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LOANS RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Details 5) - Loans Receivable $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) contract | Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) contract | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) contract | Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) contract | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Period beyond which a TDR generally becomes delinquent |  |  | 90 days |  |
Non-PCI loans | C&I |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 4,400 | $ 165 | $ 35,400 | $ 2,300 |
Number of contracts modified as TDRs that subsequently defaulted | contract |  | 1 |  | 1 |
Balance of loans modified as TDRs that subsequently defaulted | $ 2,100 | $ 967 | $ 2,100 | $ 967 |
Non-PCI loans | C&I | Commercial business |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | contract | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 |
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 4,596 | $ 54 | $ 42,686 | $ 2,940 |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | 4,423 | 54 | 35,365 | 2,167 |
Financial Impact | $ 1,229 | $ 10 | $ 6,726 | $ 1,821 |
Non-PCI loans | C&I | Trade finance |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | contract | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 0 | $ 190 | $ 0 | $ 190 |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | 0 | 111 | 0 | 111 |
Financial Impact | 0 | $ 14 | 0 | 14 |
Non-PCI loans | CRE |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 1,191 |  | $ 2,090 | $ 5,200 |
Number of contracts modified as TDRs that subsequently defaulted | contract | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Non-PCI loans | CRE | Income producing |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | contract | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 451 | $ 0 | $ 1,279 | $ 5,318 |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | 403 | 0 | 1,209 | $ 5,193 |
Financial Impact | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |  |
Non-PCI loans | CRE | Land |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | contract | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 2,056 | $ 0 | $ 2,227 | $ 0 |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | 788 | 0 | 881 | 0 |
Financial Impact | $ 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 |
Non-PCI loans | Residential |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment |  | $ 1,500 | $ 279 | $ 11,200 |
Non-PCI loans | Residential | Single-family |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | contract | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 0 | $ 1,474 | $ 281 | $ 11,454 |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | 0 | 1,473 | 279 | 8,356 |
Financial Impact | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 2 | $ 0 |
Non-PCI loans | Residential | Multifamily |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | contract |  |  | 0 | 1 |
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment |  |  | $ 0 | $ 2,513 |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment |  |  | 0 | 2,832 |
Financial Impact |  |  | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Non-PCI loans | Consumer |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | contract | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ 0 | $ 509 | $ 0 | $ 509 |
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | 0 | 504 | 0 | 504 |
Financial Impact | 0 | $ 0 | 0 | $ 0 |
Performing loan |  |  |  |  |
Loans Modified as TDRs |  |  |  |  |
Loan balance of restructured loans | $ 1,800 |  | $ 1,800 |  | $ 2,900

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