DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	May 08, 2015
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	YADKIN FINANCIAL Corp
Entity Central Index Key	0001366367
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Common Stock, Voting
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		30,954,024
Common Stock, Non-Voting
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		654,997