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Certificates of Deposit (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Banking and Thrift [Abstract] |
Certificates of deposit | The following table represents the breakdown of Certificates of Deposit at March 31, 2013 and 2012, and at December 31, 2012:
| March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |  | March 31, 2012
Certificates of deposit < $100,000 | $ | 198,402,000 |  |  | $ | 199,265,000 |  |  | $ | 248,582,000 |
Certificates $100,000 to $250,000 | 293,049,000 |  |  | 277,571,000 |  |  | 349,643,000 |
Certificates $250,000 and over | 35,702,000 |  |  | 28,220,000 |  |  | 32,548,000 |
| $ | 527,153,000 |  |  | $ | 505,056,000 |  |  | $ | 630,773,000 |

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