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Related Party Transaction, Expected Investment in Limited Partnership

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Related Party Transaction, Percent Ownership in Limited Partnership

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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
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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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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Transactions with St. Cloud Affiliates (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 24, 2014	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Feb. 14, 2012
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deposits		$ 9,078,319,000	$ 6,303,085,000
Limited Liability Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)				700,538
Percentage of total shares outstanding			1.80%
Limited partnership, required ownership interest (less than)	9.90%
Deposits		$ 128,000
Limited Liability Company \| Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited partnership, expected investment	$ 5,000,000
Limited Liability Company \| Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited partnership, expected investment	$ 7,500,000