LOANS - Detail of Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	1	3	1	3
Outstanding Recorded Investment Pre-Modification	$ 15	$ 291	$ 15	$ 291
Outstanding Recorded Investment Post-Modification	15	281	15	281
Period increase (decrease), ACL	0	21
TDR charge-offs	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial, financial and agriculture
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	1		1
Outstanding Recorded Investment Pre-Modification	$ 15		$ 15
Outstanding Recorded Investment Post-Modification	$ 15		$ 15
Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan		2		2
Outstanding Recorded Investment Pre-Modification		$ 237		$ 237
Outstanding Recorded Investment Post-Modification		$ 237		$ 237
Consumer real estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan		1		1
Outstanding Recorded Investment Pre-Modification		$ 54		$ 54
Outstanding Recorded Investment Post-Modification		$ 44		$ 44

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Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modifications, Number of Contracts, During Period

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Amount of increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable.

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