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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2015	Apr. 20, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Fixed bank advances			$ 200,000,000	$ 200,000,000
Variable bank advances			$ 995,000,000	$ 730,000,000
FHLB variable-rate, weighted average interest rate			0.48%	0.27%
Advances from FHLB collateralized			$ 3,410,000,000	$ 3,380,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
FHLB stock			41,000,000	$ 39,200,000
Amount of additional available borrowing			1,070,000,000
Unsecured Federal Funds Line of Credit \| Line of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility			85,000,000
Line of Credit Facility Maturing March 28, 2016 \| Line of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility	$ 20,000,000
Other borrowings			$ 0
Line of Credit Facility Maturing March 28, 2016 \| Line of Credit \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.25%
Line Of Credit Facility Maturing April 18, 2017 \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility		$ 75,000,000
Minimum
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Interest Rate at Period End			0.50%	0.50%
Maximum
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Interest Rate at Period End			1.61%	1.61%
Weighted Average
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Interest Rate at Period End			0.89%	0.89%
Federal Reserve Bank Advances
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility			$ 16,400,000
Collateral on line of credit facility			43,100,000
Other borrowings			$ 0