Investment Securities (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015 Investment	Dec. 31, 2014 Investment
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months	6	3
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	$ 13,069	$ 4,407
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 Months, Unrealized losses	106	11
Number of investments, 12 months or longer	6	13
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	7,471	20,967
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 Months or Longer, Unrealized losses	155	479
Number of investments, Total	12	16
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	20,540	25,374
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	261	490
US Government agencies [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	7,699
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 Months, Unrealized losses	85
Number of investments, 12 months or longer		2
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value		7,569
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 Months or Longer, Unrealized losses		215
Number of investments, Total	2	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	7,699	7,569
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	85	215
SBA securities [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 Months, Unrealized losses
Number of investments, 12 months or longer	2	2
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	5,207	5,154
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 Months or Longer, Unrealized losses	128	182
Number of investments, Total	2	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	5,207	5,154
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	128	182
States and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months	2
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	742
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 Months, Unrealized losses	5
Number of investments, 12 months or longer	4	7
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value	2,264	3,488
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 Months or Longer, Unrealized losses	27	51
Number of investments, Total	6	7
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	3,006	3,488
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	32	51
Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Summary of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities
Number of investments, Less than 12 months	2	3
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair Value	4,628	4,407
Available-for-sale Securities, Less than 12 Months, Unrealized losses	16	11
Number of investments, 12 months or longer		2
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair Value		4,756
Available-for-sale Securities, 12 Months or Longer, Unrealized losses		3
Number of investments, Total	2	5
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value, Total	4,628	9,163
Available-for-sale Securities, Unrealized Losses, Total	$ 16	$ 42

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