Represents the number of shares issued by the entity for each share of the acquiree's common stock.

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Represents the price per share issued by the entity for each share of the acquiree's common stock.

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Represents the percentage of consideration in form of cash to be issued to the shareholders of San Diego Trust Bank.

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The aggregate carrying amount of loans receivable that will be sold to other entities, and the aggregate gross carrying amount of all categories of loans and leases held in portfolio, before deducting the allowance for losses on loans and leases.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	Oct. 22, 2014 item	Jan. 26, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Subsequent Events
Total assets			$ 2,038,897,000us-gaap_Assets	$ 1,714,187,000us-gaap_Assets
Total Gross Loans			1,628,445,000ppbi_LoansReceivableGross	1,243,252,000ppbi_LoansReceivableGross
Total deposits			1,630,826,000us-gaap_Deposits	1,306,286,000us-gaap_Deposits
Independence Bank
Subsequent Events
Number of branches	6
Subsequent events \| Independence Bank
Subsequent Events
Total assets		424,000,000
Total Gross Loans		334,700,000
Total deposits		336,100,000
Consideration paid		78,500,000
Number of shares of common stock issued as consideration		4,480,645
Value of shares of common stock to be issued		70,900,000
Stock price of the acquired entity (in dollars per share)		$ 15.83
Subsequent events \| Independence Bank \| Merger agreement
Subsequent Events
Share price per share in cash that the acquired entity's shareholder will receive for each share of acquiree (in dollars per share)	13.75
Number of shares of the entity that the acquired entity's shareholder will receive for each share of acquiree	0.9259
Consideration in the form of cash (as a percent)	10.00%
Consideration in the form of PPBI stock (as a percent)	90.00%
Subsequent events \| Independence Bank \| Shareholders
Subsequent Events
Cash consideration		6,100,000
Subsequent events \| Independence Bank \| Option holders and warrant holders
Subsequent Events
Cash consideration		$ 1,500,000