SECURITIES - Amortized Cost and Fair Value of Securities by Contractual Maturity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Amortized Cost, Total	$ 214,777	$ 207,904
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	216,176	208,788
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	765,390
Gross Amortized Cost, Held for Investment Securities	214,777	207,904
Fair Value, Available for Sale	762,086
Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Amortized Cost, Due in less than one year	0
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Due in less than one year	0
Available for Sale Amortized Cost, Due in less than one year	100
Available for Sale, Fair Value, Due in less than one year	100
Held for Investment, Amortized Cost, Due after one year through five years	0
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Due after one year through five years	0
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Due after one year through five years	40,148
Available for Sale, Fair Value, Due after one year through five years	39,967
Held for Investment, Amortized Cost, Due after five years through ten years	41,300
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Due after five years through ten years	41,571
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Due after five years through ten years	101,984
Available for Sale, Fair Value, Due after five years through ten years	101,896
Held for Investment, Amortized Cost, Due after ten years	0
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Due after ten years	0
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Due after ten years	8,641
Available for Sale, Fair Value, Due after ten years	8,994
Held for Investment, Amortized Cost, Total	41,300
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	41,571
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	150,873
Available for Sale, Fair Value, Total	150,957
Mortgage-backed Securities, US Government Sponsored Enterprises [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	66,740	68,347
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	121,924
Gross Amortized Cost, Held for Investment Securities	66,056	67,535
Fair Value, Available for Sale	122,697
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Of US Government Sponsored Entities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	99,301	114,956
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	313,082
Gross Amortized Cost, Held for Investment Securities	98,857	$ 114,541
Fair Value, Available for Sale	309,574
Private mortgage backed securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	0
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	32,448
Gross Amortized Cost, Held for Investment Securities	0
Fair Value, Available for Sale	32,176
Private collateralized mortgage obligations [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	8,564
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	94,260
Gross Amortized Cost, Held for Investment Securities	8,564
Fair Value, Available for Sale	94,114
Corporate and other debt securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	0
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	32,171
Gross Amortized Cost, Held for Investment Securities	0
Fair Value, Available for Sale	31,981
Private commercial mortgage backed securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held for Investment, Fair Value, Total	0
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	20,632
Gross Amortized Cost, Held for Investment Securities	0
Fair Value, Available for Sale	$ 20,587

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