DEPOSITS - Components of Interest Bearing Deposits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Deposits [Abstract]
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$ 1,071,608	$ 1,282,629
Interest-bearing deposits
Interest-bearing demand deposits	2,089,016	2,048,839
Money market accounts	1,146,859	2,731,314
Savings accounts	1,059,628	1,118,175
Certificates of deposit of $250,000 or less	1,365,452	1,550,235
Certificates of deposit of more than $250,000	560,340	410,958
Total interest-bearing deposits	6,221,295	7,859,521
Total deposits	$ 7,292,903	$ 9,142,150

Time Deposits, $250,000 Or More

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Time Deposits, Less than $250,000

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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The aggregate of all domestic and foreign interest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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Amount of money in interest-bearing domestic accounts that entitle the depositor to withdraw funds at any time without prior notice, also known as demand deposits.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic money market demand account deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic savings deposit liabilities. Saving deposits bear interest and have no stated maturity.

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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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