BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Loans Acquired Date Of Acquisition (Details) - Citizens Bancshares Inc [Member] $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contractually required principal	$ 9,809
Non-accretable difference	1,546
Cash flows expected to be collected	8,263
Accretable yield	0
Fair value of acquired loans	8,263
Contractually required principal	122,755
Cash flows expected to be collected	122,060
Accretable yield	(1,134)
Fair value of acquired loans	$ 120,926

Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accretable Yield ( Non-Credit Impaired)

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Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For AS Debt Securities, Acquired During Period, Contractually Required Receivable At Acquisition ( Non-Credit Impaired)

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Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities, Acquired During Period, At Acquisition, At Fair Value ( Non-Credit Impairment)

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Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities, Acquired During Period, Cash Flows Expected To Be Collected At Acquisition (Non-Credit Impaired)

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The aggregate excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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

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