REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Banking Regulation, Total Capital, Actual	$ 486,289	$ 455,702
Banking Regulation, Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Actual	0.1515	0.1444
Banking Regulation, Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum	0.1050	0.1050
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital, Actual	$ 434,867	$ 415,511
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Actual	0.1355	0.1316
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum	0.0850	0.0850
Common equity tier I capital	$ 391,867	$ 372,511
Common Equity Tier I Risk Based Capital Ratio	12.21%	11.80%
Common Equity Tier One Risk Based Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	7.00%	7.00%
Banking Regulation, Tier One Leverage Capital, Actual	$ 434,867	$ 415,511
Banking Regulation, Excess Tier One Leverage Capital Ratio, Actual	0.0896	0.0955
Banking Regulation, Tier One Leverage Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum	0.0400	0.0400
Subsidiaries
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Banking Regulation, Total Capital, Actual	$ 457,137	$ 423,540
Banking Regulation, Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Actual	0.1429	0.1345
Banking Regulation, Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum	0.1050	0.1050
Banking Regulation, Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Well Capitalized, Minimum	0.1000	0.1000
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital, Actual	$ 420,715	$ 398,349
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Actual	0.1315	0.1265
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum	0.0850	0.0850
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Well Capitalized, Minimum	0.0800	0.0800
Common equity tier I capital	$ 420,715	$ 398,349
Common Equity Tier I Risk Based Capital Ratio	13.15%	12.65%
Common Equity Tier One Risk Based Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets	7.00%	7.00%
Common Equity Tier One Risk Based Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets	6.50%	6.50%
Banking Regulation, Tier One Leverage Capital, Actual	$ 420,715	$ 398,349
Banking Regulation, Excess Tier One Leverage Capital Ratio, Actual	0.0870	0.0919
Banking Regulation, Tier One Leverage Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum	0.0400	0.0400
Banking Regulation, Tier One Leverage Capital Ratio, Well Capitalized, Minimum	0.0500	0.0500

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