LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - ALLOWANCE ACTIVITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	$ 44,675	$ 42,769
Provision for loan and lease losses	17,231	17,255
Charged-off	(4,453)	(8,347)
Recoveries	508	664
Ending Balance	57,961	52,341
Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	31,519	30,147
Provision for loan and lease losses	414	960
Charged-off	(612)	(946)
Recoveries	248	405
Ending Balance	31,569	30,566
Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	30,347	28,833
Provision for loan and lease losses	189	939
Charged-off	(612)	(946)
Recoveries	248	405
Ending Balance	30,172	29,231
Warehouse Lending
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Provision for loan and lease losses	225	21
Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	13,156	12,622
Provision for loan and lease losses	16,817	16,295
Charged-off	(3,841)	(7,401)
Recoveries	260	259
Ending Balance	26,392	21,775
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	5,798	6,182
Provision for loan and lease losses	(240)
Charged-off	(17)	(215)
Recoveries	38	21
Ending Balance	5,579	5,988
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied - Correspondent \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	237	292
Provision for loan and lease losses	(15)	(14)
Ending Balance	222	278
Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,662	1,396
Provision for loan and lease losses	130	165
Charged-off	(72)	(121)
Recoveries		21
Ending Balance	1,720	1,461
Commercial Real Estate \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	10,030	9,043
Provision for loan and lease losses	203	292
Recoveries	2	125
Ending Balance	10,235	9,460
Construction & land development \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	2,555	2,364
Provision for loan and lease losses	(112)	354
Recoveries		2
Ending Balance	2,443	2,720
Commercial & industrial \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	2,873	2,198
Provision for loan and lease losses	360	126
Charged-off		(108)
Recoveries	2	31
Ending Balance	3,235	2,247
Lease Financing Receivables \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	158	174
Provision for loan and lease losses	(8)	(9)
Ending Balance	150	165
Home equity lines of credit \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	3,477	3,754
Provision for loan and lease losses	(157)	(111)
Charged-off	(13)
Recoveries	30	26
Ending Balance	3,337	3,669
Consumer: Credit cards \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,140	607
Provision for loan and lease losses	65	235
Charged-off	(150)	(93)
Recoveries	24	7
Ending Balance	1,079	756
Consumer: Overdrafts \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,102	974
Provision for loan and lease losses	19	17
Charged-off	(294)	(289)
Recoveries	65	89
Ending Balance	892	791
Consumer: Automobile loan \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	724	687
Provision for loan and lease losses	38	19
Recoveries	6
Ending Balance	768	706
Other consumer \| Traditional Banking
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	591	1,162
Provision for loan and lease losses	(94)	(135)
Charged-off	(66)	(120)
Recoveries	81	83
Ending Balance	512	990
Warehouse lines of credit \| Core Banking Activities
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	1,172	1,314
Provision for loan and lease losses	225	21
Ending Balance	1,397	1,335
Easy Advances \| Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Provision for loan and lease losses	13,381	13,277
Charged-off		(3,705)
Ending Balance	13,381	9,572
Other TRS loans \| Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	107	12
Provision for loan and lease losses	53	112
Charged-off	(17)
Recoveries	6	1
Ending Balance	149	125
Republic Credit Solutions \| Republic Processing Group
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Beginning Balance	13,049	12,610
Provision for loan and lease losses	3,383	2,906
Charged-off	(3,824)	(3,696)
Recoveries	254	258
Ending Balance	$ 12,862	$ 12,078

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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