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Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Commitments to Extend Financing

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Financing Receivable, Modifications, Specific Contract, Allowance for Credit Losses

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Financing Receivable, Modifications with Specific Allowance, Number of Contracts

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Nonperforming loans minimum threshold for individual impairment evaluation.

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Fair value at acquisition of acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Post-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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Recorded investment in financing receivables that are on nonaccrual status as of the balance sheet date.

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Reflects the amount of the write-down related to a troubled debt restructuring.

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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Loans - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Loans - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015 Contract financing_commitment	Mar. 31, 2014 Contract	Dec. 31, 2014 Contract	Apr. 01, 2014 purchased_loan	Apr. 02, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Specific Contract, Allowance for Credit Losses	$ 215,000
Nonaccrual loans	4,810,000		4,674,000
Nonperforming loans minimum threshold for individual impairment evaluation	50,000
Recorded investment in loans considered to be impaired	12,827,000		11,297,000
Fair value of purchased credit impaired loans	2,800,000				3,900,000
Loans classified as troubled debt restructuring	9,033,000		7,700,000
Number of commitments on TDR	0
TDR Write-downs	0
TDR with specific allowance, Number of Contracts	2		0
Post-Modification Recorded Investment	1,354,000
TDR that Subsequently Defaulted, Number of Contracts	0	1	0
Alaska Pacific Bank
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchased impaired loans				18
Accretable difference on purchased loans	0
Fair value of purchased credit impaired loans					$ 3,899,000