SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013 item
Operating Segments
Number of reportable operating segments	1
Adoption of New Accounting Standards
Unrecognized tax positions	$ 0
Minimum
Equity
Stock dividends rate reported by transferring the par value of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock (as a percent)	20.00%
Maximum
Equity
Stock dividends rate reported by transferring the fair value, as of the ex-dividend date, of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock and additional paid-in capital (as a percent)	20.00%
Core deposit
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Estimated useful lives of other intangible assets	10 years
Acquired customer relationship
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Estimated useful lives of other intangible assets	10 years

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Represents the stock dividends rate reported by transferring the fair value, as of the ex-dividend date, of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock and additional paid-in capital.

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Represents the stock dividends rate reported by transferring the par value of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount of unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Unrecognized Tax Benefit

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

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-Section 50

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