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Amount of valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible that were individually evaluated for impairment.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The increase (decrease) in the allowance for credit losses related to financing receivables.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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Loans, Part VI (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Loans, Part VI (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) segment loan	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of loan portfolio segment \| segment			11
Number of loans entity experienced losses over past twelve quarters \| loan			12
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 11,552	$ 11,048	$ 10,771	$ 10,988
Provision for credit losses	(23)	39	434	(101)
Charge-offs	(4)	(97)	(413)	(384)
Recoveries	48	125	781	612
Net recoveries	44	28	368	228
Ending balance	11,573	11,115	11,573	11,115
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					$ 2,419		$ 719
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					9,154		10,396
Ending balance	11,552	11,048	$ 10,771	10,988	11,573	$ 10,771	11,115
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					14,431		14,386
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					501,270		433,050
Total Loans					515,701	457,919	447,436
Consumer Loan
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of segments \| segment			3
Total Commercial and Industrial
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	2,217	1,396	$ 1,219	2,340
Provision for credit losses	22	149	834	(877)
Charge-offs	(2)	(93)	(387)	(183)
Recoveries	10	9	581	181
Net recoveries	8	(84)	194	(2)
Ending balance	2,247	1,461	2,247	1,461
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					1,019		47
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					1,228		1,414
Ending balance	2,217	1,396	1,219	2,340	2,247	1,219	1,461
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					2,073		1,008
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					62,191		68,317
Total Loans					64,264		69,325
Commercial and Business Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					1,725		967
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					60,923		66,398
Total Loans					62,648		67,365
Government Program Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					348		41
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					1,268		1,919
Total Loans					1,616		1,960
Total Real Estate Mortgage
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					5,114		7,603
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					233,363		209,711
Total Loans					238,477		217,314
Commercial Real Estate Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					1,279		3,243
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					163,786		151,166
Total Loans					165,065		154,409
Residential Mortgage Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					3,835		4,360
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					68,617		57,359
Total Loans					72,452		61,719
Home Improvement and Home Equity loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					0		0
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					960		1,186
Total Loans					960		1,186
Real Estate Mortgage
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,609	1,688	1,653	1,862
Provision for credit losses	(39)	106	(209)	55
Charge-offs	0	0	0	(131)
Recoveries	5	5	131	13
Net recoveries	5	5	131	(118)
Ending balance	1,575	1,799	1,575	1,799
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					672		670
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					903		1,129
Ending balance	1,609	1,688	1,653	1,862	1,575	1,653	1,799
Real Estate Construction and Development Loans
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	6,360	6,452	6,278	5,533
Provision for credit losses	(477)	(505)	(426)	253
Charge-offs	0	0	0	(60)
Recoveries	29	98	60	319
Net recoveries	29	98	60	259
Ending balance	5,912	6,045	5,912	6,045
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					143		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					5,769		6,045
Ending balance	6,360	6,452	6,278	5,533	5,912	6,278	6,045
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					6,119		5,695
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					144,769		110,888
Total Loans					150,888		116,583
Agricultural
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	450	494	481	582
Provision for credit losses	100	16	69	(76)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	0	2	0	6
Net recoveries	0	2	0	6
Ending balance	550	512	550	512
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					550		512
Ending balance	450	494	481	582	550	481	512
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					20		35
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					43,005		32,835
Total Loans					43,025		32,870
Installment & Other
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	815	288	293	276
Provision for credit losses	194	88	729	64
Charge-offs	0	0	(17)	0
Recoveries	4	11	8	47
Net recoveries	4	11	(9)	47
Ending balance	1,013	387	1,013	387
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					585		2
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					428		385
Ending balance	815	288	293	276	1,013	293	387
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					1,105		45
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					17,942		11,299
Total Loans					19,047		11,344
Commercial Lease Financing
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	0	0	0	0
Provision for credit losses	0	0	0	(46)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	0	0	0	46
Net recoveries	0	0	0	46
Ending balance	0	0	0	0
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					0		0
Ending balance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unallocated
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	101	730	847	395
Provision for credit losses	177	185	(563)	526
Charge-offs	(2)	(4)	(9)	(10)
Recoveries	0	0	1	0
Net recoveries	(2)	(4)	(8)	(10)
Ending balance	276	911	276	911
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					276		911
Ending balance	$ 101	$ 730	$ 847	$ 395	$ 276	$ 847	$ 911