Investment Securities (Summary Of Amortized Cost And Fair Values Of Securities Classified As Available For Sale And Held To Maturity) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	$ 201,162	$ 252,733
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	3,034	3,234
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	723	3,454
Available for Sale, Fair Value	203,473us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	252,513us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Held-to-maturity Securities, Amortized Cost	138,421us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities	140,826us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Gains	1,269	25
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Losses	519	3,764
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value	139,171	137,087
U.S. Treasury Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	25,048	100
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	57	0
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	12	0
Available for Sale, Fair Value	25,093	100
U.S. Agency Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities, Amortized Cost	22,072	23,580
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Gains	597	0
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	458
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value	22,669	23,122
U.S. GSEs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities, Amortized Cost	9,498	9,442
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Gains	59	0
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	512
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value	9,557	8,930
FHLB Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities, Amortized Cost	4,720	4,684
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Gains	100	0
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	191
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value	4,820	4,493
Agency MBSs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	92,827	97,882
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	2,680	2,876
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	100	1,487
Available for Sale, Fair Value	95,407	99,271
Held-to-maturity Securities, Amortized Cost	8,109	9,015
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Gains	233	25
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	177
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value	8,342	8,863
Agency CMBSs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	22,056	18,398
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	20	0
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	372	760
Available for Sale, Fair Value	21,704	17,638
Agency CMOs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	60,880	98,162
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	241	254
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	239	1,207
Available for Sale, Fair Value	60,882	97,209
Held-to-maturity Securities, Amortized Cost	94,022	94,105
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Gains	280	0
Held to Maturity, Gross Unrealized Losses	519	2,426
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value	93,783	91,679
CLOs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost		37,834
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains		73
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses		0
Available for Sale, Fair Value		37,907
ABSs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost	351	357
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Gains	36	31
Available for Sale, Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Available for Sale, Fair Value	$ 387	$ 388

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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