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Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase (Details Textual)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013
Short-Term Borrowings (Textual) [Abstract]
Repurchase agreements original maturity description	less than one year

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- Definition

This describes the time frame of the terms of the entity's repurchase agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(m)(1)(i)(A))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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