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Related Party Transaction, Securities Purchase Agreement, Equity Support Payment

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Related Party Transaction, Securities Purchase Agreement, Price Per Share Issuable

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Tier One Risk Based Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Calculated To Include Future Events

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The carrying amount of a life insurance policy on an officer, executive or employee for which the reporting entity (a bank) is entitled to proceeds from the policy upon death of the insured or surrender of the insurance policy.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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The change in cash surrender or contract value during the period which adjusted the amount of premiums paid in determining the expense or income recognized under the contract for the period.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 325

-SubTopic 30

-Section 35

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 850

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Securities Purchase Agreement with Patriot Financial Partners, L.P. and Patriot Financial Partners Parallel, L.P. (Details)				3 Months Ended
	Sep. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 14, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Nov. 10, 2014 shares	Nov. 08, 2014 Branch	Apr. 22, 2014 Branch
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Increase is bank-owned life insurance	$ 30,000,000	$ 50,000,000		$ 80,000,000
Bank-owned life insurance				$ 99,570,000	$ 19,201,000	$ 19,095,000
Tier 1 risk based capital including future event				14.30%
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 \| shares				37,751,445		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 \| shares							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 \| shares			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 \| shares			824,000
Price per share issuable \| $ / shares			$ 11.55