Document and Entity Information Document	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Aug. 07, 2014 Voting Common Stock [Member]	Aug. 07, 2014 Nonvoting Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	YADKIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Entity Central Index Key	0001366367
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		30,943,910	654,997