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Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Gain (Loss) on Loans Sold

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Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Unpaid Principal Balance, Sold

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Number of days delinquent at which a loan or lease is individually analyzed.

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Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Increase (Decrease) in Period

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Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Percentage Increase (Decrease) in Period

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Periodic Payment Terms, Balloon Payment Period

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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A valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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LOANS AND LEASES AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 Loan	Mar. 31, 2014 Loan	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	$ 3,933,715,000	$ 2,396,995,000	3,949,122,000
Number of Loans	2	0
Loans delinquent	60 days
Unpaid principal balances of PCI loans sold		27,700,000
Carrying value of loans sold		16,100,000
Gain (loss) on PCI loans sold		2,300,000
Unfunded Loan Commitment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unfunded loan commitments	1,900,000		1,900,000
Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Loan Portfolio
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	100.00%		100.00%
Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	353,825,000		350,575,000
Increase (decrease) in loans receivable	3,300,000
Increase (decrease) in loans receivable, percentage	0.90%
Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	124,700,000		128,200,000
Interest only notes balloon payment period	15 years
Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Interest Only Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	216,900,000		209,300,000
Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Negative amortization
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	12,200,000		13,100,000
Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Loan Portfolio
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	9.00%		8.90%
Nonperforming Financing Receivable \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	10,700,000		12,500,000
Nonperforming Financing Receivable \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Interest Only Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	3,000,000		2,000,000
Nonperforming Financing Receivable \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Negative amortization
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross loans	$ 0		0