CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 40,453us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 172,075us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 47,421us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision (credit) for loan and lease losses	(6,414)	(11,310)	(18,885)
Depreciation and amortization	5,842	6,007	6,351
Amortization and impairment of other intangible assets	5,332	7,418	10,179
Write down of assets			2,586cpf_WriteDownOfAssets
Write down of other real estate, net of gain on sale	1,133	(8,011)	(358)
Net amortization of investment securities	7,807	13,283	15,670
Share-based compensation	4,218us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	4,931us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	3,982us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Net gain on sale of investment securities	(240)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet	(482)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet	(789)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet
Net gain on sales of residential loans	(5,545)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfLoansAndLeases	(9,986)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfLoansAndLeases	(17,095)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfLoansAndLeases
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale	373,061	654,005	969,089
Originations of loans held for sale	(364,828)	(618,106)	(952,402)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries	(480)	(790)	(574)
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance	(3,161)	(2,729)	(4,934)
Deferred income taxes	20,482us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(112,138)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Premium paid on repurchases of preferred stock		1,895us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPremium
Net change in other assets and liabilities	(6,228)	(11,531)	(20,853)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	71,432	84,531	39,388
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from maturities of and calls on investment securities available for sale	145,592	448,453	437,471
Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale	162,470	271,931	130,076
Purchases of investment securities available for sale	(98,408)	(753,496)	(627,356)
Proceeds from maturities of and calls on investment securities held to maturity	15,814	13,500	2,487
Purchases of investment securities held to maturity	(2,443)	(4,595)	(163,498)
Net loan principal repayments (loan originations)	(245,099)	(357,853)	(152,350)
Purchases of loan portfolios	(62,648)	(85,110)
Proceeds from sales of loans originated for investment		10,679	10,340
Proceeds from sales of other real estate	3,865	17,892	56,915
Proceeds from bank-owned life insurance	481	536	1,997
Purchases of premises and equipment	(6,017)	(6,287)	(3,696)
Distributions from unconsolidated subsidiaries	531	9,615	467
Contributions to unconsolidated subsidiaries	466	(9,050)
Proceeds from redemption of FHLB stock	2,261cpf_ProceedsFromRedemptionOfFHLBStock	1,735cpf_ProceedsFromRedemptionOfFHLBStock	869cpf_ProceedsFromRedemptionOfFHLBStock
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(83,135)	(442,050)	(306,278)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net increase in deposits	174,127us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeposits	255,401us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeposits	237,244us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeposits
Repayments of long-term debt	(14)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	(15,482)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	(50,017)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings	29,985	8,015	(34)
Cash dividends paid on common stock	(13,405)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	(6,735)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
Repurchases of common stock	(142,405)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock and stock option exercises	74	74
Repurchases of preferred stock of subsidiaries		(11,781)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	48,362	229,492	187,193
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	36,659	(128,027)	(79,697)
Cash and cash equivalents:
At beginning of year	49,348	177,375	257,072
At end of year	86,007	49,348	177,375
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest	6,413us-gaap_InterestPaid	19,260us-gaap_InterestPaid	5,622us-gaap_InterestPaid
Income taxes		5us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid	5us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
Cash received during the year for:
Income taxes	185us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds		430us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Net change in common stock held by directors' deferred compensation plan	11	39	27
Net reclassification of loans to other real estate	2,783us-gaap_TransferToOtherRealEstate	4,358us-gaap_TransferToOtherRealEstate	4,846us-gaap_TransferToOtherRealEstate
Net reclassification of loans held for sale to other real estate			716
Net transfer of loans to loans held for sale			1,487
Net transfer of investment securities available for sale to held to maturity		$ 101,669us-gaap_TransferOfInvestments

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