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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenue recognition
Practical expedient allows incremental costs of obtaining contract when amortization period less than one year									true
Net interest income	$ 54,395	$ 55,486	$ 53,946	$ 72,299	$ 54,276	$ 53,033	$ 51,084	$ 67,665	$ 236,126	$ 226,058	$ 198,520
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts									14,197	14,273	13,357
Net refund transfer fees									21,158	20,029	18,500
Mortgage banking income									9,499	4,825	4,642
Interchange fee income									11,859	11,159	9,881
Program fees									4,712	6,225	5,824
Increase in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance									1,550	1,527	1,562
Net gains (losses) on OREO									540	729	676
Net gain on branch divestiture	7,900								7,829
Other									3,664	4,658	4,108
Noninterest income	$ 19,655	$ 12,811	$ 15,125	$ 27,417	$ 10,119	$ 11,465	$ 14,296	27,545	75,008	63,425	$ 58,414
Total net revenue									$ 311,134	$ 289,483
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Writedowns during entity's holding of property (as a percent)									10.00%
Nonrefundable capital commitment fee								$ 1,000
Core Banking Activities
Revenue recognition
Net interest income									$ 184,574	$ 176,526	$ 160,702
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts									14,197	14,273
Mortgage banking income									9,499	4,825	4,642
Interchange fee income									11,600	10,868
Increase in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance									1,550	1,527
Net gains (losses) on OREO									540	729
Net gain on branch divestiture									7,829
Other									3,004	3,158
Noninterest income									48,219	35,380	$ 32,410
Total net revenue									$ 232,793	$ 211,906
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									75.00%	73.00%	75.00%
Traditional Banking
Revenue recognition
Net interest income									$ 168,076	$ 160,398	$ 142,823
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts									14,153	14,233
Interchange fee income									11,600	10,868
Increase in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance									1,550	1,527
Net gains (losses) on OREO									540	729
Net gain on branch divestiture									7,829
Other									2,881	2,608
Noninterest income									38,553	29,965	$ 27,452
Total net revenue									$ 206,629	$ 190,363
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									67.00%	66.00%	66.00%
Warehouse Lending
Revenue recognition
Net interest income									$ 15,801	$ 15,726	$ 17,533
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts									44	40
Other									(90)
Noninterest income									(46)	40	$ 37
Total net revenue									$ 15,755	$ 15,766
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									5.00%	5.00%	7.00%
Mortgage Banking
Revenue recognition
Net interest income									$ 697	$ 402	$ 346
Noninterest income:
Mortgage banking income									9,499	4,825	4,642
Other									213	550
Noninterest income									9,712	5,375	$ 4,921
Total net revenue									$ 10,409	$ 5,777
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									3.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Republic Processing Group
Revenue recognition
Net interest income									$ 51,552	$ 49,532	$ 37,818
Noninterest income:
Net refund transfer fees									21,158	20,029	18,500
Interchange fee income									259	291
Program fees									4,712	6,225	5,824
Other									660	1,500
Noninterest income									26,789	28,045	$ 26,004
Total net revenue									$ 78,341	$ 77,577
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									25.00%	27.00%	25.00%
Tax Refund Solutions
Revenue recognition
Net interest income									$ 21,626	$ 19,203	$ 15,197
Noninterest income:
Net refund transfer fees									21,158	20,029	18,500
Interchange fee income									259	226
Program fees									437	295	176
Other									1	1,003
Noninterest income									21,855	21,553	$ 18,840
Total net revenue									$ 43,481	$ 40,756
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									14.00%	14.00%	13.00%
Republic Credit Solutions
Revenue recognition
Net interest income									$ 29,926	$ 30,329	$ 22,621
Noninterest income:
Interchange fee income										65
Program fees									4,275	5,930	5,648
Other									659	497
Noninterest income									4,934	6,492	$ 7,164
Total net revenue									$ 34,860	$ 36,821
Net-revenue concentration (as percent)									11.00%	13.00%	12.00%