Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

INVESTMENT SECURITIES

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Investments Securities [Abstract]  
Investment securities
NOTE 2 –
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Investment Portfolio Composition
. The following table summarizes the amortized cost and related
 
market value of investment
securities available-for-sale and securities held
 
-to-maturity and the corresponding amounts of gross unrealized
 
gains and losses.
March 31, 2021
December 31, 2020
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Market
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Market
Cost
Gains
Losses
Value
Cost
Gain
Losses
Value
Available for
 
Sale
U.S. Government Treasury
$
173,029
$
551
$
464
$
173,116
$
103,547
$
972
$
-
$
104,519
U.S. Government Agency
220,018
2,096
584
221,530
205,972
2,743
184
208,531
States and Political Subdivisions
4,244
73
9
4,308
3,543
89
-
3,632
Mortgage-Backed Securities
440
56
-
496
456
59
-
515
Equity Securities
(1)
6,795
-
-
6,795
7,673
-
-
7,673
Total
 
$
404,526
$
2,776
$
1,057
$
406,245
$
321,191
$
3,863
$
184
$
324,870
Held to Maturity
U.S. Government Treasury
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
5,001
$
13
$
-
$
5,014
Mortgage-Backed Securities
199,109
5,358
309
204,158
164,938
5,223
-
170,161
Total
 
$
199,109
$
5,358
$
309
$
204,158
$
169,939
$
5,236
$
-
$
175,175
Total Investment
 
Securities
$
603,635
$
8,134
$
1,366
$
610,403
$
491,130
$
9,099
$
184
$
500,045
(1)
 
Includes Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank
 
stock, recorded
 
at cost of $
2.0
 
million and $
4.8
 
million,
respectively,
 
at March 31, 2021 and includes
 
Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank stock recorded
 
at cost of $
2.9
million and $
4.8
 
million, respectively,
 
at December 31, 2020.
Securities with an amortized cost of $
351.1
 
million and $
308.2
 
million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively,
 
were
pledged to secure public deposits and for other purposes.
 
 
The Bank, as a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank
 
of Atlanta (“FHLB”), is required to own capital stock in the FHLB based
generally upon the balances of residential and commercial
 
real estate loans and FHLB advances.
 
FHLB stock, which is included in
equity securities, is pledged to secure FHLB advances.
 
No ready market exists for this stock, and it has no
 
quoted
 
market value;
however, redemption of this stock
 
has historically been at par value.
 
As a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
 
the Bank is required to maintain stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of
 
Atlanta
based on a specified ratio relative to the Bank’s
 
capital.
 
Federal Reserve Bank stock is carried at cost.
 
 
Maturity Distribution
.
 
At March 31, 2021,
 
the Company's investment securities had the following maturity
 
distribution based on
contractual maturity.
 
Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities
 
because borrowers may have the right to call or
prepay obligations.
 
Mortgage-backed securities and certain amortizing U.S. government
 
agency securities are shown separately
because they are not due at a certain maturity date.
Available for
 
Sale
Held to Maturity
(Dollars in Thousands)
Amortized Cost
Market Value
Amortized Cost
Market Value
Due in one year or less
$
77,464
 
$
77,741
 
$
-
 
$
-
Due after one year through five years
 
138,352
 
 
137,981
 
 
-
 
 
-
Due after five year through ten years
 
989
 
 
989
 
 
-
 
 
-
Mortgage-Backed Securities
440
496
199,109
204,158
U.S. Government Agency
 
180,486
 
 
182,243
 
 
-
 
 
-
Equity Securities
 
6,795
 
 
6,795
 
 
-
 
 
-
Total
 
$
404,526
 
$
406,245
 
$
199,109
 
$
204,158
Unrealized Losses on Investment Securities.
 
The following table summarizes the available for sale investment
 
securities with
unrealized losses aggregated by major security type
 
and length of time in a continuous unrealized loss position:
Less Than
Greater Than
12 Months
12 Months
Total
Market
Unrealized
Market
Unrealized
Market
Unrealized
(Dollars in Thousands)
Value
Losses
Value
Losses
Value
Losses
March 31, 2021
Available for
 
Sale
U.S. Government Treasury
$
65,577
 
$
464
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
65,577
 
$
464
U.S. Government Agency
63,630
554
4,778
30
68,408
584
States and Political Subdivisions
744
 
9
 
-
 
-
 
744
 
9
Total
 
129,951
 
1,027
 
4,778
 
30
 
134,729
 
1,057
 
Held to Maturity
Mortgage-Backed Securities
20,550
 
309
 
-
 
-
 
20,550
 
309
Total
 
$
20,550
 
$
309
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
20,550
 
$
309
December 31, 2020
Available for
 
Sale
 
U.S. Government Agency
$
28,266
$
156
$
4,670
$
28
$
32,936
$
184
Total
 
$
28,266
 
$
156
 
$
4,670
 
$
28
 
$
32,936
 
$
184
At March 31, 2021, there were
89
 
positions (combined AFS and HTM) with unrealized losses totaling $
1.4
 
million.
87
 
these positions
were U.S. government agency securities issued by U.S. government
 
sponsored entities.
 
The remaining
two
 
were municipal securities.
 
Because the declines in the market value of these securities
 
were attributable to changes in interest rates and not
 
credit quality, and
because the Company had the ability and intent to hold
 
these investments until there is a recovery in fair value, which may
 
be at
maturity, the
 
Company did
no
t record any allowance for credit losses on any investment
 
securities at March 31, 2021.
 
Additionally,
no
ne of the securities held by the Company were past due or
 
in nonaccrual status at March 31, 2021.
Credit Quality Indicators
 
The Company monitors the credit quality of its investment
 
securities through various risk management procedures, including
 
the
monitoring of credit ratings.
 
A majority of the debt securities in the Company’s
 
investment portfolio were issued by a U.S.
government entity or agency and are either explicitly
 
or implicitly guaranteed by the U.S. government.
 
The Company believes the
long history of no credit losses on these securities indicates that
 
the expectation of nonpayment of the amortized cost basis is zero,
even if the U.S. government were to technically
 
default.
 
Further, certain municipal securities held by
 
the Company have been pre-
refunded and secured by government guaranteed treasuries.
 
Therefore, for the aforementioned securities, the Company
 
does not
assess or record expected credit losses due to the zero
 
loss assumption.
 
The Company monitors the credit quality of its municipal
securities portfolio via credit ratings which are updated
 
on a quarterly basis.
 
On a quarterly basis, municipal securities in an
unrealized loss position are evaluated to determine if
 
the loss is attributable to credit related factors and if an allowance
 
for credit loss
is needed.