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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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LOANS AND LEASES (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	$ 78,990	$ 114,557
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded	4,367	24,454
Total	83,357	139,011
Recorded Investment
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	62,155	92,295
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded	2,899	18,797
Total	65,054	111,092
Allowance Allocated
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded	349	3,011	772	19,525
Average recorded investment on impaired loans
Average Recorded Investment	88,201	126,473	193,539
Interest income recognized on impaired loans
Interest Income Recognized	2,885	1,624	1,857
Commercial, financial & agricultural
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	1,069	1,225
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded	4,367	4,807
Recorded Investment
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	1,040	526
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded	2,899	3,431
Allowance Allocated
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded	349	882
Average recorded investment on impaired loans
Average Recorded Investment	4,138	3,486	549
Interest income recognized on impaired loans
Interest Income Recognized	24	39
Real estate, Construction
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	14,451	52,352
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		13,678
Recorded Investment
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	8,065	36,664
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		11,600
Allowance Allocated
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		1,582
Average recorded investment on impaired loans
Average Recorded Investment	24,545	56,762	115,612
Interest income recognized on impaired loans
Interest Income Recognized	1,442	771	772
Real estate, Mortgage - residential
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	41,117	47,364
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		1,935
Recorded Investment
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	36,779	41,894
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		971
Allowance Allocated
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		272
Average recorded investment on impaired loans
Average Recorded Investment	38,378	47,240	58,262
Interest income recognized on impaired loans
Interest Income Recognized	586	308	616
Real estate, Mortgage - commercial
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	22,353	13,616
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		3,939
Recorded Investment
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded	16,271	13,211
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		2,700
Allowance Allocated
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		270
Average recorded investment on impaired loans
Average Recorded Investment	21,107	18,852	19,116
Interest income recognized on impaired loans
Interest Income Recognized	833	506	469
Leases
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		95
Recorded Investment
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		95
Allowance Allocated
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded		5
Average recorded investment on impaired loans
Average Recorded Investment	$ 33	$ 133