LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - RISK CATEGORY (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) product item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Risk category of rated loans
Maximum number of days past due for loans to be non rated	90 days
Loans	$ 3,810,778,000	$ 3,326,610,000
Loans	$ 3,777,858,000	3,299,119,000
Consumer loans held for sale period	21 days
Consumer loans held for sale, at fair value	$ 2,198,000
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,000,148,000	1,081,934,000
Owner Occupied - Correspondent
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	149,028,000	249,344,000
Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	156,605,000	116,294,000
Commercial Real Estate
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,023,981,000	824,887,000
Commercial real estate - purchased whole loans
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	36,515,000	35,674,000
Construction & land development
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	119,650,000	66,500,000
Commercial & Industrial
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	265,721,000	229,721,000
Lease Financing Receivables
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	13,614,000	8,905,000
Warehouse lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	585,439,000	386,729,000
Home equity lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	341,285,000	289,194,000
Consumer: Republic Processing Group Loans
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	32,252,000	7,204,000
Consumer: Credit cards
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	13,414,000	11,068,000
Consumer: Overdrafts
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	803,000	685,000
Consumer: Automobile loan
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	52,579,000	6,473,000
Other consumer
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	19,744,000	11,998,000
Special Mention
Risk category of rated loans
Minimum outstanding lending relationships, above which loans are analyzed by the Bank's internal loan review department	1,000,000
Loans modified by troubled debt restructurings during the period	2,000,000	180,000
Substandard
Risk category of rated loans
Minimum outstanding lending relationships, above which loans are analyzed by the Bank's internal loan review department	1,000,000
Loans modified by troubled debt restructurings during the period	928,000	1,000,000
Doubtful / Loss
Risk category of rated loans
Minimum outstanding lending relationships, above which loans are analyzed by the Bank's internal loan review department	1,000,000
Subprime
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	50,000,000	51,000,000
Loans originated for Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") purposes	13,000,000	14,000,000
Rated Loans
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	2,086,621,000	1,597,459,000
Rated Loans \| Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	36,946,000	39,438,000
Rated Loans \| Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	2,294,000	3,202,000
Rated Loans \| Commercial Real Estate
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,023,981,000	824,887,000
Rated Loans \| Commercial real estate - purchased whole loans
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	36,515,000	35,674,000
Rated Loans \| Construction & land development
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	119,650,000	66,500,000
Rated Loans \| Commercial & Industrial
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	265,721,000	229,721,000
Rated Loans \| Lease Financing Receivables
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	13,614,000	8,905,000
Rated Loans \| Warehouse lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	585,439,000	386,729,000
Rated Loans \| Home equity lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	2,212,000	2,317,000
Rated Loans \| Consumer: Republic Processing Group Loans
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	82,000
Rated Loans \| Other consumer
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	167,000	86,000
Rated Loans \| Pass
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	2,024,233,000	1,525,771,000
Rated Loans \| Pass \| Commercial Real Estate
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,005,622,000	803,369,000
Rated Loans \| Pass \| Commercial real estate - purchased whole loans
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	36,515,000	35,674,000
Rated Loans \| Pass \| Construction & land development
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	118,769,000	63,750,000
Rated Loans \| Pass \| Commercial & Industrial
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	264,274,000	227,344,000
Rated Loans \| Pass \| Lease Financing Receivables
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	13,614,000	8,905,000
Rated Loans \| Pass \| Warehouse lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	585,439,000	386,729,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	30,702,000	31,312,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention \| Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	21,344,000	24,301,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention \| Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	656,000	860,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention \| Commercial Real Estate
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	7,086,000	5,070,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention \| Construction & land development
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	90,000	96,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention \| Commercial & Industrial
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,270,000	936,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention \| Home equity lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	256,000	21,000
Rated Loans \| Special Mention \| Other consumer
Risk category of rated loans
Loans		28,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	21,412,000	27,833,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	13,117,000	14,577,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,115,000	1,557,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Commercial Real Estate
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	4,224,000	6,530,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Construction & land development
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	791,000	2,621,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Commercial & Industrial
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	154,000	194,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Home equity lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,763,000	2,296,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Consumer: Republic Processing Group Loans
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	82,000
Rated Loans \| Substandard \| Other consumer
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	166,000	58,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	7,908,000	12,543,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1 \| Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	218,000	560,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1 \| Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	523,000	785,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1 \| Commercial Real Estate
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	7,049,000	9,918,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1 \| Construction & land development
Risk category of rated loans
Loans		33,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1 \| Commercial & Industrial
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	23,000	1,247,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1 \| Home equity lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	94,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Group 1 \| Other consumer
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	1,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Substandard
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	2,366,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Substandard \| Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	2,267,000
Rated Loans \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans - Substandard \| Home equity lines of credit
Risk category of rated loans
Loans	$ 99,000
Short term line of credit and credit card
Risk category of rated loans
Percentage of loan receivable held for sale (as a percent)	90.00%
Number of portfolio held for investment \| item	2
Number of consumer loans held for sale products \| product	2
Consumer loans held for sale period	2 days
Interest retained (as a percent)	10.00%
Consumer loans held for sale, at fair value	$ 20,000,000	$ 7,000,000

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Financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings during the period.

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The maximum number of days that loans may be past due to be considered non rated.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65884687&loc=d3e4428-111522

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.7)
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