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Number of Days Past Due for When a Troubled Debt Restructuring is Considered a Re-Default, Commercial

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Number of Days Past Due for When a Troubled Debt Restructuring is Considered a Re-Default, Consumer

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Percentage of total loan portfolio.

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Percentage of portfolio by state and property type for the loan classes.

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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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Amount of investment in impaired financing receivables for which there is a related allowance for credit losses.

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Reflects the amount of additional interest income that would have been recorded if impaired or nonperforming loans were instead current, in compliance with their original terms, and outstanding throughout the reporting period or since origination (if held for part of the period).

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of loans that have been pledged as collateral for borrowings. If the secured party has the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge the collateral, then the debtor reclassifies that asset and report that asset in its statement of financial position separately from other assets not so encumbered.

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Loans and Credit Quality (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Loans and Credit Quality (Details Textual) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Number of Days Past Due for When a Troubled Debt Restructuring is Considered a Re-Default, Consumer			60
Loans and Credit Quality (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of Portfolio by State and Property Type for the Loan Classes	10.00%		10.00%
Number of Days Past Due for When a Troubled Debt Restructuring is Considered a Re-Default, Commercial			90
Loans and Credit Quality (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	$ 40,798,000		$ 40,798,000		$ 70,350,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment	114,967,000		114,967,000		123,965,000
Impaired Loan allowance	2,958,000		2,958,000		6,368,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Impaired, Interest Lost on Nonaccrual Loans	1,200,000	1,300,000	3,500,000	4,300,000
Committed to lend additional funds	41,000		41,000		25,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Loans Pledged as Collateral	675,200,000		675,200,000		469,800,000
Commercial Real Estate Construction Financing Receivable [Member]
Loans and Credit Quality (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	311,000		311,000		1,807,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment	6,667,000		6,667,000		12,904,000
Impaired Loan allowance	311,000		311,000		488,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Loans and Credit Quality (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of Loan Portfolio	20.80%		20.80%		22.50%
Loans and Credit Quality (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment					16,540,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment	27,245,000		27,245,000		27,473,000
Impaired Loan allowance	0		0		1,630,000
Residential Mortgage [Member]
Loans and Credit Quality (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of Loan Portfolio	42.80%		42.80%		40.40%
Loans and Credit Quality (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	35,643,000		35,643,000		46,125,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment	73,781,000		73,781,000		74,327,000
Impaired Loan allowance	$ 1,456,000		$ 1,456,000		$ 2,176,000