LOANS (Schedule of Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) N	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) N	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) N
Number of Contracts \| N	1	5	9
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,148	$ 5,069
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,148	$ 5,069
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N	1	5	7
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,148	$ 4,924
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,148	$ 4,924
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Junior Lien on Residence [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N			1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 66
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 66
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Investment commercial real estate [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N			1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 79
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 79

Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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