LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - ALLOWANCE ACTIVITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	$ 32,920	$ 27,491
Provision for loan and lease losses	12,351	5,186
Charged-off	(3,604)	(1,863)
Recoveries	695	661
Ending Balance	42,362	31,475
Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	27,928	25,792
Provision for loan and lease losses	241	498
Charged-off	(459)	(612)
Recoveries	280	328
Ending Balance	27,990	26,006
Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	4,992
Provision for loan and lease losses	12,110	4,688
Ending Balance	14,372
Easy Advances \| Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Provision for loan and lease losses	8,601	3,574
Charged-off	(860)	(405)
Ending Balance	7,741	3,169
Republic Credit Solutions
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	4,992	1,699
Provision for loan and lease losses	12,110	4,688
Charged-off	(3,145)	(1,251)
Recoveries	415	333
Ending Balance	14,372	5,469
Republic Credit Solutions \| Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	4,967	1,699
Provision for loan and lease losses	3,769	1,361
Charged-off	(2,285)	(846)
Recoveries	180	86
Ending Balance	6,631	2,300
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	7,158	8,301
Provision for loan and lease losses	(143)	(182)
Charged-off	(3)	(144)
Recoveries	59	74
Ending Balance	7,071	8,049
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied - Correspondent \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	373	623
Provision for loan and lease losses	(9)	(16)
Charged-off	(11)
Ending Balance	353	607
Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,139	1,052
Provision for loan and lease losses	59	87
Charged-off		(44)
Ending Balance	1,198	1,095
Commercial Real Estate \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	8,078	7,672
Provision for loan and lease losses	(197)	20
Charged-off		(41)
Recoveries	17	27
Ending Balance	7,898	7,678
Construction & land development \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,850	1,303
Provision for loan and lease losses	383	69
Charged-off		(44)
Recoveries		20
Ending Balance	2,233	1,348
Commercial & Industrial \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,511	1,455
Provision for loan and lease losses	(44)	(75)
Recoveries	21	4
Ending Balance	1,488	1,384
Commercial & Industrial \| Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	25
Provision for loan and lease losses	(25)
Lease Financing Receivables \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	136	89
Provision for loan and lease losses	9	8
Ending Balance	145	97
Warehouse lines of credit \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,464	967
Provision for loan and lease losses	(226)	18
Ending Balance	1,238	985
Home equity lines of credit \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	3,757	2,996
Provision for loan and lease losses	69	67
Charged-off	(4)	(35)
Recoveries	9	26
Ending Balance	3,831	3,054
Consumer: Credit cards \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	490	448
Provision for loan and lease losses	38	21
Charged-off	(27)	(12)
Recoveries	5	9
Ending Balance	506	466
Consumer: Overdrafts \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	675	351
Provision for loan and lease losses	83	184
Charged-off	(184)	(161)
Recoveries	67	76
Ending Balance	641	450
Consumer: Automobile loan \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	526	56
Provision for loan and lease losses	36	89
Recoveries	1
Ending Balance	563	145
Other consumer \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	771	479
Provision for loan and lease losses	183	208
Charged-off	(230)	(131)
Recoveries	101	92
Ending Balance	825	648
Refund Anticipation Loans \| Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Provision for loan and lease losses	(235)	(247)
Recoveries	$ 235	$ 247

Amount of recoveries of receivables doubtful of collection that were previously charged off.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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Amount of allowance to cover probable credit losses on loans and leases. Includes carryover of or adjustments to the allowance for loan losses in connection with business combinations. Excludes allowance for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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