Borrowings - Federal Home Loan Bank Advances Disclosure (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
FHLB Advances:
Single maturity fixed rate advances	$ 84,000	$ 59,000
Amortizable mortgage advances	1,117	1,213
Overnight advances	0	25,000
Fair value adjustment on acquired balances	(22)	(24)
Total	85,095	85,189
Junior subordinated debentures owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts	$ 36,083	$ 36,083

Amortizable mortgage advances at the end of the balance sheet date.

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The overnight rate is the interest rate at which a depository institution (generally banks) lends or borrows funds with another depository institution in the overnight market. In many countries, the overnight rate is the interest rate the central bank sets to target monetary policy.

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Amount of borrowings as of the balance sheet date from the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are primarily used to cover shortages in the required reserve balance and liquidity shortages.

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Par amount of advances made and reported by Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) with fixed interest rate.

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Amount of accumulated increase (decrease) on advances made and reported by Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) from fair value option adjustments.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer.

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