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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Securities Purchase Agreement with Patriot Financial Partners, L.P. and Patriot Financial Partners Parallel, L.P. (Details)	Oct. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2015 shares	Dec. 31, 2014 shares	Nov. 10, 2014 shares	Nov. 08, 2014 Branch	Apr. 22, 2014 Branch
Banco Popular Branches
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of branches \| Branch					20
Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding		35,647,476	34,190,740
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
Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member] \| Banco Popular Branches
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of branches \| Branch						20
Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member] \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding				3,100,564
Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member] \| Class A Common Stock \| Voting Common Stock Option One
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock issuable	1,076,000
Price per share issuable \| $ / shares	$ 9.78
Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Patriot [Member] \| Class A Common Stock \| Voting Common Stock Option Two
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock issuable	824,000
Price per share issuable \| $ / shares	$ 11.55