Loans by borrower grade substandard or doubtful or doubtful of loss.

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- Definition

Unpaid principal balance on loan participations and whole loans sold and serviced for others.

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- Definition

Fair value at acquisition of acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 15

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

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- Definition

Financing receivables that are less than 60 days past due but more than 29 days past due.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 7A

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- Definition

Financing receivables that are less than 90 days past due but more than 59 days past due.

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Financing receivables that are equal to or greater than 90 days past due.

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- Definition

Recorded investment in financing receivables that are on nonaccrual status as of the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

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-Paragraph 7

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- Definition

For an unclassified balance sheet, reflects the carrying amount of unpaid loan amounts due from related parties at the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 850

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (d)

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.7(e))

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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-Section 03

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-Subparagraph e

-Article 9

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Loans - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	May 01, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Past Due and Accruing 30-59 days	$ 839,000	$ 526,000
Past Due and Accruing 60-89 days	46,000	61,000
Non-accrual	3,015,000	3,340,000
Loans classified as doubtful or loss	0	0
Unpaid principal balances of loans sold to and serviced for others	285,900,000	189,600,000
Loan outstanding to related parties	24,861,000	22,750,000	11,781,000
Performing Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans acquired at fair values				72,600,000
FCB and SLBB Acquisitions [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans acquired at fair values	42,800,000	45,000,000
Past Due and Accruing 30-59 days	600,000	300,000
Past Due and Accruing 60-89 days	0	14,000
Non-accrual	1,000,000	1,100,000
Past Due and Accruing 90 or more days	$ 0	$ 0