Regulatory Capital (Details Textual)	Dec. 31, 2016
Common Equity Tier 1 (to risk-weighted assets)
Capital Conservation Buffer for 2016	0.625%

Capital Conservation Buffer as a percentage of risk-weighted assets required for the current year.

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