Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Losses recognized in earnings for trust preferred securities held
Beginning balance, Amount of OTTI related to credit loss	$ 140	$ 140
Additions in QTD	0	0
Ending balance, Amount of OTTI related to credit loss	140	140
Trapeza IX B-1 \| Moodys Caa2 Rating \| Fitch C C Rating
Losses recognized in earnings for trust preferred securities held
Beginning balance, Amount of OTTI related to credit loss	140	140
Additions in QTD	0	0
Ending balance, Amount of OTTI related to credit loss	$ 140	$ 140

This item represents an increase to the cumulative amount of credit losses recognized in earnings for an other than temporary impairment (OTTI) of a debt security held for which a previous OTTI was recognized and the investor does not intend to sell the debt security and it is not more likely than not that the investor will be required to sell the debt security before recovery of its amortized cost basis.

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The cumulative amount of credit losses recognized in earnings related to debt securities held for which a portion of an other than temporary impairment (OTTI) was recognized in other comprehensive income (a component of shareholders' equity).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 8B
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