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Off-balance sheet financial instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Off-balance sheet financial instruments.

Summary of contractual amounts of off-balance sheet commitments

December 31		2017			2016
Commitments to extend credit		$	324,984		$	235,878
Unused portions of lines of credit			56,244			57,784
Standby letters of credit			23,387			31,051
		$	404,615		$	324,713

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Financial instruments which include commitments to extend credit, unused portions of lines of credit and standby letters of credit. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

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