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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Amount of revenue from servicing real estate mortgages, credit cards, and other financial assets held by others. Includes premiums received in lieu of regular servicing fees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.13 (d))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Property, plant and equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Servicing Assets
Servicing fees	$ 2,834	$ 2,653	$ 2,415
Mortgage Banking Derivatives
Income/(expense) related to derivatives	$ 27	$ 52	$ 275
Buildings \| Minimum
Premises and equipment
Useful lives	30 years
Buildings \| Maximum
Premises and equipment
Useful lives	39 years
Related components \| Minimum
Premises and equipment
Useful lives	5 years
Related components \| Maximum
Premises and equipment
Useful lives	15 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment \| Minimum
Premises and equipment
Useful lives	3 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment \| Maximum
Premises and equipment
Useful lives	10 years