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Business combination cash transferred, percentage of consideration.

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Business combination stock transferred, percentage of consideration.

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Cash paid per share, business combination.

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Exchange ratio per share.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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The amount of financial assets (as defined) recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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Value of the difference between preference in liquidation and the par or stated values of the preferred shares.

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The redemption (or callable) amount of currently redeemable preferred stock. Includes amounts representing dividends not currently declared or paid but which will be payable under the redemption features or for which ultimate payment is solely within the control of the issuer.

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Aggregate share number for all nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) held by stockholders. Does not include preferred shares that have been repurchased.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Feb. 04, 2016	Feb. 03, 2016	Feb. 01, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Reported total assets of acquiree				$ 148,200,000
Total deposits held by acquiree				122,800,000
Total loans of acquiree				$ 106,100,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash paid for each share to Peoples shareholder	$ 81.75
Exchange ratio per share to Peoples shareholder	3.0122%
Business combination stock transferred, percentage of consideration	65.00%
Business combination cash transferred, percentage of consideration	35.00%
Market closing price per share		$ 23.99
Estimated transaction value		$ 22,500,000
Series B Preferred Stock [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding			12,500
Preferred stock, liquidation value			$ 1,000
Preferred stock, redemption price			$ 12,510,416.67