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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK [Abstract]  
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK

NOTE N - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK

 

The Bank occasionally uses derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swaps and interest rate floors and caps, as part of its interest rate risk management. Interest rate caps and floors are agreements whereby one party agrees to pay or receive a floating rate of interest on a notional principal amount for a predetermined period of time if certain market interest rate thresholds are met. The Bank considers the credit risk inherent in these contracts to be negligible.

 

The Bank is a party to interest rate derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments. Under a program, the Bank executes interest rate swaps with commercial lending customers to facilitate their respective risk management strategies. These interest rate swaps with customers are simultaneously offset by interest rate swaps that the Bank executes with a third-party financial institution, such that the Bank minimizes its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions. Because the interest rate swaps associated with this program do not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer swaps and the offsetting swaps are recognized directly in earnings. The changes in the fair value of the swaps offset each other, except for the credit risk of the counterparties, which is determined by taking into consideration the risk rating, probability of default and loss given default for all counterparties. The Bank had $200,000 and $0, respectively, in cash pledged for collateral on its interest rate swaps with financial institutions at March 31, 2021 and September 30, 2020.

 

As of March 31, 2021 and September 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest rate floors or collars.

 

The following table presents summary information regarding these derivatives for March 31, 2021. There were no derivatives as of September 30, 2020.

 

  Notional Amount   Average Maturiy (Years)   Weighted Average Fixed Rate   Weighted Average Variable Rate   Fair Value
  (Dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2021                  
Classified in Other Assets:                  
Customer interest rate swaps  $      15,300                 5.8   3.50%    1 Mo. LIBOR + 2.50     $           186
Classified in Other Liabilities:                  
3rd Party interest rate swaps  $      15,300                 5.8   3.50%    1 Mo. LIBOR + 2.50     $           186

 

In the normal course of business the Bank is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk and in only to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments are commitments to extend credit are summarized in the below table. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

 

   March 31,   September 30, 
   2021   2020 
   (In thousands) 
Financial instruments whose contract amounts          
represent credit risk          
Letters of credit  $1,042   $1,041 
Unused lines of credit   76,087    78,632 
Fixed rate loan commitments   2,638    5,240 
Variable rate loan commitments   9,460    15,864 
 Total  $89,227   $100,777