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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES | 12 Months Ended
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES |
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17. FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES FHLB advances and their related weighted average interest rates are summarized as follows:
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
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Year of Maturity |  | Amount |  | Rate |  | Amount |  | Rate |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
2011 |  | $ | — |  |  | — | % | $ | 246,046 |  |  | 0.97 | %
2012 |  |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | 100,000 |  |  | 1.03 | %
2013 |  |  | 78,683 |  |  | 4.43 | % |  | 186,546 |  |  | 4.55 | %
2014 |  |  | 52,656 |  |  | 4.43 | % |  | 53,800 |  |  | 4.43 | %
2015 |  |  | 21,557 |  |  | 4.46 | % |  | 216,616 |  |  | 4.46 | %
After 2015 |  |  | 302,355 |  |  | 4.04 | % |  | 411,140 |  |  | 4.16 | %
Total |  | $ | 455,251 |  |  | 4.17 | % | $ | 1,214,148 |  |  | 3.38 | %
Total outstanding FHLB advances amounted to $455.3 million and $1.21 billion at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Of these amounts, there were no outstanding overnight borrowings at December 31, 2011, and $200.0 million overnight borrowings at December 31, 2010. All advances as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are at fixed interest rates and are secured by real estate loans. The Company's available borrowing capacity from unused FHLB advances totaled $3.61 billion and $2.23 billion at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company's available borrowing capacity from FHLB advances is derived from its outstanding FHLB advances and from its portfolio of loans that are pledged to the FHLB. During 2011, long-term FHLB advances totaling $523.5 million were prepaid, with a related $11.8 million in prepayment penalties. In comparison, we prepaid $1.12 billion of FHLB advances, with a related $13.8 million in prepayment penalties during 2010. Additionally, at December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had additional available borrowing capacity of $1.02 billion and $588.8 million, respectively, from the Federal Reserve Bank's discount window derived from its portfolio of loans that are pledged to the Federal Reserve Bank.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for borrowing from the Federal Home Loan Bank, including: (i) general description; (ii) title and nature of obligation; (iii) interest rate; (iv) payment terms; (v) maturity dates by year; (vi) collateral requirements; (vii) restrictive covenants; (viii) priority; (ix) conversion or redemption features; (x) carrying value of assets pledged as collateral; (xi) combined aggregate maturities for next five years; (xii) unused or available balances. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 470 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1835-112601 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 01-6 -Paragraph 14 -Subparagraph h -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 47 -Paragraph 17 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Audit and Accounting Guide (AAG) -Number AAG-DEP -Chapter 15 -Paragraph 37 -IssueDate 2006-05-01 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.13(a)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479118&loc=d3e64650-112822 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher OTS -Name Federal Regulation (FR) -Number Title 12 -Chapter V -Section 563c.102 -Paragraph 15, 18 -Subsection I -LegacyDoc This is a non-GAAP reference that was included in the 2009 taxonomy. It will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823 + Details
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