Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Expenditures for salaries other than officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 2
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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Consulting Agreement for the Bank (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Apr. 06, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related parties		$ 263
Subsequent Event \| Chief Executive Officer Of COR Clearing, LLC \| Management and Services Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related parties	$ 108
Subsequent Event \| Mr. Carlos Salas
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Compensation			$ 17