Loans Receivable (TDR Pre/Post Modifications) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) number	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) number
Mortgage Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| number	32	33
Financing Receivable Modifications Pre Modification Recorded Investment	$ 4,004	$ 3,957
Pre Modification Weighted Average Rate	6.53%	6.03%
Pre Modification Weighted Average Term	391 months	361 months
Financing Receivable Modifications Post Modification Recorded Investment	$ 4,015	$ 4,854
Post Modification Weighted Average Rate	4.86%	4.83%
Post Modification Weighted Average Term	387 months	493 months
Commercial Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| number	9	2
Financing Receivable Modifications Pre Modification Recorded Investment	$ 1,218	$ 655
Pre Modification Weighted Average Rate	7.29%	6.81%
Pre Modification Weighted Average Term	55 months	41 months
Financing Receivable Modifications Post Modification Recorded Investment	$ 1,219	$ 656
Post Modification Weighted Average Rate	5.93%	6.71%
Post Modification Weighted Average Term	64 months	36 months
Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| number	25	21
Financing Receivable Modifications Pre Modification Recorded Investment	$ 392	$ 192
Pre Modification Weighted Average Rate	10.94%	14.28%
Pre Modification Weighted Average Term	64 months	75 months
Financing Receivable Modifications Post Modification Recorded Investment	$ 430	$ 231
Post Modification Weighted Average Rate	10.33%	11.15%
Post Modification Weighted Average Term	74 months	72 months
Auto Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| number	3	0
Financing Receivable Modifications Pre Modification Recorded Investment	$ 45	$ 0
Pre Modification Weighted Average Rate	8.90%	0.00%
Pre Modification Weighted Average Term	75 months	0 months
Financing Receivable Modifications Post Modification Recorded Investment	$ 47	$ 0
Post Modification Weighted Average Rate	11.88%	0.00%
Post Modification Weighted Average Term	39 months	0 months

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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