LOANS - TROUBLED DEBT RESTRUCTURING (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan item	Sep. 30, 2018 loan
LOANS
Number of consecutive timely payments before being considered return to accruing status \| item	6
Number of TDR’s \| loan	4	1
Restructured loan pre-modification	$ 1,983
Restructured loans post-modification	$ 1,955

Number of consecutive timely payments before the Company would consider a return of a restructured loan to accruing status in accordance with FDIC guidelines regarding restoration of credits to accrual status.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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Amount, after troubled debt restructuring, of modified financing receivable.

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Amount, before troubled debt restructuring, of financing receivable to be modified.

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