LOANS AND LEASES AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - Summary of TDR Modification Type (Details) - Consumer $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) Loan	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	2	38
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,273	$ 9,173
Change in Principal Payments and Interest Rates
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	1	32
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 130	$ 8,220
Change in Principal Payments
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	1	5
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,143	$ 875
Change in Interest Rates
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	0	1
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 78
Single family residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	2	38
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,273	$ 9,173
Single family residential mortgage \| Change in Principal Payments and Interest Rates
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	1	32
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 130	$ 8,220
Single family residential mortgage \| Change in Principal Payments
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	1	5
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,143	$ 875
Single family residential mortgage \| Change in Interest Rates
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| Loan	0	1
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 78

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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