COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of credit-related commitments

The following table presents the Company’s credit-related commitments as of the periods indicated:

($ in thousands)	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Loan commitments	$	3,859,835	$	3,370,271
Commercial letters of credit and SBLCs	$	1,254,590	$	1,293,547