Represents the acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to the net amount of loans.

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Represents the acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to other real estate owned.

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Represents information pertaining to the ownership percentage of subsidiary owned by the reporting entity.

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Represents information pertaining to ownership percentage of subsidiary owned by subsidiary of the reporting entity.

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Amount of assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6910749&loc=d3e4845-128472

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Amount of investments in debt and equity securities, including, but not limited to, held-to-maturity, trading and available-for-sale expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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Summary of Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Plains Capital	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank	Sep. 13, 2013 Bank FNB	Sep. 13, 2013 Bank FNB Covered loans	Sep. 13, 2013 Bank FNB Non-covered loans	Sep. 30, 2013 Plains Capital Equity, LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 PrimeLending	Sep. 30, 2013 PNB Aero Services, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2013 PCB-ARC, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2013 FSC	Sep. 30, 2013 PlainsCapital Securities, LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 PlainsCapital Insurance Services, LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 NLC	Sep. 30, 2013 PrimeLending Ventures Management, LLC	Sep. 30, 2013 Trusts
Basis of Presentation
Fair market value of assets acquired			$ 2,228,898
Loans				1,105,421	45,915
Securities			286,214
Other real estate owned				120,985
Assumed liabilities			$ 2,225,627
Ownership percentage of subsidiary owned by the reporting entity	100.00%												100.00%
Ownership percentage of subsidiary owned by subsidiary of the reporting entity		100.00%				100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	51.00%		100.00%	100.00%