REGULATORY MATTERS (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
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	$ 746,250,000	$ 447,320,000
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	12.49%	11.96%
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 477,799,000	$ 299,164,000
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	$ 675,634,000	$ 396,032,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	11.31%	10.59%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 358,349,000	$ 224,373,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (as percent)	6.00%	6.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Amount	$ 675,634,000	$ 396,032,000
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Ratio (as a percentage)	9.83%	9.42%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 274,969,000	$ 168,078,000
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	$ 648,105,000	$ 394,524,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Actual Ratio (in percent)	10.85%	10.55%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 268,762,000	$ 168,280,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (in percent)	4.50%	4.50%
Yadkin Bank
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Total Capital, Actual Amount	$ 742,418,000	$ 447,945,000
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	12.41%	11.99%
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 478,498,000	$ 298,776,000
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	$ 598,122,000	$ 373,470,000
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	$ 725,913,000	$ 434,707,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual Ratio (in percent)	12.14%	11.64%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 358,873,000	$ 224,082,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (as percent)	6.00%	6.00%
Tire 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Amount	$ 478,498,000	$ 298,776,000
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Ratio (as percent)	8.00%	8.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Amount	$ 725,913,000	$ 434,707,000
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Actual Ratio (as a percentage)	10.57%	10.34%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 274,822,000	$ 168,183,000
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	$ 343,528,000	$ 210,229,000
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	$ 725,913,000	$ 434,707,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Actual Ratio (in percent)	12.14%	11.64%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Amount	$ 269,155,000	$ 168,061,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum for capital adequacy purposes, Ratio (in percent)	4.50%	4.50%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Amount	$ 388,780,000	$ 242,755,000
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, Minimum to be well capitalized under prompt corrective action provisions, Ratio (in percent)	6.50%	6.50%