.