REGULATORY MATTERS (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Aggregate net reserve balance	$ 0	$ 0
Yadkin Financial Corporation
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Total Capital, Actual Amount	$ 447,320,000	$ 425,720,000
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	11.96%	12.34%
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 299,164,000	$ 276,064,000
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio	8.00%	8.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Actual Amount	$ 396,032,000	$ 375,095,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	10.59%	10.87%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 224,373,000	$ 138,032,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (as percent)	6.00%	4.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Amount	$ 396,032,000	$ 375,095,000
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Ratio (as a percentage)	9.42%	9.33%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 168,078,000	$ 160,773,000
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (in percent)	4.00%	4.00%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Actual Amount	$ 394,524,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Actual Ratio (in percent)	10.55%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 168,280,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (in percent)	4.50%
Yadkin Bank
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Total Capital, Actual Amount	$ 447,945,000	$ 419,875,000
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	11.99%	12.18%
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 298,776,000	$ 275,674,000
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio	8.00%	8.00%
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Amount	$ 373,470,000	$ 344,592,000
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Ratio (in percent)	10.00%	10.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Actual Amount	$ 434,707,000	$ 407,300,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	11.64%	11.82%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 224,082,000	$ 137,837,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (as percent)	6.00%	4.00%
Tire 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Amount	$ 298,776,000	$ 206,755,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Ratio (as percent)	8.00%	6.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Amount	$ 434,707,000	$ 407,300,000
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Ratio (as a percentage)	10.34%	10.13%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 168,183,000	$ 160,812,000
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (in percent)	4.00%	4.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Amount	$ 210,229,000	$ 201,015,000
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Ratio (in percent)	5.00%	5.00%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Actual Amount	$ 434,707,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Actual Ratio (in percent)	11.64%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 168,061,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (in percent)	4.50%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Amount	$ 242,755,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Ratio (in percent)	6.50%