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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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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 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953682-111524

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - TDR MODIFIED CLASS (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) item
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item	825	7	15
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $	$ 326	$ 870	$ 2,622
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item	2	5	12
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $	$ 197	$ 498	$ 724
Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item			2
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $			$ 1,704
Construction & land development
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item		1
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $		$ 86
Commercial & industrial
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item			1
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $			$ 194
Home equity lines of credit
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item		1
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $		$ 286
Consumer
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item	823
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $	$ 129