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-Publisher SEC

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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Securities Purchase Agreement with Patriot Financial Partners, L.P. and Patriot Financial Partners Parallel, L.P. (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2014	Nov. 10, 2014	Nov. 08, 2014 Branch	Apr. 22, 2014 Branch
Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price	$ 20,040,480
Equity support payment	538,000
Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member] \| Securities Purchase Agreement, Reimbursement of Out-of-Pocket Expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related parties	$ 100,000
Voting Common Stock \| Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding		3,100,564
Voting Common Stock \| Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member] \| Voting Common Stock Option One
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock issuable	1,076,000
Price per share issuable	$ 9.78
Voting Common Stock \| Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member] \| Voting Common Stock Option Two
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock issuable	824,000
Price per share issuable	$ 11.55
Banco Popular Branches
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of branches			20
Banco Popular Branches \| Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of branches				20