LOANS AND LEASES (Details 5) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012 item	Dec. 31, 2011 item
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Amount of TDRs still accruing interest	$ 31,800,000	$ 8,300,000
Holding period limit for accruing interest on TDRs	90 days
Number of Contracts	28	29
Recorded Investment	24,473,000	34,285,000
Financial Receivables Increase in Allowance	427,000	6,757,000
Loans modified as a TDR within the previous twelve months that subsequently defaulted
Number of Contracts	13	21
Recorded Investment	12,732,000	27,462,000
Construction and development loans \| Hawaii
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of TDRs included in nonperforming assets	7
Combined principal balance of troubled debt restructurings included in nonperforming assets	13,500,000
Commercial loans \| Hawaii
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of TDRs included in nonperforming assets	1
Combined principal balance of troubled debt restructurings included in nonperforming assets	100,000
Commercial, financial & agricultural
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of Contracts	4
Recorded Investment	447,000
Real estate: construction
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of Contracts	8	4
Recorded Investment	11,120,000	25,457,000
Financial Receivables Increase in Allowance		6,310,000
Loans modified as a TDR within the previous twelve months that subsequently defaulted
Number of Contracts	7	3
Recorded Investment	5,949,000	20,287,000
Real estate, Mortgage - residential
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of Contracts	10	25
Recorded Investment	3,782,000	8,828,000
Financial Receivables Increase in Allowance	427,000	447,000
Loans modified as a TDR within the previous twelve months that subsequently defaulted
Number of Contracts	4	18
Recorded Investment	893,000	7,175,000
Real estate, Mortgage - residential \| Hawaii
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of TDRs included in nonperforming assets	60
Combined principal balance of troubled debt restructurings included in nonperforming assets	20,400,000
Real estate, Mortgage - commercial
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of Contracts	6
Recorded Investment	9,124,000
Loans modified as a TDR within the previous twelve months that subsequently defaulted
Number of Contracts	2
Recorded Investment	5,890,000
Real estate, Mortgage - commercial \| Hawaii
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of TDRs included in nonperforming assets	1
Combined principal balance of troubled debt restructurings included in nonperforming assets	$ 2,700,000

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