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Note 4 - Loans - Non-accrual Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Non-accrual portfolio loans | $ 65,846 | $ 67,684 | $ 40,523
Interest Income Recognized | 1,074 | 2,394 |
Nonaccrual Loans [Member] |  |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 4,032 | 3,093 | 1,775
Interest recognized | 1,074 | 1,008 | 85
Net interest foregone | $ 2,958 | $ 2,085 | $ 1,690

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- Definition Amount of interest income recognized that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (c)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123577603&loc=d3e5212-111524 + Details
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- Definition Amount of interest income recognized on a cash-basis method of accounting that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (c)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123577603&loc=d3e5212-111524 + Details
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- Definition Reflects the amount of additional interest income that would have been recorded if impaired or nonperforming loans were instead current, in compliance with their original terms, and outstanding throughout the reporting period or since origination (if held for part of the period). + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121585226&loc=d3e18794-111554 + Details
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