Troubled debt restructurings that are performing in compliance with modified terms.

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The amount of specific reserves on financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Period of continuous payment for reclassification of nonaccrual loans to accruing status, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Post-modification amount of investment in financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Pre-modification amount of investment in financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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Reflects the unfunded portion of contractual agreements to lend funds to borrowers for loans whose terms have been modified by troubled debt restructuring.

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LOANS, Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
LOANS, Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Loan	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Loan	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Loan Contract	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Loan Contract	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Period of continuous payment for reclassification of nonaccrual loans to accruing status			6 months
TDR loans	$ 4,923,000		$ 4,923,000		$ 5,414,000
Specific reserves for TDR loans	807,000		807,000		852,000
TDR loans performing in compliance with modified terms	4,881,000		4,881,000		$ 5,350,000
Commitments to advance existing TDR loans	$ 0		$ 0
Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of contracts \| Contract			1	2
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment			$ 180,000	$ 528,000
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment			$ 180,000	$ 528,000
Number of loans restructured and subsequent default \| Loan	0	0	0	0
Loan restructured and subsequent default	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of contracts \| Contract			1	1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment			$ 180,000	$ 419,000
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment			$ 180,000	$ 419,000
Consumer [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of contracts \| Contract				1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment				$ 109,000
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment				$ 109,000