Purchased Loans (Details 3) - Purchased loans $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan
Restructured loans
Number of Loans \| loan	4	2	18	10
Pre- Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 463	$ 148	$ 5,405	$ 1,113
Post- Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 367	$ 147	$ 4,177	$ 996
Real estate – 1-4 family mortgage
Restructured loans
Number of Loans \| loan	4	2	14	8
Pre- Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 463	$ 148	$ 2,684	$ 501
Post- Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 367	$ 147	$ 2,178	$ 390
Real estate – commercial mortgage
Restructured loans
Number of Loans \| loan			4	2
Pre- Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 2,721	$ 612
Post- Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 1,999	$ 606

Troubled Debt Restructuring Financing Receivable Modifications [Abstract]

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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/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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