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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Jan. 14, 2015 request	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Operating Leases
2015		$ 2,822,000
2016		3,788,000
2017		3,781,000
2018		3,810,000
2019		3,553,000
Thereafter		6,786,000
Total		24,540,000
Visa Inc.
Litigation Matters
Number of requests by merchants rejoining class settlement	1,179
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, unused
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, off-balance sheet		343,700,000
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, unused \| Interest payable and other liabilities
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Allowance for off balance sheet commitments		811,000	1,000,000
Commercial lines of credit
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, off-balance sheet		177,200,000
Revolving home equity lines
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, off-balance sheet		118,300,000
Undisbursed construction loans
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, off-balance sheet		34,500,000
Standby letters of credit
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, off-balance sheet		2,300,000
Personal and other lines of credit
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loan commitments and standby letters of credit, off-balance sheet		$ 11,400,000