LOANS AND LEASES AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - Loans and Leases Individually Evaluated for Impairment by Class of Loans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Unpaid Principal Balance
Total	$ 33,724		$ 33,724		$ 35,452
Recorded Investment
Total	31,799		31,799		33,478
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses	686		686		1,288
Average Recorded Investment	31,974	$ 36,047	32,152	$ 25,817
Interest Income Recognized	287	355	610	483
Cash Basis Interest Recognized	283	356	617	492
Commercial and industrial
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	0		0		4,803
With an allowance recorded	5,208		5,208		4,310
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	0		0		4,708
With an allowance recorded	5,125		5,125		4,313
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses	253		253		788
Average Recorded Investment	5,197	4,315	6,698	2,158
Interest Income Recognized	68	60	187	60
Cash Basis Interest Recognized	64	50	194	50
Commercial real estate
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	1,220		1,220		1,910
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	353		353		1,017
Average Recorded Investment	363	3,220	373	3,319
Interest Income Recognized	7	63	17	112
Cash Basis Interest Recognized	7	60	17	117
Multi-family
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	0		0		1,747
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	0		0		1,594
Average Recorded Investment	0	1,662	790	1,673
Interest Income Recognized	0	40	13	53
Cash Basis Interest Recognized	0	19	15	32
SBA
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	22		22		24
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	8		8		6
Average Recorded Investment	9	8	8	4
Interest Income Recognized	0	0	0	0
Cash Basis Interest Recognized	0	0	0	0
Single family residential mortgage
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	21,527		21,527		15,729
With an allowance recorded	5,453		5,453		6,422
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	20,748		20,748		15,131
With an allowance recorded	5,271		5,271		6,206
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses	433		433		500
Average Recorded Investment	26,111	26,630	23,989	18,450
Interest Income Recognized	210	191	389	256
Cash Basis Interest Recognized	210	226	386	291
Other consumer
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	294		294		507
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	294		294		$ 503
Average Recorded Investment	294	212	294	213
Interest Income Recognized	2	1	4	2
Cash Basis Interest Recognized	$ 2	$ 1	$ 5	$ 2

Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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