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LOANS - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) contract	Mar. 31, 2017 contract
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Modifications that subsequently defaulted, number of contracts	0	2
Total commercial loans | Other
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Modifications that subsequently defaulted, number of contracts	1
Modifications that subsequently defaulted, recorded investment | $	$ 113
Commercial and industrial loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Modifications that subsequently defaulted, number of contracts	1
Modifications that subsequently defaulted, recorded investment | $	$ 101

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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