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Note 22 - Regulatory Matters (Details Textual) | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Common Equity, Tier One Risk Based Capital Required to Be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets | 6.50% | 6.50%
Tier One Risk Based Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets | 8.00% | 8.00%
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets | 10.00% | 10.00%
Tier One Leverage Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Average Assets | 5.00% | 5.00%

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- Definition The Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio (Common EquityTier 1 capital divided by risk weighted assets) required to be categorized as "well capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The Total risk based capital ratio (total capital divided by risk weighted assets) required to be categorized as "well capitalized", in the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117337116&loc=SL5958568-112826 + Details
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- Definition The amount of Tier 1 Leverage Capital required to be categorized as well capitalized divided by average assets as defined in the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117337116&loc=SL5958568-112826 + Details
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