Deposits - Deposits (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Deposits [Line Items]
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$ 335,955	$ 267,667
Interest-bearing demand deposits	706,739	606,609
Money market (variable rate)	231,956	179,142
Savings deposits	238,956	144,831
Other certificates and time deposits	298,850	146,923
Total deposits	1,880,153	1,482,319
Certificates of Deposit Two Hundred Fifty Thousand and Greater [Member]
Deposits [Line Items]
Certificates of deposit	$ 67,697	$ 137,147

Deposits [Line Items]

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Other certificate and time deposit.

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- Definition

The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Amount of deposits in accounts that offer many of the same services as checking accounts although transactions may be somewhat more limited, share some of the characteristics of a money market fund and are insured by the Federal government, also known as money market accounts.

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Amount of interest bearing deposits with no stated maturity, which may include passbook and statement savings accounts and money-market deposit accounts (MMDAs).

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic certificate of deposit liabilities.

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Amount of money in interest-bearing domestic accounts that entitle the depositor to withdraw funds at any time without prior notice, also known as demand deposits.

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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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