LOANS - Summary of Nonaccrual Loans (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Losses	$ 3,672	$ 2,016
Nonaccrual with No Allowance for Credit Losses	$ 7,509	8,315
Modifications to number of contracts \| item	0
Modifications to borrowers, Outstanding number of contracts \| item	0
Commercial and Industrial Loans
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Losses	$ 3,672	2,016
Nonaccrual with No Allowance for Credit Losses	1,022	1,212
Real Estate Loans \| Residential Properties
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with No Allowance for Credit Losses	2,518	2,556
Real Estate Loans \| Commercial real estate
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with No Allowance for Credit Losses	$ 3,969	$ 4,547

Number of loan modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties that were outstanding.

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Amount of financing receivable on nonaccrual status with an allowance for credit loss.

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

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amortized cost of financing receivable on nonaccrual status with no allowance for credit loss. Excludes net investment in lease.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
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