Commitments, Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments Contingencies and Guarantees [Text Block]

13. Commitments, Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities

Loan commitments are made to accommodate the financial needs of First Federal’s customers; however, there are no long-term, fixed-rate loan commitments that result in market risk. Standby letters of credit commit the Company to make payments on behalf of customers when certain specified future events occur. They primarily are issued to facilitate customers’ trade transactions.

Both arrangements have credit risk, essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers, and are subject to the Company’s normal credit policies. Collateral (e.g., securities, receivables, inventory and equipment) is obtained based on management’s credit assessment of the customer.

The Company’s maximum obligation to extend credit for loan commitments (unfunded loans and unused lines of credit) and standby letters of credit outstanding as of the periods stated below were as follows (In Thousands):

	March 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Fixed Rate		Variable Rate		Fixed Rate		Variable Rate
Commitments to make loans	$	75,068	$	140,721	$	44,352	$	114,308
Unused lines of credit		18,531		416,774		7,523		382,189
Standby letters of credit		-		8,067		-		7,239
Total	$	93,599	$	565,562	$	51,875	$	503,736

Commitments to make loans are generally made for periods of 60 days or less. In addition to the above commitments, First Defiance had commitments to sell $23.6 million and $8.6 million of loans to Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, FHLB or BB&T Mortgage at March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.