Loans Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield Rollforward [Abstract]
Beginning Balance	$ 5,781	$ 0
Acquisitions	432	5,233
Accretion Income	(2,884)	(735)
Acquisition	594	0
Reductions Due to Exit Events	(517)	(201)
Reclassifications from (to) nonaccretable differences	3,307	1,484
Ending Balance	$ 6,713	$ 5,781

Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Acquisitions

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Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield Rollforward [Abstract]

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
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Amount of decrease from accretion of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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-Publisher FASB
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Amount of additions to the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of reduction, resulting from a sale or transfer of a loan, in the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of reclassification (to) from nonaccretable difference (from) to the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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