Loans - TDRs with a Payment Default During the Period (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan
Troubled debt restructurings on financing receivables with defaults payment
Number of loans (in loan) \| loan	5	2
Principal balance \| $	$ 725	$ 933
Commercial loan portfolio
Troubled debt restructurings on financing receivables with defaults payment
Number of loans (in loan) \| loan	3	1
Principal balance \| $	$ 620	$ 933
Commercial loan portfolio \| Commercial
Troubled debt restructurings on financing receivables with defaults payment
Number of loans (in loan) \| loan	3	0
Principal balance \| $	$ 620	$ 0
Commercial loan portfolio \| Commercial real estate
Troubled debt restructurings on financing receivables with defaults payment
Number of loans (in loan) \| loan	0	1
Principal balance \| $	$ 0	$ 933
Consumer loan portfolio
Troubled debt restructurings on financing receivables with defaults payment
Number of loans (in loan) \| loan	2	1
Principal balance \| $	$ 105	$ 0

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953682-111524

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