Intangible Assets (Details 1) (Mortgage Service Rights)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Mortgage Service Rights
Assumptions used in estimating the fair value of mortgage service rights
Weighted average constant prepayment rate (as a percent)	10.05%	10.94%
Weighted average note rate (as a percent)	4.00%	4.02%
Weighted average discount rate (as a percent)	9.18%	8.56%
Weighted average expected life (in years)	5 years 10 months 24 days	5 years 8 months 12 days

The weighted average note rate used to estimate the fair value of servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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- Definition

Discount rate used to estimate the fair value of servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 50

-Section 50

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Estimated rate of prepayments of principal on servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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- Definition

Weighted average life of financial assets and financial liabilities, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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