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Value transferred from mortgage loans to real estate owned (REO) in noncash transactions.

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LOANS AND LEASES (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
LOANS AND LEASES (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013 item	Sep. 30, 2012 item	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 Auto loan portfolio	Sep. 30, 2013 Student loan portfolio	Sep. 30, 2013 Commercial, financial and agricultural	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial, financial and agricultural	Sep. 30, 2013 Real estate, Construction	Dec. 31, 2012 Real estate, Construction	Sep. 30, 2013 Real estate, Mortgage - residential	Dec. 31, 2012 Real estate, Mortgage - residential	Sep. 30, 2013 Real estate, Mortgage - commercial	Dec. 31, 2012 Real estate, Mortgage - commercial	Sep. 30, 2013 Consumer	Dec. 31, 2012 Consumer	Sep. 30, 2013 Leases	Dec. 31, 2012 Leases
LOANS AND LEASES
Loans and leases, gross	$ 2,484,894,000		$ 2,205,188,000			$ 367,923,000	$ 246,278,000	$ 73,387,000	$ 96,240,000	$ 1,195,847,000	$ 1,035,273,000	$ 614,860,000	$ 673,506,000	$ 226,338,000	$ 143,387,000	$ 6,539,000	$ 10,504,000
Unearned income	(576,000)		(1,244,000)			307,000	(60,000)	(184,000)	(46,000)	1,116,000	124,000	(1,065,000)	(1,258,000)	(750,000)	(4,000)
Total loans and leases	2,484,318,000		2,203,944,000			368,230,000	246,218,000	73,203,000	96,194,000	1,196,963,000	1,035,397,000	613,795,000	672,248,000	225,588,000	143,383,000	6,539,000	10,504,000
Number of non-performing loans transferred to other real estate	9	15
Carrying value of non-performing loans transferred to other real estate	3,461,000	2,973,000
Number of loans purchased or sold		0
Carrying value of loan purchased				21,600,000	15,500,000
Premium value of loan purchased				800,000
Outstanding value of loan purchased				$ 20,800,000
Weighted average remaining term				76 months	122 months
Number of loans transferred		3
Number of non-performing loans transferred to held-for-sale category		2