DEPOSITS (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Deposit Liabilities
Demand	$ 733,727	$ 691,787
Savings	102,116	91,625
Total interest-bearing deposits	1,714,051	1,555,613
Total non interest-bearing deposits	666,166	502,569
Total deposits	2,380,217us-gaap_DepositsDomestic	2,058,182us-gaap_DepositsDomestic
Brokered Deposits
Deposit Liabilities
Money market accounts	137,389	35,649
Certificates of deposit	54,317	75,876
Individual Deposits
Deposit Liabilities
Money market accounts	486,360	471,339
Individual retirement accounts	35,884	28,771
Time deposits, $250,000 and over	41,777	56,556
Other certificates of deposit	$ 122,481	$ 104,010

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic certificate of deposit liabilities in denominations of less than $100,000.

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The aggregate amount of domestic and foreign time deposit liabilities (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) in denominations of $250,000 or more.

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The aggregate of all domestic interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 12

-Article 9

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Total amount of interest-bearing domestic deposit liabilities, which may include brokered, retail, demand, checking, notice of withdrawal, money market and other interest-bearing deposits.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic certificate of deposit liabilities.

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Amount of money in interest-bearing domestic accounts that entitle the depositor to withdraw funds at any time without prior notice, also known as demand deposits.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic money market demand account deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic savings deposit liabilities. Saving deposits bear interest and have no stated maturity.

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Amount of domestic noninterest-bearing deposits held by the entity, which may include demand deposits, checking, brokered and retail deposits.

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