Related Party Transaction, Company Ownership Percentage

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Related Party Transaction, Company Ownership Percentage Maximum Threshold

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

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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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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 - PL Capital Affiliates (Details) - Greater Than 5% Shareholder, PL Capital Advisors, LLC - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Feb. 10, 2017	Feb. 08, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		6.90%
Expenses from transactions with related parties	$ 150
Voting Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		3,427,219
Company ownership percentage maximum threshold			10.00%