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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The following table represents the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of C1B as of November 10, 2017 and the fair value adjustments and amounts recorded by the Bank in 2017 under the acquisition method of accounting:
| C1B Book Value |  | Fair Value Adjustments |  | Fair Value
(dollars in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets Acquired: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 91,018 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 91,018 |
Securities AFS |  | 114,796 |  |  |  | (583 | ) |  |  | 114,213 |
Loans, net of deferred fees |  | 230,203 |  |  |  | (2,979 | ) |  |  | 227,224 |
Allowance for loan losses |  | (3,097 | ) |  |  | 3,097 |  |  |  | — |
Premises and equipment, net |  | 1,636 |  |  |  | (1,636 | ) |  |  | — |
Deferred taxes |  | 1,288 |  |  |  | (738 | ) |  |  | 550 |
REO |  | 248 |  |  |  | (248 | ) |  |  | — |
Goodwill |  | — |  |  |  | 26,000 |  |  |  | 26,000 |
Core deposit intangible |  | — |  |  |  | 5,793 |  |  |  | 5,793 |
FHLB stock and other stock holdings |  | 2,116 |  |  |  | (140 | ) |  |  | 1,976 |
Other assets |  | 8,556 |  |  |  | (641 | ) |  |  | 7,915 |
Total assets acquired | $ | 446,764 |  |  | $ | 27,925 |  |  | $ | 474,689 |
Liabilities Assumed: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deposits | $ | 411,463 |  |  | $ | 98 |  |  | $ | 411,561 |
Borrowings |  | 7,857 |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 8,000 |
Accounts payable and other liabilities |  | 4,931 |  |  |  | (1,674 | ) |  |  | 3,257 |
Total liabilities assumed |  | 424,251 |  |  |  | (1,433 | ) |  |  | 422,818 |
Excess of assets acquired over liabilities assumed |  | 22,513 |  |  |  | 29,358 |  |  |  | 51,871 |
Total | $ | 446,764 |  |  | $ | 27,925 |  |  | $ | 474,689 |
Consideration: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 51,871 |
Schedule of Loans Acquired | For loans acquired from C1B, the contractual amounts due, expected cash flows to be collected and fair value as of the acquisition date were as follows:
(dollars in thousands) |  | Purchased Credit Impaired |  | All Other Acquired Loans
Contractual amounts due |  | $ | 3,718 |  |  | $ | 302,537 |
Cash flows not expected to be collected |  |  | 955 |  |  |  | 3,687 |
Expected cash flows |  |  | 2,763 |  |  |  | 298,850 |
Interest component of expected cash flows |  |  | 603 |  |  |  | 73,786 |
Fair value of acquired loans |  | $ | 2,160 |  |  | $ | 225,064 |
Pro Forma Summarized Income Statement Data | The following table presents unaudited pro forma information as if the (i) acquisition of C1B had occurred on January 1, 2017, January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2015, for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, after giving effect to certain adjustments and (ii) the acquisition of Pacific Rim Rank (“PRB”) had occurred on January 1, 2015 for 2015, after giving effect to certain adjustments. The unaudited pro forma information for these periods includes adjustments for interest income on loans acquired, amortization of intangibles arising from the transaction, adjustments for interest expense on deposits acquired, and the related income tax effects of all these items and the income tax costs or benefits derived from the income or loss before taxes of C1B and PRB. The net effect of these pro forma adjustments were decreases of $0.5 million, $0.7 million and $0.3 million in net income for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have occurred had the transaction been effected on the assumed dates.
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
(dollars in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net interest income |  | $ | 123,809 |  |  | $ | 98,663 |  |  | $ | 67,843 |
Provision for loan losses |  |  | 2,882 |  |  |  | 4,911 |  |  |  | 2,673 |
Noninterest income |  |  | 39,242 |  |  |  | 35,169 |  |  |  | 29,453 |
Noninterest expenses |  |  | 109,103 |  |  |  | 89,705 |  |  |  | 71,674 |
Income before taxes |  |  | 51,066 |  |  |  | 39,216 |  |  |  | 22,949 |
Taxes on income |  |  | 23,229 |  |  |  | 15,377 |  |  |  | 9,503 |
Net income |  | $ | 27,837 |  |  | $ | 23,839 |  |  | $ | 13,446 |
Net income per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.75 |  |  | $ | 0.67 |  |  | $ | 0.52 |
Diluted |  | $ | 0.74 |  |  | $ | 0.65 |  |  | $ | 0.50 |

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