COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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.

	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Lending commitments:
Commitments to extend credit	$	1,468,090	$	799,058
Commercial letters of credit	22,108		16,342
Other commitments:
Standby letters of credit issued by the FHLB on the Bank's behalf	46,000		10,000