COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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.

	December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Lending commitments:
Commitments to extend credit	$	799,058	$	658,925
Financial standby letters of credit	16,342		12,421
Other commitments:
Standby letters of credit issued by the FHLB on the Bank's behalf	$	10,000	$	10,000
Capital commitments to private investment funds	4,751		2,280