Operating Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Operating Expenses [Abstract]

OPERATING EXPENSES

NOTE 16 — OPERATING EXPENSES

The following schedule includes the major categories of operating expenses during the past three years:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(In thousands)
Salaries and wages	$	61,301	$	56,750	$	49,227
Employee benefits		13,192		11,666		10,991
Occupancy		12,974		11,491		10,359
Equipment and software		11,935		13,446		9,723
Outside processing/service fees		6,226		4,534		3,231
Other real estate expenses		6,034		3,660		6,031
FDIC insurance premiums		5,375		7,388		7,013
Professional fees		4,128		5,589		4,165
Loan collection costs		3,501		4,537		3,056
Postage and courier		3,147		3,115		2,951
Advertising and marketing		2,850		3,054		2,396
Intangible asset amortization		1,860		1,705		719
Supplies		1,690		1,740		1,526
Telephone		1,631		1,768		1,840
Other		6,159		6,359		4,382
Total Operating Expenses	$	142,003	$	136,802	$	117,610