COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 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.

	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Lending commitments:
Commitments to extend credit	$	1,454,630	$	799,058
Financial standby letters of credit	22,625		16,342
Other commitments:
Standby letters of credit issued by the FHLB on the Bank's behalf	$	31,000	$	10,000
Capital commitments to private investment funds	—		4,751