LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - AGING (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	$ 15,475	$ 15,892
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	$ 906	167
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	$ 15,475	15,892
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	55	85
Traditional Banking
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	15,475	15,892
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	55	85
Traditional Banking \| Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	9,528	10,955
Traditional Banking \| Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	21	852
Traditional Banking \| Commercial Real Estate
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	4,411	2,725
Traditional Banking \| Construction & land development
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	68	77
Traditional Banking \| Commercial & Industrial
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	46	154
Traditional Banking \| Home equity lines of credit
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	1,308	1,069
Traditional Banking \| Consumer: Automobile loan
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	72
Traditional Banking \| Other consumer
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonaccrual Loan	21	60
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	55	85
Republic Processing Group
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	851	82
Republic Processing Group \| Republic Credit Solutions
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	$ 851	$ 82

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=d3e5111-111524

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