COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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.

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Lending commitments:
Commitments to extend credit	$	1,471,606	$	799,058
Commercial letters of credit	22,928		16,342
Other commitments:
Standby letters of credit issued by the FHLB on the Bank's behalf	31,000		10,000