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Note 5 - Loans - Non-accrual Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Non-accrual portfolio loans | $ 49,682 | $ 52,130 | $ 70,163
Non-accrual loans held-for-sale | 7,500 | 5,944 | 973
Total non-accrual loans | 57,182 | 58,074 | 71,136
Contractual interest due | 3,462 | 3,997 | 5,339
Nonaccrual Loans [Member] |  |  |
Contractual interest due | 1,573 | 5,732 | 6,663
Interest recognized | 95 | 119 | 217
Net interest foregone | $ 1,478 | $ 5,613 | $ 6,446

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- Definition Amount of interest income recognized 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)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=d3e5212-111524 + Details
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- Definition Reflects the amount of additional interest income that would have been recorded if impaired or nonperforming loans were instead current, in compliance with their original terms, and outstanding throughout the reporting period or since origination (if held for part of the period). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25495931&loc=d3e18794-111554 + Details
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