ASSETS ACQUIRED IN FDIC-ASSISTED ACQUISITIONS (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Combinations
Balance, beginning of year	$ 9,063	$ 15,578	$ 15,578
Accretion	(2,247)	(6,251)	(9,658)
Transfer to purchased, non-covered loans due to loss-share expiration	0	(84)	(1,665)
Transfers between non-accretable and accretable discounts, net	(453)	2,817	4,808
Balance, ending of year	$ 6,363	$ 12,060	$ 9,063

Certain loans acquired in transfer accounted for as debt securities non accretable and accretable discounts net.

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Certain loans acquired in transfer accounted for as debt securities non covered loans due to loss share expiration.

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Current period recognition due to accretion of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan for loans accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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