Non-Performing Assets Including Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDR) - Loans in accrual status (Details) - Commercial and Industrial [Member] $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Schedule of TDRs
Number of loans	1	2
Current Balance	$ 70	$ 820
Concession Granted	Extension of maturity date with a below market interest rate	Extension of maturity date with a below market interest rate

Trouble debt restructuring for non performing assets granted.

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Troubled Debt Restructuring Concession Granted.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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Amount, after troubled debt restructuring, of modified financing receivable.

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