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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK (Details)					12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign exchange forward [Member] CAD	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign exchange forward [Member] CAD	Sep. 30, 2011 Standby letters of credit [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Standby letters of credit [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Open end consumer lines of credit [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Open end consumer lines of credit [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Commercial lines of credit [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Commercial lines of credit [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Unfunded loan commitments - variable rate [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Unfunded loan commitments - variable rate [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Unfunded loan commitments - fixed rate [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Unfunded loan commitments - fixed rate [Member] USD ($)
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK [Abstract]
Market value of securities borrowed	$ 113,000,000	$ 173,800,000
Market value of securities loaned	110,300,000	173,800,000
Contract value of securities borrowed	120,500,000	179,600,000
Contract value of securities loaned	133,400,000	194,900,000
Market value of securities loaned owned by clients and others	660,800,000
Contract value of securities loaned owned by clients and others	681,200,000
Market value of securities sold and obligated to purchase	76,150,000	131,038,000
Schedule of off-balance sheet risks [Line Items]
Forward contracts outstanding to buy U.S. dollars			2,500,000
Forward contracts outstanding to sell U.S. dollars				15,100,000
Commitments to extend credit and other credit related financial instruments					216,004,000	235,729,000	31,471,000	32,328,000	1,900,925,000	1,660,204,000	115,562,000	120,363,000	0	2,824,000
Standby letters of credit maximum expiration term (in years)					1Y
Letters of credit outstanding					216,000,000
Outstanding commitments to sell SBA loan pool securitizations	12,300,000
Outstanding commitments to purchase SBA loan pool securitizations	$ 1,300,000