Regulatory Capital
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Regulatory Capital [Abstract]  
Regulatory Capital
9)Regulatory Capital
 
The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements, or overall financial performance deemed by the regulators to be inadequate, can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company's financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Bank's assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items, as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank's capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.
 
Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total and Tier I capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined) and of Tier I capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined). Management believes, as of December 31, 2013, that the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.

Effective December 11, 2012, the WDFI and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation terminated a consent order originally agreed to by WaterStone Bank on November 25, 2009 and replaced it with a memorandum of understanding.  The memorandum of understanding required, among other things, maintenance of a minimum Tier I capital ratio of 8.0% and a minimum Total risk based capital ratio of 12.0%.  The memorandum of understanding was subsequently terminated by the WDFI and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation effective November 4, 2013.  The Company and its subsidiaries were in full compliance with all regulatory orders throughout the term of each order.

As of December 31, 2013 the most recent notification from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation categorized the Bank as quantitatively "well capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as "well capitalized," the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based and Tier I leverage ratios, as set forth in the table below. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank's category.
 
As a state-chartered savings bank, the Bank is required to meet minimum capital levels established by the state of Wisconsin in addition to federal requirements. For the state of Wisconsin, regulatory capital consists of retained income, paid-in-capital, capital stock equity and other forms of capital considered to be qualifying capital by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
 
 
 
 
The actual and required capital amounts and ratios for the Bank as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are presented in the table below:
 
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
Actual
  
For Capital
Adequacy Purposes
  
To Be Well-Capitalized
Under Prompt Corrective
Action Provisions
 
 
Amount
  
Ratio
  
Amount
  
Ratio
  
Amount
  
Ratio
 
 
(Dollars In Thousands)
 
WaterStone Bank
  
  
  
  
  
 
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
 
$
219,146
   
21.67
%
  
80,887
   
8.00
%
  
101,109
   
10.00
%
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
  
206,364
   
20.41
%
  
40,443
   
4.00
%
  
60,665
   
6.00
%
Tier I capital (to average assets)
  
206,364
   
12.48
%
  
66,161
   
4.00
%
  
82,701
   
5.00
%
State of Wisconsin (to total assets)
  
206,364
   
10.65
%
  
116,252
   
6.00
%
  
N/
A
  
N/
A
 
                        
 
December 31, 2012
 
WaterStone Bank
                        
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
 
$
199,098
   
17.34
%
  
91,844
   
8.00
%
  
114,806
   
10.00
%
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
  
184,542
   
16.07
%
  
45,922
   
4.00
%
  
68,883
   
6.00
%
Tier I capital (to average assets)
  
184,542
   
11.13
%
  
66,312
   
4.00
%
  
82,890
   
5.00
%
State of Wisconsin (to total assets)
  
184,542
   
11.15
%
  
99,305
   
6.00
%
  
N/
A
  
N/
A