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LOANS - Troubled Debt Restructuring Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Trouble Debt Restructuring on Financing Receivables [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of the period	$ 25,185	$ 43,105	$ 27,415	$ 41,990
Principal payments	(375)	(2,511)	(1,788)	(3,150)
TDR status change	0	0	0	0
Other reductions	0	(7,088)	(1,155)	(7,376)
Newly identified TDRs	279	0	617	2,042
Balance at end of the period	$ 25,089	$ 33,506	$ 25,089	$ 33,506

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Represents the amount of additions of financing receivables which were newly identified as troubled debt restructurings.

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Financing Receivable Troubled Debt Restructuring Other Increase (Decrease)

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Represents the amount of principal payment of financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Represents the amount of troubled debt restructurings status change in which troubled debt restructuring loans with a specified interest rate equal to or greater than the rate that the entity was willing to accept at the time of the restructuring for a new loan with comparable risk and the loan was on current payment status and not impaired based on the terms specified by the restructuring agreement.

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Trouble Debt Restructuring on Financing Receivables [Roll Forward]

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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118939409&loc=d3e18845-111554

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