Loan Servicing - SBA Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Loans
Serviced SBA loans sold to secondary market	$ 175,457	$ 130,611
Weighted average servicing rate for loans serviced (as a percent)	1.16%	1.20%

Represents the amount of serviced small business administration loans sold to the secondary market as of the balance sheet date.

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