OTHER NON- INTEREST EXPENSES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Other Non Interest Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of other non interest expenses [Table Text Block]

A detail of non-interest expenses is as follows:
	Year Ended December 31,
		2014		2013		2012
		(In thousands)
Supplies and printing	$	2,140	$	3,014	$	2,811
Contingency adjustment-tax credits		-		-		2,489
Reserve release for off-balance sheet exposures		(653)		(443)		(1,914)
Contingency for attorney's fees-Lehman		-		2,500		-
Amortization of intangible assets		4,943		6,078		3,306
Data processing fees		1,619		1,601		1,568
Write-down and losses on sale of non-real estate
repossessed properties		737		263		338
Other		10,253		15,632		13,324
Total	$	19,039	$	28,645	$	21,922