Floating rate trust preferred securities issued during period.

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- Definition

Investment in securities.

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- Definition

Maturity date.

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- Definition

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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- Definition

The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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- Definition

Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

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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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Subordinated Debt (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Subordinated Debt (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2007	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Floating rate trust preferred securities issued	$ 5,000,000
Maturity date of floating rate trust preferred securities	2037-12
Investment in common securities issued by trust	$ 155,000
Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate description		3-month LIBOR rate plus 1.45%
LIBOR Rate Points	1.45%
Interest rate		2.41%	1.96%