COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of contractual amount of off-balance sheet commitments

The following table is a summary of the contractual amount of the Company’s exposure to off-balance sheet commitments.

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Lending commitments:
Commitments to extend credit	$	677,538	$	293,371
Financial standby letters of credit	12,762		8,571
Other commitments:
Standby letters of credit issued by the FHLB on the Bank's behalf	$	10,000	$	10,000
Capital commitment to private investment funds	3,180		1,744