Loans Schedule of Loans Acquired from Business Combinations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Deteriorated Loans Transferred in [Abstract]
Outstanding Balance	$ 33,755	$ 41,910
Loans on Accrual Status	21,507	31,870
Loans on Non-Accrual Status	0	0
Total Carrying Value	$ 21,507	$ 31,870

Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Carrying Value, Accrual Status

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Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Carrying Value, Non-Accrual Status

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The recorded balance, net of any applicable reductions (for example, unamortized accretable yield and allowance for loan losses). This relates to loans not accounted for debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The undiscounted sum of all amounts, including amounts deemed principal, interest, fees, penalties, and other under the loan, owed to the investor at the reporting date, whether or not currently due and whether or not any such amounts have been written or charged off by the investor. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
-Section 15
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27045933&loc=d3e13503-111538

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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