Liquidity
Management maintains a liquidity position that it believes will adequately provide funding for loan demand and deposit runoff that may occur in the normal course of business. The Company relies on a number of different sources in order to meet potential liquidity demands. The primary sources are increases in deposit accounts, FHLB advances, purchases of federal funds, sale of securities available-for-sale, cash flows from loan payments, sales of one-to-four-family loans held for sale, and maturing securities.
At June 30, 2021, the Bank’s total borrowing capacity was $559.0 million with the FHLB of Des Moines, with unused borrowing capacity of $515.7 million. The FHLB borrowing limit is based on certain categories of loans, primarily real estate loans that qualify as collateral for FHLB advances. At June 30, 2021, the Bank held approximately $751.8 million in loans that qualify as collateral for FHLB advances.
In addition to the availability of liquidity from the FHLB of Des Moines, the Bank maintained a short-term borrowing line with the FRB, with a current limit of $191.4 million, and a combined credit limit of $101.0 million in written federal funds lines of credit through correspondent banking relationships at June 30, 2021. The FRB borrowing limit is based on certain categories of loans, primarily consumer loans that qualify as collateral for FRB line of credit. At June 30, 2021, the Bank held approximately $396.8 million in loans that qualify as collateral for the FRB line of credit.
The Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Policy permits management to utilize brokered deposits up to 20% of deposits or $376.9 million at June 30, 2021. Total brokered deposits at June 30, 2021 were $214.8 million. Management utilizes brokered deposits to mitigate interest rate risk and liquidity risk exposure when appropriate.
Liquidity management is both a daily and long-term function of the Company’s management. Excess liquidity is generally invested in short-term investments, such as overnight deposits and federal funds. On a longer-term basis, a strategy is maintained of investing in various lending products and investment securities, including U.S. Government obligations and U.S. agency securities. The Company uses sources of funds primarily to meet ongoing commitments, pay maturing deposits, fund withdrawals, and to fund loan commitments. At June 30, 2021, the approved outstanding loan commitments, including unused lines of credit amounted to $574.3 million. Certificates of deposit scheduled to mature in three months or less at June 30, 2021, totaled $170.7 million. It is management’s policy to offer deposit rates that are competitive with other local financial institutions. Based on this management strategy, the Company believes that a majority of maturing relationship deposits will remain with the Bank.
As a separate legal entity from the Bank, FS Bancorp, Inc. must provide for its own liquidity. Sources of capital and liquidity for FS Bancorp, Inc. include distributions from the Bank and the issuance of debt or equity securities. Dividends and other capital distributions from the Bank are subject to regulatory notice. At June 30, 2021, FS Bancorp, Inc. had $25.6 million in unrestricted cash to meet liquidity needs.
Commitments and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business in order to meet the financing needs of its customers. For information regarding our commitments and off-balance sheet arrangements, see “Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I. Item 1 of this report.
Capital Resources
The Bank is subject to minimum capital requirements imposed by the FDIC. Based on its capital levels at June 30, 2021, the Bank exceeded these requirements as of that date. Consistent with our goals to operate a sound and profitable organization, our policy is for the Bank to maintain a well capitalized status under the capital categories of the FDIC. Based on capital levels at June 30, 2021, the Bank was considered to be well capitalized. Effective January 1, 2020, a bank that elects to use the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (“CBLR”) will generally be considered well-capitalized and to have met the risk-based and leverage capital requirements of the capital regulations if it has a leverage ratio greater than 9.0%. At June 30, 2021, the Bank qualified and elected to use the CBLR to measure capital adequacy. The Tier 1 leverage-based capital ratio calculated for the Bank at June 31, 2021 was 11.9%, compared to 10.9% at December 31, 2020. As