LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - AGING (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	$ 14,849	$ 14,118
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	$ 1,279	956
Number of consecutive months payments received before non-accrual loans returned to accrual status (in months) \| item	6
Core Banking Activities
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	$ 14,849	14,118
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	27	19
Traditional Banking
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	14,849	14,118
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	27	19
Traditional Banking \| Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	8,952	9,230
Traditional Banking \| Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	758	257
Traditional Banking \| Commercial Real Estate
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	3,351	3,247
Traditional Banking \| Construction & land development
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	62	67
Traditional Banking \| Commercial & industrial
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	706
Traditional Banking \| Home equity lines of credit
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	929	1,217
Traditional Banking \| Consumer: Credit cards
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	1
Traditional Banking \| Consumer: Automobile loan
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	65	68
Traditional Banking \| Other consumer
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	26	32
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	26	19
Republic Processing Group
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	1,252	937
Republic Processing Group \| Republic Credit Solutions
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	$ 1,252	$ 937

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7
-Subparagraph (a)
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