COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Credit-Related Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Commitments to extend credit	$ 1,397,592	$ 1,255,695
Commercial letters of credit	817	119
Standby letters of credit and financial guarantees	23,885	23,970
Recourse
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Loans sold with recourse	$ 92,559	$ 98,685

Amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit.

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- Definition

An irrevocable undertaking (typically by a financial institution) to guarantee payment of a specified financial obligation.

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- Definition

Principal amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147481326/860-20-50-4

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Unused amount of commitments to extend credit to customers.

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