Business acquisition pro forma nonrecurring costs.

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable, Price per Share

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable, Percent

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Payments to Acquire Business, Percent

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Business combination exchange of shares.

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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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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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- Definition

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Combination - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2017	May 19, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid	$ 15,826
Pro-forma revenue			$ 6,800
Ownership percentage	74.00%
Pro forma, nonrecurring costs	$ 38,000
Pro-forma net income			2,500
Pro forma revenue, acquisition				$ 25,200
Pro forma net income (loss)				$ 1,300
Fair value adjustment			11
Atlantic Capital Bank, N.A. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid		$ 1,183
Pro-forma revenue			$ 309
Capstone Bancshares Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Exchange of shares	0.85
Cash payment per share (in dollars per share)	$ 18.50
Percentage of common stock consideration transferred	80.00%
Percentage of cash consideration transferred	20.00%