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Details of Interest Income on Non accrual loans (Detail) - Non-Covered Loans - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest income that would have been recorded | $ 2,288 | $ 3,997 | $ 5,156
Interest income actually recorded | (1,574) | (3,017) | (2,721)
Interest income foregone | $ 714 | $ 980 | $ 2,435

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- Definition Reflects the amount of interest income on impaired and nonperforming loans that would have been recorded during the reporting period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of interest income recognized on a cash-basis method of accounting that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (c)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=d3e5212-111524 + Details
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