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Percentage of decrease in federal funds rate target.

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COVID-19 - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
COVID-19 - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan Credit	May 15, 2020 USD ($) Loan	Mar. 15, 2020	Mar. 03, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Loan	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
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Number of loans outstanding \| Loan	1,573				1,657
Total loans	$ 750,202				$ 781,341	$ 657,680
Loans	$ 740,916				$ 772,782
Subsequent Event [Member] \| COVID-19 [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Number of loans outstanding \| Loan		540
Total loans		$ 142,900
Total Related Credits [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Basis point reduction in target federal funds rate			1.00%	0.50%
Number of related credit relationships \| Credit	25
Number of individual loans \| Loan	179
Loans	$ 192,000
Total Related Credits [Member] \| COVID-19 [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Percentage of federal funds rate yield on assets as result of decline in feral reserve board target	0.00%
Total Related Credits [Member] \| Individual Loans [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Total loans	$ 5,000
Total Related Credits [Member] \| Real Estate [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Loans	182,400
Total Related Credits [Member] \| Unsecured Loans [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Loans	$ 9,600
Total Related Credits [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Percentage of decrease in federal funds rate target	0.00%
Total loans	$ 5,000
Total Related Credits [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Unusual Or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Percentage of decrease in federal funds rate target	0.25%
Total loans	$ 12,800