Business Acquisition, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable Number of Shares Issued Ratio

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- Definition

The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to deposits assumed from the acquired entity.

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- Definition

Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Gross Loans

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- Definition

Amount of assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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-Subparagraph (c)
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- Definition

For an unclassified balance sheet, reflects the carrying amount of unpaid loan amounts due from related parties at the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.7(e))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Represents the number of stores.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 09, 2018 USD ($) bank	Jan. 08, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Executive Officers And Directors
Subsequent Events
Loan receivable			$ 6,120	$ 2,380
Subsequent Event \| Executive Officers And Directors
Subsequent Events
Loan receivable		$ 4,000
Subsequent Event \| Grandpoint Capital, Inc.
Subsequent Events
Total assets acquired	$ 3,200,000
Gross loans acquired	2,400,000
Deposits	$ 2,400,000
Number of regional offices \| bank	14
Equity issued (shares)	0.4750