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Off-balance sheet financial instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Off-balance sheet financial instruments.

Summary of contractual amounts of off-balance sheet commitments

December 31		2018			2017
Commitments to extend credit		$	294,122		$	324,984
Unused portions of lines of credit			51,790			56,244
Standby letters of credit			33,275			23,387
		$	379,187		$	404,615

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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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