Investment Securities Available-for-sale (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Federal home loan bank stock and federal reserve bank stock	$ 28,603	$ 19,864	$ 21,600
Debt securities percentage	99.90%
Debt securities weighted average duration	3 years 4 months 24 days
Available-for-sale securities, gross realized gains	$ 750	1,300
Available-for-sale securities, gross realized losses	219	184
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities	58,000	$ 87,700
Available-for-sale securities pledged as collateral	$ 440,200

The total percentage of debt securities.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt securities, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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This item represents the gross profit realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82897076&loc=d3e27357-111563

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This item represents the gross loss realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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The fair value of available-for-sale securities that serve as collateral for borrowings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=d3e5086-111524

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Amount of Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and Federal Reserve Bank stock.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 11
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82896770&loc=d3e26853-111562

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (a),(b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3179-108585

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