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REGULATORY MATTERS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
REGULATORY MATTERS  
REGULATORY MATTERS

NOTE P: REGULATORY MATTERS

The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Company’s and the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Company’s and the Bank's capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors. Management believes, as of December 31, 2020, that the Company and Bank meet all applicable capital adequacy requirements.

Basel III Transitional rules became effective for the Company on January 1, 2015 with all of the requirements being phased in over a multi-year schedule, and fully phased in by January 1, 2019. Beginning in 2016, the Company and the Bank are required to maintain a “capital conservation buffer,” composed entirely of common equity Tier 1 capital, in addition to minimum risk-based capital ratios. The required capital conservation buffer is 2.50% for both 2020 and 2019. Therefore, to satisfy both the minimum risk-based capital ratios and the capital conservation buffer in 2020 and 2019, the Company and the Bank must maintain: (i) Common equity Tier 1 capital to total risk-weighted assets of at least 7.0%, (ii) Tier 1 capital to total risk-weighted assets of at least 8.5%, and (iii) Total capital (Tier 1 capital plus Tier 2 capital) to total risk-weighted assets of at least 10.5%. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the amounts, ratios and requirements for the Company are presented below calculated under the Basel III Standardized Transitional Approach. As of December 31, 2020, the OCC categorized the Company and Bank as “well capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

For capital adequacy

To be well-capitalized

 

For capital adequacy

purposes plus Capital

under prompt

 

Actual

purposes

Conservation Buffer

corrective action

 

(000’s omitted)

    

Amount

    

Ratio

    

Amount

    

Ratio

    

Amount

    

Ratio

    

Amount

    

Ratio

 

Community Bank System, Inc.:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

2020

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Tier 1 Leverage ratio

$

1,314,864

 

10.16

%  

$

517,736

 

4.00

%  

 

$

647,169

 

5.00

%  

Tier 1 risk-based capital

 

1,314,864

 

18.99

%  

 

415,472

 

6.00

%  

$

588,585

 

8.50

%  

553,962

 

8.00

%

Total risk-based capital

 

1,375,704

 

19.87

%  

 

553,962

 

8.00

%  

 

727,075

 

10.50

%  

692,453

 

10.00

%

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

1,239,754

 

17.90

%  

 

311,604

 

4.50

%  

 

484,717

 

7.00

%  

450,094

 

6.50

%

2019

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Tier 1 Leverage ratio

$

1,148,336

 

10.80

%  

$

425,431

 

4.00

%  

 

$

531,788

 

5.00

%  

Tier 1 risk-based capital

 

1,148,336

 

17.23

%  

 

399,834

 

6.00

%  

$

566,432

 

8.50

%  

533,112

 

8.00

%

Total risk-based capital

 

1,198,724

 

17.99

%  

 

533,112

 

8.00

%  

 

699,710

 

10.50

%  

666,390

 

10.00

%

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

1,073,281

 

16.11

%  

 

299,876

 

4.50

%  

 

466,473

 

7.00

%  

433,154

 

6.50

%

Community Bank, N.A.:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

2020

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Tier 1 Leverage ratio

$

1,028,285

 

7.98

%  

$

515,552

 

4.00

%  

 

$

644,440

 

5.00

%  

Tier 1 risk-based capital

 

1,028,285

 

14.98

%  

 

411,880

 

6.00

%  

$

583,497

 

8.50

%  

549,174

 

8.00

%

Total risk-based capital

 

1,089,125

 

15.87

%  

 

549,174

 

8.00

%  

 

720,791

 

10.50

%  

686,467

 

10.00

%

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

1,028,175

 

14.98

%  

 

308,910

 

4.50

%  

 

480,527

 

7.00

%  

446,204

 

6.50

%

2019

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

Tier 1 Leverage ratio

$

910,364

 

8.61

%  

$

422,882

 

4.00

%  

 

$

528,603

 

5.00

%  

Tier 1 risk-based capital

 

910,364

 

13.79

%  

 

396,064

 

6.00

%  

$

561,091

 

8.50

%  

528,086

 

8.00

%

Total risk-based capital

 

960,752

 

14.55

%  

 

528,086

 

8.00

%  

 

693,113

 

10.50

%  

660,107

 

10.00

%

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

910,309

 

13.79

%  

 

297,048

 

4.50

%  

 

462,075

 

7.00

%  

429,070

 

6.50

%