Loans and Leases - Accruing and Nonaccruing Troubled Debt Restructured Loans with Payment Defaults (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) loan
Accrual Troubled Debt Restructuring Loans [Member]
Accruing and nonaccrual troubled debt restructured loans with payment default
Number of Loans	0		0	0	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Nonaccrual Troubled Debt Restructured Loans [Member]
Accruing and nonaccrual troubled debt restructured loans with payment default
Number of Loans	0		0	2	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 200	$ 0	$ 200	$ 0
Nonaccrual Troubled Debt Restructured Loans [Member] \| Commercial, Financial and Agricultural [Member]
Accruing and nonaccrual troubled debt restructured loans with payment default
Number of Loans	0		0	2	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 0	$ 200	$ 0

Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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